i have been playing bloodborne recently as a arcane build and after reaching the true ending i have become interested the concept of a character who instead of the typical fear and panic attack feels admiration towards eldritch being and wants to ascend into becoming one of then
so basically i was wondering if i can make a character similar to my "good hunter" in pathfinder second edition any ideas?
Probably an Aberrant Sorcerer or Cosmos Oracle, or a martial multiclassed into one of those things if you want to feel more like the hunter.
(Also, psst, if you're interested, I homebrewed all of Bloodborne's trick weapons into PF2.
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Sure. Aberrant Sorcerers are already part abomination, but any class using Occult Spellcasting works pretty well for this.
Bard is your best bet mechanically, just because it's the strongest Occult caster, and works fine thematically, too, but any Occult Caster works, as Occult magic is the magic for this concept.
If you want to do something more martial, I'd go Barbarian personally, probably Animal Instinct, and describe your natural attacks in aberration-y terms, but it's a bit of a kludge. I'd honestly go with a spellcaster of some sort.
Witch could work if your character wants to learn mind-bending magic directly from the abomination that they admire. Plus you could describe your familiar as a mass of tentacles in an almost bird-like shape, or something like that.
How insane are we talking here?
Because honestly this kind of character can quickly cross the line into annoying for other players to be with at the table.
In terms of class, something with casting seems the best bet as it it will require some sort of magic/ritual to achieve such an end.
Perhaps a bard with the ritualist archetype. I'm not sure how effective you would be, but I think that has the right feel.
i guess a aberrant sorcerer with the mutation feat could technically become a aberration in a sense (the sub-type) it also fits the theme of becoming a aberration by drinking the blood of a elder god that plus cosmos oracles archetype to mimic the insight could make a good hunter character
lore mystery could also work since the brain drain spell sounds like that thing the brain suckers do to steal insight
i am used to play a choir character so the divine healing would fit mimicking the bell effect
since the choir used to venerate Ebrietas is there anything like her in golarion any non-evil outer deity available to pcs?
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since the choir used to venerate Ebrietas is there anything like her in golarion any non-evil outer deity available to pcs?
Both Azathoth and Yog-Sothoth are CN, though they don't allow CG worshipers (they do allow CN ones, though).
I don't think either is PFS legal, but they're otherwise valid choices.
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There is the oozmorph archetype from the Slithering.
Yog-Sothoth does sound like a good option he kind of reminds me of mergo a lore oracle could gain his spells via divine access i guess that could be a way to be connected to a deity without direct worship
bards do indeed seem to be the superior occult caster but they have a lot of focus on performance and music i could see that as being a nod to Azathoth and his obsession with music
oozmorph is interesting i wonder if it would be possible to mix oozmorph and golem grafter how would the melting skin interact with the hardened one
yeah now that you say i do notice the parallel with the invisible children