Dear boards,
I'm in a new campaign now and all books are open. Everything. I'm looking for a little help in cheesing out my Factotem Chameleon. Most help needed as to what useful spells to use.
Current build
Silverbrow Human Factotem 8 Chameleon 2
Str: 12
Dex: 14
Con: 14
Int: 21
Wis: 16
Cha: 12
Feats:
Font of Inspiration x 4
Leadership
Knowledge Devotion
Exotic Weapon Prof: Gnomish Quickrazor
Flaw: Compulsive Gambler
Flaw: Greedy
Floating Feat (Can be anything 1/day)
*Don't need able learner as all skills are class skills.
I use a quickrazor with Iajutsu Focus in melee combat, and thinking on using Spells/Wands for ranged instances(when I get the funds, see
Gold), though they wont get to the damage output of my Quickrazor.
Cunning Surge is allowed to stack in a single round, so i can get multiple standard actions on my turn.
I'm going to be going Chameleon 10, and I'm proposing letting me use an Epic Progression for the chameleon after this to keep gaining spell levels found here. Obviously excluding things that require you to actually be epic, but I'm 99% certain it'll be allowed since everything else is being allowed.
Epic Chameleon copied and pasted here
written by Jaerom Darkwind
LVL SPECIAL
11 --
12 Mimic class feature 4/day
13 --
14 Bonus feat
15 Aptitude focus 4/day (+6), mimic class feature 5/day
16 --
17 --
18 Bonus feat, mimic class feature 6/day
19 --
20 Aptitude focus 5/day (+6)
EPIC CHAMELEON
Hit Die: d8.
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int modifier. [should be mistaken here as it certainly is 4]
Ability Boon (Ex): The epic chameleon does not increase her competence bonus to an ability score after 10th level.
Aptitude Focus (Ex): The epic chameleon can adopt one additional aptitude focus per day at 10th level and every 5 levels thereafter. The bonuses associated with each aptitude focus increase by +2 at 15th level and every 10 levels thereafter. The epic chameleon's caster levels and manifester level are equal to 10 + her class level.
Mimic Class Feature: You may mimic a class feature one additional time per day at 12th level and every 3 levels thereafter.
Bonus Feats: The epic chameleon gains a bonus feat (selected from the list of epic chameleon bonus feats) every four levels higher than 20th.
Epic Chameleon Bonus Feat List: Additional Magic Item Space, Augmented Alchemy, Blinding Speed, Damage Reduction, Epic Ability Boon, Epic Bonus Feat, Epic Prowess, Epic Skill Focus, Epic Speed, Extra Aptitude Focus*, Extra Mimicry*, Fast Healing, Focused Bonus Feat, Integrated Aptitude Focus, Integrated Class Feature, Lightning Refocus, Mimic Greater Class Feature, Penetrate Damage Reduction, Polyglot, Superior Initiative, Triple Aptitude.
* Non-epic feat.
EPIC ABILITY BOON [Epic]
You are remarkably adaptable to your various aptitudes.
. Prerequisites: Ability boon +6 class feature, mimic class feature 4/day class feature.
. Benefits: Your competence bonus to an ability score gained when adopting an aptitude focus increases by +1.
. Special: You can gain this feat multiple times. Its effects stack.
. Classes: Chameleon.
EPIC BONUS FEAT [Epic]
You can emulate even more advanced feats.
. Prerequisites: Bonus Feat class feature, Focused Bonus Feat.
. Benefits: One of your chameleon bonus feats can be epic. Alternately, you may choose one additional non-epic bonus feat.
. Classes: Chameleon.
FOCUSED BONUS FEAT [Epic]
You can emulate feats based on your aptitude focus.
. Prerequisites: Bonus Feat class feature.
. Benefits: You may choose one additional bonus feat each day, depending on your aptitude focus. If you change your focus such that the feat is no longer approved, then you lose access to the feat for the rest of the day.
. Arcane Focus: You can use your arcane spellcasting as a prerequisite. You may select any wizard bonus feat as your focused bonus feat.
. Combat Focus: You can use your rage or smite class feature as a prerequisite. You may select any fighter bonus feat or [forthcoming] as your focused bonus feat.
. Divine Focus: You can use your smite or turn/rebuke class features or divine spellcasting as a prerequisite. You may select any divine or metamagic feat as your focused bonus feat.
. Psychic Focus: You can use your psionic manifesting as a prerequisite. You may select any psionic or metapsionic feat as your focused bonus feat.
. Stealth Focus: You can use your sneak attack or improved uncanny dodge class feature as a prerequisite. You may select [forthcoming] as your focused bonus feat.
