Trissociate [3.5 Base Class] (PEACH)

[qazzquimby]

I don't have the knowledge to critique the bonus spells, but could you not just say the number of spells granted per slot is reduced to one third, rounding up?

Tell me if you see any problems

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Evolutionist Association

Level	Special	Mutations
Starter
1	Improved unarmed strike	3
2		3
3		5
4		5
5		7
6		7
7		9
8		9
9	Teratomorph	11
10		11
11		13
12		13
13	Mutant Ascendancy	15
14		15
15	Teratomorph	17
16		17
17		19
18		19
19	Mutant Perfection	21

Evolutionist Class Features: You gain Evolutionist class features, except as noted here. Class features which normally rely on Evolutionist levels may instead use your Trissociate level (e.g. for the purposes of calculating saving throw DC). Your Evolutionist class features are gained at the levels indicated in the table above.

Mutations: At first level, the evolutionist gains three mutations. Each odd level afterwards, he gains two mutations.
Whenever the evolutionist gains a level, he may chose to lose any one mutation he has to gain a different one, he cannot chose to lose a mutation that would cause him to no longer qualify for another mutation, feat or prestige class.

Stupid? Sure.
Balanced? I doubt it.
Inevitable? Definitely.

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Trissociate Association

Level	Special	Master Points and Trissociate Bonus
Starter	Chosen Associations, Mastery Points, Trissociate Bonus
1	Primary association level 1	1
2		1
3	Secondary association Level 1	1
4		1
5		2
6		2
7	Primary Association Level 7	2
8		2
9	Secondary Association Level 7	3
10		3
11		3
12		3
13	Primary Association Level 13	4
14		4
15	Secondary Association Level 13	4
16		4
17		5
18		5
19	Primary Association Level 19	5

Chosen Associations (Ex): The first level of the association grants 1 Primary Association, and 2 Secondary Associations the list here. This selection is permanent and cannot be changed, barring special and intensive retraining (read: DM fiat). Secondary Associations provide starter abilities even at first level.

These associations do not grant abilities as they would normally, but instead a level of the association can be chosen whenever listed on the trissociate association table, to a maximum level of the level listed. The same level cannot be taken twice in the same association.

Mastery Points (Ex): The Trissociate association grants a secondary pool of Mastery points which can only be used to augment associations granted by the trissociate association. This otherwise functions identically to the ability in the Trissociate base class.

Trissociate Bonus (Ex): The Trissociate association grants a secondary trissociate bonus, which appies only to associations granted by the trissociate association. It otherwise functions identically to the ability in the Trissociate base class.

[JeminiZero]

I don't have the knowledge to critique the bonus spells, but could you not just say the number of spells granted per slot is reduced to one third, rounding up?

Doing that for a 28 int (+9 bonus) Wizard/Archivist, and comparing that to a normal Wizard would give:

Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Wizard Associate	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1
Archivist Associate	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1	1+1
Total	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Normal Wizard	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

Which I feel is still rather strong for what is supposed to be half a class.

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A bit more detail: I plotted the amount of Bonus Spell Slot Points (sum of (bonus spell slot x spell level) for all spell levels ), a Wizard would normally receive for high ability score, and compared it to (Score Bonus - 1)^2. The numbers came to the following (note that Wz1-9 are bonus spell slots given):

Score Bonus	Wz1	Wz2	Wz3	Wz4	Wz5	Wz6	Wz7	Wz8	Wz9	Total Bonus Spell Slot Points	(Score Bonus - 1)^2
1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1
3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4
4	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	10	9
5	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	16	16
6	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	24	25
7	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	34	36
8	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	46	49
9	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	61	64

So you can see that Bonus Spell Slot points actually stick quite closely to (Score Bonus - 1)^2. Since the association is basically 1/4 Wizard, I divided the number by 4 (rounded down) to get the Bonus Spell Slot points for one Association, and came up with this table:

Intelligence Bonus	Bonus Spell Slot points
2 or lower	0
3	1
4	2
5	4
6	6
7	9
8	12
9	16
10	20

The only problem with this system was that level 4 Associate with +5 int bonus, would have 4 Bonus Spell Slot points, and could have a 4 bonus level 1 spells (total 5). And for a Wizard/Archivist, that gives a total 10 level 1 spell slots! So the no-more-than-1-slot-per-spell-level clause was added.

For the Evolutionist, Mutant Perfection is really strong! I think Mutant Ascendency is a more suitable capstone. It now looks like this:

Evolutionist Association

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Evolutionist Association Progression (Based on Associate Level)

Level	Evolutionist Mutations	Special
Starter	-	Evolutionist-Improved Unarmed Strike
1	2
2	2
3	4	Evolutionist-Teratomorph I
4	4
5	6
6	6
7	8
8	8
9	10	Evolutionist-Teratomorph II
10	10
11	12
12	12
13	14
14	14
15	16	Evolutionist-Teratomorph III
16	16
17	18
18	18
19	20	Evolutionist-Mutant Ascendancy

Others: You gain Evolutionist class features according to the table above, except as noted here. When you take the Evolutionist Association, the Trissociate class grants mutations, and therefore counts towards your mutator level, but only if Evolutionist is one of your Associations. You can only gain Mutant Ascendancy once, even if you selected the Evolutionist Association multiple times. You gain Improved Unarmed Strike as a starter ability.

