Sorcerer/Oracle/Mystic Theurge, for much the same reasons mentioned prior with being free of the spellbook. Probably aasimar for the early entry hack.
Might as well choose Half-Elf and Paragon Surge. Just for maximum versatility you know.
And Nature Oracle if you want infinite CHA via Awakening or Lunar Oracle if you want immunity to mind-affecting (a really big deal imo).
But are there any people to mind effect you in our world?
That's a risk I'm not willing to take! (Probably not though.)
And my standards are much much lower! When its your chance to grab a piece of phenomenal cosmic power, the correct response to take whole damn thing and run with it. At least in my opinion.
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Changeling Rakshasa-blooded Sorceror/Mystery Cultist of Arshea.
Lots of fun, for lots of reasons, but let's not forget the best parts -- even better than Immortality.
Blessed (Ex): Upon a mystery cultist’s death, her soul appears in the good Outer Planes. In time, her soul will transform into an agathion, angel, archon, or azata.
And, in the meantime:
Sacred Haven (Su): At 10th level, the mystery cultist earns a place at the side of her celestial patron. A room is set aside for her at her patron’s place of residence on the celestial planes (if her patron has no permanent residence, the room stands alone in a quiet spot on the celestial planes). Once per day, the mystery cultist can teleport herself and one willing creature per mystery cultist level to this sacred haven as per plane shift, except she always arrives exactly at the threshold of her haven. The room is outfitted with comfortable beds for everyone, a small research library, a shrine, and a chest or cupboard that functions as a portable hole but that cannot be removed from the room. The mystery cultist can teleport herself and her allies out of the sacred haven at will, but can only return to the spot from which they last left.
Frankly I'm surprised at the number of people who don't want to be human.
I'm surprised anybody would want to.
Well I'm cheating sort of on the Human issue since Elans look Human, they just happen to be uh... remade I guess is the word to run on Psionic energy.
Oh, I'll ditto that, Anzyr. Elan Psion Nomad6/Elocator10/Metamind1/Psicrystal Imprinter3. Teleport, teleport, teleport. And walk on air.
About as all-talented as a True Atlantean Techno-Wizard in RIFTS Earth. With heritage tattoos.
angelkin aasimar
sorcerer 8/wood oracle (for early entry) 2/mystic theurge 10
either archmage or heirophant path (with dual path feat for other one)
take the racial feats to get wings :)
I know I don't but I kind of figured I was in the minority but it seems like the majority of posters at least don't want to be human even if they're coming back to a world entirely human based, interesting.I'm surprised anybody would want to.Frankly I'm surprised at the number of people who don't want to be human.
Just another human out of seven billion, or something unique. Seems a no-brainer to me.
I already posted I'd be a Wizard/Cleric/Mystic Theurge, but forgot to include that I'd be human. My intention is to set up a secret cult dedicated to myself by using Simulacrum plants to get it going. I don't need to worry about dieing because the OP states level 20/Mythic 10 so I'm already immortal and I can take Longevity, and other such things to let me survive even the inhospitable space.
Personally, I'd create a series of permanent bountiful demiplanes all connected to each other. I'd call it Eden.
I'd use my Cleric Spells to heal the sick and the lame and revive those that had died. Since I took Divine Source 3 times, I could ask myself for a Miracle and then grant it so I could conceivably do nearly anything I desired.
Yeah... Wizard/Cleric/Mystic Theurge is where it's at. Break all the rules, do whatever you wish.
I think you misunderstand divine source (or I do) once you take it you automatically grant spells equal to your tier, can cast 1 spell of each level equal to or less than your tier from your domains (and possibly generic spells from the cleric list if you have cleric levels and worship yourself, sort of a gm call there). My point being you only need to select it more than once is if you want more domains/sub domains so you've got 2 extra path abilities.
I take it 3 times so I get 4 domains and 4 subdomains. Plus, my eventual followers need to have a variety :)
I'd settle for being a level one human psionicist with 3 random powers, a ten point buy, and all my skill points in heal.
Bering truly exceptional among mundanes is good enough for me, without being so vastly powerful that "should I vaporize a continent today" becomes a question I actually have any reason to ponder. It only takes a weeks worth of wrong answers to that question before you have to stop asking it.
