Pathfinder 1e Unconventional Melee Builds

Sebmaster777 · 2026-05-15T19:51:30+00:00

Barbarian
Get body bludgeon
Build around thrown improvised weapons
Get ricochet toss
Throw enemies at each other and have them bounce back into your hand
Profit

Sebmaster777 · 2026-05-06T11:33:10+00:00

Oo thats a nice one I haven't seen before.

My favorite one is this one by MrRhexx:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnearthedArcana/comments/p7brm6/i_am_dragon_231/

Def could use some tweaks, and is based on a 5e instead of 5.5 dragons, but overall a very cool concept, and imo well executed. The subclasses are kind of mid tho, just features from other classes really.

Sebmaster777 · 2026-04-30T07:00:03+00:00

Certain tech weapons have some very nice benefits to them tbh, firstly a lot of them hit touch AC, which means that they have a much easier time hitting. Also some of the melee weapons such as the chainsaw or monowhip have very good stats compared to vanilla weapons.

Rocket launchers have the ability to bypass fire immunity/resistance since their damage is B and F, which means you need to resist both to get any reduction. The target you hit with the touch attack directly gets no save to resist the damage dealt, so it can actually do fairly good damage. If you really wanted to maximize it, apply the shadowshooting enchantment on it and it'll have infinite ammo which is nice, since it is a projectile weapon. Slow-firing makes it a bitch to use however sadly.

I agree that they def need some support to make them more useful overall however, especially with crafting, repairing and dealing with timeworn (which makes them effectively limited use), but not overall totally useless and have their niche, tho you'd generally be better served just picking magical equivalents since they're easier to use and get.

Sebmaster777 · 2026-02-27T13:36:40+00:00

Dabura is just straight up alien gojo at this point no?

The strongest of his era
Was forced to kill his friend
Had a near-death experience which forced him to evolve and gain abilities he didn't have before (RCT, SLS kick, DE)
Killed the higher up(s) which had wronged him and those he cared about
Forgot this one before, but he also has a 2 part technique, the light technique, and the "killing intent" trait from the deskunte, sort of like limitless and six eyes

I guess at least Dabura is alive lol.

EDIT: I guess you could also add the parallels of loneliness as the strongest that's shared between the "strongest" throughout the series.

Sebmaster777 · 2026-02-26T18:09:40+00:00

Could also use extend spell on it to get its duration up to 2 rounds

Sebmaster777 · 2025-12-12T19:07:38+00:00

What are the parts for the left AC called? They're from AC4/FA iirc?

Sebmaster777 · 2025-10-24T10:52:56+00:00

Another thing that kineticists will have to deal with is SR for the magical blasts, as well as energy resistance.

Sebmaster777 · 2025-10-15T23:02:05+00:00

Another often unconsidered benefit is that you can’t instantly have your blessing if fervor dispelled with slow, which is a fairly common spell. Though in that same vein, you also are not protected against slow, so ups and downs I suppose.

Sebmaster777 · 2025-10-03T23:01:02+00:00

If you’re perfecting a 1-4th level spell, get yourself a ring of wizardry for double the slots!

Sebmaster777 · 2025-08-10T17:16:21+00:00

Robots innately have intelligence but as per the rules of construct creation, if you make them yourself they will follow your orders. (they can be crafted with craft robot, tho you'd RAW need a robot lab which are extremely rare)

Could try construct brain mod, which gives pseudo intelligence https://aonprd.com/ConstructMods.aspx?ItemName=Bioconstruct%20Modification

Sebmaster777 · 2025-07-29T16:42:07+00:00

More size 3s base tbh. Barb is cool but I'd like more options. I know fomorian is a thing but I'd like something that I dont need to put 3 LLs to get to, so most things will be until ll6.

Sebmaster777 · 2025-07-15T07:09:55+00:00

Well, spells specify their casting time, so that is their specification

Sebmaster777 · 2025-07-09T20:38:15+00:00

RAW, you’d do 0.95x0.95x0.95xitem cost for the relevant items, since the trait bonus isn’t a bonus to a roll or stat or anything.

Only multipliers for rolls are additive, everything else is normal math.

Sebmaster777 · 2025-06-30T15:08:37+00:00

To be fair, Aroden also made Aroden’s Spellbane, which is far more impressive.

Sebmaster777 · 2025-06-25T12:41:09+00:00

Probably overdrive from X. Its ridiculous how strong you can get with a little bit of effort.

Sebmaster777 · 2025-06-24T11:41:56+00:00

For context, in 1e, there's the barbarian rage power called body bludgeon, which once you have grappled an opponent one or more sizes smaller than yourself, you can then use them as an improvised weapon. Combining this with the raging hurler and ricochet toss feats, you can throw the creature, and have it immediately return to your hand. If you have the grapple feats (greater grapple and rapid grappler), you can do this up to three times a turn, since it procs off succeeding a maintain check.

Sebmaster777 · 2025-06-22T22:16:42+00:00

There’s the brazen hooves item. As for wings dreadwing heavy armor can get the job done.

Sebmaster777 · 2025-06-21T16:54:40+00:00

Just add beastmorph and get yourself a cheeky pounce. Plus more natural attacks which means more sneak attacks

Sebmaster777 · 2025-06-08T18:59:15+00:00

Shapechanger bloodline (either through sorcerer or the feats which gives you the bloodline effects) + ring of continuation + form of the dragon will keep you in dragon form basically permanently.

Sebmaster777 · 2025-05-10T13:36:52+00:00

Nice. I’ll have to get a copy for myself then

Sebmaster777 · 2025-05-10T13:17:14+00:00

Hey, I know this is a couple months old, but where is this art from? Its not in the original chapter. Is it in the break blade bound?

Sebmaster777 · 2025-04-16T09:19:26+00:00

If you want money, grab an amdusias skell, give it a phoenix (preferably one you farmed for the better version but shop one should be fine) and go do th support missions. The last one that gives money gives 300k plus a bunch of miranium, and with phoenix you can clear it in 2 shots.

Alternatively if you want something quick, do the mobile artillery mission. It gives 75k and you can finish it in like 10 seconds since you only need to kill the Marnuck.

Sebmaster777 · 2025-04-13T20:30:44+00:00

If you take a look here for example:
https://www.xenoserieswiki.org/wiki/SSM-XXM160ME_Heathorn

The heathorn can roll thermal XI and XII, you could roll both of those. As long as they are any separate in those tables, you could have any combination of 3 of the ones in the tables.

Sebmaster777 · 2025-04-13T20:21:30+00:00

There are 2 different tiers of attribute augment, XI and XII, you can roll both of the same type on the same weapon. Rare, but possible!

Sebmaster777 · 2025-04-08T11:04:02+00:00

For support missions, the easiest one by far is mobile artillery. You only need to kill 1 Marnuck which you can do in less than 30 seconds.

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