On the ever-hopeful possibility I may get to go PFS soon, I've got an idea for a grizzled old half-mad Tian mountain hermit devoted to primordial chaos, which he sees embodied in the storms of Hei-Feng.
I'm really liking the overall concept, but I can't seem to decide where else to go with it, or if I'm totally happy with what I've got so far. So I thought I'd bounce it off the collective wisdom of the board of advice:
Ssu-Shan, Storm-on-the-Mountain
Half-Elf (Ancestral Arms: 9-Ring Broadsword)
Traits: Magical Knack, Fate's Favored
Separatist Cleric of Hei-Feng / Martial Artist 1
-Single monk level for obvious flavor/mechanical reasons, primarily Wisdom AC and 9-Ring Broadsword Flurry.
Domains: Protean & Deception
-Protean goes without saying and has the perfect powers. The separatist choice is kind of overwhelming options-wise, but Deception seems to fit. Mirror Image and Confusion are the big draws, but the powers are fun too.
STR:14
DEX:10
CON:12
INT:10
WIS:18/20+
CHA:7
-More extreme than I'd usually go, but the flavor seems right. I don't like dumping abilities without a reason, but he's a chaos-fanatic hermit after all.
Feats: 1.Channel Smite -> 3.Guided Hand, bonus Dodge, Power Attack are the obvious ones. Beyond that I can't decide. Cornugon Stun and Mantis Style could be rather interesting, though only a few a day for 2 feats...
Weapon: 'Nine-Crow', Conductive 9-Ring Broadsword
-with a conductive weapon, touch of chaos can become chop of chaos. The idea is to do the bad-touch thing with a kung-fu sword. I do love the idea of aura of doom and touch of chaos really ruining someone's saving throw vs instrument of agony... like a thunderclap from an ominous cloud, so close and blinding that it leaves the foe wobbling away, head spinning.
I suppose on reflection that using Cornugon Stun to add a few Stunning Fist attempts through his weapon is just too fun and thematic not to do. It could be done with a ki weapon, but there are so many other fun options like 'Cruel' to consider...
Still can't decide if Deception is the way to go with separatist, or if I should maybe consider a Human non-separatist who uses the Conversion Inquisition to jedi-mind-trick everything instead.