Howler Clonkey

Shifter – Cleric (17) Monk (2) Fighter (1)
Overview:

I don’t know about you but finding the Shifter race a home that makes sense has been a lot harder then some of the other races have been over the years. The Bearbarian was a good fit, but not great. But I really love the Howler Clonkey.

The way I have been leveling the build over on my live streams has been very DC caster/staff melee lite with sick CC leaning on the Falconry and Shifter Racial trees. I gather groups of mobs and Howl effectly giving me a mass hold, followed up with Coordinated Strike blinding the mass of trash allowing No Mercy to boost my damage, repeat Howl as needed and allow strikethrough to win.

Howl of Terror in the Shifter tree is the real deal at least while leveling. Wildhunt Howl helps boost saves slightly giving the Clr’s low reflex save a needed boost when shooting around traps, Wildhunt is a tasty bonus to spell points and +2 to wisdom in the core boosts To hit/Damage and spell Dcs.

Falconry tree is full of goodies that likely doesn’t need a full run down, but main stat to hit/damage as well as insight bonus to dmg, tacticals and a high non-blue bar powered insta-kill effect is very solid.

Nombo’s:
Howl of Terror does not make helpless so No Mercy needs a hand to boost your damage.
Wildhunt Rage turns off your stance so Ocean Stance will need to be turned back on or you forget and get a pratical negitive 2 to your wisdom and -3 to dodge. After a few times of forgetting to restart the stance I just stopped raging.

Upfront:
I almost have my racial completionist feat and the racial action point tome meaning diving deep in the racial tree is cheep for me. You may have to give up some points elsewhere but Howl of Terror is value and what makes this build sing. If necessary to make cuts for more AP, start with the points in the Kensei, shave some from Quick Strike and then dip in to Holy Striker. Keeping that wisdom high is key to your crowd control.

Leveling Progression:

A level of Monk, followed by 11 levels of Cleric, a second Monk level, then Cleric until you really really want that fighter level for Greater 2 Handed Fighting. For me that was level 20. You might want to move it up. I know I wanted to fairly often but I was able to stay strong and left it for that taking 20 power boost. Moving it up pushes Implosion that much further away. If you are going from 18 to 20 have that extra 30% strikethrough and ability modifier damage scaling might be more valuable then a spell you will not cast until level 20. I normally spend a little while at 19 just to see how the level plays for the stream.


Stats:

We are a wisdom build clearly that is the most important, then we want enough strength for the 2HF feat line (15 and a +2 tome) then Con for them HPs. You are a melee lite after all. Here is the standard chart for stats as I saw them.

 
28pt 32pt 34pt 36pt Tome Level Up
 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------
 Strength 15 15 15 15 +2 4: WIS 
 Dexterity 8 8 8 8 +2 8: WIS
 Constitution 12 14 14 15 +2 12: WIS
 Intelligence 8 10 12 12 +2 16: WIS
 Wisdom 18 18 18 18 +2 20: WIS
 Charisma 8 8 8 8 +2 24: WIS
 28: WIS 

Skills:
Heal, Concentration, Spellcraft, Spot in that order of importance. No UMD for me this life but I can see killing Spot for UMD if it is important to you to use teleport and fireshield scrolls. But I like the reminder where the traps are to hit the save boost button.

Feats:

 1 : Power Attack (We already want to be strong for 2hf)
 1 Shifter : Wildhunt Shifter
 1 Monk : Two Handed Fighting
 3 : Completionist (Improved Turning or Quicken if Completionist is off the table)
 6 : Quicken Spell (Faster Howl is good)
 9 : Improved Two Handed Fighting
 12 : Adept of Forms or Spell Focus: Enchantment (SF:E might be better for post 20 play to allow twists for more DC value)
 13 Monk : Swords to Plowshares
 15 : Improved Critical: Bludgeoning
 18 : Heighten Spell
 20 Fighter: Greater Two Handed Fighting
 3 Cleric : Law Domain
 2 Deity : Follower of: Aureon (Favored weapon Staff)
 7 Deity : Aureon's Instruction (clickly is +4 wisdom and boosts to turning)

Enchantments:

Shifter (18AP) 
• Extra Shifting, Wisdom, Extra Shifting, Wisdom
1. None
2. Natural Armor III, Howl: Wildhunt Howl, Magic Fang
3. Augment Summoning, Stronger Howl :Wildhunt
4. Howl of Terror III

Note: Do what you have to before level 11 to get to Howl of Terror – More rages and Con while raging are fine options until you can get those stat boosts.

