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My thoughts were to start out as a cleric and we will be starting at first level.

So the campaign I am in currently is getting ready to wrap up, and thoughts of my next PC are creeping into my mind. So far one member of my group is going a ride focused Goblin Summoner build, and I figured it would be a good time to try a PrC.

I am still looking for that special story hook to work it though. Any thoughts? Suggestions? Builds?

The game I am currently in has the BBEG a vampire Anti-Paladin. High Charisma = tons of health along with the AP abilities. The GM calls him an "Elder Vampire" and he has none of the associated weaknesses. I'm not looking forward to fighting him.

I don't see why a paladin, or even cleric, would necessarily have to admit and believe their god is dead. For humans it's sort of tough to justify someone having been around 100 years ago to experience his death, but other races have clerics and paladins who may remember it. In any case, one could believe wholeheartedly (thus not being dishonest or deceitful) that they are worshiping Aroden when in fact their powers come from the ideals he stood for. Since direct contact between deities and mortals is extremely rare in Golarion anyway, how would they ever know that they're really worshiping the concept of good and valor instead of a god who embodies good and valor? Perhaps commune spells don't ever work right, and no matter how many times they try to summon a planar ally from Aroden's court to assist them they never come. But there are plenty of crazy people in the real world who can't admit that things have changed in their lives or the world as a whole, and while a fantasy environment adds in a major reality check for one of these people (in that they no longer get spells or whatever) there is a stopgap built into the rules with being a paladin/cleric of an ideal. I wouldn't want to limit a player's creativity if they came up with an awesomely delusional cleric of Aroden, so I'd let it go, as long as both the player and I were on the same page about how it worked and to what extent their PC would work differently than the standard, living-deity-worshiping PC of their class.

I think I found my answer. This should work for my DM also(hopefully)

...you must have a god, and no god is gonna invest power in you, while you are thinking that a dead god is doing so.

Gods do not invest folks with power who are not devoted to them.

So to clarify, I was thinking of having my PC grow up in an area that used to have a temple to Aroden, being a simple farmer, I would not know the history of the great storm, or the fate of Aroden. I would have read tales of him on the walls of the temple growing up, and aspire to walk in his company. Iomedae would take pity on me, and since the domains I am going for are Glory and Protection(the most likely ones that she followed before her ascent to godhood) anyway, she would grant me power, but send hints to me of her existance to persuade me to follow her path.

Awesome! I think my DM will go along with it also, as long as I have a good backstory for it and explain what is happening. Should be an interesting game.

I am thinking of making a cleric/holy vindicator, and think that Aroden would be(have been) the diety of choice for my PC. Seeing as Aroden is no longer an active source of power, how far of a stretch would it be to pray to Aroden, and have Iomedae hear my prayers as she was his follower. I know it is something to talk to the DM about but what does the community think?

Alright. My barbarian(Iarwaeth) has a +2 Keen/Furious/Adamantine/Intelligent(CN) Greatsword. Seeing as it is an intelligent weapon I figure it needs a name... And I need help.

Any suggestions?

blaze287 wrote:

I might have to ask it for it's name as it has just recently woken up!

As a Bleach fan, this statement amused me. :)

Interestingly enough it is a black greatsword...

I am currently playing a 12th lvl Human Barbarian with a +2 Greatsword(adamantine/keen/furious/intelligent) I originally recieved it at 3rd level as a plain ol' Adamantine Greatsword that I found in a crypt. I worked with my DM and communicated that I was going to make the Greatsword part of my story, and told him I would prefer to simply have the weapon stay with me rather than replace it every few levels. The DM decided to have fun with it and has created small(20 min) story arcs to have the sword grow with me.

That has definitally made the game for me. The sword has become a part of my PC(since I got it) and I can't imagine my Barbarian without it.

I do need a better name for it though as it is currently still "Greatsword of Kvoric" after the man whose crypt I got it from/me in a former life. I might have to ask it for it's name as it has just recently woken up!