Even though I may not have a chance to play Thordek I am really liking his concept, a dwarf warrior who gains insight and help from his ancestral spirits. His warlock build is cool, but I find that he lacks a lot of melee powers since a warlock’s only melee power is Eldritch Strike at 1st level. They have a bunch of close powers, but they are spread out. Looking for more melee prowess got me to thinking about making him a hybrid. Since he is Con based the class that makes the most sense is battlemind. So here is Thordek as a hybrid battlemind/warlock:

Thordek, level 1 Dwarf Battlemind|Warlock [Eldritch Pact (Hybrid): Vestige Pact (Hybrid); Hybrid Warlock: Hybrid Warlock Reflex; Psionic Augmentation (Hybrid): Hybrid Power Point Option; Hybrid Talent: Warlock Pact Boon; Background: Dwarf - Dedicated to an Ancestor (+2 to History)]
FINAL ABILITY SCORES: Str 13, Con 20, Dex 10, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 8.
STARTING ABILITY SCORES: Str 13, Con 18, Dex 10, Int 13, Wis 10, Cha 8.
AC: 13 Fort: 15 Reflex: 12 Will: 12
HP: 33 Surges: 12 Surge Value: 8
TRAINED SKILLS: Religion +6, Athletics +6, History +8
UNTRAINED SKILLS: Acrobatics, Arcana +1, Bluff -1, Diplomacy -1, Dungeoneering +3, Endurance +7, Heal +1, Insight +1, Intimidate -1, Nature +1, Perception +1, Stealth, Streetwise -1, Thievery
FEATS: Level 1: Hybrid Talent
POWERS: Hybrid at-will 1: Eyes of the Vestige, Hybrid at-will 1: Bull’s Strength, Psionic Defense (Hybrid): Mind Spike, Hybrid daily 1: Vestige of Mount Vaelis
ITEMS: Adventurer’s Kit, Leather Armor, Warhammer

The only real downside to him so far is his lack of AC at 1st level since he has to use his feat to regain his warlock pact boon instead of gaining proficiency in chainmail armor. That will be corrected at level 2. There are a few other weaknesses to him being hybrid though. He no longer has a power he can use as a basic melee attack so he will sometime have to spend a feat on Melee Training (Constitution), and he no longer gets the Prime Shot class feature. The latter is not that big of a deal, although it sure comes in handy once he hits paragon level and gets the Prime Punisher feat.

I’m not sold on the hybrid build yet, but it looks interesting so far.

Until next time…