I am going for my first time to a Living Greyhawk session with my friend, and I need help with what class I can be. I at first intended to be a spell thief, but my friend said out of the four classes that are restricted that is one them, bummer.... So, living in SC I am supposed to be in the Grand March, all lawful good and what'not. So, why not be a paladin right? I have never been one before and it would seem almost too perfect in the campaign, and being a pally will be a great opportunity to role play. So, after a few levels I would like to prestige class into something, maybe a knight protector(complete warrior), or bloodhound(complete adventurer). But I would like to know what you guys/gals think would be a nice class that I could try out. Personal favorites are, and I would like to keep it from complete spell caster because my home campaign main character is a sorcerer. Any and all suggestions are appreciated, I'll check back later. Prestige classes that work with paladins work just as well as complete other classes. I have access to Complete: Adventurer, Warrior, Mage, Arcane' and the three core books Thanks everyone.
Your friend,
Sir Smashes Alot.
No suggestions for my paladin?
Shadowbane Inquisitor is great, but my favorite use for it -- turning all your actual paladin levels into Blackguard levels without losing the fallen paladin benefits -- is (I believe) a nonoption in Living Greyhawk. I flipped through the rules for LG once and I believe the basic attitude was "rahrahrah no evil PCs rahrahrah."
Anyway, setting my quibbles with the thing aside... Other good Prestige Classes to look at, if you don't want to stick with Paladin, are the Cavalier, Justiciar, Knight of the Chalice, Knight Protector, and potentially the Hunter of the Dead from the Complete Warrior. You might also look at multiclassing into Ranger to take a favored Enemy or two and pick up some more skill points.
I'll be working with a bard and a barbarian so I think I can be more than just another melee class. The shadow inquisitor looks like an excellent choice but the rogue multi-classing isn't much to my liking. Basing myself around a mount sounds pretty good, and I've never tried it before. So Cavalier(Complete Warrior) looks pretty nice, combined with Wild Plains Outrider(Complete Adventurer) seems like a deadly duo. If I was to become a mounted fighter, from anyones personal experience, is ranged or is melee better? That Quintuple damage with the lance is very appealing.... Thanks for the suggestions so far everyone, keep em' coming!
Oh and does anyone know what the rules for multi-classing and Prestige classes are in Greyhawk? I do hope they aren't too bad, our group at home doesn't care too much for the rules about multi-classing, we just have a limit on the number of classes/prestige's you can be. Anyway, that would be great to know, thanks again.