Evolutionist Mutations: You have a number mutations as per an Evolutionist, according to this column, in the table above. This number does not include bonus mutations you may obtain from other class features such as Teratomorphs. Whenever you gain a Trissociate level, you may choose to lose any one mutation you have, to gain a different one, although you cannot choose to lose a mutation that would cause you to no longer qualify for another mutation, feat or prestige class that you currently have.

Automatic Mastery Talents
Recover Spell Like Ability (Evolutionist): You may recover an expended spell like ability as if you did not cast it. This is a supernatural ability. By entering Mastery Meditation and spending Mastery points equal to the level of the spell, which the spell like ability duplicates, you may recover 1 use of that spell like ability. Level 0 spells cost no Mastery points to restore in this manner.

You can only use this to recover spell like abilities gained from the specified Trissociate Association. It cannot be applied to spell like abilities gained from other classes or Associations (although they may have their own equivalent of this talent). You may accelerate the conversion process by spending more Mastery points. By spending Mastery points equal to double the level of the spell, which the spell like ability duplicates, you may recover that spell like ability as a free action, even when you are not in Mastery Meditation. Level 0 spells cost 1 Mastery point to restore in this manner.

Stupid? Sure.
Balanced? I doubt it.
Inevitable? Definitely.

I was wondering when somebody would suggest something like that

I probably won't include it. I hope you don't mind.

[Durazno]

So as a High Tier 3 class, Xenoalchemist has a lot of interesting and powerful abilities. It's really hard to decide what to drop if you want to cram it all into a single association... so I thought we might try breaking it into a Xenoalchemy association and a Combat Medic association. These both probably need a lot of work.

Yeah, there's still a risk of a Trissociate gathering up more precision damage than God... perhaps I should limit the Surgical Precision damage more? Or just say that it doesn't stack with sneak attacking? You'll notice that the Combat Medic starts out getting some features a little before a Xenoalchemist would, but then the Xenoalchemist pulls ahead about halfway through, and we cap the Association off with a 16th level feature. (Medical Mastery would be awesome to get, but...) I added a capstone for the Xenoalchemist.

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Combat Medic Association

Level	S. Precision	Special
Starter	1	Surgical Precision
1	1d4	Bedside Manner
2	1d4
3	1d6	Combat Medic
4	1d6
5	2d6	Thesis Monster
6	2d6
7	2d6	Back on their Feet
8	2d6
9	3d6	Thesis Monster
10	3d6
11	3d6	Attack its Weak Point
12	3d6
13	4d6	Thesis Monster
14	4d6
15	4d6	Emergency Action
16	4d6
17	5d6	Thesis Monster
18	5d6
19	5d6	Always on Call

Combat Medic Skills: Add Heal to your Trissociate class skill list.

Surgical Precision (Ex): You are trained in physiology and can quickly determine how a monster's body is put together. As a swift action you can study a creature within 30ft. of you. You immediately make a Knowledge check with a DC of 10+the monster's HD, using a knowledge skill based on the type of creature. (If you don't know what type it is, just roll a general check and the DM will pick the appropriate skill.) If your check succeeds, the next successful weapon attack you make against that creature within the following three rounds deals additional damage according to the table above. This damage is precision-based, which means it is not effective against creatures without a discernable anatomy or who are immune to effects such as sneak attacks or critical hits.

Knowledge Skill	Monster Types
Knowledge (arcana)	Constructs, dragons, magical beasts
Knowledge (dungeoneering)	Aberrations, oozes
Knowledge (local)	Humanoids
Knowledge (nature)	Animals, fey, giants, monstrous humanoids, plants, vermin
Knowledge (religion)	Undead
Knowledge (the Planes)	Outsiders, elementals

Bedside Manner (Ex): As a medical professional you're expected to remain calm and in control at all times. You can use a calm emotions effect on yourself at will with a caster level equal to your Hit Dice. This is different from the Xenoalchemist feature in that it does not offer a bonus on Fortitude saves. If you gain that feature, it supersedes this one.

Combat Medic (Ex): Starting at 3rd Associate level, you become adept at providing medical attention to your allies in tight conditions. By making a successful Heal check (DC 10 + their HD) as a standard action you can remove all nonlethal damage on an adjacent ally or heal them 1 hit point per class level. You can only provide this benefit to an ally once every three hours. You can treat yourself with this ability, but within the same time restriction. This ability provokes attacks of opportunity.

Thesis Monster (Ex): Your studies take you far and wide, and you'll end up seeing a lot of monsters. At 5th Associate level and every 4 Associate levels thereafter, you can select a thesis monster type. In order to pick a thesis monster type, you must have successfully analysed at least two monsters of that type previously. Choosing a thesis monster gives you access to a special technique. If the technique requires a saving throw, the Difficulty Class is 10 + 1/2 your Trissociate level + your Intelligence modifier. You can only use a single thesis monster technique on an attack, and you must choose which one to use before declaring the attack roll.

For the time being, refer to the original thread for a list of Thesis Monster abilities.

Back On Their Feet (Ex): Beginning at 7th Associate level, when you successfully treat someone with your combat medic class feature, you provide far more than a few bandages. With the whole of your medical expertise you can also allow them to make a new saving throw against any ongoing condition affecting them. You can now provide aid to a given creature once per hour.

Attack its Weak Point for Massive Damage (Ex): No matter how big or tough a monster is, there's always a vulnerability. Starting at Associate level 11, whenever you deliver a surgical precision attack the enemy's natural armour bonus to AC is reduced by the number of extra damage dice you deal (to a minimum of +0 natural armour). This effect lasts until the end of the encounter or until the target is subject to a regeneration effect. If the target has the regeneration special ability, the bonus returns at the start of your next turn. This effect stacks with itself, and thus can be used multiple times against the same enemy.

