Red Fel
2014-04-12, 04:11 PM
As I mentioned in my last thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?340266-Return-of-the-Tibbit-Part-1-The-Tibbiting), which was part 1 of 3, I would be designing a Thrallherd and two thralls. For those unfamiliar with the class, a Thrallherd (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/prestigeClasses/thrallherd.htm) gets a cohort and followers like the Leadership feat grants, except for several key points. First, they are called thralls and believers, respectively. Second, you don't have a Leadership score, and thus suffer nothing if the highly expendable buggers up and snuff it. Third, unlike with a Leadership cohort, your Thrallherd thrall is one level lower than you, instead of two levels lower. And fourth, at the Thrallherd capstone, you get a second thrall, albeit two levels lower.
In this thread, we will be designing the first of the two thralls, the one with at a -1 to the Thrallherd's level.
Now, the rules:
Race: Shifter. Trait undecided, suggestions welcomed. Leaning between Dreamsight (bonus to Wis, grants speak with animals, +2 to Handle Animal and Wild Empathy checks) or Wildhunt (bonus to Con, grants scent, +2 to Survival checks). Classes: Druid base, ideally PrCing into Moonspeaker. Shifter Druid racial substitution levels 1 and 4 mandatory. Racial substitution level 5 is optional, given that Moonspeaker grants Wild Shape anyway. Other class additions permitted. Warshaper would be neato. Levels: 5-19. The Thrallherd acquires the first thrall at Thrallherd 1, which comes at character level 6 on the build linked above; thus, the thrall's minimum level is 5. The first thrall caps at the Thrallherd's level -1, and the main build caps at 20; thus, the thrall's maximum level is 19. Books: 3.5 encouraged. 3.0 allowed. No PF, no 3rd party, no 4e. Dragon Magazine allowed, not preferred. Dragon Compendium is fine. Goal: Minionmancer, spellcaster, some shapeshifting ability. Shifter Shifting tends to be somewhat disappointing, and should not be made a focus of the build, especially given that Moonspeaker grants Shifting benefits even when not Shifting. Wild Shape is still good. No DCS or similar cheese. Extra Note: Ideally, I would like to make two builds - one gestalt, one not. I welcome suggestions for either or both.
Pencils up, and... Begin!
Build will go here.
As an aside, the Thrallherd build linked above is still open for critique and suggestions.
In this thread, we will be designing the first of the two thralls, the one with at a -1 to the Thrallherd's level.
Now, the rules:
Race: Shifter. Trait undecided, suggestions welcomed. Leaning between Dreamsight (bonus to Wis, grants speak with animals, +2 to Handle Animal and Wild Empathy checks) or Wildhunt (bonus to Con, grants scent, +2 to Survival checks). Classes: Druid base, ideally PrCing into Moonspeaker. Shifter Druid racial substitution levels 1 and 4 mandatory. Racial substitution level 5 is optional, given that Moonspeaker grants Wild Shape anyway. Other class additions permitted. Warshaper would be neato. Levels: 5-19. The Thrallherd acquires the first thrall at Thrallherd 1, which comes at character level 6 on the build linked above; thus, the thrall's minimum level is 5. The first thrall caps at the Thrallherd's level -1, and the main build caps at 20; thus, the thrall's maximum level is 19. Books: 3.5 encouraged. 3.0 allowed. No PF, no 3rd party, no 4e. Dragon Magazine allowed, not preferred. Dragon Compendium is fine. Goal: Minionmancer, spellcaster, some shapeshifting ability. Shifter Shifting tends to be somewhat disappointing, and should not be made a focus of the build, especially given that Moonspeaker grants Shifting benefits even when not Shifting. Wild Shape is still good. No DCS or similar cheese. Extra Note: Ideally, I would like to make two builds - one gestalt, one not. I welcome suggestions for either or both.
Pencils up, and... Begin!
Build will go here.
As an aside, the Thrallherd build linked above is still open for critique and suggestions.