tigerusthegreat
2018-02-06, 08:51 PM
I'm working on a Shifter gunslinger/rogue (using Mercer's gunslinger (http://www.dmsguild.com/product/170778/Gunslinger-Martial-Archetype-for-Fighters)) for a Tal Dorei campaign. We are starting at lvl 5, and I'm going to be taking a full 5 levels of gunslinger before grabbing 4 levels of assassination rogue (then 7 levels of gunslinger and finishing with the rest rogue).
I have one feat/Ability Score Improvement to spend, and am still unsure about the kind of shifter I am going with. My DM has already ruled for me that the tinkering check to clear a jam will be dex based tinkering and new inventions/enhancements will be intelligence based tinkering.
My stats (before racial modifiers) are:
S: 12
D: 18
C: 11
I: 14
W: 15
C: 11
Shifter gives me +1 Dex. I am debating on subrace and also my ASI/Feat.
One build I was looking at had me going Wildhunt shifter (+1 Wis, while shifting adv on Wisdom saves and checks) with the Athlete feat (+1 dex, standing from prone costs 5ft of move, Climb Speed not halved, Jumps only take 5ft of movement) to get 20 Dex and 16 Wis for 3 grit. I'm not happy with the feat choice, but feel like none of the +Wis feats are really worthwhile, and the climbing stuff would be useful in getting to a good shooting position or escaping if I needed to.
Another build I was considering was leaving 15 Wis, and going Cliffwalk shifter to get climb speed while shifting. Downside is I wouldn't really benefit from the additional hp while shifting if I am using it to set up. I'd also lose a grit point.
One thing I was considering was getting the Magic Initiate feat and selecting Wizard, and getting Find Familiar as my spell. I could then have an Owl familiar who could go before me and use the Aid action to give me advantage on attacks against a target. Even if it worked only once a day, it'd replace a grit point used for advantage. Once I went rogue it also would be helpful for sneak attack. If the owl gets killed, that's an attack that wasn't hitting a friend. I'm sure I could find something useful to use the two wizard cantrips I'd get too. The Owl would be useful for other things too (scouting comes to mind).
Am I overlooking a really obvious feat that would be good for gunslinger/rogue? I'd love to have 16 wis, but it's looking like a pretty poor build to go that way.
I have one feat/Ability Score Improvement to spend, and am still unsure about the kind of shifter I am going with. My DM has already ruled for me that the tinkering check to clear a jam will be dex based tinkering and new inventions/enhancements will be intelligence based tinkering.
My stats (before racial modifiers) are:
S: 12
D: 18
C: 11
I: 14
W: 15
C: 11
Shifter gives me +1 Dex. I am debating on subrace and also my ASI/Feat.
One build I was looking at had me going Wildhunt shifter (+1 Wis, while shifting adv on Wisdom saves and checks) with the Athlete feat (+1 dex, standing from prone costs 5ft of move, Climb Speed not halved, Jumps only take 5ft of movement) to get 20 Dex and 16 Wis for 3 grit. I'm not happy with the feat choice, but feel like none of the +Wis feats are really worthwhile, and the climbing stuff would be useful in getting to a good shooting position or escaping if I needed to.
Another build I was considering was leaving 15 Wis, and going Cliffwalk shifter to get climb speed while shifting. Downside is I wouldn't really benefit from the additional hp while shifting if I am using it to set up. I'd also lose a grit point.
One thing I was considering was getting the Magic Initiate feat and selecting Wizard, and getting Find Familiar as my spell. I could then have an Owl familiar who could go before me and use the Aid action to give me advantage on attacks against a target. Even if it worked only once a day, it'd replace a grit point used for advantage. Once I went rogue it also would be helpful for sneak attack. If the owl gets killed, that's an attack that wasn't hitting a friend. I'm sure I could find something useful to use the two wizard cantrips I'd get too. The Owl would be useful for other things too (scouting comes to mind).
Am I overlooking a really obvious feat that would be good for gunslinger/rogue? I'd love to have 16 wis, but it's looking like a pretty poor build to go that way.