Emergency Action (Ex): Beginning at 15th Associate level, you can use your combat medic class feature to save an ally a lesser surgeon might have lost. If you can perform this ability on an ally who has died within two rounds of their death you can bring them back from the brink with no penalty. Your combat medic ability now heals 2 hit points per class level and can be used on a given creature once every ten minutes.

Always on Call (Ex): Beginning at 19th Associate level you can provide aid to your allies perpetually with your combat medic class feature. You can now use the ability as often as you like.

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Xenoalchemy Association

Level	Graft Level	Special
Starter	0	Harvest Material
1	1	Xenoalchemy, Surgical Insight
2	1
3	1	Accurate Analysis
4	1
5	1	Postop Procedure
6	1
7	1	Battlefield Diagnosis
8	1
9	2	Steady Hand
10	2
11	2	Critical Insight
12	2
13	2	Waste Not, Want Not
14	2
15	2	Advanced Cryogenics
16	2
17	3	Conjoined Grafts
18	3
19	3	Self-Experimentation

Xenoalchemist Skills: Add Heal to your Trissociate class skill list.

Harvest Material (Ex): As a trained xenoalchemist you can quickly identify, catalogue and remove for future use the pieces of monsters which make them so dangerous. Harvesting remains requires two minutes of work with a helpless creature or recently dead (within one hour) corpse. It requires two skill checks.

First, you must make a Knowledge check relating to the monster's type. The relevant Knowledge skill required is described under the uses of Knowledge, but since that's kind of obscure I'll just list them here for you. It's worth noting that if you don't know what type the monster was you can simply attempt a broad Knowledge check and the DM will choose the appropriate skill for you.

Knowledge Skill	Monster Types
Knowledge (arcana)	Constructs, dragons, magical beasts
Knowledge (dungeoneering)	Aberrations, oozes
Knowledge (local)	Humanoids
Knowledge (nature)	Animals, fey, giants, monstrous humanoids, plants, vermin
Knowledge (religion)	Undead
Knowledge (the Planes)	Outsiders, elementals

The DC for the Knowledge check is equal to 10 + the monster's HD. You can always attempt these checks, even untrained thanks to your broad training in general monstrous physiology.

If the Knowledge check is successful, the DM shall describe to you the pieces available for harvest. In general, this consists of informing you about supernatural and extraordinary abilities, breath weapons, natural weapons, movement modes, and so on. This might seem a little vague, but you can always request particular information about an aspect of the monster. If there is a piece of the monster you wish to harvest for one of your grafts, you can move on to the second skill check. You can only harvest material if it's appropriate for a graft you currently have access to.

Once you decide which piece of the monster you want (each graft has a particular requirement in the original monster and you can harvest one graft's worth of material from any given monster) you make a Heal check at the same DC. If successful you manage to procure the material needed for the chosen graft. The material is usable for about three days. If it's not used before then it begins to go rancid and becomes unusable unless you store it in a freezing environment (time spent in such a state effectively pauses the time limit).

If the Heal check is unsuccessful you cannot try again to harvest that material from the monster, but you can attempt additional pieces that you find useful. If you successfuly harvest one, however, the rest of the monster becomes contaminated and unusable.

You can store as many of these monster pieces as you want, but the DM should decide on their weight and the space required to store them based on the monster they came from.

Surgical Insight: As a swift action you can study a creature within 30ft. of you. You immediately make a Knowledge check, as if for harvesting materials (as described above). For the next three rounds, you can make surgical precision attacks against your target - this doesn't give you bonus damage, but will trigger xenoalchemist abilities. (I kind of don't like this name...)

Xenoalchemy (Ex): Here's what you showed up for. As a xenoalchemist you know how to chop things up and stick them onto other things. Once you've harvested a piece of a monster as described above, you can attach it to a living being. The target must either be willing or helpless for the duration of the procedure in order to perform the graft. The procedure requires 1d3 hours + 1/2 hour per graft level. You can attach a graft to yourself, but you must make a DC 20 Concentration check to endure operating on your own body. If you fail this skill check the time for the operation is wasted but your monstrous material is not.

You only have access to level 1 grafts at 1st Association level, and gain access to new levels according to the table above. Grafts have body slots, but they do not stop someone from wearing a magic item in the same slot. You cannot, however, have two grafts in the same body slot. Furthermore, a creature can only have at any one time a number of grafts equal to 1 + their Constitution modifier (minimum 1). If a creature's Constitution is reduced so that they can no longer hold their current grafts the grafts are rejected, starting with the most recently acquired. Rejected grafts are destroyed, and all benefits they confer are lost. A creature can only have a single 5th level graft at a time.

A xenoalchemist can remove a graft at a later point, either to replace it with a mundane body part (treated as a level 0 graft) or to make way for a different graft. This may or may not impose a penalty (see the Graft Rejection section below for more information on empty body slots).

Performing xenoalchemy requires access to basic medical equipment (which might include things like bandages, knives, electroshock therapy, and so on at the player's discretion). If you would also like to make a loud ka-chunk sound effect as you perform the operation you may do so as you see fit.

Accurate Analysis (Ex): Beginning at 3rd Association level whenever you make a surgical precision attack, you can add your Intelligence modifier to any attack rolls that you make against your target in the next three rounds in addition to the normal ability modifier.

