Lately I've been intrigued by the Druid archetype Swarm Monger. I was wondering if there is a thematically similar archetype for an arcane caster? I'm more interested in the theme than a direct match in mechanics. Any wizards/sorcerers/others out there that focus on summoning (or becoming) swarms?
Thanks!
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There's the Putrefactor witch archetype.
Otherwise, you're probably looking at either a transmuter or conjurer/summoner specialist type caster depending if you want to be the swarm or simply create/control swarms.
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There's the Putrefactor witch archetype.
That archetype is all kinds of sick and wrong...
...and I'm definitely using it if and when my players' characters cross paths with the cult of my world's Demon Lord of Vermin.
Alchemists can vomit swarms and acquire insect-themed body mods via their mutagens or extracts. Not exactly arcane but maybe close enough.
I think LordKailas hits the nail on the head with the Putrefactor witch archetype. The witch also gets a number of swarm themed spells such as Summon Swarm, Vomit Swarm, Whip of Spiders/Centipedes/Ants, Cape of Wasps and Swarm Skin; with the Rot patron they can get the Creeping Doom spell.
There is also the pestilence bloodline for sorcerers.
Thanks for the replies. I hadn’t read the putrefactor before. Very cool witch theme, but it’s a bit too much for a PC to me (at least in a good aligned campaign). The pestilence bloodline provides some of the tools, but I wasn’t really going for disease as a theme. I had more in mind the seer who summons a murder of crows rather than a disease-ridden hag who is infested with rot and centipedes.
I guess I can just do the conjuration specialist who focuses on swarms. I love the feature of the swarm monger that allows the familiar to turn into a rat swarm. I wish there was an arcane caster analog.