Brainstorming an Odin inspired character.


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How would you progress an All-Father inspired character?

I'm looking for race/class(es)/feat combos here. Paizo products only; unpublished ones are acceptable(i.e. Advanced Class).

Thanks for any and all input.

The Exchange

Storm Kindler is fun.

Scarab Sages

Lore oracle with the clouded sight curse. You traded an eye for wisdom.


I agree with the whole Oracle thing, though I'd do a Battle Oracle. Odin was a badass.


Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

25 point buy Aasimar wildblooded Sage sorcerer. Don't dump Charisma, you're going to want to pump your Bluff up as high as you can so people will keep trusting you as you continually screw them over.

Talk to your GM about what you can sell your eye for. Try to get a better deal than OTL.


Gandalf...


Don't forget a magical spear. An oath sworn upon Gungnir was unbreakable. Possibly an oathtaker with a different base weapon.


Legalistic/Clouded Sight dual cursed Oracle. Then again, by modern standards any honorable viking-age warrior had essentially the drawbacks of the legalistic oath.


Clouded Sight is a horrible, horrible idea for a battle oracle, especially with dual-cursed. It ruins ability to see the battlefield, and it doesn't even fit thematically. Odin could see perfectly well. He only had one eye, but that one eye functioned just fine. And dual-cursed means it never advances. He's blind past 30 feet, that it, no darkvision, no blindisght, no extension to 60 feet, just shooting himself in the foot so hard he loses both his legs below the knee.


What about Huginn, Muninn, Geri, and Freki?


Who said that the clouded vision never advanced? You can choose to have the legalistic not advance, you know.

Personally, I don't see Odin as a battle oracle at all, but as a spellcasting-based Oracle (and don't skip the divinations!) with some impressive social skills. Sure, he was very capable of fighting, but that's best explained by his epic levels, I think.

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