Right. So I've actually yet to act as a player in a campaign even though I've been a dm for a bit of time now and at the present I'm trying to create a charachter for a campaign in the making by one of the guys in my group. I wanted to have two options to go off of depending on what the others in the new campaign group end being so i decided to make a mele and ranged build. I have a barbarian good to go for the mele (at least I believe I do) but I'm lost on how to make the ranged build im looking for. Basically Im trying to use the charachter Momonga from the light novel Overlord as a template (not sure how to put in a link to show what I'm looking for sorry; should pop up if one searches-light novel Overlord). I really enjoy the novel and the way he is so I figured why not. The problem is that I'm not sure how to go about it. The options im considering now are a wizard focused in the necromancer/undead specialization, a cleric of either the undead lord or death and ghoul domain, or a sorcerer with the undead bloodline. However, I can't figure out what would match up best with Momonga's charachter. I'm looking to be able to summon and control undead of course but he also has a fair amount of abilities such as releasing a dark pulse as an aoe attack, exuding an overbearing deathly aura, etc. As a playstyle is probably want to have a good mix of undead summon and control as well as...ya know all those zap evil laser beam and grasping people hearts with my mind stuff*. I can't figure out which option (or any options I have not looked into yet) would fit best for a charachter like this. I'm also unsure of race since he was technically just undead from the start but I'm thinking of human, dhamphir, or drow at the moment. I plan on getting the agent of the grave prestige at the moment and eventually becoming a litch in order to get appearance and abilities similair to momonga. I think litch is the closest thing at least. Sorry for such a scatterbrained message hear but I've been working on this for the last couple of hours and my mind is a bit shot. I understand that unless someone read/reads parts of the light novel they won't exactly understand what I'm trying to do but any help is appreciated, im to confused with the possibilties. Thanks ^ ^. *also I don't expect to be as overpowered as momonga is in the light novel, I understand I'm a level one charachter and neither undead nor a litch yet so im basically just trying to get a good ground foundation to come into my tyrannical self later on. Even then I don't expect to be that overpowered :P*