Fun Finds the 2nd Party Edition

[awaken_D_M_golem]

Reverse respond to your example.
Wiz 3 / Psion 3 / Cerebremancer 10
+ recharge too, is quite enough really.

Psiomancer feat would give almost the
full Wiz 13 spells, just enough leftover
to do a recharge.

Cerebremetamagic would then allow
each of those spells to be metamagic'd
up to the Wiz13/Psi13 capacity, although
it's multiple recharges and ditching most
of the psi-festing for the metamagic.

Then of course recharge again, and a
Psiotheurgist is kinda meh in comparison.
It can't pay for the massively higher CLs
and so many spells are capped anyway.


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The T.O. link iirc (I should review it more)
Cleric goes DMM Heighten first
raw Ardent 2+ then goes Psiotheurgist.
Having gotten 9s on both sides, now
you Cerebremetamagic it to cheese^2.

Moment to moment its very thin compared
to the Wiz/Psi above, it was just the furthest
reaches I got to at that time.
I was assuming the DMM Heighten tags
the ridiculousness right off the bat.

(it is possible to not break dmm heighten ...  )

[Stratovarius]

From Dark Sun Campaign Setting p74:

Protective
You know that your gear could save your life, and you will do anything to protect it.
Benefits: Gear on your person gains a +4 bonus to saving throws. If an item takes damage while you're holding it in your hands, you may make a Reflex save DC 10 + the amount of damage the item takes (after subtracting hardness) to transfer the damage to yourself.

Not the best way to negate sundering, but it is effectively infinite with some good damage soaking and a few extra hands.

Dark Sun Prestige Class Appendix v1 p42:

Shadow Templar
A PrC that grants 9th level Wizard spells in 10 levels, and anyone who looks at you must save or become shaken (1st level ability). Perfect for multi-caster PrCing.

Entry Req are Knowledge (the planes) 2 ranks, Spellcraft 8 ranks and Great Fortitude. Easy

[Kerrus]

Dragon 312 introduces the Beguilement Domain (and the seduction domain, but that's been reprinted craploads of times).

Granted Power: You cast Compulsion spells at +1 caster level
1: Hypnotism
2: Enthrall
3: Hypnotic Pattern
4: Deep Slumber
5: Confusion
6: Modify Memory
7: Mass Suggestion
8: Mass Hold Person
9: Otto's Irresistable Dance


It also has some cool antipaladin variants, and a bunch  of shitty necromancer variant wizards.

[Amechra]

Dark Sun Prestige Class Appendix v1 p42:

Shadow Templar
A PrC that grants 9th level Wizard spells in 10 levels, and anyone who looks at you must save or become shaken (1st level ability). Perfect for multi-caster PrCing.

Entry Req are Knowledge (the planes) 2 ranks, Spellcraft 8 ranks and Great Fortitude. Easy

The real question is whether or not you can combine it with Ur Priest (in a thematic sense).

Because if so, that's some damn easy double 9s you've got there.

[Stratovarius]

The real question is whether or not you can combine it with Ur Priest (in a thematic sense).

Because if so, that's some damn easy double 9s you've got there.

Thematically? Not a hope in hell. There isn't even divine magic of the type the Ur-Priest deals with in Dark Sun. Shadow Templars worship a fallen Dragon King, but draw power from the Black to cast non-defiling arcane spells. If you reflavoured the class though, it's easy enough to see. In FR, they'd be worshipers of Shar and the shadow weave.

[awaken_D_M_golem]

Randomly came across the DMag Trickster acf for Spellthief.
Retraining is possible, as is a psi conversion.  Hamper Magic
is rather tasty too, especially with assassin support spells.
(hard to google out the Uncanny and Arcane trickster noise)

So go normal+psi for 4 levels, then retrain in Trickster for level 5.
Retrain in Hamper for level 6, and take EK:  Sniper's Shot.
I think it'd be nearly a half tier better than PsyWar, and easier
to play as a less combat Bard+.   Solidly powerwise below
the Sublime Chord and Erudite Spell To Power.