 Falconry (41 AP)
 • White Falcon, Wisdom, Well Rounded, Wisdom, Well Rounded II, Master Falconer
 1. Rugged III, Out in Nature I
 2. Killer Instinct I, Watch the Center III, Diving Strike I, Sprint Boost I
 3. Killer Instinct II, Strike for the Eyes: Strike I, Conditioning, Eyes of the Eagle
 4. Deadly Instinct III, No Mercy III, Coordinated Strike, Expose Weakness
 5. Dangerous, Death from Above: Strike I, Thrill of the Hunt: Strike III, Mark the Prey: Strike 
 Warpriest (26 AP)
 • Smite Foe: Melee, Resilience of Battle, Sanctuary, Blur
 1. Toughness III, Righteous Weapons
 2. Wall of Steel III, Righteous Weapons, Melee/Ranged Power Boost III
 3. Righteous Weapons, Wisdom
 4. Holy Striker: Doublestrike III, Wisdom 
 Henshin Mystic (8 AP)
 • Riddle of Fire
 1. Henshin Staff Training, Way of the: Patient Tortoise
 Quick Strike III 
 Kensei (2 AP)
 • Kensei Focus: Clubs/Staff
1. Haste Boost (As you can spare) 

Is this build “end game viable” I don’t know. A viewer I tend to trust for these things said not really. But I think getting your CC DCs into range is not just doable but likely quite easy. My evening of playing in the post lvl 20 world was turn on an epic destiny and setting the twists then heading to do a couple of The Lords of Dust/Evening Star quests R1 for a little xp to try and get to 21. Then lets go do Legendary Reaper 6 Feywilds. Being level 21/22 in LR6 Feywilds was not as helpful for build testing as it could have been but fun never the less.

I want to stress that my lvl 1-20 play was very pleasing. The nombos are not as in your face as some of the other shifter builds I have been trying and felt like a good platform for the hard to place shifter race. At least for me anyway.

Feybuckler 2020 – Final Verson

Feybuckler 2020
12/5/3 Warlock/Bard/Fighter
True Neutral Half-Elf

Level Order

1. Bard 6. Warlock 11. Warlock 16. Warlock
2. Bard 7. Fighter 12. Warlock 17. Warlock
3. Bard 8. Fighter 13. Warlock 18. Warlock
4. Warlock 9. Bard 14. Warlock 19. Warlock
5. Warlock 10. Bard 15. Fighter 20. Warlock

Stats
28pt 32pt 34pt 36pt Tome Level Up
—- —- —- —- —- ——–
Strength 8 8 8 8 +5 4: CHA
Dexterity 12 12 12 12 +5 8: CHA
Constitution 14 14 16 16 +5 12: CHA
Intelligence 10 14 12 12 +5 16: CHA
Wisdom 10 10 10 12 +5 20: CHA
Charisma 18 18 18 18 +5

Skills
B B B W W W F F B B W W W W F W W W W W
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
————————————————————
Perform 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Spellcr 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Intim 2 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 23
UMD 4 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 17
Balance 4 1 1 ½ ½ 7
Jump 4 1 1 1 7
Heal 2 ½ ½ 1 4
Haggle 1 1 2
————————————————————
28 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Feats

1 : Single Weapon Fighting
3 : Completionist
6 : Shield Mastery
7 Fighter: Precision
8 Fighter: Improved Single Weapon Fighting
9 : Dodge
12 : Improved Critical: Piercing
15 : Greater Single Weapon Fighting
18 : Improved Shield Mastery

1 HalfElf: Half-Elf Dilettante: Paladin

4 Warlock: Pact: Fey

Spells

Warlock
1. Jump (4), Resist Energy (5), Obscuring Mist (5)
2. Blur (11), Protection from Energy (16), Blindness (12)
3. Haste (14), Dimension Door (19), Slow (17)
4. True Seeing (18)
Bard
1. Sonic Blast (1), Focusing Chant (2), Cure Light Wounds (3), Merfolk’s Blessing (10)
2. Cure Moderate Wounds (9), Rage (9), Invisibility (10)

Enhancements (81 Includes a +1 Universal Tome)

Swashbuckler (33 AP)
• Confidence, Swashbuckling
1. On Your Toes III, Blow By Blow: Melee II
2. En Pointe III, Double Strike Boost II
3. Elegant Footwork, Skirmisher, Resonant Arms III, Smooth Flourishes, Charisma
4. Low Blow, Charisma
5. Thread the Needle, Coup de Grace: Melee

Enlightened Spirit (23 AP)
• Eldritch Aura, Aura of Courage, Shape Vestments, Aura of Menace
1. Resilience of Body III, Spiritual Defense III, Resilience of Soul III
2. Spiritual Bastion III, Shield
3. Eldritch Burst I, Spiritual Ward III
4. Brilliance

Stalwart Defender (13 AP)
• Toughness, Stalwart Defense
1. Durable Defense III, Stalwart Defensive Mastery III
2. Resilient Defense II
3. Hardy Defense III

Vistani Knife Fighter (8 AP)
• Knife Expertise, Knife Juggler
1. Mist Stalker, Rapid Attack
2. Mist Stalker

Tainted Scholar (4 AP)
• Tainted Spellcasting
1. Feigned Health III

2 Trolls & a Brew ep 143 “There was a Hiatus.”

We are back from our summer break with season 2! Yeah!

