More race-specific exotic weapons, so the racial trait "treats any weapon with X in the name as a martial weapon" can be more interesting (particularly for elves...)
Perhaps one way to reduce the intensity of the faction war while still keeping it interesting for those who like it would be to give big incentives for players to pick the 'neutral' faction of Grand Lodge. That way if you wanted to actively participate in the faction war you'd be giving up some significant boon (something very significant game-mechanics-wise, like a gold bonus or access to certain traits or items) that Grand Lodge gives you in exchange for the chance to bump up the prestige of your favorite faction and influence the story arc for them in some way. It also never made sense to me that some 90% of Pathfinders are secretly loyal to some other faction outside of the Grand Lodge.
Elf Lore Warden 12:
Traits: Observant (+1 perception, perception is a class skill) Magical Talent (detect magic 1/day) Feats:
* - fighter bonus feat
Ability scores (PFS 20 point buy)
Attack Bonus (before items):
CMB Bonus (before items):
I just got the PFS Field guide, and I'm really interested in making a Lore Warden character for PFS play. Most of the builds I've looked at seem to be strength-based LWs, but I would be worried about having poor AC with that kind of build, considering you have to wear light armor with this archetype. Elf seemed like the natural choice here, having +Dex will help in combat and +Int is helpful when you get every Int skill as class skill. This character will be a member of the Grand Lodge faction, I wanted the Magical Talent (detect magic) feat so I could have another use for the spellcraft skill (which is a class skill for LW, very cool, IMO, and I like how it fits the Pathfinder character concept). At low levels, damage won't be that great until I can save up for an agile weapon, so I will probably focus more on tripping and other situational combat maneuvers (taking an opp. attack for not having the feat isn't so bad sometimes). Once I have the agile weapon, I'll start going down the Whirlwind attack path and focus more on damage output. Do you think this build can work well? Is the Whirlwind attack chain worthwhile for me, or should I spend feats on getting more maneuvers to use my class bonus on? Any items I should definitely pick up? |
