Mongobear
2014-03-01, 11:32 PM
So, in an upcoming adventure/campaign, we are allowed to choose from the following resources: Core Rulebooks, Exp Psionics, and Complete Warrior/Adventurer/Divine/Arcane/Psionics.
I have elected to play as a Divine Mind, from Complete Psionics, however, with one major change, the DM is allowing the class to have a full BAB as opposed to the moderate that is normal on the basis that the class feels more like a Paladin, and should be a true Martial class.
He is not allowing any ACFs so Ectopic Ally is out, and I intend to play the character as a pseudo Paladin/Knight-in-Shining-Armor and take up the offtank/buffer role for the party.
My question is this: Am I gimping myself right off the start? I am aware of the tier thing, and know the general opinion of a Divine Mind is that theyre bad. Is the BAB change anywhere near enough of a fix to make them functional?
My plan as of right now before even rolling the character up is to go DM 4 for Divine Grace, then maybe multiclass out to something else. My initial thought was the War Mind PrC and he said he would include some way to incorporate the fluff requirement by the level I would meet the minimum requirement, however I am apprehensive of keeping track of double Power progression, as well as losing out of my Aura/Mantle growths.
Is the loss of class abilities just a symptom of the complete books classes in general? I usually always have this same feeling when making any class from any complete book. So it might not just be me.
I usually play classes between High Tier 4/Low Tier 3, so I am used to being slightly underpowered compared to the rest of my group, however, with moderate optimization will this work as a concept? Or am I better of just going with a real Martial class?
Also, any tips on general build/feats/race/etc would be welcome as long as theyre not blatantly OP. (I dont want to be marching around at level 2 with a 30 STR and Powerful Build one shotting BBEGs)
I have elected to play as a Divine Mind, from Complete Psionics, however, with one major change, the DM is allowing the class to have a full BAB as opposed to the moderate that is normal on the basis that the class feels more like a Paladin, and should be a true Martial class.
He is not allowing any ACFs so Ectopic Ally is out, and I intend to play the character as a pseudo Paladin/Knight-in-Shining-Armor and take up the offtank/buffer role for the party.
My question is this: Am I gimping myself right off the start? I am aware of the tier thing, and know the general opinion of a Divine Mind is that theyre bad. Is the BAB change anywhere near enough of a fix to make them functional?
My plan as of right now before even rolling the character up is to go DM 4 for Divine Grace, then maybe multiclass out to something else. My initial thought was the War Mind PrC and he said he would include some way to incorporate the fluff requirement by the level I would meet the minimum requirement, however I am apprehensive of keeping track of double Power progression, as well as losing out of my Aura/Mantle growths.
Is the loss of class abilities just a symptom of the complete books classes in general? I usually always have this same feeling when making any class from any complete book. So it might not just be me.
I usually play classes between High Tier 4/Low Tier 3, so I am used to being slightly underpowered compared to the rest of my group, however, with moderate optimization will this work as a concept? Or am I better of just going with a real Martial class?
Also, any tips on general build/feats/race/etc would be welcome as long as theyre not blatantly OP. (I dont want to be marching around at level 2 with a 30 STR and Powerful Build one shotting BBEGs)