Are there any good prestige classes for a mostly martial inquisitor or warpriest? I know it makes more sense to stick to the main class or dip fighter or something, i'm just curious about prestige classes.
Evangelist could work.
Evangelist, is pretty ok for any deity based class.
Edit: Ninjaed.
Evangelist is the only one that wont hurt too much.
hmmm, is there anything full-bab (other than vindicator) that has a divine caster prereq? (sacrificing some spellcasting for martial power, similar to eldritch knight)
Thanks for the good suggestions so far though :)
Holy Vindicator, Hinterlander & Scar Seeker have partial casting advancement and some nice features. A level of Crimson Templar (if you worship Ragathiel) might well be worthwhile.
Keep in mind that most prestige classes are less powerful than normal classes. In 3.0 prestige classes gave your character a real boost in power, in Pathfinder the opposite is true. Multiclassing of any kind generally weakens your character especially classes with lots of level based abilities. Multiclassing an inquisitor is probably the worst thing you can do. Warpriests may be a little better but still lose more than they gain.
Here's my suggestion for a different class. 1 level of rage class and the extra rage feat.
Id rager anger or kindness or dedication are good.
Bloodrager with a protector familiar is good, especially with improved familiar feat.
savage technologist barb gives you no AC penalty AND a dex bonus to actually potentially raise AC when you rage while keeping your will bonus and not needing to worry about sudden barb death.
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Paizo virtually never mixes any significant amount of casting with full BAB. Eldritch Knight is very unique for getting full BAB while granting almost full casting level, though it's set up to force a character to drop two casting levels. Divine classes with access to the major Cleric buffs are already able to mimic full BAB with their spell buffs, so they don't want to start giving such classes ways to go full BAB on top of that.
Yeah, you're not going to find anything that is full BAB and advances spell casting completely.
And advancing spellcasting is important for either class. Both are able to buff themselves very well.
While full BAB would be nice, it would be too powerful on either of those classes if it also advanced most of their other class features.
Yeah, you're not going to find anything that is full BAB and advances spell casting completely.
And advancing spellcasting is important for either class. Both are able to buff themselves very well.
While full BAB would be nice, it would be too powerful on either of those classes if it also advanced most of their other class features.
Yeah, I was looking for full BAB at the expense of sacrificing spellcasting: "sacrificing some spellcasting for martial power", basically, I was wondering if there was a full-BAB prestige class that had low progression to balance it out. I'm not sure how low prestige classes that give progression go, but I was expecting there to be a nice selection of prestige classes with alternating levels (5/10 progression) or similar.
Heh, using that as an example, I'd wouldnt say gaining +3 attack bonus at the expense of losing 5 levels of spellcasting and 10 levels of their class features was "too powerful". That's why I was expecting there to at least be one or two options for it or something similar. As underwhelming as such options could potentially be, that's often the nature of prestige classes and I was curious to see if they came with any flavorful utility or social benefits.
The prestige suggestions so far seem pretty good, so i'll have a nose through them, while I do, have any full BAB options that grant at least 1 level of casting been missed?
Found the Skyseeker Prestige class that does the job, heavy in dwarf flavor, but does the job.
Looks like Holy Vindicator, Scar Seeker and Skyseeker are all there is, or at least all that I can find.
Edit: Overlooked requiring favored enemy class feature for Skyseeker, still technically ticks the right boxes, but awkward.
Hinterlander! So that the Warpriest (or Inquisitor) can use Erastil’s Blessing and still get Manyshot without needing unnecessary high Dex.
Hellknight Signifier keeps inquisition, domains, and mystery power progressing with class levels. Doesn't grant you new abilities, but keeps them at character level. You get full spell progression but only 3/4 BAB
For a VERY specific kind of Inquisitor. rolling something like Gunslinger 5/Inquisitor 1/Shield Marshal 10/Inquisitor 4 is decent.
You have Deeds as a 10th level Gunslinger, a bevy of new Judgment options that stack with the Inquisitor's, an INSANE Initiative modifier, and a solid BaB.
With Trench Fighter instead, you get a few extra Feats, two more Inquisitor levels, and less Deeds.
Overall, I wouldn't fixate on BAB for martial ability. 3/4 BAB buffing classes use spells and features to strengthen their combat ability, and Prestige Classes that work with them generally do the same. Dawnflower Anchorite is one that could be very strong by character level 10, with the right build. Living Monolith can keep almost all casting and can swift-action Righteous Might by character level 11.
If you really want to trade off a handful of spell levels for some BAB and martial ability, I'd multiclass with a martial class that grants good features in the first few levels, like Weapon Master Fighter or Scarred Rager Barbarian or whatever.
Living Monolith can keep almost all casting and can swift-action Righteous Might by character level 11.
I thought spellcasting was Ib exclusive and Greater Ka was Ka exclusive?
Hinterlander! So that the Warpriest (or Inquisitor) can use Erastil’s Blessing and still get Manyshot without needing unnecessary high Dex.
People keep suggesting Hinterlander, but on the srd it only has 3/4 BAB, is that an error?
Edit: Just checked, no error unless there's multiple hinterlander prestige classes, i'm assuming people are suggesting it because it's pretty good option for a prestige class.
Living Monolith can keep almost all casting and can swift-action Righteous Might by character level 11.I thought spellcasting was Ib exclusive and Greater Ka was Ka exclusive?
You are correct. I missed that when they changed Monolith to Ib/Ka. I usually consider Monolith for a one-level dip anyhow, since their Enlarge Person is based on character level.