GitP PrC Contest Chat Thread IV

[hierophant]

Drive-by PEACH for the Vibrant Ones!

Simple pre-reqs, (a non-initiator can just squeeze in at level 11! Nice.)
Good chassis, a bit of something for everyone.

I'm not seeing where it says which maneuvers you can pick, discipline wise?

I would give Light Within a duration (until the end of your next round, maybe.)

Akashic Renewal is great.

Path of Radiance-
Alight the Darkness - is good damage a thing? A bonus to damage and making it good aligned? Or untyped divine damage a la flame strike?
Speed of Light - nice.
Guiding Light - very nice. Maybe too nice? Probably the perfect amount of nice.
Beacon of Hope - again, I don't think inspiration bonuses are a thing. Morale, insight, sacred, untyped?
Flash of Power - wow. It's a high level ability, so not overpowered. Does the exhaustion last just for the next round, or until rested?

Glimmer - mobility is always good to see on a combatant. I like the free action return, that's a great touch.

Searing Strikes, thank goodness for you. The negative level probably needs a duration or saving throw.

Shimmerdance fight time!

If, during a turn in which he used Glimmer, the Vibrant One does damage to an enemy, he can, as a free action, begin a Shimmerdance.

Okay, that's an awkward sentence, but it makes sense at least. Basically, Con mod regular melee attacks every round when you glimmer? I assume it's alright to use them all on the same opponent?

Upon the Rays, yes, flight is always appreciated.

Prismatic Release - Saving Throw DC is...? Will and Fort partial saves need to be explained, I think.

Great class! Needs a few more details, but I hope that helps some! (probably a bit close to the deadline, but it seemed rude not to PEACH yours as well).

[Hyooz]

I appreciate the PEACH! I wasn't expecting getting a lot of feedback for this one, given how late I got it posted, but hey, pleasently surprised! I'll probably post this one in its own topic once voting is done, in a form that keeps your critiques in mind.

[ErrantX]

Voting will be up today, I've been sick with a sinus/chest bug and ear infection the past couple days and mostly have wanted to crawl into a hole and die. I feel moderately human today so it will be done!

-X

[Hyooz]

Oh January, you do haunt us all with your ailments that make oozes of us all.

[Morph Bark]

Oh January, you do haunt us all with your ailments that make oozes of us all.

At least it'll be easier to reproduce!

/shot

...

/splits into two

[Hyooz]

Man, ooze apocalypse has always been way scarier than a zombie apocalypse.

One ooze gloops carelessly into a trap-laden dungeon and emerges as 500 oozes.

[Morph Bark]

Sentient oozes are even worse. I once had an NPC character who was prettymuch a conglomerate of Fine oozes who all had class levels. PCs never found that out though...


EDIT: Also, does anyone often create entries for the PrC Contest that build upon existing Homebrew base classes? If so, maybe you're interested in my offer here for a service, if you give a hand!

[ErrantX]

Alright, finally feel human enough to start the working posts!

Here is the voting thread!

-X

[ErrantX]

New contest is up!

Questions, etc, post em here. Let's get to work!

-X

[Fortuna]

What the hey. Haven't taken part in one of these in months, maybe years - might as well give it another go. Chaos, eh? Let's see...

[ErrantX]

What the hey. Haven't taken part in one of these in months, maybe years - might as well give it another go. Chaos, eh? Let's see...

Glad to see you back! Got any ideas you wanna pitch? Anyone else either, if they want to jump in. I'm all ears!

-X

[Fortuna]

I'm considering a class partly inspired by the Joker. The entry requirement would be CN or CE, but one of the earliest class features would be 'You can become whatever alignment you please for all intents and purposes at the drop of a hat'. The class quote would be something about people having boxes.

[Morph Bark]

Hmmm... I did want to make a PrC based off an old RP character of mine, doing something with shapeshifting, the elements, and ultimately pushing ones mind to the edge of reality... it could conceivably work with this.

[sirpercival]

At the moment I'm cogitating on a Wild Mage/Anarchic Initiate-style prc for the Crusader... but it's very nebulous right now and might change at a moment's notice. Possibly into a PrC for Ethos of the Wyrm.

[PairO'Dice Lost]

Ooh, chaos, my favorite! I'm thinking a sort of monk/shapeshifter hybrid who uses fluid fighting styles based on ToB maneuvers and who can take "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to its literal conclusion. Hopefully I'll actually have time to make a class this time around, since I was too busy to make the deadline on the last one.

[inuyasha]

heheh im in, I love chaos MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Im doing an Abyssal Apprentice. Someone who stared into the abyss, and the abyss stared back. This will have a dual progression type of thing, one is the shadowstalkers, the other the scourges. The first is exactly what it sounds like, sneaky, influencial, and corrupting. And the scourges are bloodthirsty killers who go berzerk in combat, murdering anybody in their way

[Sgt. Cookie]

Inuyasha, I'm guessing that the Abyssal Apprentice, Seducers, at least, will have a clause stating that they count as an evil outsiders, for Blackguard prerequisites, right?


As for this contest, I'm leaning in a very Monk-ish direction...

[Kazyan]

Hmmmm. I have an idea, but don't quite know what to staple it to yet. I'll have to tear through the Monster Manuals when I have time.

