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![]() A 9th level character can start with a 8th, 7th, 6th and 2 5th and 250 GP. I have a fighter, he want's a greatsword that's magical and possibly has a property or two. By Raw if I have a +2 Potency Rune that has Wounding That's just one 8th level item (and is automatically and Expert level quality blade) So I would I be using my 6th level item slot on the wounding property rune or not? ![]()
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The long: Intrigued by the Abyssal Sorcerer Bloodline (Power attack is a bonus feat!?) and wanting to really get the Polymorph Subschool down rules wise I decided to make a character for PFS that would actually cast the Polymorph spells. Because a few of us looked at the changes to Polymorph and thought, why would a wizard or a sorcerer ever cast these spells. Sort of a creature touched by chaos who doesn't know his Identity ever. So I built Mort, a half orc Abyssal sorcerer and waited it out till 6th level to actually get beast shape. I was surprised that by 4th I was starting to have fun, enlarged and extended carried it to the next mark. Fun kicked into high gear at 6th when I could actually turn into a dinosaur with Beast Shape I. Then it seemed that was the peak, sure grabbing as a Dire Tiger was fun but no Rake and squeezing added more complications to balance that fun factor. Suddenly I ran into DR as early as 7th level. This disadvantage can't seem to be compensated with spells, magic items nor feats (even power attack barely get's through the DR of most demons and devils I'm coming up against but if I'm lucky I'll only land one attack per round), without some considerable cost, (Amulet of Mighty Fists is cost prohibitive, Versatile Weapon must be cast when you are in Beast Form making it a high level spell). It's a bit frustrating when the guy playing the monk puts on his cold iron brass knuckles and laughs at my story. There's a pile of complications (pile of suck as a friend said) around such a build that it looses the "fun factor" of playing such a character. The character build is so focused on making Polymorph effective that contributions to role-playing and investigation outside of combat are limited (I have a skill it's intimidate) Here are my best solutions:
I'm playing it out and I may actually agree that nothing can be done that doesn't offer a complete power gamer a way to come up with a more broken concept, except maybe something like "Shifters Gloves" I like polymorph, I wish it were a viable spell choice for a gamey player but all in all even my love may see me take a break from it for a while. Also unfortunately, PFS retirement is exactly at the time a Sorcerer's ability Polymorph Diverges from the Druids ability to Wild Shape. Thanks for Reading I can post the Mort Build if anyone is interested. It isn't entirely ineffective, it's just for what it's built to do, hasn't gotten to the I can't wait part. -Joshua ![]()
So I was working on my Gnome Alchemist Build which was solely focused on the Bombs and no other part of the Alchemist and I got to thinking about some complications and gave the whole idea up but here's the list. So here's the build that we had put together for him mostly focusing on feats
Feats
Discovery
+1 Holy Flask Thrower (Damage from enhancement and holy only apply on direct hit I get that) Then I did some careful looking and threw the whole idea out. Here were issues based on RAW 1. Is Flask Thrower a Gnome Weapon?
I'm out of taking a fighter level any more or even using alchemical items but it would be nice if something could come close to this. I guess I could focus on TWF and Rapid Fire instead and get a bunch of bombs if I need them. So if anyone were working on alternate class features a Mad Bomber type maybe. Here's a wish list for that. 1. The ability to draw alchemical items as a swift or free action.
. . . by the way all of this may be power gamey a bit . . . but then there's Zen Archer (w/ raised eyebrow) and that monk has a range increment of 110 feet. -Joshua O'Connor-Rose |