Sedall
2014-05-21, 06:52 PM
Evening (or your relevant time-based greeting here) Playground, I return once more to ask for your advice on planning a character.
I'm going to be playing Pathfinder for the second time ever; the last time I played was long ago, but I know the APG had just been released. So it's been a while and I'm very inexperienced with the system. Originally, I wanted to play a cavalier and try my hand at a mounted character, despite some complaints I've heard about the class. But the idea of a gunslinger kept growing on me, and the image in my head is a combatant with a longcoat over some armor, with a lance in one hand and a double-barreled pistol or musket in the other on a horse (or camel. or mastodon). I also really like the idea of this guy becoming a Grand Marshal/Shield Marshal (Whatever the class is called. Grand on PFSRD, but address is for Shield and I've seen it referred to both ways).
The DM is going to be sympathetic toward my mounted plight, but he's an old school guy who mostly learned from AD&D and doesn't have a problem taking characters down. So I'd like to optimize as much as I can to do some damage and survive.
Things I'd like to keep in the build:
A) 4 levels of Cavalier with Expert Trainer for the Horse Master (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/horse-master-combat) feat. Was looking at Dune Drifter (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/cavalier/archetypes/paizo---cavalier-archetypes/dune-drifter-cavalier-archetype) or Luring Cavalier (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/cavalier/archetypes/paizo---cavalier-archetypes/luring-cavalier) archetypes. (He's ruled that I wouldn't start with my gun, but instead would find it very early on, to allow me the Gun classes/archetypes while in a very rare guns setting, so Luring looks the best.)
B) Mysterious Stranger (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/gunslinger/archetypes/paizo---gunslinger-archetypes/mysterious-stranger) Gunslinger Archetype.
C) Grand/Shield Marshal (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/prestige-classes/other-paizo/e-h/shieldmarshal) prestige class.
I really don't know how feat starved the build would be though, and am looking for suggestions as to that end, as well as a racial selection. Wanted to get away from core races, so I was thinking a tiefling with fiendish heritage to change the stats to dex and cha bonuses, but that already marks two of my early feats with Horse Master, so that's up for debate. But if I can get away with not being a human, that'd be wonderful.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Helpful Links? Advice? Dessert Recipes?
Edit: Added links. Also, all Paizo material on the SRD is allowed.
(Originally, I just wanted to be a Mammoth Rider with a huge Triceratops mount...but noooo, those are a little too big. Bah.)
I'm going to be playing Pathfinder for the second time ever; the last time I played was long ago, but I know the APG had just been released. So it's been a while and I'm very inexperienced with the system. Originally, I wanted to play a cavalier and try my hand at a mounted character, despite some complaints I've heard about the class. But the idea of a gunslinger kept growing on me, and the image in my head is a combatant with a longcoat over some armor, with a lance in one hand and a double-barreled pistol or musket in the other on a horse (or camel. or mastodon). I also really like the idea of this guy becoming a Grand Marshal/Shield Marshal (Whatever the class is called. Grand on PFSRD, but address is for Shield and I've seen it referred to both ways).
The DM is going to be sympathetic toward my mounted plight, but he's an old school guy who mostly learned from AD&D and doesn't have a problem taking characters down. So I'd like to optimize as much as I can to do some damage and survive.
Things I'd like to keep in the build:
A) 4 levels of Cavalier with Expert Trainer for the Horse Master (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/horse-master-combat) feat. Was looking at Dune Drifter (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/cavalier/archetypes/paizo---cavalier-archetypes/dune-drifter-cavalier-archetype) or Luring Cavalier (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/cavalier/archetypes/paizo---cavalier-archetypes/luring-cavalier) archetypes. (He's ruled that I wouldn't start with my gun, but instead would find it very early on, to allow me the Gun classes/archetypes while in a very rare guns setting, so Luring looks the best.)
B) Mysterious Stranger (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/gunslinger/archetypes/paizo---gunslinger-archetypes/mysterious-stranger) Gunslinger Archetype.
C) Grand/Shield Marshal (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/prestige-classes/other-paizo/e-h/shieldmarshal) prestige class.
I really don't know how feat starved the build would be though, and am looking for suggestions as to that end, as well as a racial selection. Wanted to get away from core races, so I was thinking a tiefling with fiendish heritage to change the stats to dex and cha bonuses, but that already marks two of my early feats with Horse Master, so that's up for debate. But if I can get away with not being a human, that'd be wonderful.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Helpful Links? Advice? Dessert Recipes?
Edit: Added links. Also, all Paizo material on the SRD is allowed.
(Originally, I just wanted to be a Mammoth Rider with a huge Triceratops mount...but noooo, those are a little too big. Bah.)