Myou
2009-03-03, 02:56 PM
I'm running a solo game (still) and when the current DMPC leaves/dies the player asked if he could hire a character based on Lloyd from Tales of Symphonia to be his companion throughout the game. My first thought was that Lloyd might be a ranger, since he has an animal compaion and TWF, but the current DMPC is a ranger, and divine spells don't really seem appropriate for Lloyd anyway. After that I thought of the warblade, but I don't really know much about the ToB classes (although I have the materials on hand if needed).
So, what classes/class variants would you suggest for him?
Thanks in advance!
Relevant Houserules;
1. Your Hit Dice always give maximum HP.
2. Healing spells that restore HP have their dice doubled.
4. You die at the half the additive inverse of your HP. If your HP is x you die at 0.5*-x.
17. Ability points that have been permanently drained or lost being raised from the dead can be restored by Wish or Miracle. In cases where the ability in question provides benefits at each level (such as bonus HP from Constitution) those benefits are recalculated with the new ability score.
18. Full spellcasters who can cast a limited number of 0th level spells per day now have an infinite number of 0th level slots and the ability to cast 0th level spells without preparation (and to freely apply metamagic enhancements they know at the time of casting as long as doing so does not raise the level of the spell slot required), even if they couldn't do so before. If they wish to enhance a 0th level spell with any metamagic that raises the slot level this houserule does not apply.
20. You cannot artificially increase your caster level beyond 1.5 times its natural level. (E.g. at level 10 a sorcerer cannot have a caster level beyond 15.)
21. When a character gains a permanent Intelligence increase he gains skill points retroactively. He gains appropriate skill points for all of his character levels rather than just for current and future levels. For example a wizard who begins play with 17 Intelligence and uses his 4th level ability boost to increase his score to 18 immediately gains seven skill points rather than just one. Remember that items which boost ability modifiers do not give extra skill points/hit points, etc.
Edit: I'll be bringing him in at about level 5, but he'll likely be in the game all he way to epic levels.
So, what classes/class variants would you suggest for him?
Thanks in advance!
Relevant Houserules;
1. Your Hit Dice always give maximum HP.
2. Healing spells that restore HP have their dice doubled.
4. You die at the half the additive inverse of your HP. If your HP is x you die at 0.5*-x.
17. Ability points that have been permanently drained or lost being raised from the dead can be restored by Wish or Miracle. In cases where the ability in question provides benefits at each level (such as bonus HP from Constitution) those benefits are recalculated with the new ability score.
18. Full spellcasters who can cast a limited number of 0th level spells per day now have an infinite number of 0th level slots and the ability to cast 0th level spells without preparation (and to freely apply metamagic enhancements they know at the time of casting as long as doing so does not raise the level of the spell slot required), even if they couldn't do so before. If they wish to enhance a 0th level spell with any metamagic that raises the slot level this houserule does not apply.
20. You cannot artificially increase your caster level beyond 1.5 times its natural level. (E.g. at level 10 a sorcerer cannot have a caster level beyond 15.)
21. When a character gains a permanent Intelligence increase he gains skill points retroactively. He gains appropriate skill points for all of his character levels rather than just for current and future levels. For example a wizard who begins play with 17 Intelligence and uses his 4th level ability boost to increase his score to 18 immediately gains seven skill points rather than just one. Remember that items which boost ability modifiers do not give extra skill points/hit points, etc.
Edit: I'll be bringing him in at about level 5, but he'll likely be in the game all he way to epic levels.