Bard. With the multiple skill foci alternate human racial. Orate and Comedy for versatile performance and past that it's diminishing returns so it doesn't much matter what I choose. Oh, and that feat that gives +2/4 to two performances.
Through ridiculously high bluff, diplomacy, and oratory and the mass suggestion performance in political debates I shall get elected to congress and then I will turn the congressional leadership of both parties into my puppets. And I will use press conferences to seize control of the press. And then I will have the constitution amended to secure the permanent ascendancy of my political ideals.
Yeah, high level bards are pretty much designed for taking over republics.
There are classes that might be more fun, but there's no way I'm tying myself to some half bit extraplanar god so all the divine classes are out and every party loves having a bard and having superhuman diplomacy/bluff/orate and mass suggestion to get opinion shapers to listen to reason rather than fish for sound bites not to mention what it will do to congress...
Sorry, I was busy cackling maniacally. Without the assurance of a trip home divine casters are still out of the question, but monk starts to sound really nice. Good running away, good stealth, good saves, a bunch of immunities, a tendency to be ignored by enemies, and hope of that four winds alternate capstone all sound nice.
My Wizard could take over Congress by simply replacing each one with a Simulacrum. Much more efficient as I never have to worry about someone questioning me in any way. Plus, I don't have to read the bills that get passed.
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215 pounds less heavy.
I think i would go with either Wizard or Arcanist and then make a Lots of simulacrums of my self to save the World with out me having to do it personally. I like the idea of a masked socerity that is working to save the World.
If I really could choose what I want without the frailty of my actual mortal body I'd like to be:
Aasimar
Alternate racial traits: Truespeaker,
Barbarian 5/flame Oracle5/rage prophet 10
Legalistic curse
Half Elf Umbral Bloodline Sorcerer 20
I didn't pick Half Elf for Paragon Surge abuse but its there so thats cool. Half Elves are sociable people and I seem to have a nice presence in my group of friends.
I'd like to say that I'm fairly charismatic in real life so I'd like something that I'm naturally inclined to. Sorcerers are charisma based and it's really hard to pick something without magic to take back to the real world.
Concept: Full stealth build while also having the versatility of having whatever I need right now. Ability to live life grandly and help others along the way. Ability to travel.
Ability points go in Charisma or Dexterity.
Mythic points go to Con twice then the rest in Charisma
Bloodline Feats
1)Skill Focus(Stealth)
2)Silent Spell
3)Stealthy
Level Up Feats
1)Still Spell
2)Eldritch Heritage (Draconic Red for dragon fun)
3)Enlarge Spell
4)Hellcat Stealth(Shadow Well + Hellcat equals awesome)
5)Quicken Spell
6)Craft Wondrous Item(So I can make stuff in the real world still)
7)Dampen Presence
8)Leadership
9)Spell Perfection(Paragon Surge)
10)Scribe Scroll
11)Weapon Finess
Traits
1)Reactionary
2)Ease of Faith
Mythic Choices!
Path
Archmage(Wild Arcana)
Abilities
1)Longevity
2)Sleepless
3)Divine Source
4)Mythic Sustenance
5)Ultimate Versatility(Change my entire bloodline? Yes please)
6)Divine Source
7)No One of Consequence
8)Wall Run(BECAUSE COOL)
9)Thwart Detection
10)Sanctum(Betcha thought I wasn't going to pick any Archmage Abilities?
Feats
1) Eldritch Heritage(Mythic)
2)Dual Path(Trickster)
3)Mythic Spell Lore
4)Mythic Eschew Materials
5) Extra Path Ability(Component Freedom(Foci)
Skills(FCB is in skills as well)
Mostly social skills, smattering of survivalist stuff, along with all the mandatory caster skills.
I would like to end up as a 20th level Aegis with the Aberrant archetype and a Champion with the Guardian subpath. After the initial bout with staggering body-horror I think the sort of physical flexibility and sheer durability would be very satisfying. Max out intimidate (Bruising Intellect trait of course) and a couple of other int based skills. Get as many customization points as I can and pick up stealth somewhere along the way. Use the Focused Study alternate racial trait to get Skill Focus Stealth and Intimidate. The goal is to both be someone incredibly hard to kill and have the power points and customization points needed to adapt to pretty much any threat.