Postop Procedure (Ex): The initial operation is only the beginning. A graft's effects are often based on the level of the xenoalchemist. Since a xenoalchemist might increase in level after the procedure has been performed, it's nice to have the graft increase in power along with the surgeon's skills. Beginning at 5th Association level as a ten minute procedure you can touch up a graft so that the xenoalchemist level of the graft is adjusted to your current xenoalchemy level.

Battlefield Diagnosis (Ex): Beginning at 7th Association level, whenever you succeed on an attack with your surgical precision class feature, you automatically analyse the target for harvesting. The time required to harvest materials from the monster drops to only a single standard action now that you know just what to take.

Steady Hand (Ex): Beginning at 9th Association level your skills with the knife progress. Thanks to your razor calm you can salvage the worst situations. If you botch the Heal check to remove a piece of a monster's corpse you can retry the check by taking an additional ten minutes.

Critical Insight (Ex): You can now add your intelligence modifier to critical confirmation rolls and damage rolls when making surgical precision attacks. (Not sure about this one... it's just filling the level, but it might be nice to make surgical precision more painful.)

Waste Not Want Not (Ex): Starting at 13th Association level you have learned how to more carefully remove monster bits so as to more efficiently get what you want. You can remove up to two graft components from a given corpse before the entire thing becomes unusable.

Advanced Cryogenics (Ex): Starting at 15th Association level you have devised a special technique which preserves body parts indefinitely. Your monster parts no longer go bad after three days, and instead can be kept around as long as you please.

Conjoined Grafts (Ex): Starting at 17th Association level you have mastered the art of fusing two disparate grafts together. You can now attach up to two grafts to the same body slot.

Self-Experimentation: While you are not as skilled as a specialized xenoalchemist, you are still growing in knowledge and daring. You gain a +4 bonus to Concentration checks to operate on yourself and may attach a single level 4 graft to yourself. If you'd like, you can remove that graft and attach a different level 4 graft, but you can only have one level 4 graft that you've attached yourself at any one time. If you gain the ability to attach level 4 or higher grafts from another source (such as a prestige class or epic levels), this limitation no longer applies.

PS - Hmm, I hadn't thought about Mastery Talents. Maybe one to improve the Medic's healing?

PPS - Also, I belatedly PMed Kellus, so we might see what he thinks!

[JeminiZero]

PPS - Also, I belatedly PMed Kellus, so we might see what he thinks!

Sadly, looking at Kellus profile, he hasn't come online since January (and as a result, the Xenoalchemist tables are still broken).

I will see about incorporating it in the next update.

Changelog
-Spellcasters now get bonus spell slots based on point system
-Extra Mystery uses also follows bonus spell slots
-All Manifesters now get 1/4 their normal bonus power points
-Favored Soul and Spirit Shaman now have Charismatic feat support to restore SAD
-Ozodrin has had some minor changes
-Added Extra Mastery points feat (+2 each time it is taken)
-Added Evolutionist
-Added Wilder (half powers known compared to psion, and no bonus feats, gets Wildsurge up to +5)

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Oriental Adventures Associations

Shaman Association

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Shaman Association Progression (Based on Associate Level)

Level	Sh0	Sh1	Sh2	Sh3	Sh4	Sh5	Sh6	Sh7	Sh8	Sh9	Special
Starter	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Shaman Spontaneous Casting
1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Shaman Domain
2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Spirit Sight
5	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	Spirits' Favor
8	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	3	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
10	3	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
11	3	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
12	3	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
13	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	Shaman Domain
14	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
15	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-
16	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-
17	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-
18	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-
19	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Shaman Skills: Add Spellcraft and Heal to your Trissociate class skill list.

Shaman Spellcasting: You gain Wisdom based prepared Divine spells as a Shaman. Your Caster level is equal to your Trissociate level. Your spell slots at each level follows the table above (Sh0-Sh9).
Shaman Bonus Spell Slots: You gain bonus spell slots based on your Wisdom score, but instead of the normal formula, your bonus spell slots are calculated using the method described above.

Shaman Spontaneous Casting: This functions the same as a normal Shaman. If you also have the Turn/Rebuke Undead Association, you must pick the ability to spontaneously cast Cure spells if you can Turn Undead, or the ability to spontaneously cast Inflict spells if you can Rebuke Undead.

Shaman Domain: Choose 1 Domain appropriate for a spirit with which you have a special relationship. You gain that Domain's associated special ability. You do not gain extra dedicated Domain spell slots. Instead, you may also spontaneously convert prepared spells to Domain spells. You gain access to a second domain at 13th level.

Spirit Sight: At 4th level, you gain the spirit sight class feature as the shaman class feature.

Spirits' Favor: At 7th level, you gain the Spirits' Favor class feature, as the shaman class feature.

Automatic Mastery Talents
Recover Spell (Shaman): You gain the Recover Spell talent as described above.

Maho-Tsukai Association

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Special: You begin play with a taint score of 1.

