Maat Mons
2022-05-05, 04:29 AM
I may be joining a game in the near future.
The game is 7th level, and the current characters are an Inquisitor, Paladin, Vigilante, and Warpriest. The DM also allowed one of them to take Leadership for a Wizard cohort, but I've been advised the DM is unlikely to allow two characters with Leadership in the same game.
I've also been advised that my character should at least have Good leanings, if not an actual good alignment, to get along with the existing characters. But then again, I've heard the Paladin literally made a pact with Asmodeus, so apparently straying a little from the straight and narrow from time to time will slide.
I'd like to play a full-caster. I'd also like to play a prepared caster, since this DM has backported 5e-style prepared casting to Pathfinder. I'm playing an Arcanist in my current game, so I'd like this new character to be a little different. But not too different. I like using my spells for attacking, controlling, and debuffing.
Arcanist: The class of my current character; want something different
Cleric: Not really feeling this, but maybe if the build leaned away from buffing, healing, and fighting
Druid: I've been looking into this; the Feyspeaker archetype interests me, and it's the reason I started thinking about being a Kitsune
Shaman: I've been looking into this some because I can't find a way to completely lose Wildshape and also have the Feyspeaker archetype on a Druid
Witch: Maybe; but nothing's really jumping out at me right now
Wizard: Too similar to arcanist, my current character
I'm only going to play a Kitsune if my natural form can look like an anime fox girl. If I have to look like a realistic fox/human hybrid, I'll pick a different race. Yes, I know I can turn into a fully-human form. It would still wreck it for me.
I've never been very fond of Animal Companion or Wild Shape, from a thematic perspective. The one thing that really bugs me about Feyspeaker Druid is that it doesn't get rid of Wild Shape, but it alters it so I can't get rid of it with any other archetype. I guess I could ditch the Feyspeaker angle. But an anime girl should be all about Charisma. Halcyon Druid, Supernaturalist, or Elemental Ally look like reasonable ways to get rid of Wild Shape. Or I could stick with Feyspeaker and just never use Wild Shape.
If I instead play a Shaman, I’d want Speaker for the Past, so I don’t have a familiar that can die and cut me off from preparing spells. The various reroll-abilities, souped-up Mage Armor, and free Commune once per day look nice too. I’d maybe add Serendipity Shaman or Visionary as well.
So,
Charismatic Fox Girl (Feyspeaker Druid)?
Kitsune concerned with the Elements (Elemental Ally Druid)?
Fox Spirit who talks with Spirits (Speaker for the Past Shaman)?
Thoughts?
The game is 7th level, and the current characters are an Inquisitor, Paladin, Vigilante, and Warpriest. The DM also allowed one of them to take Leadership for a Wizard cohort, but I've been advised the DM is unlikely to allow two characters with Leadership in the same game.
I've also been advised that my character should at least have Good leanings, if not an actual good alignment, to get along with the existing characters. But then again, I've heard the Paladin literally made a pact with Asmodeus, so apparently straying a little from the straight and narrow from time to time will slide.
I'd like to play a full-caster. I'd also like to play a prepared caster, since this DM has backported 5e-style prepared casting to Pathfinder. I'm playing an Arcanist in my current game, so I'd like this new character to be a little different. But not too different. I like using my spells for attacking, controlling, and debuffing.
Arcanist: The class of my current character; want something different
Cleric: Not really feeling this, but maybe if the build leaned away from buffing, healing, and fighting
Druid: I've been looking into this; the Feyspeaker archetype interests me, and it's the reason I started thinking about being a Kitsune
Shaman: I've been looking into this some because I can't find a way to completely lose Wildshape and also have the Feyspeaker archetype on a Druid
Witch: Maybe; but nothing's really jumping out at me right now
Wizard: Too similar to arcanist, my current character
I'm only going to play a Kitsune if my natural form can look like an anime fox girl. If I have to look like a realistic fox/human hybrid, I'll pick a different race. Yes, I know I can turn into a fully-human form. It would still wreck it for me.
I've never been very fond of Animal Companion or Wild Shape, from a thematic perspective. The one thing that really bugs me about Feyspeaker Druid is that it doesn't get rid of Wild Shape, but it alters it so I can't get rid of it with any other archetype. I guess I could ditch the Feyspeaker angle. But an anime girl should be all about Charisma. Halcyon Druid, Supernaturalist, or Elemental Ally look like reasonable ways to get rid of Wild Shape. Or I could stick with Feyspeaker and just never use Wild Shape.
If I instead play a Shaman, I’d want Speaker for the Past, so I don’t have a familiar that can die and cut me off from preparing spells. The various reroll-abilities, souped-up Mage Armor, and free Commune once per day look nice too. I’d maybe add Serendipity Shaman or Visionary as well.
So,
Charismatic Fox Girl (Feyspeaker Druid)?
Kitsune concerned with the Elements (Elemental Ally Druid)?
Fox Spirit who talks with Spirits (Speaker for the Past Shaman)?
Thoughts?