Advice on building a tribal war painter skald?


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Silver Crusade

So i kinda got hit with this idea after seeing how it works, the general idea would be to have a character who practices a more primitive form of magic via body paint that would empower them and allow them to do things they would normally be unable to.

This character would likely gravitate towards weapons befitting the tribal asthetic, so clubs, spears, dagger, handaxes, etc

So I'm thinking this character would be a thrown weapon switch hitter as they would likely use spears at close range and throw them when they get the chance, Meaning furious Draw and furious barrage would basically be required. But outside of that...I'm drawing a hard blank.

Any help would be appreciated.


You will want Craft Wondrous Item so you can craft and use these:
Shoanti War Paint
Sorcerous Pigments

Magic Trick: Prestidigitation and 3 ranks in Disguise allows you to permenantly change the color of things.

Worshipping Shelyn seems appropriate, but definitely isn't required.


You might be able to make use of Belkzen War Drummer in combination with Sunsinger Skald archetypes. You could even work throwing clubs into your routine, since you won't need to take Furious Draw as a rage power and could just nab Rapid Shot (or two-weapon fighting instead) as a feat.

Silver Crusade

DeathlessOne wrote:
You might be able to make use of Belkzen War Drummer in combination with Sunsinger Skald archetypes. You could even work throwing clubs into your routine, since you won't need to take Furious Draw as a rage power and could just nab Rapid Shot (or two-weapon fighting instead) as a feat.

Sunsinger requires you to worship saranrae, and i'd rather not be bogged down to any singular deity. Besides war drummer doesnt' stack with warpainter and im deadset on using that archtype.


Ah, my bad. I thought the war painter was flavor text and not an actual archetype.


You said you might be interested in using thrown weapons?

Now, I'm not saying you should do this, but I want you to know that it IS an option for anyone with access to Rage Powers...

You can make two throw weapon attacks as part of the same charge if you have the Hurling Charge Rage Power, and the Charging Hurler feat. And if you have Rhino Charge, you can ready a charge as a standard action. So you can move your full speed, then ready a charge... and this charge gives you two thrown weapon attacks, with more movement.

Such shenanigans definitely comes at a cost, though. To get Hurling Charge, you need Lesser Hurling. And to get Charging Hurler you need Point Blank Shot. To get Rhino Charge, you need Power Attack and Improved Bull Rush.

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