vampire2948
2010-03-06, 05:45 AM
Hey all,
I'm playing in a campaign in the near future with the following party:
Elf Ranger (Going for the longbow massed arrow route)
Elf Rogue (Dual-weilding, poisons, high damage and such)
Dwarf Fighter (He's going to try to play it as a high-damage character, not sure how he's planning on that, or anything about the character.)
[Unknown Race, probably Maenad] Psion (Going for Telepath discipline, planning to take a healthy scoop of damage spells along with his telepathy tricks)
Dwarf Cleric (DMPC'd character. Has the Fire and Sun domains, I think the DM wants to use this character to go all 'pewpew' on his other NPC's. So he asked if i'd mind playing the healer.)
Me: Unknown at present.
And that's the reason i've come to the Playground to seek your advice.
I'm currently planning to play a Swordsage/Shugenja/Ebon Phoenix Mage (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99636&highlight=Ebon+Phoenix+Mage), with a few backstory elements to tone down my power. e.g. I never draw my sword unless I absolutely have to. Going for LE alignment, will be something to do with the honor of my house and such.
I need advice / answers to the following:
What race should I play? I've currently penciled myself in as Changeling, since I also appear to be the party face, looking at my skill set. I don't need a race that buffs my combat or casting ability.
This campaign is planned to exceed the build i've got laid out for it. Which is : Swordsage 3 / Shugenja 3 / Ebon Phoenix Mage 10 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99636&highlight=Ebon+Phoenix+Mage)
What do I fill up the final 4 levels to level 20 with?
Current Considered Possibilities:
Shugenja [Would give me casting equal to that of a 15th level Shugenja]
Swordsage [More maneuvers never hurt anyone?]
Ur-Priest [Gives me buffed healing ability, and other options. More spells are always good. Ur-Priest is quite a possible turn to take for my Character from it's backstory.]
[I]Or
Should I just scrap the Ebon Phoenix Mage idea, and go for full Shugenja? Or another caster class?
We seem to have enough melee combatants, and damage-dealing classes.
All ideas are appreciated.
Thank you for your time, and any future time that posting a reply might take,
Vampire2948,
I'm playing in a campaign in the near future with the following party:
Elf Ranger (Going for the longbow massed arrow route)
Elf Rogue (Dual-weilding, poisons, high damage and such)
Dwarf Fighter (He's going to try to play it as a high-damage character, not sure how he's planning on that, or anything about the character.)
[Unknown Race, probably Maenad] Psion (Going for Telepath discipline, planning to take a healthy scoop of damage spells along with his telepathy tricks)
Dwarf Cleric (DMPC'd character. Has the Fire and Sun domains, I think the DM wants to use this character to go all 'pewpew' on his other NPC's. So he asked if i'd mind playing the healer.)
Me: Unknown at present.
And that's the reason i've come to the Playground to seek your advice.
I'm currently planning to play a Swordsage/Shugenja/Ebon Phoenix Mage (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99636&highlight=Ebon+Phoenix+Mage), with a few backstory elements to tone down my power. e.g. I never draw my sword unless I absolutely have to. Going for LE alignment, will be something to do with the honor of my house and such.
I need advice / answers to the following:
What race should I play? I've currently penciled myself in as Changeling, since I also appear to be the party face, looking at my skill set. I don't need a race that buffs my combat or casting ability.
This campaign is planned to exceed the build i've got laid out for it. Which is : Swordsage 3 / Shugenja 3 / Ebon Phoenix Mage 10 (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99636&highlight=Ebon+Phoenix+Mage)
What do I fill up the final 4 levels to level 20 with?
Current Considered Possibilities:
Shugenja [Would give me casting equal to that of a 15th level Shugenja]
Swordsage [More maneuvers never hurt anyone?]
Ur-Priest [Gives me buffed healing ability, and other options. More spells are always good. Ur-Priest is quite a possible turn to take for my Character from it's backstory.]
[I]Or
Should I just scrap the Ebon Phoenix Mage idea, and go for full Shugenja? Or another caster class?
We seem to have enough melee combatants, and damage-dealing classes.
All ideas are appreciated.
Thank you for your time, and any future time that posting a reply might take,
Vampire2948,