Cleric / Hellknight Signifier / Hellknight.

[bigrig107]

Looking for some advice on a build for a Hellknight I want to build.

Race- Ifrit
Cleric 1- Fire and Trickery domains- (fire for obvious reasons, Trickery for that sweet, sweet invisibility). Feat- Channel Smite?
2-
3- Sacred Summons
4-
5- Warrior Priest
6- Hellknight Signifier 1
7- 2-
8- 3
9- 4-
10- actual Hellknight from here on out, then maybe back into Signifier.

Missing quite a few feat choices, so advice is appreciated.

Actually starting at 5th level, in case that matters.

Also, ability scores- 25 point buy, definitely want him to be melee, and planning on wearing Hellknight ploate from the start, so no need for too high Dex.

[LoneKnave]

What do you want from signifier/hellknight?

Make no mistake, they are cool as heck. I think cleric 10/signifier 10 is a way better build, as you get full casting.

As a sneaky trick, you could grab 1 level of Oracle so your signifier level advances both your cleric domains and the oracle stuff.

[bigrig107]

I've taken a second look, and it does look like I want to stay Signifier.

Maybe focus on summoning. Asmodeus has a hell hound at II, and a cerberi at IV.

Possibly switch away from melee, and focus on summon/buff?

In that case,

Race- human (need the extra feat).
1- cleric- spell focus (conjuration), augment summons
2-
3- sacred summons
4-
5- warrior priest
6- signifier-
7- superior summoning
8-
9- ?

How does that look?

[LoneKnave]

What you could do with that build is sprinkle in some reach-clericness. Grab the Halberd prof from order of the Nail, grab Combat Reflexes, and you should be good to go.

Sacred summons+ a reach weapon can get you pretty far.