[Kerrus]

Dragon 315 has a number of magic items from Sigil/the Outlands that are interesting. Range from eh to interesting, some of which follow:

Spireshard (+3 equiv): A creature dealt damage by this weapon must make a DC 19 will save or be unable to cast spells or use SLAs for 1d4 rounds. A creature cannot be affected by this property if they are already under the effect (ie: you can't extend the duration until after they get their abilities back).

Wrecker  (+1 equiv, bludgeoning only): This weapon ignores hardness.

Stealer (+1 equiv): +4 bonus on opposed checks to disarm an opponent, item disarmed 'sticks' to the striking surface of the Stealer weapon, can be moved to an open hand or dropped as a free action.


Feats:

Companion Guard Style (Regional, Gray Elf only): You can finesse the Longsword and/or the Longspear. You gain +2 to checks to confirm crits with any bow.

Greyhawk Method (Regional, Wizard): You add four new spells to your spellbook when you level up instead of 2. If you are a specialist, two of the new spells must be from your specialization school. You also add a bunch of things that should really already be wizard bonus feats to the wizard bonus feat list.

Lore of Ur-Flan (Regional): Add +2 to the save DCs of all necromancy spells you cast with the [Evil] descriptor. Stacks with other boosts.

Hardy Soul (Ancestor ): You gain +3 hit points. When you are dying you have a 25% chance to stabilize. Additionally, you are immune to death from massive damage.

Mercantile Background (Ancestor): You get an extra 300 gp at first level to spend on starting equipment. When you sell items (such as weapons or magic items), you get 75% of their value, not 50%. Additionally, once per month you may purchase any single item for 75% of the cost.

(Seems like a good way to get specific magic items if your DM is an asshat about magic item availability).

[Amechra]

Mercantile Background is also in Player's Guide to Faerun, for DMs that don't want to let you use 2nd Party stuff but who are fine with using any 1st party book.

[Arz]

Randomly came across the DMag Trickster acf for Spellthief.
Retraining is possible, as is a psi conversion.  Hamper Magic
is rather tasty too, especially with assassin support spells.
(hard to google out the Uncanny and Arcane trickster noise)

Trix-ter is for kids who take Cursed Blow! Take a second look at what you lose with hamper magic; Steal SLA. So its much more limited use than I'd suggest, also it gets confusing in use as you steal spells from a bloke who has his CL lowered. Cursed Blow is the most all-round of the bunch, trade 1 SA die for curse which is like taking an SA feat.

[Kerrus]

If you can convince your DM to take a planar dragon as an ancestor for your dragon descended race, and be a Dragonfire Inspiration bard, you can get access to cool damage types like force, anti-ethical damage, and my personal favourite: Antimagic damage (afflicts affected foes with the effects of an antimagic field for 1d4 rounds).

[awaken_D_M_golem]

Randomly came across the DMag Trickster acf for Spellthief.
Retraining is possible, as is a psi conversion.  Hamper Magic
is rather tasty too, especially with assassin support spells.
(hard to google out the Uncanny and Arcane trickster noise)

Trix-ter is for kids who take Cursed Blow! Take a second look at what you lose with hamper magic; Steal SLA. So its much more limited use than I'd suggest, also it gets confusing in use as you steal spells from a bloke who has his CL lowered. Cursed Blow is the most all-round of the bunch, trade 1 SA die for curse which is like taking an SA feat.

hmm yeah I did check out your guide.  Very niice by-the-way.
Psi has to do something different ... (or so I've led myself to believe)
... may be my rationale, hence some zagging at your zigging.
Psi Recharge doesn't need any of the Steal SLA looping (yay psi).

