Hey all I'm currently playing a half-orc inquisitor (sanctified slayer) and while squishy he has been probably doing the most damage. But now our "tank" is moving and I'm kinda worried about the group dynamics. Currently we have:
Wood wizard..mainly magic missle and such
Shadow sorcerer same thing +1cl in dim light
Archer ranger (divine tracker)
Then my character in the front by himself.
Tried to encourage summons and was floored last night when the ranger said he wasn't taking a companion. I'm left without a flank buddy now. So my question is if I should take the feather domain for a animal companion or make another character...and what would you suggest?
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Remind your GM to balance it through encounters setting. It's a good GM's job to make sure that everyone will get their chance to shine.
Well, more info would help. Are you running through an AP? Playing something homemade? What level are you?
You could always trust the GM to get it right. This isn't a problem yet, maybe it never will be.
You could recruit a new player.
You could encourage the wizard to take something like craft construct
Or you could adjust your own tactics. Buy a shield, use defensive judgments, etc. inquisitors are defensive already, and with a spell or two from the other casters, could be even more so.
Go with a companion if you need a flanking buddy!
Remind your GM to balance it through encounters setting. It's a good GM's job to make sure that everyone will get their chance to shine.
In the party I GM for there is a Psion Telepath, A Bard with the Investigator archetype, and a Pugilist (3pp class). I have to structure the games where combat isn't the focus of the encounter every time. It's not always easy, but it's rewarding for me and the players.
Yup homemade campaign, Level 4. So if I take the feather domain I would have a companion (not the greatest but at level 5 I could take boon companion) I also discovered shield-trained, a trait that would allow me to use a shield as a weapon. But the trait is from Gorum and the feather domain is from a different god. Maybe the gm would make a deal, or I can take a level of a martial to get the prof.
Either that or I make something from scratch but I feel I'm already covering some bases. I agree the wizard or sorcerer should be putting out summons, tried to address that and really the ranger was gonna take the companion but changed his mind because he felt the divine tracker would help the party more
Home games, mean home Gods, at least potentially...
@kestral The general view that the summons lack any umph and they feel more powerful hitting stuff with magic. I'm more a summoner :P
@Bacon: hirelings maybe..but I'm of the belief that the party should cover the basics and then look at them.
I like the inquisitor but trying to get him to be a tank (which I found a way) but then having to provide a companion to help me in the front (which negates the tank idea unless I dip)
Part of me is debating on just going druid, give myself a companion/summon some more and then become a beast
You could try being a Reach inquisitor. Keep your foes at bay, let the blasters and archer shoot everyone else.
I say play it out they will need to adapt, as will you for the party to succeed
While I understand it is a tad demanding, you could just keep your character relatively the same and simply take animal ally and boon companion. Perhaps talk to your DM and explain that you would like to retrain a few feats to either straight up get or work towards this because you really feel you are gonna need some help holding the line and your caster friends aren't keen on helping you with summoned critters. If retraining isn't a thing you may just have to trust your DM to understand you have pretty much lost half of your frontline of defense and cater encounters to your situation either until you get this furry friend or your casters realize the merit of summons when there is only one fronliner.
Maybe mix up your tactics and use all ranged attacks and rely on cover and concealment for your defenses. Like shoot out movies.