| theincrediblecuh |
Played DnD5e - new to pf2e. Settled on Sparkling Targe Magus. I liked the idea of "dilemma tanking" via the threat of absurd burst damage. Seems I picked a pretty complicated idea/class to start the game with. Committed at this point - so just interested in making the idea work as optimally as possible. We're playing free archetype, and ancestral paragon. Kingmaker campaign (1-20)
Character is an elf or half elf. Not a fan of beastmaster or champion archetypes for this flavor wise. Psychic interests me the most because I see Imaginary Weapon spellstrike as my "taunt" in a way. I'd also be open to investigator, guardian, bastion, sentry. In fact if I do go psychic i suspect I still add bastion or sentry later regardless.
Is heavy armor necessary? Is it ok to just get it from the armor proficiency feat or is not being able to have mastery of it at later levels a big issue? As an elf - would going nimble elf + fortress shield help make up for the lack of heavy armor potentially, then supplementing psychic with bastion later? Guardian free archetype has potential, but I feel like having an outright taunt sort of ruins the whole idea of damage being the dilemma presented.
Anyway just looking to get some thoughts on this. I'm using pathbuilder and I'm finding the layers of all the different places my spells are coming from to be a bit confusing, but if i take the Psychic dedication, i think there's a fair few ways for me to cheat on action economy, get truestrikes, extra movement, etc. to make it work. Let me know what you think