Starting at 3rd level, a magus gains one magus arcana. We need something as self-sufficient as possible, and we need it to be as independent of gear as possible. It's especially worse than just staying an Angel. Stacks so much Attack Bonus (AB) its actually feasible to use Power Attack without being crippled by it. For the lich path: Can I be lawful good as instructed in the build? Valve Corporation. They used to stack, and got patched up either in the Enhanced Edition or the patch prior. Hello. English is not my native language, so I'm sorry if my text is bad to read. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Choose from 25 classes, 12 character races, and more than a thousand spells, feats, and abilities to suit your personal playstyle.FOR EVERY CHOICE, A CONSEQUENCEYour decisions have more weight than ever before. How is this Ember compare to an AT Ember (something like 1viv\1sorc\8witch\10AT)? Is there any way to pull off an Eldritch Scion 6 \ Dragon Disciple 4 \ Eldritch Knight 10 build (for core or lower)? Unless specifically noted in a magus arcana's description, a magus cannot select a particular magus arcana more than once. No space for Combat Reflexes, so it wants to hog all Attack of Opportunity items you can muster. Also, Lifebane can absolutely be cast on your Kinetic Blade for added hilarity. Incorporeal is as broken good as ever and even more so for us. OR CL20 + 3 (Robe of the Seven Sins) + 2CL exploit/Dawnflower/Wind + Headband of Reshaping, Bane of Spirit, Devouring Lust, Cloak of Carnage, Mystic Grace*, Quarterstaff of the War Mage, Gnawing Magic, Robe of the Seven Sins, Builds on this page are intended to be played together, and can clear Unfair difficulty. I've been using them but I've run out and can't find any merchant that sells them. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. The only thing you lose is the OP fire gloves from the relic, but those are late anyway, so it doesn't matter. Damage difference is actually negligible since you get so many sources of damage from mythic. There are lots of +4 CON +4 STR belts about (or even just +STR in a pinch). Plays exactly as every other angel ever. :: Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition Mechanics, Guides and Builds Content posted in this community may not be appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work. That and Indestructible Bones will make you exceedingly hard to kill. How is that first build (melee lich) at 40th level? Sad but true. Some mythical paths might offset those requirements though. Or a powerful necromancer with hordes of immortal undead in your thrall? Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. For the former, you at least have Sun Form. Pairs with Brown-Fur Transmuter for Dragonform and Frightful Aspect, although can make do with scrolls if pressed hard enough. you pick boar level 1 with beast rider and level 2 you pick arcane rider and when you get to the pet step of the level up where it shows the horse in red you just press next. Wasnt incredibly useful there, but here there are a lot more reasons to go for it, and go we do. I'd like to keep some CHA but am not sure how low I can go with STR/DEX/CON/DEF. My Main gripe is that seeing in the class itself, or the class many recommand to take along on YT, duelist, you lose your AC bonus by being caught Flat footed. Use Quicken rods to Dimension Door should you need to one turn kill something badly. Patch 2.0.2c fixed vital strike apparently. No Spell Penetration at all since we dont use anything subject to it and later caster levels will suffice. At 1st level, the magus gains a reservoir of mysticalarcane energy that he can draw upon to fuel his powers and enhance his weapon. And despite not wanting to dip, I would still say you want to build toward Crane Style, so you can get full benefit from fighting defensively. Sword Saint is a good class. Estocs are better come endgame, but suffer from availability. The second part of the deal is evasion rings: have them on every single one of your swarms to skyrocket your survival rate. 1.1 Melee Sorcerer (Lich Legend) 1.2 Emerald Lich (Sorcerer) 1.3 Baked Trickster (Vivisectionist) 1.4 Mr. Smite (Oracle Angel) 1.5 Riding Dragon (Magus Gold Dragon) 1.6 . Builds in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous are made up of your Class Features, Abilities, Ability Scores, Feats, Spells and your Weapons, Armor and Skills. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. He can do 2800-2900 base damage with x8 crit Greater Vital Strike without counting the Elemental Barrage procs and without Mark of Justice. First, you'll have opportunities to "unlock" mythic paths as you're exposed to the relevant . * Free pick (can take whatever you like here). I am personally tempted to go with STR as I do not like estocs and rapiers, which from my understanding are the only choices for a DEX build. Can convert spells to summoning as a full round action (although its a good idea to slot one summoning spell per level, excepting 5 for emergencies). Hi, may I know why the kineticist demon is outdated? Is what I'd consider an exploit though. A magus is also proficient with light armor. Hi there, theorycrafting some builds at the moment. Its not that much, but it adds up. Or Fey to boost some enchantment spells. Shapes: Blue Dragon - Electricity Immunity. Especially after moving. Aeon Gaze and Bane work wonders for juicing up summoned animals (and don't forget Guarded Hearth and Inspiring Command from a local cleric). Press J to jump to the feed. (If only there was a Mythic Armour focus that would scale it instead.). Presumably its bugged (pun intended). The pool refreshes once per day when the magus prepares his spells. You can take oblate background and use wisdom for persuasion instead of cha. Lead your army and challenge mighty demon lords. However, when reading descriptions in the character creation, it feels like going DEX is the way to go, though I have no idea what the downsides of going STR would be. Additionally, I am concerned about the lack of Charisma as I would prefer my main character to be able to pass persuasion checks, especially if there are moments in the game when companions are not around like in Kingmaker. Transformation, Stone to Flesh, True Seeing. What DLC to get? Theres effectively no crusade. Pathfinder is a tabletop RPG based off of the 3.5 Ruleset of Dungeons and Dragons. Mr. Smite is fine build. Sword Saint build help. Neither work. do fine in a pinch. If something survives, you have 3 Dazzlings per round to make them finish the job (once you get to Persuasion 3). What happened to vital strike exactly that makes it shafted? Fixed, we used to be able to pick feats out of order with student in the beta, forgot to change it. have to use potions. Its just for fueling the arsenal. The build really doesnt need much in the way of Mythic feats, so it actually can take trips, Spell Penetration, and whatnot without hurting the bottom line. Ride your pet once its big enough for it. As long as you have good initiative and freedom of movement you don't need uncanny dodge for Dex tanking. Can go whatever here. it seems like a wasted feat to me. abuse Invisibility and no-save Angel nukes). We can make use of those. Is the 10 intelligence a requirement for the rest of the build ? Can Eldritch Scion also be built around STR? If the weapon is not magical, at least a +1 enhancement bonus must be added before any other properties can be added. I personally didn't play around with spellstrike due to my build. On top of that, some people recommend STR while others recommend DEX. You also get a spell to summon more swarmy bois every seven days. Choosing sword saint because in Baldur's Gate I loved the kensai/mage combo and this seems like the closest thing. Dont give a damn about your own AC because only style matters. The Vital Strike damage is insane, Cleave can hit almost the entire screen when enlarged, and you can self-cast a ton of helpful spells like True Strike, Displacement, and Restoration. Cast Geniekinds (all 4, Extended) before shapeshifting, then buff the rest. Or Demonslayer and just use mage armor potions you can buy and craft. I'm running Rowdy 1 with the rest in Vivi, wielding reach weapons (Bardiche, Glaive, etc). I see what you did, but now it's missing the Skill Focus requirement to qualify for Student of War. Travel. At 1st level, a sword saint gains Weapon Focus with his chosen weapon as a bonus feat. Well, with the latest changes to the ability score bonuses from animal focus giving an inherent benefit instead of enhanced. Monk is there to help with Armour Class and to give us another claw attack before we get to at least a Leopard. Press J to jump to the feed. A fun dip to do for str magus: 2 levels of student of war. The thing to watch out for is because you have no armor and fewer spells