Maho-Tsukai Association Progression (Based on Associate Level)

Level	Mt1	Mt2	Mt3	Mt4	Mt5	Mt6	Mt7	Mt8	Mt9	Special
Starter	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	Taint Suppression, Blood Component
1	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
2	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
3	1/1	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
4	1/2	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
5	1/2	1/1	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
6	1/2	1/2	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
7	1/2	1/2	1/1	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
8	2/2	1/2	1/2	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
9	2/2	1/2	1/2	1/1	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
10	2/2	2/2	1/2	1/2	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
11	2/2	2/2	1/2	1/2	1/1	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
12	2/2	2/2	2/2	1/2	1/2	-/-	-/-	-/-	-/-
13	2/2	2/2	2/2	1/2	1/2	1/1	-/-	-/-	-/-
14	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	1/2	1/2	-/-	-/-	-/-
15	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	1/2	1/2	1/1	-/-	-/-
16	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	1/2	1/2	-/-	-/-
17	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	1/2	1/2	1/1	-/-
18	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	1/2	1/2	-/-
19	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	1/2	1/2	1/2

Maho-Tsukai Skills: Add Spellcraft to your Trissociate class skill list.

Taint Suppression: You gain the Taint Suppression class feature as the Maho-Tsukai class feature of the same name.

Maho-Tsukai Spellcasting: You gain Taint based spontaneous Arcane spells as a Maho-Tsukai (Oriental Adventures pg. 237). Your Caster level is equal to your Trissociate level. Your spell slots and spells known at each level follows the table above (Mt0-Mt9) and the numbers indicate Spell Slots/Spells Known. Starting from level 4 and every level thereafter (not just even levels), you can swap out one spell known for another at the same level.
Maho-Tsukai Bonus Spell Slots: You gain bonus spell slots based on your Taint score, but instead of the normal formula, your bonus spell slots are calculated using the method described above.

Blood Component: You, as a maho-tsukai, must substitute a drop of blood for a spell's material component or focus, if any. This functions as the Maho-Tsukai class feature by the same name.

Automatic Mastery Talents
Recover Spell (Maho-Tsukai): You gain the Recover Spell talent as described above.

Heroes of Horror Adaptation: If you are using the Heroes of Horror taint system instead of the system described in Oriental Adventures and Unearthed Arcana, refer to the changes described under Taint and Oriental Adventures (Heroes of Horror pg. 66). You cast using Depravity.

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True Xenotheurgist Associations
As a fan of this particular home-brew, as described here, I figured I would adapt it to the best of my ability to the Trissociate. I just hope I did it justice. All I'm missing really are appropriate mastery talents.

Xenotheurgist Association

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Xenotheurgist Association Progression (Based on Associate Level)

Level	Murmurs	Maximum Breach Level	Special
Starter	1	1st	Disturbance
1	1	1st	Pull from Beyond
2	1	1st	Disturbance
3	1	1st	Subverted Insanity 1/day
4	1	1st	Disturbance
5	1	2nd
6	1	2nd	Disturbance
7	2	2nd
8	2	2nd	Disturbance, Subverted Insanity 2/day
9	2	3rd
10	2	3rd	Disturbance
11	2	3rd
12	2	3rd	Disturbance
13	2	4th	Subverted Insanity 3/day
14	2	4th	Disturbance
15	2	4th
16	2	5th	Disturbance
17	2	5th
18	3	5th	Disturbance, Subverted Insanity 4/day
19	3	6th

Xenotheurgist Skills: Add Spellcraft to your Trissociate class skill list.

Murmurs (Su): You gain the Murmurs class feature, as the True Xenotherugist class feature of the same name except as follows; You begin play with a single murmur and gain additional murmurs as listed in the table above. You may only have a single murmur active at any given time.

Disturbances (Su): You gain the Disturbances class feature, as the True Xenotheurgist class feature of the same name except as follows; You possess a single disturbance starting out, and gain an additional one at each even numbered level.

Breaches (Su): You gain the Breaches class feature, as the True Xenotheurgist class feature of the same name except as follows; Your access to levels of breaches advances as listed in the table above.

Incursions (Ex): You gain the Incursions class feature, as the True Xenotheurgist class feature of the same name.

Subverted Insanity You gain the Subverted Insanity class feature, as the True Xenotherugist class feature of the same name except as follows; You gain additional uses of subverted insanity at 8th, 13th and 18th level.


Automatic Mastery Talents
[No ideas for this]:

Aberrant Harbinger Association

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Aberrant Harbinger Association Progression (Based on Associate Level)

Level	Special
Starter	Pull from Beyond
1	Unearthly Will
2
3	Never the Same
4
5	Lesser Harbinger's Mark
6
7	Lesser Harbinger's Mark
8
9	Lesser Harbinger's Mark
10
11	Harbinger's Mark
12
13	Harbinger's Mark
14
15	Harbinger's Mark
16
17	Greater Harbinger's Mark
18
19	GreaterHarbinger's Mark

Aberrant Harbinger Skills: Add Disguise to your Trissociate class skill list.

Pull from Beyond (Su): You begin play with, you gain the Pull from Beyond class feature, as the True Xenotheurgist class feature except as follows; The amount starts at -5 hit points, and increases by an additional -5 at 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th, and 16th level.

Unnatural Will (Ex): At 1st level, you gain Unnatural Will as a bonus feat, even if you do not meet its prerequisites.

Never the Same (Ex): At 3rd level, You gain the Never the Same class feature, as the True Xenotheurgist class feature.

Lesser Harbinger's Mark: At 5th level, you gain the Lesser Harbinger's Mark class feature, as the True Xenotherugist class feature of the same name, except as follows;. You gain an additional ability at 7th and 9th level. You may not select any ability that directly deals with a class feature you do not possess (Warp points, Murmurs, Subverted Insanity), assuming you do not also select the Xenotheurgist association.

