Changeling Warshaper RKV for use in Savage Tides - Downloaded from the Wizards Community, all coding removed by Solauren

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#1 atsuishoto Jun 12, 2008 22:03:12	Hey all, I'm building a character that I am hoping will follow the expected power level for characters in the Savage Tides campaign. Having never played through the whole thing before, I need a bit of an outsider perspective to see if I can get it right, although there will be plenty of time to adjust the details as I actually climb through the levels. Here's the sitch: My 6th level psywarrior blood spiked charger charged headlong into combat one too many times, and I'm looking for a backup plan in case my brand new replacement glaivelock runs into the same mortality issues on the Isle of Dread. I would like to be absurdly potent, but do so by aiding my team mates, who are not part time optimizers like me, and whom I do NOT intend to eclipse in-game.
#2 tytalus Jun 13, 2008 8:48:52	Why do you have no levels in an initiator class? You'll want that, just so you can have a usable recovery mechanic. IMHO, Warblade4 or Crusader4 / Warshaper 4 / etc. is much better. Also, I'd skip the DW maneuvers.
#3 davethemagicweasel Jun 13, 2008 16:02:01	Levels 3 and 4 fo Fighter get you 1 feat, which you're using for Martial Stance (IGG). Change that to Crusader 1 / Fighter 2 / Crusader +1 and you get IGG as your level 1 stance then you also get a second stance, Furious Counterstrike +1/Steely Resolve 10, Cha to Will saves, more skill points, a selection of 1st/2nd level maneuvers AND a recovery mechanism upon which to build your RKV progression (oh, and an extra IL). This situation is the textbook definition of a "no-brainer".
#4 atsuishoto Jun 15, 2008 22:01:07	Thanks for the advice, dave. I liked the idea and ran the ToB classes by my DM. He said 'no', however. He doesn't want to have to deal with the recovery mechanics and the unique class features. He's not averse to the actual ToB maneuvers, though, because he finds their spell-like format easy to digest and utilize quickly. When I explained that the RKV doesn't use any recovery mechanics that you don't already have, he wasn't averse to it, either, so I know I'd like to use that prestige class. Does anyone have another cool undead-flavored spellcasting idea to replace the Divine Crusader domain casting, or maybe a better set of maneuvers to take? Generally I'm just looking for a way to get turn undead in 1 (or 2 max) levels to get into RKV, but base classes would incur a multiclassing penalty (except for rogue, of course).

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atsuishoto

Jun 12, 2008 22:03:12

Hey all, I'm building a character that I am hoping will follow the expected power level for characters in the Savage Tides campaign. Having never played through the whole thing before, I need a bit of an outsider perspective to see if I can get it right, although there will be plenty of time to adjust the details as I actually climb through the levels.

Here's the sitch:

My 6th level psywarrior blood spiked charger charged headlong into combat one too many times, and I'm looking for a backup plan in case my brand new replacement glaivelock runs into the same mortality issues on the Isle of Dread. I would like to be absurdly potent, but do so by aiding my team mates, who are not part time optimizers like me, and whom I do NOT intend to eclipse in-game.

tytalus

Jun 13, 2008 8:48:52

Why do you have no levels in an initiator class? You'll want that, just so you can have a usable recovery mechanic.

IMHO, Warblade4 or Crusader4 / Warshaper 4 / etc. is much better. Also, I'd skip the DW maneuvers.

davethemagicweasel

Jun 13, 2008 16:02:01

Levels 3 and 4 fo Fighter get you 1 feat, which you're using for Martial Stance (IGG).

Change that to Crusader 1 / Fighter 2 / Crusader +1 and you get IGG as your level 1 stance then you also get a second stance, Furious Counterstrike +1/Steely Resolve 10, Cha to Will saves, more skill points, a selection of 1st/2nd level maneuvers AND a recovery mechanism upon which to build your RKV progression (oh, and an extra IL).

This situation is the textbook definition of a "no-brainer".

atsuishoto

Jun 15, 2008 22:01:07

Thanks for the advice, dave. I liked the idea and ran the ToB classes by my DM. He said 'no', however. He doesn't want to have to deal with the recovery mechanics and the unique class features. He's not averse to the actual ToB maneuvers, though, because he finds their spell-like format easy to digest and utilize quickly. When I explained that the RKV doesn't use any recovery mechanics that you don't already have, he wasn't averse to it, either, so I know I'd like to use that prestige class.

Does anyone have another cool undead-flavored spellcasting idea to replace the Divine Crusader domain casting, or maybe a better set of maneuvers to take? Generally I'm just looking for a way to get turn undead in 1 (or 2 max) levels to get into RKV, but base classes would incur a multiclassing penalty (except for rogue, of course).