lucky9
2012-09-30, 12:16 AM
Hey everyone, I'm a long time Oots fan and Forums lurker. This is my first post:smallbiggrin:
So here's the question I was hoping for some help with. There's a character I've been using in my campaigns who pops up from time to time but who never had a huge role so I never had to have solid stats for him. Until now... In my new campaign he will be one of the major allies or villains, depending on how the PCs decide to go. However, I can't seem to be able to quantify him into a reasonable character build. I have his starting ability scores, race, alignment, and skills. What I need help with is some sort of class combination and feat selection. He is a CN Half-Dwarf STR 15/DEX 10/ CON 13/ INT 15/WIS 15/CHA 12. The one important thing to note about the half-dwarf template I made is that it gets a bonus feat. I'm looking for a way to incorporate the following abilities(which I have listed in no particular order):
Rage 1/day no more, no less
Damage Reduction 1/- possibly more, definitely 5 or less
High WILL saves
Average (for his lvl) FORT saves
Low (for his lvl) REF saves
Low base attack bonus (for his lvl) but still 4 attacks/round
Proficient with up to medium armor, definitely not heavy
Proficient with tower shields
No specific weapon proficiency (he uses a dwarven war-axe which his race grants him proficiency with)
Casts arcane spells which need to be prepared (as a mage) knows up to lvl 5 spells of which he can cast no more than 3/day
Casts divine spells spontaneously, knows up to lvl 6 of which he can cast 1/day plus the domain spell
Is able to cast arcane spells while wearing light armor (he wears a mithril breastplate)
Inspires people with words/music
His music has an effect on himself, allies, enemies and the immediate environment (can make fire dance, trees sway, etc.) but does no direct damage to his enemies (just demoralizes, etc.)
Has a cat familiar
His rage grants him immunity to anything mind effecting
Immune to fatigue
The following is a quick summary of his personality and doesn't necessarily need to be reflected by his class:
Supernatural love for music (goes far beyond an ordinary person's fascination with music)
Has been absolutely EVERYWHERE and experienced nearly every situation
Never owns land (he only sleeps at inns or camps)
Lives on the road and rarely stops for more than a week
Hardly anyone has heard of him despite the fact that he is an epic level character and does epic level things (occasionally fights very low ranking deities, saves world, etc.)
Not immortal
Abhors Undead (sort of his Indiana Jones snakes thing) especially since he has spent time as various types of undead over the course of his travels (never willingly)
Very chaotic personality but never goes out of his way to cause chaos, still has occasional little 'pranks' though
Can adapt to any environment, whether over time or instantly, permanently or temporarily, still adapts
Allocated his first bonus ability point to Charisma and the rest to Wisdom
His worst enemies are LN, LE, and/or NE
His greatest allies are CG, CN, and/or CE
What I was thinking was a Bard 17/Berserk (Deities and Demigods) 3/Spontaneous Cleric (Unearthed Arcana) 11/Horizon Walker 10 also note: the bards in my campaign prepare spells (as a wizard) and their spells are intelligence based, instead of Charisma. This build didn't quite cut it for my taste though (ECL was too high). I would like him to be at most level 35. This is to keep his base attack, saves, number of feats, and skill points down. If he helps the PCs in direct combat(not my plan) I don't want him stealing the show; or if he directly fights the PCs(also not my plan but you never know what they might come up with) I don't want them to be hopelessly outmatched. I'm not looking to make a ridiculously epic leveled demigod. Just a very experienced adventurer and traveler who helps or hinders the PCs in a mostly behind the scenes fashion. So any advice on class and feat combinations that would give him the listed abilities within a reasonable level would be awesome! I also would prefer anything from the manuals published by WotC. Thanks:smallsmile: Phew! I probably just won the award for longest first post.
So here's the question I was hoping for some help with. There's a character I've been using in my campaigns who pops up from time to time but who never had a huge role so I never had to have solid stats for him. Until now... In my new campaign he will be one of the major allies or villains, depending on how the PCs decide to go. However, I can't seem to be able to quantify him into a reasonable character build. I have his starting ability scores, race, alignment, and skills. What I need help with is some sort of class combination and feat selection. He is a CN Half-Dwarf STR 15/DEX 10/ CON 13/ INT 15/WIS 15/CHA 12. The one important thing to note about the half-dwarf template I made is that it gets a bonus feat. I'm looking for a way to incorporate the following abilities(which I have listed in no particular order):
Rage 1/day no more, no less
Damage Reduction 1/- possibly more, definitely 5 or less
High WILL saves
Average (for his lvl) FORT saves
Low (for his lvl) REF saves
Low base attack bonus (for his lvl) but still 4 attacks/round
Proficient with up to medium armor, definitely not heavy
Proficient with tower shields
No specific weapon proficiency (he uses a dwarven war-axe which his race grants him proficiency with)
Casts arcane spells which need to be prepared (as a mage) knows up to lvl 5 spells of which he can cast no more than 3/day
Casts divine spells spontaneously, knows up to lvl 6 of which he can cast 1/day plus the domain spell
Is able to cast arcane spells while wearing light armor (he wears a mithril breastplate)
Inspires people with words/music
His music has an effect on himself, allies, enemies and the immediate environment (can make fire dance, trees sway, etc.) but does no direct damage to his enemies (just demoralizes, etc.)
Has a cat familiar
His rage grants him immunity to anything mind effecting
Immune to fatigue
The following is a quick summary of his personality and doesn't necessarily need to be reflected by his class:
Supernatural love for music (goes far beyond an ordinary person's fascination with music)
Has been absolutely EVERYWHERE and experienced nearly every situation
Never owns land (he only sleeps at inns or camps)
Lives on the road and rarely stops for more than a week
Hardly anyone has heard of him despite the fact that he is an epic level character and does epic level things (occasionally fights very low ranking deities, saves world, etc.)
Not immortal
Abhors Undead (sort of his Indiana Jones snakes thing) especially since he has spent time as various types of undead over the course of his travels (never willingly)
Very chaotic personality but never goes out of his way to cause chaos, still has occasional little 'pranks' though
Can adapt to any environment, whether over time or instantly, permanently or temporarily, still adapts
Allocated his first bonus ability point to Charisma and the rest to Wisdom
His worst enemies are LN, LE, and/or NE
His greatest allies are CG, CN, and/or CE
What I was thinking was a Bard 17/Berserk (Deities and Demigods) 3/Spontaneous Cleric (Unearthed Arcana) 11/Horizon Walker 10 also note: the bards in my campaign prepare spells (as a wizard) and their spells are intelligence based, instead of Charisma. This build didn't quite cut it for my taste though (ECL was too high). I would like him to be at most level 35. This is to keep his base attack, saves, number of feats, and skill points down. If he helps the PCs in direct combat(not my plan) I don't want him stealing the show; or if he directly fights the PCs(also not my plan but you never know what they might come up with) I don't want them to be hopelessly outmatched. I'm not looking to make a ridiculously epic leveled demigod. Just a very experienced adventurer and traveler who helps or hinders the PCs in a mostly behind the scenes fashion. So any advice on class and feat combinations that would give him the listed abilities within a reasonable level would be awesome! I also would prefer anything from the manuals published by WotC. Thanks:smallsmile: Phew! I probably just won the award for longest first post.