I know that strictly by rules, only one of your bloodlines may be wild; however, assuming the GM would allow both bloodlines to be permitted as wild, how well do you all think this would work?
Idea is a nature oriented dwarf with a musket and a bear animal companion. I know something similar could be done more simply with a druid, or even a gunslinger with the animal ally feat chain, and perhaps those would be stronger. I don't know. Just a random idea I had that I wanted some feedback on.
You're getting 2nd level spells at character level 6, 3rd level at character level 8. That's actually worse than a 6-level caster, with less spells known. It gets better, but does so quite late in the game (9th level spells dead on 20).
It's possible to combine Druid and Spellslinger to useful effect; you'd be better at buffing your companion, better at shooting (possibly much better if you take the Nature Fang archetype), and you'd get 2nd & higher level spells a couple of character levels early.
Actually by the rules you can't mix cross-blooded and wild-blooded at all... Per relevant FAQs, anyway. :(
Anyway, assuming you get what you want, early levels are going to be hard. You'll fall behind in the spellcasting department (practically 3 levels behind a full wizard), and you won't have enough feats or BAB to make your gun(s) effective, and with Crossblooded you're going to be gimped well into the mid and high levels.
I would suggest dropping Crossblooded because it gimps you pretty badly for nothing. Pure Sylvan Bloodline and Human or Half-Elf would probably be a better choice for a Sorc / Spellslinger 1 with a pet bear. :)
Lacdannan wrote: I know that strictly by rules, only one of your bloodlines may be wild; however, assuming the GM would allow both bloodlines to be permitted as wild, how well do you all think this would work?
Idea is a nature oriented dwarf with a musket and a bear animal companion. I know something similar could be done more simply with a druid, or even a gunslinger with the animal ally feat chain, and perhaps those would be stronger. I don't know. Just a random idea I had that I wanted some feedback on.
Dwarven Sacred Huntsman Inquisitor with the Black Powder Inquisition maybe? Full animal companion, shares teamwork feats with you, relevant fire-arm skills, good self-buffs. Might be a bit less nature themed than what you'd intended, though, and only gets 6th level casting. You could make up some of the nature theme by choosing a deity like Erastil.
cavernshark wrote: Lacdannan wrote: I know that strictly by rules, only one of your bloodlines may be wild; however, assuming the GM would allow both bloodlines to be permitted as wild, how well do you all think this would work?
Idea is a nature oriented dwarf with a musket and a bear animal companion. I know something similar could be done more simply with a druid, or even a gunslinger with the animal ally feat chain, and perhaps those would be stronger. I don't know. Just a random idea I had that I wanted some feedback on.
Dwarven Sacred Huntsman Inquisitor with the Black Powder Inquisition maybe? Full animal companion, shares teamwork feats with you, relevant fire-arm skills, good self-buffs. Might be a bit less nature themed than what you'd intended, though, and only gets 6th level casting. You could make up some of the nature theme by choosing a deity like Erastil.
This is a much better build suggestion for getting what the OP wants, as it requires no multiclassing and no need for getting a GM to finagle the rules aside from allowing guns.
cavernshark wrote: Lacdannan wrote: I know that strictly by rules, only one of your bloodlines may be wild; however, assuming the GM would allow both bloodlines to be permitted as wild, how well do you all think this would work?
Idea is a nature oriented dwarf with a musket and a bear animal companion. I know something similar could be done more simply with a druid, or even a gunslinger with the animal ally feat chain, and perhaps those would be stronger. I don't know. Just a random idea I had that I wanted some feedback on.
Dwarven Sacred Huntsman Inquisitor with the Black Powder Inquisition maybe? Full animal companion, shares teamwork feats with you, relevant fire-arm skills, good self-buffs. Might be a bit less nature themed than what you'd intended, though, and only gets 6th level casting. You could make up some of the nature theme by choosing a deity like Erastil.
I thought about this some more. If you wanted more spell casting than the above example gives you, another approach might be this:
Dwarf Separatist Cleric of Erastil, Animal (Feather or Fur) domain and Black Powder Inquisiton (as your second separatist domain). You'd just need to take boon companion once you get your animal companion, but it'd be full power after that. You'd still have 9th level spell casting, the pet, and the gun, and 3/4 BAB, but lose the teamwork feats and the Inquisitor abilities. Your domain spells would be limited due to only having one domain that grants spells, but you do get the gun this way. At 7 or so, you could also invest in the Spontaneous Nature's Ally feat to trade out spontaneous cure spells for natural summons.
I think Spellslinger's DC boosting is really, really good, so dipping it for a level, to me, feels like it is worth it.
My personal favorite would be to dip it as an Oracle; 3/4th BAB, full casting, good self buffs, and you can customize a lot of your class features with the right revelation/curse choices.
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