Dreamscarred Press Announces: Path of War Expanded

[Novawurmson]

The Opening Paragraph of Double minded states: "blending the paths of the Black Crane and Silver Crane to their own designs." That should, I think, be Black Seraph?

::facepalm:: Yes, yes it should. Thank you.

Enh, metamorphosis only shifts the source of polymorph buff from the party caster to the awakened champion. Astral construct, on the other hand, can be a prebuff flanking buddy, scout, and more. It's practically the same as giving a creation awakened champion an animal companion that you can change the abilities of periodically.

I think we can both agree that astral construct is objectively the best power 1st level power of those listed (and even a contender for the best 1st level power in the game). My bigger question: Is the power of astral construct at 4th level so great that you would never consider playing an awakened champion of any other mission?

Honestly I would much rather see the awakened champion pull abilities from other sources rather than just plain manifesting. Creation-focus awakened champions could get mini-aegis-astral-suits, for instance, while destruction-focus could get souldrinker vitalist powers.

I'm trying to keep the archetype as simple as possible - a sprawling archetype with 5 different subsystems sounds
cool, but would be difficult to balance and more importantly, would lack focus. I could see doing 5 separate mission-focused archetypes at a later point with a concept like that, but not one archetype that also added manifesting.