Thoughts on Fochlucan lyrist?

[MerricB]

I have a character working her way up to FL in my Ulek campaign at present. She's just taken the new Shifting power for her druid levels from PH2, which increases the character's utility significantly.

Cheers!

 

[howandwhy99]

I really like this prestige class, if only for the ability to offer it to my old-school players. After looking at it for the past month or so, I think it can adequately run as the original bard class. Druid nature spells, fighter levels, and more. All very good.

What I don't like about it? That I can't figure out a way to make this joke work:
"AND YOU CAN KEEP YOUR FALKLAND ISLANDS! /FOCHLUCHAN LYRIST!

 

[GwydapLlew]

Low levels, it seems painfully weak and unenjoyable.

Yah. I'm actually having to devise a skill point progression list, just to make sure that I'll have effective skill levels at certain benchmark levels. While I'm not the "party rogue," I'm expecting that I'll have to act in that capacity rather frequently (lots of casters and fighter-types, not so much rogue-skillful types).

I'm looking forward to it; I've actually decided to go the human route after all, and I'm considering the following build:

Bard 3/Druid 2/Rogue 2/Human Paragon 3/Fochlucan lyrist 10

I considered using Shadowdancer to meet the Evasion requirement, but it just didn't fit with the character. That, and I'm always a little leery of mix-and-matching PrCs with my own PCs.

 

[FEADIN]

I converted an old 1st edition fighter9/rogue10/bard12 to FL.
It goes like: fighter2/rogue2/druid5/bard2/FL7, not yet played but waiting to enter an adventure 18/20 starting soon.
I have very high abilities (lowest 16 int) and very good magic but I think I will be far from powerful in spellcasting, 12th druid and 9th bard (I choose the TWF way, +14 BAB...).
I kept 5th level druid for the wild shape ability.

 

[Yellow Sign]

Do you have to take Druid levels or can a Cleric work as well?

 

[wmasters]

It has to be Druid. From memory, I think the requirement is being able to speak Druidic

 

[Rhun]

I love the class, though I haven't gotten a chance to play it. It has a AD&D Bard flavor that is very cool.

 

[Tsillanabor]

It could be used with Cleric, but Druid makes the Knowledge (nature) requirement easier. I want to use a Diviner to make the character more like Merlyn from Stephen Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It could be used with Cleric, but Druid makes the Knowledge (nature) requirement easier. I want to use a Diviner to make the character more like Merlyn from Stephen Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle.

Clerics can't learn Druidic, though.

 

[Tsillanabor]

True, I forgot about that requirement.