So, Veeky Forums...

So, Veeky Forums, my Pathfinder DM had a breakdown recently because of the absolutely horseshit characters that one of the players in our group of regulars decides to bring to the table every time. Let's just TL;DR - Female minotaur with giant tits, loli dragon riders that constantly make sexual innuendos and wear not-enough clothes, kitsune mammoth riders, a dragon-kin magus with way-too-edgy Katanas that have six demon souls and were bathed in the blood of virgin teenagers. (It was a flavored version of Blade Bound Magus.) You get the idea. We humor him because it's never really disruptive, but the last time he did it, it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

So, finally, our favorite DM broke down and has refused to DM anything... Yet, in all his grace and wisdom That Guy has so kindly decided to host a campaign for us until our regular DM can 'get a grip'... one that he told me to build a character for "Level 40" and "don't worry about money, get whatever you want"... But fuck it, I want to humor it so I can see it crash to the ground and burn.

I'm not so alien to the concept of going above 20th level in this shit, but what the fuck do I even do with this? He said to take any template we wanted, but asked that we run thrid-party material past him before playing it. I thought about doing something like Living Monolith + Grave Knight but I don't know where to start designing this absolutely dogshit character.

Should I do something to fuck with the game? No mythic, apparently, but I've got literally everything else in the Pathfinder tool kit available.

Don't level 40 literally can not have balanced encounters.

If you really want to be a wizard 20/cleric 20. Use your infinite money for infinite wishes. Use your 40 HD to make infinite hyper power simulacruma from your bubble base full of whales on the sun. Also kill the That Guy. Not his campaign. Like actually murder him.

It's tempting. The 'kill him' thing. On the other hand I was considering just rolling up a 20th level dwarf commoner, since we can use 'any class'.

Do it user. He makes the absurd. Make the absurdly dull. Roll 1 thousand peasants and throw them at his campain

Definitely get a demiplane and your own private clone factory up and running, complete with constructs to run the place while you're gone.

I would recommend paladin 20/oracle 20 but this guy sounds like he'd make you fall for shits and giggles so maybe not.

1 level in each of 40 different classes.

you're an animal

Time to take Leadership

Why did the DM allow such characters? I mean theres a lot to be said for player freedom but if someone brought that shit to my table I would tell him to fuck off and come back with something setting-appropriate.

While retarded in concept, they weren't mechanically broken and were actually typically very underpowered, Ontop of that, the setting we play in is typically very adaptable to abnormal races such as, well, Kitsune, despite not having any. It makes me wonder if anyone but me got the innuendo, at the end of the day.

All with exotic archetypes, of course

Come to think of it, is there any way one can ascend to true godhood in Pathfinder?

touching the starstone
being chosen by a god
becoming a super-duper lich
reaching level 40

You have a wonderful opportunity to be a radical, extremely populist leader who aims to overthrow the current social (and celestial) order for it's inherent unfairness.

This kind of character will know that they are a monster that can't live in the world they are creating, but will do it because it is the only thing they can choose in a world full of bad options and dead ends.

Make a level 1 fighter of nondescript background. Maybe like a kid from a rural stead that was forced into playing guard when bandits attacked. Use maybe half of the level 1 starting funds on equipment and claim that the rest of your money is back home feeding your parents and younger sibling while you're out here questing for... whatever the plot is. Do this, and outplay the table. Fucking rip the story from the GMs hands and undermine his 'super special awesome storyline.' Make it about your character's desire for knick nacks and food. When the other players offer to get you some to move the plot forward, refuse claiming that a real man works for his own needs. Whatever you do, do not allow the DM to advance the plot past their intro.

This would be pretty difficult considering I'm competing with two other people who seem deadset on derailing the campaign, as well. I'm trying to do something more subtle and I'm really preemptively expecting something where we go fight Lucifer lord of the nine hells or some shit

Otherwise? That's an incredible idea I'm going to save for a real campaign except not be an icnredible dickwad who derails. Y'know, fight who only believes in his own strength and shit. A down-home kind of gumption style.

GMing Pathfinder is literally masochism. Your GM must be just fapping 24/7 now that he was pushed "over the edge".

He's a delicate snowflake of a man, but we love him for his flaws.

Man, That Guy really sounds like he needs to meet a gruesome fate on the train tracks.
Poor DM.

>kitsune mammoth riders
what the fuck is wrong with this?

>oh no this person was doing things that I think are weird!
>our GM stopped running because he also thought that it was weird!
>plz Veeky Forums help me troll this weird guy who is offering to run a game!

I bet you're real fun at parties.

I've honestly always wondered if he's doing it ironically or actually to fuck with us. I guess we'll find out this week.

The setting lacked the two essentials: Kitsune and mammoths. It was adjusted to work out, but it was still pretty ham-handed. I guess you can blame the DM for that one.

Don't compete. Cooperate.

This is your golden opportunity to coordinate with the other players. Just all make clerics and be the jehovah's witnesses. Or make all rogues and disregard what the DM's plot says and go do daring casino hiests instead. Whatever, man.

Ah, I think I might have explained the point of this badly. The point of playing this way is to show the gm a good time without the need to create a special character. If anything, it's the mundane actions of a regular character surrounded by absurdity that can seem most entertaining.

Alternative to these, play a character dead set on following along the narrative as you see it intended; sometimes it still won't be as the DM intended, but do whatever you can to make the game fun, the story fantastic, and have a good time.

You have 40 levels to work with, and in theory you could just double up on a class and keep advancing its abilities in the patterns they provide (Fighter40 getting +1 bonus combat feat every other level, +1 weapon training and armor training every 5 levels, and Weapon Mastery with all Weapon Training groups at 40 for a lazy example). It'd probably be better to angle for a character with a mix of flexability and power, say Inquisitor 20 into Holy Vindicator 10 and Sleepless Detective 10. Good in a scrape, good in a sting, handy for a healer and enough utility and information gathering to be able to follow up on all kinds of things.

At that level you're also going to be dealing with a lot of save-or-die or no-save offenses, so you'll want to consider either perma-spell items for immunities or else nab some template that'll immunize you to harms.

You mentioned asking for 3rd party content; see if he considers D&D 3.5 for that sort of thing; takes a little translation but the content is otherwise easily interchangeable and he Really may want to consider epic level progressions rather than flat class stacking for saves and BAB and the like, but I digress.

Of course you can pick for yourself, but I'd Really advise aiming for the 2/3's caster option characters, or a Path of War base class. Bards, Inquisitors, Alchemists, Magus, Mesmerist, Hunter, Warpriest, Warlord, Stalker, etc; they're an evenly balanced mix of utility and damage capacity, and with 40 levels worth of bullshit you're going to need to be able to do everything in both supernatural and mundane fashions.

Every single person in your story is a massive asshole.
Your DM is.
You are.
And that guy is too.

You all deserve each other and wish you all continue to be miserable.

>GM wasn't comfortable with the dumb anime characters but still allowed them instead of asserting himself or doing anything reasonable
>GM broke down instead of just putting his foot down and is refusing to run any more
>Other guy thinks his behavior is ridiculous and offers to run something
>What little has been said about the game concept sounds retarded but at least he made an offer
>Joining the game for the sake of "revenge" instead of just declining

What the fuck is wrong with you and your GM.