Thurbane
2009-09-18, 11:30 PM
I've been pondering the possibilities of a Goliath Sorcerer (or Gish), and the usage he could get from Alter Self. I've been going through the books, trying to find good monstrous humanoid forms of 5HD or less. This is what I've found interesting so far:
Movement: centaur (50 ft), gargoyle (fly 60 ft), sahuagin (swim 60ft), armand (burrow 10 ft), boggle (cimb 30 ft), ophidian (climb 15 ft & swim 50 ft)
Natural Armor: yak folk (+7), khaasta (+6), blackscale lizardfolk (+7), sahuagin (+5)
Natural Attacks: gargoyle (2 claws, bite & gore), centaur (2 hooves), blackscale lizardfolk (2 claws & bite)
Large Size: centaur, blackscale lizardfolk, equiceph, yak folk
Bonus Feats: grimlock (track), sahuagin (multiattack), yuan-ti pureblood (alertness, blind fight), equiceph (endurance), thri-kreen (deflect arrows), whitespawn hordeling & greenspawn sneak (two weapon fighting)
Skill Bonuses: greenspawn sneak (+5 hide, bluff, move silently), boggle (+10 escape artist), ophidian (+8 climb, +10 hide in forest & undeground)
...anything good that I've missed?
Also, I have some questions too:
* Would a Goliath retain Powerful Build in alternate forms?
* If the new form is aquatic, does it allow the caster to breathe underwater?
* Would natural attacks include poison, such as that of the abeil vassal?
* The spell says forms with extra limbs don't allow you to make extra attacks - would that include the hooves of a centaur, or claws of a thri-kreen?
Movement: centaur (50 ft), gargoyle (fly 60 ft), sahuagin (swim 60ft), armand (burrow 10 ft), boggle (cimb 30 ft), ophidian (climb 15 ft & swim 50 ft)
Natural Armor: yak folk (+7), khaasta (+6), blackscale lizardfolk (+7), sahuagin (+5)
Natural Attacks: gargoyle (2 claws, bite & gore), centaur (2 hooves), blackscale lizardfolk (2 claws & bite)
Large Size: centaur, blackscale lizardfolk, equiceph, yak folk
Bonus Feats: grimlock (track), sahuagin (multiattack), yuan-ti pureblood (alertness, blind fight), equiceph (endurance), thri-kreen (deflect arrows), whitespawn hordeling & greenspawn sneak (two weapon fighting)
Skill Bonuses: greenspawn sneak (+5 hide, bluff, move silently), boggle (+10 escape artist), ophidian (+8 climb, +10 hide in forest & undeground)
...anything good that I've missed?
Also, I have some questions too:
* Would a Goliath retain Powerful Build in alternate forms?
* If the new form is aquatic, does it allow the caster to breathe underwater?
* Would natural attacks include poison, such as that of the abeil vassal?
* The spell says forms with extra limbs don't allow you to make extra attacks - would that include the hooves of a centaur, or claws of a thri-kreen?