than other Magus archetypes, your build is going to come online slower than you'd think. If the sword saint confirms a critical hit, he can instead spend 2 points from his arcane pool to increase his weapon's critical multiplier by 1. To get it out of the way: Swarm is a challenge run is a lot of ways. We use Prescient Attack on enemies that can use See Invisibility. Until now I have planned: Skills: Atletic/Lore (Arcana)/Lore (World)/Persuasion/Use magic Device, 1 - Weapon Focus (Duelist Sword), Weapon Finesse, Slashing Grace (Duelist Sword), Possible feats in my mind for future levels: Dodge, Aldori Dueling Mastery, Weapon Specialization, Greater Weapon Focus/Specialization, Improved Critical. Have it on at all times. I figure the reason is that she is not going to be doing much damage either way so it makes sense to have her debuff (like it says in the description), likely with crippling kiss as it is the only estoc that has a debuff. Then go into greataxes when you get Grave Singer with that juicy 18-20/x3. If youve played a caster in this game, this will be familiar, except its also a fully functional domain bot, so youll never skip your swift action. Smites do stack. A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. To get the Swarm path unlocked you need to: A more or less classic Anointed Knight, except it takes Monk and Archmage Armour to scale Armour Class (AC). Any decent two-handed weapons that aren't polearms? Uses the old Kingmaker feature of Eldritch Knight giving us Greater Spell Access at Eldritch Archer Caster Level 19. Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America), Horse only bite attack? Unless I'm missing something, to get the benefits of archmage armor on your sword saint, he has to cast it himself. With this build you can end up with saves in the 50's and an AC above 100 with the values getting even higher if you use both kinds of smite on . Or a combat feat. alright. Restoration (L), Cure Moderate*, Animate Dead, Archons Aura, Shield from Demonkind**, Remove Curse, Cure Serious*, Resist Energy, Blade of the Sun**, Crusaders Edge, Divine Power, Greater Magic Weapon, Pure Form**, Freedom of Movement, Cure Critical*, Protection from Energy, Cleansing Flames**, Ward Against Harm**, Breath of Life, True Seeing, Bolt of Justice**, Aegis of the Faithful**, Ward Against Harm (Communal)**, Eaglesoul, Heal, Inspiring Recovery, Dispel Magic, Wall of Light**, Creeping Doom*, Restoration (Greater), Bestow Grace, Summon Monster VII, Ward Against Weakness (Communal)**, Sun Marked**, Radiant Ground**, Storm of Justice**, Frightful Aspect, Avenger's Blessing**, Angelic Aspect (Greater), Shield of Law, Wrath of the Righteous**, Fortress of the Faithful**, Heal (Mass), Winds of Vengeance, Fortress of the Faithful**, Sun Form**, Extra Mythic Ability: Second Mystery: Battle, Cavalier - Weapon Focus: Scythe or Greataxe // Power Attack // Boar* // Shake it Off, Magus - Skill Focus: Arcana/World // Enduring Blade, Loremaster - Improved Critical: Scythe or Greataxe, Magus - Improved Improved Improved Critical // Ghost Blade, Magus - Improved Improved Improved Improved Critical, Loremaster - Boon Companion // Cleric Spell: Divine Power, Magus - Spell Access: Heroism (G), Geniekind, Animal Growth, Echolocation, Animate Dead, Sense Vitals, Reduce Person*, Enlarge, True Strike, Vanish, Magic Weapon, Magic Missile, Color Spray, Mirror Image, Glitterdust, Blur, +stat spells, Effortless Armor, Animal Aspect, Haste, Greater Magic Weapon, Animal Aspect (G), Shatter Defenses, Greater Weapon Focus, Exhausting Critical // Leading Strike, Magus - Weapon Focus: Longspear // Arcane Accuracy, Cavalier - Tower Shield Proficiency // Cockatrice // Outflank, Magus - Improved Critical: Longspear // Dimension Strike, Magus - Improved Improved Critical // Weapon Specialization: Longspear, Magus - Improved Improved Improved Critical, Magus - Improved Improved Improved Improved Critical // Bane Blade, Loremaster - Shield Focus // Rogue Trick: Dispelling Attack // Spell Access: Heroism (G), Animal Growth, Echolocation, Life Bubble, Animate Dead, Sense Vitals, Cavalier - Extra Arcane Pool // Back to Back, Cavalier - Skill Focus: Mobility // Seize the Moment, Color Spray, Vanish, True Strike, Grease, Magic Weapon, Mirror Image, Animal Aspect, +stat spells, Blur, Haste, Animal Aspect (G), Displacement, Greater Magic Weapon, Transformation, True Seeing, Stone to Flesh, Oracle - Improved