Alabast
First Post
If this has already been addressed to death on the board, I apologize.
Everyone knows a shaman gets lousy AC, which is fine, because they stay at range while their spirit companion does the up-close dirty work. Except that the spirit companion, being a conjuration, has the same defenses as the shaman, so it is really easy to hit in combat. Not a huge deal at low-level, since it's tough for low-level enemies to beat the damage threshold necessary to destroy the SC. But it seems that once you get to about 5th level or so, it gets ridiculously easy for enemies, especially brutes and artillery, to destroy your poor spirit companions, since they will generally do more damage on per strike than the SC's threshold can handle and the SC's AC will generally be low. The SC can be conjured at will with a minor action, so this wouldn't be a huge deal except for the damage the Shaman takes every time the SC is destroyed. I've heard stories of a group's shaman going down constantly because the enemies gang up on the SC every time it's summoned.
Am I missing something?
Everyone knows a shaman gets lousy AC, which is fine, because they stay at range while their spirit companion does the up-close dirty work. Except that the spirit companion, being a conjuration, has the same defenses as the shaman, so it is really easy to hit in combat. Not a huge deal at low-level, since it's tough for low-level enemies to beat the damage threshold necessary to destroy the SC. But it seems that once you get to about 5th level or so, it gets ridiculously easy for enemies, especially brutes and artillery, to destroy your poor spirit companions, since they will generally do more damage on per strike than the SC's threshold can handle and the SC's AC will generally be low. The SC can be conjured at will with a minor action, so this wouldn't be a huge deal except for the damage the Shaman takes every time the SC is destroyed. I've heard stories of a group's shaman going down constantly because the enemies gang up on the SC every time it's summoned.
Am I missing something?