Anyway. I get to start at 11, and figuring the party could use more melee and some heals (The good aligned cleric got turned to stone), I considered and researched a Cleric/Cavalier build and found out that the best options, by my estimate are to keep it to Cleric 3 with the rest Cavalier to not nerf the Cavalier too much as the campaign progresses.
Also I plan on going Half-Elf (or Human) for the ability bonus and multi-classing, resistance perks. Order of the Dragon (for obvious team play benefits) with the Strategist Archetype. I haven't yet picked a deity for the cleric dip (considering Animal Domain), but plan on going Neutral Good for alignment. EDIT: Considering the Tactics subdomain of War since it will be a 3 level dip and if I take boon companion Animal domain would conflict (and again, the companion isn't the focus of my build), also returning to the Protection subdomain of Defense is tempting, though the +2 deflection is moot for most of the Ring of Protection/etc embued allies. Mostly it is the barkskin since all I can hope for is 2nd level cleric/domain spells. I am thinking maybe sticking to Strength for that Domain Bull's Strength may work too. I'll never be an 8th level Cleric, so actually the subdomain boons aren't worth it as much.
What I need help with really is feats and equipment. Right now I found advice that Boon companion is a good one for multiclassing Cavaliers (better for my character than Horse Master since the pre-reqs aren't as bad and I get to keep the Strategist archetype since the Horse Master requires the Expert Trainer feature...which doesn't look bad so I may dump the archetype or change it if advice goes that way. Oh, and I'm looking at Divine Strategist, but not much liking dumping the channel energy for a dip into cleric and limiting myself to 1 domain...though cleric will not be my main focus. Let me know what you think, while I want a smart Cavalier, if I am limited to 20 pt buy or less I won't have a lot of ability points to spread around.
IF people who've played Rise of the Runelords can advise Beast Master/Mounted Builds, I'll go that way, but so far I figure I'll use the companion less in mounted combat than I might like so I'd rather not over invest.
As far as equipment, I'm leaning toward Mithral Full Plate of Speed for simplicity...after that I'll still have 54,000 or so to play with for equipment.
Let the discussion begin.
Use spoilers. Now if I encounter a guy or thing named Mockmurian in ROTL I will know it, he, or she is something that needs to be fought.
Use spoilers. Now if I encounter a guy or thing named Mockmurian in ROTL I will know it, he, or she is something that needs to be fought.
Thanks for the reminder..
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Worth considering that Order of the Star stacks with Cleric if you do decide you want to be able to channel. Your saves against things you challenge will be ridiculous, of course.
That certainly is notable, I had over looked it for the overall more favorable party benefits of Order of the Dragon...(though I did scoff at the "friendship" part in that description in regards to my playstyle for my lawful neutral jerk of a cleric ;p) it is only half my cavalier level, but that is certainly better than nothing. It isn't holy vindicator, but I guess I could prestige in HV and really tweak off my comrades.
