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Imrijka and The Old Spiritualist Lady.

Imrijka has a boob window the size of her face, and her face isn't exactly hag-ugly either.

Old women and children are generally exempt from being oversexualized in western media, but that goes for males of those ages as well, so I don't think it's a valid argument.

There had better be a picture of a trio of loving Shirren parents with their grub babies in a little terrarium stroller when the book comes out. So cute!

I wouldn't be annoyed over the "weak but attractive females, strong and brawny men" if it wasn't yet another example of nonhuman species attractiveness being inexplicably compatible with human beauty standards. They're aliens for gods' sake. Why do they need to be constrained by the 'muscles and boobs' limitation that every other non-animal-based species appears to be constrained by?

With females being barely-clothed nubile space babes and males being hairy gruff beast-men, even the emphasis on their value on mental qualities feels like just a bandaid on the gaping wound that is the history of 'alien' women being portrayed solely as the idealized fruit of sexual conquest and 'alien' men as ugly brutes unworthy as rivals for female attraction.

Such tropes of pandering to male-centric fanservice and sexual conquest should not be used in any seriousness in the works today, even as a reference to olden days.

If neither sex of the Lashunta were at all humanoid, especially attractive humanoid, I doubt we would even be having this conversation.

What about Carrion Compass? It only requires an undead creature by RAW, not necessarily a corporeal undead.

Teleport Object (sor/wiz 7) specifically allows you to teleport items, which receive a will save to negate. It also allows you to hold the charge as per a touch range spell with a target.

So I was looking around and found the feat

Decoy's Misdirection (Familiar)

Prerequisite(s): Must have a familiar with the decoy archetype.

Benefit(s): As long as your familiar is within 30 feet of you, anytime you succeed at a Will save to negate a scrying effect (including scrying and greater scrying), you become aware of the scrying attempt as though you succeeded at the Spellcraft check to identify it, and you can choose to let the spell function as normal instead of causing it to fail. If you do, you can choose to redirect the scrying effect toward your familiar, causing the familiar to immediately change shape (as its secret sharer spell-like ability, except the duration is as long as the scrying effect lasts). The creator of the scrying effect observes the familiar as though it were you, though spells such as detect magic detect the alter self effect as normal.

I'm not sure what the 'secret sharer' SLA is (maybe a typo?) but the purpose of this feat seems to imply that the familiar using its change shape ability is for all intents and purposes visually indistinguishable from the master in the eyes of a scryer.

I'm playing a Kitsune with a familiar with the Decoy Archetype, which has the ability

Master's Guise (Sp)

At 11th level, a decoy can transform into a perfect likeness of its master, as the alter self spell. It can hold this form for up to 1 minute per caster level; upon changing back, the decoy must remain in its natural form for an equal amount of time before transforming again.
This ability replaces spell resistance.

As a kitsune, I have my anthropomorphic fox form, my static appearance Human form, and I've taken Fox Shape for a static fox form and Realistic Likeness that allows me to 'steal' the face of any specific individual when I use my racial change shape ability.

How do these various forms apply to my familiar's Master's Guise ability?

Can I choose which of my forms it takes, or is it just whatever I look like at the time.
Or is it real-time synced to whatever my kitsune currently looks like, so fox when I go fox, etc.
What about someone I'm currently mimicking with Realistic Likeness?
Can it switch through my various forms at will, since they are all equally valid as 'perfect likeness of its master'?

And lastly, Alter Self doesn't say anything about creating clothes as part of the package. My familiar's not going to end up flashing everyone whenever she transforms, is she?

Oneris wrote:

Since for an arcanist, effects that modify Spells Known instead affect Spells Prepared, so any spell in the Ring should be treated as one she has prepared.

Where are you getting this from?

Here, bottom of 4th paragraph

Feats and other effects that modify the number of spells known by a spellcaster instead affect the number of spells an arcanist can prepare.

Can an Arcanist teach a spell she observes into a Ring of Spell Knowledge, then scribe the spell into her spellbook?

Since for an arcanist, effects that modify Spells Known instead affect Spells Prepared, so any spell in the Ring should be treated as one she has prepared.
Prepared spells can be scribed into a spellbook with the effect of wiping the spell from her mind as if she cast it, which means she just loses a spell slot.
So this should, work, right?

Can it then be used to effectively scribe spells from scrolls and still keep the scroll?

What kind of outfit did you wear when you were a little girl?
How much has your outfit changed over the years?
How did you decided on your current ensemble?

Oneris wrote:

What's the point of putting time and effort into backstory and roleplaying when all it's good for is an overly-elaborate epitaph?

You can role-play a deep character while still expecting to die; the cowardly sinner who finds redemption in a heroic death, for example. And you can also plan your second character in advance, and put them in your backstory, and mention them constantly. "If only my brother the dhampir paladin was here! He'd know what to do!"

I'm sorry, but that sounds like a terrible way to role-play. What kind of person would be so pathetic and expectant of dying that they would groom a sibling into becoming their backup in life? I'd imagine from a fluff standpoint low Con would correspond to anemia and illness, not cowardice and spinelessness.

But as it stands, my character is currently built of graham crackers and tissue paper. How can I improve her were I allowed a partial rebuild without losing out even more to the other dhampir due to MAD? He's already overshadowed me in the healing, casting, skills, and combat effectiveness domains. I'm not terribly sure what's left.

It's not Call of Cthulhu or Eternal Darkness, and I'd rather not make throwaway characters. What's the point of putting time and effort into backstory and roleplaying when all it's good for is an overly-elaborate epitaph?
what's the point of putting time and effort into backstory and roleplaying if the crunch isn't up to code?

So, what do I do now? The DM has been notified of my misgivings, but the chance for a rebuild is probably slim.

At any rate, he'll probably have a reply in the morning. Until then, could you help me rebuild my character? 20 point buy, and I kinda want to keep the character as a dhampir, since it's been mentioned in passing in-game.

I guess I'm alright with Lady Caedis dying; it's not as if it's foreign to me. Either the game doesn't survive, or my character doesn't.

I'm not intending on fully switching over to melee, just maybe taking a few AOOs after I run over with a buff or a spell.

Unfortunately, the game has already begun, so my stats are locked.

Edit: Forgot to add, the channeling is mainly for damaging and turning undead. I hear that Carrion Crown's pretty good on giving out healing items.

I'm currently playing a 1st level TN Dhampir Cleric (Luck and Souls Domains) in a TN party for Carrion Crown.

The party is currently made up of a Grave Warder Slayer, a Rogue, a Summoner, a Dhampir Blackblooded Oracle (Bones) and me, focusing on support.

Question 1: Should I skim Reach Cleric to keep enemies away from me without losing casting ability, or do we have enough melee characters to make it unnecessary?
Question 2: If I do veer towards Reach Cleric, I want to use either a glaive or a fauchard, mainly for RP purposes. (She's an ex-cleric of Shelyn) What would be the best way to get proficiency in a martial/exotic weapon, and if I need to multiclass to get it, when do I do it? (Keep in mind this is for Carrion Crown)

My current stats are
Str 10, Dex 14, Con 9, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 16
Traits: Dangerously Curious, Convincing Liar, Chance Savior

Feats:
1: Versatile Channeler
3: ((Selective Channeling))
5: ((Turn Undead))
7: ((Combat Reflexes))

Just skimming over the SRD, I feel that maybe Magus(Kensai?) or Ranger seems promising, but I've never played a multiclass character before so I'd like some help.