ajp1011
2018-08-28, 11:36 AM
Hey Guys,
I've built a Warpriest for the first time, just wanted some feedback on the build, and maybe some advice on Magic Items to look out for as I progress.
Tsadok, Chosen of the Inheritor, Slayer of Horguk Skullcrusher, Friend of the Dwarves, and Warpriest of Iomadae
Race: Half-Orc
Alignment: Lawful Good
Role: Tank/Caster Hunter
Ability Scores (20 Point Buy)
Str (16) 20 +1 at levels 8, 12, 16, and 20
Dex (12) 12
Con (14) 14
Int (10) 10
Wis (15) 18 +1 at level 4, +2 Half-Orc
Cha (7) 7
Half-Orc Racial Traits
Darkvision 60'
(Alt) Sacred Tattoo
(Alt) Shaman's Apprentice
Orc Blood
Weapon Familiarity
Traits (My GM gave me these for free for my backstory)
(faith) Fate's Favored
(regional) Ancestral Weapon
Feats
from Shaman's Apprentice - Endurance
Warpriest Weapon Focus - Greatsword
1 - Power Attack
3 - Diehard
3B - Step Up
5 - Combat Reflexes
6B - Weapon Specialization (Greatsword)
7 - Maximize Spell
9 - Lunge
9B - Disruptive
11 - Quicken Blessing
12B - Greater WS (Greatsword)
13 - Heroic Defiance
15 - Heighten Spell
15B - Penetrating Strike
17 - Persistent Spell
18B - Greater Penetrating Strike
19 - Spell Perfection
Blessings (Goddess Iomadae)
War
Good
Most of my skills are getting dumped into Spellcraft and Perception with a few to spare just for class skill bonuses (only getting 3 per level with the favored class bonus)
Strategy is basically: Get up in the face of enemy casters as quick as possible to take advantage of step up and lunge and disruptive to neutralize them, using fervors to buff and cast a few utility spells on the way in (Divine Favor/Bull's Strength/Ironskin etc).
Items
Ancestral Weapon is a Cold Iron Greatsword
Wearing Full Plate <-- GM also ruled I can take off most of the full plate at night leaving only the Breastplate (medium armor) which I can sleep in thanks to Endurance Feat, so that's nice!
Pick up some Pearls of Power early on to help with casting ability
Obviously Strength and AC enhancing items where I can get some
Backstory for those that are interested:
Tsadok was born to a human mother, a priestess of Iomadae, named Katyna. Katyna was a slave of a demon worshiping warband of the Skittering Ravagers tribe in the Hold of Belkzen. Tsadok's father was the chief of the warband, a brutal Orc Barbarian named Horgok Skull Crusher. Tsadok's early years were difficult as he was not fully accepted by the other slaves, nor by his full-blooded brethren. His mother though raised him in the ways of the Goddess Iomadae, and taught him to look for good in the world, even when all around him was darkness.
Tsadok's mother died when he was only 8 years old, after which he was quickly taken in by the tribe's shaman. No less a savage then the other orcs in the tribe, but possessing an unusual intelligence, the shaman Chomaga saw a great potential in the young half-orc. The shamanic training was as arduous as anything else the orc warriors went through, but it had the benefit of keeping him isolated, and protected from his full-blooded brethren.
Alone on a mountainside on his 14th birthday, Tsadok prayed to Iomadae over the grave of his mother and a great wheel of light appeared before him. The celestial manifestation spoke and told him that he had been chosen as a warrior of Iomadae, and that he must slay his father, the chief, Horgok Skull Crusher.
He walked steadfastly back to the orc encampment and into the war tent of the chief. He stepped forward and challenged the powerful barbarian to single combat for rule of the tribe. Horgok laughed and taking his Greatsword charged his son. The battle was hard but when the dust settled a beaten and battered Tsadok stood over the corpse of his father.
Taking the ancestral sword, Tsadok removed his father's head and held it up for all to see. He then ordered the tribe to disband by order of the goddess Iomadae. Many of the orcs found new homes in neighboring bands of the Skittering Ravagers. History tells that the whole of the tribe met its end shortly after in an ill-advised attack on Skull Hill, though rumor has it Chomaga still roams the foothills, having predicted the coming destruction.
Tsadok left the Hold of Belkzen with many of the plundered riches the warband had accumulated, traveling South toward Taldor where his mother was from. He found shelter in a small dwarven village where he was welcomed as a hero, slayer of the Orc Horguk Skull Crusher. The dwarves crafted a beautiful set of full plate armor for him and added magical enchantments to his Greatsword, before he set off to continue his journey.
Tsadok now roams the land seeking out injustice and evil, and bringing it to heel. He has a special hatred for demons and the arcane, after having witnessed many dark rituals in his old warband.
