Sabre_Justice Posted:

I like the look of the Disciple of Dispater, and power over iron? How can I resist? Not as crazy about Jubilex, ooze isn’t really my thing. Warrior of Darkness looks interesting, but he’d need some help, perhaps from a certain wizard… that might be an option if they become something resembling friends. I’ll try and keep all those options open, and see how he develops as the game goes on.

I was hoping you’ll say Dispater. Log in to see images! As much as I’ll like to keep things as much open as possible, a problem with advancement is that you need to meet certain prerequisites before you can take a level in them. Take, for example, the two you’ve chosen. Both of them have vastly different requisites, as listed below:

Disciple of Dispater
Alignment: any evil
Base Attack Bonus: +6
Feats: Disciple of Darkness, Expertise, Power Attack
Special: Must be initiated into the cult of Dispater.

Warrior of Darkness
Alignment: any evil
Base Attack Bonus: +5
Skills: Alchemy 3 ranks, Knowledge (Arcana) 3 ranks, Speak Language (Abyssal or Infernal), Spellcraft 1 rank.
Feats: Iron Will
Special: Must endure a week’s worth of painful and scarring black magic rituals performed in solitude, the secrets of which take months to study and research successfully. Don’t worry about this, I’ll arrange for this to happen if you so decide to go with this clbum.

Intimidating Strike is from Player’s Handbook II. I don’t really have access to 3.0 material, so you’re gonna have to spell these things out for me. I can just replace that with Weapon Specialisation (Halberd) if you want, that was my other option for that slot. I think.

Downloading the PDF now. In the meantime, those other boots look good. He’s in big heavy armour and all, so something to compensate for that will probably be welcome. Although stocking up on potions also sounds like a good idea…

Thanks. Log in to see images! The PDF you’re downloading now should have all the information you require to choose your feats as well as equipment: have a look at p54 for the complete list. In addition, one of the feats from the above spoiler block will be listed here for you:

Disciple of Darkness
The character formally supplicates himself to the powers of darkness. Once per day, while performing an evil act, he may call upon his diabolic patron to add a +1 luck modifier to any roll. You may not take this feat more than once, though you can choose the specific archdevil patron at a later date because you’re not too sure if you want to go with Dispater.

I also gotta think in character. Zak doesn’t seem like the most creative kinda guy, so I doubt he’d invest in a Bag of Tricks. Amulet of Natural Armour… eh. Looks exactly the same as a +1 Ring, not that that’s a bad thing.

The boots mean I’ll have to ditch something else… so maybe I’ll just go for some potions. He already has Jump anyway.

How about 2 Potions of Bull’s Strength, and 2 Potions of Cure Moderate Wounds?

The potions look good, maybe more healing if you have the cash left over. Log in to see images!