-----CHARACTER CREATION & LEVEL 1-----
Note: This version of the Necromancer Death Knight obtains full necromancy in the late-game rather than mid-game.
Starting Class: Paladin
Subclass: Oathbreaker
Note: You cannot start the game as Oathbreaker. You have to break your Oath by performing an action that goes against its tenets. Please visit the Oath of Vengeance Paladin Pure Build for details on that starting subclass. I do not recommend Ancients or Devotion to start for this build.
Race: N/A
Background: Haunted One
Skills: Religion, Insight
Stats:
- STR = 16
- DEX = 12
- CON = 13
- INT = 16
- WIS = 8
- CHA = 10
Note: If you wish to optimize fully for the early game, swap INT & CHA, then respec later at or after Level 6 to the recommended stats above. Note that if you have Oathbroken, you will have to repledge your Oath to respec, and then break it again to become Oathbreaker once more.
Unlocks:
- +1 Channel Oath Charge
- +3 Lay on Hands Charges
- Lay on Hands
- Heal a creature 2xLVL, 4xLVL, or Cure of all Diseases and Poisons
- Divine Sense
- Spiteful Suffering
--------------------LEVEL 2--------------------
Paladin 2
+2 Level 1 Spell Slots
Divine Smite
Fighting Style: Great Weapon Fighting (EARLY GAME ONLY)
Respec: Ability Improvement (+2 INT)
--------------------LEVEL 3--------------------
Paladin 3
+1 Level 1 Spell Slot
Divine Health
Control Undead
Dreadful Aspect
Hellish Rebuke
Inflict Wounds
--------------------LEVEL 4--------------------
Paladin 4
+1 Lay on Hands Charge
Feat: Great Weapon Master
--------------------LEVEL 5--------------------
Paladin 5
+1 Level 1 Spell Slot
+2 Level 2 Spell Slots
Extra Attack
Crown of Madness
Darkness
--------------------LEVEL 6--------------------
Multiclass: Wizard
Arcane Recovery
Cantrips:
Friends
Shocking Grasp
Bone Chill
Spells:
False Life
Longstrider
Shield
Burning Hands
Ray of Sickness
Magic Missile
--------------------LEVEL 7--------------------
Wizard 2
Subclass: Necromancy
+1 Level 2 Spell Slot
Necromancy Savant
Grim Harvest
Spells:
Thunderwave
Find Familiar
--------------------LEVEL 8--------------------
Wizard 3
+2 Level 3 Spell Slots
Spells:
Misty Step
Mirror Image
--------------------LEVEL 9--------------------
Wizard 4
+1 Level 3 Spell Slot
Cantrip:
Poison Spray
Spells:
Hold Person
Shatter
Feat: Resilient: Constitution
--------------------LEVEL 10--------------------
Wizard 5
+1 Level 4 Spell Slot
Spells:
Vampiric Touch
Fireball
--------------------LEVEL 11--------------------
Wizard 6
+1 Level 4 Spell Slot
Undead Thralls: Additional Undead
Undead Thralls: Better Summons
Undead Thralls: Animate Dead
Spells:
Stinking Cloud
Bestow Curse
--------------------LEVEL 12--------------------
Wizard 7
+1 Level 4 Spell Slot
+1 Level 5 Spell Slot
Spells:
Fire Shield
Blight
--------------------GEAR--------------------
Important Items:
Potion of Everlasting Vigor
Necromancy of Thay