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So I'm playing Pathfinder Society as the most stupidly rediculous character I've ever made, a dwarven Drunken Brute Barbarian Scout Ninja. Right now I'm BRB3/NIN2 and I just realized that have no real direction when it comes to equipment and spending my sweet sweet gold that I've been getting. I'm playing up frequently, so I tend to have a disproportionate amount of gold for my level. Here's my big thoughts:
My AC right now is 24 when not raging, I've got +1 dwarven stoneplate and a +1 buckler in addition to +2 from DEX. This is very useful since my stat distribution is such that I don't exactly get to tank things pretty hard. So one thought is just trying to crank up my AC as high as it'll go. Ring of protection, more plusses on the armour, etc. I do need to keep the buckler since I need to be able to drink to extend a rage if I have to. If anyone knows something that'll get me a shield bonus without taking up a hand that'd be awesome.
I could obviously try and magically bring up my CON to standard Barbarian numbers. This has the advantage of enabling me to live longer more. Downside is I'm the kind of player who prefers to avoid actually getting hit in the first place, and stat boosters add up super quickly.
I'm using a masterwork obsidian dwarven waraxe at this point, I could theoretically upgrade that to a +1 adamantine version of the same thing.
I could also look into wondrous items in some capacity. A few notes though: I pretty much can't move, in combat I can spend a round of rage to take either a move action and attack or double move, but other than that I'm relying on being in the thick of things and five-foot stepping between opponents, drinking from a flask of endless sake, and taking a single attack (I'll rarely be using more than one attack even when my BAB is that high, continuously raging is A: funnier and B: actually more useful most of the time).
I've also been eying the comfort property for armour because sleeping in it seems awesome and also the whole reduce ACP by 1 means I'd be getting a +8 on jump/acrobatic in full plate and always treated as running for the purposes of checks, but it's probably not worth the cost. I know I'm probably going to end up getting the +1 AC ioun stone since I've got a boon that lets me get it cheaply.
Any advice would be welcome!
So, I noticed that you neglected to mention what level you were or what kind of budget you have to work with.
That said, you seem to be pretty focused on AC, and as far as that goes upgrading all of your AC items to +1 then +2, and so forth is usually the most economical way to go. As far as getting rid of the shield, if you have enough you can always go for a wand of shield, shield of faith, or a ring of force shield if you have the cash.
Alternatively, if you have a caster in the party you can chum up to, a minor ring of spell storing is not a bad idea. Just have them cast any extra shield spells into it at the end of the day. You can also use this tactic to effectively get a ring of true strike. ;)
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So, I noticed that you neglected to mention what level you were or what kind of budget you have to work with.
That said, you seem to be pretty focused on AC, and as far as that goes upgrading all of your AC items to +1 then +2, and so forth is usually the most economical way to go. As far as getting rid of the shield, if you have enough you can always go for a wand of shield, shield of faith, or a ring of force shield if you have the cash.
Alternatively, if you have a caster in the party you can chum up to, a minor ring of spell storing is not a bad idea. Just have them cast any extra shield spells into it at the end of the day. You can also use this tactic to effectively get a ring of true strike. ;)
Hah! I'm a moron! I actually did mention the level (5) but my budget is around 5-7000 right now, since I spent some last adventure. Rotund0, the Jingasa is absolutely happening, great find! I'll probably never be able to compete with a fighter who is AC focused since I'm pretty dependent on having a buckler so I can still hold onto my drink (unless someone knows an easy way to sub in a good table). Long run I'm going to have to get the Maw of the Wyrm, since my build is pretty heavily intimidate based, but it is 18k for a +4 skill bonus and a once-a-day breath attack.