So once again I've got a build that has popped into my head while I was bored (all hail winter break) and like the others I'm writing him down so that I don't forget about him and so he doesn't bug me too much. This is yet another Ranger character (I like gishes and martial classes with access to spells, it seems) who once again has the Divine Tracker archetype replacing Hunter's Bond with two Warpriest Blessings. He's also a Demonslayer, which means he's really good at fighting evil outsider in general, but even better at fighting and finding the abyssal creatures known as demons. I'm also thinking of gnabbing Infiltrator, but that isn't set in stone.
I do have a cursory idea where I want my ranger to be from, and that is from Halgrim in the Lands of the Linnorm Kings (so an Ulfen). I would love to be a lesser known brother of Runewolf the Unbeliever, the leader of the Graycloaks, whose sought a life of adventure in order to make a name for myself and not be compared to my brother or my cousin (White Estrid, the king of Halgrim), but that part, like most of this character, is kind of up in the air.
So here's what I need help with, I need to find a god that utterly hates the demons and would be an appropriate god for someone like me to follow (if push come to shove I might just pick Gorum and say my characters wants to fight demons to prove how strong he is). Any gods both major or minor who hate 'em with a passion would be appreciated.
The Empyrial Lord Ragathiel could work.
Gonna go against the grain here and say Asmodeus. He's the most party-friendly kind of Evil (LE) and his hatred of Chaos extends to Good and Evil alike.
The Empyrial Lord Ragathiel could work.
That could certainly work. I would become proficient with the Bastard Sword thanks to Divine Tracker's Favored Weapon, which could lead to some interesting possibilities
Gonna go against the grain here and say Asmodeus. He's the most party-friendly kind of Evil (LE) and his hatred of Chaos extends to Good and Evil alike.
I kind of see him as Lawful Neutral more than anything else (sort of as a warrior who wants to make a name for himself but doesn't care as much about how he becomes famous as long as it's through feats of martial prowess, i.e. killing infamous creatures), although I admit there is something amusing about being the worshiper of a devil whose really good at killing evil outsiders (especially with Improved Fiendish Quarry allowing me to treat my weapon as if it had Holy instead of the usual +4 if it's against an evil outsider).
Okay, so I think I'm going to go with Ragathiel and say that he follows him less due to him being good but more due to his duty, honor, and ass-kicking aspect (and him fighting the minions of hell a lot). So now I have proficiency with Bastard Swords I'm thinking of two-weapon fighting as a Ranger. What would you all recommend I do in this regard and what feats I should take (besides Two-Weapon Fighting and it's cousins, which I will be getting through Combat Style feats)?
Two-Weapon Rend is quite nice. If you have alot of feats to spare, the new Weapon Trick (from Weapon Master's Handbook) is somewhat cool - but the nicest tricks have some weird prerequisites.
Get an effortless lace so you can TWF bastard swords without big penalties.
Get an effortless lace so you can TWF bastard swords without big penalties.
Would that technically work, considering the Bastard Sword is a martial weapon two-hander as well as an exotic one-handed weapon.
Dotting to see what is suggested.
I am doing the same thing with a Ranger for a campaign starting after the New Year. What Blessings are you thinking about? My plan was to go with Good and Nobility.
Though I was also looking at dipping into Fighter for possibly 4 levels to get the extra feats starting at 5th level so I can get the Blessings first.
Get an effortless lace so you can TWF bastard swords without big penalties.Would that technically work, considering the Bastard Sword is a martial weapon two-hander as well as an exotic one-handed weapon.
Bastard sword is listed on the weapons table as a 1-handed weapon, so I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Dotting to see what is suggested.
I am doing the same thing with a Ranger for a campaign starting after the New Year. What Blessings are you thinking about? My plan was to go with Good and Nobility.
Though I was also looking at dipping into Fighter for possibly 4 levels to get the extra feats starting at 5th level so I can get the Blessings first.
I was thinking Law and Nobility. Law for DR bypassing at lower levels and summon monster at higher (to the point where you can summon one at a higher spell level than you can actually use) and Nobility for the little bit of support you can bring to the group through blessings.
Of course the point is a tad moot on the DR side of things considering you have Aligned Weapon as a level 2 spell.
You could go lawful neutral and follow Asmodeus just to kill demons.
But then I don't get Bastard Sword proficiency and can't duel wield the things as easily.