So out of curiosity, to help distract me from the endings of Conquest and Birthright, I was hoping some people would share some builds based on the Fire-Emblem classes?
Obviously Samurai = Samurai and Cavalier = Cavalier and such, but I've been curious how some of the more unique classes would be built (Wyvern Rider, Pegasus Knight, ect.)
Just using the list of classes and basic descriptions, what would you guys see with a level 5 build?
It's actually pretty easy to build Fire Emblem classes, because all you really need is to wear the right armor and be able to hit something with the right kind of weapon. Fighter can cover basically all of them besides the mounted ones and casters.
Wyvern Rider and Pegasus Knight would basically be the same thing in PF terms, just a martial class with a mount or animal companion (not sure if you can get a Wyvern).
And as for casters...I mean it's difficult to build PF casters that are as limited in ability as Fire Emblem casters. Even a blaster will have access to more than one element.
Half the point of this was asking "How" not "What Class" by the way. You take all the fun and exploration out of it by saying "It can probably just be XXXX class, okay, done!" instead of actually building something. Also - Mages were never limited to one element. They were limited to Books that they carried. One book had Fire, one had Thunder, ect ect. Books were limited by their "Per Use" and not by the caster themselves.
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Ew, Fates. Putting that aside Fire Emblem's design doesn't mesh well with Pathfinder; individual characters are very simple mechanics-wise (mainly just different ways to do damage) because you have to manage an entire army rather than one character. There's a lot of potential for a "Fire Emblem Tabletop" system where a player controls a Lord and a small squadron of other units but it's really not going to be possible to convert Fire Emblem into Pathfinder and have it still look like Fire Emblem.
So needless to say the Rider based classes would require Leadership to use (Or Summoner) which make neither PFS legal... which SUCKS... :(
Pegasi Rider (OR in Pathfinder Legal - Griffen Rider) with levels in Sohei Monk and Cavalier/Dragoon Fighter? What else would be added for the level 5 build?
Personally I think that not all the Fire Emblem classes would be particularly interesting to try and convert into PF builds, but some of the characters could be a neat exercise--particularly the lords and other key figures with interesting classes.
Hmm. I might be back here.
EDIT: Also flagged for a forum change, this probably belongs in Conversions or Homebrew.
Pegasus knights are really squishy to physical and strong vs magic and spell casters. Make sure to build in canto (Move hit move) and bow weakness. Give them monk saves, and design them around mobility and skirmishing, so 3/4 BAB with scaling accuracy bonus might be for the best. Maybe something like 1/round 2times level dmg to an unarmored opponent on hit or something like that. Idk I don't home brew much but basically Pegasus knight is really mobile and slips around everyone to murder the squishes, and can't tank physical damage.
Don't forget the Triangle Attack!! :D
Personally I think that not all the Fire Emblem classes would be particularly interesting to try and convert into PF builds, but some of the characters could be a neat exercise--particularly the lords and other key figures with interesting classes.
Hmm. I might be back here.
EDIT: Also flagged for a forum change, this probably belongs in Conversions or Homebrew.
Sorry I should have specified in my original post. No homebrew, just a 100% estimated translation from FE to Pathfinder (preferably PSF).
It would be to easy to just Homebrew everthing, lol.
Isn't there a Cleric Domain that lets you use an action to give an action? Sounds like the Dancer to me.
I can't find it, could you link it? I wouldn't mind starting a Level 5 Base for a Singer/Dancer to Pathfinder translation.
Never played fates only played sacred stones but the classes would mostly be the equivalent to the pathfinder classes the only real problems are the dancers, troubadors and which verious of valkirie that you use. The version that uses staff, spell and sword is basically a mix of bard and magus.
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The pegasus/wyvren riders would be beastrider cavaliers with maybe some druid. Now the 3 colour casters is both different and interesting since the dark and light are both basically clerics but the anima caster is more like a high level mystic theurge.
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