1. Would I be able to use PsyWar's Soulbound Weapon ACF to qualify for Soulbow?Soulbow calls very specifically for the Throw Mind Blade feature, which is tied to Soulknife 2 (and not covered by any PW level or ACF).
2. Given no multiclassing restrictions, am I able to take Tashalatora without Monastic Training?Yes, Monastic Training would be superfluous. You can go straight to Tashalatora without feat tax.
Dammit, looks like I'm going Point-buy. How many points?PB28
(Plus, Tier-assessment on that Maug and/or on RHD and LA for going the "Just take regular maug as one side of the gestalt?" Current thinking puts me at doing that +TOB and Paladin, maybe? Are we using the morality bit of being a paladin?)I see no Maug in your links below, so I have no idea.
- Paladins can deviate by one category from their default alignment, like Clerics. Violations of their Code of Conduct only matter if they are severe and/or regular enough to move their alignment outside of this space.
Ah, actually I was just reminded of the Soulknife PrC from Dark Sun. Would you allow it in place of the regular Soulknife?Have no access to any version of it, so mind to link me to one or PM the class write-up?
It's available here (http://athas.org/products/prc1).Seems fine to me, and also around Tier 5. (Good BAB is an upgrade to Soulknife, but with Psychic Strike still eating Full Attacks through move actions unless radical counter-measures are taken it does not really move it up a tier.)
The other difference is that the total enhancement of mind blade increase every 2 levels instead of every 4.It's available here (http://athas.org/products/prc1).Seems fine to me, and also around Tier 5. (Good BAB is an upgrade to Soulknife, but with Psychic Strike still eating Full Attacks through move actions unless radical counter-measures are taken it does not really move it up a tier.)
Hm. Are we applying some sort of fix/cleaning up to Unarmed Swordsage so it actually does what it's meant to? IIRC, the book version somewhat fails at the unarmed part (I think also unarmoured, but that shouldn't stack with CA Ninja's AC bonus anyway).What exactly are you missing?
http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=1877.0 and/or the monster in fiend folio this is based on.Maug looks fine to me. I would evaluate it as Tier 4.
Humbly requesting a half beast (http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=11209.msg332430#msg332430) youkaiskin (http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=18908.0) with Dream Battle (http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=4844.0) and Fate of 60 years (http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=17583.msg313892#msg313892). Fluff would be a werewolf of sorts that seeks to redeem her "sin" by seeking and punishing other sinners in the name of the one true god. There was mentioned an organization of "good" werewolves seeking redemption right?Looks also fine to me. I would rate Yokaiskin as Tier 3.
EDIT: And if approved, what could I gestalt with?
So, what all are people playing? I'm going back to my fallback of waiting to see what roles need to be filled.
And now I realize that may be stepping quite a bit in Raineh's toes, so maybe I'll fallback to pseudo werewolf Inquisitor with lots of natural weapons, get something with armor in the other side of my gestalt, pump my AC really high to be a big scary tank with White Raven and assorted support.Up to Raineh. There are situations where two sneaks are better than one, and Swordsage has some abilities that rely heavily on flanking.
Also for my backstory's dark secret I was planning the killing of my parent was a mercy kill, something father was a monster and mother was a normal human but they truly loved each other, then one day father went out of control due to corruption or something and her own daughter had to stop him, then vowing to hunt monsters out of control everywhere. Most people know she started her career by killing a nasty monster, but nobody besides mom knows that said monster was her own father.Dark secrets work better when there isn't a single point of failure. Some suggestions for making it more applicable:
Could I get a tier assessment onBlademaster is T3 - pretty much on par with other initiators. For Stone Dragon Blademasters an argument for T4 could be made since that school is so easily disabled.
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?120539-Complete-(-)-Martial-(or-yet-another-ToB-homebrew)-The-Blademaster-(base-class)
and
http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=586.0
As possibilities?
(Also, re: Technicalities in the Maug class; does "Proficiency in all Armour" include Exotic Super-heavy plate? And I think that you get immunity to fear from being a construct, but I'm not certain of it?)Looking at other classes that seems to be a case of bad wording. Fighter as the classic all armor class for example specifically spells out "all armor (heavy, medium, and light) and shields (including tower shields)". So no, exotic armors are not automatically included.
Fluff: Someone who had suffered a mental breakdown in the past and was institutionalized (dark secret). After rehabilitation and a period of intense disciplined training, scraps of memory began to surface of a psionic attacker who had erased and rewritten a large portion of memory, and who was responsible for the "breakdown". Now seeking retribution against the individual or organization who had done this, and to protect others from malign psychic influence.Amnesia is a very classic Gothic trope :D Generally more from freak accidents and/or horrible encounters, but some psionic mesmerist purposefully creating it is also a good fit.