. Wild Focus: You can use your wild empathy class feature as a prerequisite. You may select any wild feat or [forthcoming] as your focused bonus feat.
. Classes: Chameleon.
INTEGRATED APTITUDE FOCUS [Epic]
Choose one aptitude focus you can access. You have mastered its granted abilities.
. Prerequisite: Aptitude focus 3/day class feature.
. Benefit: You may use the abilities granted by your selected aptitude focus to qualify for other feats and prestige classes. However, if you change your focus, you suffer the normal drawbacks for no longer meeting a prerequisite or requirement.
. Certain integrated aptitude focuses also grant effective class levels as follows: combat focus confers a fighter level equal to your chameleon level, stealth focus confers a rogue level equal to your chameleon level, and wild focus confers a druid level equal to your chameleon level. These effective class levels grant no additional abilities or features, but do allow you to qualify for feats and classes that have such requirements.
. Special: You can gain this feat six times. Its effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new aptitude focus.
. Classes: Chameleon.
INTEGRATED CLASS FEATURE [Epic]
Choose one class feature you can mimic. You have mastered this ability.
. Prerequisite: Mimic class feature 4/day class feature.
. Benefit: You may use your selected class feature to qualify for other feats and prestige classes.
. Special: You can gain this feat five times. Its effects do not stack. Each time you take the feat, it applies to a new class feature.
. Classes: Chameleon.
LIGHTNING REFOCUS [Epic]
Switching between your various aptitudes is almost second nature.
. Prerequisites: Aptitude focus (+6) class feature, rapid refocus class feature.
. Benefit: You can change your aptitude focus in only 1 minute.
. Classes: Chameleon.
MIMIC GREATER CLASS FEATURE [Epic]
You can mimic more powerful class features.
. Prerequisite: Mimic Class Feature 4/day class feature.
. Benefits: Your mimic class feature options increase in power as follows:
. Greater Rage: You can mimic a greater rage. See the barbarian class feature, except that the duration of the rage is 1 round + 1 round per point of your (newly improved) Constitution modifier.
. Great Smiting: Your smite attacks deal 2 extra points of damage per class level. See the paladin smite evil class feature.
. Improved Evasion: You can mimic improved evasion. Not only can you avoid certain attacks completely with a successful Reflex save, but you can partially avoid many attacks even on a failed save. You can activate this ability aftr you have rolled a Reflex save, but before you have taken damage. This ability lasts for 1 minute. See the monk class feature.
. Improved Sneak Attack: You can deal an extra 1d6 points of damage per two class levels when flanking an opponent or any time the target would be denied its Dexterity bonus to AC. See the rogue class feature.
. Planar Turning: You can turn or rebuke outsiders as if they were undead (your choice when activating the ability). An outsider has effective turn resistance equal to half of its spell resistance. See the cleric class feature. Treat your cleric level as equal to your class level.
. Classes: Chameleon.
TRIPLE APTITUDE [Epic]
You can assume even more abilities simultaneously.
. Prerequisites: Aptitude focus (+6) class feature, double aptitude class feature.
. Benefit: You can adopt three aptitude focuses in the same amount of time it previously took for you to adopt two. You can't adopt the same aptitude focus multiple times simultaneously. You can still only adopt as many focuses per day as indicated by your aptitude focus ability.
. Classes: Chameleon.
The campaign will be going to epic levels and going after some deities, so I'm expecting high level competition. I've not had much experience with any of the things I'm working with (first time using factotem, chameleon, and going epic), so looking for advice for when we hit epic.
Gold: right now I have less than WBL in items (a headband of int +2, bag of holding, some minor magic items, nothing too powerful), but making gold is very easy in this campaign and I can easily get more than WBL in short order. What are some useful items to get that would synergize well with this build. Thinking Orange ion stone for CL boost, metamagic rods, and some wands (of what I don't know). Any suggestions?
My main concern right now is spell selection for my Aptitude focus. I'm going to be using Arcane Focus for the most part, and then combining arcane and divine for maximum spell usage.
What are some useful/powerful spells I should get (both arcane and divine)?
Are there any spells that are lower level on certain spell lists, such as the trapsmith spell list (Haste level 1?
)
Oh, and to add some cheese, and because I know we're going after some divine beings in the future, my cohort from leadership is going to be a Druid/Planar Shepard whose plane of choice is the Concordant Domain of the Outlands, so his bubble can hinder divine powers. Can he choose what part of the plane his bubble is made of? Can I specify that it is within 100 mi of the Central Spire? (for context, Manual of the Planes p.147)
Edit: Didn't have but needed EWP for Quickrazor.
