bjoern
2014-08-24, 10:28 AM
A fellow player that I've played with for 10 years, has made a fluff kind of character that is strong with skill use (like a rogue) but limited in combat . He can poke at range for small amounts of damage and likewise in melee . This usually works great coupled with a grease spell. He uses a whip for trip, disarm, and climbing/swinging. He has a few low level utility spells the strongest of which is dispel magic. (Which saved our butts last encounter) His class is a homebrew one that has the class ability to reroll a bad die roll x times per day. After a few encounters, he has found that even DR/5 shuts down his damage dealing potential since he only does 1d6+2.
He has a good UMD skill so we were gravitating towards that as a possibility. We are only level 6 and wealth is a little scarce so that's an issue. He is an arcane caster so he could use an eternal wand.
The best I can think of for him would be a wand of power word pain either regular or eternal for a low 750gp or 820gp respectively.
Any other ideas for him to have more of a presence in combat? In the party we have some good BFC already and dedicated illusionist, a melee cleric (not optimized) that uses an ACF that gives her animal like alternate forms rather than using domains, and a halfling outrider. We don't really have a damage sponge character so our tactics are to lay down some BFC (usually grease and/or glitterdust and some illusions and take down the enemies one at a time before the durations expire. So having him able to contribute against DR would help out.
He has a good UMD skill so we were gravitating towards that as a possibility. We are only level 6 and wealth is a little scarce so that's an issue. He is an arcane caster so he could use an eternal wand.
The best I can think of for him would be a wand of power word pain either regular or eternal for a low 750gp or 820gp respectively.
Any other ideas for him to have more of a presence in combat? In the party we have some good BFC already and dedicated illusionist, a melee cleric (not optimized) that uses an ACF that gives her animal like alternate forms rather than using domains, and a halfling outrider. We don't really have a damage sponge character so our tactics are to lay down some BFC (usually grease and/or glitterdust and some illusions and take down the enemies one at a time before the durations expire. So having him able to contribute against DR would help out.