Shackled City: What's a good Class for it?

[Ry]

Another vote for multiple clerics for SC.

 

[billd91]

Ihaving said that we're going through wands of cure lights like they're going out of fashion

My players are doing the same, but then, they have a druid, a dragon shaman, and a paladin rather than a cleric in the party.

 

[Squire James]

Hmm... I'm rather partial toward a Cleric/Fighter packing a heavy flail. Very effective - but I guess you know that!

 

[Rechan]

Hmm... I'm rather partial toward a Cleric/Fighter packing a heavy flail. Very effective - but I guess you know that!

Don't remind me. :\

It's very good that my character was a Test Character (I'm new to the group; wanted to get a feel for the gaming group, the campaign, the party's playstyle and such). I'm glad my bard got splatted; I can play something fun now.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

DI'm playing an Artificer. It's been a really great addition to SC.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

In our Shackled City Campaign, we had a Bard, a Fighter, a Ranger (Archery) and later on, a Cleric.

Talk about suboptimal combination. We had going for us: One extra bonus feat, 2 extra class skills and 2 extra skill points. 25 Point Buy.

I played the Fighter, and concentrated on "tactical options" - trip, disarm, grapple, sunder and so on. Trip (with Defensive Throw) proved pretty useful. It was our best chance to keep our enemies from dealing too much damage. Being able to fight unarmed proved useful, too.

I eventually designed a PrC fitting my Fighters combat style:
http://www.gweb.de/ttt/news/news.php?exns=1&xnsmid=7

I think you will fare best with a standard party. Cleric, Rogue, Wizard and Fighter are definitely very useful. If there are more players, I might add in melee or archery focused character and a bard (Bard is best used with many people making attack rolls.)

 

[Warren Okuma]

In our Shackled City Campaign, we had a Bard, a Fighter, a Ranger (Archery) and later on, a Cleric.

Talk about suboptimal combination. We had going for us: One extra bonus feat, 2 extra class skills and 2 extra skill points. 25 Point Buy.

I played the Fighter, and concentrated on "tactical options" - trip, disarm, grapple, sunder and so on. Trip (with Defensive Throw) proved pretty useful. It was our best chance to keep our enemies from dealing too much damage. Being able to fight unarmed proved useful, too.

I eventually designed a PrC fitting my Fighters combat style:
http://www.gweb.de/ttt/news/news.php?exns=1&xnsmid=7

I think you will fare best with a standard party. Cleric, Rogue, Wizard and Fighter are definitely very useful. If there are more players, I might add in melee or archery focused character and a bard (Bard is best used with many people making attack rolls.)

I'd dump the rogue for a druid.

 

[rgard]

I get it, I get it, Cleric.

But of the off chance that the Other Guy plays a Cleric - what should I do then?

Take a look at the Dread Necromancer from Heroes of Horror. Archivist from the same book is another good choice.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I'd dump the rogue for a druid.

No, that would make traps to annoying. And I think there were a few of them in Shackled City. And IIRC, it wasn't too undead infested that Rogues wouldn't get enough sneak attack opportunities...

 

[Warren Okuma]

No, that would make traps to annoying. And I think there were a few of them in Shackled City. And IIRC, it wasn't too undead infested that Rogues wouldn't get enough sneak attack opportunities...

I find that a bag of tricks works fine to cover the trap problem, the Druid is more useful in battlefield control, and the Druid still has the diplomacy skill.