As people pointed out , Deific Obedience Pharasma is a superb choice . But that ' s not appealing to my character concept . The same goes for the Evangelist Prestige Class . I totally hate that concept , though , mechanically is the best choice , by far . <| sep |> Yes , as stupid as that is . <| sep |> If the path is already beaten . no harm no foul <| sep |> When I was trying to start there was this one guy who for whatever reason would not unequip his dagger . He had a shotgun euqiped , but wouldnt trash the dagger . Whenever someone told him to fix his shit he would leave that party and q up again , ran into him multiple times <| sep |> I ' m afraid to google that now . <| sep |> In my experience , effects give you the widest variety most control over tone , followed by the amp , followed by the guitar itself last . I have a Pod HD 500 X , and honestly I usually just plug that straight into the PA . I know it ' s not the setup for everyone , but as far as I ' m concerned the thing provides all the variety in tone I need and it beats the hell out of lugging around a head cab .