I've got myself a kobold mine and stronghold to bahamut, and we're about to start a campaign and I'd rather like to know that things aren't going to fall apart in my absence; luckily I have taken the Leadership feat, and a have a 13th level kobold companion with standard kobold stats (which will be modified by stat gains at level 13) that has yet to be designed. What I had planned was an expert with knowledge area, profession miner/administrator/merchant, sense motive, bluff, diplomacy, forgery... you get the idea.
The problem is, I'm neighbours to Illithids.
So now I'm wondering if there are any prestige classes, magic items, or feats, I should be looking at for him, to grant protection from mind control, detection of the same, preferably things to deal with scrying... it's a lot to be worried about. So far the only thing I've seen is Spymaster, which would add some nice bonuses aganist scrynig and the slippery mind ability.
Is there any good foundations for building a character to deal with administration, who can actually keep his mind his own. I'm not necessarily looking to make him able to single handedly take on anything, with nasty combinations of wizarding and what have you, just have a chap I can rely on whilst I'm gone (and have status cast on etc)
Thanks for your time.
It has been suggested that my followers will have standard statline, I assume this will be the same for the Companion: Str 9, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8 (he will have +3 stat points to spend for being level 13)
as stated, there are no restrictions yet placed on what he CAN be, other than that he is a kobold, and his role will be my administrator. He has starting cash of a 13th level character; which can be spent on equipment, magic items, having spells cast for us, and we have not been told there are any restrictions on books. I know that people have used lots of "platbooks", and I have been told if it exists in a book, that one of the members has access to the book.
He is a kobold, and can't be dragonwrought.
anything else needed?
with a 13th level dread necro and, say, 20 charisma, he could control 68 HD of undead. thats 68 human skeletons to work in you mine/defend the stronghold.
The prereqs for Occult Slayer can be met by any 8th level character (4 ranks of Knowledge: Arcana, 3 ranks of Spellcraft, Improved Initiative, and Weapon Focus with any weapon). This means that your cohort is capable of attaining Occult Slayer 5, making him immune to mind effects.
Lords of Madness might have additional information for avoiding illithid attacks. Psionic classes like the Slayer might be worthwhile to check out, as well, but again, only if you are using psionics in the campaign.
If you can convince your DM that your cohort is supposed to have the elite array and PC classes, there is a lot more you can do with him.
Hijaxx: I'd rather avoid undead just because it will disconcert the workers, and killing them for undead is not something my character would want to do ;3 Do necromancers have innate resistance to mind control?
TSH: Does Occult Slayer require a BAB? By the looks of it I can meet your listed requirements at level 1 using a stalwart sorcerer for weapon focus. At the moment it sounds great, and Slayer is delicious; making his brain repulsive is perfect for illithids!
Thank you for your imput
any chance that you can convince your dm that it's not actually a kobold, but a dragon alt. formed into a kobold? wyrmling steel dragons using Wyrm of War option from Dragons of Eberron are nasty.
Do not follow my advice.
Seriously. Your GM will come for me.
What is Keeper of they cerulean sign from? will I get as far as I need on 13 levels?
There is a lot of abusive stuff in there, so I wouldn't suggest using all of it in most games. The main benefit is that he basically is the stronghold, which gives him lots of benefits like being virtually indestructible (unless the stronghold is destroyed), and allowing him to animate a bunch of objects to attack intruders. :D
gets detect aberrant taint: can sense aberrations, their Mind effecting spells, or supernatural effects, and willing cultists
greater aberration bane magic: more damage +6 dc for spells cast against aberrations
mental backlash: if an aberration fails to effect you with a mind effecting spell/SLA, you do a buttload of dmg + nausea
10th lvl, you can destroy aberrations dc 20 + CHA mod
I really like the hauntshift idea though
Kobold Dragonblood Sorcerer 5/Mindbender 1/Incantatrix 7
Take Mindsight as you're 9th level feat, and Draconic Resoivoir as your 3rd, and do the Greater Draconic Rite of Passage. Take a metamagic as your 6th and purchase Otyugh's hole for Iron will, leaving you your 1st and 12th level feats open for whatever. Dragonblood sorcerer grants you Draconic Heritage as a bonus feat (lose your familiar though) at 1st level sorcerer. With the rite of passage, he'll be casting 7ths as a Sorcerer 13, and with Incan, he'll be able to use persist cheese. With Mindsight, he'll be able to see the assassins coming most of the time.
Pick spells that work really well for running/defending a stronghold and managing people/money. Wall of Stone/or Iron and Fabricate are the first two that pop in my head. These are things you can use for temporary or permanent BFC's that you can also use for utility (shoring up mine walls), or for money making (as raw material for Fabricate).
When he hit's 15, be sure to get him Mindblank, just to keep him from getting turned, and at 16 or 18, if you can afford it, buy a scroll of simulacrum and make a copy of him to act as his valet. The copy can augment his spellcasting of lower level utility spells, and act as a double for incoming assassination attempts.