Complimenting Class

[Keagun Redcrow]

Ok so I am having a very hard time finding a class to multiclass in or a prestige class to take, that will either compliment or work with my Warlock. Any suggestions? Completely open minded on this subject.

[Goddity]

Build notes? Rest of the party?

[Keagun Redcrow]

Party has a Gnoll Fighter/Beastmaster, Elf Zen Archer, Human Paladin, Godling, and my Tiefling Warlock.

[Keagun Redcrow]

Still looking for advice on this matter.

[kestral287]

Frankly... don't.

Unless you're looking for something very specific, multiclassing is pretty much the death of a caster (which a Warlock is, more or less). Non-magical classes have features that, by and large, aren't massively dependent on scaling every level, so losing a level or three doesn't hurt much. Magical classes have to contend with Spell Resistance-- akin to AC, but imagine if you only ever counted one class's BAB for dealing with AC. Fighter 4/Rogue 4 would have a BAB of 4 at level 8. That's pretty strong incentive not to dip, and Warlock 4/Whatever 4 has a Warlock caster level of 4 at level 8. Same problem: you're going to be wasting your time against SR. You're going to lose raw damage (bad, because Warlocks aren't good at raw damage anyway). You're going to lose flexibility. Lose, lose, lose across the board-- there's precious few wins that will make up for that.

A Wizard or Sorcerer can get around this by focusing on buffing spells: the spells where SR isn't an issue, where scaling matters less because hey, while I'd rather have ten minutes of buff time than eight, both are probably enough to get by, the spells where the only major vulnerability is Dispel and that's kind of a rare thing. A Warlock doesn't have that option. Everything he does is "attack".

So: unless you have something specific in mind, don't multiclass. If you do, lay it out and we can help.

[Keagun Redcrow]

Well Im using the Adamant published Warlock, so I dont have to worry about SR since all my School Abilities are NOT spells, and are not effected by SR. My biggest asset is the Arcane Bolt, which can be compared to the Eldrich Blast, but does Elemental damage and a much longer range. So I was looking for something that I could use that with, but nothing seems to really work out for it. Was thinking about the Magus, but then realized that its Spellstrike ability wouldnt stack with my Warlock abilities.

[Cap. Darling]

Sounds like it is best to stay on the warlock wagon. Multi classing is only good if there is a plan to it. And if the warlock dosent work alone, odds are he wont do a ton of good for what ever the dip is.

[Keagun Redcrow]

Yea seeing as there isnt anything that really works with it, effectively. My GM's campaign intends for us to reach about level 45.

[Cap. Darling]

It is hard to advice in games that seem to use house rules. you Will need to advance in your Warlock powers if you want to keep them relevant. Or that is at least how it is if you use somthing like the 3.0 epic system.

[Keagun Redcrow]

Yea I planned on advancing far along in Warlock, I was trying to see if there was anything that would compliment the class later on. But there really isn't. Tho my GM did make advancement tables for all party members for their classes, up to level 40. Its pretty legit for how he did it. At this rate, I'll probably be sticking too Warlock at least until level 20, and either continue on in it, or pick a martial class, to boost my martial prowess.