The Avalon Chronicles

Game Master lynora

I'm going with Goblin race and tinker from the WoW main book, as well as Bombardier from Magic and Mayhem, and Tech Specialist, slightly tweaked, from the Star Wars Core Book, if I can get away with all of this

If you do that, you'll want Boggle. It's a smarter goblin race.

I don't think I have the book with that subrace, what stats change? and what's max level for a teacher?

I don't mean to throw a wrench in the works here Jess, but PE is the biggest time commitment from a teaching standpoint since not only does every student have the class but its also the most common person to referee SIM room duels since the class is held in the SIM rooms. And is mostly supervisory since lessons happen as sims. Melody and Tryko'Sam are there as helpers but that's mostly to take care of the maintenance. Are you sure given all that that this is what you want to play? I'd rather ask now than have you make plans and find out later it doesn't work for you.

I can do my best, I may have posts get lost in the shuffle, but since I'm up till about one pm central time I think I can handle most of it.

You want to stay in the mid twenties level wise for a teacher. And you don't really need stats in most cases (exception being a lower level teacher that might occasionally end up in combat if the students get in over their head).

are the classes I picked okay?

I would suggest the warlock class takeing all of the evocation options and the hellfire warlock prestiuge class

In general I prefer to stick to stuff that's on the prd if possible. Using sources outside that generally means a lot of typing since I want to know what they're abilities can do so everything has to be detailed in their profile.

On the other hand, it's a teacher so that stuff is less relevant since you don't need to fully stat out a teacher character. It's assumed that they won't ever actually see combat. I'd still want you to summarize for me what they can be expected to be able to do if I can't just read it for myself.

Also try to stick with pathfinder if you can. Other systems don't always play nice with it and most stuff from other systems can be emulated by some class or class combo in pathfinder.

alright I can summarize for you, just gimme a couple minutes. and Foul, I'm going for the whole I make things that fly and things that explode type of character.

I would like to offer up Raystom

Warlock can fly and is really quite good at makeing things explode

but can they ignore all but total cover? Bombardiers can with a Seeker Spin throw of a grenade

Shh, Foul. He wants to not further cheapen the warlock class. Let him. ;P

Oh I was suggesting replacing tech specialist,
You could even reflavor it to be tech based

I would like to offer up Raystom

In what capacity? Sorry, I know I glanced over that character before, but I don't remember the specifics.

I suppose I'll be going with Boggle, Tinker, Warlock, and Bombardier. I have one question.

Oh and Dami it looks like you're good to take illusion. You can make a teacher for that.

I suppose I'll be going with Boggle, Tinker, Warlock, and Bombardier. I have one question.

What's your question?

how many levels of each class should I take, I mean Tinker and Warlock are base classes, but Bombardier is a prestige class with lots of great abilities,though the Ground Zero ability is only useful like...once, then its all over

how many levels of each class should I take, I mean Tinker and Warlock are base classes, but Bombardier is a prestige class with lots of great abilities,though the Ground Zero ability is only useful like...once, then its all over

Figure out which of the two base classes does you more good and take max levels in that. Then tack the prestige class onto the other base class in whatever way adds up to max levels for that half of the gestalt.

so 20 tinker and 10 in Warlock and Bombardier? can warlocks cast spells to shield them from harm?

Nope. Just class stuff. No spells. There's metal bod but that's pretty high level.

Well hellfire warlock is a 3lvl prestiuge class
(Note there is a pathfinder warlock and a 3.5 one, I'm talking about the pathfinder one)

does it boost fire resist, as it stands I've got 20, but I don't think that's gonna save me from the equivalent of a small nuke going off in my face

so 20 tinker and 10 in Warlock and Bombardier? can warlocks cast spells to shield them from harm?

they are a class with a lot of tricks they can do at will

does it boost fire resist, as it stands I've got 20, but I don't think that's gonna save me from the equivalent of a small nuke going off in my face

yes

I need things to boost fire resist, damage resist, and shielding

Let me check some stuff
But in 3.5 there was a feat that if you had a base fort save of +5 or higher and energy resistance it would boost it by 10

does it boost fire resist, as it stands I've got 20, but I don't think that's gonna save me from the equivalent of a small nuke going off in my face

Uh.... no. You're gonna need something with high level spells. Warlock doesn't have much that goes beyond 4-5 level spells.

