Skjaldbakka
2007-07-12, 03:22 PM
Campaign specific notes first: this is an Incarnate sub-class for a modern fantasy game set in Tokyo that I will be running this fall (I may even run an online side-game of it, but not until after I finish my current games).
The Incarnum Researcher
As Incarnate, with the following changes:
Alignment: True Nuetral
A scientist must be objective. If an incarnum researcher becomes any alignment other than nuetral, he loses access to any soulmelds he has gained through Incarnum Research (see below). If an Incarnum researcher becomes any alignment compatible with the Incarnate base class, he reverts to that base-class.
An Incarnum Researcher loses access to all alignment based class features of the incarnate, including the ability to shape soulmelds with any alignment descriptor. He instead gains the incarnum research ability.
Incarnum Research:
At 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th level, an Incarnum Researcher may choose a soulmeld from the totemist or soulborn class list, and add it to his list of available soulmelds. In order to do so, he must have had access to either a specimen of the creature the soulmeld is based on, or a meldshaper with that soulmeld for (30 minus intelligence score) days (minimum 8 hours).
Is the incarnum research ability to strong? to weak? to often? not often enough?
The Incarnum Researcher
As Incarnate, with the following changes:
Alignment: True Nuetral
A scientist must be objective. If an incarnum researcher becomes any alignment other than nuetral, he loses access to any soulmelds he has gained through Incarnum Research (see below). If an Incarnum researcher becomes any alignment compatible with the Incarnate base class, he reverts to that base-class.
An Incarnum Researcher loses access to all alignment based class features of the incarnate, including the ability to shape soulmelds with any alignment descriptor. He instead gains the incarnum research ability.
Incarnum Research:
At 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th level, an Incarnum Researcher may choose a soulmeld from the totemist or soulborn class list, and add it to his list of available soulmelds. In order to do so, he must have had access to either a specimen of the creature the soulmeld is based on, or a meldshaper with that soulmeld for (30 minus intelligence score) days (minimum 8 hours).
Is the incarnum research ability to strong? to weak? to often? not often enough?