(9) Scraping together one last feat, which might come earlier, we take mother cyst which gives access to the phenomenal "Necrotic Empowerment" spell.Īt the end we have L9 archivist spells and L9 sorcerer/wizard spells which we use to persist~100 spells day. Since Bemstra can do 6 attacks/round with a single weapon, this could be a worthwhile use of a level 0 spell. (8) Arcane strike allows to inflict expected +52.5 damage/hit in combat. Invisible Spell helps avoid some of the more obnoxious visual effects of persisted spells. Shuffling things around, she takes arcane preparation to circle-heighten beholder mage spells, Agile tyrant for one extra action/round, and silent spell for one extra action/round. (7) Taking advantage of Ruathar, Bemstra convinces the elves to let us study the Nether scrolls which gives many feats that can't be used due to Hathran.
(6) Ocular spell and chain spell build on the persist base, so we can persist many things, and they take effect 21 times. Alternatively, a combination of circle magic heighten + spell engine (from spell compendium) allows us to persist many things. Finding a good earth node, we can now persist spells.
(5) Bemstra scavenge feats from several sources in Complete Scoundrel and the writhing asps, to acquire metanode and persist. (4) Bemstra qualifies for Beholder mage using (improved) assume supernatural ability after Embrace the dark chaos/shun the dark chaos. Fortunately, Hathran requires a Patron deity. According to Races of Dragon, it can be applied to nonclerics that advance cleric spellcasting and require a patron deity. (3) Initiate of Mystra is a delicate feat. (2) The inquisition domain is swapped for knowledge devotion and eventually swapped for Improved Assume Supernatural Ability using the chaos shuffle trick. This is one of the most expensive ways to early entry, but it has the virtue of being useful later. The early entry is used 3 times (Para, Hathran, Mystic Theurge). (1) Earth Sense+Heighten Spell+Earth Spell is an early entry trick providing spells one level higher than normal. (Writhing Asps of Sss'thasine'ss) Node Spellcastingġ7. (Knowledge Devotion) Improved Assume Supernatural Abilityġ2. (Iron Will) Assume Supernatural Abilityġ1. (Inquisition Domain) Knowledge Devotionġ1. We advance Int, and pay for 5 wishes to boost int by +5 (inherent) during L15, later boosting Wis+5, Chr+5, Con+4, Dex+4, as money becomes available.Ĥ. The Bemstra ends as a Lawful Good beholder. At L13+ she advances Beholder Mage casting and Archivist casting via Mystic Theurge.Īrchivist 3/Church Inquisitor 1/Paragnostic Apostle 1/Ruathar 1/Hathran 5/Beholder Mage 1/Mystic Theurge 8 She begs mercy for the beholder, buys a very expensive powerstone of True Mindswitch and swaps bodies with it.įor L12, Bemstra pokes out the central eye and experiments with Beholder Mage. The beholder is sentenced to death, because it's unrepentant and might break out of any jail. She uses AM-field + circle magic + AM casting from Initiate of Mystra in fighting several beholders, bringing back one alive to face justice. At L9 she picks up Initiate of Mystra and at L11 can cast AM field. The character (let's call her Bemstra) starts as a human lawful good woman from Rashemen Archivist with attributes (32 point buy) Str 8, Dex 8, Con 14, Int 18, Wis 13, Chr 13, with patron deity Mystra.ĭuring 元, corruption in the church is discovered, and Bemstra takes a level in Church inquisitor.Īt L4, Bemstra becomes a member of Paragnostic Assembly so that at L5 she can become a paragnostic initiate and acquire Manifest Ethos.ĭuring L5, Bemstra becomes friendly with some elves after helping them out, qualifying for Ruathar at L6.įor L7 Bemstra comes home to Rashemen and starts advancing as a Hathran. I'm using wealth-by-level, no dragon magazines, and no cross-setting optimizations.
Given the various infinite loop builds and the large number of known simple tricks, the goal here is not just making a strong character by RAW, but rather RAI*, where RAI* means something like "rules as intended in isolation" and always disallowing infinite loops.