Good thing this is in the pF1 forum, 'cause if I had to go by every edition of every game system I've played.... people would die of old age getting through the reasoning.
And even with that necking down to one edition of one game... I've tried just about everything.
That said, my favored go-tos seem to be:
Slayer/Skirmisher Ranger- These are similar enough (when I play them) that I stick them under one heading. My slayers tend to be very ranger-y, unless the campaign is very urban in its focus, and even then, they tend to be the sorts of gusy who hang out where no one else does.
Oracles- While I've had plenty of fun with clerics, Oracles let me get my "nebulous divine powers with an unclear source" on.
Alchemical Sappers- For when I just want to blow things up. I hate mutagen, and extracts always felt like a JV potion supply, so so this archetype gave up nothing I valued while preserving everything I enjoyed about the class.
By hybrid classes, you mean the classes from the Advanced Class Guide, correct?
My favorite classes and the ones I gravitate towards the most are those that let me have an animal companion or a familiar. I like to mainly play support but I do like having a few extra options available to blast.
I would say I like the shaman (life) and the arcanist the most. With the oracle (life, nature, lunar) as my third favorite class.
Okay, you are talking about the "mid-casters".
Okay, you are talking about the "mid-casters".
People have different terms they use for subject. I've heard three-quarter casters, and 6th level caster as well.
They happen to be my favorite classes, as well. Although, I'm not a huge fan of the alchemist 'casting'. Just a personal preference.
Okay, you are talking about the "mid-casters".People have different terms they use for subject. I've heard three-quarter casters, and 6th level caster as well.
They happen to be my favorite classes, as well. Although, I'm not a huge fan of the alchemist 'casting'. Just a personal preference.
Yeah I think this is Paizo's real sweet-spot.
I love Alchemist "casting", it can give a martial feel with caster flexibility.
The hybrid/mid level classes are fun but I have always found that the full casters, full martials, and weirder stuff is more fun. And by weird stuff I would be talking about the kineticist, the only class that is completely spell-like/supernatural ability focused class. Would have liked more of those.
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The hybrid/mid level classes are fun but I have always found that the full casters, full martials, and weirder stuff is more fun. And by weird stuff I would be talking about the kineticist, the only class that is completely spell-like/supernatural ability focused class. Would have liked more of those.
I definitely like the idea of more classes that don't use a spell list, and yet do have some sort of supernatural / magical power, like the kineticist or the shifter.
Variations on the witch that went all-in on hexes, at the expense of no longer having spells, or a cleric variant that developed a plethora of new ways to channel energy (and more uses per day of same) instead of spells, could be funky. An oracle with just revelations, tons of them, or a bard with just bardic inspiration and masterpieces, no spells at all, could similarly be neat.
Yeah Set, you named a lot of examples I was actually thinking of;)
Variations on the witch that went all-in on hexes, at the expense of no longer having spells, or a cleric variant that developed a plethora of new ways to channel energy (and more uses per day of same) instead of spells, could be funky. An oracle with just revelations, tons of them, or a bard with just bardic inspiration and masterpieces, no spells at all, could similarly be neat.
Check out the Sylvan Trickster Rogue archetype for that witch-only-hexes feel.
Yeah I've always loved the Paladin because it feels like a non-caster with a lot of supernatural ways to affect the game. I'm totally ok with archetypes that lose spells as well.
It would have been nice to get more options to get a class ability from one class added to a another, especially hexes, bloodlines, oracle curses/revelations, lay on hands, channeling, kinetic blast/blade, etc.
You can get a curse on any class by dipping 1 level of Oracle. The curse scales (at 1/2 speed) with classes other than Oracle.
So if you go Oracle-1/SomethingElse-X you get:
Levels 1-8 (Oracle-1/SomethingElse-1-7) you have the 1st level curse.
Levels 9-18 (Oracle-1/SomethingElse-8-17) you have the 5the level curse.
Levels 19-20 (Oracle-1/SomethingElse-18-19) you have the 10th level curse.
You can get a curse on any class by dipping 1 level of Oracle. The curse scales (at 1/2 speed) with classes other than Oracle.
So if you go Oracle-1/SomethingElse-X you get:
Levels 1-8 (Oracle-1/SomethingElse-1-7) you have the 1st level curse.
Levels 9-18 (Oracle-1/SomethingElse-8-17) you have the 5the level curse.
Levels 19-20 (Oracle-1/SomethingElse-18-19) you have the 10th level curse.
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Wizards. There's just something about the vast utility of the class. I mean, between the myriad of scrolls, spells, and knowledge skills, you'd be hard-pressed to come up with a single problematic situation that a Wizard can't solve outright, or at least make it more manageable.
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I almost always multiclass, but I have a handful of go-to classes to accomplish different things. Usually what I'll do is base a build around a specific class I want to play, or specific abilities I want to use, and then multiclass into something to enhance plan A or fill in holes.
All that said, I tend to gravitate toward the 6th level casters most. Especially Warpriest and Skald.
I don't like multi-classing, archetypes tend to change things about a class I like, so I would have liked other options to get other class abilities/features to the class I want to play. I know there are a few feats that do, but usually they are weaker versions or they have some requirement issues.