My sorcerer is a sort-of spymaster and recently took leadership to build up his net of contacts as to actually "know a guy" in every city of interest. However, I also gain a cohort and I have no real plans for that. My dm wants me to build him/her since he's busy and he said that anything goes as long as it's not "too freaky".
So my first thought was that I didn't really want them to be in combat. Me and our druid are rather enjoying summoning (a bit too much) so I don't want another character there who will slow things down.
Since the focus of my character lies in the gathering, keeping and careful sale of certain secrets, I thought a wizard with an emphasis on divination would mesh well with that.
Unfortunately, I know relatively little about wizards and less about the appropriate spells. Would an actual diviner be best for this? Some other school? Which spells and feats would be important? I have little more than an idea of what I want, so I would be thankful for any help.
If you want something that is a non-combatant and flavorful you could make a Bard (or Rogue) / Master Spy. It is true the divination magic would likely have greater efficacy in gathering information, but your Master Spy could be running the day to day operations of your spy ring for you. And really, you spy ring could be your other followers granted by leadership.
There are a couple of great posts on this forum comparing divination magic to ELINT and the more skill-based version of intelligence gathering to HUMINT. Hit the search feature for some inspiration.
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Here is a guide I wrote on the topic.
Also, you may want to look into the witch class as well. Not the strongest diviner, but they do have some good tricks in that area.
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Thanks all :)
I'm actually covering the skill-based intelligence work myself. As a cha-based caster with maxed social skills I should be fine, hopefully. And if i need to actually break in somewhere, I will have our rogue do it. He will fail, but at least he will die happy. (nothing against the guy; he is quite skilled. He just fails at everything. I guess it's a dice thing.)
And yes, that was the intent: the spy-ring will be most of my followers, my cohort will be my second in command.
Here is a guide I wrote on the topic.
Also, you may want to look into the witch class as well. Not the strongest diviner, but they do have some good tricks in that area.
I actually read that before, mostly for the follower roles. Great job.
Holy cow, I didn't even think of a witch. That might be an even better fit since they can supply some spells neither I or the druid will have. Got to think about that now.