Hamper strikes me as an excellent scaling debuff of the top "monster" casters.
It isn't just steal 1 spell or thingy, it's steal access to their top 2 levels of spells.
Plus now you're not in combat, just pinging away from outside.



edit ---- and Gestalt with Sav Species Rakshasa.

[SorO_Lost]

Spell Sovereign (DM #357 pg77)
At the 4th level you can take a 2nd level Living Spell as your Familiar for 500gp then by using a gem that costs 300*1*cl you can imprison it and cast the Spell out of the gem once per HD, aka once per CL. It's cost per charge is a little high and it's only a 7/10 progression but by level 10 you can take a 4th level Spell as your Familiar.

A 4th level Wand costs 21,000gp or 420gp/charge.
This mechanic costs 2,600gp or 371gp/charge at the same CL.
It'd be a nice NPC to buy stuff from.

[TC X0 Lt 0X]

Spell Sovereign (DM #357 pg77)
At the 4th level you can take a 2nd level Living Spell as your Familiar for 500gp then by using a gem that costs 300*1*cl you can imprison it and cast the Spell out of the gem once per HD, aka once per CL. It's cost per charge is a little high and it's only a 7/10 progression but by level 10 you can take a 4th level Spell as your Familiar.

A 4th level Wand costs 21,000gp or 420gp/charge.
This mechanic costs 2,600gp or 371gp/charge at the same CL.
It'd be a nice NPC to buy stuff from.

Note Living Spells can only be made from spells that do not targeting or do not summoning/create creatures, so unless you throw in something like ocular spell or something you cant make all spells into living spells for spell gems.

[Stratovarius]

A couple more from Dark Sun:

Defiling Items
Unlimited wands, and with extra uses per day than the Eberron variety.

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Defiling items are magical objects either staves or wands that no longer need charges to activate the spells they contain. To be activated, a spell from a defiling item must be powered by energy gathered through defiling by the wielder: the wizard gathers energy at the time of activation as if he were about to cast a spell in his repertoire, but instead uses the energy to power the spell in the item. As such, the spell effects obtained from activating defiling items are susceptible, for better or worse, to terrain modifiers. The radius of the ashen circle the defiler leaves behind when he activates a spell from a defiling item is the same as if he were casting a spell of the same level from his repertoire. Use of a defiling item is considered defiling. Activating a defiling item uses the spell trigger activation method, so casting a spell from a defiling item is usually a standard action that doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity. (If the spell being cast, however, has a longer casting time than 1 standard action, it takes that long to cast the spell from a defiling item.) Staves are a special case amongst defiling items. The spell effects obtained from activating defiling staves can take advantage of the wielder’s Raze feats, any class features that affect his defiling (such as those class features gained from the arch defiler and leech prestige classes; see Prestige Class Appendix I for more information), and items that improve his defiling (such as an ashbound scarab or mask of fell defiling). The wielder of a defiling staff can elect to extend the activation time of a spell to 1 round, gaining a +1 caster level bonus. (Spells with a normal casting time of 1 round or longer require an extra round to be cast in this manner.) Creating a defiling item requires the Razing Craft feat as well as the appropriate item creation feat. Defiling items must be carved from the bones of defilers, or the bones (or other hard material) of those creatures capable of using spell-like abilities that produce defiling. Also, each defiling item is inscribed with the arcane mark of its creator, and as such is intricately linked to him and cannot be used by anyone else unless the mark is removed and replaced by the new owner’s arcane mark; a full day must pass before the item becomes attuned to its new owner. When pricing a defiling item, use the pricing rules for staves or wands found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide, but add 25% to the base price. The cost in XP and raw materials is calculated using this new figure. Once created, a defiling item loses its 50 charges. Instead, its wielder can spend a number of charges per day equal to (1/4 the unmodified caster level of the wielder + his Intelligence modifier). Once all charges for a given day have been used, the spells contained within a defiling item can no longer be activated for that day. This applies only to spells that are specifically described as having a cost in charges. Each spell cast defiles once as if the wielder had cast a spell of the same level from his repertoire, no matter the cost in charges.

