TheHalfAasimar
2024-03-08, 11:17 AM
(By the way, I'm using the Archives of Nethys for information and such)
Okay, so I took a look at the classes, and to be honest with you, I don't care how bad the Samurai class is. Samurai are cool. So I'm gonna make a samurai. Now, in my mind, Samurai strike hard and true, so we're going to go that direction. Put tons of damage into one strong hit and have it be really accurate.
Now, for our race? I'm going to choose Half-Elf because it fulfills the 'graceful' fantasy without having a -2 to Constitution, and no Strength bonus. Now, because I'm a Half-Elf, I can choose 1 ability score as my chosen score to go up. I'm going to choose Strength, so that I can swing a katana/naginata around. Since I get the Skill Focus feat, I'm gonna go full Samurai and choose diplomacy acrobatics so I can backflip and stuff. I'm gonna use Point Buy 20 points, so here we go:
16 STR +2 racial bonus for 18 STR
13 DEX
12 CON
10 INT
14 WIS
10 CHA
As for equipment, I start with 180 GP (I rolled for it) in stuff. So I'm going to choose:
Katana (50 GP)
Naginata (35 GP)
Now, I was going to choose O-yoroi for my Samurai, but I don't have enough money. It's 1700 GP. Who has that kind of money at level 1? So, I chose Scale Mail because it's a lot cheaper.
I just blew most of my money on weapons and armor. If I did my math right I have 180-(50+35+50) for a grand difference of 45 GP left. I'm just going to save that because I don't think you can wield a katana and a shield (or a naginata and a shield, for that matter) so I'm just going to call it a day for money and stuff.
Let's see about health: Since we're a half-elf, I get to choose two favored classes. Since I have one class, my other favored class will just be... I haven't the foggiest idea. Now, I'm going to have my first favored class as Samurai (duh), and whenever I take a level in it, I get the following benefits: One extra HP or skill rank. I'm going to choose HP because I'm a frontliner character.
Let's go to skill ranks: I chose Skill Focus (Acrobatics), so let's see what ranks Samurai has:
Apparently, Acrobatics isn't a Samurai skill. So I'm going to instead put my Skill Focus into Ride, another DEX skill. Since I have 16 skill points at first level ((4+INT)*4) I get to pump skill points into all sorts of things. So, I'm going to distribute the points in this way:
Ride: 4 points + 3 bonus from Skill Focus
Diplomacy: 4 points
Swim: 4 points
Climb: 4 points
As you can tell, I put no ranks into Bluff. That's because I'm an honorable and LN Samurai, and I wouldn't lie. I put ranks into Swim and Climb so that I'm not totally helpless in areas that have elevation or water. I also put ranks into Ride because I'm a Samurai with a horse, and then I put ranks into Diplomacy so that I can talk to people and stuff.
As for Orders, I'm going to choose Order of the Warrior for the 15th level ability: Strike True, so I'm going to have 15 levels of Samurai. For Archetypes, I'm going to choose Ironbound Sword, because that's honorable, and I don't really care about banners or Weapon Expertise. And it sounds cool. As for regular and bonus feats? I'm going to choose the following:
Feat at level 1: Aquatic Combatant, so I can fight anywhere.
Level 2: I put one skill rank into Ride, Diplomacy, Swim, and Climb.
Level 3: Feat: Clinging Climber so I'm not totally useless when climbing.
Level 4: ASI Intelligence +1 to save up for Combat Expertise
Level 5: Feat: Mounted Combat because I'm a samurai who rides a horse (sometimes)
Level 6: BONUS FEAT: Weapon Focus (Katana)
Level 7: Feat: Weapon Focus (Naginata)
Level 8: ASI for Intelligence for Combat Expertise
Level 9: Storm of Blades
Level 10: -
Level 11: Critical Focus
Level 12: ASI (Intelligence) for Combat Expertise, BONUS FEAT: Combat Expertise
Level 13: Tiring Critical
Level 14: -
Level 15: Exhausting Critical
Level 16: ASI for Strength, multiclass into Fighter, BONUS FEAT: Armored Athlete (Swim)
Level 17: Samurai 15, Fighter 2: Feat: Armored Athlete (Climb), Armor Proficiency, light
Level 18: Fighter 3
Level 19: Feat + Bonus feat: Armor Proficiency, Medium; Armor Proficiency, Heavy; Fighter 4
Level 20: ASI for Strength, Fighter 5
Anyways, was it any good? My first PF1e build, will try to make a 2e build some time.
