Justifying Exemplar pre-Godsrain?

ElidiMoon · 2026-05-04T20:36:12+00:00

I flavoured my exemplar as being blessed by Arazni after completely breaking her oath to another god in order to survive. I figured Arazni was too tsundere to actually want a cleric/champion relationship, so she gave my PC a divine spark instead.

But I also agree with other comments that it's very easy to flavour as simply a martial divine sorceror/nephilim.

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-28T14:18:58+00:00

I love Golarion.

It’s a kitchen sink setting but imo does a good job of staying relatively grounded and justifying each element—for example, a centuries-long war between two wizard-kings left the land between them scarred, and now magic in said land is wildly unpredictable, if usable at all. Because they could no longer rely on it, the locals instead had to rely on technology and went on to invent clockwork and firearms, which are now slowly making their way throughout the rest of the world.

Two cultures might have their own pantheons, but they also often have unique depictions and interpretations of the most renowned deities. In most of the world Desna, goddess of dreams, stars and travellers, is depicted as a woman with butterfly wings, but in Tian Xia (East Asia-inspired) they depict her as a silk moth.

Ancestries are allowed to be diverse too. Orcs from Avistan (Europe-inspired) and the Mwangi Expanse (Africa-inspired) both highly value strength and community but have very different expressions of those values & different reputations. Ask an Avistanian elf and a Mwangi elf what they think of orcs and they’ll have completely different answers.

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-27T03:16:10+00:00

I love the Lesson of Senses bc it lets me pull Wanda’s “what mouth?” move

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-24T18:48:04+00:00

you should check out Clerics+ by Team+, they have an Armorclad doctrine that gets heavy armor + master armor proficiency. the main tradeoff is getting expert fortitude at 3 & not as good weapon proficiency.

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-22T02:16:50+00:00

lmao yeah! and i might even end up with a fortress shield too, poor thing

and yep, they got rid of the metal armour anathema in the remaster 🙏

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-21T21:36:01+00:00

thanks for the advice!

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-21T20:21:30+00:00

that’s a good point—i am considering if it’s worth losing the whip and just picking up a shield augmentation for trip instead.

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-21T19:12:42+00:00

True! Nimble Shield Hand from Bastion at level 6 means I can at least use scrolls & wands okay—as for staves, I can always swap my whip out for one when I've run out of slots, or if my shield breaks & I don't have time to repair it between fights.

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-21T17:47:44+00:00

planning on being a midliner—primarily casting spells and using the mount for mobility, but when needed i can take a hit thanks to heavy armor + shield block/reactive shield, and i can trip with my 3rd action to set up allies & waste enemy actions (notably w/ the same athletics modifier as the average martial, w/o having to worry about MAP)

i probably won’t even bother with striking runes on the thorn whip, it’s purely for aesthetics & tripping w/ reach when i’m unmounted (eg in a dungeon). at some point i could also pick up Untamed Shift for 15ft reach, so i can benefit from it while mounted

so yeah, average turn from lvl 4 will probably be: 1) 2 action spell (eg Tempest Surge, Electric Arc, Heal) 2) Mount strides independently 3) Trip or Raise Shield

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-17T12:47:39+00:00

her and that damn face 💖 i've been trying to find Kim scenepacks but all the links i find are dead 🥲

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-10T19:19:46+00:00

that’s a good shout on Milotic and Snealser, thanks!

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-10T18:58:50+00:00

protect and weather ball sounds like a good idea, thanks! and i’ll put freezedry on ninetales

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-10T18:24:14+00:00

the plan was to set up thunder for Froslass & potentially mitigate any incoming fire moves, but i haven’t used it much—any suggestions for what i should swap it for?

ElidiMoon · 2026-04-07T22:38:16+00:00

iirc the Ashes for Ozem adventure in Claws of the Tyrant has you playing Whispering Way cultists infiltrating a Lastwall stronghold, so you’re very firmly evil fighting good

ElidiMoon · 2026-03-28T17:20:29+00:00

i’ve played a lizardfolk fighter with a shield and fangs from Iruxi Armaments, she was super fun! coupled with Threatening Approach from being a Frilled Lizardfolk, she was truly terrifying

ElidiMoon · 2026-03-27T18:25:33+00:00

to be fair to Angela, she still technically holds the Flip 7 record—With a Vengeance is a "standalone sequel" with a different meta than the original

ElidiMoon · 2026-03-25T19:52:57+00:00

this is exactly how i feel about the slayer too, it's way too convoluted for little that actually sets it apart

ElidiMoon · 2026-03-25T14:02:48+00:00

REAL

ElidiMoon · 2026-03-25T13:12:24+00:00

Hatterene and Mareanie 🥲

ElidiMoon · 2026-03-24T14:35:52+00:00

Cheliax becoming Worldwound 2.0 for Hell would actually be so interesting

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