tuesdayscoming
2010-11-24, 06:16 PM
So the bloodlines from Unearthed Arcana seem pretty good. Granted, you give up the BAB, saves, HP, skill points, and class features for anywhere from 1-3 levels, but my goodness do the rewards seem exploitable.
It grants you an extra level for use with 'calculations of [your] level-based abilities', and the text specifies that 'If a character has levels in two or more classes in addition to his bloodline levels, each class gains the benefit of adding the bloodline levels when calculating abilities.'
I want to abuse this.
I'm making a character for a custom setting I'm working on. At level 20, I was thinking of having him go 9 Binder/5 Knight of the Sacred Seal/6 Fiend of Possession. You get into KotSS to become an Outsider and get a 7th level Cleric to perform a Ritual of Alignment (SS) to get an evil subtype. This allows you entry to FoP.
But I read a thread today pointing out the bloodline effect that allows you, as a FoP, to give CRAZY high bonuses to Weapons/Armor and higher DCs for controlling other creatures.
Playing a Dvati pair already makes the FoP cheesy, but this is to be a near-epic level npc who simply should never be confronted. Just a hypothetical character, really, so what would be the cheesiest way to use bloodlines with this build as a base?
Are there, for instance, any decent 1 or two level dips that would be worth giving up additional Binder levels for bloodline abuse?
Alternatively, have you come across any particularly effective (even if entirely unrelated) Bloodlines builds in the past? It seems like an interesting mechanic, one that could certainly have some interesting repercussions.
It grants you an extra level for use with 'calculations of [your] level-based abilities', and the text specifies that 'If a character has levels in two or more classes in addition to his bloodline levels, each class gains the benefit of adding the bloodline levels when calculating abilities.'
I want to abuse this.
I'm making a character for a custom setting I'm working on. At level 20, I was thinking of having him go 9 Binder/5 Knight of the Sacred Seal/6 Fiend of Possession. You get into KotSS to become an Outsider and get a 7th level Cleric to perform a Ritual of Alignment (SS) to get an evil subtype. This allows you entry to FoP.
But I read a thread today pointing out the bloodline effect that allows you, as a FoP, to give CRAZY high bonuses to Weapons/Armor and higher DCs for controlling other creatures.
Playing a Dvati pair already makes the FoP cheesy, but this is to be a near-epic level npc who simply should never be confronted. Just a hypothetical character, really, so what would be the cheesiest way to use bloodlines with this build as a base?
Are there, for instance, any decent 1 or two level dips that would be worth giving up additional Binder levels for bloodline abuse?
Alternatively, have you come across any particularly effective (even if entirely unrelated) Bloodlines builds in the past? It seems like an interesting mechanic, one that could certainly have some interesting repercussions.