Samloyal23
Adventurer
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Janaxstrus
First Post
They were also original classes. Spirit Shaman came out in Complete Divine, and really, there weren't a lot of books with divine type prestige classes after that.
That would be the main reason.
And to be fair, Spirit shaman is better than any of the classes you mentioned (except wiz and cleric). Way better.
RUMBLETiGER
Adventurer
I Wouldn't trust the Spirit Shaman Handbook, It downplays the significance of Wisdom in favor of Charisma, even the your access to spell levels is based off Wisdom while only the DC is based off Charisma.
Excellent caster class. Cast like a Bard/Sorcerer, progress in spell levels as good as Cleric, Swap spells known each day. Awesome.
Class features are so specific, however. I never personally liked the flavor. Except Blessings of the Spirits, that's good stuff. Recall Spirit is nice too, but so timing specific.
If the Sapphire Hierarch didn't have the Law domain as a prereq, I think it would make a cool Spirit Shaman/Totemist build. Perhaps handwave that away or take a single level dip into the Contemplative PrC.
Since the class abilities (In my opinion) aren't that impressive, I'd even recomment Mystic Thurge as a Spirit Shaman/(Something Arcane) build.
Geomancer would be another flavorful build of Spirit Shaman/(Something Arcane), more for the class abilities than the casting.
...Yeah, the only things I can think of PrCing the Spirit Shaman into would be duel caster builds. And in that case, Spirit Shaman would be a much better option than Cleric or Druid, IMHO.
How about looking into DMG II's Companion Spirits concept? Could be a good synergy with the Spirit Shaman and benefit everybody.
Excellent caster class. Cast like a Bard/Sorcerer, progress in spell levels as good as Cleric, Swap spells known each day. Awesome.
Class features are so specific, however. I never personally liked the flavor. Except Blessings of the Spirits, that's good stuff. Recall Spirit is nice too, but so timing specific.
If the Sapphire Hierarch didn't have the Law domain as a prereq, I think it would make a cool Spirit Shaman/Totemist build. Perhaps handwave that away or take a single level dip into the Contemplative PrC.
Since the class abilities (In my opinion) aren't that impressive, I'd even recomment Mystic Thurge as a Spirit Shaman/(Something Arcane) build.
Geomancer would be another flavorful build of Spirit Shaman/(Something Arcane), more for the class abilities than the casting.
...Yeah, the only things I can think of PrCing the Spirit Shaman into would be duel caster builds. And in that case, Spirit Shaman would be a much better option than Cleric or Druid, IMHO.
How about looking into DMG II's Companion Spirits concept? Could be a good synergy with the Spirit Shaman and benefit everybody.
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Empath Negative
First Post
The Spirit Shammy does arguably have the most awesome spellcasting system in the game.
"What do you mean you know every spell on your spell list as soon as you level... that you can cast spontaneously... and swap out every day... on the clerics casting progression...".
*double take*
Were it not for the slight bit of mad I think people would be more inclined to overlook their silly class features.
"What do you mean you know every spell on your spell list as soon as you level... that you can cast spontaneously... and swap out every day... on the clerics casting progression...".
*double take*
Were it not for the slight bit of mad I think people would be more inclined to overlook their silly class features.
