Kelebrar |
I'm trying to understand if is the half-elf summoner favored class option "broken".
I know that some alternate favored class options are "better" than others, but usually they offer more and different options, not simply the same option but better.
I.e. the favored class option for a human sorcerer is really good, but you have to sacrifice HP or skill points. For someone HP could be better...
Now just compare the favored class option for a gnome summoner and a half-elf summoner:
- the gnome summorer can add 20 HP to the eidolon
- the half-elf summoner can add 5 evolution points to the eidolon. 4 of this 5 points could be spent for buy ability increase (con) two times (for a medium size eidolon), so +4 con, so 30 HP. And the half-elf has another evolution point for something else.
Is there something wrong about my understanding of this rule?
Verik Jarrow |
Its not quite as good as it seems though, for the first 3 level the gnome would have extra hp on his eidolon, the half-elf would have nothing. After that yes its clearly stronger, and for me I am not sure why half-elves should make better summoners. Or why summoners do not get the option to add to their spells known like every other spontaneous casting class.
Kelebrar |
Its not quite as good as it seems though, for the first 3 level the gnome would have extra hp on his eidolon, the half-elf would have nothing. After that yes its clearly stronger, and for me I am not sure why half-elves should make better summoners. Or why summoners do not get the option to add to their spells known like every other spontaneous casting class.
You are right about this. Actually it is worst than this. The half-elf need 8 levels for buy the first ability increase, not only 4 (it costs 2 points). And for it to give a better HP bonus than the gnome HP bonus, the half-elf need to reach level 16.
So, perhaps, it is not quite as bad as it seems. Better at high level, but not necessary better at low/middle level.
Kelebrar |
On the other hand, since the evolution pool is mutable at every level after 4 levels the evolution pool would go to something useful, and then you could switch it over to constitution at 8th level.
Sure, it is really powerful, more powerful that the gnome summoner option but at least it seems that a direct controntation is more complex to do than I thought.
Jagyr Ebonwood |
I believe that the reason behind the half-elf summoner favored class option is that multiclassing when you're a summoner is a poor choice. Because of this, the half-elf multitalented racial trait is useless, so the powerful favored class option is avaible to "make up" for this.
The critical threat range of this observation is twice as big as normal.