Hi,my friend is starting a game of Pathfinder, and since I am usually the DM (it's his first time, so I have no idea of the challenges I might encounter), I have a hard time on deciding what I should play. So far it's a tie between the Witch and the Wizard but I am very open to suggestions.
the party composition:
-A samurai (sword saint, he doesn't like mounts)
-An oracle or cleric (with a focus on buffs and heals)
-a goblin alchemist (probably bomb-heavy with some CMB for elemental body shenanigans)
-A summoner (synthesist) or some other kind of combattant, either inquisitor or gunslinger (he's leaning for synthesist ATM)
The DM said that we would not get too many harsh traps if we lacked a real rogue, and the alchemist is going to level his disable device enough to serve for that purpose.
I am probably going to ge ratfolk since I love this race so much and the DM has allowed me to swap swarmfighting for prehensile tail (can't make attacks with is, but can reach for wands and scrolls in my backpack)
Thanks for any help or tips you can provide!
Witch and wizard are pretty close. But i had to laugh at the thought of a ratfolk witch with a rat familiar.
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Actually if I was going straight up witch, I was thinking about a turtle familiar with an italian-sounding name, and I would go around with a cane. And since we are french-speaking, my name would be "Écharde", meaning Splinter.
blackbloodtroll wrote: Orc Witch. Could you elaborate on why the orc part? I understand that ferocity usually helps a lot, but with all the frontliners, I think I won't really need it.
Orc witch can take an archetype that lets Con be their casting stat instead of Int. Needless to say, that is really, really, really powerful.
If it was me, I would have a hard time matching wizard and ratfolk together in my head. But that is just my mental hangup. (I have lots of them.) If you like it go with it.
But I think the ratfolk witch with cat familiar would be hilarous.
I understand that it would make me a lot tankier, but we are pretty skill-starved, have a "tank" (the summonner) and every other character can reliably take a lot of hurt.
Also, like I said in the OP I rather like the ratfolk. I'll still go take another look at the Orc Witch since it seems so popular.
Kydeem, I have no trouble providing with a backstory for nearly ANY character, so weird builds are just a lot more flavorful to me. And getting a cat familiar would just end up in Tom & Jerry references getting out of hand...
Well, there is the option of being Human, or Aasamir, then taking the Racial Heritage(Orc) feat to take levels in the Scarred Witch Doctor archetype.
As a Human or Aasamir, you could have a +2 to constitution, and you can always use your favored class bonus for skill points.
Scarred Witch doctor might fit the bill a lot more than I thought at first, since we are starting at 7th level at least and the DM told us we'd each have a "Weapon of Destiny" (yes, inspired by that 3.5 book) and the mask would really be great for that, I would still try and get a little bit of int to have some decent skills points but I guess I can say goodbye to UMD.
Thanks for the help, I'm still open to suggestions for atypical builds given that I have at least three weeks before I actually have to make this character.
So, a Agathion-Blooded (Idyllkin) Aasimar, with scion of humanity and first feat for racial heritage(Orc), at least one feast need to go for extra hex to cope with the loss of one with Scarred Witch Doctor, and probably accursed hex since I am to be a primary debuffer...
Making this guy's family tree is going to be a pain, but at least he sound very original and fun to play.
Kydeem de'Morcaine wrote: If it was me, I would have a hard time matching wizard and ratfolk together in my head. But that is just my mental hangup. (I have lots of them.) If you like it go with it.
But I think the ratfolk witch with cat familiar would be hilarous.
I'm going out on a limb here, but the moment I saw ratfolk I immediately thought SKAVEN!!!! (Warhammer Fantasy) They definitely have wizards (called Grey Seers). The Paizo ratfolk may not worship the Horned Rat, but if I ever play one, the unique speech patterns ("go-go, take the book and sword from the man-thing and bring it to me slave-thing! Quick-quick!!") And physical cues (tail thrashing for agitation, raising the nose in the air to get attention, musk of fear for...welll that's obvious..) What fun!
Angel-Blooded Human raped by Orc.
That should give you a start.
I was actually going in a completely different direction, being my father had angel blood and my mother was an half-orc or quarter-orc. As for witch doctor, wanting to meet his maternal grandfather and one thing led to another... Or something like that... It WILL give the creeps to anyone, seeing an heavily scarred orc-blooded aasimar.
Take a look at all the non-mechanical physical attributes available to Aasamir.
You have a really wide selection, allowing you to make your character to look like just about anything.
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That's why I was going Agathion-Blooded, scales, claws and pointy tooth, a generaly bestial looks, quite hairy human... And a glowy halo behind an horrible mask. Really roleplaying gold here... IF I can pull this off, and it rather looks like that will be a challenge, but one I look forward to.
Thanks again everyone!
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