If anyone here is familiar with Pathfinder, I need some help with building a first level mage for what my DM tells me is a pretty hardcore dungeon crawl.
Anything in Core Pathfinder plus the Advanced Player's guide is allowed. The party is six strong, all first level, and so far includes a barbarian, fighter, and ranger. The adventure is probably going to be a few sessions, so we won't get higher than second level.
My stats aren't bad: 17, 15, 15, 12, 9, 9. 60 gp starting gold. Race would most likely be elf or human.
I was leaning towards a wizard or witch (from the APG). Extra Hex seems like a solid choice for a witch, although Scribe Scroll is pretty tempting (scrolls under 250 gp take any 2 hours to scribe in Pathfinder, cost only 12.5 gp).
Any thoughts?
Building a Pathfinder Mage
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Assuming Pathfinder hasn't mucked around with the spell effects too much...
Play a wizard. Color Spray, Sleep, probably some AC buff spell like Shield or Protection from X. Take Improved Initiative and put Dex as your second-highest stat since it helps initiative and gives some Dodge to AC.
Since you've got a melee-heavy party, take Enlarge Person, too. This is a Pathfinder game, so you may as well play nice and spread the buffs around to the melee folks and let them go plow the enemies under. Make some scrolls of those common spells (Enlarge Person comes to mind).
Keep an eye on how the party goes. Don't go full-blast unless you think it's warranted. Cast Enlarge Person and all on the other players and let them do some of the work, but if it appears to be warranted, don't hesitate to throw down a Color Spray to take out a couple of enemies.
Play a wizard. Color Spray, Sleep, probably some AC buff spell like Shield or Protection from X. Take Improved Initiative and put Dex as your second-highest stat since it helps initiative and gives some Dodge to AC.
Since you've got a melee-heavy party, take Enlarge Person, too. This is a Pathfinder game, so you may as well play nice and spread the buffs around to the melee folks and let them go plow the enemies under. Make some scrolls of those common spells (Enlarge Person comes to mind).
Keep an eye on how the party goes. Don't go full-blast unless you think it's warranted. Cast Enlarge Person and all on the other players and let them do some of the work, but if it appears to be warranted, don't hesitate to throw down a Color Spray to take out a couple of enemies.
Last edited by Maxus on Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
