Cleric of Gorum with a 2 level dip in Barbarian (Armored Hulk). You become a Cleric who wears heavy armor, can rage (with 1 rage power), and if you select the Strength (Ferocity) domain you gain Ferocious strike (+ 1/2 your cleric level to damage on one hit (3+wis a day)).
Max your Strength and pick up Power attack.
Smash.
Hmm, If it is only one domain, you could do the same thing with an inquisitor, and get the inquisitor's judgements....
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Cleric of Gorum with a 2 level dip in Barbarian (Armored Hulk). You become a Cleric who wears heavy armor, can rage (with 1 rage power), and if you select the Strength (Ferocity) domain you gain Ferocious strike (+ 1/2 your cleric level to damage on one hit (3+wis a day)).
Max your Strength and pick up Power attack.
Smash.
Isn't there a Rage Subdomain that gives you extra rounds of rage (stacking with Barbarian) and two more Rage powers? I don't remember which domain it's in, but I refuse to believe Gorum doesn't grant it.
Rage SubdomainAssociated Domain: Destruction.
Replacement Power: The following granted power replaces the destructive aura power of the Destruction domain.
Rage (Su): At 8th level, you can enter a fearsome rage, like a barbarian, for a number of rounds per day equal to your cleric level. At 12th and 16th level, you can select one rage power. You cannot select any rage power that possesses a level requirement, but otherwise your barbarian level is equal to 1/2 your cleric level. These rounds of rage stack with any rounds of rage you might have from levels of barbarian.
Replacement Domain Spells: 2nd—bull's strength, 6th—moonstruck*.
I'm not talking about Gasault or however you spell it, I'm talking some good combos that you wouldn't necessarily consider making.
I've seen a Wizard/Bard combo do pretty good and it got me thinking of other combos to consider.
Monk/Rogue = Flurry + Sneak Attack is sick
Rogue/Barb = Sneak Attack + Rage is also sick|
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Cleric and pretty much every other class in the game. Seriously. Name a class, and I'll name a Cleric domain that most folks in that class would happily spend two feats on.
Barbarian? Strength, Chaos
Bard? Charm, Knowledge, Healing
Fighter? Strength, Rune, Travel
Monk? Plant
Paladin? Good, Law, Healing, Strength
Ranger? Feather
Rogue? Darkness
Sorcerer? Magic, Travel, Weather
Wizard? Magic, Rune, Knowledge
And that's just from Core, without even checking the book. (I left druids out on purpose, because they already get to pick domains.)
i'm surprised nobody's come up with paladin/ninja yet. wasn't that everyone's wet dream when you where 13? now you know why ninja uses CHA for ki pool ;)
just kidding, doesn't actually work that well...hellavulot of mindbending neccesary for that one
i'm surprised nobody's come up with paladin/ninja yet. wasn't that everyone's wet dream when you where 13? now you know why ninja uses CHA for ki pool ;)
just kidding, doesn't actually work that well...hellavulot of mindbending neccesary for that one
I wouldn't be so sure, you could totally go dark knight on someone with that idea. For extra fun make it Paladin/ninja/shadowdancer.
TW fighting synergizes well with both sneak attack and smite evil, the shadow dancer gives good opportunities for sneak attacks, and all three of them require a good CHA score. A Dexing paladin seems funny but it works mechanically.
As for justifying flavor? Well I'm not sure if there is anything in RAW prohibiting paladins from benefiting from sneak attack, I mean they are allowed to coup de grace and can flank with a rogue. You could say that a spirit of dark justice is inhabiting the paladin's body, and uses such ruthless tactics only out of a nessessity to combat evil. Plus who doesn't think batman can be interpreted as lawful good?
Plus who doesn't think batman can be interpreted as lawful good?
also comes with a handy "remove paladin status now"-button, aka poison use. in case you ever wanna go real badass. seriously, i really respect players who lose their paladin-hood and go bare-bones afterwards.
Hmm, I wonder for a PFS concept if a magus would get enough benefit out of a sor 1 dip to warrant the slower progression.
+ wildblooded sor 1 (karmic), AoO if you fail to cast defensively, a 4/day immediate action minor curse when someone hits you, true strike and liberating command that have no need for arcane spell failure checks. Greater spell trigger item access without investing in UMD, and a couple more class skills.
