User:Ubergeek63/Scavenging Buff Maestro

Author: Ubergeek63 Date Created: 07/30/15 Status: dev Editing: Clarity edits only please

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Introduction

Scavenges unused party magic to persistent buff entire party at lvl 12 while being helpful during the day even at lower lvls

References

Races of the Dragon Arguable since the feat used, Practical Metamagic, has nothing to do with dragons. This is under powered to have ANY dragon requirement, the only plausible reason is to sell more damned $30 books! Any reasonable GM would recognize this and drop the subtype requirement.

Unearthed Arcana - Spellcaster class, pg 77

Unearthed Arcana - Flaw

Complete Adventurer - Spellthief class, pg 13

Complete Mage - Ultimate Magus, pg 77

Heroes of Battle - War Weaver, pg 112

Complete Scoundrel - Master Spellthief, pg 79

Complete Arcane - Chain Spell, pg 76

Complete Arcane - Sanctum Spell, pg 82

Complete Arcane - Precocious Apprentice, pg 181

Races of the Dragon - Versatile Spellcaster, pg 101

Complete Mage - Metamagic School Focus, pg 45

Game Rule Components

Spells, Powers, Soulmelds, Stances, etc...

Spellcaster takes cures as arcane spells chaining powered by wizard spells: Cure Light wounds and Cure Moderate wounds are musts

Wizard takes Blur and Displacement spells to use persistent metamagic on powered by spell thief scavenging

Items

none

Progression

Starting Ability Scores (Before Racial Adjustments): <- starting ability scores before racial adjustments ->

Race (Templates):

Starting Racial Traits:

ECL	Class/HD/LA	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Feats	Class Features	Special
			Fort	Ref	Will
1st	Beguiler 1	+0	+0	+0	+2	Versatile Spellcaster, Enlarge Spell, Sanctum Spell	Armored mage, trapfinding
2nd	Spellcaster 1	+0	+0	+2	+2	Chain Spell	Bonus Feat	Arcane intelligence caster, CLW
3rd	Spellthief 1	+0	+0	+2	+4	Master Spellthief	Sneak attack +1d6, steal spell (0 or 1st), trapfinding
4th	War Weaver 1	+0	+0	+2	+8		Eldritch tapestry	Cast CLW to party
5th	Wizard 1	+0	+0	+2	+6		Summon familiar, Scribe scroll
6th	War Weaver 2	+1	+0	+2	+9	Extend Spell	Quiescent weaving 1
7th	War Weaver 3	+1	+1	+3	+9		Quiescent weaving 2	Blur
8th	Ultimate Magus 1	+1	+1	+3	+11		Arcane spell power +1	Cast CMW to party
9th	Ultimate Magus 2	+2	+1	+3	+12	Persistent Spell	Expanded spell knowledge (1st level or lower)	Displacement, CCW to party
10th	Ultimate Magus 3	+2	+2	+4	+12		Augmented casting	Chain CLW to party: 60-138 HP
11th	Ultimate Magus 4	+3	+2	+4	+13		Arcane spell power +2, expanded spell knowledge (2nd level or lower)	Chain CMW to party: 132-294 HP
12th	Ultimate Magus 5	+3	+2	+4	+13	Practical Metamagic (Persistent Spell), Metamagic School Focus (Illusion)	Bonus Feat	Persistent Blur entire party for free!
13th	Ultimate Magus 6	+4	+3	+5	+14		Expanded spell knowledge (3rd level or lower)	Persistent Displacement on entire party for free!
14th	War Weaver 4	+5	+3	+5	+15		Quiescent weaving 3
15th	War Weaver 5	+5	+3	+5	+15	lvl15 feat	Enlarged tapestry, quiescent weaving 4	no longer has to touch party to deliver spells

Other Components

Specialist wizard (Illusion)

Highlights

Tactics

As a support build, it is weak in battle but spell compliment can compensate at low lvls to some extent. At higher lvls will be peristent buffing the party for free the night before, and trigger a saved HP maxing cure wounds spell as a move action. In between battles lower buffs can be stored to be released as a move action at the beginning of the next battle.

At the end of the day left over party spell energy is collected and used for buffs and stored for the next days battles.

Further Optimization

More of a DE-optimization for pickier GMS:

Remove Beguiler, swap Spellthief and Spellcaster for spellthief's skill bonus, and add 2 wizard lvls. You don't qualify for War Weaver till lvl 8.

For VERY picky GMs replace Spellcaster with Beguiler or Warmage and add a Flaw to get another feat to take Extra Spell (Cure Moderate Wounds - it IS in the Bard list as an arcane spell)

Side Notes

<- overview of additional info about this build ->

Limitations

Versatile caster is assumed to assemble slots to cast from since spontaneous casters cast from slots. This allows a lvl 2 spell to be cast from 4 lvl 0 slots or 2 lvl 0 slots and 1 lvl 1 slot. This seems to be the intention of the feat, not of much use else wise. A great help at low lvls but of less use later on.

Master Spellthief says "levels of ANY class that grants arcane spellcasting other than the spellthief". This is taken to mean that anytime your spell casting goes up your spell stealing and use functions do, though you do not get spell effect etc (even this is not completely liberal as it prevents 1/2 advancement prestiges from increasing your spellthief stats). This makes perfect sense since it is assumed that half to three quarters of a spellthief's casting is from stolen spell energy.

Variants

Warmage can be used instead of Beguiler

Miscellaneous

<- Any other side notes that don't fit in the above sections. ->

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