AtwasAwamps
2009-12-18, 05:00 PM
I have been wondering if dipping into a psionic class would be a good idea for a glaivelock. Specifically, I had in mind the Psychic Warrior and Warmind classes. I came up with a fluff for the idea I’m enjoying and want to see if its vaguely workable.
Fluff: A psychic warrior devoted to seeking perfection in combat, delving too far in his searches and binding himself to a dark entity in search of more power. Struggling with the dichotomy of his PsyWar training (focus, discipline, and the power of the mind) and the sheer power offered to him (by warlock training…unadulterated power, with no discipline whatsoever), he continues to seek perfection in the art of combat. He realizes that the fell power he has bonded with is not the correct route and seeks to wrench himself free of his reliance on his dark ally. In the process, he stumbles upon a reclusive warmind who takes the obviously troubled and talented soul in, helping him re-establish the absolute value of discipline and training in his quest. Mastering himself once again, the psychic warrior sees the fell power he was granted as now just another weapon to train himself in and, with thanks to the teacher that saved his sanity, embarks to continue his journey towards perfection.
The Crunch: Human. Build would be something like PsyWar X/Warlock X/ Warmind X. I’d like to have enough levels in PsyWar to manifest hustle, enough levels in warlock to utilize fell flight and have at least a 3d6 eldritch blast, and then warmind for the rest. I’ll deal with the alignment changes via fluff. Secretly, I would like to slip enlightened spirit (the redeemed warlock-themed class) into my build (only one or two levels, perhaps…I forget what EB progression is exactly and am away from my books), but realize that is probably impossible and spreading myself too thin.
I would focus on strength/wis, with dex/con as my secondary stats, possibly just going str/con if my rolls are high enough and I can at least net a few extra power points for additional hustle uses with a leftoever high wis score or something. The obvious goal would be to grant myself the ability to make as many full attacks utilizing eldritch glaive as much as possible. I would avoid the various EB riders that rely on CHA to reduce the need for CHA at all in the build and avoiding to much MADness, basically focusing on making heavy power attacks with my mid-BAB against touch attacks.
Does this sound at all viable, or is it simply too complicated? Note that I have read the glaivelock handbook and it doesn’t really help me much in this particular case…I have an idea of what I want my lock to be able to do, but no clear concept of whether or not Psionics really fits in here.
I would personally like to avoid ToB as my current group has had bad experiences with power gamers using it and I don’t think they’d appreciate more of it.
Key Build Feats/Powers IMO:
Powers: Hustle
Feats: Power Attack, Quicken Spell Like Ability, Able Learner (Human)
Invocations: Eldritch Glaive
What I’m looking for:
Suggestions to make the concept of a psionic glaivelock interesting/fun/powerful (any or all of the three)…what feats and powers I should be looking at, if you expect this to work out at all, where my truly glaring weaknesses are, etc.
Thanks for your help, playgrounders!
Fluff: A psychic warrior devoted to seeking perfection in combat, delving too far in his searches and binding himself to a dark entity in search of more power. Struggling with the dichotomy of his PsyWar training (focus, discipline, and the power of the mind) and the sheer power offered to him (by warlock training…unadulterated power, with no discipline whatsoever), he continues to seek perfection in the art of combat. He realizes that the fell power he has bonded with is not the correct route and seeks to wrench himself free of his reliance on his dark ally. In the process, he stumbles upon a reclusive warmind who takes the obviously troubled and talented soul in, helping him re-establish the absolute value of discipline and training in his quest. Mastering himself once again, the psychic warrior sees the fell power he was granted as now just another weapon to train himself in and, with thanks to the teacher that saved his sanity, embarks to continue his journey towards perfection.
The Crunch: Human. Build would be something like PsyWar X/Warlock X/ Warmind X. I’d like to have enough levels in PsyWar to manifest hustle, enough levels in warlock to utilize fell flight and have at least a 3d6 eldritch blast, and then warmind for the rest. I’ll deal with the alignment changes via fluff. Secretly, I would like to slip enlightened spirit (the redeemed warlock-themed class) into my build (only one or two levels, perhaps…I forget what EB progression is exactly and am away from my books), but realize that is probably impossible and spreading myself too thin.
I would focus on strength/wis, with dex/con as my secondary stats, possibly just going str/con if my rolls are high enough and I can at least net a few extra power points for additional hustle uses with a leftoever high wis score or something. The obvious goal would be to grant myself the ability to make as many full attacks utilizing eldritch glaive as much as possible. I would avoid the various EB riders that rely on CHA to reduce the need for CHA at all in the build and avoiding to much MADness, basically focusing on making heavy power attacks with my mid-BAB against touch attacks.
Does this sound at all viable, or is it simply too complicated? Note that I have read the glaivelock handbook and it doesn’t really help me much in this particular case…I have an idea of what I want my lock to be able to do, but no clear concept of whether or not Psionics really fits in here.
I would personally like to avoid ToB as my current group has had bad experiences with power gamers using it and I don’t think they’d appreciate more of it.
Key Build Feats/Powers IMO:
Powers: Hustle
Feats: Power Attack, Quicken Spell Like Ability, Able Learner (Human)
Invocations: Eldritch Glaive
What I’m looking for:
Suggestions to make the concept of a psionic glaivelock interesting/fun/powerful (any or all of the three)…what feats and powers I should be looking at, if you expect this to work out at all, where my truly glaring weaknesses are, etc.
Thanks for your help, playgrounders!