The Build: Wizard 1/Druid 7/Arcane Heirophant 1/Fleshwarper 1/Arcane Heirophant +9/Beastmaster 1
Concept: Using the Fleshwarper ability to aberrate my familiar (in the +1 size catagory way), and the Arcane Heirophant's ability to make your Animal Companion pretend it's a familiar, make the biggest, meanest animal aberration I can.
Feats:
1: Sanctum Spell
3: Natural Bond
6: Skill Focus (Handle Animal)
9: Graft Flesh
All other feats are free, as is selection of race. Druid casts as 17th level, Wizard casts 11th level, and Effective Druid level is 24 for Animal Companion. Obviously, this runs into issue if you use a stock wolf, or some other type, however instead I have opted for a Tyrannosaurus. I know that it's less of an optimized choice than Megaraptor, or myriad other choices, however Megaraptor seemed less Godzilla-like to me, thus the T-rex. The part that is giving me a problem, though, is the idea of riding in the belly of the beast, so to speak, so I'll always be within 5 feet for Share Spell and the like. I don't doubt my ability to do the concentration check, but survival may be problematic without some means of mitigating the damage.
Any suggestions/critique/random comments are welcome!
Also, you could use it as a mount.
I think there is a feat (Companion Spellbond?) that extends the range on share spells out... maybe to 1 mile?
I'm pretty sure it's 30ft...
I think there is a feat (Companion Spellbond?) that extends the range on share spells out... maybe to 1 mile?
I'm pretty sure it's 30ft...
There is one for familiars and one for companions, and one is 30 ft and the other is 1 mile. I can never remember which is which.
"COMPANION SPELLBOND
You form a special magical link with your animal com-
panion, allowing you to share spells with it over a greater
distance.
Prerequisite: Animal Companion.
Benefit: You use your companion's share spells ability out
to range of 30 feet, rather than the standard 5 feet. You can
cast touch spells to affect your companion at a greater range
than normal. You can change a spell's range from touch to
short (range of 25 feet + 5 feet per two caster levels) if the
spell targets only your compaion." - Player's Handbook II, page 77
Note that I've heard of the "Share Spells with Familiar out to 1 mile" feat PhaedrusXY's talking about. I read about it recently and discarded it.
[-0800 12:49 February 11, 2010]
Enspell Familiar from Drag.-Mag. #280? I'll post an excerpt when I get the chance (at around 15:30), if you wish.
"Enspell Familiar "Little More Familiar, A" Stephen Kenson 280(62) D&D3"
Is this build supposed to surpass/modify/be inspired by/be a variation of Super/ubermounts?
Familiarity, reference 3.
Odd that I swear I've seen "Enspell Familiar" before, yet I haven't D280, thus I couldn't have read it recently.
Reference 4 is now ready. There's also a new Darkness Familiar thingy (reference 5).
yfrog.com/0td322p67spellsofshadowp
Reference(s):
1. PhaedrusXY > Getting the most out of your familiar > brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.p...
2. DragonDex:
Index of Feats and Flaws - www.aeolia.net/dragondex/feats.html
3. Dragon #325 > Familiarity feat - yfrog.com/5sd325p49p
4. Dragon #280, page 62 > "A Little More Familiar" by Stephen Kenson > the "Enspell Familiar" feat - yfrog.com/jod280p62featsfamiliarp
5. Dragon Magazine issue #322 - Lord of Darkness - Erebus, the Void Between the Stars - yfrog.com/0td322p62lordofdarknesserpx
P.S. The formatting SUUUUUUUUCKS. Frickin' WotC! Start postin' your stuff at Brilliant Gameologists.
P.P.S. I find that it's largely due to a disparity in code compatibility for Firefox.
Concept: Using the Fleshwarper ability to aberrate my familiar (in the +1 size catagory way), and the Arcane Heirophant's ability to make your Animal Companion pretend it's a familiar, make the biggest, meanest animal aberration I can.
I love how when other people do this, its okay. But when I do it, people don't like me using the same thing...
I first thought "Fleshraker + Giant Size" but it wasn't so...