If guaranteed a way home, I'd still go down this path. Considering I come from 'Guns Everywhere' setting, my equipment might change but otherwise I'd end up essentially playing Pacific Rim with countries that displeased me. I might retrain a couple of feats in order to bring my cruising speed up to something rivaling most attack helicopters. Even though modern military is not made up of high level PCs, my defenses would need to shift to focussing on speed, DR, and hit points. Most conventional weapons would not be much of an issue and the larger-scale stuff would likely not be agile enough or smart enough to find me.
It would be a life nearly without consequence. I would, putting it bluntly, extort a small stipend out of the more economically stable nations as my price for not living in their borders and putting them under my constant scrutiny. I would make no political plays but anything falling under the board umbrella of 'douchebaggery' would be put to a stop. Punishments would be swift but often arbitrary, the true goal being to remind the world powers that there is one thing out there bigger and scarier than them and it has no qualms about paying them a visit, at night, in their homes.
I would sit in on the UN and periodically cough to remind the world leaders I was there.
My Wizard could take over Congress by simply replacing each one with a Simulacrum. Much more efficient as I never have to worry about someone questioning me in any way. Plus, I don't have to read the bills that get passed.How are you going to get over three hundred thousand GP worth of ruby dust without someone suspecting you of being involved in organized crime?
That bit is trivial. You can buy it by the truck-load.
My Wizard could take over Congress by simply replacing each one with a Simulacrum. Much more efficient as I never have to worry about someone questioning me in any way. Plus, I don't have to read the bills that get passed.How are you going to get over three hundred thousand GP worth of ruby dust without someone suspecting you of being involved in organized crime?
If you don't read the bills by what standard are you and not the lobbyists in charge of anything?
Then there's the issue of everyone losing half their hit dice. The drop to their skills will cause anyone in a marginal district to lose their reelection campaigns.
Subtlety is the name of the game after returning to Earth and wizards are anything but subtle. Seriously, plan Bard involves using actual skills I would legitimately have and Su abilities on members of the press, political pundits, and centrist legislators. Plan Wizard involves murdering hundreds of public figures and replacing them with evil snowmen. If I mess up the process takes an election cycle or two longer. If you mess up your spellbook winds up in an evidence locker and you get hunted down and wind up killed by a sniper team or cruise missile.
Blood Money, for one. Two, in this world, you absolutely can use Fabricate to make gems and stuff, so getting ahold of materials is childs play.
Two, I don't need my spell-book as a Mythic Wizard.
You have discovered the secret to preparing spells without having to refer to outside sources. You no longer need to prepare spells from a spellbook (if you're a magus or wizard) or a familiar (if you're a witch). You still must spend the normal amount of time preparing spells. You may keep or discard your spellbook or familiar.
So as a Wizard, I don't need a Spell Book and as a Cleric, I worship myself and grant myself my own spells. I am the epitome of self-reliant narcissism.
Also, if the Politicians were to suddenly become half as skilled, would anyone really notice? Keep in mind, half the skills of the politicians is being used to write loop-holes for themselves, exploit loop-holes others have made, and argue better than the opponent. If I have replaced all politicians with Simulacrum minions, they are no longer in conflict with each other and all will serve me unquestioningly.
In this way, I don't actually have to do any of the speaking or anything myself, I just operate from the shadows.
See, you're trying to earn your way into power. Me, I'll just take it. I'll have formed a cult of people that worship me directly, and by building a bountiful demiplane and calling it 'Eden' a great many of the religious people in the world will flock to my banner, especially if I do things like part seas, walk on water, raise the dead, heal the sick and stop Volcanoes from erupting etc. I can use my Clerical and Wizardly powers to blight crops, infest nations and cause Earthquakes.
I will be worshipped by the people of the world, and rule the government from the shadows. Nothing will ever stop me as I will live forever.. MWAHAHAHAHAHAhahahah
Oh wait, I was supposed to save that for the fools who think they can put an end to my tyranny....
