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Good morning!
I finally get to play in a campaign after GMing for eternity. We'll be playing Strange Aeons.
I've already got my character (Vivisectionist using the Aberrant and Aquatic mutagen discoveries from Gothic Campaign Compendium for body horror fun).
We also have an Exposed Vigilante (Warlock) using talents and feats from N Jolly's legendary vigilante and a Human Incanter (SoP) who's going to be focused on healing and buffs.Psychic
I think we have ranged damage covered (warlock), decent melee (natural attack alchemist), good support (incanter) and we're fairly good for skills in general.
My friend who's fairly new to the game has asked me to help him make a character. In the last game (and his first) he played a bloodrager and he says he found it boring to just hit things in combat, so steering away from melee. At the same time they're fairly new to the game so I don't want to many moving parts.
3rd party is available for use.
20 point buy
Core races, human preferred.
Thematic for a horror campaign
I was thinking that we don't have a full spell caster so maybe a psychic or a sorcerer but I just don't know.
Please, help me out
Sorcerer seems like a good fit if you want a full caster for someone with limited playing experience.
Psychic takes a little more to figure out (including the different nature of psychic spells vs arcane/divine spells), whereas the srocerer gives a lot of spells p[er day, but doesn;t require the player to hand--sletec his spells everyday.
There are lots of flavourful bloodlines to choose from, as well. Perhaps the Wildblooded options of Void-Touched or Warped for this campaign.
Sorcerer should be relatively simple, but he may need a bit of help with the early spell selection. I would say that a summoner may also be fun for him, and if he is using the pre-unchained spell list, it does not lag far behind 9-level casters.
An oracle would actually be another good choice - I am not familiar with the incanter, but unless their spell list is very close to the cleric´s, the oracle definitely has a niche in this party. It is also a bit hardier than the sorcerer, in case your friend wants to do a bit of melee combat, and some of the curses can be quite flavorful for a horror campaign.
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I forgot all about the summoner, I think they'll like that.
So I made a Master Summoner with the eidolon being a trap-finder/scout as we don't have one.
Jakob Miklos
Female human summoner (master summoner) 1
CG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +4; Senses Perception +0
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Defense
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AC 12, touch 12, flat-footed 10 (+2 Dex)
hp 10 (1d8+2)
Sanity 42, threshhold 4, edge 21
Fort +1, Ref +2, Will +2
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Summoner Spell-Like Abilities (CL 1st; concentration +4)
. . 9/day?summoning mastery
Summoner (Master Summoner) Spells Known (CL 1st; concentration +4)
. . 1st (2/day)?mage armor, snowball (DC 16)
. . 0 (at will)?acid splash, detect magic, guidance, message
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Statistics
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Str 8, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 14, Wis 10, Cha 18
Base Atk +0.75; CMB -3; CMD 11
Feats Augment Summoning, Evolved Summoned Monster[ACG], Spell Focus (conjuration)
Traits ease of faith, methodical mind, reactionary
Flaws noncombatant
Skills Diplomacy +9, Handle Animal +8, Knowledge (arcana) +7, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +7, Knowledge (planes) +7, Linguistics +6, Use Magic Device +8
Languages Aklo, Celestial, Common, Sylvan
SQ lesser eidolon, life link, occult bargain
Other Gear 150 gp
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Special Abilities
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Augment Summoning Summoned creatures have +4 to Strength and Constitution.
Evolved Summoned Monster Apply a 1-point evolution to a creature you summon.
Lesser Eidolon A master summoner's class level is halved (minimum 1) for the purposes of determining his eidolon's abilities, Hit Dice, evolution pool, and so on.
The eidolon otherwise functions as normal. This ability replaces the summoner's normal eidolon
Life Link (Su) Damage that dismisses Eidolon can be taken by you. It weakens if not in 100 ft.
Occult Bargain Must invoke patron entities name to regain spells each day.
Spell Focus (Conjuration) Spells from one school of magic have +1 to their save DC.
Summoning Mastery I (9/day) (Sp) You can summon monsters as a spell like ability, maintaining 1 even when Eidolon is summoned.
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Psuchawrl, The Monarch of the Night
Biped
CG Medium outsider
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +12
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Defense
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AC 13, touch 11, flat-footed 12 (+1 Dex, +2 natural)
hp 9 (1d10+1)
Sanity 28, threshhold 0, edge 14
Fort +3, Ref +1, Will +2
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee 2 claws +4 (1d4+3)
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Statistics
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Str 16, Dex 12, Con 13, Int 7, Wis 10, Cha 11
Base Atk +1; CMB +4; CMD 15 (can't be tripped)
Feats Additional Traits
Traits trap finder
Skills Disable Device +12, Perception +12, Sense Motive +4, Stealth +13; Racial Modifiers +8 Disable Device, +8 Perception, +8 Stealth
Languages Common
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Special Abilities
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Darkvision (60 feet) You can see in the dark (black and white only).
Sorcerer should be relatively simple, but he may need a bit of help with the early spell selection. I would say that a summoner may also be fun for him, and if he is using the pre-unchained spell list, it does not lag far behind 9-level casters.
An oracle would actually be another good choice - I am not familiar with the incanter, but unless their spell list is very close to the cleric´s, the oracle definitely has a niche in this party. It is also a bit hardier than the sorcerer, in case your friend wants to do a bit of melee combat, and some of the curses can be quite flavorful for a horror campaign.
Good call on Oracle. I'd be thinking purely arcane, but I agree that an Oracle could be a good fit for both campaign and party.
From a flavour perspective, the Dark Tapestry and Occult mysteries might be a good fit for the campaign, though I also like Time, Juju and Spellscar depending on the concept. The Blackened, Haunted, Infested, Shattered Psyche, Tongues and Wasting curses could all work, as well.