Elementalist Class? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Elementalist Class? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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skeeter_dan
11-24-06, 03:36 AM My DM is letting me re-spec an old character for various reasons; essentially, he's becoming a water elemental of sorts due to spending an inordinate amount of time in an elemental plane of water. He was originally a homebrewed bard/barbarian hybrid, but I'll probably re-spec him as a straight-forward bard.

However, I was wondering if anyone knew of any good elementalist classes, prestige or otherwise. I'd really like to have him either transforming into a full water elemental (my DM and I have discussed this as being somewhat akin to the Druid ability) or casting numerous water-based spells. Are there any suggestions for how to do this? Any classes that are already tailor-made to do this? Any books that have some good water-based spells? I'd really appreciate the help.
Elemental_Elf
11-24-06, 12:59 PM Water Shugenja, Water Wu Jen, a Frost Sorcerer/Wizard, or a Cleric with the Water Domain would work well. The Elemental Savant from the Complete Arcane is probably your best bet for an Elementalist. They focus on one of the 4 damage elements, of which Frost would be related to Water. At 10th level they become native outsiders to which ever plain they are asociated with, in your case Water.
Salla
11-24-06, 02:11 PM Hm. You could probably adapt the Elemental Savant from Complete Arcane into a water-based caster ... or, alternately, consider ice to be water, since it kinda is. :)
storm1402
11-25-06, 08:56 AM Use only water spells and have a specialist mage, also the prestige classes already meantioned will work, as to transforming into an elemental look to the savage species there is a part in the book on transforming a character into a monster. Or the DM could be nice and either allow a wish or a quest that a deity wants inorder to transform the character, but be warned if you do that to the character then you will have immunities and vulnerability to elements.
d24478667
11-25-06, 09:03 AM Bonded Summoner, Minatures Handbook. You get an elemental familiar (But first you have to take the feat) and it gets bigger, and you eventually get the ability to change into a water elemental.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
skeeter_dan 11-24-06, 03:36 AM	My DM is letting me re-spec an old character for various reasons; essentially, he's becoming a water elemental of sorts due to spending an inordinate amount of time in an elemental plane of water. He was originally a homebrewed bard/barbarian hybrid, but I'll probably re-spec him as a straight-forward bard. However, I was wondering if anyone knew of any good elementalist classes, prestige or otherwise. I'd really like to have him either transforming into a full water elemental (my DM and I have discussed this as being somewhat akin to the Druid ability) or casting numerous water-based spells. Are there any suggestions for how to do this? Any classes that are already tailor-made to do this? Any books that have some good water-based spells? I'd really appreciate the help.
Elemental_Elf 11-24-06, 12:59 PM	Water Shugenja, Water Wu Jen, a Frost Sorcerer/Wizard, or a Cleric with the Water Domain would work well. The Elemental Savant from the Complete Arcane is probably your best bet for an Elementalist. They focus on one of the 4 damage elements, of which Frost would be related to Water. At 10th level they become native outsiders to which ever plain they are asociated with, in your case Water.
Salla 11-24-06, 02:11 PM	Hm. You could probably adapt the Elemental Savant from Complete Arcane into a water-based caster ... or, alternately, consider ice to be water, since it kinda is. :)
storm1402 11-25-06, 08:56 AM	Use only water spells and have a specialist mage, also the prestige classes already meantioned will work, as to transforming into an elemental look to the savage species there is a part in the book on transforming a character into a monster. Or the DM could be nice and either allow a wish or a quest that a deity wants inorder to transform the character, but be warned if you do that to the character then you will have immunities and vulnerability to elements.
d24478667 11-25-06, 09:03 AM	Bonded Summoner, Minatures Handbook. You get an elemental familiar (But first you have to take the feat) and it gets bigger, and you eventually get the ability to change into a water elemental.