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<blockquote data-quote="Nazhkandrias" data-source="post: 3548555" data-attributes="member: 50521"><p>I agree with most of what you've said - but personally, I would ALWAYS pick the Dark Companion. True, the familiar is a lot more powerful than that of a Wizard, but it's still weaker than most of the things you're going to be fighting. I don't ever put familiars into direct combat, since I don't want to give enemies an excuse to aim for my trusty animal friend. And that "year and a day" rule for replacement rule can HURT. The only reason I would ever get a familiar is to deliver touch spells, or for flavor. The Dark Companion still works extremely well, doesn't require you to invest any additional feats to improve upon, and when stacked with an enemy being Shaken, Intimidated, Cursed, and jinxed by various spells, they're screwed.</p><p></p><p>As for spells, I would push Necromancy above all else. Necromancy's only real stigma is that it doesn't work on Undead, a negligable disadvantage, and many of its spells are close-range or touch, which is far too close for comfort for many Wizards and Sorcerers, but a Hexblade should be that close anyway.</p><p></p><p>I have a fun build that I'm playing in a PbP game right now. I played him to level 10 in a real-life game with some of my friends, and he did wonderfully! He's a gestalt, but you could easily take most of your levels in Hexblade and maybe five or so in Bard (Harbinger). I posted him <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=192688" target="_blank">here</a>. The only disadvantage to this "ultimate debuffer" build is that you have to put more emphasis on Cha than with a normal Hexblade, so point buy is the best method for creation here. Assuming that I had used 28-point buy (my default method), I would have gone with something along the lines of Str 16, Dex 10, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 8, and Cha 16. Either way, a Hexblade / Bard (Harbinger) build is a pretty misfortunate thing to be (for your enemies at least). If you want to walk a darker road, consider taking some levels in the Dirgesinger PrC (Libris Mortis). Just fits with the whole idea of the class, and gives some nice additionaly Bardic Music abilities that fit nicely with the Harbinger's idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nazhkandrias, post: 3548555, member: 50521"] I agree with most of what you've said - but personally, I would ALWAYS pick the Dark Companion. True, the familiar is a lot more powerful than that of a Wizard, but it's still weaker than most of the things you're going to be fighting. I don't ever put familiars into direct combat, since I don't want to give enemies an excuse to aim for my trusty animal friend. And that "year and a day" rule for replacement rule can HURT. The only reason I would ever get a familiar is to deliver touch spells, or for flavor. The Dark Companion still works extremely well, doesn't require you to invest any additional feats to improve upon, and when stacked with an enemy being Shaken, Intimidated, Cursed, and jinxed by various spells, they're screwed. As for spells, I would push Necromancy above all else. Necromancy's only real stigma is that it doesn't work on Undead, a negligable disadvantage, and many of its spells are close-range or touch, which is far too close for comfort for many Wizards and Sorcerers, but a Hexblade should be that close anyway. I have a fun build that I'm playing in a PbP game right now. I played him to level 10 in a real-life game with some of my friends, and he did wonderfully! He's a gestalt, but you could easily take most of your levels in Hexblade and maybe five or so in Bard (Harbinger). I posted him [URL=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=192688]here[/URL]. The only disadvantage to this "ultimate debuffer" build is that you have to put more emphasis on Cha than with a normal Hexblade, so point buy is the best method for creation here. Assuming that I had used 28-point buy (my default method), I would have gone with something along the lines of Str 16, Dex 10, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 8, and Cha 16. Either way, a Hexblade / Bard (Harbinger) build is a pretty misfortunate thing to be (for your enemies at least). If you want to walk a darker road, consider taking some levels in the Dirgesinger PrC (Libris Mortis). Just fits with the whole idea of the class, and gives some nice additionaly Bardic Music abilities that fit nicely with the Harbinger's idea. [/QUOTE]
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