Levism84
2015-11-09, 10:36 PM
My DM is going to be running a Pathfinder adventure starting at 5th level with me and some of our friends. He is pretty open about 3.5/Pathfinder content and is, by all accounts, a fair DM. He enjoys players who roleplay their characters and get invested in the game world. For the ease of the reader, I have included two version of my question, one short and one long. Please, feel free to read one or both or neither (if that is how you roll when posting on threads).
I am playing a 5th level Synthesist Summoner with variant multiclassing to pick up a third-party Oracle curse called "Child". I would like my Fused Eidolon form to be my "adult body" and function as a "knight in shining armor". Is this something that can be done and, if so, how would it be best to go about doing it? Also, advice on building a solid summoner (I know Synthesist isn't an ideal build to begin with).
I am looking to play a 5th level Synthesist Summoner using variant multiclassing to pick up some Oracle class features. I will have access to an oracle curse and, after looking at Paizo's list which includes some third-party content, I am going to go with the "Child" curse. I've already cleared this with my DM, as playing a young character can have unforeseen party conflicts. However, I wanted to go the Synthesist route in order to have my eidolon be my "adult body". Or, at least what my character imagines his adult body would be like. However, I was wondering if this was even possible? I know I can create a biped eidolon and give it abilities like that of a "knight in shining armor", but the Fused Eidolon class feature of the Synthesist says you wear your eidolon like "transparent, living armor." I was wondering if this was more of a flavor thing, so I would be able to say the eidolon looks like an (idolized) adult version of my character.
I like the RP idea of my character being primarily shy or standoffish while using his "friends" (summon monster SLA) to protect him and his fellow party members. He would be relatively innocent (maybe naive), but with grand dreams for the future. He would have been around for "a while" in general terms and understands that he is cursed to be a child forever, but he has youthful optimism that helps him to believe that someday he might free himself of this curse ("Hey, hey! I think I'm getting taller! Oh, wait... no, sorry. False alarm..."). Also, he will be an amazing cook (which his eidolon fusion will also enhance, because fun beats min/maxing). In his normal form he will be about 4'4" and 63 lbs., which is about average for a 9 year old boy. With a high Charisma but low physical ability scores, I see him as being a cute and likable kid with little to no physical ability.
When in his "adult form", he will be taller, more "muscly", and appear to be in his early 20's (transforming into a total "Prince Charming"). He will also take on an aloof, yet, heroic knight in shining armor appearance. I am not sure if I can equip the eidolon with armor and weapons or if the armor should be symbolic-looking natural armor and my character should carry around a sword he can't use (like a squire waiting for his knight to arrive). I see the fusion acting more how a young person would act while they pretended to be a grown up; still relatively innocent/naive but with a bit of misplaced bravado. This is why I mentioned the Shazam part in the title, as those familiar with that DC superhero might be able to form some insights into the character I am trying to build.
Any advice you have on building a solid summoner would be appreciated. (I know I am sacrificing action economy, blah blah blah... but there are other ways I can improve my combat and out of combat capabilities, right?)
I was also considering half-elf for race, instead of human, in order to pick up some extra evolution points. Any suggestions on that would be appreciated as well.
Thank you in advance.
I am playing a 5th level Synthesist Summoner with variant multiclassing to pick up a third-party Oracle curse called "Child". I would like my Fused Eidolon form to be my "adult body" and function as a "knight in shining armor". Is this something that can be done and, if so, how would it be best to go about doing it? Also, advice on building a solid summoner (I know Synthesist isn't an ideal build to begin with).
I am looking to play a 5th level Synthesist Summoner using variant multiclassing to pick up some Oracle class features. I will have access to an oracle curse and, after looking at Paizo's list which includes some third-party content, I am going to go with the "Child" curse. I've already cleared this with my DM, as playing a young character can have unforeseen party conflicts. However, I wanted to go the Synthesist route in order to have my eidolon be my "adult body". Or, at least what my character imagines his adult body would be like. However, I was wondering if this was even possible? I know I can create a biped eidolon and give it abilities like that of a "knight in shining armor", but the Fused Eidolon class feature of the Synthesist says you wear your eidolon like "transparent, living armor." I was wondering if this was more of a flavor thing, so I would be able to say the eidolon looks like an (idolized) adult version of my character.
I like the RP idea of my character being primarily shy or standoffish while using his "friends" (summon monster SLA) to protect him and his fellow party members. He would be relatively innocent (maybe naive), but with grand dreams for the future. He would have been around for "a while" in general terms and understands that he is cursed to be a child forever, but he has youthful optimism that helps him to believe that someday he might free himself of this curse ("Hey, hey! I think I'm getting taller! Oh, wait... no, sorry. False alarm..."). Also, he will be an amazing cook (which his eidolon fusion will also enhance, because fun beats min/maxing). In his normal form he will be about 4'4" and 63 lbs., which is about average for a 9 year old boy. With a high Charisma but low physical ability scores, I see him as being a cute and likable kid with little to no physical ability.
When in his "adult form", he will be taller, more "muscly", and appear to be in his early 20's (transforming into a total "Prince Charming"). He will also take on an aloof, yet, heroic knight in shining armor appearance. I am not sure if I can equip the eidolon with armor and weapons or if the armor should be symbolic-looking natural armor and my character should carry around a sword he can't use (like a squire waiting for his knight to arrive). I see the fusion acting more how a young person would act while they pretended to be a grown up; still relatively innocent/naive but with a bit of misplaced bravado. This is why I mentioned the Shazam part in the title, as those familiar with that DC superhero might be able to form some insights into the character I am trying to build.
Any advice you have on building a solid summoner would be appreciated. (I know I am sacrificing action economy, blah blah blah... but there are other ways I can improve my combat and out of combat capabilities, right?)
I was also considering half-elf for race, instead of human, in order to pick up some extra evolution points. Any suggestions on that would be appreciated as well.
Thank you in advance.