Okay, so I took a look at the classes, and to be honest with you, I don't care how bad the Samurai class is. Samurai are cool. So I'm gonna make a samurai. Now, in my mind, Samurai strike hard and true, so we're going to go that direction. Put tons of damage into one strong hit and have it be really accurate.
Now, for our race? I'm going to choose Half-Elf because it fulfills the 'graceful' fantasy without having a -2 to Constitution, and no Strength bonus. Now, because I'm a Half-Elf, I can choose 1 ability score as my chosen score to go up. I'm going to choose Strength, so that I can swing a katana/naginata around. Since I get the Skill Focus feat, I'm gonna go full Samurai and choose diplomacy acrobatics so I can backflip and stuff. I'm gonna use Point Buy 20 points, so here we go:
16 STR +2 racial bonus for 18 STR
13 DEX
12 CON
10 INT
14 WIS
10 CHA
As for equipment, I start with 180 GP (I rolled for it) in stuff. So I'm going to choose:
Katana (50 GP)
Naginata (35 GP)
Now, I was going to choose O-yoroi for my Samurai, but I don't have enough money. It's 1700 GP. Who has that kind of money at level 1? So, I chose Scale Mail because it's a lot cheaper.
I just blew most of my money on weapons and armor. If I did my math right I have 180-(50+35+50) for a grand difference of 45 GP left. I'm just going to save that because I don't think you can wield a katana and a shield (or a naginata and a shield, for that matter) so I'm just going to call it a day for money and stuff.
Let's see about health: Since we're a half-elf, I get to choose two favored classes. Since I have one class, my other favored class will just be... I haven't the foggiest idea. Now, I'm going to have my first favored class as Samurai (duh), and whenever I take a level in it, I get the following benefits: One extra HP or skill rank. I'm going to choose HP because I'm a frontliner character.
Let's go to skill ranks: I chose Skill Focus (Acrobatics), so let's see what ranks Samurai has:
Apparently, Acrobatics isn't a Samurai skill. So I'm going to instead put my Skill Focus into Ride, another DEX skill. Since I have 16 skill points at first level ((4+INT)*4) I get to pump skill points into all sorts of things. So, I'm going to distribute the points in this way:
Ride: 4 points + 3 bonus from Skill Focus
Diplomacy: 4 points
Swim: 4 points
Climb: 4 points
As you can tell, I put no ranks into Bluff. That's because I'm an honorable and LN Samurai, and I wouldn't lie. I put ranks into Swim and Climb so that I'm not totally helpless in areas that have elevation or water. I also put ranks into Ride because I'm a Samurai with a horse, and then I put ranks into Diplomacy so that I can talk to people and stuff.
As for Orders, I'm going to choose Order of the Warrior for the 15th level ability: Strike True, so I'm going to have 15 levels of Samurai. For Archetypes, I'm going to choose Ironbound Sword, because that's honorable, and I don't really care about banners or Weapon Expertise. And it sounds cool. As for regular and bonus feats? I'm going to choose the following:
Feat at level 1: Aquatic Combatant, so I can fight anywhere.
Level 2: I put one skill rank into Ride, Diplomacy, Swim, and Climb.
Level 3: Feat: Clinging Climber so I'm not totally useless when climbing.
Level 4: ASI Intelligence +1 to save up for Combat Expertise
Level 5: Feat: Mounted Combat because I'm a samurai who rides a horse (sometimes)
Level 6: BONUS FEAT: Weapon Focus (Katana)
Level 7: Feat: Weapon Focus (Naginata)
Level 8: ASI for Intelligence for Combat Expertise
Level 9: Storm of Blades
Level 10: -
Level 11: Critical Focus
Level 12: ASI (Intelligence) for Combat Expertise, BONUS FEAT: Combat Expertise
Level 13: Tiring Critical
Level 14: -
Level 15: Exhausting Critical
Level 16: ASI for Strength, multiclass into Fighter, BONUS FEAT: Armored Athlete (Swim)
Level 17: Samurai 15, Fighter 2: Feat: Armored Athlete (Climb), Armor Proficiency, light
Level 18: Fighter 3
Level 19: Feat + Bonus feat: Armor Proficiency, Medium; Armor Proficiency, Heavy; Fighter 4
Level 20: ASI for Strength, Fighter 5
Anyways, was it any good? My first PF1e build, will try to make a 2e build some time.