Champofobs
2020-01-02, 12:33 AM
So I'm starting a campaign with a new group tomorrow and was somewhat voluntold that I need to fulfill healer role. I have no complaints, I love me a good cleric.
DM is offering everyone a LA+1 Race or Template at no penalty. I want a robust character but I don't want to be overly disruptive with cheese either. This is out of respect for the newer players at the table.
Now, I've been playing Pathfinder 1e for the last 4 years and haven't so much as looked at 3.x printed material so I'm a bit rusty about the minutiae between the two games.
So here is my current design space:
We are starting at level 1. I have had a pretty godawful track record of getting my ass killed before fully realizing many a character. So I'm looking for a build that is "Online" at level 1 and scales up and simply builds upon what is being done at level 1.
I'm assuming 3 things: 1.) Roll 4d6 drop the lowest (DM has not clarified stats at this point.)
2.) I probably won't be able to compound nightsticks for standard DMM shenanigans. I don't even want to table it.
3.) I won't be able to take a custom diety, so I can min-max domain selection for the purposes of getting empowered spell etc.
Where I am at build-wise:
I'm currently thinking Draconic Template on a Human. Pretty milquetoast I know but the Bonus feat is integral to getting Level to BAB online. From there I'm thinking of just being really good at natural attacks until I get some decent gold and can kit out a crit fishing weapon.
The logic here is that Strength goes a lot farther in terms of early accuracy for a Cleric, and since natural attacks also get Strength to Damage, two consistent attacks is pretty punishing through level 6.
I am also very open to a DMM Zen Archer, but Cleric is reasonably feat starved so unless there is a godly set of action I can take to do so I doubt its a tenable build.
Please feel free to rip my concept to shreds if there are better ways to acheive my desired outcomes.
DM is offering everyone a LA+1 Race or Template at no penalty. I want a robust character but I don't want to be overly disruptive with cheese either. This is out of respect for the newer players at the table.
Now, I've been playing Pathfinder 1e for the last 4 years and haven't so much as looked at 3.x printed material so I'm a bit rusty about the minutiae between the two games.
So here is my current design space:
We are starting at level 1. I have had a pretty godawful track record of getting my ass killed before fully realizing many a character. So I'm looking for a build that is "Online" at level 1 and scales up and simply builds upon what is being done at level 1.
I'm assuming 3 things: 1.) Roll 4d6 drop the lowest (DM has not clarified stats at this point.)
2.) I probably won't be able to compound nightsticks for standard DMM shenanigans. I don't even want to table it.
3.) I won't be able to take a custom diety, so I can min-max domain selection for the purposes of getting empowered spell etc.
Where I am at build-wise:
I'm currently thinking Draconic Template on a Human. Pretty milquetoast I know but the Bonus feat is integral to getting Level to BAB online. From there I'm thinking of just being really good at natural attacks until I get some decent gold and can kit out a crit fishing weapon.
The logic here is that Strength goes a lot farther in terms of early accuracy for a Cleric, and since natural attacks also get Strength to Damage, two consistent attacks is pretty punishing through level 6.
I am also very open to a DMM Zen Archer, but Cleric is reasonably feat starved so unless there is a godly set of action I can take to do so I doubt its a tenable build.
Please feel free to rip my concept to shreds if there are better ways to acheive my desired outcomes.