Attempting a semi-useful rage prophet


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So, I'm going to be a PC in a campaign soon with a bunch of folks who are just getting into pathfinder, starting at level 4, and am thinking that I'd like to try out a rage prophet, both to see how it plays (in-combat and RP-wise) and to avoid being the dominating party member due to my experience advantage. Our party is already going to have a dedicated healer/protection cleric, so I was thinking that I would tool my prophet to make her job even easier.

The plan is to go Vanilla Barb 2/Life Oracle 3/Rage Prophet X, grabbing the channel energy and life link mysteries, as well as the extra rage and channel feats. This will allow me to concentrate damage taken by the party onto myself, making it easier for the cleric with her empowered cure spells to keep up with enemy damage output by focusing on a single healing recipient. Meanwhile, I'll be able to heal a bit myself if things get hairy, take some hits with the high HD I get, and do some ok melee damage. The statline I've rolled up is 18,14,18,13,12,14, and im gonna be putting my next two points into Charisma.

So, good idea? Terrible idea?


1) You need an oracle lvl more to qualify (5 bab) (or Barbarian -but see below)

2) take the lame curse

3) what role do you want to play in party? Life isn't good for combat.
And if wanna be more support - bar 2/oracle 4/RP X gives you more buff spells to help the party - making them shine thanks to your bless/prayer and so on...
If you want to be more melee (the barbarian levels kinda points to that) consider a more battle orintated mysteri. Like battle, ancestor, woood, metal, stone. (I sounds like you are not looking for the most optimized build so you don't outshine the other players, so really any mystery is open).

4) If you want a more prophet like feel to the build - consider seer - not optimized, but it has flavor...


The goal is really to be a support/tank with some decent melee capabilities able to keep my teammates alive if they get over their heads, and from what i've been able to tell being a high-hp character who is able to take damage for others and heal is a good way to do that. I was thinking of taking the Battle Mystery, but the options there just don't seem nearly as useful as being able to life link and channel.

Oh, and it was supposed to be a 3 barb/3oracle/xRP, my bad.


Well barbarian is all about melee so far so good.

Personally i don't like the life mystery - but then i don't like being a walking band aid.

Channeling is a nice little bonus, but it's mostly for off combat healing - and then just use wand of cure light wounds...
Same with energy body...

Life link.. Well just cast shield other.. Or sacred bond...

With battle mystery - war sight - you'll have a really good chance for going first - buff your party. Less healing needed.

Unless you are in an undead heavy setting - then channeling could be usefull with the right feats - I would go for something else.

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