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Once upon a time, I thought System Mastery was a Wizard archetype.
Nothing to offer here but to say - this was an interesting read all around.
You've probably seen Wands for Everyone!, but her it is again. I've built for wands before and it does work and it is useful but -that- waiting until it becomes viable is not fun. Theconiel mentions skill focus but that's a feat and a trait you lose. I'd be mapping it all before I did that. Alternately, you could retrain into it at a level when it would become viable.
Adding this related post in here. ...on upping DC's.
Humans select one extra feat at level one as long as they don't alternate racial trait out of it. Anything else comes from class choice. Fighter, for example, gets a regular feat and a combat feat at level one. That's three in all if they are Human, but one has to be a combat feat.
Something Arcane. Or just muck it up with an urban Barb to mess with the party. Or play something evil, with a ring of nondetection - be the source of intrigue.
Using the total defense action prevents you from attacking — including making attacks of opportunity — but you still threaten foes for the purposes of flanking.
Dexterity/Enhancement, Deflection, Armor, Shield, Dodge, Natural, Luck, untyped, size, racial? There may be more... maybe. Examples:
My 15th level duel cursed, Oracle/life is a pacifist. This is accomplished on based on spell choices - choosing life giving, aids, and control spells. With her high CHA and charm, she can talk her way out of anything. It's entirely possible to be a pacifist and not feel useless. And, make no mistake, she's optimized and OP in her own way. Incredibly fun to play. ...you by the way, might want to look at catfolk. Might be some RP value for you there.
A character who has the channel energy ability from a class other than cleric may use these variant channeling rules if the class’s abilities are tied to serving a deity. For example, paladins can select alternative channeling abilities if they serve a deity, as can oracles with the Life mystery (as they serve many deities), but necromancer wizards cannot. Great thread. Love the concept.
Besides killing them at range, what are your go-to methods to bring down a flyer that is using winged or magical flight? Secondarily, what happens if you blind a flyer and it misses the DC10 acrobatics check to move faster than half speed?
Build Thread 3: Swinging Swords and Kickin Ass! It was before Slayer builds but you could adapt what's in the thread to suit your tastes. *reads up* Eeessh, Nargy. You necro'd for that?
Not the only way to play the game, but variant multiclassing isn't allowed in PFS or AP's sadly.
Maybe next year they'll force everyone to be gelatinous gray cubes...just for you.
Sounds like you played it like a player, not a GM. What GM uses Death Knell on a downed level one? Are you trying to make them never come back?
I don't understand why they make these items, then don't spend five minutes to consider what they've just done. Maybe it's 20-20 hind sight, but if they were to ask their QA power gamer on staff to try and make a build with said item, five minutes later they'd have their eyes opened.
It's a vanilla Zen Archer build. Zen Archer Handbook, by StreamoftheSky.
...some stuff Ah, the number of times I've wanted to Necro a thread to offer the OP advice I was certain he should read... 3 years later.
If a GM is hinging a game on one 4th level Cleric spell something is wrong and I don't mean with the spell.
That you can take a 5-foot step at any point during a full attack. e.g. middle of a Rapid Shot attack, or a Whirlwind attack...even while Lunging during a Whirlwind attack. One more:
Play what you like. That's definately the best advice you'll ever get.
Game Mastery is strong. Blathering prattle.
Raise your hand if this tread sent you hunting for the Wizard System Mastery archtype.
Sounds like Catholicism. You can use the wand, but you must be guilt ridden afterwards and that's going to make you use it less. *glares at you* Hail Mary, Hail Mary, Hail Mary! Hit me again!
Normally a character not proficient in a particular weapon can still wield it with a -4 penalty. Since the Bastard Sword (and others) are listed as one-handed exotic weapons, some people argue you can wield them in one hand and just take the -4 penalty. This matches nicely with all established rules on proficiency, and those same people argue that these weapons are no different. This. Others look at the text descriptions of the weapons and interpret them to mean the weapons can not be wielded at all in one hand unless you have proficiency. They point to obscure 3.5 FAQs and tangent developer comments to make their case. You're proficient or you aren't. Stop over thinking it. Pathfinder isn't 3.5. And - as someone said yesterday in another post that taking FAQs and running with them like this is akin to running with scissors. Here be a perfect example of that. *edit* That said - I FAQ'd.
Sounds like a , "perfect storm" scenario to me...on several levels.
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Seams like you're grossly overthinking this. Proficiency is proficiency. You are or you aren't.
Treating bombs like spells is the way to go. The tricky part is deciding on a method of attack when not using bombs. That's why multi-classing into Rogue[but you can't sneak attack with bombs], Gunslinger or even Fighter at level one appeals. The natural fit is thrower but it suffers for numerous reasons that all boil down to damage output. Deciding where to mix the various feats into your build is mentally taxing. Ranged: Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Splash Wpn Mastry, Two Weapon Fighting and maybe Many Shot...etc. Spend so much effort in covering those bases and you'll realized quickly that you're stuck with a lot less "bombingness". Assuming you're wanting something Range attack oriented... Sample Build:
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