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I'm wanting to create a PC for Pathfinder Society who, while not necessarily an actual Winter Witch of Irrisen, follows along that theme. I'm torn on just how to go about this, though.

The Boreal Sorcerer bloodline is more focused on melee combat buffs than ice-casting, Elemental Bloodline (Water)/Elemental Wizard (Water) help with cold damage but do still stick to a mostly 'water' theme. Witch and Druid (Nature Bond: Ice Domain) don't have much in the way of cold damage spells in their lists. Thoughts?


Boreal would be your best bet for an ice themed caster. Closest Witch gets is the elemental patron.


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OmegaZ wrote:
Boreal would be your best bet for an ice themed caster.

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Also, feel free to reflavor spells such as grease (coating of ice), hydraulic push/torrent (blast of ice and snow), etc. or create versions of burning hands, fire breath, scorching ray, etc. that do cold damage instead of fire damage.

Lantern Lodge

You might also look into an Oracle with the Waves Mystery

Sczarni

For more spells, you could also check Super Genious Games Genious Guide to Ice magic.

It contains lots of fun spells for an ice casters.


You could make an evoker with the admixture sub-school. This would let you do what Dragonchess Player suggests, but within the rules of PFS.

Dark Archive

The 1st level Boreal bloodline ability seems like it could be fun for a high-Dex missile-chucking fool, perhaps a halfling rock-tosser or elven archer or even a human shuriken-tosser.

I wouldn't use it for missile combat, but for a bunch of ranged attacks, since you can affect 50 items of ammunition per use.

If only there was a decent way to combine it with a Monk, to flurry a bunch of frost shuriken. :)

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Thengel336 wrote:

For more spells, you could also check Super Genious Games Genious Guide to Ice magic.

It contains lots of fun spells for an ice casters.

The problem with this is that the character is intended for Pathfinder Society play. This means third party sources are out (aside from role play and tactical advice).

Unfortunately, house rules are also out. Otherwise, I'd suggest blending elements of the Boreal and Elemental sorcerer bloodlines.

As it stands, I'd go with the boreal, but grab Elemental Focus and Elemental Spell at level 5.


The elemental bloodline allows you to swap out for OTHER elemental spells. That's big.

Need a ranged touch attack? Convert acid arrow or scorching ray.

Etc.

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