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[RPG] Faerie Fire
Apr. 23rd, 2009 09:19 pmSo after our latest installment of D&D 4e, I’ve decided to try a different character for a bit. My rogue/warlock is a bit too much rogue and too little warlock; he really lacks some of the oomph of the other characters and I miss having “kewl p0werz” – his Eyebite warlock power is, frankly, kind of lame and never works (although that’s more bad die-rolling than anything). Plus I seem to have terrible luck with my Thievery rolls; just a couple adventures and the character is already getting a rep for not being able to disarm traps or open locks.
So I’ve mostly worked up an eladrin wizard. As things progressed, he has become more warrior-like, building on the automatic eladrin longsword proficiency to add the Eladrin Sword Wizardry feat from Arcane Power that lets him use the sword as an implement (a tool for casting his spells). I also wanted to give him training in Stealth (I still want some sneakiness in my character) but it’s not on the wizard class list. So that meant spending a feat and, if I was going to do that, then why not a multiclass feat, giving him the skill and something else? (Seriously is there any reason not to multiclass vs. taking Skill Training, if the class happens to provide the skill that you want?) So I added Warrior of the Forest and Armor proficiency (leather), since the character is 2nd level, making him a halfway decent fighter (albeit one with a low Strength score) along with his wizardly powers, kind of an eladrin “special forces” war wizard.
Naturally, I had to tinker with said powers a bit. I made all of his flame-based spells a ghostly green “faerie fire” and his Flaming Sphere more of a fey “fire salamander” he summons to bedevil his foes. (Yeah, joke all you like about “flaming fairies”...) I’ve just got to run him past our DM for approval. I’m looking forward to the prospect of giving him a try, since we haven’t had a controller character in our party thus far. It should round things out nicely with our two leaders (cleric and warlord), striker (ranger), and defender (paladin), possibly a warlock as another striker, if an absent group member joins in.
So I’ve mostly worked up an eladrin wizard. As things progressed, he has become more warrior-like, building on the automatic eladrin longsword proficiency to add the Eladrin Sword Wizardry feat from Arcane Power that lets him use the sword as an implement (a tool for casting his spells). I also wanted to give him training in Stealth (I still want some sneakiness in my character) but it’s not on the wizard class list. So that meant spending a feat and, if I was going to do that, then why not a multiclass feat, giving him the skill and something else? (Seriously is there any reason not to multiclass vs. taking Skill Training, if the class happens to provide the skill that you want?) So I added Warrior of the Forest and Armor proficiency (leather), since the character is 2nd level, making him a halfway decent fighter (albeit one with a low Strength score) along with his wizardly powers, kind of an eladrin “special forces” war wizard.
Naturally, I had to tinker with said powers a bit. I made all of his flame-based spells a ghostly green “faerie fire” and his Flaming Sphere more of a fey “fire salamander” he summons to bedevil his foes. (Yeah, joke all you like about “flaming fairies”...) I’ve just got to run him past our DM for approval. I’m looking forward to the prospect of giving him a try, since we haven’t had a controller character in our party thus far. It should round things out nicely with our two leaders (cleric and warlord), striker (ranger), and defender (paladin), possibly a warlock as another striker, if an absent group member joins in.
