Yup, the title pretty much says it. I want to see what you guys can come up with for a character that will eventually become a vampire. I'm interested in what classes/races work well with a vampire.
Not many rules here, folks. Show a snapshot of your build (if you have one) at level 3, as that is the level I'm starting at in an upcoming game.
Have at it!
here is some advice.
Take a Human Sorcerer as your base, Dump Con, Max out Cha, borrow a few endearing anime tropes, get bit as soon as possible, save your defensive feats for until after you get them for free as a vampire. use favored class bonus for extra spells known, get items that use negative energy. focus on battlefield control, buffing and summoning spells. take a summoning focused bloodline. don't forget haste and glitterdust.
the level adjustment for vamps is steep. After a fair bit of analysis, vamps can be outdone with many other builds.
Consider however a charisma based build, as it boosts your deflection bonus. Consider Wetlands stoic. One level of Wizard for arcane object.
Mix in levels of Oracle, heavens with awesome display using color spray, double dipping on the charisma effect.
Consider two levels of antipaladin for the boost to saves (now tripple dipping on your charisma).
Worship Urgothoa, and have the pallid crystal letting you heal with cure light wounds.
Pathfinder changed the monsters as PCs rules. now for CRs (or CR adjustments) of 1 and higher. you treat the CR (Or CR Adjustment) as the new ECL unit. and every 3 levels, you get a free level (with an ECL drop) equal to a maximimum number of times equal to half the total monster Adjusted CR over 1 (Base CR and Templates). so a human pathfinder vampire is 2 levels behind until level 3 where they are 1 level behind perpetually. you can find it in an odd section of the Bestiary.
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the Anime Cliche i was talking about. i had a Fetchling Bard who was a Flanderization of this trope.
I removed a post and the replies to it. Please don't abuse the quote function.
I've seen it, and its disgusting in use... Vampire Nymph Zen Archer Monk. I don't know the stats, but it was used against us in an arena match and was just disturbing.
Edit: Sorry, I just saw you said level 3 which I do believe counts this out entirely.
Halfling
Dump constitution it does nothing for you.
Max charisma
Take 4 levels of anti-paladin for the important saves vs channel and other spells
Take 1 level of Sorcerer with maybe the dragon bloodline
Take dragon disciple prestige class
crunch and slash everything
Bard - Arcane Duelist or Dervish Dancer maybe? You'll make good use of the STR and Charisma bonus.
The Animal Speaker is also very flavorfull if you want to summon a lot of swarms and wolves (including the ones you get just because you're a vampire) and inspire courage to your beasts by howling creepy slavic warsongs to them. That would be my choice anyway.
Dump CON, get high STR, and start with a good CHA (you'll get +4 being a Vampire, and you only need 16, but as you get you HP from CHA, maybe try to aim for a little more)
Wewt, thanks for all the suggestions, folks! I probably won't be playing a vamp thanks to the "congratulations, you're evil now!" aspect of becoming one.
I'm planning on becoming a necromancy cleric and, now that I think about it, I could probably abuse my vampy charisma with channel energy. Hmmm.
make an Elf monk. enough said.
Blah.Honestly, the "automagically evil" aspect of the vampire template is stupid. Most GM's I personally know waive that requirement and shift especially in the case of a vampire PC.
Now, don't get me wrong. Vampires, as undead still are negative energy beings and the need to feed and such certainly play well and generally cause characters to invariably shift to evil...over time. You'll certainly have an evil aura being a negative energy being one way or another. But, poofing into existence evil doesn't play very well; after all, this isn't exactly Buffy the Vampire Slayer where vampires are essentially demons that retain memories and aspects of the dead's personality.
Likewise, vampire PC's ought to have the freedom to play whatever alignment they choose. It can be a nifty role-playing challenge and experience, especially if you're role-playing a fall or a desperate attempt to cling to the heroism and good of the character's former life.
Okay, you made me just seriously reconsider making a vampire. In fact, I'm gonna scurry off and do just that, and I'll probably quote you if my DM has any doubts.
By the way, what would be the lowest level my human could be to become a vampire? I'm not totally sure I understand the rules for CR and class levels.
By the way, what would be the lowest level my human could be to become a vampire? I'm not totally sure I understand the rules for CR and class levels.
Says right in the description: "can be added to any living creature with 5 or more Hit Dice..." So 5th.