Magic of Incarnum: Totemist

[Theroc]

After having seen the class and some stuff, I'm really wanting to play one. I don't have anything particular in mind besides the class though.

Does anyone else familiar with the class have any favorite melds or any basic advice when it comes to making/playing one?

 

[Starbuck_II]

After having seen the class and some stuff, I'm really wanting to play one. I don't have anything particular in mind besides the class though.

Does anyone else familiar with the class have any favorite melds or any basic advice when it comes to making/playing one?

I've only seen a Incarnate/Soulborn in play so I'm don't have a real experience with Totomists.

But Totomists seem good at doing a huge amount of natural attacks (improving their damage, etc).

 

[Runestar]

http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=2943.0

Presumably ties with the warblade in terms of making melee fun again. Can't personally vouch for this though, since I have never played one before.

 

[krupintupple]

typically at low levels you'll do fine with rageclaws or kuthrik claws. however, if you want some serious cheese, bind the threefold mask of the chimera to your totem chakra - it allows three bite attacks at no penalty to multiple natural attacks, and all with full strength. it can get pretty brutal quite quickly.

personally, i'd take a single level in barbarian, and then take the cobalt rage feat for a nice boost to damage and will saves while raging. i almost consider this to be mandatory.

at low levels, they'll really shine and almost seem to make the other melee characters obsolete.