My DM is about to run a campaign where Arcane casters are openly persecuted. However, arcane classes are open to the PCs.
Any outside the box suggestions on either a) arcane caster classes or b) "inquisitor" type classes that would be good at "arcane caster hunting"?
Play this archetype.
You get to play an arcane spellcaster and everyone will think you're a divine spell caster.
Also, feats such as
The false focus feat makes up for losing eschew material components with the archetype
A Tetori monk or Brawler fighter are both very good at ruining a caster's day.
Another option for faking a Divine caster as an Arcane caster is taking the Half-elf bonded witch archetype, with your bonded item item being a Holy Symbol (Amulet).
Works well with false focus and gives access to cure spells.
Well an outside the box suggestion would be looking into the one Ranger archetype Witchguard. A ranger devoted to defending a caster. Nothing mechanical says it has to be a witch but the flavor and wording imply it heavily.
very cool ideas folks!
Question - with the False Priest / False Focus / False Casting ideas - does the spell actually change to a Divine Spell? OR stay Arcane?
If it stays arcane, I guess anybody that makes a high enough Spellcraft / knowledge Arcana check could then Identify the spell as arcane?
very cool ideas folks!
Question - with the False Priest / False Focus / False Casting ideas - does the spell actually change to a Divine Spell? OR stay Arcane?
If it stays arcane, I guess anybody that makes a high enough Spellcraft / knowledge Arcana check could then Identify the spell as arcane?
It stays arcane.
It would require a spellcraft check for false casting. That spellcraft would be opposed by your bluff check (charisma based, class skill for a sorcerer) to determine whether or not you actually used an item instead of casting a spell. So, as long as your opposed skill beats his, it looks like you cast the spell instead of using the item.
Spellcraft lets you identify a spell but not whether it is arcane or divine. Of course, if there is no divine version of an arcane spell, the spell being identified is a giveaway. Also, many divine spells require a divine focus in place of the typical material requirements of an arcane spell. Thus noticing that arcane material components were used in place of a divine focus is also a give away.
False Focus lets you use an actual divine focus as the focus for your spells and thus can remove that last mentioned means above. So, casting arcane spells that have divine counterparts and using divine focus should be very effective.
Of course, limiting oneself to only casting arcane spells with divine counterparts begs to ask why not just make a divine caster. So, I'm assuming there would be times in which you would cast arcane spells and hope to not get caught. Best o luck to ya there.
