This is a new and flavourful build on a blaster type of character. This is NOT the most effective blaster out there. If you want that, go see the school savant/energy admixture school threads. This is for some fun and flavour.
I'm running a CotCT campaign using the new updated version (awesome job btw paizo!), and I figured I should use the chronicles to create a harrow deck type of character. I also had my EotT pc credit that had to go somewhere so I thought this would be it. So what would do people think?
Casamir
Human (Varisian) Harrowed Student (from Occult Origins)
Str 8
Dex 12
Con 14
Int 20 (+2 for human, +2 from EotT)
Wis 10
Cha 14
1st lvl Feats Harrower/Spell Focus (Evocation)
Traits Harrowed Born/Magical Lineage (Lightning Bolt ((why? Everybody does fireball or magic missile))
Skills
Craft (Harrow Deck)
Knowledge (Arcana)
Linguistics
Use Magic Device
Perform (Switch to Fly at 6th)
Perception
Diplomacy
Appraise
Feats
3rd Varisian Tattoo (evocation)
5th Improved Familiar
7th Toppling spell
9th Spell Penetration
11th Improved Initative
Exploits
3rd Potent Spells
5th Familiar
Levels 1-5 Harrow Student, Levels 6+ Harrower
I will be taking a pseudodragon Familiar with the sage archetype for helping me with knowledge skills. So this is PFS legal, i feel it has a lot of flavour, and should still be effective. Any thoughts?
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I think you must've spam-clicked the create thread button, because there are 5 of these.
One of them doesn't have (evocation) after the tattoo feat, but that appears to be the only difference.
I think it's too late to delete the replicas.
As a note: any time a harrow deck is used by a feat or class feature, you must have an actual harrow deck. Regular cards or dice rolls are not acceptable substitutes for PFS.
I assume that 1st level feat is Harrowed. Harrower is a prestige class.
Toppling spell is a nice use of MM with magical lineage, though it's more control than blasty. Fireball is so frequently used with magical lineage because that spell gets the most mileage out of metamagic for its level.
Pseudodragon requires 7th level arcane caster. Also I think you'd have to have 7 levels in arcanist before getting it; I don't think harrower advancing your spellcasting meets the prereq for improved familiar, but I'm really not sure on that one.
If you desired it, you could dump charisma further. Most arcanists keep it a bit higher for exploits, but none of your chosen expoits require charisma.
I love the harrow and wished that more of the archtypes and such that employ it were stronger.
I think you must've spam-clicked the create thread button, because there are 5 of these.
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One of them doesn't have (evocation) after the tattoo feat, but that appears to be the only difference.
I think it's too late to delete the replicas.
As a note: any time a harrow deck is used by a feat or class feature, you must have an actual harrow deck. Regular cards or dice rolls are not acceptable substitutes for PFS.I assume that 1st level feat is Harrowed. Harrower is a prestige class.
Toppling spell is a nice use of MM with magical lineage, though it's more control than blasty. Fireball is so frequently used with magical lineage because that spell gets the most mileage out of metamagic for its level.
Pseudodragon requires 7th level arcane caster. Also I think you'd have to have 7 levels in arcanist before getting it; I don't think harrower advancing your spellcasting meets the prereq for improved familiar, but I'm really not sure on that one.
If you desired it, you could dump charisma further. Most arcanists keep it a bit higher for exploits, but none of your chosen expoits require charisma.
I love the harrow and wished that more of the archtypes and such that employ it were stronger.
Sorry about the multiple posts. I clicked post and then I got the Goblin screen of death. Tried to delete the other posts but it's not letting me
I do have an actual harrow deck.
You are correct. Harrowed is my feat.
Normally you are correct about the pseudodragon but there is a scenario out there, which shall remain nameless, where you can pick it up at lvl 5.
Somebody said I could dump str too. I'll play with the numbers and see What I can come up with.
I agree about the harrow deck not having more. More feats and archetypes needed. Personally would love to see a Harrow Pally that when they smite, the target becomes affected by ill omen.
Thanks for the insight.