"Alienist" PrC 5wiz (generalist)/1alienist [Archive] - Wizards Community

"Alienist" PrC 5wiz (generalist)/1alienist [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Vashanti
03-18-06, 03:00 PM Anyone have experience with the Alienist Prestige Class?

I'm looking to make one for our upcoming slightly off-base type campaign. Gonna be a 5th level wizard (generalist) then 1st level Alienist (we're starting at 6th). I've got the PHB, DMG, MM, Complete Arcane, Complete Adventurer, Complete Warrior, Libris Mortis, Book of Vile, Unearthed Arcana, Planar Handboook, Races of the Wild.

Not a ton of stuff you can do at 6th, I know, but I'm thinking of these feats:

Improved Familiar
Augment Summoning (required for Alienist)
Combat Casting
Murky-Eyed [flaw] (gimme a flaw to pay for Imp. Familiar; not sure if I'll keep Imp. Familiar & this flaw though)
Spell Focus (Conjuration) (required for Augment Summoning)
Craft Wand (make a wand of fireballs or something before we start)
Scribe Scroll (free to wizard)

I seem to remember reading about "Combat Familiars" in one of my books, but can't find it now anywhere. Anyone? Bueller?

Anyway, I'm using the Level Adjusted races from http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/sp/20040213a
So I'm a +0 level Tiefling, who thought that Fiends & such were the penultimate in power, until he encountered the "Pseudonatural." The DM decided that +2 INT could be swapped with +2 DEX at level 0 (switching places in the listed stuff, so that the 2 DEX would be the one I could potentially gain at level 1 Tiefling, along with the increased full Tiefling abilities).

So, my stats, after bonuses & the level 4 increase:
Strength 12 (+1)
Dexterity 16 (+3)
Constitution 18 (+4)
Intelligence 20 (+5)
Wisdom 10 (+0)
Charisma 10 (+0)

We're getting 9,000 gp to play around with for equipment, & I've not delved into that at all yet. Just fishing for any suggestions about the Alienist class in general, and maybe some suggestions about funky Familiars.

Alignment: Not sure yet, can't be Lawful though as an Alienist. Probably NE or the like, depending on how bad everyone else is (this is gonna be a "goblintown" type, non-humans campaign: http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~dking3/Moat ).
Warlock33
03-18-06, 04:21 PM In unearthed arcana there is an option for a sorc/wiz to have a familiar as a ranger's animal companion instead of...well..a familiar.
Vashanti
03-18-06, 05:52 PM OH!! That's where I read it... Thanks!

Was wracking my brains to no avail.

:)

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Vashanti 03-18-06, 03:00 PM	Anyone have experience with the Alienist Prestige Class? I'm looking to make one for our upcoming slightly off-base type campaign. Gonna be a 5th level wizard (generalist) then 1st level Alienist (we're starting at 6th). I've got the PHB, DMG, MM, Complete Arcane, Complete Adventurer, Complete Warrior, Libris Mortis, Book of Vile, Unearthed Arcana, Planar Handboook, Races of the Wild. Not a ton of stuff you can do at 6th, I know, but I'm thinking of these feats: Improved Familiar Augment Summoning (required for Alienist) Combat Casting Murky-Eyed [flaw] (gimme a flaw to pay for Imp. Familiar; not sure if I'll keep Imp. Familiar & this flaw though) Spell Focus (Conjuration) (required for Augment Summoning) Craft Wand (make a wand of fireballs or something before we start) Scribe Scroll (free to wizard) I seem to remember reading about "Combat Familiars" in one of my books, but can't find it now anywhere. Anyone? Bueller? Anyway, I'm using the Level Adjusted races from http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/sp/20040213a So I'm a +0 level Tiefling, who thought that Fiends & such were the penultimate in power, until he encountered the "Pseudonatural." The DM decided that +2 INT could be swapped with +2 DEX at level 0 (switching places in the listed stuff, so that the 2 DEX would be the one I could potentially gain at level 1 Tiefling, along with the increased full Tiefling abilities). So, my stats, after bonuses & the level 4 increase: Strength 12 (+1) Dexterity 16 (+3) Constitution 18 (+4) Intelligence 20 (+5) Wisdom 10 (+0) Charisma 10 (+0) We're getting 9,000 gp to play around with for equipment, & I've not delved into that at all yet. Just fishing for any suggestions about the Alienist class in general, and maybe some suggestions about funky Familiars. Alignment: Not sure yet, can't be Lawful though as an Alienist. Probably NE or the like, depending on how bad everyone else is (this is gonna be a "goblintown" type, non-humans campaign: http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~dking3/Moat ).
Warlock33 03-18-06, 04:21 PM	In unearthed arcana there is an option for a sorc/wiz to have a familiar as a ranger's animal companion instead of...well..a familiar.
Vashanti 03-18-06, 05:52 PM	OH!! That's where I read it... Thanks! Was wracking my brains to no avail. :)