Initiative // Hellbound // Nature // Animal Companion: Horse, Oracle - Spell Penetration // Greater Spell Penetration, Sorcerer - Bolster Spell // Greater Spell Focus: Necromancy // Water // Silver, Oracle - Greater Spell Focus: Conjuration // Spell Focus: Any*, Loremaster - Boon Companion // Wizard Spell: Mass Icy Prison, Oracle - Empower Spell // Spell Focus: Any*, Loremaster - Greater Spell Focus: Any // Wizard Feat: Spell Focus: Any*, Boneshaker, Grace, Remove Paralysis, Restoration (L), Barkskin*, Cure Moderate, Animate Dead, Archons Aura, Magic Vestment, Delay Poison (C), Remove Curse, Cure Serious*, Crusaders Edge, Death Ward, Restoration, Freedom of Movement, Greater Magic Weapon, Cure Critical*, Flame Strike, Icy Prison*, Life Bubble, True Seeing, Raise Dead, Shield of Law, Fire Storm, Angelic Aspect (G), Mobility 3, All Skills 1, Trickery 20, Perception 20, 20 skill points to spread after***, Oracle - Improved Initiative // Nature // Hellbound // Natures Whispers, Oracle - Skill Focus: Arcana // Spell Focus: Conjuration, Oracle - Dazzling Display // Greater Weapon Focus: Greataxe, Oracle - Greater Spell Focus: Conjuration, Loremaster - Wizard Spell: Seamantle // Wings, Loremaster - Wizard Spell: Foresight // Boon Companion, Magic Weapon, Shield of Faith, Unbreakable Heart, Barkskin*, Circle from Alignment, Eagles Splendor, Owls Wisdom, Restoration (L), Crusaders Edge*, Greater Magic Weapon, Freedom of Movement, Protection from Energy Communal, Restoration, Shield of Dawn, Cleansing Flames*, Divine Power, Geniekind, Raise Dead, True Seeing. The mule is actually. The last two slots are very much free, but Ember is always nice and Bow Camellia is good enough for the final slot. That being said, we beat Unfair with it and so can you. Just beat my first playthrough as Pally Angel to Legend, and want to do a full playthrough without missing anything (secret ending included) as an Azata Sword Saint. I second Autocthon's recommendation to go Str based instead. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Dont take mythic level where you take improved critical mythic until after level 13. * Or Deceitful/Completely Normal. Bad news bears: no crusade means no relic items, so get everything you need in Chapter 3. Celebrate every new location with a bottle. Use heavy shield until Fighter levels, then swap to tower shield. This comprehensive guide will help you through all of the game's quests (including companion quests), offer gear lists, help . At 1st level, a magus learns to cast spells and wield his weapons at the same time. How to Sword Saint? Contributions to Fextralife Wikis are licensed under a, Sword Saint | Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous Wiki. Probably better to trust in our pet being tanky enough to survive. If he uses this ability again, the first use immediately ends. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. When wearing light or no armor, wielding his chosenweapon, and not using a shield, a sword saint adds I point of Intelligence bonus (if any) per magus class level as a dodge bonus to her Armor Class. Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous 2021 Browse game Gaming Browse all gaming Shop the Mortismal Gaming store Pathfinder: WotR - The Best & Worst Archetypes For Each Class Mortismal Gaming. That is to say, it is absolutely worse than going with a party and has way too many shortcomings. For companions you dont exactly care all that much, but since its Unfair, you are very much likely running a Paladin, Brownfur, and a Caster Cleric. Press J to jump to the feed. Had to cut initiative, but that shouldn't matter all that much with uncanny. The usual: equip your shield, hop on a horse, then switch to a two-hander so your horse gets Mounted Shield. Free feats. After days of not playing the game, I've started yesterday with Sword Saint, I have 1 dip in monk, playing on hard, but I really need help since I have 0 experience with him. You have to get Mythic lv4 before main level 13 or this build bricks. Also, current AI tends to choose a target and will run the whole map for it as the script is severely lacking. Who will stay, and who will go? A subreddit for all things involving Pathfinder CRPG series made by Owlcat Games. With Sorcerous Reflex, your first True Strike each encounter is a Swift Action, allowing you to get in a free hit against even the highest of ACs. 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