LoyalPaladin
2016-04-01, 12:12 PM
Hello, Playgrounders!
I'm diving into the complicated end of the 3.5 system today and trying to create a character that takes 20 levels in totemist. I thought to myself "You know, I understand 3.5 pretty well. This should be a piece of cake!" Boy, was I wrong. So I'm bringing a fairly blank slate before you and hoping you all can help me build a high HP, decent DPR, grappler out of this class. I don't need to totally optimize the class to the point where I can attack 30 times/round and deal 400 damage on each attack (not that that is entirely possible...), but I'd like to do decent damage and be able to take a hit from some beefy monsters. From what I've gathered, Girallon Arms, Vitality Belt, and something involving a tail are important to accomplishing my goal.
I've been reading through Sinfire Titan's (http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=2943.0) and Danzibr's (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?287304-danzibr-s-Totemist-Handbook) handbooks.
Character Creation:
32 Point Buy
3.5 Edition (No Pathfinder)
No Flaws
No Dragon Magazine
No Templates
15 Levels in Totemist
Race: Human
Unadjusted Ability Scores:
STR:14 (+4 VoP)
DEX:14 (+2 VoP)
CON:15 (+3 Natural Gain) (+6 VoP)
INT:14
WIS:12
CHA:10
Feats:
Racial: Sacred Vow
1st: Vow of Poverty
3rd: Improved Unarmed Strike
6th: Improved Grapple
9th: Double Chakra (Totem)
12th: Scorpion's Grasp
15th: Clever Wrestling
18th: Double Chakra (Arms)
Soulmelds:
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 4 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Heart: N/A
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Feet:
Level 1: (2/1/0)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Throat: Winter Mask (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Level 2-3: (3/2/1)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Level 4-5: (4/3/1)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Hands: Blood Talons (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Level 6: (4/4/2)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Level 7-8: (5/5/2)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Level 9: (5/6/2)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Level 10: (6/7/3)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Level 11: (6/8/3)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Level 12: (6/9/3)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Level 13: (7/10/3)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Bound / 4 Essentia)
Level 14: (7/11/4)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 4 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Level 15: (7/12/4)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 5 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Bound / 4 Essentia)
Level 16: (8/13/4)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 5 Essentia)
Heart: Blink Shirt (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Level 17: (8/14/4)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 6 Essentia)
Heart: Blink Shirt (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Level 18: (8/16/5)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 6 Essentia)
Arms: Kraken Mantle (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 6 Essentia)
Level 19: (9/18/5)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 6 Essentia)
Arms: Kraken Mantle (Bound / 1 Essentia)
Heart: Blink Shirt (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 6 Essentia)
Level 20: (9/20/5)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 6 Essentia)
Arms: Kraken Mantle (Bound / 3 Essentia)
Heart: Blink Shirt (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 6 Essentia)
Feet: Dread Carapace (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Edit:
I've got to change the direction of this thread a bit. The point buy is going to be 32 and we'll only be making it to level 15. Azurin are banned, so I'm shooting for regular human.
I'm diving into the complicated end of the 3.5 system today and trying to create a character that takes 20 levels in totemist. I thought to myself "You know, I understand 3.5 pretty well. This should be a piece of cake!" Boy, was I wrong. So I'm bringing a fairly blank slate before you and hoping you all can help me build a high HP, decent DPR, grappler out of this class. I don't need to totally optimize the class to the point where I can attack 30 times/round and deal 400 damage on each attack (not that that is entirely possible...), but I'd like to do decent damage and be able to take a hit from some beefy monsters. From what I've gathered, Girallon Arms, Vitality Belt, and something involving a tail are important to accomplishing my goal.
I've been reading through Sinfire Titan's (http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=2943.0) and Danzibr's (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?287304-danzibr-s-Totemist-Handbook) handbooks.
Character Creation:
32 Point Buy
3.5 Edition (No Pathfinder)
No Flaws
No Dragon Magazine
No Templates
15 Levels in Totemist
Race: Human
Unadjusted Ability Scores:
STR:14 (+4 VoP)
DEX:14 (+2 VoP)
CON:15 (+3 Natural Gain) (+6 VoP)
INT:14
WIS:12
CHA:10
Feats:
Racial: Sacred Vow
1st: Vow of Poverty
3rd: Improved Unarmed Strike
6th: Improved Grapple
9th: Double Chakra (Totem)
12th: Scorpion's Grasp
15th: Clever Wrestling
18th: Double Chakra (Arms)
Soulmelds:
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 4 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Heart: N/A
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Feet:
Level 1: (2/1/0)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Throat: Winter Mask (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Level 2-3: (3/2/1)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Level 4-5: (4/3/1)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Hands: Blood Talons (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Level 6: (4/4/2)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Level 7-8: (5/5/2)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Level 9: (5/6/2)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Level 10: (6/7/3)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Level 11: (6/8/3)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Level 12: (6/9/3)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 3 Essentia)
Level 13: (7/10/3)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Bound / 4 Essentia)
Level 14: (7/11/4)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 4 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Level 15: (7/12/4)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 5 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Bound / 4 Essentia)
Level 16: (8/13/4)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 5 Essentia)
Heart: Blink Shirt (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Level 17: (8/14/4)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 6 Essentia)
Heart: Blink Shirt (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 4 Essentia)
Level 18: (8/16/5)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 6 Essentia)
Arms: Kraken Mantle (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 6 Essentia)
Level 19: (9/18/5)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 6 Essentia)
Arms: Kraken Mantle (Bound / 1 Essentia)
Heart: Blink Shirt (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 6 Essentia)
Level 20: (9/20/5)
Totem: Girallon Arms (Bound / Arms)
Totem: Heart of Fire (Bound / Waist)
Crown: Threefold Mask of the Chimera (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Brow: Basilisk Mask (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Shoulders: Totem Avatar (Shaped / 2 Essentia)
Throat: Behir Gorget (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Arms: Girallon Arms (Bound / 6 Essentia)
Arms: Kraken Mantle (Bound / 3 Essentia)
Heart: Blink Shirt (Shaped / 1 Essentia)
Hands: Sphinx Claws (Bound / 0 Essentia)
Waist: Heart of Fire (Shaped / 6 Essentia)
Feet: Dread Carapace (Shaped / 0 Essentia)
Edit:
I've got to change the direction of this thread a bit. The point buy is going to be 32 and we'll only be making it to level 15. Azurin are banned, so I'm shooting for regular human.