Harbinger's Mark: At 11th level, you gain the Harbinger's Mark class feature, as the True Xenotheurgist class feature of the same name, except as follows; You gain an additional ability at 13th and 15th level. You may not select any ability that directly deals with a class feature you do not possess, assuming you do not also select the Xenotheurgist association.

Greater Harbinger's Mark: At 17th level, you gain the Greater Harbinger's Mark class feature, as the True Xenotheurgist class feature of the same name, except as follows; You gain an additional ability at 19th. You may not select any ability that directly deals with a class feature you do not possess, assuming you do not also select the Xenotheurgist association.


Automatic Mastery Talents
[No ideas for this either]:

[Durazno]

Did the Aberrant Harbinger's abilities get offset starting at level 4?

I really like both of those. Aberrant Harbinger/Ozodrin/Xenotheurgist go! (Possibly substituting half Farspawn for one of those...)

[qazzquimby]

What is priority to write right now? Most of the basis seem to be covered. Converting PC friendly templates?

[Xuldarinar]

Did the Aberrant Harbinger's abilities get offset starting at level 4?

I really like both of those. Aberrant Harbinger/Ozodrin/Xenotheurgist go! (Possibly substituting half Farspawn for one of those...)

Well, I pushed the whole progression forward one level with that. It doesn't look quite right though, i'll admit. It wouldn't hurt to move it back one step, or put it back where it was (with or without increasing the gap between abilities).




I wonder what I should make next.. And, I wonder how all this would look if there were a Pathfinder version of this class.

On a side note: Do you think separate associations should be made for variants, or should it instead be that variants be directly applied to the associations and keep it at that?

[Durazno]

I think it'd be best to keep everything on odd Association levels so that it doesn't change the rhythm of Primary/Secondary features. If you got this as a secondary association, you'd start getting the features at the same time as your primary association starting at Trissociate level 5.

As for the side-note, JeminiZero seems to be covering a lot of variants with Adaptation notes. Are you thinking of an alternate version that would be too big for that?

[Xuldarinar]

Consider it fixed then and Im not sure really, just been thinking about it, thats all. Also:


Truenamer Association

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Truenamer Association Progression (Based on Associate Level)

Level	Lexicon of the Evolving Mind	Lexicon of the Crafted Tool	Lexicon of the Perfected Map	Special
Starter	1	-	-	Known Personal Truename
1	1	-	-
2	1	-	-	Knowledge Focus
3	1	-	-
4	1	1	-
5	2	1	-
6	2	1	-
7	2	2	-	Knowledge Focus
8	2	2	1
9	3	2	1
10	3	2	1	Knowledge Focus
11	3	2	1
12	3	3	2	See the Named
13	4	3	2
14	4	3	2	Knowledge Focus
15	4	4	2
16	5	4	3	Sending
17	5	4	3
18	5	4	3
19	6	5	3	Speak unto the Masses

Truenamer Skills: Add Truespeak to your Trissociate class skill list.

Known Personal Truename: You gain the Known Personal Truename class feature, as the truenamer class feature of the same name.

Utterences (Sp): You gain the Utterances class feature, as the truenamer class feature of the same name except as follows; When you acquire an additional utterance known, as listed in the table above, you gain access to subsequently higher level utterances.

Knowledge Focus (Ex): At 3rd level, and again at 7th, 10th, and 14th, you gain the Knowledge Focus class feature, as the truenamer class feature of the same name.

See the Named (Su): at 12th level, you gain the See the Named class feature, as the truenamer class feature of the same name.

Sending (Su): At 16th level, you gain the Sending class feature, as the truenamer class feature of the same name.

Speak unto Masses: At 19th level, you gain the Speak unto the Masses class feature, as the truenamer class feature of the same name.

Automatic Mastery Talents
Speaker's Tongue: You may add your Trissociate level as a bonus to Truespeak checks you make.

[JeminiZero]

So the I made this image:

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Now the question is whether it would be in poor taste to stick it at the top of the Homebrew Associations section.

What is priority to write right now? Most of the basis seem to be covered. Converting PC friendly templates?

I can't think of anything, so its up to you.

Really, I'm still trying to digest the fact that I look away for 1 day, and suddenly 5 Associations pop up.

Xenotheurgist Association

Aberrant Harbinger Association

Incidentally, did you contact RealmOfChaos for these?

I wonder what I should make next.. And, I wonder how all this would look if there were a Pathfinder version of this class.

Well, I know next-to-nothing about Pathfinder, so I can't really say for sure.

On a side note: Do you think separate associations should be made for variants, or should it instead be that variants be directly applied to the associations and keep it at that?

As for the side-note, JeminiZero seems to be covering a lot of variants with Adaptation notes. Are you thinking of an alternate version that would be too big for that?

It depends on how big a variant we're talking about. Most of the time, when I recommend a variant, it usually involves some small changes. (Like DR Silver & Magic to Adamantine for Half-Undead to Half-Construct).

[Xuldarinar]

Incidentally, did you contact RealmOfChaos for these?

I will admit I have not, usually I do so but I did not this time. I have contacted him before on making home-brew regarding his creations and, everytime I have I find I receive no response or he tells me to go on ahead. Should I have done so on this one? It would have been the polite thing to do at least, the right thing to ask, but in the moment I was of the mood to brew it so here it is. Perhaps it would be best though, he approve in some form or another before these get put up front.

[JeminiZero]

Perhaps it would be best though, he approve in some form or another before these get put up front.

