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Alchemist^‡	Artificer^† — Dog	Barbarian	Bard	Cleric
Apo — Bom — VCh	AT — BE — RM	FB — OS — Rav	SB^² — SS — St^¹ — WC	DA^¹ — DD — RS^² — War
Druid — Wolf	Fighter	Favored Soul^†	Monk	Paladin
BC^¹ — NW — NP^² — SH	Dra^¹ — Ken^² — Rav^¹ — StD — Van^²	AoV — BoH — War	HeM — NiS — Shi	KotC^² — RS^¹ — SaD — SF^¹ — Van^²
Ranger	Rogue	Sorcerer	Wizard	Warlock
AA^² — DH^¹ — DWS — Tem	Ass — Mec — TA	AS – ES – FS – WS – EK	AM — EK — PM	AotS^¹ — ES^² — SE — TS
Falconry^† ~ Feydark Illusionist^† ~ Harper Agent^† ~ Horizon Walker^† ~ Inquisitive^† ~ Vistani Knife Fighter^†				Reaper
†: Class/tree can be earned via favor. ‡: Class/tree free to VIP or found in DDO Store. 1: Tree only available to a certain archetype. 2: Tree unavailable to a certain archetype.

Half-Orc	Halfling	Human	Shifter 1,595 DDO Points	Tabaxi 1,595 DDO Points	Tiefling	Warforged †Free by turning in 400 Total favor per server 995 DDO Points
Aasimar 1,395 DDO Points	Dragonborn	Drow	Dwarf	Elf / W-Elf (& AA)	Gnome	Half-Elf (& AA)

Bladeforged 1,295 DDO Points	Deep Gnome 1,295 DDO Points	Morninglord 1,295 DDO Points (& AA)	PDK 1,295 DDO Points	Razorclaw 1,395 DDO Points	Scoundrel 1,395 DDO Points	Scourge 1,295 DDO Points	Shadar-kai 1,295 DDO Points	Trailblazer 1,395 DDO Points

Overview[edit]

As the name might imply, this character is a skilled combatant trained in the arts of defense. A line of stalwart defenders is a far better defense than a 10-foot-thick wall of stones, and much more dangerous.

Fighter Stalwart Defender I[edit]

Usage: Passive
Cost: 4 action points
Progression: 16 action points
Requires One of: Combat Expertise, Diehard, Dodge, Least Dragonmark of Sentinel, Shield Mastery
Requires All of: Fighter Armor Class Boost I, Improved Intimidate II, Toughness
Available to Fighter class level 6
While the flesh may be weak, you place your trust in the strength of steel. This prestige enhancement increases your armor class by 1, grants +2 to your intimidate skill, increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by shields, and grants additional armor class and damage reduction when blocking with a shield. In addition, when you have a one handed melee weapon and shield equipped, you possess 10 physical resistance and your melee threat generation is increased by 25%. Also, you may expend a use of Fighter action boost to enter a defensive stance. You may possess only one prestige enhancement line at a time for each class.
This enhancement automatically grants the following:

Stalwart Defender I: Defensive Stance[edit]

You may expend a Fighter armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +2 Competence bonus to Strength and Constitution, +10% maximum hit points, a +1 Competence bonus on all saves, 10 physical resistance, and a 10% bonus to Armor Class from armor and shields. You also gain a 25% Competence bonus to threat generated with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move 10% slower.

Fighter Stalwart Defender II[edit]

Usage: Passive
Cost: 2 action points
Progression: 42 action points
Requires One of: Fighter Armor Mastery II, Fighter Armored Agility II, Fighter Toughness II, Fighter Tower Shield Mastery II, Lesser Dragonmark of Sentinel
Requires All of: Fighter Item Defense I, Fighter Armor Class Boost II, Fighter Stalwart Defender I
Available to Fighter class level 12
Your defensive mastery continues to grow. In addition to the bonuses of Stalwart Defender I, this prestige enhancement increases your armor class by 1, grants +2 to your intimidate skill, increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by heavy armor and shields, and grants additional armor class and damage reduction when blocking with a shield. In addition, when you have a one handed melee weapon and shield equipped, your physical resistance is upgraded from 10 to 15, and you now generate 50% additional threat with melee attacks. You may expend a use of Fighter action boost to enter a defensive stance.
This enhancement automatically grants the following:

Stalwart Defender II: Improved Defensive Stance[edit]

You may expend a Fighter armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +4 Competence bonus to Strength and Constitution, +15% maximum hit points, a +2 Competence bonus on all saves, 15 physical resistance, and a 20% bonus to Armor Class from armor and shields. You also gain a 50% Competence bonus to threat generated with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move 10% slower.

Fighter Stalwart Defender III[edit]

Usage: Passive
Cost: 2 action points
Progression: 66 action points
Requires One of: Fighter Armor Mastery III, Fighter Armored Agility III, Fighter Toughness III, Fighter Tower Shield Mastery III, Greater Dragonmark of Sentinel
Requires All of: Fighter Item Defense II, Fighter Armor Class Boost III, Fighter Stalwart Defender II
Available to Fighter class level 18
Your defensive mastery is complete. In addition to the bonuses of Stalwart Defender I and II, this prestige enhancement increases your armor class by 1, grants +2 to your intimidate skill, increases your maximum dexterity bonus allowed by medium or heavy armor and shields, and grants additional armor class and damage reduction when blocking with a shield. In addition, when you have a one handed melee weapon and shield equipped, your physical resistance is upgraded from 15 to 20, and you now generate 75% additional threat with melee attacks. You may expend a use of Fighter action boost to to enter a defensive stance.
There may be a bug in the 75% threat in SD3 stance without a shield - DDO Forums
This enhancement automatically grants the following:

Stalwart Defender III: Superior Defensive Stance[edit]

You may expend a Fighter armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +6 Competence bonus to Strength and Constitution, +20% maximum hit points, a +3 Competence bonus on all saves, 20 physical resistance, and a 40% bonus to Armor Class from armor and shields. You also gain a 75% Competence bonus to threat generated with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move 10% slower.

Enhancement changes Alpha Testing on Lamannia[edit]

Enhancement Alpha