This involves a judgment call: for instance, shadowdancer offers hide in plain sight, which some people may adjudge is worth three feats. Since the amount of time I'm willing to spend is limited, I will omit classes that I consider to be dominated by a core method of acquisition: for instance, while there are many non-casting prestige classes that grant evasion at second level, like the DMG's shadowdancer, rogue also grants evasion and has no prerequisites, so it's better than most of them for most purposes. I measure cost by first considering loss of caster levels, then considering factors like skills, BAB, hit dice, prestige class requirements, and prestige class abilities. In the subsequent sections, I will often introduce the 'core' way to get a Fochlucan lyrist requirement, meaning the least expensive way to meet the requirement using core classes. The tricky requirements are evasion, Speak Language (Druidic), and bardic knowledge. Perform (string instruments) 13, which may require more creativity. The skill requirements are stiffer, but any character going for Fochlucan lyrist should have all the required skills in-class and can usually arrange their class levels so as to gain the necessary ranks in the skills that only need 7 ranks the hardest requirement is Fochlucan lyrists cannot be lawful and must have a neutral component to their alignment, which can limit some introductory class options (monk). The easiest requirement to meet is 1st-level arcane and divine spells: any character going for Fochlucan lyrist should be able to do this.

There are two ways to do: minimize the amount of casting lost at levels before Fochlucan lyrist, and/or rebuild casting off other classes with shorter, faster progressions. Thus, given this, the ideal entry to Fochlucan lyrist sacrifices as little spellcasting as possible. The only other class feature the Fochlucan lyrist gets is bardic music, which is good, but in general not worth the sacrifice of powerful spellcasting for. Spellcasting, as a rule, is the most powerful class feature any class offers, and maximizing it offers rewards above and beyond those for any other class feature. I have created tentative lists of appropriate classes and prestige classes below I'm curious to know if there others that I've missed.įochlucan lyrist offers full divine and arcane spellcasting, d6 hit dice, +1 BAB/level, 6 + Int skills/level, and bardic music advancement. Rather than explicit builds, I'm aiming to compile a set of tools (classes, feats, magic items, etc.) that can be combined in different ways to optimize Fochlucan lyrist.

This thread is intended to serve as a compilation of ways to enter Fochlucan lyrist.

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