Fax Celestis
2008-01-26, 01:30 PM
So right now, I'm considering one of two characters for a game, the first being a Spectral Watcher Paladin and the second being a Ghost Hexblade. Spectral Watchers are basically Deathless ghosts and appear in the BoED.
What I'm torn between is which one has more merit from both a background/story standpoing and a mechanical standpoint. Both are very Cha-centric, deriving the save DCs of their template abilities from their Cha scores. Both receive Cha-to-saves and Cha-to-AC-as-Deflection. Thematically, I find that the hexblade's abilities would work better with a ghost than the paladin's with the spectral watcher: hexblade curse and dark companion both are in-line with your typical ghost's abilities.
Ghost hexblade would also allow me to take some levels in Ephemeral Exemplar (LM), which would boost my ghostly qualities somewhat.
What do I go with?
What I'm torn between is which one has more merit from both a background/story standpoing and a mechanical standpoint. Both are very Cha-centric, deriving the save DCs of their template abilities from their Cha scores. Both receive Cha-to-saves and Cha-to-AC-as-Deflection. Thematically, I find that the hexblade's abilities would work better with a ghost than the paladin's with the spectral watcher: hexblade curse and dark companion both are in-line with your typical ghost's abilities.
Ghost hexblade would also allow me to take some levels in Ephemeral Exemplar (LM), which would boost my ghostly qualities somewhat.
What do I go with?