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Is there a way to make this worth it?
« on: July 06, 2010, 04:00:55 AM »
So I've been looking through several old ideas I never completely fleshed out for a new campaign. I stumbled across the idea of adding:

Mystic Ranger 6 + Shooting Star sub. levels + Sword of the Arcane Order + Swiftblade 9 = ?

Mystic Ranger: More Spells, up to 5th
Shooting Star Sub. levels: More Spell Slots
Sword of the Arcane Order: Wizard Spells in Ranger Slots
Swiftblade: Haste Personified.

Feats Needed: Alertness, Favored of the Companions, Dodge, Mobility, Sword of the Arcane Order

Ideas:

Scout 3/ Swift Hunter/ Improved Skirmish?
Minor Shapeshift
Practiced Spellcaster?
Should I drop Swiftblade and go for a arcane Swift Hunter?

I don't know where to go with this. Any spell/feat/class suggestions?

Thanks.


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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2010, 05:28:36 PM »
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2010, 05:36:39 PM »
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Shooting Star sub. levels + Sword of the Arcane Order
IIRC these are mutually exclusive, as they both require you to give up the same thing (animal companion?).
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2010, 05:56:10 PM »
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Shooting Star sub. levels + Sword of the Arcane Order
IIRC these are mutually exclusive, as they both require you to give up the same thing (animal companion?).
Phaedrus, one is the sub level, and one is a feat.  It's exactly what you're planning to do in my pbp game.
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2010, 06:02:18 PM »
Mystic Ranger is the one that gives up the animal companion.  Anyway, Mystic Ranger 6/Swiftblade 9 is certainly a fun build.
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2010, 06:05:27 PM »
Okay.  Well, he can still do the Sword of the Arcane Order feat, which allows him to cast wiz spells from a spellbook.
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2010, 06:23:54 PM »
Mystic Ranger is the one that gives up the animal companion.  Anyway, Mystic Ranger 6/Swiftblade 9 is certainly a fun build.
I knew we found some problem with doing all three. I just forgot which two were incompatible. Yeah, I'm going Mystic Ranger + SotAO in KSBs game.
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2010, 04:02:00 AM »
Alright,well good luck with the build. Maybe tell me how it turns out for you. Also, what route are you going with the build? What are your plans for the rest of the levels?

I feel as though there isn't going to be much damage output by the build.

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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2010, 01:05:00 PM »
Alright,well good luck with the build. Maybe tell me how it turns out for you. Also, what route are you going with the build? What are your plans for the rest of the levels?

I feel as though there isn't going to be much damage output by the build.
Well, it's a gestalt character. So I'm going Binder on one side and Mystic Ranger on the other, with a Marshal dip thrown in to pick up Sword of the Arcane Order at 4th level (substituted for SF: Diplomacy, which I took at 1st) instead of having to wait till 6th. It's also a PbP game, so I doubt I'll be leveling too fast with it. :D

Binder will let me add sneak attack/sudden strike via the right vestiges, as will that ranger spell... whose name I forget. Hunter's Eye? It's the one all the Unseen Seers pick up.
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2010, 01:46:11 PM »
Where's the sub level? Mango index didn't have
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2010, 01:49:12 PM »
Where's the sub level? Mango index didn't have
Champions of Valor, pg. 50. From here: http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=7908.0
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2010, 01:49:49 PM »
Binder will let me add sneak attack/sudden strike via the right vestiges, as will that ranger spell... whose name I forget. Hunter's Eye? It's the one all the Unseen Seers pick up.
Yes.  Hunter's Eye, Ranger 1, PHBII, I believe.
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2010, 01:53:51 PM »
Binder will let me add sneak attack/sudden strike via the right vestiges, as will that ranger spell... whose name I forget. Hunter's Eye? It's the one all the Unseen Seers pick up.
Yes.  Hunter's Eye, Ranger 1, PHBII, I believe.
Holy crap. It's only 1st level? I could be using that now:lmao I don't have a copy of that book handy, though. Hmm... going to have to get one.
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2010, 02:01:32 PM »
Ranger 2 last I checked...
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2010, 02:07:40 PM »
Ranger 2 last I checked...
Yeah, that was just off the top of my head.  My bad.
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Re: Is there a way to make this worth it?
« Reply #15 on: July 09, 2010, 02:20:43 PM »
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