TalonOfAnathrax
2017-10-10, 02:32 PM
I'm making a PC who's flashy. He's vain, he's showy, and he likes grandstanding. He'll probably be some sort of sorcerer, or some other spontaneous spellcasting class with big showy spells (some AoE explosions and AoE control will do nicely). I expect to start around level 8 or 10.
And everyone knows that they main part of winning is winning while looking great!
So I'm trying to make sure the character will always have that "my clothes go nicely with the background" and "I have epic music running when I fight" vibe that you'll find in movies. But the idea here isn't to have it all be an OOC thing: the character himself wants to have the music when he fights!
Is there a spell, feat or item that could allow for that? I expect that it would carry penalties (to Disguise and Move Silently at the very least) and require skill investment in Perform and Bluff to pull off. But are there any spells, objects or races that could help with this?
Here's what I have so far: get energy substitution (sonic) and (fire) and illusion spells to make light and sound effects that are also useful in combat (and a sonic fireball means blasting enemies with the power of dubstep :) ).
Cast spells with a full-round action casting time and RP them as being cast by an understandable song that comes with musical accompaniment (because magic) culminating when the spell resolves. But the only full-round casting time spells I can think of are rhe Summon Monster X ones which I dislike (I want AoE stuff, not really summoning) and the ever-awesome but far too high-level Storm of Vengeance (which I fear may be cleric only, and that's a prepared caster).
Get a reserve feat that could have incidental visual and auditory effects I like and use it a lot.
Actually spend gold researching a "soundtrack" spell that lasts while the fights lasts and that gives minor AoE buffs to allies and slight penalties to enemies (and probably grants bonuses to Intimidate and major penalties to Move Silently and Disguise).
I can ask my GM to rule that stuff like "Acid Fog" actually deal sonic damage and are a lightshow vivid enough to provide concealment.
I was under the impression that bards got a bunch of sonic spells, but I dislike the fluff of a bard and fear that bards don't really work as AoE blasters/controllers. Am I wrong? Or is there a bard variant with bardic music more suited for a direct attacker (AoE buffing shouldn't be the entire point!) or with good AiE abilities?
And everyone knows that they main part of winning is winning while looking great!
So I'm trying to make sure the character will always have that "my clothes go nicely with the background" and "I have epic music running when I fight" vibe that you'll find in movies. But the idea here isn't to have it all be an OOC thing: the character himself wants to have the music when he fights!
Is there a spell, feat or item that could allow for that? I expect that it would carry penalties (to Disguise and Move Silently at the very least) and require skill investment in Perform and Bluff to pull off. But are there any spells, objects or races that could help with this?
Here's what I have so far: get energy substitution (sonic) and (fire) and illusion spells to make light and sound effects that are also useful in combat (and a sonic fireball means blasting enemies with the power of dubstep :) ).
Cast spells with a full-round action casting time and RP them as being cast by an understandable song that comes with musical accompaniment (because magic) culminating when the spell resolves. But the only full-round casting time spells I can think of are rhe Summon Monster X ones which I dislike (I want AoE stuff, not really summoning) and the ever-awesome but far too high-level Storm of Vengeance (which I fear may be cleric only, and that's a prepared caster).
Get a reserve feat that could have incidental visual and auditory effects I like and use it a lot.
Actually spend gold researching a "soundtrack" spell that lasts while the fights lasts and that gives minor AoE buffs to allies and slight penalties to enemies (and probably grants bonuses to Intimidate and major penalties to Move Silently and Disguise).
I can ask my GM to rule that stuff like "Acid Fog" actually deal sonic damage and are a lightshow vivid enough to provide concealment.
I was under the impression that bards got a bunch of sonic spells, but I dislike the fluff of a bard and fear that bards don't really work as AoE blasters/controllers. Am I wrong? Or is there a bard variant with bardic music more suited for a direct attacker (AoE buffing shouldn't be the entire point!) or with good AiE abilities?