Hunter Noventa
2007-04-17, 04:21 PM
So today I've been mucking about with character concepts and I took a look at the ninja class. It's a decidedly mediocre class, and while there are some interesting abiltities, they are severely limited in their uses per day. At 20th level, assuming an above average wisdom (16), and no wisdom boosting abilities, they can use thier Ki abilities a mere 13 times in a day, compare that to the versatility of almost any other class, and the Ninja falls far short. The ninja relies on ghost step to deal effective damage. Without Ki, they're just a weaker monk.
Here is my idea to make the ninja more effective, drawn from the martial adepts and how they use manuvers-
First, make the Ki pool rechargable. A concentration check as a full round action restores a modest amount of Ki, somewhere in the realm of 1d4 Ki.
Second, make the Ki recharge completely 1 minute after the end of an encounter. This is similar to the martial adepts without making Ki totally unlimited.
Third, to compensate for this, the only Ki ability that has an extended duration, Ghost walk, reduces the maximum Ki pool by 1 for the rest of the day when used, and costs two uses on top of that.
I think this rebalances the ninja to be more in line with the power level of most other classes, and gives them the ability to actually be useful for more than one or two combats in a day. What do you all think?
Here is my idea to make the ninja more effective, drawn from the martial adepts and how they use manuvers-
First, make the Ki pool rechargable. A concentration check as a full round action restores a modest amount of Ki, somewhere in the realm of 1d4 Ki.
Second, make the Ki recharge completely 1 minute after the end of an encounter. This is similar to the martial adepts without making Ki totally unlimited.
Third, to compensate for this, the only Ki ability that has an extended duration, Ghost walk, reduces the maximum Ki pool by 1 for the rest of the day when used, and costs two uses on top of that.
I think this rebalances the ninja to be more in line with the power level of most other classes, and gives them the ability to actually be useful for more than one or two combats in a day. What do you all think?