| Epok999 |
Hi!
We recently started the Shattered Star campain. There's 5 Pcs in the group, and we've been playing together for a very long time. I think I can safely declare that, after nearly ten years of pathfinder, we all know the game well enough to be very efficient. And for my DM, that seems to be a problem (even though we all have a lot of fun optimizing our characters as best as we can).
He chose to create our characters by himself, so we could'nt abuse anything - and he purposely choose some wierd / weak combinations (there's a rogue/paladin, a sorcerer/swashbuckler, a diviner with conjuration as opposed school and a cleric /ranger).
That's how I ended up with a Barbarian 1 / Inquisitor (infiltrator) 1, designed to be a weapon thrower. My first problem is that I hate playing « pure dps » characters. My preference goes for spellcasters. My second problem is that throwing weapons is not strong at all in Pathfinder. If I was to play a DPS character, at least I'd want him/her to be strong.
I then decided I'd multiclass, a third time, in clercic (herald caller). My goal is to become a full spellcaster cleric who focuses on summoning, and I always wanted to try that reach-cleric build everyone talks about (even though I don't plan on getting combat reflexes). The DM gave me some strong ability scores that fit the clercic. So here's the build :
Carmila
LG human
Barbarian 1 / Inquisitor (infiltrator) 1 / Cleric (herald caller) X.
str15 (+1 at lv4); dex16; con18; int12; wis18; cha10.
I pray Andoletta, the Empyreal Lord.
Feats :
1) Scribe scroll; 3) Power attack; 5) Improved Initiative; 7) Sacred Summons; 9) Summon Good Monsters. I don't know yet what to choose for the late levels.
My only concern is that I'll always be 2 caster levels below any other spellcaster. Considering that, is it really worth it to summon monsters (and to multiclass as an herald caller)? I heard they were scaling pretty bad. We are actually at lv5, so I cast as a third level cleric. I'll have access to my first standard action summoning at level 7 (thanks to sacred summons), but how efficient is really a Lantern Archon, alone, at level 7? A full level cleric would have summoned it at fifth level.
What do you think? Will I just regret that multiclass? Please keep in mind that, obviously, it's not supposed to be optimized, but I'm trying to get the better out of it.
By the way, I'm not allowed to retrain any class level.