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My current DM will be starting up a new campaign soon and he has allowed me to use the Strix race from the Bestiary. The campaign will take place in a centralized town with adventures happening mainly in the surrounding countryside. We will start at lvl 1 and go until we are tired of it. I would not be surprised to hit high teens or even twenty.
My concept was a Strix scout, looking for a new town for some kind of Strix splinter group to settle. This, of course, will not go over well with the towns current inhabitants, so he will have to fake his ejection from said splinter group for the NPC's (and other PC's probably) or hide the existence of the group entirely.
So in short either a very amicable, confidence bird-man or a very sneaky bird-man. As for mechanics focus, I was going for a Controller before damage as he would probably not be a front-line character with those character traits.
I am very undecided on what class would best encapsulate my Strix and I need some help with build ideas, please.
I would say a Rogue is probably your best bet. Focus on sneak attacks from above your foes utilizing that flight speed and your vision and stealth capabilities. Alternately, a Ranger, stacking the hatred bonus with favored enemy could get some nice things going there. Either way stick to archery, I'd say. I'm sure others will either expand on this or shoot me down lol.
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I would say a Rogue is probably your best bet. Focus on sneak attacks from above your foes utilizing that flight speed and your vision and stealth capabilities. Alternately, a Ranger, stacking the hatred bonus with favored enemy could get some nice things going there. Either way stick to archery, I'd say. I'm sure others will either expand on this or shoot me down lol.
I was gonna say Ranger but you beat me to it.
As a Ranger, for flavor... a Falconer would be interesting.
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So ranger, archery combat style. I think i'm going to be making lots of fly checks.
Is there any way anyone has heard of to improve maneuverability? I've been poking about and as far as i can tell you're stuck with what you've got. I've seen some monster feats that deal with flight, but none that improve your maneuverability.
Also, as another thought, could you "5-foot step", up and back diagonally with your wings to get away from a monster?
I would say a Rogue is probably your best bet. Focus on sneak attacks from above your foes utilizing that flight speed and your vision and stealth capabilities. Alternately, a Ranger, stacking the hatred bonus with favored enemy could get some nice things going there. Either way stick to archery, I'd say. I'm sure others will either expand on this or shoot me down lol.I was gonna say Ranger but you beat me to it.
Do you think the Switch Hitter would work well with a winged character? I was thinking the same thing myself for a campaign that I am going to be playing soon.
Just stick to archer ranger. Not many things are going to be able to actually melee with you. Plus it fits your concept of a scout type character. I wouldn't even bother with an archetype, straight ranger is fine. Eventually you can get a badass Roc companion to share the air with you.
I'm not sure of a way to improve maneuverability. Just try to get to a +14 as soon as you can (hover DC 15). As for 5 ft stepping up... that takes double movement, so I'd think you could not. On the other hand, by the same logic, a 5 ft step down should give 10 ft of movement, but I doubt anyone would ever allow that... So, just ask your DM if you can 5 ft step diagonally up.