Thanks folks who have read, played, and run this for helping me with a spoiler-free question.
I have a chance to be a player in Carrion Crown. I’m looking at the Occultist with the Haunt Collector archetype.
It’s super flavorful in a way that sounds relevant to this AP! But. The archetype gives up class features in exchange for things that specifically deal with haunts. I’m just worried since the AP determines how many haunts there are that I’ll end up trading out a class feature I could use constantly for a cool scene that happens a few times.
The first book is called Haunting of Harrowstone, so that sounds promising. But does it drop off?
I guess flip side question too. Would having a PC never surprised by haunts and able to easily ask them questions and negate them ruin the fun too much?
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It's an interesting choice for this AP, but it does drop sharply after the first book and picks up again somewhat at the end during book 6, to answer your first question. That said, having the Medium's haunt channeling ability is a boon to survival in book 1.
I'm not too familiar with the occult book classes beyond skimming through when I got the PDF, but I think it's a cool concept overall with an archetype that can give you some of two Occult classes.
Unfortunately, it's also a diminishing investment, compared to the much more effective Medium (able to act during the haunt's surprise round is amazing), Psychic (Will of the Dead makes this class king of the Occult classes in this AP), or to a lesser extent, Spiritualist (needs the right DM and planning but could be huge).
In a similar situation, I have a player in the CC game I'm running with a Witch. It's thematically super cool when thinking about the supernatural aspects of CC. The problem is that it's been nearly useless when fighting undead.
With the exception of a single hex that works, all the remaining hexes and most of the spell list of the class don't do much vs. Undead. While the AP isn't entirely comprised of undead, a large part of it is. There are also other creatures immune to the mind affecting abilities of the Witch without getting specific and entering spoiler terrain.
He wants to switch to Cleric this week before we begin book 2 in two weeks.