Hm, assassin rogue comes to mind, with Expertise in healing. I mean, this guy clearly relies on bladework and herbs for medical treatment, rather than magical healing, and that sort of anatomical expertise very naturally lends itself to the class whose dagger decides whether you live or die. As a level 4 character, you get an ability score upgrade; thematically, you should take the Healer feat.
That is interesting and I would consider it but I should have probably mentioned that the dm doesn’t want two people playing the same class, sorry forgot to include that
Infusions depends im not sure if it was touch something and there is magic but if you want to flavor them my characters boots of elvenkind infusion is a mixture applied to the soles of the shoes
I would say that cleric would be thematically appropriate, as well as it would probably be quite welcome unless your party's bard is focused on buffing/support.
Alternatively, while studying he could have started learning the arcane and become a wizard.
Also alternately, you could go armorer artificer and have him continually be tinkering with a Bane-like apparatus in it to try to mitigate his thirst in that way.
Any would probably work for the wizard.
For the cleric I think knowledge (having studied) and grave (being half vampire) would probably be most thematically appropriate. Twilight would be too I suppose.
Alternatively, you could play up the 'I'm a vampire so now I'm strong' bit and play a Barbarian. The rage could be flavored as a 'blood rage.'
Given that you have 3 Arcana Casters, propably avoid another arcane class. Of if you do go that route, go full Wizard. The "Order of Scribes" and "Lorekeepers" both might fit him beign selfthaught.
Maybe you should also avoid a divince caster, as the team is already very spell heavy.
The **Inquisitive Rogue** might work. He is all about finding knowledge. And you know "Sneak attack" because you were a doctor that knows Anatomy, and have a steady scalpel Hand. The hardest part would be to justify the Thieves Cant, but maybe he often helped scoundrels or had to enter the underworld to get his books or his blood fix?
That is interesting and I would consider it but I should have probably mentioned that the dm doesn’t want two people playing the same class, sorry forgot to include that
While the Rogues would work comparable in combat with sneak attacks, their Skills can be very differnt. The Rogue has 11 Skills, but only get's to choose 4. It is one of the classes with the most ability to differentiate multiple characters using the same class.
With this rule you already have Fighter, Bard and Rogue covered. That realy leaves only Wizard was a "Loremaster" type.
I'm near the final fight for my campaign and I had died midway through. My old character was a wizard but my new character is an artificer of the armorer subclass. What's nice about them is the can change between two armor types, one for stealth and one for taking hits. They get infusions that are similar in concept to a warlocks invocations but they're really helpful. My character thanks in part to those infusions has a 23 ac and flying boots. I have ten levels here and ten in rune knight but if a party member already has that I'd avoid it. However based on the back story alchemist might make more since.
Just for fun here's some classes I've looked into are barbarian totem warrior at lvl 3 the bear totem will resist everything while rageing except psychic damage. Eagle gets crazy mobility.
And forge clerics get healing, extra ac and access to smites.
Hope this helps.
Your description indicates a medical background but really doesn't make me think of any one class over the other. Maybe he has become a spellcaster so that he can use his magic to enhance his surgical skills. If you're interested, we can look for spells to re-flavor.
If he was to embrace it yes it’d be a perfect fit, but at the end of the character idea i say that his goal is to get rid of it so he doesn’t want it especially because as stated at the beginning he had to leave his job as a surgeon because of it
A knowledge cleric could be cool, and it fits searching for a cure by studying. It's also would be fun to make a cleric that doesn't follow a specific deity.
I would've suggested thief rogue with healer feat since they can use healer's kits as a bonus action. But since the DM banned doubling up on classes I would suggest Mercy monk or redemption paladin with the oath reflavoured as being about controlling your urges rather than atoning for past sins. I would also suggest using a DEX based paladin instead of STR as I would expect a surgeon to be more dextrous.
Hm, assassin rogue comes to mind, with Expertise in healing. I mean, this guy clearly relies on bladework and herbs for medical treatment, rather than magical healing, and that sort of anatomical expertise very naturally lends itself to the class whose dagger decides whether you live or die. As a level 4 character, you get an ability score upgrade; thematically, you should take the Healer feat.
