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Yes as much as im embarassed to admit it, for some reason i had this inexplainable urge to make an Idol PC. I mentioned this in my last thread the idea of using arcane synthesizers or amplifiers to emulate sound.
Now i boiled it down to 2 choices Either Celebrity or Magician, I chose both of these because they are both compatible with sound striker which would be ideal for the weaponizing sound concept i want.
Now celebrity would be the more thematic choice but magician would be far more useful mechanically. I'm leaning in one direction over the other, but i wanted the opinions of others.
Magician is pretty awesome, but not really idol material. Maybe. I don't know, it depends what one might idolize, I suppose. An Industrious Urbanite Overwheling Magic Elf Magician VMC Sorcerer for the Arcane Bloodline is an absolutely spectacular 6/9 caster, but still just a 6/9 caster... I would imagine it would be easier to idolize a Celebrity, given that people do that already. Unless you have a real every little thing she does is magic thing going on with the Magician, I think the Celebrity is a better idol despite being at a mechanical disadvantage.
On a side note, Magician VMC Cavalier of Order of the Staff can take Dweomercraft to a whole new level with Spell Aid. And your Challenge makes the target take a scaling penalty to saves against spells and SLA's. Not quite the ultimate caster support character (That goes to the Court Poet Skald with Insightful Contemplation and Arcane Concordance), but certainly helpful. They can also hand out Harrying Partners (assuming it works with Spell Aid) or Allied Spellcaster teamwork feats via Tactician. Still, not really idol material, though.
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Magician is pretty awesome, but not really idol material. Maybe. I don't know, it depends what one might idolize, I suppose. An Industrious Urbanite Overwheling Magic Elf Magician VMC Sorcerer for the Arcane Bloodline is an absolutely spectacular 6/9 caster, but still just a 6/9 caster... I would imagine it would be easier to idolize a Celebrity, given that people do that already. Unless you have a real every little thing she does is magic thing going on with the Magician, I think the Celebrity is a better idol despite being at a mechanical disadvantage.
On a side note, Magician VMC Cavalier of Order of the Staff can take Dweomercraft to a whole new level with Spell Aid. And your Challenge makes the target take a scaling penalty to saves against spells and SLA's. Not quite the ultimate caster support character (That goes to the Court Poet Skald with Insightful Contemplation and Arcane Concordance), but certainly helpful. They can also hand out Harrying Partners (assuming it works with Spell Aid) or Allied Spellcaster teamwork feats via Tactician. Still, not really idol material, though.
I was thinking more along the lines that she can put on her own personal light show. but i suppose any caster could do that.
Magician Bard doing a light show worth being idolized...
Let's assume she has stats closer to those of a Sorcerer than a Bard, and has reached level 14 to get the Magician's Metamagic Mastery Performance.
Probably going to want Eclipsed Spell, which doesn't even raise the level of the spell. Solar Spell seems fitting, but I don't know how many damaging [light] spells even a Magician Bard is going to have. Tenebrous/Umbral Spell if you want to really dim the lights before your show. Heighten Spell and a cantrip of every school to assist in counterspelling, since Magician Bards do that.
Is she a Halfling? If so, Jinxed Spell and Threatening Illusions can be fun. Desna is worshipped by Halflings, and Desna's Shooting Star would somewhat make up for going with Sorcerer stats. It be but one feat, and you get Charisma to attack and damage with a Starknife. You could choose a Starknife as your Arcane Bond at level 5, and take Desna's Shooting Star the same level. If not Halfling, the aforememtioned Industrious Urbanite Overwhelming Magic Elf can start with two Spell Focus feats completely from alternative racial features.
How do you feel about Sacred Geometry? Could put Tenebrous and Umbral together "inside" one feat. Take it again for Jinxed Spell and Threatening Illusions (if Halfling).
Speaking of feats, Scion of War can put Initiative on Charisma, but has to be taken at level 1. That Elf and those two Spell Focus feats could definitely make this easier to jump on. Initiative is important, and your Charisma will be higher than your Dexterity, guaranteed. I would still take a drawback to get one of +2 Initiative traits, as well. Paragon of Speed and Reactionary immediately come to mind. And later, if you find yourself with an open feat that you don't know what to do with, Improved Initiative still wouldn't be a waste.
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Magician Bard doing a light show worth being idolized...
Let's assume she has stats closer to those of a Sorcerer than a Bard, and has reached level 14 to get the Magician's Metamagic Mastery Performance.
Probably going to want Eclipsed Spell, which doesn't even raise the level of the spell. Solar Spell seems fitting, but I don't know how many damaging [light] spells even a Magician Bard is going to have. Tenebrous/Umbral Spell if you want to really dim the lights before your show. Heighten Spell and a cantrip of every school to assist in counterspelling, since Magician Bards do that.
