Looking at the PFC I was thinking that it could get 3/4 spell progression without breaking it. Make it have a requirement to be able to cast 2nd level spells.
What do you guys think, balanced/broken/not enough? Appreciate your input.
Looking at the PFC I was thinking that it could get 3/4 spell progression without breaking it. Make it have a requirement to be able to cast 2nd level spells.
What do you guys think, balanced/broken/not enough? Appreciate your input.
I think that the class would be well served with some casting levels. Perhaps you can reduce the BAB or saves?
It's a catch-all sort of class (or should be), one anybody might take.
Strengths: avg BAB, 8 skill points w/ good class skills, 2 good saves.
Weaknesses: not attractive to bards, some weak features. 1/2 to 3/4 casting could be good. Can't see a ranger taking it, though he'd be good at it.
A useful NPC, and I've seen players on some boards wanting to play one, but it's not thrilling, IMHO. Needs something. Would full casting be overpowered compared to a bard of the same level? Probably not, but a sorcerer with full casting would jump right in there for a few levels.
Stepping up the abilities to once a day or multiple times a day could really help, as well as improving the gear the ghosts get. Making them incorpereal as the original designer had stated was the initial idea would be nice too.
Thanks for the ideas.
I like Lay of the Exalted Dead as a capstone ability, what do you think about giving the barbarians +2 breastplates and +1 ghost touch bane(chosen by the chronicler at the time of calling) greataxes? I see this as the PFC is reading a story and the figures in the story begin to materialize, so thematically it's pretty cool.
I'm not a big fan of Call Down the Legends as they're not incorporeal and also it could really slow the game down. I realize that it's not any worse than the Leadership feat or actually having a bronze horn of Valhalla, although 50,000gp for the horn is pretty much out for the ave char at level 12. I was thinking of replacing this with the Song of Freedom from the Beta.
In my AoW campaign, the char is gonna be a DMPC halfling bard/cleric(Lirr) who works into the PFC by retrieving a book from the ruins of Castle Greyhawk. I don't want to upstage the players, but I'll try out the full spellcasting, if it's too much I'll slow it down. I reckon this group is gonna need some help, and givien the likley hood of character turnover I want him to be the guy who keeps the party on track.