That would be ideal.

Of course, the best form of approval, would be if he links to here from Xenotheurgist.

[qazzquimby]

We need swarmlord, I don't know how I forgot about that.

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Swarmlord Association

Level	Special	Evolution Points
Starter	Body of the Queen
1	Seeds of the Swarm	2
2		2
3	Infestation	4
4		4
5	Adaptation	7
6		7
7		11
8		11
9	Assimilation	17
10		17
11	Adaptation	24
12		24
13		32
14		32
15	Adaptation	42
16		42
17	Adaptation	53
18		53
19	Embrace of the Swarm	65

Swarmlord Class Features: You gain Swarmlord class features, except as noted here. Class features which normally rely on Swarmlord levels may instead use your Trissociate level (e.g. for the purposes of calculating saving throw DC). Your Swarmlord class features are gained at the levels indicated in the table above.

In order to builld a character for a friend, I'm going to convert my Monacan (which is not a perfect class), and the Machiavellian, and mix in whichever existing associate would work best for a non-combat sneaky blackmailer.

Any ideas for the third? Nearly all classes assume backstabbing is priority.

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Machiavellian Association

Level	Special	Unique Behaviours per Day	Unique Triggers per Day	Requests per Day
Starter		-	-	-
1	Reprogram (1 Behavior, 1 Trigger)	1	1	-
2		1	1	-
3	Psychoanalyze, Scathing Wit 1d6	1	1	-
4		1	1	-
5	Toy with Emotions (+1)	1	1	-
6		1	1	-
7	Reasonable Request (Entice Gift), Scathing Wit 2d6	2	1	1
8		2	1	1
9	Devoted Assistant, Toy With Emotions (+2)	2	2	1
10		2	2	1
11	Scathing Wit 3d6	3	2	1
12		3	2	1
13	Toy With Emotions (+3)	3	2	1
14		3	2	1
15	All Their Own Doing, Scathing Wit 4d6	4	3	1
16		4	3	1
17	Toy With Emotions (+4)	4	3	1
18		4	3	1
19	You Have Served Your Purpose, Scathing With 5d6	5	4	2

Machiavellian Class Features: You gain Machiavellian class features, except as noted here. Class features which normally rely on Machiavellian levels may instead use your Trissociate level (e.g. for the purposes of calculating saving throw DC). Your Machiavellian class features are gained at the levels indicated in the table above.

[Durazno]

What about Magic-Blooded or Psi-Blooded, picking spells/powers that help you sneak and blackmail rather than blow things up? Shadow Walker might work for that, too, possibly?

Maybe we need a pure sneaky mcsneakerton association.

[qazzquimby]

Added Machiavellian to above post.
Shadow-walker is perfect, thanks.

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Monacan Association

Level	Special	Sneak Speed
Starter	-	-
1	Get In	10'
2		10'
3	Expertise	10'
4		10'
5	Get Out	10'
6		10'
7	Equipment	15'
8		15'
9	Get rich	15'
10		15'
11	Expertise	15'
12		15'
13	Equipment	20'
14		20'
15		20'
16		20'
17	Equipment	20'
18		20'
19	Expertise	25'

Monacan Class Features: You gain Monacan class features, except as noted here. Class features which normally rely on Monacan levels may instead use your Trissociate level (e.g. for the purposes of calculating saving throw DC). Your Monacan class features are gained at the levels indicated in the table above.

Automatic Mastery Talents
Recover Charge: You may spend two mastery points to gain an equipment charge.

[JeminiZero]

Swarmlord Association

Machiavellian Association

I'll PM the original creators and include them as soon as they give me their approval/feedback.

In order to builld a character for a friend

Right then, I will try to get the next update out soon-ish.

mix in whichever existing associate would work best for a non-combat sneaky blackmailer.

Maybe we need a pure sneaky mcsneakerton association.

Shadow Walker is indeed supposed to be the sneaky association. Although I might make add a variant that trades Shadow SLAs for something else.

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Changelog: 13 May 2014
-A whole bunch of minor grammar and formatting changes
-Added Shaman and Maho-Tsukai
-Added Machiavellian (Amechra has given approval)
-Added Monacan (submitted by original creator)
-Added Combat Medic and Xenoalchemist (Kellus has not logged on in 5 Jan 2014)

Pending:
-Truenamer
-Xenotheurgist & Aberrant Harbinger (seeing whether Realm Of Chaos gives approval/feedback to Xuldarinar)
-Swarmlord (no reply from Lix Lorn yet)

[Abithrios]

I like the idea and can't wait to test a trissociate. Thanks for making this class.


There are a couple things I noticed about the martial sage association that seem a little off to me.

First, there is exactly one level in which the size of their ki pool does not increase. The general trend would suggest that they have 37-40 ki points at level 7 rather than going from 30 to 30 again to 50.

Second, they are essentially immune to sneak attack. From the Player's Handbook:

A rogue cannot sneak attack while striking a creature with concealment

The martial sage can get concealment as a free action unlimited times per day for free. It may not be a full 20% at level 1, but a martial sage can activate that ability anytime they feel even a little at risk and be immune to the sneak attacks of any high level rogues that happen to catch him otherwise flat-footed.

I am not sure what the proper way of fixing it may be (if it even really needs fixing), but it seems a bit strong for level 1.

[razorfloss]

this is interesting i like that i cane make just about anything i want to thanks for making this

[Adam1949]

I noticed that the Trissociate was missing something iconic: Barbarians!

