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It was only because of a well-prepared Witch that my party survived The Dalsine Affair.
My local VL has a Barbarian/Oracle/Rage Prophet, and his lady has an Oracle of her own.
I think I've seen one or two other witches/oracles locally, but I'm not sure.
Class distribution does tend to vary geographically. Out of curiosity, what do you see a lot of, and where do you play?
It depends on what groups you play in. I've seen several oracles and at least one witch, but I don't think I've ever seen a druid other than mine (for instance).
as others have said its locale.
I for one love Oracles, I have one and plan to expand that soon.
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it has to be locale her in Missouri I mostly see wizard or types like a bloat mage.....fighters,rogue, barbarians(only b/c me and a friend play them), and only 1 druid 1 monk 1 bard...feel like maybe I've seen a cleric but not sure.
manly the first two type with different arca-types or prestige classes for them.
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Is there much PFS in MO? I'm heading down there to see family (Springfield area) and it'd be awesome to make a family PFS excursion.
There is an AWESOME group in Springfield. I'll see if I can get permission to send you their information so you can possibly game with them. They make a trip to Rolla every year for CogCon in the Fall and we have a blast. I'm actually going with them to GenCon this year and cannot wait for the trip. I'll send you a PM Jiggy if I can get you their information.
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I've got a mix of characters. Cleric is my main, an alchemist, rogue, magus, inquisitor and monk. Here in Rolla MO, we have a good mix of players with 2 Oracles that I can think of off the top of my head a handful of clerics spanning all tiers, and at least 1 witch. As for the base classes, there are as many of those in use as core classes here.
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I've seen a few oracles, and a witch or two. OTOH, in 18 or so sessions of PFS play, I've seen exactly one cleric. :-)
Yet, here in Las Vegas, I have seen sessions with up to three Clerics at once.
Cleric of Sarenrae
Cleric of Pharasma
Cleric of Zon-Kuthon (Undead Lord, actually. Keeping those goody two-shoes from having to acknowledge my Undead Companion, while he lasted, was interesting. Fortunately, they didn't look under the cloak, and neither of them did a Detect Evil on me, since a Cleric of an Evil deity, even if he isn't evil, will register as evil...)
Interesting times....
Yeah, I have three clerics in my stable of PCs, one fairly standard (Desna, Travel & Liberation Domains, but only 1 XP), one a bit hinky, slightly higher level (Cleric Undead Lord, Zon-Kuthon, Undead Domain, Dhampir, just turned 2nd level); and one who is a high level PC, but with only 1 level of Cleric (Desna, Travel & Liberation Domains).
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At our LGS, I think I may be running the only 2 active Oracles (one pure Dual-Cursed Mystery of Life, one multi-class Paladin/Mystery of Lore). I've seen 1 witch in action.
Actually we've got two more Oracles coming up in the ranks. Unless I kill one of them tonight. And a Witch on the books (that I may also kill).
I've also got a Witch as my current GM Chronicle Dump. I've played her twice. So far I'm finding Witches to be really good as a support character/game balancer. With the various hexes, you can essentially tune an encounter, sleeping NPCs or modifying their Attack/AC/Saves. Really nice if you're playing something you've already GM'd and don't want to overtly drive the action.
ETA:
The Witches I see tend to be secondary/tertiary/.../senary (in my case) characters and usually characters of people who also GM. I haven't seen anyone make a Witch as their primary character.
I think Oracles are criminally overlooked, as they provide a lot of flavor, a lot of utility, and a phenomenal amount of variety for a single class.
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I don't usually see any of these when i play PFS? reasons? do ppl not like these classes?
-M
Here in NYC/NJ area, my current high level active character is an Oracle of Stone (lvl 10 now). My GM Character is a Witch, I have actually palyed her 3 times.
As to others I know a guy in NJ who has 3 Oracle Characters. I have seen a few others who play oracles here and there at conventions and in the local group in NYC.
There are a few witches here and there as well, many low level and multi class, but there was a friend who moved to a different state who has a fairly high level Witch with a goat familar.
So all in all I think they are both very viable and fun classes to play.
Nathan Meyers
NYC Player/GM
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In MEPA con in april of this year, I played the only witch at the convention. And I don't know many others that play witches at the local pfs. I personally love the versatility of witches. Need heals? Got em. Need Damage spells? Got em. Need more magic after a spell exhaustive battle? Got hexes.
So what you're saying is that I need to make sure to make it to MEPACON in November and bring my witch. Got it.
On a note on Witches and Oracles. It is plainly local mix. I'm in St Louis and my wife runs one of both. I have seen several others. Not over run with them like Barbarians, but they're there.
Ironically, I think the rarest class I've encountered is Barbarian. From what I recall, I've only ever met one PC that was 1/6 barbarian.
and I've resently seen a game with 3 barbs of 5 PCs... two were multi-class (one an Urban Barbarian), but still...
The most memorable party I can think of had 3 bards, 2 wizards and...a cleric, I think?