My gaming group and I put Pathfinder’s new classes through a playtest on Friday. I played the Summoner, and thought I would share some of my thoughts on the class here.
In short: The Summoner acts somewhat like the arcane version of the Druid. Instead of an animal companion, however, he has a mutated Outsider called a Eidolon. The Eidelon can appear in one of three forms: quadruped, biped, or serpentine. Every level, the summoner can spend evolution points on the Eidelon to give them any number of abilities such as flight, tentacles, poison, or extra limbs. The Summoner also gains the ability to cast Summon Monster as a spell-like ability, gaining the ability to cast higher incarnations of that spell as he levels. To round things out, the Summoner has a small spell list, and 1d8 HD. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: eidolon, pathfinder, playtest, summoner, trogdor
We suspended the Grand Campaign for an evening to playtest Paizo’s new Advanced Player’s Guide classes. An evening of chaos and mayhem followed.
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Tags: alchemist, Campaign, cavalier, eidolon, grand campaign, inquisitor, mad bomber, paizo, pathfinder, playtest, roleplaying, summoner, witch
So Paizo is currently running an open playtest of four (soon to be six) new classes slated to appear in their Advanced Players Guide, due out some time next year. I’ve taken some time to look over the four classes currently out (and I plan to do the same for the next two) and I have to say that, overall, I like what I see.
Tags: advanced players guide, cavalier, new classes, oracle, pathfinder, summoner, witch