Okay, so I've been sticking with 1E for awhile now, but recently I decided to dip my toes into 2E.
I have not bought any books yet but I used aonprd as a resource.
Anyways, this is the outline for a PC I came up with, please let me know what you think.
Class: Aberrant Sorcerer
Ancestry: Human (Changeling Versatile Heritage)
Background: Cook
Starting Feats: Seasoned (Background Feat)Veil May (Ancestry Feat), Lie to Me (from Veil May)
I intend to use the skill increases to get Cooking Lore and Society up to Legendary, Occultism up to Master, and Deception up to Expert, and to pick up the Disturbing Knowledge, Legendary Linguist, and Legendary Professional feats among numerous others associated with these skills.
For Ancestry feats, I plan on going with Mist Child and Invoke the Elements, then using the 13th Level and 17th Level Ancestry feats to grab Advanced General Training for skillmonkeying.
For sorcerer feats, I'm definitely planning on picking out the Ancestral Blood Magic, Crossblooded Evolution, Ancestral Mage, Spell Shroud for the combo with Mist Child, and the Greater Crossblooded Evolution feats.
Am I doing it right or did I really mess up somehow?
P.S. I know the Hag Bloodline is a thing. Not going with it was deliberate.
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Don't use skill increases for cooking lore. Instead, use the Additional Lore feat. Technically it can't level your background lore to legendary, but most GMs will let it. And if not you can pick something more specific based on your vision of the character, like Gourmet Lore or Cannibalism Lore.
Also,if you're primarily interested in intelligence based skills, and playing a changeling... I wonder if you should be a witch. It is generally regarded as weaker than the sorcerer, and I've found your GM's stance on familiars scouting can be important... But it fits pretty well here.
Don't use skill increases for cooking lore. Instead, use the Additional Lore feat. Technically it can't level your background lore to legendary, but most GMs will let it. And if not you can pick something more specific based on your vision of the character, like Gourmet Lore or Cannibalism Lore.
Okay so I really appreciate the recommendations, especially since I'd already flagged Additional Lore as a feat I was interested in, but Cannibalism Lore?
I guess it's my fault for describing the mechanics of the character instead of what she's like as an individual, but I just find this incredibly funny.
She's an avid seeker of forbidden knowledge, but she's also Lawful Good and I think she'll pass on learning to serve other sentient beings as dishes.
Don't use skill increases for cooking lore. Instead, use the Additional Lore feat. Technically it can't level your background lore to legendary, but most GMs will let it. And if not you can pick something more specific based on your vision of the character, like Gourmet Lore or Cannibalism Lore.Okay so I really appreciate the recommendations, especially since I'd already flagged Additional Lore as a feat I was interested in, but Cannibalism Lore?
I guess it's my fault for describing the mechanics of the character instead of what she's like as an individual, but I just find this incredibly funny.
She's an avid seeker of forbidden knowledge, but she's also Lawful Good and I think she'll pass on learning to serve other sentient beings as dishes.
I dunno, I had very little to go off. I figured Gourmet Lore was more likely but witches eating people in their cauldron is a thing.
I can’t help with optimization too much cause I’m a bit of a newb but concept wise it seems really cool!
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TLDR; a functional build, but short on key details.
What spells are you interested in taking? That's the most important choice for a caster. Why do you want the occult list?
You chose Mist Child at L5 to complement Spell Shroud at L14. How will you get concealment before L14, or will you not use Mist Child until then?
You're a CHA caster, but you go up to expert in only one single CHA skill, Deception. OTOH, you really seem to like Society, Occultism, and Lore, which are INT-based. Would you be happier with an INT-based occult caster, like psychic or witch?
Also, what are your ability scores? Any CHA caster with solid INT may be MAD.
As others alluded to, skill increases are relatively rare. Up until 11th level you generally will only have two skills you can choose for skill increases. Pick them wisely and be sure to look ahead for what skill feats you will be wanting.
There are some archetypes that give skill increases, but we can ignore that for now.
Trained skills are much more accessible. I do recommend everyone take Acrobatics and Athletics skills just because they come up so much. It is alright if you don’t use any skill increases on them, but not having them trained can really be an issue.
Occult spelllist gives you access to some really good spells. Might want to think about which ones you are looking to take. At 1st level the most powerful spell is generally considered Magic Weapon assuming you cast it on the group’s martial character.
Good luck with your character!
TLDR; a functional build, but short on key details.
What spells are you interested in taking? That's the most important choice for a caster. Why do you want the occult list?
You chose Mist Child at L5 to complement Spell Shroud at L14. How will you get concealment before L14, or will you not use Mist Child until then?
You're a CHA caster, but you go up to expert in only one single CHA skill, Deception. OTOH, you really seem to like Society, Occultism, and Lore, which are INT-based. Would you be happier with an INT-based occult caster, like psychic or witch?
Also, what are your ability scores? Any CHA caster with solid INT may be MAD.
Invoke the Elements also grants concealment and I'm thinking of grabbing Obscuring Mist at an early level then swapping it out later
Also I wouldn't be happier with a psychic or a witch because her class is kind of important for the broader theme I'm sort of going for.
Obscuring Mist isn't on the occult list, so the earliest you can take it is through Crossblooded Evolution at L8.
Since it's important to be a sorcerer, I'd put skill ranks into some CHA based skills to use your high CHA, but it's not necessary.
Dammit you're right
Im gonna have to figure something else out
Can I suggest the horn of fog?
Yes! Thank you!