Alhulak
A 1d6/x3 one handed martial weapon, the big deal is that it's got both reach and attack adjacent. Opens up a few more options for a reach build in terms of equipment.

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The alhulak consists of an alak tied to a 5 foot long leather cord, which wraps around your wrist at the other end. An alhulak has reach. You can strike opponents 10 ft. away with it. In addition, you can use it against an adjacent foe. When using an alhulak, add a +2 bonus on the opposed attack roll when attempting to disarm an opponent (including the roll to avoid being disarmed if the character fails to disarm his or her opponent).

Beaded Curtain of Vigilance
It's a beaded curtain monster. No, seriously.

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This normal-looking beaded curtain made of colored ceramic beads is about 4 feet wide and 7 feet high. When commanded to guard a doorway, it animates and attempts to grab, then grapple any Medium or smaller creature that comes within 5 feet. The owner can set a password to allow creatures to pass through without causing the curtain to attack, and can command the curtain from up to 30 feet away (though the owner needs not be present for the curtain to attack). The curtain can attack one creature at a time; unless it is destroyed, it continues to attempt to grapple or hold its target until commanded to release. Moderate transmutation and evocation; CL 11th; Craft Wondrous Item, animate objects, grasping hand; Price 30,000 Cp. 
Animated Beaded Curtain
CR 3
Always N
Medium construct
Init +3;
Senses darkvision 60 ft, low-light vision. Listen +0, Spot +0
Languages -
AC 15, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (+3 Dex, +2 natural)
Immune construct immunities
hp 42 (4 HD)
Fort +1, Ref +4, Will +1
Speed 0 ft.
Attack grapple +10 touch
Space 5 ft.
Reach 5 ft.
Base Atk +3; Grp +14
Atk Options improved grab
Abilities Str 25, Dex 16, Con -, Int -, Wis 11, Cha 1
SQ construct traits
Feats -
Skills -
Improved Grab (Ex) To use this ability, a beaded curtain must hit with its grapple attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity.

[awaken_D_M_golem]

the Shaper Of Form PrC is available on realmshelps ...

http://www.realmshelps.net/charbuild/classes/prestige/general/shaperform.shtml


SinFire's right, some tasty sh!t right there.

[PlzBreakMyCampaign]

Are you tired of Wizards selling their spellbooks for a ton of cash? DragMag302p50 provides the rule we've always presumed to be likely the case.

Instead of beginning play with all of the cantrips in the Player's Handbook in their spellbooks, wizards can select sixteen cantrips to put in their spellbook for "free."

This is the same amount as an optimal specialist wizard. The rule even goes on to limit clerics and druids.



"Elder Druid PrC (Dragon #286): capstone ability allow - at the price of few Con damage and (maybe) also aging some years - to regain spent spell(/slot); yes, just like that - elan, Naberius, and never-run-out-of-spells... "

Well okay then. That hasn't been fixed yet in the MetaCompendium. I thought I covered all the recharge techniques. Are there any others I missed?

[TC X0 Lt 0X]

Not sure if this one has been mentioned or not, but its not in the Dragon Magazine ACF Thread

Dragon #338 has a 'Staff of the Magi', which replaces a Sorcerer or Wizard familiar for an enchanted Staff. The staff is fairly simple, gaining +3 enchantment over 20 levels and either the bane or one of the elemental damage enchantments and a few other benefits like being able to cast a few more cantrips and locate the staff and teleport it to user. The real kicker is the 1st level Deliver Touch Spells ability, which as you may guess, lets you deliver a touch spell with an attack of the staff. 

It is nothing amazing but it is nice for a Sorcerer/wizard Melee gish wanting to channel spells. The enchants apply to both sides of the staff, which is nice if you want to also two-weapon fight with it or makes it cheaper to enchant one side for buff enchants. Most of the associated feats are not too great, but one lets you add your Wis to AC until your next action (kind of weird, but I guess if you cast defensively as your last action in the round you will have Wis to AC =P).

