So I wanted to make a gestalt that is basically a very Lich like character at least in the way he revives after being taken down.
As we all known some casters are very squishy as a form of balance, well I say screw that and lets find a way to make them harder to keep down.
Enter the Reincarnated Druid, a druid that at level 5 when killed can reincarnate into a new form. follows an established table but some of the choices are not so bad.
I want my main class, the one I take from 1-20 to be the Arcanist, which I see as a superior class, if you can afford the intense MADness of it. The Int and Cha are hard enough, the Druid now requires at least ok Wis given that at level 5 you only need a 13 to be able to cast those spells.
I am not sure which race I want to take with this however, I can use some 3rd party and I plan on taking advantage of that after 5th level especially with a dip into a 3rd party Scholar class for Int to AC and a free Skill Focus on a single Knowledge roll, a +1 to all Knowledge rolls as well.
So I am stuck with any non metal armor, which seems like it will be a pain, so maybe I will take Kensai Magus after my druid levels (And one scholar level) to gain Int to Ac as a dodge bonus it will stack with the Scholar levels.
So because I can revive from death of old age I am going to start Venerable for that +3 to all mental stats, my physical stats will be reset when I reincarnate so I don't have to worry about the -9 to physical scores.
Any advice on a race that would work best?
Should I burn a feat on Academic Priest feat from Dragonlance which would turn Druid casting to Int rather then Wis.
Should I go some levels of oracle on my other side to add Cha to AC and Initiative?
Edit: the table roll for stats ended with 18, 16, 16, 14, 14, 14
Just so you know it is -6 to your physical ability scores. -1+-2+-3=-6.
Take the Aasimar that gives +2int and cha.
Honestly I would take the feat and go druid all the way. Druid/arcanist 20. Most of the stuff you gain from magus you gain from druid in the form of wild shape.
Druid loses Wildshape till level 6, which is 2 levels behind normal. Druid//Arcanist is a nice combo no doubt, but I don't know about wildshaping as I have never used it before. Though I do admit this would be a good combo. Maybe drop one level of Druid for Scholar which keeps Int to Armor as a wildshape which makes the AC pretty decent because though he can revive pretty easy I dont want him dying every fight.
He does incure a 2 negative level penalty every time he reincarnates.
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That seems good. You will also want to be full druid for when you reincarnate so that you can cast those restorations.
Those are ridiculous stats by the way, I'm used to point buy.
Druid does not get the Restoration that removes permanent negative levels.
So I guess I need to take Samsaren and use Mystic Past Life for cleric spells. Because its a 4th level Cleric spell.
What we do at our table is we all Roll stats as normal 4d6, drop the lowest, reroll 1s. And whomever rolls the best set we use that one. So someone rolled that good this to us keeps it fair as we all have access to those same stats just plug them in where we need them.
Reincarnated Druid Handbook has a great lich build. :)
In the thread the creator of the RD handbook made, I'm the one that pointed out the Green Faith Acolyte's Hibernate ability is great for Lich Druids.