Conor McGregor, the famous Irish mixed martial artist, found himself in the midst of controversy when he struck a mascot prior to a fight in April 2019. McGregor, known for his brash personality and aggressive fighting style, faced backlash for his actions. The incident happened during a promotional event for an amateur MMA fight in Dublin, where McGregor was in attendance. As part of the event, a mascot dressed as a character known as "The Notorious," which is also McGregor's nickname, was present. McGregor can be seen in a video footage approaching the mascot and delivering a strong left-handed punch to the head. The video quickly went viral, and fans and critics alike expressed their outrage and disappointment in McGregor's behavior.
Skill Feat: Consult the Spirits
I ll leave the warning here, but, generally, don t learn prepare Cleric spells that need Attack Rolls Saving Trows to work, since your Spell Bonuses DCs as a Cleric are going to be significantly lower than the ones for a Wizard. Inspired by a post from u I_dont_like_things also, sorry for taking so long do write this on wanting to make a Dwarf Wizard Cleric Mystic Theurge , I m going to give it a try.
The video quickly went viral, and fans and critics alike expressed their outrage and disappointment in McGregor's behavior. Many argued that his actions were uncalled for and showed a lack of sportsmanship. Others pointed out that attacking someone in a mascot costume, who was not able to defend themselves, was a sign of bullying.
The Mystic Theurge - A Wizard Build
Inspired by a post from u/I_dont_like_things (also, sorry for taking so long do write this) on wanting to make a Dwarf Wizard Cleric(Mystic Theurge), I'm going to give it a try.
Shout out to the Hideously Biased guide to the (Spell Blending) Wizard .
Let's call em our Wizard Tim.
Ancestry: Tiefling Dwarf
Dwarves, maybe surprisingly, have a very good chassis for Wizards, with 10 hit points, a cha flaw and darkvision. The only problem is the speed, and that our ancestry feats are not good for Wizards, so we are taking the Tiefling Versatile Heritage to "fix" both of those things.
Take something that gives you an Intelligence boost or a Dexterity boost, then boost the other. Unfortunately, I've not found any that gives either of those and gives a particularly good skill feat, so it's up to you.
No comments, that's why we are here.
| Level 1 | Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Ancestry | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Background | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 8 |
| Class | 10 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 8 |
| Boosts | 10 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 8 |
Arcane Thesis: Spell Blending.
Spell Blending allows us to sacrifice 2 lower leveled slots to get one higher level spell slot. This is already good with (Specialist) Wizards normally, but it gets better if you get extra spell slots from something like multi classing, since you start getting even less out of your low leveled slots, so sacrificing them is even less of a problem. Unfortunately, does literally nothing at all until level 3, and only starts being worth using at level 5.
So, choosing schools is a bit weird. The choice between Universalist and Specialist is very straight forward(1st level feat, only 3 spells slots, regain one spell after casting per spell level; vs 4 slots, with one locked into your school, a focus spell and regain one spell per day), but after that it gets complicated.
As a Specialist, you have to look at all the levels of spells(or, at least, all the levels that you think you are going to go through) and see if they have something good for you to prepare(or heighten) at that level for your chosen school. Good, lower leveled spells are more valuable than good, higher leveled spells because you will spend, comparatively, much longer with your lower leveled spells than with your higher leveled ones.
Now, there is a catch here. RAW, if not RAI, Spell Blending allows us to sacrifice the extra school slots and turn them into anything. Your GM might be against this, so talk to them to confirm it.
We also don't care about the advanced school spell, since we are not taking it.
So, unless your GM keeps you from turning you school slots into higher leveled ones, you only care about the initial focus spell and your 9th level spell.
We're taking Enchantment, cause our name's Tim. But Evocation is not bad either.
For our ancestry feat, we are picking Nimble Hooves to "fix" our speed.
For Skills, get we get Acrobatics(you need either this or athletics to deal with grapples, since we are boosting dex, we get this; also needed for flying), Crafting(someone has to craft the high level items, and we are also going to be using a shield), and Arcana. The rest is up to you; but I recommend getting all the intelligence based ones and Medicine.
