Hello,
This weekend we should advance to level 7 and my Paladin is going to choose leadership as his feat.
Our GM would like to see the cohort in advance to think about how the feat would change our campaign.
Our party consists of:
My paladin, a rogue,bard,druid and ranger.
I know that we don't have any real arcane caster, but I guess a divine class fits my character better(Cleric or Oracle?).
So I was thinking about a group support cleric, my character knows clerics of the following deities ingame, Desna,Saranae and Iomedae(he's a sacred servant of Iomedae). So my obvious choice would be a cleric of Iomedae, maybe an Aasimar like myself. I don't want to go melee with the cohort he/she should be a healbot/buffbot and able to craft... I know it sounds like taking 1 feat for 5.
So here is my first idea for a cohort
Aasimar cleric of Iomedae
Domains:Heroism/Law
Str:10
Dex:10
Con:14
Int:10
Wis:17+2(+1 level 4)
Cha:12+2
Skills:knowledge religion,spellcraft
Feats:
-1st Scribe Scroll
-3rd Craft Wondrous Item
-5th and then ?
Any suggestions?
Would you allow such a cohort for a paladin in your group?
I'm kind of the leader and face of our group(highest Cha and roleplaying the tactics domain) we have a good reputation and contacts to the local churches.
Do you have any other suggestions for a fitting cohort?
I would definitely check with your GM first before he's okay with making a cohort who can craft. Many do not allow it.
A cleric isn't a bad choice, of course looking at party composition a full arcane caster is mechanically a better choice, but I agree it doesn't fit with the concept of your character. Remember that healing in combat is usually the least useful thing that a character can do (unless someone is close to unconciousness) so it would probably better to focus on the buffing/debuffing aspects. Which with high Wisdom they would be setup to do well.
I would ask if your druid is more combat based or more spell focused? If you have a combat focused druid then the cleric can really fill the divine spellcaster roll well, but if the druid is already doing that it might be better to do something else.
Here are some of the problems:
-We don't have experience how much of a benefit crafting is(our druid wanted to take it but doesn't have any free feats)
-Our druid is on holidays we don't know which way he will take(weather domain is all i know). During our last session he was kind of a blaster
A lawful good alchemist who is actually a clergy member, chaste for his spiritual marriage to his goddess, once devoted to the pursuit of knowledge and academia, now seeking to serving Iomedae in a more assertive and hands on matter in the world.
We are playing the RotRL AP.
At least in our group we had contact with the clergy, helped them a lot and have a great renown.
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1)Our characters are rolled, and the GM said I should show him a 20point example first. Maybe I have to go down to 15 Point-buy don't know yet.
2)Paizo products are fine , we don't use any 3 Party stuff
How would you build the Aasimar in "Blood of Angels", the blonde woman with the white robe and staff. I imagine my cohort kind of like her
I can only speak from my experiences and based on our philosophy of game play.
First off, we don't allow the Leadership feat. If I find the group is in need of a particular role its a good opportunity either for me to supply an NPC that I can use to further the plot or its a good opportunity for the PC's to challenge themselves by overcoming that lack on their own. Sometimes my group has several NPC's traveling with them, sometimes they have none, but when they do its never as a second PC they get to manufacture and control. Destroys the sense of verisimilitude in my opinion. NPC's should have their own motivations, their own secrets and should be beyond the control of the PC's themselves.
Secondly, we also don't generally allow crafting feats in our campaigns. We tend to play a bit on the lower magic end as I feel (and my group generally agrees) that overuse of magic items can become a crutch, it robs us of the sense of wonder that should come with magic and all too often the game becomes about what people can buy rather than what they can do.
Now that's just me - we prefer our games to have a feel somewhere between Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings but I'm well aware that other people feel differently. There's no way to 'have fun wrong', but I would not allow the Leadership feat at my table and even if I did, it certainly would't be so that a character could have a pocket crafter.
Our party consists of:
My paladin, a rogue,bard,druid and ranger.I know that we don't have any real arcane caster, but I guess a divine class fits my character better(Cleric or Oracle?).
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Do you have any other suggestions for a fitting cohort?
You already have most of the bases covered: buffing, combat, basic healing, etc. Probably the weakest areas are (area) battlefield control and status removal.
A LG healing patron witch (possibly the hedge witch archetype) could work. For hexes, Cackle + Fortune, Cauldron, Healing, and Ward are probably worth looking at. An aasimar with the Eldritch Heritage (Celestial bloodline) and/or Heavenly Radiance feats might be an interesting choice.
A witch isn't quite as good at battlefield control as a wizard/sorcerer or as good at healing as a cleric/oracle, but can do fairly well in both areas.
a celestial sorcerer would be what I would want
Seconded.
Empyreal Bloodline with a robe of Arcane Heritage will let you get some channeling going.