[inuyasha]

Inuyasha, I'm guessing that the Abyssal Apprentice, Seducers, at least, will have a clause stating that they count as an evil outsiders, for Blackguard prerequisites, right?


As for this contest, I'm leaning in a very Monk-ish direction...

at 10th level both Scourges and Shadowstalkers (I changed that from seducer) type will change to outsider [evil] but Shadowstalkers are just more likely to corrupt someone into being a blackguard, where a scourge would just choose to butcher them
I won't say much more :) you just gotta see

EDIT: woohoo I think Im finished

[Tarsten Corvus]

Updated the Wandering Thief and reedited thanks to a very good friend.
Please Peach and Have fun with things
Also it is Pathfinder system since it is the one i know forgot to mention earlier Derp moment

[ErrantX]

I'm considering a class partly inspired by the Joker. The entry requirement would be CN or CE, but one of the earliest class features would be 'You can become whatever alignment you please for all intents and purposes at the drop of a hat'. The class quote would be something about people having boxes.

I like it, I love Joker, so yeah, I'm interested to see something inspired off of him.

Hmmm... I did want to make a PrC based off an old RP character of mine, doing something with shapeshifting, the elements, and ultimately pushing ones mind to the edge of reality... it could conceivably work with this.

That sounds pretty awesome, sounds psionic potentially as well.

At the moment I'm cogitating on a Wild Mage/Anarchic Initiate-style prc for the Crusader... but it's very nebulous right now and might change at a moment's notice. Possibly into a PrC for Ethos of the Wyrm.

This intrigues me, and I'll check out Ethos of the Wyrm.

Ooh, chaos, my favorite! I'm thinking a sort of monk/shapeshifter hybrid who uses fluid fighting styles based on ToB maneuvers and who can take "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to its literal conclusion. Hopefully I'll actually have time to make a class this time around, since I was too busy to make the deadline on the last one.

Very cool, I like shapeshifting martial arts, reminds me of Kalindo from Werewolf: The Apocalypse.

heheh im in, I love chaos MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Im doing an Abyssal Apprentice. Someone who stared into the abyss, and the abyss stared back. This will have a dual progression type of thing, one is the shadowstalkers, the other the scourges. The first is exactly what it sounds like, sneaky, influencial, and corrupting. And the scourges are bloodthirsty killers who go berzerk in combat, murdering anybody in their way

Just remember: Chaos is key, tone back the Evil from being center stage, Chaos is the star of this show.

Updated the Wandering Thief and reedited thanks to a very good friend.
Please Peach and Have fun with things

Looks good!


-X

[Kazyan]

Ahaha, found it. Glaistig, MMIII. I'll get on this now.

[Morph Bark]

That sounds pretty awesome, sounds psionic potentially as well.

Not sure about psionics, but I might use spellshaping instead of normal spellcasting.

[sirpercival]

Not sure about psionics, but I might use spellshaping instead of normal spellcasting.

Hey, I just wrote a spellshaping class for Heroes of Hyrule! *sings It's a Small World*

[Glimbur]

I'm making a thing. It is... a thing.

[ErrantX]

I'm making a thing. It is... a thing.

I support things. I'm in fact a great fan of things. I collect them and often find myself using them. Things are great.

-X

[enderlord99]

I think Afroakuma should take part in this contest!
Pleeeeaasse, Afro? PLEASE!?

[Techwarrior]

I'm making a thing. It is... a thing.

I support things. I'm in fact a great fan of things. I collect them and often find myself using them. Things are great.

-X

I prefer my things spread on toast with a hint of marmalade, but maybe that's just me. I share them with my guests, doesn't do to have them sitting around cluttering up the house.

Also, Shadowsaint of the Bladesworn is finished mechanics-wise. I'll get the fluff up when I'm back at my house.

[Felyndiira]

I'm really looking forward to the evil contest. I have a really neat idea for that one that I'm just burning to write up.

For chaos, though, I'm thinking of a class derived from full caster classes, that sacrifices about 7 levels of spellcasting for class features based upon chaos theory. The class abilities would be based on the idea of "move one stone, and have effects that ripple into something much greater and unexpected," with higher levels offering more powerful effects and greater control over these intrusions into chaos theory.

I'm just a bit concerned, though - the prestige class requires a ton of trust between the GMs and the players, and it would be relatively easy for a sadistic GM to make the class features completely ineffective. Since I've never seen a class tie-in so closely to roleplaying before, I wanted to get a few opinions on everyone thinks about this weakness before I continue any further. Is it usually considered poor to have a significant part of the class tied to roleplaying and to put a lot of focus on GM-player trust?

[ArcturusV]

Me? I'd be fine with it as a player. As a DM I'd be a little leery. But only because I know of the tendency for players to get a bit out of control and how they can spin even a simple Cause -> Effect flow into something far, far wilder than you ever expected. I still have a vague memory somehow of a scene where my players had papers to get into a City, the City had no reason not to let them in as they were there on official business, and there was a plan being created about how they couldn't just WALK in but had to concoct a scheme which involved, in part, capturing and cloning a flock of eagles, finding 1,000 feet of rope, 15 cows, and figuring out how to fashion a crude ballista/catapult.