Hunter of the Dead [Archive] - Wizards Community

Hunter of the Dead [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Samo
07-13-06, 07:54 AM Hey guys, I was flipping through the complete warrior and complete arcane last night admiring all the cool prestige classes in them, and it got me thinking that i want to become a Hunter of the Dead. Can someone tell me the best way to go about getting this prestige class. For example should I be a paladin 5/ fighter 3 before I take the prestige class? What feats would help the most? Unless you have an Idea for a better prestige class.

Right now I'm a elven paladin 2:
str 14
dex 14
con 12
int 10 (only 2 skill points per level)
wis 12
cha 14

concentration 1
diplomacy 2
heal 4
knowledge religion 1
knowledge nobility 1

Feat: WF War Hammer
clik_ml
07-13-06, 08:46 AM Ya should probably be starting new threads like this in the new forums.

For simple build advice, there is pretty much no reason to take the 3rd level of fighter there. It is no better than taking a level of an NPC class.

Hunter of the Dead really doesn't offer much at all over being a single-classed paladin or a single-classed cleric. Either one is still better at dealing with undead, and un-undead even moreso.

I'd avoid the class entirely- just get an undead bane weapon and consider the job done.

Decent classes for your current build may be dips in the form of:

1 Exotic Wpn Master
2 Champion of Corellon
2 WildRunner
X Pious Templar
X Divine Crusader
15 paladin

This is achievable by taking a couple (not 3!) fighter levels and possibly ranger or cleric levels to rack up bonus feats.
Iswald
07-13-06, 10:10 AM Hunters of the Dead do have the ability to mess with more than one plot line by permanently killing ghosts.
Mommy was an Orc
07-13-06, 11:06 AM Hunter of the Dead is a lousy PrC with good flavor. It is particularly bad for your guy as it has a d8 for hit points and the only way for you to access a lot of its abilities is to boost Wisdom. The only way to do that is pretty much at the expense of Con - which would destroy your frontliner status at high level.

If your Deity's primary weapon is a Warhammer, Pious Templar is a very strong prestige class. Another interesting option might be:
Paladin 6/Divine Crusader 3/Warpriest 6(both of these are in Complete Divine)
(whoops, that should be something along the lines of:
Paladin 4/Fighter 4/Divine Crusader 3/Warpriest 4 - forgot DC had a BAB prereq...)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Samo 07-13-06, 07:54 AM	Hey guys, I was flipping through the complete warrior and complete arcane last night admiring all the cool prestige classes in them, and it got me thinking that i want to become a Hunter of the Dead. Can someone tell me the best way to go about getting this prestige class. For example should I be a paladin 5/ fighter 3 before I take the prestige class? What feats would help the most? Unless you have an Idea for a better prestige class. Right now I'm a elven paladin 2: str 14 dex 14 con 12 int 10 (only 2 skill points per level) wis 12 cha 14 concentration 1 diplomacy 2 heal 4 knowledge religion 1 knowledge nobility 1 Feat: WF War Hammer
clik_ml 07-13-06, 08:46 AM	Ya should probably be starting new threads like this in the new forums. For simple build advice, there is pretty much no reason to take the 3rd level of fighter there. It is no better than taking a level of an NPC class. Hunter of the Dead really doesn't offer much at all over being a single-classed paladin or a single-classed cleric. Either one is still better at dealing with undead, and un-undead even moreso. I'd avoid the class entirely- just get an undead bane weapon and consider the job done. Decent classes for your current build may be dips in the form of: 1 Exotic Wpn Master 2 Champion of Corellon 2 WildRunner X Pious Templar X Divine Crusader 15 paladin This is achievable by taking a couple (not 3!) fighter levels and possibly ranger or cleric levels to rack up bonus feats.
Iswald 07-13-06, 10:10 AM	Hunters of the Dead do have the ability to mess with more than one plot line by permanently killing ghosts.
Mommy was an Orc 07-13-06, 11:06 AM	Hunter of the Dead is a lousy PrC with good flavor. It is particularly bad for your guy as it has a d8 for hit points and the only way for you to access a lot of its abilities is to boost Wisdom. The only way to do that is pretty much at the expense of Con - which would destroy your frontliner status at high level. If your Deity's primary weapon is a Warhammer, Pious Templar is a very strong prestige class. Another interesting option might be: Paladin 6/Divine Crusader 3/Warpriest 6(both of these are in Complete Divine) (whoops, that should be something along the lines of: Paladin 4/Fighter 4/Divine Crusader 3/Warpriest 4 - forgot DC had a BAB prereq...)