Secret Wizard
2015-11-27, 04:29 PM
So, Ascetic Style came out with Weapon Master's Handbook and I started brainstorming about the possibilities.
Here are the new builds that I could come up with. 20 point buy, human, two traits.
Looking for ideas on how to make these better!
Iroran Kuon-Master
Class: Iroran Paladin
Dual Talent?: Yes
Attributes: S16+2 D12 C14 I10 W8 CH14+2
Feats:
1. Power Attack
3. Weapon Focus (Sansetsukuon)
5. Ascetic Style
7. Ascetic Form
9. Improved Critical
11. Crusader's Strike
Gist: So the cool thing about this is that Iroran Paladin were forced to use Unarmed Strikes to benefit from their Ki Pool powers and Divine Bond.
With Ascetic Style/Form, they can apply those bonuses to a monk weapon, making it easy to enchant it, granting it the ability to count as lawful, silver, cold iron and magic for avoiding DR, and granting you the ability to spend ki to get extra strikes with a 1.5x STR weapon.
Plus, you can use Crusader's Strike with it, making you a true terror to undead.
Kinetic Staff
Class: Elemental Ascetic Kineticist
Dual Talent?: Yes
Attributes: S16+2 D12 C14 I10 W15+2 CH7
Feats:
1. Toughness
3. Weapon Focus (Quarterstaff)
5. Ascetic Style
7. Ascetic Form
9. Power Attack
11. Perfect Strike
Gist: So the Elemental Ascetic is an interesting archetype, but it's too wildly inaccurate to be reliable. When it hits, though, it deals good damage.
Now, Ascetic Style/Form allow you to 2H a quarterstaff for 1.5x STR, larger Power Attack bonus, and cheaper weapon enhancements to improve accuracy.
Additionally, you can now use Elemental Flurry with it, granting you more strikes with higher power.
But the beauty is Perfect Strike (of which you'd get 1x level thanks to Ascetic Form), which is a very large boost to accuracy when you need it.
Plus, combining Kinetic Fist with a weapon thanks to Ascetic Form is just hilarious.
Here are the new builds that I could come up with. 20 point buy, human, two traits.
Looking for ideas on how to make these better!
Iroran Kuon-Master
Class: Iroran Paladin
Dual Talent?: Yes
Attributes: S16+2 D12 C14 I10 W8 CH14+2
Feats:
1. Power Attack
3. Weapon Focus (Sansetsukuon)
5. Ascetic Style
7. Ascetic Form
9. Improved Critical
11. Crusader's Strike
Gist: So the cool thing about this is that Iroran Paladin were forced to use Unarmed Strikes to benefit from their Ki Pool powers and Divine Bond.
With Ascetic Style/Form, they can apply those bonuses to a monk weapon, making it easy to enchant it, granting it the ability to count as lawful, silver, cold iron and magic for avoiding DR, and granting you the ability to spend ki to get extra strikes with a 1.5x STR weapon.
Plus, you can use Crusader's Strike with it, making you a true terror to undead.
Kinetic Staff
Class: Elemental Ascetic Kineticist
Dual Talent?: Yes
Attributes: S16+2 D12 C14 I10 W15+2 CH7
Feats:
1. Toughness
3. Weapon Focus (Quarterstaff)
5. Ascetic Style
7. Ascetic Form
9. Power Attack
11. Perfect Strike
Gist: So the Elemental Ascetic is an interesting archetype, but it's too wildly inaccurate to be reliable. When it hits, though, it deals good damage.
Now, Ascetic Style/Form allow you to 2H a quarterstaff for 1.5x STR, larger Power Attack bonus, and cheaper weapon enhancements to improve accuracy.
Additionally, you can now use Elemental Flurry with it, granting you more strikes with higher power.
But the beauty is Perfect Strike (of which you'd get 1x level thanks to Ascetic Form), which is a very large boost to accuracy when you need it.
Plus, combining Kinetic Fist with a weapon thanks to Ascetic Form is just hilarious.