[Skyrock]

Here is some Ravenloft stuff:

Base Class: Voodan
(Dark Tales & Disturbing Legends p.173)

Divine full caster with two interesting oddities:
- Draws from all the Bard, Cleric, Druid and Ranger lists, using the cheapest spell in his two preferred schools (with a +1 spell level bump for other schools) - not as good at dumpster-diving as the Archivist or the Chameleon, but a nice start
- Their prepared spells take the form of physical objects (gris-gris), which can be handed to others to be used by them at a slight loss of spell save DC and CL. These gris-gris cost nothing, require no UMD to use them, and last for a full day before the magic fizzes out. Divine Power for everyone, and action-economy wrecking nova rounds galore!

Feat: Redhead
(Ravenloft PHB p.63)

Allows to cast a preset  lvl1 Druid spell 1x/day as an SLA, which may help with prerequisites.

PrC: Master of Curses
(Champions of Darkness, p.20)

5 levels long PrC with full BAB, 5/5 spellcasting advancement of any type, good Fort and Will save and some OKish features, with a free +4 on the DC of Bestow Curse on lvl 1 and Turn/Rebuke Undead on lvl 3 probably the most noteworthy.

Entry requirements are Sense Motive 4, Will Save +5 and two crappy feats, so with multiclassing entry as early as lvl 4 is feasible.

One oddity is that it grants proficiency in all armor without excluding tower shields. Might help with prerequisites without losing CL.

Race: Moor Man
(Denizens of Dread p.154)

Most monsters in Ravenloft are massively overpriced in LA, but this one could be useable under the right circumstances. 4 Monstrous Humanoid HD, LA+1, a decent line of ability increases (Str+4, Dex+2, Con+4, Wis+2), natural armor +2, hilarious Darkvision 150ft and as drawback Light Sensitivity (which can be ignored with the cheap Sun Lenses from Sandstorm).

They also get to choose one magical tattoo every day for an all-day buff, with some decent (and some crappy) effects:
- extra attack and temporary HP = current HP total at the beginning of every encounter
- crappy Hypnotic Pattern gaze attack with crappy DC
- ignore first successful attack against you every round
- re-roll one die roll each round
- +2 luck bonus to saves and AC
- ignore light sensitivity (and waste you racial special on something a mundane 10GP item from Sandstorm could do)

With LA buy-off and either Gestalt or aiming for multiclassing-friendly classes such as Chameleon, War Mind or ToB classes, they could be worth the effective loss of 4 real class levels.

[SorO_Lost]

Reshape Mind Blade (Dragon #341:87) allows you to shape your Mind Blade into a Gauntlet allowing it to deal your Unarmed Damage. Since Soul Knife is listed as a Psionic Class it qualifies for Tashalatora's advancement too and if it seems a little too Feat extensive remember you can replace Psychic Strike with Bonus Feats.

You can also choose Harpoons, they have a trailing rope attached to it that apparently never leaves your hand which can make for an interesting Bladewind. Boomerangs for Daze can be used too.

[nijineko]

Reshape Mind Blade (Dragon #341:87) allows you to shape your Mind Blade into a Gauntlet allowing it to deal your Unarmed Damage. Since Soul Knife is listed as a Psionic Class it qualifies for Tashalatora's advancement too and if it seems a little too Feat extensive remember you can replace Psychic Strike with Bonus Feats.

You can also choose Harpoons, they have a trailing rope attached to it that apparently never leaves your hand which can make for an interesting Bladewind. Boomerangs for Daze can be used too.

Don't forget the Athasian soulknife in conjunction (technically first party material perhaps as it is co-owned with WotC).

also, would reshape allow you to go for spiked armor as a weapon, do you think?