- Cha cannot be dumped, magus casting/ability progression slowed by one level, and -1 BAB.
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+1 Paladin/Ninja = Dark knight.
My combo would also include Oracle of Lore/ Side step Secret for 1 lvl dip and take the hit to dex. Offset with reactionary trait & Improve iniative and go for 20 Charisma by lvl 4. Works because Batman has all of the intel, which means revelations for cha to knowledge checks and focused trance. This guy will be in your face from the start of the fight to the end, but on the off chance he needs a battarang, Smite evil compensates for a crappy dex score. by 5th level,+5 AC, +9 fort, +12 Reflex, +9 will, 5 1d6 lay on hands make for a quick field medic, 5 ki pool and forgotten ninja trick gives you enough to play with and keep to the shadows. After this, the build can go a lot of ways. 3 levels in monk + 10 in ninja would net you the awesome martial art prowes batman is known for with monastic legacy and the 12thlevel ninja master trick that adds your ninja lvl - 4 to you equivalent monk unarmed strike damage. You'd be ready for Arkham City then.
Another combo, less likely to come up because you loose a lot, but gain massive constant benifits is Magus/Arcane Archer with your focus more on archery than casting. Enchant your + 1 Seeking & Corrosive bow with Haste, flame & Frost, while every non magical arrow you draw is +5 Holy, distance & Shocking burst. I'm puch-drunk tired right now, so I don't remeber the combo, but I had a +16 base with rapid shot, many shot and speed i was some how getting 7 arrows doing 7d6 + 15 per hit. 7d6 cause I was using a shortbow.
What's turning into my favorite combo, is the untouchable (abyssal) bloodrager/Sacred mountain monk/Boxer Pugilist, the DR stack is fantastic, the negatives to AC from bloodrager are completely balanced out by the benefits to AC via monk, and your spell resistance is high too; just go look into it (try the dragon style feats with it for a nasty surprise)
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My 2 favorites currently are
Magus/Oracle(wind): vortex spells with a 18-20 (eventually 15-20) crit range is pretty cool.
and
Druid/Ninja: turn invisible with vanishing trick, wildshape into something nasty while inviso, scare the crap out of your opponent when you attack them and become visible again.
6 year necrothread, impressive.
While I'm here, I may as well mention 3 wierd combos that work for me and are a blast to play. All are currently active in PFS play
1) CORE Campaign Cleric of Urgathoa/3 Fighter/2 Shadowdancer/3 Barbarian/1 wielding a scythe while Spring Attacking or Whirlwind Attacking. Next two levels will be Barbarian/2 and Rogue/1 She's a mentally disturbed half-elf from Nidal with a Shadow she calls Mommy.
2) Regular Campaign Mesmerist/2 Telekineticist/1 My Jadwiga Sith Lord wielding a two-bladed sword. Based off Darth Zannah and is all about the fear and mind-affecting with an ocasional force push.
3) Regular Campaign Pack Rager & Sea Reaver Unchained Barbarian/7 Freebooter Ranger/2 My Tengu pirate dual-wielding a +1 Blood Crystal Rhoka Sword of Wounding and a +1 Adamantine Swordbreaker Dagger (Scabbard of Bleeding Edges). All about disarming opponents and then bleeding them dry.
Paladin rogue is a great combo but I'm pretty sure the paladin will instantly fall. ;)
Paladin/Ninja works better
Antipaladin/Rogue has some options to become the deadliest intimidate-based warrior in existence.
I've just started running a new campaign, so have been building some NPCs for possible use later on in the game. A few of the more interesting combos are:
* Monk (wanderer)/master spy - a spymaster for a foreign military power.
* Rogue (acrobat)/sorcerer (shadow)/shadowdancer - leader of a criminal organization that reveres a god of shadows, thieves, and tricksters.
* Bard (sandman)/rogue (rake)/arcane trickster - a silver-tongued magic-wielding braggart. [Created by my wife for the fun of it, released to me for future use.]
* Fighter/duelist/inquisitor - ex-royal guard who joined a vengeance cult after her king was killed.
* Druid (plant domain)/sorcerer (verdant)/mystic theurge - fey master of plant magic.
Fighter dipping 1 level of monk?
Wizard dipping 1 level of sorcerer?
Or two lvls.
Wiz sorc is cheezy.