Upgrade Blackguard Undead Summons

[Maladus]

Now that the Suggestion Forums is up, I'm copying this over from my feedback thread.

Currently the most effective way too play a “Death Knight” archetype is to go some route toward melee PM which pigeonholes you into a specific build route and RP (usually some combo of classes with 16 levels of PM).

While this may be fine for many people, I’m willing to bet that there are probably some out there like me who would rather play their Blackguard in this way to avoid some of the PM RP. The problem is that PM gets a lot of stuff that makes them appealing to melee and their undead are really strong to boot especially when you consider they get a free Mummy Dust spell.

I’ve been playing Blackguard for a little while now and have always felt that once I got my fiend, there really isn’t much point in summoning the undead unless the friend is on CD. Their stats aren’t as good and the Doom Knight has fewer attacks per round than the fiendish counterpart summon.

I believe that giving Blackguards a choice to go with either option would be ideal. I think buffing the undead to be on par with the fiends would help a lot with this. I even think that a new feat akin to Epic Fiendish Servant that can be called Epic Undead Servant that requires 16 levels of Blackguard as well would also help to make this choice attractive. Furthermore, if possible, make this choice permanent by allowing you to only take Epic Fiendish Servant or Epic Undead Servant but not both.

[garrbear758]

Approved, as long as you can only choose one of epic undead / epic fiendish servant.