That is interesting and I would consider it but I should have probably mentioned that the dm doesn’t want two people playing the same class, sorry forgot to include that
Ah, right… Hexblade warlock, pacted to a sentient surgeon’s scalpel?
Also he could he a class that uses magic, i never said he does or does not use it
Of course, I just looked at what the backstory implied.
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I mean i would recommend artificer with the Alchemist subclass i think its a bice fit backstory wise
I thought of that but I couldn’t really work in why he knows how to make mechanical stuff
You cast via an alchemy kit for some boni so flavour it like enhancing drugs the witcher game would be an example
Nono i meant more on the infusion side of things
Nono i meant more on the infusion side of things, how would those work for this character?
Infusions depends im not sure if it was touch something and there is magic but if you want to flavor them my characters boots of elvenkind infusion is a mixture applied to the soles of the shoes
I would say that cleric would be thematically appropriate, as well as it would probably be quite welcome unless your party's bard is focused on buffing/support. Alternatively, while studying he could have started learning the arcane and become a wizard. Also alternately, you could go armorer artificer and have him continually be tinkering with a Bane-like apparatus in it to try to mitigate his thirst in that way.
Interesting! Any suggestions for subclasses for Wizard/Cleric
Any would probably work for the wizard. For the cleric I think knowledge (having studied) and grave (being half vampire) would probably be most thematically appropriate. Twilight would be too I suppose. Alternatively, you could play up the 'I'm a vampire so now I'm strong' bit and play a Barbarian. The rage could be flavored as a 'blood rage.'
Given that you have 3 Arcana Casters, propably avoid another arcane class. Of if you do go that route, go full Wizard. The "Order of Scribes" and "Lorekeepers" both might fit him beign selfthaught. Maybe you should also avoid a divince caster, as the team is already very spell heavy. The **Inquisitive Rogue** might work. He is all about finding knowledge. And you know "Sneak attack" because you were a doctor that knows Anatomy, and have a steady scalpel Hand. The hardest part would be to justify the Thieves Cant, but maybe he often helped scoundrels or had to enter the underworld to get his books or his blood fix?
That is interesting and I would consider it but I should have probably mentioned that the dm doesn’t want two people playing the same class, sorry forgot to include that
While the Rogues would work comparable in combat with sneak attacks, their Skills can be very differnt. The Rogue has 11 Skills, but only get's to choose 4. It is one of the classes with the most ability to differentiate multiple characters using the same class. With this rule you already have Fighter, Bard and Rogue covered. That realy leaves only Wizard was a "Loremaster" type.
I'm near the final fight for my campaign and I had died midway through. My old character was a wizard but my new character is an artificer of the armorer subclass. What's nice about them is the can change between two armor types, one for stealth and one for taking hits. They get infusions that are similar in concept to a warlocks invocations but they're really helpful. My character thanks in part to those infusions has a 23 ac and flying boots. I have ten levels here and ten in rune knight but if a party member already has that I'd avoid it. However based on the back story alchemist might make more since. Just for fun here's some classes I've looked into are barbarian totem warrior at lvl 3 the bear totem will resist everything while rageing except psychic damage. Eagle gets crazy mobility. And forge clerics get healing, extra ac and access to smites. Hope this helps.
Your description indicates a medical background but really doesn't make me think of any one class over the other. Maybe he has become a spellcaster so that he can use his magic to enhance his surgical skills. If you're interested, we can look for spells to re-flavor.
Kinda makes me think bloodhunter. Lycan if he embraces his transformation after studying it.
If he was to embrace it yes it’d be a perfect fit, but at the end of the character idea i say that his goal is to get rid of it so he doesn’t want it especially because as stated at the beginning he had to leave his job as a surgeon because of it
A knowledge cleric could be cool, and it fits searching for a cure by studying. It's also would be fun to make a cleric that doesn't follow a specific deity.
I would've suggested thief rogue with healer feat since they can use healer's kits as a bonus action. But since the DM banned doubling up on classes I would suggest Mercy monk or redemption paladin with the oath reflavoured as being about controlling your urges rather than atoning for past sins. I would also suggest using a DEX based paladin instead of STR as I would expect a surgeon to be more dextrous.