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Old 10-24-2015, 10:37 PM   #476
Abe Sargent
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Alzar is now a level 1 cleric, he is taking the Scholar Priest kit. Alzar may spend weapon points on non-weapon skills with this kit. He also gets huge positive reactions from scholars, sages, and such


125 character points:
+15 points for no armor at all

Major Access to these Spheres: All, Healing, Astral, Law, War, Combat, Charm, Divination, Guardian, Necromantic, Protection, Summoning, Wards, 95 points

Numbers? Elemental? Thought? 35 for those three at major if we want to later

45 points right now.


Alzar wants to focus on magic that either is something new (Healing) or supplements his stuff he already likes (Summoning). One of the major struggles with priests is that they have some good summoning spells in the Elemental schools, and thus cannot be acquired. But they have spells Alzar typically doesn’t like. Alzar downright detests illusions and disdains a quick evocation spell that does immediate damage versus a spell like Conjure Earth Elemental, which blows through a lot of people a lot more powerfully than a Cone of Cold spell does. Because I really want to give Alzar all of the summoning spells, let’s give him major Elemental access as well - 15 points.

110 - 30 left

Fire Immunity - Alzar is immune to fire. Any non-magical fire, flame, lava, or heat won’t affect him. He always makes his saves against fire spells and effects. And if a fire spell doesn’t have a save, he gets one.

So he’ll always save for half damage against an effect like Fireball.

10 points left

Protection from Energy Drain - +2 on saves vs energy drain effects, and grants a save when there is none
Cold Resistance - +2 on all saves vs ice-based and cold attacks. Effects without a saving throw are not given one


New Proficiencies:

Alzar gets two free with his kit

Scribe - 12
Religion - 10

Investigation - 11
Healing - 14
Hypnotism - 9
Administration - 16



Alzar also uses one of the Wishes from his Ring to gain one in Wisdom to 17. 16 is pretty good, but he can be an even better Cleric with 17 WIS because that lets him cast 6th level magic. He can’t do 7th though. You can raise each stat with s Wish just once, and he’s only done it with INT up until now.

Weapon Prof:

Alzar is considering the Mace so he can use Typhus until he levels to a decent place. But he could ggrab Flail instead so Ptah’s Royal Flail - +3 Flail, acts as Mace of Disruption would be an option. But nah,Typhus it is:


Typhus - INT 11, EGO 16, CN, can only be handled by clerics without bad stuff happening, +3 mace, immune to disease, every hit causes disease per the spell unless a save is made. Can cast cloudkill and wither once/day, and gives +1 to level for turning or commanding undead. -1 STR and CON to any non cleric who tries to wield it. Each time uses a spell, moves more towards CN. When removed, turns to normal Align, or regains lost STR/CON after one week.


And using that.

Mace

He holds on to one free weapon proficiency for now

Priests can use shields, so he’s using the +5 one.

With the shield and Bracers, he has a really low AC.

He has a few items that are going to intrigue:





Bonus Spells - 2 1sts, 2 2nds, 1 3rd

Alzar also has three Pearls of Power for 2nd, 3rd, and 43th level spells, and these can be used by a Priest to get an additional spell of that level.
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