Could you grab Sense Vitals on one of those levels where you can blend a wizard spell? That might actually give you a fair number of sneak attack dice if you manage to flank or flat foot your opponent.
I wonder how this build would be affected if you took 2 levels of Paladin with it in addition to the 1 level of Scaled Fist. That would mean at 17th level it would have 14 levels of Sword Saint instead of 16. But the build would get CHA to AC. High AC is great but only part of the battle in PFKM - solid defenses against casters are also important.
@@BearThing It's possibly too heavy a loss at those top levels. But so is having the unhittable party tank start smacking everyone around 'cause he failed his will save.
Looking at the numbers displayed .. where does the extra AC into the 50s, 60s then 70 come from? It shows only upto early 40s?? Yet each round it seems to go up by another 10?
Question, do you need Eldritch Arcana to get Multi attacks with Sword Saint? I am using a slightly different build (Following everything but Race and weapon choice) and am currently just reaching level 8 and have not seen a single multiple attack.
You should check out the Oracle class. So much cool role-play potential. Im currently playing a battle oracle barbarian. Basically have tireless rage at level 7 and well as specialized in conjuration. Basically summon minions...self buff...rage and slaughter
Another variation at SSSF :) You cant do bad if you pick scale saint. Mayby just add 1 lvl from vivi for mutagen, it cost basicly nothink and profit is high. But i havent that mod then i am not sure if it work same as in vanilla :)
I have a no mods playlist for this game. But you should know that the turn based edition of the current game was solely based on how well the turn based mod went with the community. In fact Owlcat Games themselves frequently recommend my channel and builds. So. Yeah
@@ArcaneAgent Problem to me is, Im not really interested in modding the game, however the title of your video suggests its the base game, or rather doesnt imply it isnt. So I will click on this video only to find it to be useless for me.
Love every build you made for the game! Curiosity, what is your opinion on all fighter archetypes? I noticed that most of your builds comes from rangers, knife masters, vivisectionist, EK, Monks, and spell casting classes. Is it possible to build something amazing from two-handed fighter?
I try 2hf and dmg output is awesome. But you cant survive any harder fight. Reach help little but you have no spell, no selfbuffs (no mirror image no fun), no ac, no saves. EK do same work with 5x better survivability.
Can you make a Alford swordlord build please I’m using your eldritch disciple build right now but would love to see a swordlord build with high dps and survival
That's a nice build in terms of pure tanking, but I think you're a little too focused on attacking more rather than taking advantage of Spell Combat. Transformation really doesn't add enough AC to warrent the massive damage loss from not being able to cast spells and if you redirect some of those feats into metamagics (particularly Intensify) and spell pen, you can do stupid damage without losing any AC aside from transformation. Specifically, if you take the Magical Lineage and Outlander (loreseeker) traits putting them both on Hellfire Ray, at level 17 you can intensify it to use a level 6 spell slot to do 34d6 damage. With Empowered Magic and Maximized Magic magus arcana or metamagic rods, this does 306 damage in 1 attack. Add Quicken Magic or the rod equivalent and you can do it twice in 1 turn for 612 damage... and you still have a full round attack action of 4 attacks (with haste) using your weapon after that. Nevermind the fact that Intensified Shocking Grasp does 10d6 plus an extra weapon attack. With Metamagic Master put on it, you can do it using a lvl 1 spell slot.
For anyone interested in an extremely tanky sword saint build focused more on spells than the one in the video, heres one I min/maxed the crap out of. Race: Elf Alignment: Any Lawful Deity: Any Stats (MC): Str: 9 Dex: 19 > 24 Con: 12 Int: 18 Wis: 12 Cha: 7 Stats (Merc): Str: 7 Dex: 19 > 24 Con: 12 Int: 18 Wis: 10 Cha: 7 Final Build: Magus (Sword Saint) 19 (20 with mod to go to level 21) // Monk (Traditional) 1 Skills: Persuasion (stop at 2) > Mobility (Stop at 3) > Knowledge (arcana) > Perception > Stealth > UMD first 5 levels pick extra skill points, then take hit points after. Lvl 1: Magus - Spell Vulnerability - Abjuration // Scimitar // Weapon finesse // Dodge // Reactionary // Metamagic Master (Shocking Grasp 1) // Anxious // Family Heirloom Weapon (Scimitar) Lvl 2: Monk - Crane Style Lvl 3: Magus - Dervish Dance Lvl 4: Magus - Arcane Accuracy Lvl 5: Magus - Spell Penetration Lvl 6: Magus - Metamagic (Intensified Spell) Lvl 7: Magus - Crane Wing // Empowered Magic Lvl 8: Magus Lvl 9: Magus - Combat Expertise Lvl 10: Magus Lvl 11: Magus - Metamagic (Maximize Spell) Lvl 12: Magus - Greater Spell Penetration Lvl 13: Magus - Metamagic (Quicken Spell) // Ghost Blade Lvl 14: Magus Lvl 15: Magus - Spell Perfection (Vampiric Touch) Lvl 16: Magus - Quicken Magic Lvl 17: Magus - Additional Traits // Magical Lineage (Hellfire Ray 6) // Lessons of Faith (4 per day) // Foul Brand (Face) // Outlander: Loreseeker (Vampiric Touch 3, Shocking Grasp 1, Hellfire Ray 6) Lvl 18: Magus - Blind Fight Lvl 19: Magus - Metamagic (Empower Spell) // Maximize Magic Lvl 20: Magus Lvl 21: Magus - Crane Reposte Spells at level 20: Starts with scrolls for Magic Missile, Shield, and Expeditious Retreat 1: Shocking Grasp (intensified) x3, Shield, True Strike, Reduce Person, Expeditious Retreat 2: Mirror Image x3, Scorching Ray x3 (possibly replace with Shocking Grasp (Empowered)) 3: Vampiric Touch (Maximized x1, Quickened x1) x2, Displacement x2, Haste x2 4: Shocking Grasp (Intensified Maximized) x3, Dimension Door x2, Greater Invisibility (maybe replace with x1 of the other 2) 5: Vampiric Touch (Empowered maximized x3, Quickened Empowered x2) x5, Overland Flight 6: Hellfire Ray (intensified) x4, True Seeing If you need AoE, you can replace Hellfire Ray x2 and True Seeing with Intensified Acidic Spray and/or Intensified Cone of Cold. You can also consider replacing some level 5 Vampiric Touch casts with Intensified Dragon's Breath Gear: Weapon: Thundering Claw of the Bear God. Head: Hat of Mental Perfection +8 Shoulders: Absolver's Cloak Rings: Great Dreamer's Smile, Ring of Circumstances (Bonus Dex, Int, Wis, and AC), backup Ring of Evasion in inventory just in case Bracers: Bracers of Armor +8 Neck: Gyronna's Amulet Armor: Protector's Robe Belt: Belt of Physical Perfection +8 Gloves: Butterfly Wings Boots: Owlbear Skin Boots Items: Potions of Barkskin (caster level 9) and Metamagic Rods (favor Empower and Maximize rods) Stats at level 20 only using self buffs: Offense: Intensified Hellfire Ray at level 20 does 60d6 damage. With Empowered Magic and Maximize Magic (or the rod equivalents) it does 540 damage per cast and can be casted a 2nd time as a swift action with Quickened Magic. This, along with weapon attacks, makes the build able to do 1319 average burst damage in 1 round, 1520 max with Scimitar +5. 1581 average, 2190 max, 2230 without reduce person burst damage with Thundering Claw of the Bear God in 1 round. It has a +41 Attack Bonus after -4 from Combat Expertise, -2 from Spell Combat, and -2 from Fighting Defensively. It's also able to add +20 with True Strike for a total of +69 Attack Bonus max (nice). Also able to use Arcane Weapon - Brilliant Energy to target Touch AC with attacks. Defense: 88 AC, 72 Touch AC, 43 Flat Footed AC, plus Displacement and Mirror Image. 230 HP + 180 temp HP from a Critical Maximized Empowered Vampiric Touch. Saves of +26 Fort, +29 Reflex, +27 Will +2 vs enchantments (Elven Immunity). Also always rolls 44 (nat 20) on initiative. Skills at 20: Athletics: +4 Persuasion: +9 Knowledge (Arcana): +37 Knowledge (World): +11 Lore (Nature): +8 Lore (Religion): +8 Mobility: +31 Perception: +33 Stealth: +42, +62 with Greater Invisibility Trickery: +15, +30 if you replace +hp bonuses with bonus skills Use Magic Device: +27
Hey Arcane Agent or subscribers in your opinion out of all the builds which ones are the top 3 most OP I'm just starting the game and I don't know which build to pick I feel so overwhelmed. Normally in these types of games I like playing a frontline melee character who can tank but also deal out good dmg anyone have any suggestions? I'm wanting to play on unfair difficulty I like a challenge.
@@ArcaneAgent Thank! You should make some Call of the Wild mod Builds I have searched all over the internet and haven't found any. I would like to see a Steelblood BloodRager build.
Be mindful of the Call of the Wild Mod. There are some FUN classes included, but (and this was a deal-breaker for me), for Bards and Rogues, you can only choose Combat Trick once. Yes, it's intentional, as CoTW is attempting to reflect the PNP version of Pathfinder.
@@ArcaneAgent Honestly, I have no issue paying a few bucks for a mod if the content is quality. They're a lot of work/coding to do. But the Combat Trick issue is deal breaker for me. I can't build any decent rogue with only one CT.
