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9 months ago  ::  Oct 05, 2012 - 5:14PM #21
New-Shadow
Date Joined: Feb 12, 2011
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So how would you begin building a Divine character that can rebuke everything that can be rebuked?  What particular Prestige classes give the Plant, Ooze, Slime, Thirst, and/or Warforged Domains?  Maybe Contimplative from Complete Divine?  Anybody got any ideas?  I think we could concentrate on starting with the Undead, Construct, Plant, and Ooze creature types (in that order) in terms of rebuking priority.  As for vermin, there might be a PrC in one of the Drow themed books, but I think it's Drow only.
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9 months ago  ::  Oct 05, 2012 - 6:00PM #22
Tempest_Stormwind
Date Joined: Jun 20, 2004
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The usual way to get multiple domains is Contemplative, but there's another one we shouldn't forget - Sovereign Speaker. Faiths of Eberron is only considered less cheesy than Complete Champion because it's less generalized (i.e. it's aimed at making the uber classes even more uber, not at giving uber abilities to everyone), and we largely remember the Planar Shepherd from there, but Sovereign Speaker might just be the way to go here. It's only 7/9 spellcasting (yes, 9 levels - nine gods in the Sovereign Host), but we're not optimizing for spellcasting, are we? At each of the 9 levels, you get a bonus domain from any of the Host gods (no more than two from any one god, though). The requirements are pretty straightforward, too - a single feat (which is basically "Eschew Divine Focus") and some skill points you were probably spending anyway for the synergy bonus on turning undead.

The biggest drawback to both of these classes is that neither of them actually advances turning ability, and although they grant domains, it's unclear if they advance your effective level for the purposes of domains.
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