| Saevus |
Hello,
Long time lurker, I am an active GM for a number of other systems, but the last time I was a player was in 2002 for a 3.x campaign. Have a chance to jump in a new campaign that a buddy is running after a long time player dropped. However, it's pathfinder, and besides owning precious little in the way of books, I am not real up to date on the maths in PF. I was hoping folks out there could help me, I am really good at coming up with terrible ideas, so I assume this idea I have is a terrible idea, but I am hoping there is a way to translate it so I am not a drain on the group.
I love Miniatures, and I have this awesome Halfling Knight, I can mount him on a Wolf, a Ram, a bat, or this Feathered Raptor Dinosaur. I've wanted to build a character based around this guy for awhile, I picked him up for a player in a different game and painted it and then the guy changed ideas, so he sits on my shelf being awesome. Problem is, I have no idea if there is a viable build that would not just be an under powered quasi-fighter who charges around swatting at things with a lance, and then fails to hit anything that flys or is on a ledge or a wall or whatever.
I've done some searches and it seems like it might be viable, but its been so long, I understand little of the jargon in the post, and don't know what books might have info that would help me in this endeavor.
So, all that being said (Thanks for sticking with me here), If I wanted to do a Halfling who mostly runs around mounted on an animal of some sort, is it: A) Viable? B) What should my stats look like?, C) What are the must have books that would describe the class or archtypes I would need? D) Is it possible to build in some backup, so he's not a one trick pony when he inevitably can't get a lance on target?
I appreciate any insight the folks around here can give me. I just want to try something I have a cool mini for and might be a little different. In 25 years of gaming, I can't remember a mounted combat focused character, but a small one might be able to get his chicken or dog or whatever into a dungeon, but I am acutely aware that if I show up with a pants on head build I'll get funny looks and my PF math-foo is weak here.
My other options are Gnome Druid (Who is an amazing mini, but I wanted to dinostomp things and from what I can tell, you don't get that till 6 and gnomes are bad melee beatsticks because stats)
A Dwarf Gunner (I can't figure out the math on muskets, they seem like they are really limiting number of attacks wise, without the cool POW effect of a lance)
or I could dig up a goblin Bomber. I know nothing of the alchemist, and would have to read up on how good that could be.
Cheers and thanks for reading!