A warpriest for PFS

[Bigdaddyjug]

So I got an oread boon for GMing at a recent Con and I think I am going to make a warpriest out of it. I think they are certainly the best class based on the ability bonuses. Anybody got any good ideas for a warpriest? Or maybe a better idea for what to do with an oread boon?

[Imbicatus]

They make exceptional Zen Archers, but it's not really thematic.

[Bigdaddyjug]

Yeah, I considered that, but I already have an archer inquisitor and an archer fighter, oh and a gunsliger. So I wanted to stay away from any more ranged physical damage dealers.

[Imbicatus]

What I really like about warpriests are the sacred weapon bonus making non-standard weapons attractive.

You could make a great character that focuses on two-handing a shield, using sacred weapon to increase the damage on shield bashes with a free bull rush on every hit.

Blackbloodtroll is making one that makes the club into a decent weapon.

You could use a whip and do real damage at reach in addition to the normal whip tricks.

Take a Quarterstaff and Quarterstaff Master and you are the only warpriest that can take weapon specialization without dipping into Magus or Monk.

Use a Dagger and the River Rat trait for Longsword damage with a dagger at level 1 that scales with level.

Use a Shortspear to make it as Deadly as the Aiel in Wheel of Time.

Use Battle Poi to use your Sacred Weapon damage with FIRE.

[Saint Caleth]

I bet an oread would make a great warpriest. They make good inquisitors, which is the closest established analogue for the warpriest. The -2 CHA will hurt, but the class might become less MAD in the final book.

I would take Weapon Focus (Shield Bash) and chose a god with a good 1 handed weapon in order to make a sword and board warpriest who can use their main weapon or shield bash without losing any effectiveness. I advocate that only becasue I find the image of just two-handing a shield to be very silly.

[Bigdaddyjug]

Hmmmm...I guess it's really not worth it to use a two-handed weapon with the warpriest because of the scaling damage. So what god has the kukri as their weapon? I am looking forward to kukri and shield now.

[Imbicatus]

Bigdaddyjug wrote:

So what god has the kukri as their weapon? I am looking forward to kukri and shield now.

Lamashtu, but you don't need your sacred weapon to be your deity's favored weapon. Any weapon you have weapon focus in is a sacred weapon, and the bonus weapon focus feat you get at first level can be applied to any weapon, it does not have to be the favored weapon.

[Bigdaddyjug]

Yes, I'm aware of all that. I was going to use the free Weapon Focus on shield bash and then take a diety with an 18-20 crit weapon. I've already got one worshipper of Sarenrae, so I thought of the kukri. Although now I'm wondering which Empyreal lord or Tien diety has the katana as preferred weapon.

Edit: Shizuru has the katana as preferred weapon. She also has some interesting domains, but I guess that doesn't really to a warpriest.

Edit #2: And Shizuru is probably not PFS legal, so back to the drawing board.

Edit #3: After a review of the Additional Resources, Shizuru is, in fact, legal for PFS play. So now I have to get a copy of the Dragon Empires Gazetteer.

[Imbicatus]

Blessings generally line up to Domains, so they can be nice. Even more so if you dip a level of inquisitor or two for int to initiative and a domain power.

[Bigdaddyjug]

Yeah, I'm probably not going to dip inquisitor. My "main" and the character I will take through Eyes of the Ten is an inquisitor, so I've had my fill of them. I'm also overall not much of a multi-classer.

I wish the info from the ACG was online somewhere, because otherwise I have to have my iPad to look up info on the classes from it and that's annoying when I'm bored at work and trying to put together a new build.