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I doubt this is realistic, but I think it would be cool as heck. Maybe not Eando Kline, but a similar character. He/she could grace the cover of PF12 and get a stat block for AP3. As a result, we could watch the character progress (maybe as a multiclass Rogue/Bard) until they take levels in whatever Pathfinder Prestige Class James, Jason, Erik, and Mike come up with. It would be an interesting experiment for readers to see the evolution of a Pathfinder during AP3.
I'm sure this is just wishful thinking, but it'd be a neat thing to see in print.
Thoughts?
-Skeld
I think the 12th Iconic should be a druid/bard.
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I doubt this is realistic, but I think it would be cool as heck. Maybe not Eando Kline, but a similar character. He/she could grace the cover of PF12 and get a stat block for AP3. As a result, we could watch the character progress (maybe as a multiclass Rogue/Bard) until they take levels in whatever Pathfinder Prestige Class James, Jason, Erik, and Mike come up with. It would be an interesting experiment for readers to see the evolution of a Pathfinder during AP3.
I'm sure this is just wishful thinking, but it'd be a neat thing to see in print.
Thoughts?
-Skeld
Skeld,
James Jacobs has mentioned several times that the 12th iconic will be a multi-class fighter/sorcerer.
Sorry to be the one to crush your dreams.
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Actually, I'd love to see Paizo turn the whole Order of the Stick into a set of serious Pathfinder iconics. They have many of the core classes covered: human fighter, human rogue, halfling ranger, half-elf wizard, dwarf cleric. And stick in Eando's twin brother and his evil compatriots? Awesome.
(Of course, I'd love to see Downer and his allies grace Pathfinder, too.)
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Actually, I'd love to see Paizo turn the whole Order of the Stick into a set of serious Pathfinder iconics. They have many of the core classes covered: human fighter, human rogue, halfling ranger, half-elf wizard, dwarf cleric. And stick in Eando's twin brother and his evil compatriots? Awesome.
That would be entertaining.
-Skeld
No half-orcs.
Boo! Hiss! Boo!
*throws eggs, tomatoes, and other less-indentifiable but equally messy objects.*
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No half-orcs.Boo! Hiss! Boo!
*throws eggs, tomatoes, and other less-indentifiable but equally messy objects.*
Alas... this did not increase the chance of half-orc iconics appearing anytime soon. In fact... the chance just dropped a half-notch on the probability meter. (Skulks away to peel rotten food off his clothes to feed to Gobblehole, the Paizo Otyugh.)
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Iconic #12 is a half-elf multiclass fighter/sorcerer.How will you show that #12 is a multiclasser at, say, 1st level in the pregen character section of adventures?
By including flavor text to indicate that even though he's currently a 1st level fighter, he's always been into magic. Or if he's a 1st level sorcerer, show how he's always been into swordplay. Flavortext saves the day again!
Maybe with a background story about how he outfought his former master's imp familiar and now carries its Tiny silver dagger as a talisman? ;p
Alas... this did not increase the chance of half-orc iconics appearing anytime soon. In fact... the chance just dropped a half-notch on the probability meter. (Skulks away to peel rotten food off his clothes to feed to Gobblehole, the Paizo Otyugh.)
LOL! Nice to see you can keep your sense of humor when a fan playfully objects to your decisions... unlike some publishers I could mention.
In all fairness, some folks tend to read comments from some publishers the way satan reads the bible. How can anyone keep a sense of humor in that climate? Pazio is not there, yet.
...to feed to Gobblehole, the Paizo Otyugh.
*Peers down Gobblehole's gullet.*
Ah! So that's what happened to all my submissions!
Considering what otyugh eat, I wouldn't brag about that...
That's the joke. My writing is so bad, feeding it to Gobblehole is exactly what Paizo would do with it. It'd probably give the poor thing indigestion too.
By including flavor text to indicate that even though he's currently a 1st level fighter, he's always been into magic. Or if he's a 1st level sorcerer, show how he's always been into swordplay. Flavortext saves the day again!Iconic #12 is a half-elf multiclass fighter/sorcerer.How will you show that #12 is a multiclasser at, say, 1st level in the pregen character section of adventures?
Why not use the rules for a Battle Sorceror?
It's open content and seems like a perfect fit.|
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Why not use the rules for a Battle Sorceror?
It's open content and seems like a perfect fit.
Meh.
Battle Sorcerer isn't mainstream enough. That's what the iconics are. Mainstream superstars of tradition! I'm not sure what that means, but I do know that I'd rather keep our iconic multiclass character relatively vanilla when it comes to stats and pour on the spice and chocolate and curry and other flavor in his backstory.
Battle Sorcerer isn't mainstream enough. That's what the iconics are. Mainstream superstars of tradition! I'm not sure what that means, but I do know that I'd rather keep our iconic multiclass character relatively vanilla when it comes to stats and pour on the spice and chocolate and curry and other flavor in his backstory.
Fair cop, I can understand that point of view. Just thought it might be an option instead of seeing things like a 1st level sorceror wasting his feat on Weapon Proficiency or suddenly swapping weapons at 2nd level...
I like the approach of putting it in the backstory, it's just that mechanically at 1st level I can see him playing like "only a fighter" or "only a sorceror". It'd be good to have the mechanics reflect the backstory.
:)
I'll put my faith in Paizo to do a good job of making it play seamlessly though, whatever rules you end up using.
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By including flavor text to indicate that even though he's currently a 1st level fighter, he's always been into magic. Or if he's a 1st level sorcerer, show how he's always been into swordplay. Flavortext saves the day again!
Yeap, not to mention Wayne could be asked to draw him with whatever martial weapon he'd use (if he starts as a sorcerer.)
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By including flavor text to indicate that even though he's currently a 1st level fighter, he's always been into magic. Or if he's a 1st level sorcerer, show how he's always been into swordplay. Flavortext saves the day again!Yeap, not to mention Wayne could be asked to draw him with whatever martial weapon he'd use (if he starts as a sorcerer.)
If I remember correctly, we asked for a sword in one hand and a little burning demon fire in the other.
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I think it would be really cool if Eando was the unofficial "13th" iconic, and if we saw him given a spread similar to the other iconics in the back of some upcoming PF issue.
Since Eando's journal won't continue forever, it would be a really cool way to wrap up his journal by printing an iconic style layout for him.