Min/Max Boards

If we were able to make something viable out of a truenamer, well we can do something with anything. This is not too hard in fact, the main objective is just to make it relevent for a group of lvl 16 character, so we want to make him able to take on a chalenge rating 16 or 17 by himself. What follows is an interesting solution to it. (With very slight roleplay for the character.)

First we redo his stats with the classic 32 point buy as follow (including all bonuses from items, levels, etc... (R = racial, E = enchancement, I = inherent)
STR   17   +8R+6E+4I+3lvl   38   +14
DEX   13   +2R            15   +2
CON   16   +2R+2E+2I      22   +6
INT   8   -2R            6   -2
WIS   8   +4R            12   +1
CHA   12   +4R            16   +3

Then for his feats, we first take 2 flaws to increase the number of feats available and take the following for an interesting combo.
Flaw1-   exotic weapon proficiency Ribbon light mace _{Required for lightning mace}
Flaw2-   Two weapon fighting _{Required for lightning mace}
1-      weapon focus ribbon light mace _{Required for lightning mace}
3-      Combat reflexes _{Required for lightning mace}
6-      Lightning mace _{The bread and butter}
9-      Leadership _{To get a kaorti Marshal 1, Fiend of possession 6, uncanny trickster 3}
12-      Improved cohort _{To add a crusader level to our Fiend of possession}


Then we need to take care of his equipment, and by abusing custom items we can give him some very interesting gear as follow
16th   260,000 gp
48000    Boots of lion's charge _{Custom item giving lion charge permanently}
40000    Enervating arm +4 str inherent bonus DC 14 against negative level _{Much cheaper than wiches}
19500    +1 keen aptitude kaorti Great falchion,  3d6,  15–20/×4,  —,  24 lb.,  Slashing _{His main weapon, possessed by the FoP}
19500    +1 keen aptitude kaorti Great falchion,  3d6,  15–20/×4,  —,  24 lb.,  Slashing _{His second weapon... wait... 2 2handers?}
16170   +1 Gleaming Leather armor _{Good source of miss chance}
36000   Belt of str +6 _{no comment}
4000      Necklace of con +2 _{no comment}
8000    Strong legs +2 inherent to con _{Cheaper than upgrading the +2 ench to +4}
8000      Gloves of the balance hand _{ITWF, prety cheap}
10000   Power attack bracer _{acording to arms and equipment guide}
45000   cloak of Girralon blessing _{Custom item giving girralon blessing permanently}

500      Everlasting ration _{Carrying food is lame}
5000      Small manor in a random metropolis
330      coffee and cookies for his Mob and cohort

Now for combat, let's see the quick numbers, take into account that we crit on a 15 for x4 damage and another attack at the same bonus
Melee attack = 12_BAB+1_{Weapon focus} -4 _twf +14 _STR + enchant _{up to 9 for the main and only +1 for the second}
Damage = 3d6+21_STR+enchant

Leadership score   +21, Great renown, Fairness and generosity, special power, bought a house in the city
Great Renown, he's renowned as being the leader of the Scorpion Mob in a random metropolis
Fairness and Generosity, He doesn't care much for the loot that drops of his ennemy, his troop thought he was fair and generous because of it
Special power, Unlike his whole race he's not completely useless
Has a manor in a random metropolis , which is the base of operation for the Scorpion Mob

Special notes:
-Even when optimised his CR is only 7, which is a great deal if we want to add a truenamer cohort, the cohort will be able to do stuff unlike most of the times
-The FoP can give the marshal bonus to the charge which can be substancial, especially if we consider the stance for the crusader, just make sure to add shape soulmeld shedu crown and open least chackra crown
-It is clear that most of the time monstrous character are, at most, equivalent to a tier 5 class
-With his lvl 1 follower you can in fact make a mob from the DMG2, which is of a higher chalenge rating than a regular scorpionfolk


And down here is the reference for the Racial stuff
Scorpionfolk characters possess the following racial traits.

