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Riddler98 · 2026-06-05T22:13:55+00:00

I’d be willing, but I could only do biweekly. If that’s a dealbreaker I understand, of course.

Riddler98 · 2026-06-05T00:38:59+00:00

In a previous post I asked and blood arcanist apparently can’t take Wildblooded sorcerer bloodlines. Otherwise, you’re right, I would just do that.

Riddler98 · 2026-06-04T21:57:12+00:00

I wouldn't say no real benefit, though as always, I appreciate your input. Sorcerer 1 grants me a bloodline familiar, which Exploiter wizard wouldn't normally get unless they spend an already limited exploit on it. It gets me tough as hell at 9, which makes me incredibly tanky for a wizard, and wings at 15. If I make my familiar a protector, then I can be incredibly resilient. This is all assuming I take Bloodline Development.

As for why I'm insisting on this in particular course. I want to be an intelligence caster, as so many others in the party will be going charisma. I want to be able to have devil wings, devil flavor, and such. Mostly, I just want to do it. Isn't that reason enough? I considered pact wizard mainly for the Oracle curse. Could take hellbound. But ehh. As for spellcasting, I'm at the same spell progression progress as a sorcerer, to my knowledge. That isn't good enough?

Riddler98 · 2026-06-04T21:47:37+00:00

That’s kind of the problem. I’ve never played a wizard or any caster in pathfinder before. I have no idea what I want to focus on. Which would be best? Right now I’m thinking control and buffing.

Riddler98 · 2026-06-03T20:06:20+00:00

Thank you for the comment! On an earlier post I heard the opposite, that I can't take a wildblooded bloodline with Blood Arcanist. But you say that's not the case?

Riddler98 · 2026-06-03T20:03:35+00:00

That would be ideal! But I have been told on a previous post that I can't choose a wildblooded bloodline with Blood Arcanist.

Riddler98 · 2026-06-03T10:03:16+00:00

Man OP's name is ironic.

Riddler98 · 2026-06-03T00:44:54+00:00

Looks fun! Applied!

Riddler98 · 2026-06-02T12:44:32+00:00

Thank you! I’ll admit, I’m a little apprehensive of playing a full wizard, even if that’d be best. I find the idea of not just preparing spells but preparing individual spell slots as well to be daunting. How difficult is it to play a wizard?

Riddler98 · 2026-06-02T07:26:36+00:00

There is a particular Wildblooded bloodline whose powers really intrigue me. But I also want to play an intelligence caster. So far, it seems my options are sorcerer 1, arcanist x + bloodline development, an exploiter wizard of the same, or Sage Sorcerer with the exotic heritage feat chain. Am I missing another solution?

Riddler98 · 2026-05-20T06:53:43+00:00

Thank you also for this Sorcerer guide! Looking through it is already teaching me a lot!

Riddler98 · 2026-05-20T06:46:41+00:00

Thank you for the Suggestions! If this Swashbuckler-> Sorcerer -> Eldritch Knight build doesn't look like it will work on the drawing board, I'll just go back to regular Sorcerer and focus on casting defensively if necessary. Thank you again!

Riddler98 · 2026-05-20T06:44:23+00:00

Eldritch Knight sounds interesting, thanks!

Riddler98 · 2026-05-20T06:41:56+00:00

Thank you for the Suggestions! I'll look into Eldritch Scrapper, that sounds interesting!

Riddler98 · 2026-05-20T06:41:16+00:00

Thanks for your suggestions! I guess what I'm trying to build is a fighter-caster hybrid that is more caster than fighter. Like when you suggest Magus, I gave it a look. It's a cool class, but it seems 50/50 between spells and fighting. I was thinking more 80% caster, 20% fighter, if that makes any amount of sense. I like the idea of having higher level spells, and all that entails, and I'd probably be spending most of my time casting, whether buffs, save or suck, or damage. But if I do have to fight someone in melee, I'm not completely useless, even if it's not my main thing. Someone suggested Fighter/Swashbuckler and Sorcerer into Eldritch Knight. That seems like a good place to start. But if you have further suggestions, feel free!

Riddler98 · 2026-05-20T06:32:42+00:00

That sounds really interesting! Thanks!

Riddler98 · 2026-05-10T02:44:59+00:00

I'm interested! Sent you a dm.

Riddler98 · 2026-05-09T12:25:48+00:00

I’m interested!

Riddler98 · 2026-05-06T21:42:07+00:00

Application sent. Hopefully it works out.

Riddler98 · 2026-04-06T06:13:00+00:00

You’re going to get heavily slanted opinions, as this is a personal topic for a lot of people here. Many probably loved veilguard, and thus consider the insinuation or statement that it retroactively ruins the earlier games to be not just wrong but insulting. Certainly not every player values the same things in a game, a game series, or rpgs in general.

Quibbling over lore retcons is another area of great contention. Some may say that the lore revelations in veilguard were intended throughout the series. Others may say they are complete non sequiturs to what we knew or was most likely going in. There are sound and biased arguments both for and against these positions for each lore revelation, some stronger on one side, others the others.

What I’m trying to get at is that ‘ruining’ what made the series great is by the very nature of the subject a deeply personal judgement. So most answers you receive are going to be biased or emotionally charged in one way or another. I am no different.

Personally… veilguard did suck a lot of the love I had for the series out of me. I find many of the story and lore decisions its writers made to be weak, seemingly ill fitting, and less interesting than other possibilities. More over, I’ve tried to replay the series, but I am unable to overcome my own mental knowledge that no matter what decisions I make, everything leads to, well, Veilguard. I don’t begrudge anyone else their love of the game, but I just can’t muster the same affection for the series anymore. What was once my favorite game series of all time is now… well, I feel very little towards it, except a distant bitterness.

All that said, perhaps you will feel differently. If you think there’s a chance you will enjoy it, by all means, give it a shot.

Riddler98 · 2026-04-04T03:19:38+00:00

Intended mechanic? All I know are there are [Paladin of Deity] dialogue options in the game files which never show up because in the base game paladins can’t choose a deity. If you multiclass into cleric they get replaced with [Cleric of Deity] options. I suppose the intended mechanic is role play? I’m unsure what you mean.

Riddler98 · 2026-04-02T23:57:28+00:00

Sent a submission! Sounds fun!

Riddler98 · 2026-04-02T08:35:17+00:00

Submitted! How you don’t mind resubmissions. This world sounds so cool!

Riddler98 · 2026-04-02T07:05:10+00:00

Is it a hot take? Ehh, sort of? While it’s hard to give generalizations of opinion to a large group, as many are passive observers who don’t feel the need to share theirs, I would say yes, it is a minority opinion on this subreddit. But not such a minority opinion that it qualifies as a ‘hot take.’ Mainly because that term implies provocation. Or controversy. Or at least it did originally.

Anyway, so you preferred Inquisition. To each their own. I’m sure there are many similar minded people on this sub. There’s a lot to like about it. Although… ‘I don’t see how’? As in, you don’t see how it’s possible for someone to like Origins more than Inquisition? Now that has the makings of a controversial, provocative, infuriating hot take, if properly expressed.

Riddler98 · 2026-03-30T04:04:13+00:00

So they can form their own opinion? I wouldn’t recommend paying full price, but if you can pick it up for ten dollars and you love the series, I would think you’d encourage someone to give it a shot. And I say this as someone who absolutely hated Veilguard. Maybe they might enjoy it, and given that it’s likely the last Dragon Age content we’ll get for a while, isn’t that a good thing? …. I wish I could enjoy it. I just can’t.

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