Ursus the Grim
2011-07-08, 03:38 PM
Hello again, its me. Yes, yes, I know you're sick of me, but its something everyone likes to do! Tell me what to do!
The premise of this is that we were playing level 5 characters with NPC classes. We recently, as a quest reward, were 'promoted' to PCs, with an allowance to convert those five levels, reselect feats, recalculate all class-related numbers, and even shift alignment by one step. However, the DM stipulated that it had to "make sense."
My friend has an easy task. He was a warrior.
I, however, played a Witch. The fluff was that I was an herbalist, the town healer. Toying with the fluff presented to me, I decided that as a beautiful medicine woman, I was also a lawful evil follower of Wee Jas who occasionally allowed patients to die as a sacrifice of sorts. I chose my spells with my appearance in mind and grabbed spell focuses for Enchantment, with an alter self for combat when necessary. I was actually planning on charming the main enemy, as he's a necromancer and I'm a beautiful follower of Wee Jas.
Now I don't know what to do with those levels. My ability scores are 10/10/10/13/16/13. The most obvious answer is to go Cleric of Wee Jas. However, its a magic-phobic campaign and bearing the symbol of a goddess of death and magic is going to attract too much attention. Most arcane casters are right out. Going any necromancer variant will also be too obvious, not covert enough.
Essentials
LE alignment (can shift to NE or LN)
16 Wis, 13s Int and Cha, 10s in the physicals.
Human, age 26.
Previously 'herbalist' class, with Witch spells.
Previously skilled in Knowledge (Herbs, Physiology) and Heal.
Previous feats were Spell Focus and Greater Spell Focus (Enchantment) and Skill Focus (Heal)
Previously preferred spells were Charm Person, Command, Cure Light Wounds, and Alter Self.
5 Levels to use, possibly 6 after new experience.
Possible directions:
Shapeshifter. I've used alter self already and would find it fits the character to use it again. Maybe the beautiful woman is just a guise. Maybe the character has used alter self to slip away from authorities when she was young.
Problem: Most shapeshifters use either polymorph (arcane) or Wild Shape. Druid's possible but not really where I was originally looking to go. And I always play druids.
Trickster. Anyone's a fool for a pretty face. Sure, her charisma's only 13, but her spells have felled even the stronger wills of the village. She's used to having people eat out of her hand.
Problem: Charisma is only 13, and she'd need to be a cleric of Trickery (and bear a symbol) or an Arcane caster. I'd also like to keep the life/death aspect in play.
Spirit Shaman. She acknowledges there is a spirit of all things, and with her newly revealed Vulture Guide, she guides the passage of spirits from one vessel to the next, from life to death to life again. This is what I'm leaning towards.
Problem: That charisma is pretty important for a spirit shaman, and the fluff is a stretch. Plus, Shaman's abilities are pretty situational.
I know there's a hedge witch or something out there, but I haven't been able to find it, and I'm not even certain what its called.
The premise of this is that we were playing level 5 characters with NPC classes. We recently, as a quest reward, were 'promoted' to PCs, with an allowance to convert those five levels, reselect feats, recalculate all class-related numbers, and even shift alignment by one step. However, the DM stipulated that it had to "make sense."
My friend has an easy task. He was a warrior.
I, however, played a Witch. The fluff was that I was an herbalist, the town healer. Toying with the fluff presented to me, I decided that as a beautiful medicine woman, I was also a lawful evil follower of Wee Jas who occasionally allowed patients to die as a sacrifice of sorts. I chose my spells with my appearance in mind and grabbed spell focuses for Enchantment, with an alter self for combat when necessary. I was actually planning on charming the main enemy, as he's a necromancer and I'm a beautiful follower of Wee Jas.
Now I don't know what to do with those levels. My ability scores are 10/10/10/13/16/13. The most obvious answer is to go Cleric of Wee Jas. However, its a magic-phobic campaign and bearing the symbol of a goddess of death and magic is going to attract too much attention. Most arcane casters are right out. Going any necromancer variant will also be too obvious, not covert enough.
Essentials
LE alignment (can shift to NE or LN)
16 Wis, 13s Int and Cha, 10s in the physicals.
Human, age 26.
Previously 'herbalist' class, with Witch spells.
Previously skilled in Knowledge (Herbs, Physiology) and Heal.
Previous feats were Spell Focus and Greater Spell Focus (Enchantment) and Skill Focus (Heal)
Previously preferred spells were Charm Person, Command, Cure Light Wounds, and Alter Self.
5 Levels to use, possibly 6 after new experience.
Possible directions:
Shapeshifter. I've used alter self already and would find it fits the character to use it again. Maybe the beautiful woman is just a guise. Maybe the character has used alter self to slip away from authorities when she was young.
Problem: Most shapeshifters use either polymorph (arcane) or Wild Shape. Druid's possible but not really where I was originally looking to go. And I always play druids.
Trickster. Anyone's a fool for a pretty face. Sure, her charisma's only 13, but her spells have felled even the stronger wills of the village. She's used to having people eat out of her hand.
Problem: Charisma is only 13, and she'd need to be a cleric of Trickery (and bear a symbol) or an Arcane caster. I'd also like to keep the life/death aspect in play.
Spirit Shaman. She acknowledges there is a spirit of all things, and with her newly revealed Vulture Guide, she guides the passage of spirits from one vessel to the next, from life to death to life again. This is what I'm leaning towards.
Problem: That charisma is pretty important for a spirit shaman, and the fluff is a stretch. Plus, Shaman's abilities are pretty situational.
I know there's a hedge witch or something out there, but I haven't been able to find it, and I'm not even certain what its called.