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I got inspired by dhamphirs...and Calistria. What can I say. I have the image...CN, very devil-may-care...living what he has of a life to the fullest...a bit perverse...he capitalizes on the blood-drinking racial feats...not sure what he channels, yet...charming, yet damn creepy. A dark gigolo.
Working out his stats is giving me a headache. He'll wear leather or studded armor, so he doesn't need to be real strong, but I'd like him to be halfway combat capable. His Dex should be better...Con will probably blow. His two big stats are Wis and Cha, of course, but he'll have jack for skill without Int.
Working with 20 points, this is what I've come up with:
Str: 10, Dex: 14, Con: 10, Int: 12, Wis: 15, Cha: 16
Wis sucks at only 15, but what to sacrifice?
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You could drop dex slightly, raise wis to 16, and focus on whip attacks at reach to stay out of close melee and use guided hand for WIS to hit. Normal damage is low, but you could use channel smite to boost it. It would take four feats though, so it wouldn't come together for a few levels.
This concept might work better as an inquisitor with conversion domain, letting you drop CHA and boost Wis, Dex, and CON. There is also the Kinslayer Inquisitor archetype for Dhamphirs only. Pretty much designed to let you be Blade or Vampire Hunter D.
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You could drop dex slightly, raise wis to 16, and focus on whip attacks at reach to stay out of close melee and use guided hand for WIS to hit. Normal damage is low, but you could use channel smite to boost it. It would take four feats though, so it wouldn't come together for a few levels.
This concept might work better as an inquisitor with conversion domain, letting you drop CHA and boost Wis, Dex, and CON. There is also the Kinslayer Inquisitor archetype for Dhamphirs only. Pretty much designed to let you be Blade or Vampire Hunter D.
Right...I mean...the whip thing looks cool, but it's a ton of feats, and I'm already going to have issues with them...and the concept is just far away from your typical vampire hunter. Frankly, he could care less. Calistria is into pleasure and living life to the extreme...thrill-seeking, even.
He'd be just as happy to never run across a vampire.
I'm planning on the Lust subdomain...not sure about the second domain, yet...luck, maybe...chaos?
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Right...I mean...the whip thing looks cool, but it's a ton of feats, and I'm already going to have issues with them...and the concept is just far away from your typical vampire hunter.
Simon Belmont disagrees. I get what you're saying though.
Luck and Chaos are both solid picks, but Knowlege may help out with your low skills, and Trickery would fit your concept well and help you defensively.
Divine Courtesan trait would fit you background and also help you with skills.
You seem to be off on your stats. It's looking like an 18 point buy to me.
If you haven't already done so, you might want to drop your SLA for the Dayborn trait, so no worries about light conditions, but still keep your darkvision. EDIT: Unless you're going for the fangs, that is.
You're a cleric, so skills aren't something you should really hope to get a lot of. Focus on a couple and dip (1 pt) into others you might find interesting or fitting with your concept.
Consider the Evangelist archetype. You lose one domain and your spontaneous heals, but get bardic performance and spontaneous charm/command like spells (command, enthrall, suggestion, etc.) which might also fit with your concept. And that way you don't have to ponder which second domain to take.
As you level up, or should you rearrange your stats, and get to 17 cha, you can consider snagging Natural Charmer. Not the greatest feat, nor particularly useful in the grand scheme, but it's flavorful.
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You seem to be off on your stats. It's looking like an 18 point buy to me.
If you haven't already done so, you might want to drop your SLA for the Dayborn trait, so no worries about light conditions, but still keep your darkvision. EDIT: Unless you're going for the fangs, that is.
You're a cleric, so skills aren't something you should really hope to get a lot of. Focus on a couple and dip (1 pt) into others you might find interesting or fitting with your concept.
Consider the Evangelist archetype. You lose one domain and your spontaneous heals, but get bardic performance and spontaneous charm/command like spells (command, enthrall, suggestion, etc.) which might also fit with your concept. And that way you don't have to ponder which second domain to take.
As you level up, or should you rearrange your stats, and get to 17 cha, you can consider snagging Natural Charmer. Not the greatest feat, nor particularly useful in the grand scheme, but it's flavorful.
You're right...I'd dropped the Str by 2, but then couldn't find the right place for the points. Yeah, want the fangs. Evangelist looks very good...I hadn't looked at it...it seemed antithetical, but it might be the right fit after all. A lust evangelist. Wow....and he's into bloodplay. Gak. Beat that for creepy, huh? And charming...yeah. I like it. Sick and twisted.
He can start with a 17 Cha. Natural Charmer is one I wanted, too. Honey...and blood...on the tongue.
Hmmm...channel positive or negative?
You're CN, Calistria's CN. Whichever energy you choose at first, you can use the other, at a slightly reduced effect (-2 levels) via the Versatile Channeler feat. The Selective Channelling feat also allows you to choose a certain number of people (up to your CHA bonus) not to affect by the channel.
Remember when you channel, you choose to target living or undead (you're considered undead), and, regardless of what you choose, you don't have to affect yourself. So if you had negative channel, you can burst either to heal undead (and yourself) or burst to harm others. With positive energy you'd burst to harm undead (excluding yourself, unless you're a masochist) or burst to heal others (also excluding yourself).
I think the negative channel with Versatile Channeler would work. You could have the harem of blood dolls you feed from and can use the weaker positive channel to at least keep their HP topped up (although not their CON).
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You're CN, Calistria's CN. Whichever energy you choose at first, you can use the other, at a slightly reduced effect (-2 levels) via the Versatile Channeler feat. The Selective Channelling feat also allows you to choose a certain number of people (up to your CHA bonus) not to affect by the channel.
Remember when you channel, you choose to target living or undead (you're considered undead), and, regardless of what you choose, you don't have to affect yourself. So if you had negative channel, you can burst either to heal undead (and yourself) or burst to harm others. With positive energy you'd burst to harm undead (excluding yourself, unless you're a masochist) or burst to heal others (also excluding yourself).
I think the negative channel with Versatile Channeler would work. You could have the harem of blood dolls you feed from and can use the weaker positive channel to at least keep their HP topped up (although not their CON).
Yeah, the versatile channeler looks good. It's just going to take forever to get all the feats. :p