The Cult of the Damned

[Nanshork]

I'll finish up sometime tonight, don't need to fix my full feat progression yet and I'm good till after sixth anyway except for my third level feat.  Probably going to go with deformity feats.

[Stratovarius]

Sounds good. I'll give you a fairly generic start in Marleath unless there are requests otherwise.

[Nanshork]

Obligatory question: is the Scourge of Chaos PrC from Bestiary of Krynn allowed?  I can send you the specs if you want.


Also, I'm curious as to how I would fit in Marleath society since I am not, and never really want to be, undead?

[Stratovarius]

Marleath isn't all undead. Just happens to be mostly that way. The upper caste is alive, while the laborers are undead.

I've got the Bestiary of Krynn. Not entirely sure I like the class, as much from flavour as anything else, but I think its acceptable to play from a balance perspective.

[Nanshork]

Well how can we reflavor the class to make you like it better? 

So far I'm looking at taking: Power Attack, Skilled Executioner, Primordial Scion (and the perquisite other abyssal heritor feat), Improved Sunder and Greater Ritual Study.  That sets me up feat wise until after level nine at least.

Edit: Basic build stub

Ritual Warrior 6/ Ceremonial Butcher 1/ Scourge of Chaos 3/ Ceremonial Butcher 4/ Ritual Warrior 6
1 - Power Attack, Skilled Executioner, Improved Sunder
3 - Cloak of the Obyrith
6 - Greater Ritual Study (Weapon of Blood)
9 - Primordial Scion

Not sure about feats after that.

[Nanshork]

Also, background is mainly up to X-Codes as he is my older brother and in charge of us. 

[Stratovarius]

I'm not sure you can. It doesn't strike me as a class so much as a three level dip for a couple immunities.

[Nanshork]

Well, if you don't like it I could always take it out, and put Willing Deformity and Deformity (madness) in the build somewhere.  I was thinking of the PrC as my character sort of delving deeper into his insanity and his latent fiendish bloodline.

But if I'm going the deformity route, I need more feat slots.  Ahh well, I can shuffle things around.

[X-Codes]

I'll probably write up my character's description and the background on Thursday.  Crapload of homework this week and it's looking like I've got 2 exams next week, so I'll have to wait until my "weekend" to get leisurely stuff done (note: I don't have class on Friday).

[Stratovarius]

Alright. We can start Friday or Monday then.

[Nanshork]

Would you rather I avoid Scourge of Chaos and do something else?

[Stratovarius]

Preferably, but there's no reason for you not to take the class. What are you looking to get out of the second PrC?

[Nanshork]

With "much adjusted" flavor I see it as what I said earlier, some sort of mixture of insanity and his latent fiendish heritage being combined and tapped as a source of power.  However, I want you to be as happy with my character as I am when it is done, makes things more fun in the end.

Mechanically, everything that I really want out of it can be gotten with feats, mostly the immunity to mind affecting things (because I'm crazy).  And I don't know why but when my characters never have to eat or sleep that satisfies some of my paranoid instincts.  I can actually survive just fine without the PrC, and in fact will regain fifth level rituals if I drop it. 

I'm just lazy and don't want to re-evaluate all of my feats to make them work.   

Oh, question: Does immunity to all mind-affecting spells and effects include immunity to all fear effects?

[Stratovarius]

I would say no, since fear is a different descriptor, and it can be as much physical as anything else. Certainly, many cases of fear don't involve any mental action necessary.

[Nanshork]

Then I'll be taking the Fearless feat.  I'm too crazy to be afraid of anything. 

[Nanshork]

New build stub:

Ritual Warrior 8/ Ceremonial Butcher 5/ Ritual Warrior 7
1 - Power Attack, Fearless, Willing Deformity
3 - Deformity (Madness)
6 - Skilled Executioner
9 - xxx
10 - Improved Sunder
12 - Combat Brute, xxx

All the feats after that are blank too.  However, I think that this will work for me, and can get a character rolled up today.  Not sure if I want to stick the abyssal heritor feats back in since they will only be useful way later.

[Rufei]

Make sure that you're immune to morale effects too, seeing as one of my fear effects is a morale-based effect, not fear. (Odd, isn't it?)

[Nanshork]

Is your morale effect mind affecting? 

[Rufei]

Huh, based on the description, no. It is specifically an (Ex) morale effect.

Start boosting that will save!

[AfterCrescent]

All morale is mind affecting.