EDIT: Changed all references of Greataxe to Greatsword per Kyrell's suggestion
I've built a Warpriest for the first time, just wanted some feedback on the build, and maybe some advice on Magic Items to look out for as I progress.
Tsadok, Chosen of the Inheritor, Slayer of Horguk Skullcrusher, Friend of the Dwarves, and Warpriest of Iomadae
Race: Half-Orc
Alignment: Lawful Good
Role: Tank/Caster Hunter
Ability Scores (20 Point Buy)
Str (16) 20 +1 at levels 8, 12, 16, and 20
Dex (12) 12
Con (14) 14
Int (10) 10
Wis (15) 18 +1 at level 4, +2 Half-Orc
Cha (7) 7
Half-Orc Racial Traits
Darkvision 60'
(Alt) Sacred Tattoo
(Alt) Shaman's Apprentice
Orc Blood
Weapon Familiarity
Traits (My GM gave me these for free for my backstory)
(faith) Fate's Favored
(regional) Ancestral Weapon
Feats
from Shaman's Apprentice - Endurance
Warpriest Weapon Focus - Greatsword
1 - Power Attack
3 - Diehard
3B - Step Up
5 - Combat Reflexes
6B - Weapon Specialization (Greatsword)
7 - Maximize Spell
9 - Lunge
9B - Disruptive
11 - Quicken Blessing
12B - Greater WS (Greatsword)
13 - Heroic Defiance
15 - Heighten Spell
15B - Penetrating Strike
17 - Persistent Spell
18B - Greater Penetrating Strike
19 - Spell Perfection
Blessings (Goddess Iomadae)
War
Good
Most of my skills are getting dumped into Spellcraft and Perception with a few to spare just for class skill bonuses (only getting 3 per level with the favored class bonus)
Strategy is basically: Get up in the face of enemy casters as quick as possible to take advantage of step up and lunge and disruptive to neutralize them, using fervors to buff and cast a few utility spells on the way in (Divine Favor/Bull's Strength/Ironskin etc).
Items
Ancestral Weapon is a Cold Iron Greatsword
Wearing Full Plate <-- GM also ruled I can take off most of the full plate at night leaving only the Breastplate (medium armor) which I can sleep in thanks to Endurance Feat, so that's nice!
Pick up some Pearls of Power early on to help with casting ability
Obviously Strength and AC enhancing items where I can get some
Backstory for those that are interested:
Tsadok was born to a human mother, a priestess of Iomadae, named Katyna. Katyna was a slave of a demon worshiping warband of the Skittering Ravagers tribe in the Hold of Belkzen. Tsadok's father was the chief of the warband, a brutal Orc Barbarian named Horgok Skull Crusher. Tsadok's early years were difficult as he was not fully accepted by the other slaves, nor by his full-blooded brethren. His mother though raised him in the ways of the Goddess Iomadae, and taught him to look for good in the world, even when all around him was darkness.
Tsadok's mother died when he was only 8 years old, after which he was quickly taken in by the tribe's shaman. No less a savage then the other orcs in the tribe, but possessing an unusual intelligence, the shaman Chomaga saw a great potential in the young half-orc. The shamanic training was as arduous as anything else the orc warriors went through, but it had the benefit of keeping him isolated, and protected from his full-blooded brethren.
Alone on a mountainside on his 14th birthday, Tsadok prayed to Iomadae over the grave of his mother and a great wheel of light appeared before him. The celestial manifestation spoke and told him that he had been chosen as a warrior of Iomadae, and that he must slay his father, the chief, Horgok Skull Crusher.
He walked steadfastly back to the orc encampment and into the war tent of the chief. He stepped forward and challenged the powerful barbarian to single combat for rule of the tribe. Horgok laughed and taking his Greatsword charged his son. The battle was hard but when the dust settled a beaten and battered Tsadok stood over the corpse of his father.
Taking the ancestral sword, Tsadok removed his father's head and held it up for all to see. He then ordered the tribe to disband by order of the goddess Iomadae. Many of the orcs found new homes in neighboring bands of the Skittering Ravagers. History tells that the whole of the tribe met its end shortly after in an ill-advised attack on Skull Hill, though rumor has it Chomaga still roams the foothills, having predicted the coming destruction.
Tsadok left the Hold of Belkzen with many of the plundered riches the warband had accumulated, traveling South toward Taldor where his mother was from. He found shelter in a small dwarven village where he was welcomed as a hero, slayer of the Orc Horguk Skull Crusher. The dwarves crafted a beautiful set of full plate armor for him and added magical enchantments to his Greatsword, before he set off to continue his journey.
Tsadok now roams the land seeking out injustice and evil, and bringing it to heel. He has a special hatred for demons and the arcane, after having witnessed many dark rituals in his old warband.
EDIT: Changed all references of Greataxe to Greatsword per Kyrell's suggestion