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Okay, official PFS-type people, I've got a fantastic idea for my PFS character. A Chelish Cleric of Asmodeus who will eventually branch into the Thaumaturgist PrC from the DMG. I've got something of an issue, however. At level 12 (which I'm aware is basically the "max level" for PFS), I gain a planar cohort.
Planar Cohort: A 5th-level thaumaturgist can use any of the planar ally spells to call a creature to act as his cohort. The called creature serves loyally and well as long as the thaumaturgist continues to advance a cause important to the creature.
To call a planar cohort, the thaumaturgist must cast the relevant spell, paying the XP costs normally. It takes an offering of 1,000 gp x the HD of the creature to convince it to serve as a planar cohort, and the improved ally class feature can’t be used to reduce or eliminate this cost. The planar cohort can’t have more Hit Dice than the thaumaturgist has, and must have an ECL no higher than the thaumaturgist’s character level –2.
A thaumaturgist can have only one planar cohort at a time, but he can continue to make agreements with other called creatures normally. A planar cohort replaces a thaumaturgist’s existing cohort, if he has one by virtue of the Leadership feat.
Note the section I've bolded. It's the part that has the issue. ECL, I'm told, is HD + LA. What about creatures that don't list an LA, though? Like a Barbed Devil? Are those just ineligible to be a planar cohort? It seems a bit restrictive that way. I really had my heart set on an erinyes cohort, but I guess it's ECL is like 16, so that can't happen until level 18 (which is presently unattainable). *sigh*
The first season won't have any prestige classes at all. There might be prestige classes available after they switch from 3.5 to Pathfinder, but they could be quite different from the 3.5 version, so any answer you got would be a bit premature.
Okay, official PFS-type people, I've got a fantastic idea for my PFS character. A Chelish Cleric of Asmodeus who will eventually branch into the Thaumaturgist PrC from the DMG. I've got something of an issue, however. At level 12 (which I'm aware is basically the "max level" for PFS), I gain a planar cohort.
Note the section I've bolded. It's the part that has the issue. ECL, I'm told, is HD + LA. What about creatures that don't list an LA, though? Like a Barbed Devil? Are those just ineligible to be a planar cohort? It seems a bit restrictive that way. I really had my heart set on an erinyes cohort, but I guess it's ECL is like 16, so that can't happen until level 18 (which is presently unattainable). *sigh*Planar Cohort: A 5th-level thaumaturgist can use any of the planar ally spells to call a creature to act as his cohort. The called creature serves loyally and well as long as the thaumaturgist continues to advance a cause important to the creature.
To call a planar cohort, the thaumaturgist must cast the relevant spell, paying the XP costs normally. It takes an offering of 1,000 gp x the HD of the creature to convince it to serve as a planar cohort, and the improved ally class feature can’t be used to reduce or eliminate this cost. The planar cohort can’t have more Hit Dice than the thaumaturgist has, and must have an ECL no higher than the thaumaturgist’s character level –2.
A thaumaturgist can have only one planar cohort at a time, but he can continue to make agreements with other called creatures normally. A planar cohort replaces a thaumaturgist’s existing cohort, if he has one by virtue of the Leadership feat.
Only a little over a year to answer this question (assuming Thaumaturgist is even a viable, permitted option, that they don't restrict this element the same way they eliminated Leadership, and that any of this would carry over into the Pathfinder RPG they are switching to in 2009)!
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The first season won't have any prestige classes at all. There might be prestige classes available after they switch from 3.5 to Pathfinder, but they could be quite different from the 3.5 version, so any answer you got would be a bit premature.
I fail to see why they wouldn't allow Prestige classes from DMG. After all they are SRD. I was considering Horizon Walker for my character.
What say the wise ones?