Setting up a game where the players make characters who resemble different mythological figures.
All the players have characters that were pretty easy to figure out, except the one who wants to play Loki. Not sure where to go. I want his character to be effective mechanically.
I give out random magic items, but I have adjusted the CR to reflect the lack of the standard magic items.
Loki would probably be a sorcerer specializing in enchantment and illusion spells. Effective enough, unless your campaign is going to heavily feature opponents immune to mind effecting abilities. Secondary options would be Oracle or Bard with a similar focus.
What kind of Oracle mystery do you think would work well with the concept?
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An idea I was toying around with was:
Oracle 1(Heavens Mystery)
Sorcerer 1(crossblooded Serpentine/Undead)
Oracle 2,3,4
Veiled Illusionist 1-10
This will give a more sturdy base and the ability to wear armor, as well as some versatility in what you can affect with your Illusion/Pattern spells from the Revelation,
"Awesome Display (Su): Your phantasmagoric displays accurately model the mysteries of the night sky, dumbfounding all who behold them. Each creature affected by your illusion (pattern) spells is treated as if its total number of Hit Dice were equal to its number of Hit Dice minus your Charisma modifier (if positive)"
The crossblooded dip is for the bloodline arcanas, Serpentine allows mind effecting spells to animals, magical beasts and monstrous humanoids as if they were humanoids. And the Undead bloodline does the same for corporeal undead who were once humanoid, so your vampires, ghouls, liches, etc. If you look at many of the Illusion/pattern spells, they are mind effecting, as are some of the cool cleric/oracle enchantment spells that are type based, like hold person.
The level one power of veiled illusionist,
"Human: At 1st level, a veiled illusionist may select an illusion spell from the sorcerer/wizard spell list of a level she can cast and add it to her class spell list at the same level. If the spell is already on her spell list, she adds it to her spellbook, familiar, or list of spells known. Each time the illusionist gains a level, she may select an additional illusion spell."
grants a spell to your list from the sorcerer/wizard list at each level. Now depending on the level the characters will get to, you may with to stagger in a few oracle levels later on to allow you to get a bonus spell at each spell level. Up to you.
This combo is charisma based and based on disguise, bluff and illusions, with the added benefit of a broader range of mind effecting targets. While I made it for a gnome illusionist concept, it could work very well for Loki.
As for a race, while Loki is supposed to be half frost giant, you could perhaps even work him up as a half elf in this case, just to get access to Paragon Surge to better represent his wider array of spell casting, and then pursue the Eldritch Heritage feats in the Arcane bloodline.
What illusionist are you referring to?
Also, so far really good ideas. I'm pretty restrictive on prestige classes and multiclassing though as they tend to screw with my CR management.