I see a lot of builds going estoc for crazy criting on 15's or something. Is there a particular reason for Sai over Estoc? Im pretty new so im not sure if it would be a big difference since Sword saint can choose estoc as it's favored weapon or whatever its called.
Also i hear a lot of people saying if your gonna multiclass do even number of levels for w/e reason. would 2 monk be good for Evasion? or is the 19 sword saint critical?
@Arcane Agent Man i really like your videos but i do hope you can take criticism because this build is weak. Dmg output is so low on this build. You sacrifice a lot of damage potential for a just a little more AC. TWF is really worth it with characters that have a lot of sneak dice, you have none. You could get Blade of the Society from Combat traits instead of Anatomist for and extra 1d6+1 sneak damage. Sword Saint gets a lot of +crit confirmation and decent AB, +1 to that is nothing. Or just put a level into vivisectionist for sneak dice and mutagen. The Sai is a horrible weapon. Sword Saint means you can go for any weapon you want, why not go for Falcata for the awesome Lion's Claw? Or an Estoc (personal favorite). You dont have any way to add dex bonus to damage with this build anyway. The biggest sin here is that you dont use touch spells. Especially with turn based mod that is kinda a prerequisite for magus. With Spell Combat and Spellstrike you get to do a touch spell + weapon strike then do all your regular attacks at -2 to hit in one turn. With a STR based build and a falcata or longsword you dont do 10 attacks per round but you will do a LOT more damage this way. Spell blending is nice but bane / holy /ghost blade is better. Besides other party members can cast heroism or good hope, Delay poison, prot arrows and see invisibility communal, you dont need to take those spells. Also the lvl 1 touch spells, frigid touch and vampiric touch should be picked up asap. Being an INT based caster you dont get spontaneous casting but metamagic does not increase casting time you can take metamagic intesified spell and still do full attacks +1 spellstrike per round. Not to mention how useful that trait is in combination with rods. Intesified touch spells + maximized rod = extra 60 lightning per round. Or Intensify a controled fireball to fill up spell slots at magic lvl 5 (where you dont have anything useful to cast anyway) combined with a quickend rod you have instant aoe family friendly damage while still doing all your attacks per round. Instead of blending Mage Armor grab Extend Magic. Early game you find a wand of Mage Armor plus there are plenty of scrolls and potions for that, or other party members to cast that. Extend Magic will be useful all game long and is awesome with Greater Invisibility and Transformation. Also there is a trait under adopted/tiefling where you do extra damage to enemies that cannot see you to squeeze even more damage out of this build. Aasimar wings give you the same defensive bonuses as halfling without the small size penalty to weapon damage and STR. Plus immunity to difficult terrain is very good in combination with Ice Storm especially for this caracter that has no effective cc options. It really is an OP race. Icewind Dale 2 did it right where Aasimar, Drow, Tiefling and other powerful races required more xp to level and would be 1, sometimes 2 levels behind your other party members for ~90% of the game. Last thing, if you are building a multiclass caster always grab Magical Knack from Eldrich Arcana traits. It works for all your casting level classes not just one and its really good. Conclusion: Because if INT to AC Sword Saint is among the highest AC classes in the game. Any char with decent AC can become a tank with Displacement and Mirror Image (exception on Unfair). You dont need to be a tiny halfling with DEX focus to be a good tank. You sacrificed way too much damage for a little extra AC and to make monk flurry work in the build.
Exactly, however I do know that in a campaign it is nice to have someone fully focused on heals, or being the face character, or the damage mitigator or controller etc
i got a challenge make a (half orc) using the orc double axe, this will not be a easy build :) maybe a slayer or a barbarian multi with a ranger or fighter good luck if you take the challenge
you could do a teenage mutant ninja turtle party build you could have the 4 turtles with their unique weapons i don't think there's katana in the game but bastard swords are kinda the western katana. You could have their pal Casey i think his name was the guy with the ski mark and splinter he could be the sensei. Just for lolz
@@ArcaneAgent I've made an nexus account, Ive downloaded mod manger properly I believe, I follow the links to try to download the Eldritch arcana or turn base mod but when I launch the game they don't apply
@@night_paradise1219 have you extracted the mod manager files as its downloaded as a zipped folder. After that open the unity mod manager that has the three little cogs in the file symbol. Once the mod manager is open you can set the game to pathfinder kingmaker in the drop down box. After that you click mods along the top and then go install mod. You then select the mod where ever you chose to download it on your computer and you go open and it will appear in the mod manager. ctrl f10 brings up the manager in game.
He only takes one level of monk so you actually lose nothing except a level of magus progression since ur not gonna hit level 20 anyway seems like the monk splash is pure upside so what are you on about?
@@ArcaneAgent You changed your mind on the abilities you were going to choose, but left both options in the video. I think my transcription caught your final choice, but the video was confusing.
bro, love the builds but those passive-aggressive subscribe pop-up get pretty annoying; you got quality content no need to undersell your stuff. Keep up!
Hey thanks for the input. I dont do it that often. Should I put it up at like the 1 minute mark and not anymore? I mean I gotta beg for subs once a video hehe
@@ArcaneAgent thanks for considering. i mean your editing style is pretty clean, wouldn't ruin it with those sudden and guilt-inducing question mid-video :D you could maybe try it during the logo/bible quote for extra dramatic effect ? btw I've been using your skillmonkey rouge for my first playthrough with bit less skill and more archery feats early on..nice base build, it helped me a lot converting my 3.5 knowledge to pathfinder. cheers!
Yeah no problem. I used to make no mod builds and then mods became amazing for this game. So people kept asking me to make modded builds. Now the console edition is out and people are asking for no mod builds hehe. So I'm making more of those as well
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SWORD SAINT SCALED FIST
Race: Halfling
Eldritch Arcana - Fav.Class: Magus, Even Levels-Skill Rank, Odd Levels-Hit Points
STR:12 DEX:16 CON:10 INT:16 WIS:10 CHA:16
Skills: Mobility, Perception, Persuasion, UMD maxed. Extra to Knowledge(World)
Eldritch Arcana:
Deity - NA, Equipment Trait: Family Heirloom Weapon(Sai), Combat Trait: Anatomist, Drawback: Emotion - Bitter, Campaign Trait: Noble Born-Lebeda(Extra Arcane Wpn Enh.)
Alignment: Any Lawful
1) Scaled Fist 1 - Spell Vulnerability-Abjuration, Crane Style, Cautious Fighter, Dodge
2) Sword Saint 1 - (Sai)
3) Sword Saint 2 - Weapon Finesse
4) Sword Saint 3 - DEX+1, Spell Blending(Mage Armor)
5) Sword Saint 4 - Two Weapon Fighting
6) Sword Saint 5 - Combat Expertise
7) Sword Saint 6 - Crane Wing, Enduring Blade
8) Sword Saint 7 - DEX+1
9) Sword Saint 8 - Improved Two-Weapon Fighting
10) Sword Saint 9
11) Sword Saint 10 - Crane Riposte
12) Sword Saint 11 - DEX+1, Greater Two-Weapon Fighting
13) Sword Saint 12 - Gr. Wpn. Focus(Sai), Spell Blending-Two Spells(Heroism,Prot.Arrows)
14) Sword Saint 13
15) Sword Saint 14 - Critical Focus
16) Sword Saint 15 - DEX+1, Familiar(Hare)
17) Sword Saint 16 - Blinding Critical
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Spells:
1) Shield, Reduce Person, Vanish, True Strike, Exp.Retreat, Grease, Enlarge Person,
Magic Missile, Corrosive Touch, Shocking Grasp
2) Mirror Image, Blur, Frigid Touch, Invisiblity, Glitterdust, Acid Arrow
3) Displacement, Haste, Fly, Greater Magic Weapon, Vampiric Touch, Dispel Magic
4) Greater Invisibility, Stoneskin, Dimension Door, Shield of Dawn, Controlled Fireball,
Dragon's Breath
5) Overland Flight, Cloudkill, Acidic Spray, Cone of Cold, Fire Snake, Vamp. Shadow Shield
6) Transformation, Dispel Magic(Greater)
My maaan
Do I need to have the mod to use the build
Yes!!! I seriously hope you plan to continue with the awesome build vids with Baldur's Gate III and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous!
Definitely my guy! Go check me out on www.twitch.tv/thearcaneagent
any possibility someone can give me a run down of this without the mod?
Could you grab Sense Vitals on one of those levels where you can blend a wizard spell? That might actually give you a fair number of sneak attack dice if you manage to flank or flat foot your opponent.
I wonder how this build would be affected if you took 2 levels of Paladin with it in addition to the 1 level of Scaled Fist.
That would mean at 17th level it would have 14 levels of Sword Saint instead of 16. But the build would get CHA to AC.
High AC is great but only part of the battle in PFKM - solid defenses against casters are also important.
I think you mean "but the build would get CHA to *saves*". Scaled Fist already gives CHA to AC.
That would also lose 6th level spells.
Love that my stream guys are also my RUclips guys.
Maybe I should build a "Get the most out of Charisma" Character
@@BearThing It's possibly too heavy a loss at those top levels. But so is having the unhittable party tank start smacking everyone around 'cause he failed his will save.
Looking at the numbers displayed .. where does the extra AC into the 50s, 60s then 70 come from? It shows only upto early 40s?? Yet each round it seems to go up by another 10?
Is it possible to choose Kama as your family heirloom? Can't see to find it...
Question, do you need Eldritch Arcana to get Multi attacks with Sword Saint? I am using a slightly different build (Following everything but Race and weapon choice) and am currently just reaching level 8 and have not seen a single multiple attack.
I think sword saints get their second attack at 10
You should check out the Oracle class. So much cool role-play potential. Im currently playing a battle oracle barbarian. Basically have tireless rage at level 7 and well as specialized in conjuration. Basically summon minions...self buff...rage and slaughter
I do need to check out an Oracle
do u have any build exemeples ?
I like your build, and most importantly, loved the video! Very detailed and well explained, but still not too long. Earned a subscribe from me!
Thanks man! I'm trying to finish wrath of the righteous to show everyone build ideas for that game
Another variation at SSSF :) You cant do bad if you pick scale saint. Mayby just add 1 lvl from vivi for mutagen, it cost basicly nothink and profit is high. But i havent that mod then i am not sure if it work same as in vanilla :)
Why scaled fist and not traditional monk? Wouldn't the will save be better?
I mean doing this with mods kind of defeats the point
I have a no mods playlist for this game.
But you should know that the turn based edition of the current game was solely based on how well the turn based mod went with the community.
In fact Owlcat Games themselves frequently recommend my channel and builds. So. Yeah
@@ArcaneAgent Problem to me is, Im not really interested in modding the game, however the title of your video suggests its the base game, or rather doesnt imply it isnt.
So I will click on this video only to find it to be useless for me.
Again I am sorry. The console edition wasnt released when I made this video, however I am working on mod free builds
Love every build you made for the game!
Curiosity, what is your opinion on all fighter archetypes?
I noticed that most of your builds comes from rangers, knife masters, vivisectionist, EK, Monks, and spell casting classes. Is it possible to build something amazing from two-handed fighter?
I'm working on a 2 handed fighter that uses Dex...
I try 2hf and dmg output is awesome. But you cant survive any harder fight. Reach help little but you have no spell, no selfbuffs (no mirror image no fun), no ac, no saves. EK do same work with 5x better survivability.
What difficulty in game do you have it set to when you're showcasing the builds?
Normal. Because that's how most people try their first run through a
@@ArcaneAgent Ah I see. Ironically all these builds aren't needed on normal 🤣 normal is a piece of piss
Are you still making videos or waiting for the next Pathfinder game to come out?
Still making videos. I haven't made one lately because I dislocated my shoulder
@@ArcaneAgent Oh sorry to hear that. Love your videos man. Get well!
halfling tank - nice
I totally forgot I posted this!
Can you make a Alford swordlord build please I’m using your eldritch disciple build right now but would love to see a swordlord build with high dps and survival
With the prestige class? Or just using a dueling sword?
Arcane Agent with prestige class if possible if not with dueling sword or a slayer thug class either one would be sweet
I will see what I can do
If you throw in two levels of paladin and a level of vivisectionist you can get a lot more survivability.
That's a nice build in terms of pure tanking, but I think you're a little too focused on attacking more rather than taking advantage of Spell Combat. Transformation really doesn't add enough AC to warrent the massive damage loss from not being able to cast spells and if you redirect some of those feats into metamagics (particularly Intensify) and spell pen, you can do stupid damage without losing any AC aside from transformation.
Specifically, if you take the Magical Lineage and Outlander (loreseeker) traits putting them both on Hellfire Ray, at level 17 you can intensify it to use a level 6 spell slot to do 34d6 damage. With Empowered Magic and Maximized Magic magus arcana or metamagic rods, this does 306 damage in 1 attack. Add Quicken Magic or the rod equivalent and you can do it twice in 1 turn for 612 damage... and you still have a full round attack action of 4 attacks (with haste) using your weapon after that. Nevermind the fact that Intensified Shocking Grasp does 10d6 plus an extra weapon attack. With Metamagic Master put on it, you can do it using a lvl 1 spell slot.
For anyone interested in an extremely tanky sword saint build focused more on spells than the one in the video, heres one I min/maxed the crap out of.
Race: Elf
Alignment: Any Lawful
Deity: Any
Stats (MC):
Str: 9
Dex: 19 > 24
Con: 12
Int: 18
Wis: 12
Cha: 7
Stats (Merc):
Str: 7
Dex: 19 > 24
Con: 12
Int: 18
Wis: 10
Cha: 7
Final Build: Magus (Sword Saint) 19 (20 with mod to go to level 21) // Monk (Traditional) 1
Skills: Persuasion (stop at 2) > Mobility (Stop at 3) > Knowledge (arcana) > Perception > Stealth > UMD
first 5 levels pick extra skill points, then take hit points after.
Lvl 1: Magus - Spell Vulnerability - Abjuration // Scimitar // Weapon finesse // Dodge // Reactionary // Metamagic Master (Shocking Grasp 1) // Anxious // Family Heirloom Weapon (Scimitar)
Lvl 2: Monk - Crane Style
Lvl 3: Magus - Dervish Dance
Lvl 4: Magus - Arcane Accuracy
Lvl 5: Magus - Spell Penetration
Lvl 6: Magus - Metamagic (Intensified Spell)
Lvl 7: Magus - Crane Wing // Empowered Magic
Lvl 8: Magus
Lvl 9: Magus - Combat Expertise
Lvl 10: Magus
Lvl 11: Magus - Metamagic (Maximize Spell)
Lvl 12: Magus - Greater Spell Penetration
Lvl 13: Magus - Metamagic (Quicken Spell) // Ghost Blade
Lvl 14: Magus
Lvl 15: Magus - Spell Perfection (Vampiric Touch)
Lvl 16: Magus - Quicken Magic
Lvl 17: Magus - Additional Traits // Magical Lineage (Hellfire Ray 6) // Lessons of Faith (4 per day) // Foul Brand (Face) // Outlander: Loreseeker (Vampiric Touch 3, Shocking Grasp 1, Hellfire Ray 6)
Lvl 18: Magus - Blind Fight
Lvl 19: Magus - Metamagic (Empower Spell) // Maximize Magic
Lvl 20: Magus
Lvl 21: Magus - Crane Reposte
Spells at level 20: Starts with scrolls for Magic Missile, Shield, and Expeditious Retreat
1: Shocking Grasp (intensified) x3, Shield, True Strike, Reduce Person, Expeditious Retreat
2: Mirror Image x3, Scorching Ray x3 (possibly replace with Shocking Grasp (Empowered))
3: Vampiric Touch (Maximized x1, Quickened x1) x2, Displacement x2, Haste x2
4: Shocking Grasp (Intensified Maximized) x3, Dimension Door x2, Greater Invisibility (maybe replace with x1 of the other 2)
5: Vampiric Touch (Empowered maximized x3, Quickened Empowered x2) x5, Overland Flight
6: Hellfire Ray (intensified) x4, True Seeing
If you need AoE, you can replace Hellfire Ray x2 and True Seeing with Intensified Acidic Spray and/or Intensified Cone of Cold. You can also consider replacing some level 5 Vampiric Touch casts with Intensified Dragon's Breath
Gear:
Weapon: Thundering Claw of the Bear God.
Head: Hat of Mental Perfection +8
Shoulders: Absolver's Cloak
Rings: Great Dreamer's Smile, Ring of Circumstances (Bonus Dex, Int, Wis, and AC), backup Ring of Evasion in inventory just in case
Bracers: Bracers of Armor +8
Neck: Gyronna's Amulet
Armor: Protector's Robe
Belt: Belt of Physical Perfection +8
Gloves: Butterfly Wings
Boots: Owlbear Skin Boots
Items: Potions of Barkskin (caster level 9) and Metamagic Rods (favor Empower and Maximize rods)
Stats at level 20 only using self buffs:
Offense: Intensified Hellfire Ray at level 20 does 60d6 damage. With Empowered Magic and Maximize Magic (or the rod equivalents) it does 540 damage per cast and can be casted a 2nd time as a swift action with Quickened Magic. This, along with weapon attacks, makes the build able to do 1319 average burst damage in 1 round, 1520 max with Scimitar +5. 1581 average, 2190 max, 2230 without reduce person burst damage with Thundering Claw of the Bear God in 1 round. It has a +41 Attack Bonus after -4 from Combat Expertise, -2 from Spell Combat, and -2 from Fighting Defensively. It's also able to add +20 with True Strike for a total of +69 Attack Bonus max (nice). Also able to use Arcane Weapon - Brilliant Energy to target Touch AC with attacks.
Defense: 88 AC, 72 Touch AC, 43 Flat Footed AC, plus Displacement and Mirror Image. 230 HP + 180 temp HP from a Critical Maximized Empowered Vampiric Touch. Saves of +26 Fort, +29 Reflex, +27 Will +2 vs enchantments (Elven Immunity). Also always rolls 44 (nat 20) on initiative.
Skills at 20:
Athletics: +4
Persuasion: +9
Knowledge (Arcana): +37
Knowledge (World): +11
Lore (Nature): +8
Lore (Religion): +8
Mobility: +31
Perception: +33
Stealth: +42, +62 with Greater Invisibility
Trickery: +15, +30 if you replace +hp bonuses with bonus skills
Use Magic Device: +27
Yeah I've got an Intensified Battering Blast Eldritch Archer build, I made it like 3 videos ago.
@@ArcaneAgent Ah, I skipped over that one since I'm not a huge fan of archers. I'll have to go check it out.
Great work on all the builds BTW.
@@ankokublackfang740 how dare you not watch all 38 of my 20 minute builds hehe
What mod i need for this build?
Eldritch arcana
Hey Arcane Agent or subscribers in your opinion out of all the builds which ones are the top 3 most OP I'm just starting the game and I don't know which build to pick I feel so overwhelmed. Normally in these types of games I like playing a frontline melee character who can tank but also deal out good dmg anyone have any suggestions? I'm wanting to play on unfair difficulty I like a challenge.
My kineticist thug is op. My blaster wizard is op as well. I made an amiri barbarian charge build but I havent uploaded that video yet
@@ArcaneAgent Thank! You should make some Call of the Wild mod Builds I have searched all over the internet and haven't found any. I would like to see a Steelblood BloodRager build.
Yeah I do need to break into call of the wild
Be mindful of the Call of the Wild Mod. There are some FUN classes included, but (and this was a deal-breaker for me), for Bards and Rogues, you can only choose Combat Trick once. Yes, it's intentional, as CoTW is attempting to reflect the PNP version of Pathfinder.
Yeah but Call of the Wild is no longer on nexus mods. So I'm not gonna make builds that require a paid for mod
@@ArcaneAgent Honestly, I have no issue paying a few bucks for a mod if the content is quality. They're a lot of work/coding to do. But the Combat Trick issue is deal breaker for me. I can't build any decent rogue with only one CT.
What if the real Call of the Wild was the Animal Companions we made along the way?
@@ArcaneAgent I can see Call of the wild on nexus at the moment
@@ArcaneAgent www.nexusmods.com/pathfinderkingmaker/mods/112?tab=files
Does this build work without mods?
Possibly, if you don't use the eldritch traits
I see a lot of builds going estoc for crazy criting on 15's or something. Is there a particular reason for Sai over Estoc? Im pretty new so im not sure if it would be a big difference since Sword saint can choose estoc as it's favored weapon or whatever its called.
Also i hear a lot of people saying if your gonna multiclass do even number of levels for w/e reason. would 2 monk be good for Evasion? or is the 19 sword saint critical?
I believe whatever wep you want sill suffice
@Arcane Agent Man i really like your videos but i do hope you can take criticism because this build is weak.
Dmg output is so low on this build. You sacrifice a lot of damage potential for a just a little more AC. TWF is really worth it with characters that have a lot of sneak dice, you have none. You could get Blade of the Society from Combat traits instead of Anatomist for and extra 1d6+1 sneak damage. Sword Saint gets a lot of +crit confirmation and decent AB, +1 to that is nothing. Or just put a level into vivisectionist for sneak dice and mutagen.
The Sai is a horrible weapon. Sword Saint means you can go for any weapon you want, why not go for Falcata for the awesome Lion's Claw? Or an Estoc (personal favorite). You dont have any way to add dex bonus to damage with this build anyway.
The biggest sin here is that you dont use touch spells. Especially with turn based mod that is kinda a prerequisite for magus. With Spell Combat and Spellstrike you get to do a touch spell + weapon strike then do all your regular attacks at -2 to hit in one turn. With a STR based build and a falcata or longsword you dont do 10 attacks per round but you will do a LOT more damage this way.
Spell blending is nice but bane / holy /ghost blade is better. Besides other party members can cast heroism or good hope, Delay poison, prot arrows and see invisibility communal, you dont need to take those spells. Also the lvl 1 touch spells, frigid touch and vampiric touch should be picked up asap. Being an INT based caster you dont get spontaneous casting but metamagic does not increase casting time you can take metamagic intesified spell and still do full attacks +1 spellstrike per round. Not to mention how useful that trait is in combination with rods. Intesified touch spells + maximized rod = extra 60 lightning per round. Or Intensify a controled fireball to fill up spell slots at magic lvl 5 (where you dont have anything useful to cast anyway) combined with a quickend rod you have instant aoe family friendly damage while still doing all your attacks per round.
Instead of blending Mage Armor grab Extend Magic. Early game you find a wand of Mage Armor plus there are plenty of scrolls and potions for that, or other party members to cast that. Extend Magic will be useful all game long and is awesome with Greater Invisibility and Transformation. Also there is a trait under adopted/tiefling where you do extra damage to enemies that cannot see you to squeeze even more damage out of this build.
Aasimar wings give you the same defensive bonuses as halfling without the small size penalty to weapon damage and STR. Plus immunity to difficult terrain is very good in combination with Ice Storm especially for this caracter that has no effective cc options. It really is an OP race. Icewind Dale 2 did it right where Aasimar, Drow, Tiefling and other powerful races required more xp to level and would be 1, sometimes 2 levels behind your other party members for ~90% of the game.