I actually want to SURVIVE adding double my hit points to an explosion with my already boosted explosive damage

At a 16th level warlock you could get iron body at will. Dr 15/adamanite half damage from fire
But that won't cover that. O_o
And that's as good as warlock gets.

I don't benefit from evasion or improved evasion during that explosion either, but I do get a dc 25 reflex save, just one though

I actually want to SURVIVE adding double my hit points to an explosion with my already boosted explosive damage

well in addition to the afoentioned feat and the 10 resist from hellfire warlock as one of your possible ability choices you can chose the abjuration school ability "resistance"

Resistance (Ex)

You gain resistance 5 to an energy type of your choice, chosen when you prepare spells. This resistance can be changed each day. At 11th level, this resistance increases to 10. At 20th level, this resistance changes to immunity to the chosen energy type.

You could also get a ring of evasion

At a 16th level warlock you could get iron body at will. Dr 15/adamanite half damage from fire

But that won't cover that. O_o
And that's as good as warlock gets.

No it isn't see above

Wait, just read up on the Ground Zero ability and I don't take the damage from double my hp, but I still take max damage if I fail my save because of the Big Boom! ability, makes all bombs I make do max damage.

But that also requires a level 20 warlock. Which leaves very little for the other class.

and making things go boom is what I'm building this character for, because if you can dodge a bomb, you can dodge anything.

Jess, before I forget, I want to ask, if PE doesn't work out due to time commitment bring too much, is there another class this guy could teach? Like flight training or ranged weapons or something? I would rather have a plan now so its not a big deal later.

As far as surviving his own blasts, it would probably make sense to have a magic item that would grant him a lot of energy resistance for that.

He'd make a very skilled Perception trainer, due to Goblin Landmines, whistling grenades, ect. nothing dangerous, well, not too dangerous.

and making things go boom is what I'm building this character for, because if you can dodge a bomb, you can dodge anything.

Lol. Was that an intentional dodgeball reference? And Aananda approves of this idea...something about it being even better than rocks. ^.^

He's a teacher!?!? Why so statted out???? :/

Confused player is confused

Alternatively he could have 17levels of warlock, 3 lvls of hellfire warlock
And you could have an at will 4 20ft bursts of 11d6+20 damage of any energy type you want that you could then boost by 6d6 at will at the cost of 1 temporary con damage
So sample damage 17d6 + 20 ⇒ (2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 2, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3) + 20 = 63
Better than fireball at will

He'd make a very skilled Perception trainer, due to Goblin Landmines, whistling grenades, ect. nothing dangerous, well, not too dangerous.

So a sort of combined perception/disable device kind of thing?

He's a teacher!?!? Why so statted out???? :/

Confused player is confused

I don't know. I think it's more that he's trying to have some reasonable idea what the capabilities should be to summarize.

Yeah pretty much

He's a teacher!?!? Why so statted out???? :/

Confused player is confused

I'm statted out...

Alternatively he could have 17levels of warlock, 3 lvls of hellfire warlock

And you could have an at will 4 20ft bursts of 11d6+20 damage of any energy type you want that you could then boost by 6d6 at will at the cost of 1 temporary con damage
So sample damage 17d6+20
Better than fireball at will

sorry make that 5 40ft bursts

Also you can bost this further if you want with a sorscerer (Orc or primal elemental (fire i assume) bloodline or better yet cross blood the two of them)
Which would give you 17d6+20+34
17d6 + 54 ⇒ (3, 2, 5, 5, 6, 1, 2, 5, 1, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 5, 2, 3) + 54 = 108
That's 5 40ft bursts of over 100 damage

Further how would you like your bombs to heal you?
There is a +1 template "fire infused" that I think would work well for you

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Hmmm......Throwing a quick PM your way to muse over, Lynora.

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[Surfaces from a sea of housecleaning] (^-^)

Hmmm......Throwing a quick PM your way to muse over, Lynora.

[Gets swallowed whole by laundry] (;_;)

I feel for you, man. I'm still trying to figure out how three people generate a minimum of seven loads of laundry every week. :P

Truth.
So. Much. Truth. :)

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