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Travis and I hope you enjoy the newest episode of 2 Trolls & a Brew, “There was a Hiatus.” subtitle “Season 2 Episode 1


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Trollpeeps,

My notes are a little thin so these notes are also going to be a little short. Sorry. We did talk about some Throne of Eldraine spoilers and what took us away from Magic and the show over the summer.

We had to return because Claudia Black (our Hottie of the Show) was soooo bored.

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I know you are excited deep down.

2 Trolls & a Brew ep 142 “Ob-viously Underrated”

It’s FINALLY time again for another episode of 2 Trolls & a Brew, “Ob-viously Underrated” subtitle “Another show not aired


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Trollpeeps,

It is that rare time of the year once again where Travis and I managed to talk for more than a 3 text message conversation. Maybe with all the Modern Horizons spoilers dropping it won’t be too much longer before we get the next one out. But who am I trying to kid it will be as soon as I can get Travis on some kind of schedule.

We have a listener deck list this show from TopHatTolab.
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Other than that we just the troll hottie of the show, Rutina Wesley. I have just found True Blood and she plays my favorite character hands down. I almost quit the show when I thought she might be leaving it. But at the moment where I am in the show, we are good again.

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A new show is a lot like winning a fight I didn’t know I was fighting. 

2 Trolls & a Brew ep 141 “Maybe this One will Make It”

It’s FINALLY time again for another episode of 2 Trolls & a Brew, “Maybe this One will Make It” subtitle “…”


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Trollpeeps,

Sorry for the long delay between shows. Travis and I are working on getting back into a regular swing of things but there are just so many hours in the week and finding a time that lines up to tape is hard. But stick with us we are working on things.

This show’s Troll hottie comes from Letterkenny, Michelle Mylett. What I appreciate about Miss Michelle is that I feel like she can handle her business on her own.

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That had to hurt.

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Can I borrow your deck for FNM?

2 Trolls & a Brew ep 140 “So Monthly?”

It’s time again for another exciting episode of 2 Trolls & a Brew, “So Monthly?” subtitle “Hopefully Not”


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Trollpeeps,

I want to remind everyone that we tape live on Youtube then sometime later when Samius has the will power he downloads the video, converters it to audio and cleans it up as best as he can, then finally after an unknown amount of time to not write anything funny he posts it to podcast garden then finally to the other sites. So hint, if you want the show in a timely manner you should sub over at www.youtube.com/samiusgurobo

Decks this episode are:

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They both have been playing surprisingly well. But take a hit sometimes due to mana issues. You should look at your mana base for these decks.

This week’s Troll hottie comes from Stargate: SG1, Amanda Tapping. When you have the brain fire at 4am, one turns to old shows that are familiar enough as not to require any mental energy to keep up with but not so familiar so to distract from said brain fire. For me this month it has been SG1.

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Fairly sure this is how the battle of Farsape vs SG1 plays out in my heart.

2 Trolls & a Brew ep 139 “A Whole New Year”

It’s time again for another exciting episode of 2 Trolls & a Brew, “A Whole New Year” subtitle “KAYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Trollpeeps,

I don’t have much in the way of show notes per the new normal. However, I do have some links for you from Travis to the cards we talked about on this week’s show with Travis’ comments directly from the notes.

New Kaya

Busted Sphinx

Legendary Aggro

This Nerd

For this week’s Troll hottie I turned to the Internet as asked for the biggest Diva. This is who I got back as the #1 Diva.  Suprised? Me, either.

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Beyoncé

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I like to think this is how you give +1/0 to your creatures.

 

2 Trolls & a Brew ep 137b “2 Trolls and a Wrecking”

It’s time again for another exciting episode of 2 Trolls & a Brew, “2 Trolls and a Wrecking” subtitle “By PPTQs”


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Trollpeeps,

Sorry for disappearing on you all there for a bit, you can hear all about the what happened in Ep 138a. But at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter as we have an all-new show right here!

The notes are just that comment about the Arena Shuffler from Tobril. So thanks for checking out the notes.

Let’s add a hottie… Jaime Ray Newman.

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You might remember her from the Punisher or maybe from the Magicians but to be she is Tess Fontana from Eureka.

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Tough enough for Frank here, tough enough for some Trolls.

Factorio – dangOREous Map String

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2 Trolls & a Brew ep 137 “Keep Your Guard Up”

It’s time again for another exciting episode of 2 Trolls & a Brew, “Keep Your Guard Up” subtitle “Cheaters are Everywhere


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Trollpeeps,

I don’t have much in the way of show notes. I do have a decklist for you. This is my go-to list at the moment. It has been doing well, I am something like 90% but I haven’t been playing like the hardest of fields.

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Speaking of the hardest I let the wife pick the Troll hottie for this show and she picked Ian Somerhalder.  I am not sure what she sees in him. Looks like a blood sucker to me. *shrug
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Oh, I see why she watches his show now…. Bye Bye.