[3.5] What to play, what to play...

[Sstoopidtallkid]

Originally Posted by alchemyprime

Still trying to get the sexxy mage idea to work.

Which sexxy mage idea? Because we ccan find cool ones of those for you.

[alchemyprime]

My original pitch to the DM was I would play a changeling wizard, specialized in blue magic.

Not the Final Fantasy kind, the Nymphology/BoEF/NoUCK type. Hehehe... So yeah, I tried to pitch the sort of mage that has very dirty, perverted spells. Like a logical expansion upon Tasha's Hideous Laughter...

[Anonymouswizard]

If you want the down right insane: bearded dwarven female pacifist monk! Also, give the beard levels in ninga, so that you can be in comunities without drawing attention.

Or, female half-elf Wu Jen! Or maybe gnome warlock with only death themed spells, and a riding dog. Or, same but with human, and a white horse. Both disguise their faces as skulls, and both the mounts are called binky.

[Gametime]

Pixie warlock is pretty funny...but for sheer comic value, you can't go wrong with the World's Smallest Giant.

[Gnorman]

Originally Posted by alchemyprime

Classwise, I'd like a magical class that's not just a wizard or a sorcerer.

Still trying to get the sexxy mage idea to work.

You want a dirty, lecherous, oddly-seductive Gnome Beguiler. You still get a good complement of enchantment and illusion spells (great for... ahem... charming new companions and creating "inappropriate moving images"). You have tons of skill points, so you can easily concentrate in party face skills. You're all kinds of sneaky, so if you want to creep around peering into hotel windows or into changing rooms, you can easily do it. Pick up a level of Mindbender and awe all the peasant girls with your telepathy and mind-reading skills.

So you might not be able to use the Blue Mage itself, but perhaps you can pick up some Nymphology spells as Advanced Learning picks.

Changeling Beguiler would be a good idea too, but you lose some of the allure of being three foot Casanova. Of course, you could just change into one if that bothers you enough.

[deuxhero]

See if your DM will allow Blue Mage.

[Heliomance]

This. That is all. You can hit orcs with elves - what else do you want?

/shameless self plug

[Sstoopidtallkid]

Necropolitan Changeling Dread Necromancer. You have a small contingent of undead bodyguards travel with you, and the remainder are stationed at various inns in towns to gather cash for you. And since you never need to worry about disease, food, pregnancy, or actual sleep, it should be pretty profitable. Just make sure you have enough ranks in disguise to pull it off. You may need to create and Rebuke intelligent undead to watch your various inns, too, just in case.

[alchemyprime]

Originally Posted by Sstoopidtallkid

Necropolitan Changeling Dread Necromancer. You have a small contingent of undead bodyguards travel with you, and the remainder are stationed at various inns in towns to gather cash for you. And since you never need to worry about disease, food, pregnancy, or actual sleep, it should be pretty profitable. Just make sure you have enough ranks in disguise to pull it off. You may need to create and Rebuke intelligent undead to watch your various inns, too, just in case.

I may keep this idea for another date, but I talked to the DM earlier today. Blue mage is still out, he has taken another path than me to figure out how to keep the 5 minute workday away (I use a variant on recharge magic/reserve points, he's using milestones) and has admitted that this will be mainly a dungeon crawl until at least 5th level. So I like this idea, but it wouldn't work for this campaign I'm afraid.

[Starbuck_II]

Originally Posted by alchemyprime

So a friend of mine wants to DM a (mostly) serious D&D campaign. My first idea, a blue mage (Nymphology kind) got shot down as too silly a theme.

GIVE ME YOUR IDEAS! WHAT SHALL I PLAY?

An Eyekin with their Beholder Prc. Say stuff like the "Eyes of Doom are here", "Beauty is in my eyes.", etc.

[deuxhero]

Originally Posted by alchemyprime

Blue mage is still out

The Blue Mage I linked to was entirely unrelated to the one you planed on using.

[Kiren]

Go for stereotypical gnome, red pointy hat, illusionist. Have fun with the illusions.

[alchemyprime]

Originally Posted by deuxhero

The Blue Mage I linked to was entirely unrelated to the one you planed on using.

Yes, I saw that. It looked fun, but the mechanics were a little off for me. I may save it for a future character concept though, thanks.

Now... how did you get an old boards1.wizards.com link to work like that? I have an old thread on the old WotC boards I'm trying to get ahold of...

[lordhenry4000]

If you're allowed to use Mongoose, I absolutely say Chaos Mage. It is completely gol'darn insane, provides plenty of comic relief (so long as you're happy to roleplay), and is overall a really fun class. I DEFINITELY suggest asking your DM to houserule a different DC for Concentration while casting Chaos spells (the listed DC is "just use the Casting Check DC in place of the spell level," and everywhere in the book, +1 spell level is equivalent to +5 to +10 Casting Check. OW.). If he may think it's overpowered, there's no shame in multiclassing for fun once you take your first step on one of the Paths of Chaos (so it can be thematically appropriate) (my halfling chaos mage started down the Path of Bloody Rage*, so he's now half-and-half chaos mage/barbarian ).

*Paths of Chaos: I absolutely suggest picking one manually (with the DM) instead of rolling for it, because a couple of them *coughpathofbloodyragecough* really suck (there just isn't much you can do to roleplay the new step along the path for some of them, which is at least half the fun of playing the class).

[alchemyprime]

Originally Posted by lordhenry4000

If you're allowed to use Mongoose, I absolutely say Chaos Mage. It is completely gol'darn insane, provides plenty of comic relief (so long as you're happy to roleplay), and is overall a really fun class. I DEFINITELY suggest asking your DM to houserule a different DC for Concentration while casting Chaos spells (the listed DC is "just use the Casting Check DC in place of the spell level," and everywhere in the book, +1 spell level is equivalent to +5 to +10 Casting Check. OW.). If he may think it's overpowered, there's no shame in multiclassing for fun once you take your first step on one of the Paths of Chaos (so it can be thematically appropriate) (my halfling chaos mage started down the Path of Bloody Rage*, so he's now half-and-half chaos mage/barbarian ).

*Paths of Chaos: I absolutely suggest picking one manually (with the DM) instead of rolling for it, because a couple of them *coughpathofbloodyragecough* really suck (there just isn't much you can do to roleplay the new step along the path for some of them, which is at least half the fun of playing the class).

I'm starting to think I may not have this mongoose book. Where is this class?

[Grumman]

Originally Posted by alchemyprime

I'm starting to think I may not have this mongoose book. Where is this class?

It's in its own book. I think it's called "Chaos Magic".

[lordhenry4000]

Originally Posted by Grumman

It's in its own book. I think it's called "Chaos Magic".

Indeed. moretextmoretextmoretext!

[deuxhero]

Originally Posted by alchemyprime

Now... how did you get an old boards1.wizards.com link to work like that? I have an old thread on the old WotC boards I'm trying to get ahold of...

Look closely at the URL (it's from http://www.archive.org).