Arcanist character build


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Race: Half-Elf,
Alert for Betrayal replacing Adaptability,
Blended View replacing Multitalented

Class: Arcanist: Blood Arcanist Archetype: Phoenix Bloodline

25pt buy: My motivations
Str: (0)10
Dex: (5)14 (for AC & Reflex Save)
Con: (5)14 (for HP & Fortitude Save)
Int: (12)17 (For spellcasting)
Wis: (0)10
Cha: (3)13 (Prereq for Evolved Familiar)
(Edit: fixed Int & Cha)

Traits:
(Magic) Magical Lineage: Acid Splash
(Combat) Reactionary

L1 Exploit: Bloodline Development: Arcane: gain a Familiar.

Feats:
L1: Elemental Spell: Fire
L3: Improved Familiar: Tidepool Dragon w/ Mauler Archetype.
L5: Evolved Familiar: Improved Natural Armor
L7: Nature Soul
L9: Animal Ally: Wolf
L11: Boon Companion
L13: Evolved Companion: Improved Natural Armor

Hopefully between the two they should be able to do something in combat.

Acid Splash + Elemental Spell: Fire + Magical Lineage + Phoenix Bloodline Arcana = heal 1d3/2 hp as a cantrip for healing after combat.


What option is letting you use charisma as a casting stat?


Melkiador wrote:
What option is letting you use charisma as a casting stat?

Whoops! I'd been looking at the Sorcerer, then decided I liked the Arcanist better, and forgot to swap the stats around. I just fixed it.

Note: the other Exploits and Feats I haven't filled in aren't related to what I wanted to ask about. I'm trying to see if a Familiar + a Companion will be viable, or if I'd be better off using those feats for metamagic.

If I understood the rules correctly, the fire-swapped acid splash with the Phoenix Bloodline should help keep both the familiar and companion healthy, as long as they survive the combat.


A tidepool dragon isn't a valid improved faniliar until 7th level. Mauler isn't a valid archetype for an improved familiar ever.

Spending two feats for improved natural armor feels wrong, there should be something else better you can do with two feats to improve the familiar & companion's survivability.


I see two technical errors:

You give up your exploits at level 1, 3, 9, and 15 and magical supremacy [build shows an exploit at level 1].

The phoenix bloodline archtype forbids taking the bloodline development exploit [build shows the bloodline development exploit at level 1].

These can both be fixed by taking a feat at level 1 for extra exploit or waiting to level 5 and taking the familiar exploit. Then resequence your feats.


With the corrections I believe I can still have both the Tidepool Dragon and the Wolf by L10. I'd welcome any ideas on improving their survivability.

Where's the rule that Improved Familiars can't have the Mauler Archetype. I think I've read that somewhere before, but I can't place it.

-Thanks all!


Mauler replaces speak with animals of their kind, improved familiars don't get that ability & so can't replace it. I'd have to do some digging to find the exact quotes but I'm 100% sure of it.

Improved share spells lets you cast a buff on yourself and one of your pets at the same time; highly useful for mirror image or similar. Ask your GM whether this or something similar could be used to buff both pets at once, but even as written it's worth getting.

Quicken spell is useful for getting buffs out in a hurry, with or without improved share spells.

Encouraging spell can increase morale bonuses your spells grant. Heroism or contagious zeal are the obvious spells to use this with.

A crafting feat would help you afford defensive gear for your pets.


I really don't understand this build is a life magic build or a familiar build, for familiar build I will go better whit the brown fur archetype this way in lv 9 you can use beast form in your familiar


Zepheri wrote:
I really don't understand this build is a life magic build or a familiar build, for familiar build I will go better whit the brown fur archetype this way in lv 9 you can use beast form in your familiar

pretty much everyone can beast shape their familiars starting at level 5 or 6.


Zepheri wrote:
I really don't understand this build is a life magic build or a familiar build, for familiar build I will go better whit the brown fur archetype this way in lv 9 you can use beast form in your familiar

What do you mean by "life magic" build?

My experience is mostly with Clerics and Oracles as a healer, so this is my attempt to ease into Sorcerer with a Bloodline that still allows some healing. I've never had a Familiar or Animal Companion before, so I was trying to work them both into a build.

The Brown Fur Arcanist is interesting, though it would mean losing the healing potential of the Phoenix Bloodline Arcanist. I'll keep that option in mind.

What do you think of having a Figment Familiar with the Phoenix Bloodline Arcanist, so I can re-spawn it every day and heal it up for free, regardless of what happens to it. Maybe have it be a Raven with a wand of Cure Light Wounds, so I can benefit from it during combat without losing an action?

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