#she is also a profane soul - celestial pact subclass

[jewishsuperfam]

hey remember how we used to come up with vox machina class swaps all the time

well i've been thinking about a bell's hells class swap and i think i've landed on a version i like

imogen: i think blood hunter imogen would work surprisingly well. she's clever, she's determined, she's trying to track down answers, and she's shown a canonical willingness to harm herself in order to damage her enemies. she's still ruidusborn and an exaltant, but it manifests differently. maybe order of the profane soul and her warlock pact is with predathos? that or she's a special lycanthrope--maybe inherited from liliana, or bitten by her?

laudna: cleric laudna would be SO interesting. especially if she was religious and devoted to one of whitestone's patron deities before she died, and then when she comes back she's got cleric powers but it's grave domain and she doesn't actually know what god she's devoted to, but delilah briarwood is in her head (not actually a warlock multiclass in this au, but delilah IS in her head taking credit for the deeds of whatever god did actually bring laudna back to be their champion.) also bc laudna and imogen def find each other first again, and cleric!laudna would be so pleased to be able to heal imogen's injuries, self-inflicted or otherwise.

fearne: consider: fearne as a wild magic babarian. need i say more?

orym: druid. this one's a bit of a gimme, but rather than circle of the moon like keyleth or circle of fire like fearne, i think orym would be circle of the shepherd. summoning spirits to buff him+his friends AND summoning super special animal companions to help is v much orym's vibe.

ashton: bard. punk rock ashton whose music can be an expression of their intense rage just as much as it can uplift their friends and inspire or even heal them. college of valor for them, i think, fits best

FCG: fighter. subclass is tricky for them but i'm thinking either psi warrior with their psionic powers being sort of the equivalent of the divine magic in them now, or maybe arcane archer with an arrow-launching attachment and an arcanotech way of enchanting his arrows

dorian: sorcerer for dorian--for a second i considered divine soul, but dariax already has that covered, so i'm thinking wild magic sorcerer. storm sorcery would be too on the nose, and the lack of control or predictability would be so hilariously annoying to him--he's out here trying to think of himself as this free spirit traveling with the winds, but his free-spirited magic keeps blowing up in his face

finally, chetney: chetney takes the sorcerer/warlock multiclass role. now chetney IS a storm sorcerer, and he revels in the chaos of it. i thought about hexblade for his warlock pact, but then i realized. if chet is a warlock, there's only one option for his patron: santa. and then i thought, which option is funniest for santa as a patron? and i almost went with celestial, but. great old one santa. chetney with psychic powers. go full role reversal, and maybe santa is even connected to ruidus, explaining the psychic element.

i will have more thoughts about how this changes things/how the au plays out later but for now here's this

[dungeonsanddragonsfifthedition]

i’m doin some prep for tonight’s WM session and i’m suddenly very caught up in the concern re: ASI/feat next level for both of my main kids. ori i thought was pretty easy--+1 dex and wis for 20dex, 18 wis--but i’ve made a lot more int rolls with her lately, and even given the advantage to most int that the class grants, the modifier of 0 is. rough. meanwhile anthe’s only odd stat is cha, which is funniest if it stays the same? so i’m torn between which non-wis other stat to boost for her if i take an asi (most likely: con or int) OR if i should take a feat. (bountiful luck, war caster, or mobile)

anyway. suggestions welcome.