MustacheFart
2009-05-15, 01:56 AM
Hey all,
I came up with a concept for a character I am going to be playing in an upcoming break from our main campaign. The idea I came up with is pretty much Steven Hawking lol.
Here is the basic idea of what I'm going for:
A guy who is totally feeble, basically a paraplegic and gets around via his magic throne. He never leaves his thrown--he goes where it goes and vice versa. He flies around in it, swims in it, attacks in it, and does everything else in it. He never actually speaks or moves, aside from his fingers moving. Despite all of this he is a powerful caster who can hold his own.
The specifics:
- A full on caster (preferably arcane as we'll already have a cleric)
- Able to make his chair fly/move around in all directions
- Able to talk through his chair (ex. Steven Hawking talking via that voice synthesizer in his chair)
- Able to cast through his chair!
Is this possible without much homebrewing? I mentioned it with our current DM who will be switching off from DMing to play a character during the upcoming break and he loved it.
I took a look at the Item Familiar feat and I think that might be the way to go but I'm not sure. It looks like if I went that way, my chair wouldn't get the ability to cast spells above level 0 until I'm 10th level and not be able cast high level spells (7th, 8th, and 9th) until 18th level due to the required ability score.
Like for instance my chair would start out with a 12 Cha. Then when I hit 10th level I could pick Spell Use for it's one granted ability, letting it cast up to 2nd level spells (12 Cha). Then at 14th and 18th level I could pick the ability that boosts one of it's attributes by 4, giving it a 16 Cha at 14th level and a 20 Cha at 18th level.
I see two problems with using an Item Familiar though. 1) What about before 10th level? 2) Not being able to cast certain levels of spells through my chair when I first get them.
EDIT: I forgot to mention what material I have open to me, sorry. I have all books and material available to me.
Any possible build ideas? All help is appreciated!
Thanks,
MustacheFart
I came up with a concept for a character I am going to be playing in an upcoming break from our main campaign. The idea I came up with is pretty much Steven Hawking lol.
Here is the basic idea of what I'm going for:
A guy who is totally feeble, basically a paraplegic and gets around via his magic throne. He never leaves his thrown--he goes where it goes and vice versa. He flies around in it, swims in it, attacks in it, and does everything else in it. He never actually speaks or moves, aside from his fingers moving. Despite all of this he is a powerful caster who can hold his own.
The specifics:
- A full on caster (preferably arcane as we'll already have a cleric)
- Able to make his chair fly/move around in all directions
- Able to talk through his chair (ex. Steven Hawking talking via that voice synthesizer in his chair)
- Able to cast through his chair!
Is this possible without much homebrewing? I mentioned it with our current DM who will be switching off from DMing to play a character during the upcoming break and he loved it.
I took a look at the Item Familiar feat and I think that might be the way to go but I'm not sure. It looks like if I went that way, my chair wouldn't get the ability to cast spells above level 0 until I'm 10th level and not be able cast high level spells (7th, 8th, and 9th) until 18th level due to the required ability score.
Like for instance my chair would start out with a 12 Cha. Then when I hit 10th level I could pick Spell Use for it's one granted ability, letting it cast up to 2nd level spells (12 Cha). Then at 14th and 18th level I could pick the ability that boosts one of it's attributes by 4, giving it a 16 Cha at 14th level and a 20 Cha at 18th level.
I see two problems with using an Item Familiar though. 1) What about before 10th level? 2) Not being able to cast certain levels of spells through my chair when I first get them.
EDIT: I forgot to mention what material I have open to me, sorry. I have all books and material available to me.
Any possible build ideas? All help is appreciated!
Thanks,
MustacheFart