What do you mean by plague doctor? how do you imagine them fighting in combat? Because historically plague doctors did not fight at all, they were scientists and doctors who tried to cure a terrible disease with very little understanding.
Do you want a character that poisons & corrupts enemies? (that's not really what plague doctors did at least not intentionally, but it is how I've seen them in like videogames) - the best options here is Spore Druid Do you want to be a non-violent healer with either lots of luck or lots of resistances? (this is closer to the historical plague doctor but I suspect it's not what you want) - Do you want a mad genius character obsessed with life & death? - a necromancy wizard or an alchemist artificer would work for this. Do you want to run around sticking people with needles then punching them in the face? - this is your Mercy Monk
I do kind of want the plague doctor to be a team healer that also has a hand in delivering diseases apon foes, do you think that could be the alchemist artificer?
I do kind of want the plague doctor to be a team healer that also has a hand in delivering diseases apon foes, do you think that could be the alchemist artificer?
Team healer + disease stuff you probably want to be a Spore Druid, you get Contagion, Blight, Blindness/Deafness and Chill Touch which can all be easily flavoured as diseases also the Halo of Spores could easily be instead a Halo of Sickness, you could also pick up Poison Spray or Primary Savagery as a cantrip again super easy to reflavour those as toxins.
Alchemist is more "build stuff out of dead things" vibe. You can make a Homonculus, enchant items, and make potions to buff your group which you can flavour as "medicines".
Mercy Monk kind of works, the problem is they get so few ki points most of the time you are just punching people.
Or you can go Cleric, there you'd want Grave, Death, or Life. Grave & Life are exceptional healers with Grave giving you a more creepy theme.
Alright I'm hoping for some tips on how to create an aarakocra player doctor, so if you have any, please tell me.
What do you mean by plague doctor? how do you imagine them fighting in combat? Because historically plague doctors did not fight at all, they were scientists and doctors who tried to cure a terrible disease with very little understanding.
Do you want a character that poisons & corrupts enemies? (that's not really what plague doctors did at least not intentionally, but it is how I've seen them in like videogames) - the best options here is Spore Druid
Do you want to be a non-violent healer with either lots of luck or lots of resistances? (this is closer to the historical plague doctor but I suspect it's not what you want) -
Do you want a mad genius character obsessed with life & death? - a necromancy wizard or an alchemist artificer would work for this.
Do you want to run around sticking people with needles then punching them in the face? - this is your Mercy Monk
I do kind of want the plague doctor to be a team healer that also has a hand in delivering diseases apon foes, do you think that could be the alchemist artificer?
Best bet for a team healer with some disease adjacent debuffs is Spores Druid or possibly a Life Cleric.
Team healer + disease stuff you probably want to be a Spore Druid, you get Contagion, Blight, Blindness/Deafness and Chill Touch which can all be easily flavoured as diseases also the Halo of Spores could easily be instead a Halo of Sickness, you could also pick up Poison Spray or Primary Savagery as a cantrip again super easy to reflavour those as toxins.
Alchemist is more "build stuff out of dead things" vibe. You can make a Homonculus, enchant items, and make potions to buff your group which you can flavour as "medicines".
Mercy Monk kind of works, the problem is they get so few ki points most of the time you are just punching people.
Or you can go Cleric, there you'd want Grave, Death, or Life. Grave & Life are exceptional healers with Grave giving you a more creepy theme.
Alright, thank you! I will definitely use your great advice when making my character.
I might go with grave cleric or spore druid