Is she a Halfling? If so, Jinxed Spell and Threatening Illusions can be fun. Desna is worshipped by Halflings, and Desna's Shooting Star would somewhat make up for going with Sorcerer stats. It be but one feat, and you get Charisma to attack and damage with a Starknife. You could choose a Starknife as your Arcane Bond at level 5, and take Desna's Shooting Star the same level. If not Halfling, the aforememtioned Industrious Urbanite Overwhelming Magic Elf can start with two Spell Focus feats completely from alternative racial features.
How do you feel about Sacred Geometry? Could put Tenebrous and Umbral together "inside" one feat. Take it again for Jinxed Spell and Threatening Illusions (if Halfling).
Speaking of feats, Scion of War can put Initiative on Charisma, but has to be taken at level 1. That Elf and those two Spell Focus feats could definitely make this easier to jump on. Initiative is important, and your Charisma will be higher than your Dexterity, guaranteed. I would still take a drawback to get one of +2 Initiative traits, as well. Paragon of Speed and Reactionary immediately come to mind. And later, if you find yourself with an open feat that you don't know what to do with, Improved Initiative still wouldn't be a waste.
Can't take a weapon as a bond sorry.
Oh, that's right. Sorry, I misremembered. I knew they couldn't take a familiar as their Arcane Bond, must have forgotten that it couldn't be a weapon, either. My bad.
There are ways to get proficiency with a Starknife if you want her to use Desna's Shooting Star, but combat with a weapon should be pretty low on her priorities, me-thinks. I would focus way more on winning initiative and casting spells than swinging a knife.
I was thinking that an Aasimar with Heavenly Radiance might be fitting... blasting Sunbeams out of your chest is quite the light show. Get a lot more utility out of that if you are allowed to take Quicken SLA at level 11. I wouldn't take Heavenly Radiance until at least 7th, though. Wandering Star Motes can at least Daze targets. Waiting until level 9 (or taking it again at 9) gives you the Sunbeam.
Do you have a race already in mind?
If you go with the Magician archetype, taking an amulet/necklace as your Arcane Bond would allow you to eventually upgrade it into a Necklace of Netted Stars... which seems fitting for both your light show theme and the Magician's counterspelling stuffs.
Is she a celebrity all on her own, or, say, part of a band? Lol. There are some Teamwork feats like Basic/Compelling Harmony and Counterpoint to Inspiration that you could equip a band with. The band of Bards is awesome any time you can pull it off.
Regardless of whether or not she is part of a band, I think the Ensemble Teamwork Feat is fitting for her. Ensemble even has a special, just for Bards.
Not knowing too much more about where to take this, I have put this together, so far...
Magician-Sound Striker Bard
1(class): Improved Counterspell
1. Scion of War
3. Extra Performance
5. Ensemble
7. Heighten Spell
9. Master Performer
11. Discordant Voice
13. Grandmaster Performer
15. Leadership
Expanded Repertoire Spells
1st-level:
2nd-level:
4th-level:
5th-level:
Master Performer and Grandmaster Performer can definitely be dropped if you don't actually plan on buffing allies/providing bonuses with Performances. Probably put metamagic feats in their places. Or Sacred Geometry... Sacred Geometry is awesome.
Leadership is there so you can pick up a School Savant Arcanist focused on Dispel... so they can pick up counterspelling higher level spells... wierd how that works with your Cohort and all, but the Bard only ever gets 6th level spells... a 13th level Arcanist already has 6th level spells. The Bard won't get hers until she reaches level 16. Lol. Thematically, having a Cohort and entourage/followers makes sense for a celebrity.
Suddenly this reminded me that I want to see an all-Bard/Skald band party . . . .
Suddenly this reminded me that I want to see an all-Bard/Skald
bandparty . . . .
I would love to see it done.
I have like half a dozen, or more, small race Bards, all VMC something... I call them gypsies, but I am not sure if that is a term that is still used. Nomadic caravan people... little, nomadic caravan people... or whatever.
Arcane Healer-Giesha VMC Monk, with the Tea of Transference and Ki Channel is a beautiful, little beast. Haven't given her a name past "tea party", but she is a Resourceful, Small Quarters Ally, Underfoot Halfling that worships Irori. She uses Shikigami Manipulation and unarmed strikes when forced into combat, but prefers to hang out and buff her friends from the sidelines whenever possible. Her tea parties can provide the party with Performance buffs that last 10 minutes after her picnic ends... which can be awesome when it's her team in control of the tempo. She provides most of the caravan's healing in and out of combat. And she scribes buttloads of scrolls in her downtime... given that she has near-infinite Bardic Performance, Channel, Ki, and Spells with the Tea of Transference/Ki Channel. I could have added Sound Striker to her, too, but just didn't. Lol.
And there's more...
^But what parts do they play in the band?
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Arcane Duelist is a Half-Orc, plays a 6-string Butcher's Bass, with a whammy bar. Lots of tattoos, has an underbite that she says keeps her at back-up vocals... if only I didn't have these tusks, she always says when the topic is lead vocals. She blasts on the bass, though. Looks like a member of GWAR, with her heavy armor.