Also for my backstory's dark secret I was planning the killing of my parent was a mercy kill, something father was a monster and mother was a normal human but they truly loved each other, then one day father went out of control due to corruption or something and her own daughter had to stop him, then vowing to hunt monsters out of control everywhere. Most people know she started her career by killing a nasty monster, but nobody besides mom knows that said monster was her own father.Dark secrets work better when there isn't a single point of failure. Some suggestions for making it more applicable:
1.) Mom was one of those naive romantics who have their ax crazy, monstrous relative locked up in the attic (a common Gothic trope) in the deluded hope that there might be a cure and/or that they are not really evil. Now she accuses you having ruined it all, and is possibly looking for a way to bring Daddy back.
2.) Daddy left a re-transformed corpse (a common lycanthrope trope), and not everyone bought your monster story. Some people are still itching to step through your door with a gun in their hand and bring you to what they consider to be justice.
That sounds a bit unfair, my character being forced to kill her own father already sounds like a pretty big failure. She deeply loved and trusted him, so seeing him go corrupted was pretty heart breaking on its own, killing him scarred her own soul, and she'll always blame herself for not finding a better solution other than taking him out with her own teeth. Plus mom could be "I'm not angry with you sweetie, just disapointed", and/or reduced to a shadow of her former self now that her beloved husband's gone, which may hurt my character even more than psycho mom out for revenge against her own daughter. Doubly so when everybody remembers dad as some horrible monster that only deserved death and they must both smile and nod when other people talk about it. Although thinking about it now mom descending into darkness/madness looking for a way to bring dad back does sound like an interesting plot point "we'll be one happy family again!" so my character has to keep an eye in her.Dark Secrets are not about how much grief they may have caused in the past - they are about the present and future and especially what trouble they may get you in, typically by people who strongly disagree with your past actions. That makes dark secrets that have largely been resolved and have little risk of getting leaked not very good.
Here (https://pastebin.com/JyAUTPxB) is the psionic Abjurant Champion.Looks good.
Changed prerequisite feat to Skill Focus (Concentration), added Autohypnosis as a class skill, and changed the boost bonus from insight to competence (because the insight bonuses would be easier to come by with the precognition powers than with spells).
...and one other thing. I almost forgot that Shiba Protector is 3.0; would it be allowed?Shiba Protector is fine. As for all PrCs tier evaluation will depend on entryway.
That sounds a bit unfair, my character being forced to kill her own father already sounds like a pretty big failure. She deeply loved and trusted him, so seeing him go corrupted was pretty heart breaking on its own, killing him scarred her own soul, and she'll always blame herself for not finding a better solution other than taking him out with her own teeth. Plus mom could be "I'm not angry with you sweetie, just disapointed", and/or reduced to a shadow of her former self now that her beloved husband's gone, which may hurt my character even more than psycho mom out for revenge against her own daughter. Doubly so when everybody remembers dad as some horrible monster that only deserved death and they must both smile and nod when other people talk about it. Although thinking about it now mom descending into darkness/madness looking for a way to bring dad back does sound like an interesting plot point "we'll be one happy family again!" so my character has to keep an eye in her.Dark Secrets are not about how much grief they may have caused in the past - they are about the present and future and especially what trouble they may get you in, typically by people who strongly disagree with your past actions. That makes dark secrets that have largely been resolved and have little risk of getting leaked not very good.
Mommy looking for a way to re-create one happy family again is a much better angle. There are plenty of crazy scientists with lightning rods, mediums, devils offering deals involving dolls (http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/misfits/devildoll.html) and other unwholesome people one can run into on such a quest, all of them eager to help for a price.
Also since there already seems to be a tank and sneaky stabber, could I use the Yama (http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=17583.msg313891#msg313891) prc that's connected to Fate of 60 Years to go full inquisitor?Couple of mechanical problems:
Fair enough, although I would argue it's already a nerfed version of Leadership since it's limited to a bunch of classes and races whitout any fullcaster option.Also since there already seems to be a tank and sneaky stabber, could I use the Yama (http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=17583.msg313891#msg313891) prc that's connected to Fate of 60 Years to go full inquisitor?Couple of mechanical problems:
1.) It re-introduces the banned Leadership feat through the backdoor. (I had previously OKed it for Strat's Commander (http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=16730.0) class because it limits itself to a small number of Commoners and comes with very little active abilities of its own other than the Foci it grants its minions.) There would be some serious nerfbatting to do.
2.) It is strange that a PrC that prides itself on judging is clueless about Knowledge (local) with its topics of laws, customs, traditions :P
The law is decided by humans.
