oxinabox
2009-09-26, 11:39 PM
I'm fiddling with a gish build idea.
I know it's been done, but i just want to write my thoughts downs somewhere as i work it out.
I want to use abjurant champion as it was intended, (Ie not as being the default class for elf wizards (since eventually they automaticlaly reach the prereqs (assuming combat casting feat))
So a character that is focused on buffing himself beyond anything else.
Player: "I cast my buffs"
DM: "Ok, then what do you do?"
Player: "hangon i'll need 15 minutes to finish these, what the rest of the party doing?"
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Race: Aeshkrau illumian
Aesh (“vigor”): +1 bonus on Strength checks and
Strength-based skill checks.
Krau (“magic”): +1 bonus to caster level for all spells
and spell-like abilities (up to a maximum value equal to
the illumian’s character level).
Aeshkrau: The illumian can use her Strength score to
determine the bonus spells she gains for a high ability score, instead of the normal ability score used by her
class to determine this feature. If she has more than
one spellcasting class, she may use her Strength score
in place of any or all of the ability scores used by those
classes for this purpose.
+2 racial bonus on saves against spells with the shadow
descriptor: The illumians’ magical heritage is tied to the
Plane of Shadow.
• Superior Literacy: Illumians are always literate, regard-
less of their character class. Speak Language is always a
class skill for illumians, regardless of class.
Abilities: STR high, lowish INT,
Because i'm dumping int, i need to avoid spells wich allow a save, but that's ok, cos i'm specialising on buffing.
Schools:
Specising in Abjuration. (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndLive/SearchList.php)
A specialist wizard can prepare one additional spell of her specialty school per spell level each day. She also gains a +2 bonus on Spellcraft checks to learn the spells of her chosen school.
Now Enchantment (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndLive/SearchList.php) has a couple of decent buffs:
Archon's Focus (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/spells.php?ID=5317)
Masochism (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/spells.php?ID=5564)
but not too many
Transmutation's (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndLive/SearchList.php)Great
ban Illusion - it has some nice things like Bladeweave (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/spells.php?ID=5665), and disguise self, but they allow Saves, wich will be too easy to overcome
Ban Evocation: I thats what my sword is for.
Is there away to ban 3 schools?
Necomancy is ok, i could animate some dead, but not great.
Conjuration is just too damn good, who can give up dimention door?
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I'll comeback to this with a list of Feats and Classes.
dip in fighter, spellsword.
maybe 3 wizard or so.
all of abjurant champion
should prabable power attack like a Boss after using true strike (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/spells.php?ID=3560)
Critical stike (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/spells.php?ID=5668) is nice:
I know it's been done, but i just want to write my thoughts downs somewhere as i work it out.
I want to use abjurant champion as it was intended, (Ie not as being the default class for elf wizards (since eventually they automaticlaly reach the prereqs (assuming combat casting feat))
So a character that is focused on buffing himself beyond anything else.
Player: "I cast my buffs"
DM: "Ok, then what do you do?"
Player: "hangon i'll need 15 minutes to finish these, what the rest of the party doing?"
--------------------------------------------
Race: Aeshkrau illumian
Aesh (“vigor”): +1 bonus on Strength checks and
Strength-based skill checks.
Krau (“magic”): +1 bonus to caster level for all spells
and spell-like abilities (up to a maximum value equal to
the illumian’s character level).
Aeshkrau: The illumian can use her Strength score to
determine the bonus spells she gains for a high ability score, instead of the normal ability score used by her
class to determine this feature. If she has more than
one spellcasting class, she may use her Strength score
in place of any or all of the ability scores used by those
classes for this purpose.
+2 racial bonus on saves against spells with the shadow
descriptor: The illumians’ magical heritage is tied to the
Plane of Shadow.
• Superior Literacy: Illumians are always literate, regard-
less of their character class. Speak Language is always a
class skill for illumians, regardless of class.
Abilities: STR high, lowish INT,
Because i'm dumping int, i need to avoid spells wich allow a save, but that's ok, cos i'm specialising on buffing.
Schools:
Specising in Abjuration. (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndLive/SearchList.php)
A specialist wizard can prepare one additional spell of her specialty school per spell level each day. She also gains a +2 bonus on Spellcraft checks to learn the spells of her chosen school.
Now Enchantment (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndLive/SearchList.php) has a couple of decent buffs:
Archon's Focus (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/spells.php?ID=5317)
Masochism (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/spells.php?ID=5564)
but not too many
Transmutation's (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndLive/SearchList.php)Great
ban Illusion - it has some nice things like Bladeweave (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/spells.php?ID=5665), and disguise self, but they allow Saves, wich will be too easy to overcome
Ban Evocation: I thats what my sword is for.
Is there away to ban 3 schools?
Necomancy is ok, i could animate some dead, but not great.
Conjuration is just too damn good, who can give up dimention door?
-------------------------------
I'll comeback to this with a list of Feats and Classes.
dip in fighter, spellsword.
maybe 3 wizard or so.
all of abjurant champion
should prabable power attack like a Boss after using true strike (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/spells.php?ID=3560)
Critical stike (http://www.imarvintpa.com/dndlive/spells.php?ID=5668) is nice: