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Player erinyes ECL (equivalent character level)?
Savage Species is a 3.0 book, the savage progression is written to match the 3.0 MM.
If you are playing 3.5, starting at 16 or higher, with monstrous characters allowed by the DM, you could play an ...
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Player erinyes ECL (equivalent character level)?
Caleth's answer is good and correct, both in general and in this specific case. I'm going to dive into the abilities a bit more than they do.
To be clear and complete: as Caleth said, Savage Species ...
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Is it possible to get the Sentinel and Polearm Master feats at 1st level?
No, unless the DM allows it via an unusual application of optional rules, or via a Theros-specific option.
The only 1st level features granting a choice of feat are the Variant Human and Custom ...
6
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Would it be balanced to use the Starfinder system for races with more than 2 arms in Pathfinder 1e?
Balance-Wise This Should Be Fine
There's already an unrestricted 4-armed race in Pathfinder, the Kasathas (a core race in Starfinder), so in terms of balance this would be strictly weaker than their ...
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What's the process for creating a custom Lady Blackbird character?
You can't make a good character in Lady Blackbird. You can only make a good scenario.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but if John Harper was going to take the anyshot Lady Blackbird scenario and ...
4
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Making a character without a soul?
In Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, they have a Supernatural Gift (like those mentioned in the DMG) called Hollow One (pg 182). This is a direct example of what losing your soul could mean mechanically....
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How to make a functioning tank build?
Scrolls and Potions vs. Wand
For an ongoing campaign, at least, scrolls and particularly potions would not be a good choice. They’re very expensive, and will consume enormous amounts of your wealth if ...
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How to make a functioning tank build?
There's an argument here that the best caster tank for the job isn't actually a cleric. I don't think that tanking has to require a melee focus with the tank themselves having maximum AC and HP. That'...
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How to make a functioning tank build?
I happen to have played two similar characters. Clerics do make good tanks due to their healing but if you want to focus mainly on that you should try paladins.
Paladins
Paladins can go full tank (...
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Is it possible to get the Sentinel and Polearm Master feats at 1st level?
No. Well, kinda.
As most people have stated before, the way to start with one feat at level one is taking the Variant Human race(PHB), or the custom lineage race(Tasha's).
Method 1.
That being said, ...
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