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Ok, so I have a boon that would allow me to start a Wayang PC.
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A build that sounds good for this race is the shadow wizard. (Before you suggest it, I am not interested in the shadow puppeteer from the ARG.)
This has good and bad points for me. I rarely make all that much use of illusion spells. This is both good and bad. I like trying something new and I don’t really know what I’m doing. Part of the issue for me has always been that I don’t know exactly what a GM will or won’t allow my illusions to do because of the rather nebulous rules. Some are very permissive, some are not. I have been told that this is less of an issue with PFS, but I don’t know that for sure.
Here is the initial build I’ve thrown together.
Neutral Neutral
Wizard (unsure on bonded object or familiar since I like both)
Shadow school
S 7, Dex 16(14+2), Con 14, Int 18(16+2) Wis 10(12-2), Cha 12
or Dissolution’s Child racial trait and S 10, Dex 14(12+2), Con 14, Int 20(18+2) Wis 8(10-2), Cha 7
Small:
+1 armor class and attack rolls
-1 CMB and CMD
+4 stealth size bonus
Move 20’
Darkvision
+2 percption and stealth race bonus
Shadow magic: (unless take dissolution’s child)
+1 DC shadow spells
Ghost sound, pass without trace, and ventriloquism 1 each day
Faction Shadow Lodge (duh)
Traits: fortified, shadow diplomat, or watchdog
and ?
Feats:
1 spell focus illusion
3 combat casting or shadowy dash
5 fast study and persistent spell (maybe bouncing?)
7 greater spell focus illusion
9 spell penetration
10 arcane blast (maybe spell specialization?)
11 greater spell penetration
This is just a first pass. As I said, I haven’t run an illusionist before. So any and all suggestions are welcome.
Shadow Gambit feat would make sense, theme-wise, but IMHO I don't use it very often on my Gnome Illusionist.
Threatening Illusion is another one people like, but has limited uses.
Of course Imp Familiar if you go that way.
In the book "Inner Sea Magic", and yes they are PFS legal (last time I checked). They are also in the D20SRD but I'm at work and that is blocked, but this isn't....go figure.
Keep in mind that for PFS, you will replace Scribe Scroll with a free Spell Focus feat at level 1. So if you make that Spell Focus(Illusion), you get another feat at level 1.