Do you have to stay a pure Necromancer or you could go for a Prestige Class like Eldritch knight?
No restriction on progression, other than sticking with what's available via the pfsrd and keeping the character as-is for 1st level.
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Which is why the concept comes with Ray/BFC spells built-in, and comes on a chassis with good access to minionmancy as the game progresses. Felbur's the child of a Ghoul Sorcerer Bloodline Sorceress who ran a subterranean necropolis (hence the unusual City-Raised/Cavewight combo) and the Orc manual laborer whose loyalty won her over. That bloodline is the reasoning behind the fluff of the Cruelty drawback, and informed the decision to attempt to make the bite attack useful.
Hi, gang. I have a 1st-level Half-Orc Wizard (Necromancer), and I'm looking for input on how best to progress up through 20th level while staying true to the concept, which is trying to take advantage of the Toothy Alternate Racial Trait for Half-Orcs. The 1st level build and spell load are not subject to change in any way. Felbur, Half-Orc Necromancer:
STR 12 DEX 12 CON 12 INT 16 WIS 12 CHA 14 Alternate Racial Traits: Toothy, City-raised, Cavewight Arcane Bond: Armadillo Familiar Arcane School: Necromancy (Command Undead) Opposition Schools Evocation, Illusion Feats:Scribe Scroll, Command Undead, Toughness Drawback: Cruelty (compelled to try to bite helpless/dying foes within 30') Traits: Finding Your Kin, Reactionary, Magical Lineage (Stricken Heart) Spells: Bouncy Body, Chill Touch, Detect Undead, Enlarge Person, Ray of Sickening, Sleep, Stunning Barrier Felbur also wears an Armored Kilt, and venerates Anubis. Please let me know if more details on concept or other aspects of the character are needed. Thanks for reading.
Errata for the Book of Exalted Deeds was published; it appears entirely focused on the removal of polymorph abilities, granting Asura a limited Change Shape ability instead.
As with Dennis Da Ogre, I opened the thread under the assumption that it was available online, as in browser-based, rather than a download. I was further frustrated by the 'if you cannot download it, go to X link' posted which was simply a second pointer to the same download. If it ever actually IS available online, and not 'available for download from an online page', I'll happily look into it.
Uncle Binder, where are those spells from? Some of them sound so nice (Plague of Undead? Hmmm...) I'd like to take a look at them. The great vast majority are from the Spell Compendium. Plague of Undead is on p.158 of that volume, for instance. Please let me know which other spells you'd like paginated. I'm happy to oblige.
Unearthed Arcana's not even necessary; the Tainted Sorcerer and Taint rules are in the SRD.
Here's a fun BBEG that goes from "fairly useful and hard to get to" to "Holy Cow!" as he advances. He's based on a bit of trivia: Name Earth's largest desert? Spoiler:
LE Human starting stats: STR 8 DEX 10 CON 12 INT 12 WIS 18 CHA 14. Boost WIS at all points Cleric 3/Walker in the Waste 10/Tainted Sorcerer 6/Contemplative 1 1st) Heat Endurance, Willing Deformity, Corrupt Spell Focus, Greater Corrupt Spell Focus. FLAWS: Noncombatant, Vulnerable TRAITS: Focused, Abrasive. SKILLS: Concentration, Knowledge Arcana, Knowledge Religion, Spellcraft 4 each. Domains: Sand, Thirst, Windstorm (Contemplative) 3rd) Violate Spell. Start investing a bit in Handle Animal, for later. 6th) Flash Frost Spell 9th) Explosive Spell 12th) Wild Cohort 15th) Piercing Cold 18th) Divine Metamagic (Flash frost) Taint Feat C: Divine Metamagic (Explosive)
Typical spell load: 0th:
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Amanuensis, Detect Magic, Read Magic, Resistance, Slash Tongue, Virtue 1st: Spoiler:
Ebon Eyes, Entropic Shield, Sanctuary, Summon Monster I, Summon Undead I, Lesser Shivering Touch, Lesser Vigor/Parching Touch 2nd: Spoiler:
Bear's Endurance, Blood Snow, Desecrate, Eagle's Splendor, Hold Person, Lesser Restoration, Summon Monster II/Dessicate 3rd: Spoiler:
Mass Aid, Mass Align Weapon, Black Sand, Defile Snow and Ice, Dispel Magic, Summon Undead 3 4th: Spoiler:
Control Water, Freedom of Movement, Negative Energy Aura, Recitation, Greater Magic Weapon 5th: Spoiler:
Blistering Radiance, Conjure Ice Beast V, Dispel Water, Mass Inflict Light Wounds, Triadspell 6th: Spoiler:
Mass Bull's Strength, Desecrate Battlefield, Mummify, Wind Walk, Word of Recall 7th: Spoiler:
Greater Plane Shift, Greater Scrying, Mass Spell Resistance 8th: Spoiler:
Lion's Roar, General of Undeath, Heat Drain 9th: Spoiler:
Fimbulwinter, Plague of Undead Find a way to squeeze Born of Three Thunders in there and that first 9th level spell, coupled with Explosive Spell, does a reasonable impression of Empowered Locate City. |