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Archivist Malconvoker
« on: January 06, 2011, 10:18:02 PM »
I'm playing a character that's obsessed with knowledge and would do pretty much anything to get it.  He lies, cheats, steals and does a lot of morally questionable acts to get the knowledge he desires.  However I'm playing him in a way in which his alignment is true neutral. 

Stats that I have rolled:
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Abilities Str 14, Dex 12, Con 16, Int 18, Wis 10, Cha 12
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We're playing in a game called The Drow Wars.  One in which we're whisked away at the start of the game and realize our destiny to become the ones who fight against the darkness.  The game has already started and I've played a couple of sessions however I was able to convince the DM to allow me to change from Cloistered Cleric to Archivist as it fit the way I was playing the character much better.

The skeleton for the build is as follows.  If anyone wants to try to convince me that losing a second caster level isn't worth it you can try but I've pretty much weighed the pros and cons and decided that I don't mind losing a second caster level. (I'd be equivalent to a Favored Soul or Sorcerer Malconvoker so what's the big deal in terms of what spell level I can cast. I'm fine with that.  Further the group is not a min/maxing strong group; weakening my power will make everyone happier).
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Archivist 1/Human Paragon 3/Archivist 2/Malconvoker 9/Paragnostic Apostle 1 or 2/Archivist ~3
I've heard the game goes to Epic in which case:
Cosmic Descryer: http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/prestigeClasses/cosmicDescryer.htm
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The way I'm playing my character is pretty much I want to know as much as possible about everything.  He'll become a Malconvoker then summon a ton of shit in battle. Yay.

My Question then is really what feats should I pick?
1: Improved Initiative, Academic PriestHuman Bonus
3:Knowledge DevotionHuman Paragon, Spell Focus (Conjuration)
6: Augment Summoning
9: Summon Elemental?
12: Practiced Spellcaster?
15: Toughness
18: Tougnness

*Academic Priest is pretty much set in stone.  Other things are open to change.

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Re: Archivist Malconvoker
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2011, 10:21:58 PM »
Invisible spell?

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Re: Archivist Malconvoker
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2011, 10:28:22 PM »
Why invisible spell?  


Edit:
No way... that can't work.
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Re: Archivist Malconvoker
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2011, 12:49:04 AM »
Invisible spell does work that way and it is awesome. Best metamagic feat ever.
You lose enough caster levels with malconvoker, I recommend dropping human paragon.
Also swap dex and str if you can. You want 11 levels of archivist in the end as you can no save stun your enemies with a knowledge check.
Also, chose better feats than toughness.

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Re: Archivist Malconvoker
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2011, 01:29:23 AM »
I had hoped the Toughness was an obvious joke.


If someone posted invisible spell in the homebrew forums it would get ridiculed.  Instead wizard printed it.  I'm gonna be honest I wouldn't allow it as a DM (as written) and I'm not going to pick it up as a player.  I still forwarded it to the DM who said pretty much the same thing.. so it's not an option.  It truly is the best metamagic feat ever.

Yeah I know I'm losing 2 caster levels.  I'll be casting spells on par with a sorcerer malconvoker or a favored soul malconvoker.  I'm okay with this as I don't want to show up my fellow players.

It's probably too late to swap dex and str.

Archivist 11 is tempting to be sure.  However even if I did change my build my initial question is what feats should I take?  I'm not getting turn undead so I can forget about extend spell and persist spell. 

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Re: Archivist Malconvoker
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2011, 02:24:25 AM »
Rashemi Elemental Summoning, perhaps?

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Re: Archivist Malconvoker
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2011, 06:44:35 AM »
If you're having trouble picking feats, then that's an indication that you're not getting your money's worth on that lost CL to Human Paragon, and should probably look for something else to drop that CL on, if anything.  Archivist 11/Malconvoker 9 is as broken as you play it.  Summon high-HP, high-AC brute summons and use them to provoke AoOs and screen for the party's melee folks while you drop down a mass buff or two.  If the shit really hits the fan, then you're still capable of calling up a few voor and raping the piss out of everything, but hopefully it doesn't come to that.

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Re: Archivist Malconvoker
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2011, 07:52:07 AM »
[full caster] 11/Malconvoker 9 is as broken as you play it
so true. I had this one thread on summoning lords of hell to create your own Mortal Kombat...
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Re: Archivist Malconvoker
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2011, 08:46:12 AM »
Fiendish Summoning Specialist - if your DM is a hardass, this lets you add new creatures to your lists. Only useful if he is, though, as you can usually add a good complement of creatures without it by RAW.

Demon Mastery - +1 CL when summoning demons, and improves your binding ability in general. A good pick, if not stellar.

Cloudy Conjuration - brilliant tactical application, be it offensive or defensive. Erect a screen of smoke between you and the enemy to foil line of sight, or sicken a foe in preparation for a summon's debuff.

Rapid Spell - as an archivist, you don't have the ACF that makes summoning a standard action. Combine with...

Metamagic School Focus (conjuration) - with the above, lets you summon quicker without increasing a spell's level.

Stalwart Planar Ally - requires a touchstone feat first, but gives hefty defensive bonuses to summons from your chosen plane. Also an auto-extend, keeping your summons around for even longer.


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Re: Archivist Malconvoker
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2011, 06:32:59 PM »
You guys spoil me.  Thanks for being concerned with my character!

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Re: Archivist Malconvoker
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2011, 09:34:05 AM »
Also:

In some obscure 3rd party psionics sourcebook, there was a feat called Rapid Constructor, that let you manifest Astral Construct as a standard action. It required Improved Initiative. You could propose Rapid Summoner as a feat, which would do the same thing for your spells as long as you had Improved Initiative (which you seemingly plan on taking).

Consider this: the conjurer ACF Rapid Summoning trades away your familiar for it. Obtain Familiar is a legitimate WotC-published feat. Therefore, rapid summoning is presumably equal to a feat, so it wouldn't be odd or broken to receive it as one, especially with a feat tax in place. If you can get your DM to bite, it's very useful.