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A girl.
I prayed to be one when I was a kid. Everything seemed to be easier for them. Looking at it now, the perspective hasn't really changed. If I was a woman, I would be married, have at least three kids and write for a living. Right now, I am alone, work for a roofing company, and my writing stalls as I get busy doing other things...
I would be a girl.
A girl.
I prayed to be one when I was a kid. Everything seemed to be easier for them. Looking at it now, the perspective hasn't really changed. If I was a woman, I would be married, have at least three kids and write for a living. Right now, I am alone, work for a roofing company, and my writing stalls as I get busy doing other things...
I would be a girl.
Plus you'd have a smashing set of breasteses.
Heh. You think your writing stalls now, try doing it with three kids in the house.
It's hard enough with just one.
Interesting there's more protective powers and plans to rule the world than actually protect it.
Bit of a potato/potahtoe dichotomy though, neh?
There's nobody to protect it from other than the mundanes. Can't protect them from each other (or themselves) meaningfully without being the biggest threat around, otherwise they just ignore you and go on about their business of building little empires and squishing each other. In a room full of knife-fighters, the guy with the grenade makes the rules. (see: hierarchies and law enforcement throughout the ages)
Hence my choice to opt for a lowbie. Less pressure to do "the right thing" if you don't have the longest reach, and the biggest hands, on the planet.
A girl.
I prayed to be one when I was a kid. Everything seemed to be easier for them. Looking at it now, the perspective hasn't really changed. If I was a woman, I would be married, have at least three kids and write for a living. Right now, I am alone, work for a roofing company, and my writing stalls as I get busy doing other things...
I would be a girl.
Not wanting to contradict you. But I know a couple of girls/women who claim the opposite and would like to be guys because then all would be better. No hormones making your moods run amok once a month, lesser wages for your work and stuff like that.
Some variation on Wizard 20/Archmage 10 seems to be the norm here. Without going into some heavy work on other builds, I'm inclined to agree.
Are we assuming we're the only one like this in the world when we return, or does everyone come back to the same world as a crazy mythic monstrosity?
Some variation on Wizard 20/Archmage 10 seems to be the norm here. Without going into some heavy work on other builds, I'm inclined to agree.
Are we assuming we're the only one like this in the world when we return, or does everyone come back to the same world as a crazy mythic monstrosity?
Only the folks who participate in the thread =P
Am I allowed to cheese out with infinite gold and make my own arbitrarily large permanent demiplane?
Am I allowed to cheese out with infinite gold and make my own arbitrarily large permanent demiplane?
That's my intention. Ridiculously large demiplane, and then a huge number of simulacrums, to start a cult worshipping myself, and replace the politicians so I have absolute control. Only then can I start fixing the world and making it better.
Who cares about this world when the multiverse is your oyster at these levels...the earth would become very small. besides I love to travel. :)
Use the appropriate protections, then interplanetary teleport and specify 'the next nearest planet inhabited by living sophonts'?
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Not wanting to contradict you. But I know a couple of girls/women who claim the opposite and would like to be guys because then all would be better. No hormones making your moods run amok once a month, lesser wages for your work and stuff like that.A girl.
I prayed to be one when I was a kid. Everything seemed to be easier for them. Looking at it now, the perspective hasn't really changed. If I was a woman, I would be married, have at least three kids and write for a living. Right now, I am alone, work for a roofing company, and my writing stalls as I get busy doing other things...
I would be a girl.
Yeah, I know that now. I still think I would have led a different life, and be more satisfied than I am now. Of course, there is all the stuff about O magizine, playing with dolls and hard math to think of too.
I outgrew the thought, but dating in today's world is like sticking your tongue in a light socket. Or something. I pretty much have given up, to be honest. To old and I really am all thumbs around the fairer sex.
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I would be my classic conjuration/crafting wizard. Probably dual path with hierophant. Have an army of constructs & summons at my beck & call. This really fits with my own lust for power, my love of knowledge, and my desire to create.
Also, I've been designing myself a super-huge demiplane. To keep all those constructs. I'd be sure to have a buttload of collosi.
