Lets Invent some Tier 6s! PEACHers Encouraged!

[erikun]

T6 Spellcaster? Sure, let's give this a try.

Rainbow Hypnotist

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{TABLE]Level|BAB|Fort|Ref|Will|Spells Known|1st|2nd|3rd|4th
1|+0|+0|+0|+2|Color Spray|2|-|-|-
2|+1|+0|+0|+3||3|-|-|-
3|+1|+1|+1|+3||3|-|-|-
4|+2|+1|+1|+4|Hypnotic Pattern|3|0|-|-
5|+2|+1|+1|+4||3|1|-|-
6|+3|+2|+2|+5||4|2|-|-
7|+3|+2|+2|+5||4|2|-|-
8|+4|+2|+2|+6||5|3|-|-
9|+4|+3|+3|+6|Rainbow Pattern|5|3|0|-
10|+5|+3|+3|+7||5|3|1|-
11|+5|+3|+3|+7||5|4|2|-
12|+6|+4|+4|+8||5|4|2|-
13|+6|+4|+4|+8||6|4|3|-
14|+7|+4|+4|+9|Scintillating Pattern|6|4|3|0
15|+7|+5|+5|+9||6|4|3|1
16|+8|+5|+5|+10||6|5|3|2
17|+8|+5|+5|+10||6|5|4|2
18|+9|+6|+6|+11||6|5|4|3
19|+9|+6|+6|+11||6|5|4|3
20|+10|+6|+6|+12||6|5|4|3
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Hit Dice: d4
Skill Points: 4 + Intelligence Bonus per level
Class Skills: Autohypnosis, Concentration, Craft (any, taken seperately), Disguise, Knowledge (Arcana), Knowledge (Local), Perform, Search, Spellcraft

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Rainbow Hypnotists are proficient with all simple weapons. They are not proficient with any type of armor or shield. Armor of any type interferes with a Rainbow Hypnotists’s gestures, which can cause their spells with somatic components to fail.

Spells: A Rainbow Hypnotist is limited to what spells they can cast. Like a Sorcerer, they simply know their spells and do not need to prepare them ahead of time. Unlike a Sorcerer, they do not have a spell list to choose which spells to know; the spells they know are determined by their level.

At 1st level, the Rainbow Hypnotist knows Color Spray as a first-level Rainbow Hypnotist spell. At 4th level, they know Hypnotic Pattern as a second-level Rainbow Hypnotist spell. At 9th level, they know Rainbow Pattern as a third-level Rainbow Hypnotist spell. At 14th level, they know Scintillating Pattern as a fourth-level Rainbow Hypnotist spell. They do not learn any other spells, and those four spells compose the class's full spell list.

Rainbow Hypnotists are arcane spellcasters, and suffer Arcane Spell Failure when attempting to cast in armor.

To cast a spell, a Rainbow Hypnotist must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a Rainbow Hypnotist’s spell is 10 + the spell level + the Rainbow Hypnotist’s Charisma modifier. The Rainbow Hypnotist gains additional spells per day for high Charisma.

Sorry if the table looks bad; I'm not used to putting those things together.

But yes, say hello to what is certainly a T6 spellcaster. Limited number of spells per day, a very limited spell list, spells which are useless against a large number of monsters, low DCs, no way to add additional spells to their spell list, and even Rainbow Servant won't help. (It adds to they class's spell list, but seeing as the class never chooses a spell from their spell list, that doesn't help much.) Oh, I am sure you could optimize Disguise into something useful, and a Hypnotist/Servant could use Cleric wands, but that's about it.

I notice that it gets more spells per day than the Adept, but given the Adept's far superior spell selection, I don't think that helps out too much.