+8 Strength, +2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, -2 Intelligence, +4 Wisdom. +4 Charisma.
Large size. -1 penalty to Armor Class, -1 penalty on attack rolls, -4 penalty on Hide checks, +4 bonus on grapple checks, lifting and carrying limits double those of Medium characters.
Space/Reach: 10 feet/5 feet.
A scorpionfolk’s base land speed is 40 feet.
Darkvision out to 60 feet.
Fire Resistance 5
Spell Resistance 18
Racial Hit Dice: A scorpionfolk begins with twelve levels of monstrous humanoid, which provide 12d8 Hit Dice, a base attack bonus of +12, and base saving throw bonuses of Fort +4, Ref +8, and Will +8.
Racial Skills: A scorpionfolk’s monstrous humanoid levels give it skill points equal to 15 × (2 + Int modifier). Its class skills are Diplomacy, Spot, Intimidate, Listen and Sense Motive
Racial Feats: A scorpion’s monstrous humanoid levels give it five feats.
+6 natural armor bonus.
Automatic Languages: Common, Terran. Bonus Languages: any.
Favored Class: Ranger.
Level adjustment +4.

Trample (Ex)
1d8+1.5str Reflex half DC 10+1/2HD+STR. The save DC is Strength-based.

Poison (Ex)
A scorpionfolk delivers its poison (Fortitude save DC 10+1/2HD+CON) with each successful sting attack. The initial and secondary damage is 1d4 points of Dexterity damage.

Spell-Like Abilities
1/day - major image; 2/day - mirror image, Caster level 10th; save DC 12 + spell level.

I never checked the LA buyoff, but it is clear that if it is available, you must take it. haven't you considered taking a bloodline? It could replace your level of thallherd for an effective FoP level of 15.

Thank you for your build, I'll add it soon.

Some little tricks

Equipment


Feat


Other things to notice

By level 5 you are the best field controller. Why? Because you can be the terrain your foes are on and animate it. "Oops, I made a pit under you. I'll fix that." Is a good way to buries your opponents alive. Animate the air and create a vacuum.

FoP ENTRY TACTICS

Now that we got some possible races and base classes to work with, it is time to work on entry tactics.  Besides playing an actual outsider (evil) race, there are some alternative methods of entry.  The first is the otherworldly feat pared with the Ritual of alignment.

Otherworldly with ritual of alignment

Cleric Entries

Melee Entry

Wizard Entry

Just a little note here, the faster you get into FoP, the better. Some of the alternatives ways to get into the class aren't worth it, most of the time your better off with an outsider evil race, like Kaorti.

This Handbook will threat about a prestige class that I really love, the Fiend of Possession. This class is a ultimate class made to buff your comrades and manipulate everything. This guide will firstly discuss the entry techniques, then the abuses that this class can put up. It is based on this older version of the handbook http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=10938

First post will refer to a class portfolio
Second post will refer to races
third post will refer to entry tricks (Other than race)
Fourth post will refer to builds (Might refer to later post if I need more space)
Fifth post will refer to diverse Item enchantment that you will be able to procure and how broken they are.

(I will format and modify that soon)

FoP Abilities


Entry Requirements:
-Outsider Type with the Evil Subtype
-Base Will save of +5
-Hide and Knowledge arcane

The outsider (evil) type is the main stumbling block for entry into this class.  Unfortunately there is no easy way to meet this requirement in one section, so I will go through base classes, races, and entry tricks to meet this requirement.


Base Classes

There a large number of base classes that can help with entry into the FoP.  The main consideration at this point is to select classes with a high will save and the necessary skills to gain entry into the class.  It is also important to note that to reach the base Will save of +5 as earlier as possible, at least 2 different classes should be taken.

Prime Classes


Secondary Classes


Third Tier Classes:  Mainly a list of good will save classes that don’t off much more.

Divine Mind, Dragon Shaman, Druid   , DuskBlade,   
Favored Soul, Healer, Hexblade, Knight,           
Lurk, Mindblade, Monk, Sorc  ,   
Warmage, Wilder           

Other Classes

Bloodlines: A real power house.  They advance all level based effects by the number of levels in bloodlines.  This ability is great for boosting the FoP’s ability to enchant weapons.  3 levels of bloodlines push the total bonus granted by a FoP to weapons to a +9, allowing for the Everdancing epic weapon property.  This will be discussed in more detail later, but allows you to be your own flying sword.  Additionally this class helps with PrC entry for some spell caster and manifestor classes.  PrC stacking with this class will be discussed later.

Magic of Incarnum Classes: There abilities may well place them in the secondary tier of classes if there is a meld that interests you, but I don’t know the system sufficiently enough to recommend any examples.  It is important to note that the “Planar Chasuble” soul meld has gained much attention in relation to the FoP.  The short list description of this power stats it grants you a subtype based on a plane you select, but this is inaccurate.  The full power description stats it gives you an alignment trait and the extraplanar subtype.  Unfortunately it does not grant an alignment subtype.