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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cactot" data-source="post: 3402363" data-attributes="member: 13700">I was browsing through a couple books, and realized that changelings (EbCS) are the only Shapeshifter subtype that is both LA+0 and can be in an "alternate form" all day long every day.  This in turn makes them the perfect match for Warshaper.  It is terribly easy to get into at a low level, as well as providing extraordinary benefits.For the low low price of choosing changeling as a race (no feat/skill requirements) and having a bab of +4 you can get:lvl 1Immunity to crits as well as natural weapons at the first level of this class (or +1 size category that stacks with just about anything if you already get natual weapons from a template or class)lvl 2+4str/con all the timelvl 3+5' of reach to any form you are in!!!!!lvl 4fast healing 2 and +10 hp heal with a full round action and a conc checkwith these benefits i cannot see any reason why a melee changeling wouldnt invest 4 levels into this class.at lvl 8 you would have +7bab, +4str/con, +5' reach, fast healing 2now if you want an even better combo, add in feral template which gives+10ft speed+6 natural armor bonus2 claw attacks 1d8dmg for medium sizelvl 1 - improved grab, darkvision 60', fast healing 2lvl 4 - pounce, darkvision 60', fast healing 3lvl 8 - rake, darkvision 90', fast healing 4lvl 12 - rend, darkvision 120', fast healing 5+4str, -2dex, +2con, -4int, +2wisLA+1so at lvl 8, (CL 9) you would have +8str, -2 dex, +6con, -4int, +2wis, as well as fast healing 6, improved grab, pounce, rake, darkvision 90', 2 claw attacks that do 2d6 dmg each at full BAB and str, plus you could add teeth to yourself to give you a bite attack at bab-5 for 1d6 + 1/2str.seems pretty potent to me.  if you continue with a full bab class you would eventually outdamage your claws with a 2h weapon unless you could somehow acquire the dexterity to pursue the 2weapon fighting chain, improved natural attack, and 2 levels of the bloodclaw master prc. (reduces 2wf penalty to 0 + gives you full str bonus to dmg with off hand attacks with those weapons)if you had the stats to support it (19+dex)you could have 1 - TWF3- combat reflexes6- Improved natural attack (claws)9 - ITWF12 - GTWFWarblade 1-4Warshaper 5-8Bloodclaw master 9-10Warblade 11-20Which, if you could get enlarged somehow, would give you the followingAttack routine at lvl 12(not including the str bonus)+10/+10/+5/+5/+0/+0 for 4d6+str dmgwith a bonus rend of 8d6+2*str every time 2 claw attacks hitas well as a 15' reach, fast healing 7, etc.for a total potential damage of48d6+ 12*str + 6* any enchantment your claws havewith 30 str (should be easy to acquire with the bonuses) that would be an avg dmg if all of them hit of 288dmg + 6* the bonuses on your claws (holy shocking flaming anybody? = P )with 32 point buy the best i can come up with is10 - str16 - dex4 - con2 - int0 - wis0 - chawhich would leave you with20str + 4 warshaper + 6 magic16dex + 3 levels14con + 4 warshaper6int10wis8chathe other problem i see is enchanting the claws, which seems to be more expensive/difficult than other types of magical weapons.  Though an amulet of natural attacks +4/5 with enchanted claws +1 holy/shocking/flaming would massively up the damage output.i am sure that someone else has come up with something like this before, but i have read quite a few pages back and havent seen it, so here we go.how could i make this better?</blockquote>

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