I'm trying to figure out what gear I should buy or upgrade for my hunter and her boar companion/mount. My character is Hunter 7 / Unchained Rogue 2 Halfling and Dex-based Melee with a build based on flanking and AoOs. Her Dex has reached the Max of her armor.
Here is what I have so far:
+1 Cold Iron Scimitar with Frost and Keen
+3 Chain Coat (You can add multiple energy resistances, right? We fight a lot of dragons.)
Alchemical Silver Kunai (Backup to get around DR.)
Darkwood Buckler
Muleback Cords of Resistance
Headband of Vast Intelligence
Vambraces of Defense
+2 Amulet of Natural Armor
+2 Belt of Physical Might (boosting Str and Con)
Ring of Sustenance
The boar has:
Chain Coat
+2 Tusk Blades
Ione Stone of Dex
Wings of Flying
I double-checked and I can give my boar items for these slots: Belt, Chest, Eyes, Feet, Head, and Headband. I forgot to put in that he also has a Cloak of Resistance.
How much gold do you have to spend?
And what's your stat lineup? You're claiming to be dex-based while boosting Str and haven't gotten your 3rd UnRogue level for Dex-to-Damage yet.
I'd try to upgrade that buckler as soon as possible, since it applies the AC bonus in all ways Natural Armor does, but at half cost.
400k. We did a bunch of side quests that earned a lot of gold and I haven't really been spending it so it built up.
14 Str, 20 Dex, 18 Con, 13 Int, 18 Wis, 14 Cha. (Stats were rolled.)
Since my Chain Coat's Max Dex is 5, which I already had, I figured I might as well put the belt's stat increase into Str to increase my carrying a little bit and add a bit of damage to my Composite Longbow's attack when I can't reach an opponent with melee. And I needed the Con boost since my HP rolls were a little low. I have the feat Dervish Dance to get Dex to Damage for my Scimitar. (I straight classed Hunter for the first 6 levels.)
I did find a nice item for my boar - Horseshoes of Speed. It'll boost his land speed by 30, which is great for dungeons and other places he won't be able to fly in.
400k. We did a bunch of side quests that earned a lot of gold and I haven't really been spending it so it built up.
14 Str, 20 Dex, 18 Con, 13 Int, 18 Wis, 14 Cha. (Stats were rolled.)
Since my Chain Coat's Max Dex is 5, which I already had, I figured I might as well put the belt's stat increase into Str /.../
Your Chain Coat's Max Dex is only applied to your AC, not any other use of your dexterity. So it's recommended to keep raising your Dexterity as that's a bonus to Attack, Damage, Reflex saves, Initiative and many skills.
But if you've hit your Max Dex, you should probably switch armor. A Celestial Armor has a Max Dex of +8, and 2 more armor than a Chain Coat. If you buy that one, you'll keep getting more Dex-to-AC when you upgrade your Dexterity with belts.
As you have a ridiculous amount of gold, I'd recommend you to buy a belt of Physical Might (Dex, Con) +6.
And if you want a back-up range weapon, you could buy a +1 Training, Composite Longbow. The Training enchantment will give you one feat, and you'll chose Deadly Aim to deal more damage at range.
Also, if you upgrade your Weapon to at least +3, then it will count as Silver for overcoming damage reduction. So do so. You can afford to upgrade your Scimitar to +5, which would mean it counts as Silver, Cold Iron, Adamantine and any Alignment for overcoming DR.
But yeah, it's high time you upgraded some of the cheaper big six items. Both you and your Boar should have a Cloak of Resistance +5 with that amount of cash, and you can invest into Magic Armor for your Boar.
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There are a few non-Big-6 items you could be interested in.
Ring of Tactical Precision - Share a Teamwork Feat with an ally
Could be useful depending on your build to give a feat to another player.
First Aid Gloves - Bring an ally back from the dead if they died within a round.
Very useful if your healer is the one who dies during combat, or they can't waste spells to revive your mount.
Scrolls and Wands - For buffing or saving you when everything goes south.
Celestial Armor? I don't see any armor called that. And I didn't know that the Max Dex only applied to AC.
The ring text says that I would have to wear the ring for an hour and then give it to another player. And everyone else has two rings already. If there was an item that lets you share a feat while wearing the item yourself, then that would be worth it.
Those Gloves might be useful.
Celestial Armor is a specific magical armor, that acts as a Chainmail with +8 max dex. You could also have bought a chain coat made of the special material Mithral to raise the Max Dex and lower the armor check penalty.
And the ring can still be used for its other application. Increasing every numerical bonus granted by a teamwork feat by +1. If you have Outflank and Paired Opportunist (which you should have), then the ring would give you +2 to Attack on your Attack of Opportunities.
Also, the Hand of the Mage wondrous item would allow you to let your Boar wear a ring instead of an Amulet. Since Animal Companions have their own feats, you could let your Boar pick one teamwork feat you don't have, then give it to yourself with a Ring of Tactical Precision.
Ah, ok. And I can enhance the armor further, right?
I will consider the Hand and the Ring.
It's a bit of a gray zone, since we don't know if the ability to fly is a bonus equivalent ability, or has a base cost such as the Shadow property. You'd have to ask your GM what they think, but I've always treated it as an armor with a +3 total bonus.
Otherwise, you could buy a mithral Chain Coat to raise your Max Dex to 7, lower your ACP to 0, and movement penalty to 0.
I could do that.
Is there a way to increase Max Dex other than Mithral?
Do you mean in addition to having Mithral armor, or in place of Mithral?
Because there are other Special Materials that raise your Max Dex, but Mithral is without a doubt the best.
Fighters have the option to raise the Max Dex of their armor, but I'd not recommend you to start multiclassing into fighter.
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Celestial Armor is the best option possible for you, since you won't get more than 26 Dex until you start getting inherent bonuses from wish spells.
Celestial Armor:
6 Armor, 8 Dex
Mithral Chain Coat:
4 Armor, 7 Dex
Talk with your GM how he would rule the upgrade cost of Celestial armor. Even if he rules it as a +4 total enhancement, it would still be cheaper AC than upgrading a Mithral Chain Coat.
Ok. I'll see what my GM has to say about it.
You're level 7 and you have 400k? O.o That's about how much wealth you should have by level 17.
You should get an Amulet of Mighty Fists +1-5 and give it to your boar
No, I multiclassed. I had 7 levels of Hunter and 2 of Unchained Rogue. And we just made level 10 last week. Took another level of Hunter.
My GM dropped an item for my boar the other day in the monster loot. It's a homebrew item than takes up the neck slot and turns him into a Dire Boar for 5 rounds a day. It's very nice.
Plus, he already has Tusk Blades. Those enhance his Gore attack and give it the Slashing damage type.
Ok, so we got a little downtime and I bought the first part of my spending spree. I'm limited by said downtime so I can't buy everything I want, but I got a few things.
For my boar: Keen for his Tusk Blades, Belt of Physical Might boosting Str and Con, Horseshoes of Speed, Energy Resistance for his armor, and Legband of Sustenance. The last one isn't an official item, but the GM said it was ok.
For my hunter: Ioune Stone of Wisdom, +2 to her buckler, Energy Resistance for her armor, and Ring of Sustenance.
I realized I made a mistake earlier. Hand of the Mage was not the name of the wondrous item I was talking about, but Hand of Glory.
I see. Kind of creepy.