Help Needed Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SongOfWolf]

Hello! Sorry this is so long so i thank ya in advance 4 reading it!!! I am new to the RPG world and need some help please. My boyfriend and his friends have been playing/DMing for over 20 yrs. and I am now playing in my 1st campaign. Campaign setting is--- 1000's of yrs ago all races were at war and the demons/critters that were summoned decided they liked it here and rufused to leave...all races then came together to fight "the common enemy"...after yrs of peace conspiricies are abounding and Gods are up to their usual stuff again!

My boyfriend is DM'ing and i chose to play a Drow(me FAV!! race) rogue. After realizing we had NO magic users in party, his friends convinced me to multiclass to a rogue/cleric. His best friend is a loud-mouthed know-it-all who is CONSTANTLY using player knowledge(which ruins the monsters 4 me GRRRR!) who claims that he is the best and NO ONE can get him (especially not a NEWBIE FEMALE..GRRRRRRRRRRR!) So, i came up with my charecter was kidnapped and replaced by her evil twin sister(hee-hee) who happens to have a birthmark that legend states makes her Queen of the Drow!!

His best friend has NO CLUE!!!!! he keeps professing that it is a good thing i'm not playing a TRUE DROW cuz i would never be able to pull the evil off (hee-hee). All the other charecters are now entering prestige classes. Here is where i need help! I do not have anything that gives me handle animal so i cannot go with the Arachne PrC, and my b/f will not let me change any of my skill ranks(even though they neglected to mention prestige classes when we began playing..GRRRRRRR!) I have not found in the books that we have anything that suits a rogue/cleric who worships Lloth but has been granted by Lloth the right to PRETEND to be a cleric of Olidammara. Any suggestions?? I REALLY REALLY want to get his best friend!! Looking forward to the day it all comes out and he looks at me and says " you Biotch" hee-hee! Oh yeah my charecter is currently seducing his monk cuz my b/f incorporates chance of pregnancy in his campaigns(hee-hee)!

I am playing the "good" twin on non-game nights and when we all meet up she will be my charecter but my b/f wants me to play the "evil" twin to get her close to his friend's charecter. When we all meet up my b/f will then take over the "evil" twin. He is not planning on killing off his friends charecter but just letting him know that he is NOT the all-powerful DnD god that he thinks he is!

I apologize for any names i misspelled! Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!!!! Thanks!

 

[JoeGKushner]

A prestige class, in and of itself, isn't necessarily the best way to amass power.

You've already split your spellcasting ability by being a rogue-thief. Unless the PrC you enter gives you full, or near full spellcasting, you're spellcasting abilities will continue to wither, making them not peak or useful.

You might want to concentrate a few more levels on the rogue side so that you're able to use stealth and surprise when necessary. More ranks in bluff and the appropriate feat, Improved Fient?, to catch your enemies off guard.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Your boyfriend is the DM and you're having a squabble with his best friend that you're resolving in-game? Yeah, well, good luck with that.

But getting back to the in-game issues, a rogue/cleric split is versatile, but not specialized, so the monk is going to be tough to outperform. Once you have the inital ability scores, a monk is pretty hard to screw up, while a rogue/cleric is a lot more challenging (as you discovered).

If the character truly is evil then assasin and blackguard are open to you as prestige class considerations. Other than that, I would leave the cleric levels behind and focus on rogue. For 750gp you can buy a wand of cure light wounds with 50 charges (assuming you have access to someone who will sell it to you). That will allow you to do a lot of healing without using up your spells. From the sound of your campaign I'd put my skills in Hide, Sneak, Spot, Disarm Device, and Bluff.

Good luck!

 

[SongOfWolf]

not having a squabble tyvm.....this is the kind of stuff he pulls in ALL campaigns he plays in so just turning tables on him....he is a big time prankster and will get an absolute kick out of it when it comes out!!!

 

[der_kluge]

Ugh, Drow Rogues are so 80s.

Assuming this isn't a troll, I'm with BiggusGeekus here. I see this ended very badly for everyone involved. First off, shame for your DM/boyfriend for allowing such a blatently evil character into his campaign, and then shame on him a second time for allowing in-party rivalry and backstabbing to occur. Tell him not to complain when his campaign ends up in the toilet, and everyone hates each other in real life because everyone got screwed over. Tell him that he has no one to blame but himself.

That said, you might check out complete adventurer, or complete divine. Each book probably has cleric/rogue suitable Prestige classes that would be suitable for your game.

 

[JesterPoet]

Good lord..............

 

[Turanil]

Very simple: try to convince your boyfriend to let you take the "Divine Trickster" prestige class. This is a new class very easy to create: this is simply the Arcane Trickster (DMG 3.5) converted for divine spellcasters. The ony thing that changes is that ability to cast divine spells (rather than arcane) is required, and that you get +1 spellcasting level in divine spellcasting ability. This class would be very appropriate to deities like Olidammara.

 

[Shadeus]

There's a PrC is Song & Silence that is called the Fang of Lolth that might fit. There's also a temple raider PrC that's dedicated to Olidammara.

Let me also echo what others have said that this is probably a bad idea. If you really feel that he's a rules-lawyer know-it-all that is ruining your fun, talk to him first and explain it to him. As a DM, I would punish him for using out-of-game knowledge as well.

Good luck!

 

[Zappo]

Didn't Defenders of the Faith have a PrC called the something of Olidammara? A rogue/cleric? Though I think Turanil's solution would be better.

 

[SongOfWolf]

There are 2 others playing...the metagamers sister and his other best friend...they think it is absolutely great! He is known for pulling tricks and backstabs(giving party members pie made with meat HE posioned) in ALL campaigns that he plays in....him and i get along great i dont want any misconceptions about that...it is just that he is the ultimate prankster and when someone does get him he laughs and gives them their kudos...it is just that he knows that i am new and very shy in real life so he doesnt think i will do anything....there is NO intention of killing his charecter...all the party knows that she has an evil twin he just doesnt know about the switch...when they meet up there is going to be a brief battle and then my b/f is going to take over the "evil" twin and flee..i will then be playing only the "good" twin......i just wanted to make her really cool so that after she flees and he is told her stats he will say OOOOOOOOOOK yep she is a newbie female but she has a head on her shoulders!