Character Creations (God of War) - Kratos, Scion of Ares

[malcolm_n]

This is the first character I've created using the DDI character creator. He is the first of a line of higher-level characters I'll be creating and posting for review. This post aims serve two purposes.

1) Create a character from popular fiction, a video game, etc... which is playable.

2) Provide a high-end charactersheet for anybody who wants to include one in a hurry; such as when a character dies and you want to replace, or if there's a new player joining in.

I appreciate any feedback/suggestions. I will warn that this is not an attempt at optimization by D&D standard, but rather in light of the character portrayed. Thank you.

[sblock=God of War - Kratos]====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&DI Character Builder ======
Kratos, Scion of Ares, level 26
Half-Orc, Barbarian, Bloodfury Savage, Demigod
Build: Rageblood Barbarian
Feral Might: Rageblood Vigor
Divine Spark: Divine Spark Strength
Divine Spark: Divine Spark Constitution

FINAL ABILITY SCORES
Str 29, Con 19, Dex 20, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 10.

STARTING ABILITY SCORES
Str 18, Con 13, Dex 13, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 8.


AC: 40 Fort: 41 Reflex: 37 Will: 30
HP: 194 Surges: 13 Surge Value: 48

TRAINED SKILLS
Intimidate +20, Endurance +23, Athletics +26

UNTRAINED SKILLS
Acrobatics +17, Arcana +14, Bluff +13, Diplomacy +13, Dungeoneering +14, Heal +14, History +14, Insight +14, Nature +14, Perception +14, Religion +14, Stealth +17, Streetwise +13, Thievery +17

FEATS
Level 1: Spiked Chain Training
Level 2: Two-Weapon Fighting
Level 4: Two-Weapon Threat
Level 6: Spiked Chain Novice
Level 8: Spiked Chain Expert
Level 10: Weapon Expertise (Flail)
Level 11: Thirst for Battle
Level 12: Unrelenting Assault
Level 14: Two-Weapon Opening
Level 16: Two-Weapon Ambush
Level 18: Sweeping Flail
Level 20: Rageblood Recovery
Level 21: Two-Weapon Flurry
Level 22: Ferocious Critical
Level 24: Flail Mastery
Level 26: Primal Resurgence

POWERS
Barbarian at-will 1: Devastating Strike
Barbarian at-will 1: Recuperating Strike
Barbarian encounter 1: Great Cleave
Barbarian daily 1: Macetail's Rage
Barbarian utility 2: Combat Sprint
Barbarian encounter 3: Blade Sweep (retrained to Chain Trip at Spiked Chain Novice)
Barbarian daily 5: Thunder Hawk Rage
Barbarian utility 6: Combat Surge
Barbarian encounter 7: Curtain of Steel
Barbarian daily 9: Oak Hammer Rage
Barbarian utility 10: Heart Strike (retrained to Chain Ward at Spiked Chain Expert)
Barbarian encounter 13: Blade Whirlwind (replaces Great Cleave)
Barbarian daily 15: Flameheart Rage (replaces Macetail's Rage)
Barbarian utility 16: Great Stomp
Barbarian encounter 17: Vigorous Strike (replaces Curtain of Steel)
Barbarian daily 19: Hydra Rage (replaces Thunder Hawk Rage)
Barbarian utility 22: Untouched
Barbarian encounter 23: Feral Scythe (replaces Blade Whirlwind)
Barbarian daily 25: Blue Dragon Rage (replaces Oak Hammer Rage)

ITEMS
Bag of Holding (heroic tier), Tattoo of Vengeance (epic tier), Splitting Spiked chain +6, Summoned Stalkerhide Armor +5, Amulet of Protection +6, Bracers of Mighty Striking (epic tier), Floorfighter Straps (paragon tier), Girdle of the Dragon (paragon tier), Instant Campsite (heroic tier)
====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&DI Character Builder ======
Notes not included: Auspicious Birth (scales of war background) adds Strength to hit points instead of Constitution.

This is going on the assumption that if played on the actual video game, Kratos would focus entirely on his weapon fighting instead of magic. I may create a magic-user at another time.
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[Grimdour]

Half-Orc? Fluffwise I would put him up as a Human.

I think his Acrobat and Dungeoneering should be much higher, and his Stealth and Thievery lower. Kratos isn't the type to sneak around.

I would nitpick at all the stats but this is pretty accurate. Do you have the link for the Character creator?

 

[malcolm_n]

Half-orc fits him for the stat bonuses and the overall layout, as opposed to actually saying he's a half-orc he just has similar stats as one.

character creator is at wizards.com/dnd under ddi. you have to have a subscription to make anything higher than level 3 and get all updates.

He only has 3 truly trained skills. His stealth and thievery are just the total of his dex and level.

 

[Grimdour]

Half-orc fits him for the stat bonuses and the overall layout, as opposed to actually saying he's a half-orc he just has similar stats as one.

character creator is at wizards.com/dnd under ddi. you have to have a subscription to make anything higher than level 3 and get all updates.

He only has 3 truly trained skills. His stealth and thievery are just the total of his dex and level.

Ah, right. Sorry. I'm actually quite new to DnD.

You might want to add a bit more to his magic.

 

[malcolm_n]

No problem thank you for the replies.

I never really played the magic up on my characters because I always liked just beating face with his weaps. I'll look up some stuff and see if I can do a separate "build" with the magic in mind.

 

[malcolm_n]

friendly bump for any more suggestions/opinions.