Sins that cannot be judged by laws are judged by me.
Fluffwise, there would be lots to do to fit Yama into the setting.Actually, one of the Yama's
Devils in Krevborna are not part of the natural order - they are fallen angels who have rebelled against that order, and arisen again incorporally to corrupt and tempt humans into spiritual sins. There isn't much judging to do - a sinner's soul will fall down into the Chthonic Pits and reform into a new fiend on its own.
Feys also have a hierarchy of their own led by the Archfey (comparable to Archdevils in power) and their own different, game plan to harm humanity (bring down civilization and reduce mankind again to the state of the savage animal), so they would be extremely unlikely to end up as infernal thralls.Ah, but they do have a hierarchy and their own agenda, so we could always fluff it as corrupt deals/exchanges. The Archfey could be lending some fairies to work for the Ministry of What's Right and what's Wrong as part of negotiations (you close the eyes to X and you'll fet Y fairy workers) and spies/infiltrators. Remember, the Ministry of What's Right and what's Wrong is often overburdened with work thanks to all the sin in the world so they can't be very picky about who they hire.
The easiest way of adapting this would be a celestial adaption. The angelic Silver Choir is tasked with forging divine weapons and goods (and would therefore be a logical source of rods and crystal mirrors), while on the worldly side the order of St. Vashtina is tasked with justice and judgement.
When the righteous slip from this mortal coil they climb the Holy Mountain to find their heavenly home in the afterlife. The souls of sinners descend into the depths of the torturous underworld.So there is some kind of heaven and hell already. And somebody needs to define what is a sin and what is righteous. Enter the Ministry of What's Right and what's Wrong. Which isn't perfect leading to the next bit of fluff:
The gates that lead to the Holy Mountain are closed. The souls of virtuous warriors gather upon the fields of Isgard to wage a final apocalyptic battle against the darkness. Other souls are doomed to wander the earth without aim.Somebody needs to decide who's virtuous enough and when to close/open the gates. So when the Ministry of What's Right and what's Wrong doesn't do their job properly they just go "Yeah sorry heaven's full at the moment" while wandering souls are those in the "waiting line" and/or that simply got lost in the bureaucracy cracks "You'll need to travel to place A to get formulary Z".
Ah, but they do have a hierarchy and their own agenda, so we could always fluff it as corrupt deals/exchanges. The Archfey could be lending some fairies to work for the Ministry of What's Right and what's Wrong as part of negotiations (you close the eyes to X and you'll fet Y fairy workers) and spies/infiltrators.There is actually one fairy court that would go nicely with that idea, that of the Mountain Lord:
- Emboldens mortals to join the Wild Hunt against those who have offended the fey
- Portrayed as an arboreal man with antlers wearing furs
If that other class is limiting itself to commoners, I would be happy with just Oni, fairy and Shinigami commoners for the Yama's Ministry of What's Right and what's Wrong. How does that sound?That's a bit too harsh. I'd say one cohort of any T5/6 class, while the followers are limited to Commoner levels.
Ah, but they do have a hierarchy and their own agenda, so we could always fluff it as corrupt deals/exchanges. The Archfey could be lending some fairies to work for the Ministry of What's Right and what's Wrong as part of negotiations (you close the eyes to X and you'll fet Y fairy workers) and spies/infiltrators.There is actually one fairy court that would go nicely with that idea, that of the Mountain Lord:Quote
- Emboldens mortals to join the Wild Hunt against those who have offended the fey
- Portrayed as an arboreal man with antlers wearing furs
If that other class is limiting itself to commoners, I would be happy with just Oni, fairy and Shinigami commoners for the Yama's Ministry of What's Right and what's Wrong. How does that sound?That's a bit too harsh. I'd say one cohort of any T5/6 class, while the followers are limited to Commoner levels.
Shinigami are easy enough to work in fluffwise (psychopomps are a thing world-wide, and the gothic grim reaper is similar enough).
Fairies are already covered above.
Oni could be reflavoured as Satyrs, with a type change to fey. (The monkey statue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercopes#Mythology) and beans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoreanism#Vegetarianism) vulnerabilities would still work.)
I'd also be open to other LA+0 races. Lesser Aasimar would be an obvious good fit.
Character sheet (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1891092) still pretty WIP.I should note that dragons in Krevborna are generally evil embodiments of sins. But then there are theologians who argue that dragons exist as a scourge that punishes mankind for its moral outrages, and your character generally seems to turn out more and more as the "If the abyss gazes long into you, YOU will gaze back into the abyss" type.
I'd say unless we were dropping straight into combat, we can probably get started with the IC talking. We're probably ready enough background wise for that.Here you go. (http://minmaxforum.com/index.php?topic=18932.0)