rye0006
2011-01-17, 02:49 PM
I read the guide on here to the melee warlock and since then have been really intrigued to make a grappling warlock. I thought that a goliath would be a good option to use as the powerful build racial trait lets them count as large for the grapple checks. But was trying to work out what would be the best build. These are the two options i've though of so far:
Goliath LA
Monk 1 - Improved Unarmed Strike; Improved Grapple; Weapon Focus (unarmed)
Warlock 1 - 1d6 blast; invocations
Warlock 2 - Detect magic; +1 feat
Warlock 3 - DR 1/cold iron; blast 2d6
Warlock 4 - Deceive item
Warlock 5 - blast 3d6; grappling blast
obviously this requires an alignment change between the monk and warlock classes, but i could roleplay that within reason if a dm was to allow it. But i'm lacking eldritch claws or anything like that which would be really useful.
Alternatively:
Goliath LA
Warlock 1 - 1d6 blast; invocations; imp unarmed strike
Warlock 2 - Detect magic
Warlock 3 - DR 1/cold iron; blast 2d6; eldritch claws
Warlock 4 - Deceive item
Warlock 5 - blast 3d6
Fighter 1 - Improved grapple; grappling blast
Warlock 6 - etc.
Not sure how best to work this build. Is there a non-LA race that offers a plus to grapple? or does anyone have any suggestions for how this build could work/be improved?
at some point i want to work in the following feats as well:
Beast strike; Superior Unarmed Strike; Improved Natural Attack
I was thinking that i would make this character mute. i've never used the flaws system before so i was just going to roleplay this. where does the flaw system come from? would mute work as a flaw and how would it benefit me?
sorry for the abundance of questions asking for advice, thought id put them all in the same post as they all correspond to the same character idea.
Goliath LA
Monk 1 - Improved Unarmed Strike; Improved Grapple; Weapon Focus (unarmed)
Warlock 1 - 1d6 blast; invocations
Warlock 2 - Detect magic; +1 feat
Warlock 3 - DR 1/cold iron; blast 2d6
Warlock 4 - Deceive item
Warlock 5 - blast 3d6; grappling blast
obviously this requires an alignment change between the monk and warlock classes, but i could roleplay that within reason if a dm was to allow it. But i'm lacking eldritch claws or anything like that which would be really useful.
Alternatively:
Goliath LA
Warlock 1 - 1d6 blast; invocations; imp unarmed strike
Warlock 2 - Detect magic
Warlock 3 - DR 1/cold iron; blast 2d6; eldritch claws
Warlock 4 - Deceive item
Warlock 5 - blast 3d6
Fighter 1 - Improved grapple; grappling blast
Warlock 6 - etc.
Not sure how best to work this build. Is there a non-LA race that offers a plus to grapple? or does anyone have any suggestions for how this build could work/be improved?
at some point i want to work in the following feats as well:
Beast strike; Superior Unarmed Strike; Improved Natural Attack
I was thinking that i would make this character mute. i've never used the flaws system before so i was just going to roleplay this. where does the flaw system come from? would mute work as a flaw and how would it benefit me?
sorry for the abundance of questions asking for advice, thought id put them all in the same post as they all correspond to the same character idea.