That was a long read, but from now on it get's a lot more streamlined.
Class feat: Cleric Dedication
Deity: Nethys, because of course we are following Ascendant God of Magic. You could take another one, preferably a non-neutral one, so that alignment stuff is useful(the Battle Prayer Skill Feat is particularly good, with it only costing one action and dealing a decent amount of damage).
We get one more trained skill(or two, if you took religion at level 1), distribute them as you wish.
I'll leave the warning here, but, generally, don't learn/prepare Cleric spells that need Attack Rolls/Saving Trows to work, since your Spell Bonuses/DCs as a Cleric are going to be significantly lower than the ones for a Wizard.
Skill Feat: Battle Medicine(you could take something else too, since we are not going to invest in Medicine).
Skill Increase: Crafting
You can switch Crafting, Arcana and Religion around very liberally, just remember to have Master in Religion by level 12, then Legendary by level 18. Also, getting Crafting to Master and Legendary is particularly good because of Quick Repair.
General Feat: Shield Block
If we want to use shields effectively, we need this.
Class Feat: Basic Cleric Spellcasting
We are getting all the dedication feats that grant us more spells.
Skill Feat: Quick Repair.
Does not do much right now(although one minute is a LOT less than ten, I find that everyone is getting 10 minutes to refocus/heal or they are getting nothing a lot of the time, but this lets us use repair more than once, which might help if only using it once did not fully heal the shield), but gets simply incredible once we get Legendary in Crafting, being able to use a single action to repair the shield.
| Level 5 | Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | 10 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 8 |
| Boosts | 10 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 8 |
Skill Increase: Religion
Ancestry Feat: Dwarven Reinforcement
Do this at the beginning of the day to your shield(and any other shield too, if anyone else is also using one), and you get a nice, if small, effect on your defenses.
Class Feat: Spell Penetration
Surprisingly good, quite a few of your enemies will have status bonuses to saves.
Skill Feat: Alchemical Crafting
Ok, but you can switch this for something else and you will be fine.
Skill Increase: Crafting
Master now, so you can repair your shield during combat, but it takes 3 actions to do it, so you probably won't.
General Feat: Canny Acumen(Perception)
+2 to perception(sort of, since you get +2 now, then nothing at level 11, then +2 again at level 17), also(usually) means +2 to initiative.
Class Feat: Divine Breadth
Skill Feat: Inventor
In much the same way you won't be able to find high level items for sale easily, you also won't be able to find their respective formulas, so you end up needing this.
Skill Increase: Religion
Ancestry Feat: Fiendish Wings
Getting, essentially, a free Fly once per day is very good, and you also get to make this permanent later on.
| Level 10 | Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | 10 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 8 |
| Boosts | 10 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 8 |
You get trained in yet another skill here, and, again, do as you wish.
Class Feat: Scroll Savant
More spells, although not as good during encounters, since you have to use one action to get the scroll before actually casting the spell; still good, since you can put your utility here and put combat spells in your regular slots.
Skill Feat: Consult the Spirits
Talk to the dead once per day, then(when you become Legendary in Religion) once per hour. Nifty.
Skill Increase: Arcana
General Feat: Incredible Initiative
+2 to initiative, too good to pass. Gets a lot worse if you can get other sources of circumstance bonus to initiative, tho.
Class Feat: Expert Cleric Spellcasting
Skill Feat: Sacred Defense.
One action, a bit of health, not bad.
Ancestry Feat: Fiend's Door
Dimension Door is an amazing spell, and getting to cast it once per day for free is very good. Getting it heightened to 5th level is a great bonus.
Skill Increase: Arcana
Class Feat: Diviner Sense
If you weren't always using Detect Magic as your exploration activity, you are now that you get to roll twice for initiative.
Skill Feat: Magical Crafting
In Golarion, you can't go much further than this without making you own stuff, since you will not be able to find settlements that are high enough level for you to find level appropriate stuff for you and your party.
| Level 15 | Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | 10 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 8 |
| Boosts | 10 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 8 |
Skill Increase: Crafting
You can now repair your shield in a single action.
