Originally Posted by geala
A really great concept indeed. The robe is my second favorite robe in the game, so beautiful.

For my taste a bit too little AC however. If you consider using mods, what about a Transmog mod?

No need to wear armor grin

(Her AC)
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It was very important for me that the build truly captures the soul of Eilistraee's Sword Dancer, which is why with +22 Dexterity (because [Phalar Aluve] is a Finesse Longsword) she has base 25AC in combat, going all the way up to 29AC with Defensive Flourish to ensure she absolutely does not get hit when necessary. So she truly dances around the battlefield dodging incoming attacks.

Her chance to be hit is so small that in Honour Mode;

  • (She can do over 120dmg to multi-attack bosses just by dodging)
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  • (Or wipe an entire group mostly by dodging)


Originally Posted by Buba68
Thumbs up! My Sword Dancer attempts are much simpler/primitive - 1 Cleric (to get Eilistraee dialogue options) and the rest Sword Bard. I settled on that after some experiments often involving Fighter or Ranger. I know that lore has Eilistraee running around starkers, but I interpretted that as licencia poetica or showin afterbattle parties. My Dancers use plate - a girl likes to have her tender bits covered, if you catch my drift ...

Funnily enough that's how my initial concept began because I only ever played physical classes so my first dozen hours of experimentations were 1 Cleric, 3 Bard, 6 Fighter, 2 Rogue, but the roleplay element of the Sword Dancer just wasn't there without her instrumental spells and flair grin

So after 60 hours of experimenting and conceptualizing the build to truly capture the various lore elements because I wanted her to truly play and feel like a Sword Dancer, this build was born. Built it for both long-term and short-term adventuring, meaning she can go very long without having to long rest because she is powerful enough without spell slots in regular encounters so she can save them for boss encounters.

Really didn't think I'd end up loving it so much, it's super fun swinging her sword and then throwing an Illusion/Enchantment spell as a bonus action.