Last thing, if you are building a multiclass caster always grab Magical Knack from Eldrich Arcana traits. It works for all your casting level classes not just one and its really good.
Conclusion:
Because if INT to AC Sword Saint is among the highest AC classes in the game. Any char with decent AC can become a tank with Displacement and Mirror Image (exception on Unfair). You dont need to be a tiny halfling with DEX focus to be a good tank. You sacrificed way too much damage for a little extra AC and to make monk flurry work in the build.
True. It wasnt my favorite build. That's for sure
People kept asking me to make builds that werent completely focused on "hur hur I do damage"
@@ArcaneAgent That is hilarious. Thats like saying i play racing games to drive the slow cars or Mortal Kombat for the story.
Exactly, however I do know that in a campaign it is nice to have someone fully focused on heals, or being the face character, or the damage mitigator or controller etc
i got a challenge make a (half orc) using the orc double axe, this will not be a easy build :) maybe a slayer or a barbarian multi with a ranger or fighter good luck if you take the challenge
you could do a teenage mutant ninja turtle party build you could have the 4 turtles with their unique weapons i don't think there's katana in the game but bastard swords are kinda the western katana. You could have their pal Casey i think his name was the guy with the ski mark and splinter he could be the sensei. Just for lolz
Haha Casey Jones was his name. Thats not a bad idea
Make an Aldori Swordlord build, please!
I'm new to PC and I'm having trouble downloading PFK mods any help would but really appreciated
What part are you having trouble with?
@@ArcaneAgent I've made an nexus account, Ive downloaded mod manger properly I believe, I follow the links to try to download the Eldritch arcana or turn base mod but when I launch the game they don't apply
@@night_paradise1219 have you extracted the mod manager files as its downloaded as a zipped folder. After that open the unity mod manager that has the three little cogs in the file symbol. Once the mod manager is open you can set the game to pathfinder kingmaker in the drop down box. After that you click mods along the top and then go install mod. You then select the mod where ever you chose to download it on your computer and you go open and it will appear in the mod manager. ctrl f10 brings up the manager in game.
@@neilmowles7964 I didn't, I'll try that today thank you for the information
@@night_paradise1219 Did it work?
i like the build. one thought, canny defense from sword saint stacks with canny defense from duelist
Yes yes it does
Really not a fan of that mod that gives you """drawbacks""" for powerful feats. Feels like cheating.
Then don't use it
@@ArcaneAgent I wont, I was just offering some feedback because I enjoy these build videos you make.
Yeah. Sorry if I came across rude. 90% of my comments are people beating me down because of using mods or not using mods
Dont worry about it. I was actually in the process of writing antagonisticly to your first reply. Its a real easy trap to fall into.
Yes. Them RUclips comments can be easily toxic
i feel like thats overkill. You could probably use some of your resources to get more damage at the cost of some of that 70 ac.
True. Its a soft hitter
No. SS with monk dedicated on only tanking is a complete waste of the SS potential.
He only takes one level of monk so you actually lose nothing except a level of magus progression since ur not gonna hit level 20 anyway seems like the monk splash is pure upside so what are you on about?
Pls build a insane AOE caster
Have you seen my blaster wizard build
Some problems with your editing at levels 15 & 16.
Ooh what did I miss? eek
@@ArcaneAgent You changed your mind on the abilities you were going to choose, but left both options in the video. I think my transcription caught your final choice, but the video was confusing.
Sweet I suck
crane wing and 2 weapon fighting ?
Still helps with removing a 1 penalty to defensive
bro, love the builds but those passive-aggressive subscribe pop-up get pretty annoying;
you got quality content no need to undersell your stuff. Keep up!
Hey thanks for the input. I dont do it that often. Should I put it up at like the 1 minute mark and not anymore?
I mean I gotta beg for subs once a video hehe
@@ArcaneAgent thanks for considering. i mean your editing style is pretty clean, wouldn't ruin it with those sudden and guilt-inducing question mid-video :D
you could maybe try it during the logo/bible quote for extra dramatic effect ?
btw I've been using your skillmonkey rouge for my first playthrough with bit less skill and more archery feats early on..nice base build, it helped me a lot converting my 3.5 knowledge to pathfinder. cheers!
Dude! I'm actually revamping that build right now with Eldritch Arcana!
Boooo I was excited for this until you said you were using mods
Boooo I have a no mods playlist
Arcane Agent you literally said you have two things your using from nexus mods.
Yes. This video is using mods. I also have a full playlist of videos for this game that I don't use mods
Arcane Agent oh sorry I miss read your earlier reply. I guess I’ll go check that out now sorry for earlier
Yeah no problem. I used to make no mod builds and then mods became amazing for this game. So people kept asking me to make modded builds.
Now the console edition is out and people are asking for no mod builds hehe. So I'm making more of those as well