General Feat: Keen Follower
A +3(or, realistically, by now, +4) bonus to doing something that should come up quite a few times: who has never gotten the entire party to try and sneak past something/someone, or a similar situation, where there is only one person that is really "supposed" to be doing the thing and everyone else is terrible at it? This bonus goes a long way in closing the gap. I think most characters should take it.
Class Feat: Effortless Concentration
There are quite a few good spells that need concentration, and this makes you pseudo-quickened any time you use them.
Skill Feat: Craft Anything
No more paying someone to cast a spell for you to craft something just because the spell is on the primal/occult list.
Skill Increase: Religion
Talk to the dead once per hour, and get more health from Sacred Defense.
Canny Acumen also makes us Master in Perception now.
Ancestry Feat: Relentless Wings
Skill Feat: Divine Guidance
GM dependent, but probably quite funny to use, seeing your GM improv holy texts on the fly.
Class Feat: Master Cleric Spellcasting
Now you have all the spell you are going to get from this.
Skill Increase: Arcana
General Feat: Fleet
I'm out of ideas by now, most of them don't seem very good, so +5 speed it is.
| Level 15 | Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | 10 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 8 |
| Boosts | 10 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 8 |
Another trained skill, you do you.
Class Feat: If your GM allows it, Spell Mastery, otherwise, Archwizard's Might.
Four spells(levels 9,8,7 and 6) are, honestly, just a lot better than a single extra 10th level spell.
Skill Feat: Unified Theory
I just like this skill feat. This is, really, the only reason I increased Arcana instead of, like, Medicine or whatever. To be honest, increasing Medicine is probably better, but I'm really tired now, and I'm not going to go back and switch Arcana for Medicine, so, if you want to do that, go for it. I gotta go to sleep.
Thanks for reading, good night; I'll come back for typos and whatnot later.
EDIT: Typos and some fixes. Thanks to u/Aragie4484 for pointing out a mistake I made.
Talk to the dead once per day, then(when you become Legendary in Religion) once per hour. Nifty.
Some even questioned McGregor's mental state and suggested that his actions might be a result of his recent controversies outside of the Octagon, such as legal issues and his retirement announcement. McGregor later apologized for his behavior, acknowledging that it was not his intention to harm or disrespect anyone. This incident is just one example of the controversies and provocative behavior that Conor McGregor is often associated with. While he undoubtedly remains one of the most popular and successful fighters in MMA history, incidents like these continue to tarnish his image and raise questions about his conduct inside and outside of the ring..
Reviews for "Conor McGregor's Mascot Stunt: A Desperate Cry for Attention?"
1. John Smith - 1/5 stars
I was appalled when I saw the video footage of Conor McGregor striking the mascot. It was a disgusting display of arrogance and disrespect. It is completely unacceptable to physically assault someone, even if it was meant as a joke. McGregor's behavior sets a bad example for his fans, especially the younger ones. This incident just further proves that he is more interested in creating controversy and garnering attention for himself than being a true sportsman. I was disappointed and disgusted by his actions.
2. Sarah Johnson - 2/5 stars
While I understand that Conor McGregor is known for his quick temper and provocative behavior, his actions towards the mascot were completely unnecessary. Instead of using his platform and fame to inspire and uplift others, he chose to showcase a violent and disrespectful act. It's disheartening to see someone with his level of influence behaving so recklessly. I hope he takes this incident as a wake-up call and starts showing more maturity and sportsmanship in the future.
3. Michael Thompson - 1/5 stars
Conor McGregor's behavior towards the mascot was outrageous and uncalled for. It's disappointing to see a professional athlete, who should be a role model for young people, engaging in such violent actions. McGregor's decision to strike the mascot demonstrates a complete lack of respect for the sport and his opponents. It's clear that he prioritizes creating controversy and getting attention over being a true sportsman. I won't be supporting or condoning his actions in any way.