Hi, I'd like to get some advice. About at january or so, I'll should start a campaign. Homebrew setting, 20 pb, only humans, all official material from pf, 1st level start. Ok, now, we'll have an hunter, a skald and a melee medium (mainly champion spirit). So, we're in a norse-like setting, we'll start in a really vast territory with an almost forever lasting winter (maybe we'll find some other terrain later on). As that, we're decided to go a bit "brutal". The setting practically paryed me for the oracle. And I'll go that route. But now the problem. I always played support caster, and I'm not comfortable with the melee type. I still want to do support, and cast things, but a bit of melee could be funny in this settings.
I'd like to go with the spirit guide oracle, and I'm oriented toward the nature's mistery (natural divination seems soooooo fitty). And, obviously, the nature's whisper revelation is so good to bring down the mad - the gm allow me to take noble scion of war, so I don't need to worry too much about dex. So, I need some advice on the build. there's some chance that in the late game I could stay out of melee. So, suggestions?
I know this isn't exactly what you are looking for, but...
Build this guy to be a front-liner, and worked as intended, but you could easily use this to support your group as a healer/additional combatant.
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2un3f?The-Oracle-of-Battle-The-Prophet-of-Rage- Is#1
There's the reach cleric type. Use a longspear, buff yourself, try to get AoOs to make use of the buffs as long as you're casting as a standard action. If you dump dex hard this isn't as good due to not getting extra AoOs from the combat reflexes feat but it still works for the first few levels. Later on you concentrate just on casting spells.
Hmmmm. Interesting suggestions. I'm trying to figure out something reliable.
FYI, I reverted opn supporter type. It's more in my style of play. I can't use a melee full caster, every cell in my body refuse to do that :P
If I ever going to do melee caster I'll take a warpriest instead. Thanks all for the support, anyway.
Oh, and just to add coolness, gm let me to get a yak companion :)
You can still use a longspear and do support. One AoO is better than no AoOs! :-D
It sounds like the whole party will be 3/4 BAB-types, so being a flank buddy while doing support stuff might be vital. You can still threaten while casting or whatever, right?
2 animal companions in the party are going to be useful too!