Barbarian Association

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Barbarian Association Progression (Based on Associate Level)

Level	Special
Starter
1	Rage (+4 STR, a +2 CON, -2 penalty to AC) 1/day
2
3	Damage Reduction 1/-, Rage (+4 STR, a +4 CON, -2 penalty to AC) 1/day
4
5	Rage (+4 STR, a +4 CON, -2 penalty to AC) 2/day
6
7	Damage Reduction 2/-, Rage (+4 STR, a +4 CON, +2 morale bonus on Will saves, -2 penalty to AC) 2/day
8
9	Rage (+4 STR, a +4 CON, +2 morale bonus on Will saves, -2 penalty to AC) 3/day
10
11	Damage Reduction 3/-, Rage (+6 STR, a +4 CON, +2 morale bonus on Will saves, -2 penalty to AC) 3/day
12
13	Rage (+6 STR, a +6 CON, +2 morale bonus on Will saves, -2 penalty to AC) 4/day
14
15	Damage Reduction 4/-, Rage (+6 STR, a +6 CON, +3 morale bonus on Will saves, -2 penalty to AC) 4/day
16
17	Rage (+6 STR, a +6 CON, +3 morale bonus on Will saves, -2 penalty to AC) 5/day, Tireless Rage
18
19	Damage Reduction 5/-, Rage (+8 STR, a +8 CON, +4 morale bonus on Will saves, -2 penalty to AC) 5/day

Barbarian Skills: Add Intimidate and Survival to your Trissociate class skill list.

Barbarian Class Features: You gain class features as a Barbarian, according to the progression in the table above. This works just like a normal Barbarian except as noted here.

Automatic Mastery Talents
Boost Rage Length: As a free action, you may spend Mastery points to increase the length of your current rage. By spending 1 Mastery Point, you can increase the length of time that your current rage lasts by one round. You may only spend 1 Mastery Point per round in this manner.

So, how does it look?

[Xuldarinar]

-Snip-
Pending:
-Truenamer
-Xenotheurgist & Aberrant Harbinger (seeing whether Realm Of Chaos gives approval/feedback to Xuldarinar)
-Snip-

Fired off the message to Realms of Chaos, so I just gotta wait for a response. That shouldn't take too long, and I don't think they will turn it down but we shall see.

On another note and out of curiosity, why the Truenamer is pending? Just haven't added it in yet or there something about it you feel needs worked out first?

[TheLonelyScribe]

As far as I can tell there isn't a Wild Shape association? I think that would be a nice addition - especially with Barbarian (imagine a Raging bear).

[Xuldarinar]

As far as I can tell there isn't a Wild Shape association? I think that would be a nice addition - especially with Barbarian (imagine a Raging bear).

Just throwing it together. If someone feels it needs changes, or they have a better approach, I welcome them to it.

Wild Shape Association

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Wild Shape Association Progression (Based on Associate Level)

Level	Special
Starter	Wild Empathy
1	Wild Shape (1/day)
2
3
4
5	Wild Shape (2/day)
6
7
8
9
10	Wild Shape (3/day, Large)
11
12
13	Wild Shape (Tiny)
14	Wild Shape (Plant)
15	Wild Shape (4/day)
16
17
18
19	Wild Shape (elemental 1/day)

Wildshape Skills: Add Survival to your Trissociate class skill list.

Wild Empathy (Ex): You gain the Wild Empathy class feature, as the druid class feature of the same name.

Wildshape (Su): At 1st level, you gain the Wild Shape class feature, as the druid class except advancing as listed in the table above.

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[JeminiZero]

I like the idea and can't wait to test a trissociate. Thanks for making this class.

this is interesting i like that i cane make just about anything i want to thanks for making this

You're welcome. Let me know if you have questions or anything.

First, there is exactly one level in which the size of their ki pool does not increase. The general trend would suggest that they have 37-40 ki points at level 7 rather than going from 30 to 30 again to 50.

That would be a typo. Its supposed to 30 > 40 > 50.

Thanks for pointing it out.

Second, they are essentially immune to sneak attack. From the Player's Handbook:

Now that you mention it, that does seem to be an unintentional side effect. I will see how to reword Ki Dodge to circumvent that.

Again, thanks for pointing this out.

On another note and out of curiosity, why the Truenamer is pending?

Mostly a lack of time. I am waayyy behind on my work right now.

I noticed that the Trissociate was missing something iconic: Barbarians!

Barbarian Association

So, how does it look?

I would actually try to smoothen out the progression. Try to increase morale bonus to saves (arguably the weakest benefit of Rage) on the same level as additional rage per day (a fairly strong benefit). And then have Tireless Rage as the capstone. Maybe something like this

01: Rage (+2 Str, +4 Con, +0 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 1/day
03: Rage (+4 Str, +4 Con, +0 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 1/day DR 1/-
05: Rage (+4 Str, +4 Con, +1 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 2/day
07: Rage (+4 Str, +6 Con, +1 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 2/day DR 2/-
09: Rage (+4 Str, +6 Con, +2 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 3/day
11: Rage (+6 Str, +6 Con, +2 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 3/day DR 3/-
13: Rage (+6 Str, +6 Con, +3 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 4/day
15: Rage (+6 Str, +8 Con, +3 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 4/day DR 4/-
17: Rage (+6 Str, +8 Con, +4 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 5/day
19: Rage (+8 Str, +8 Con, +4 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 5/day DR 5/-, Tireless Rage

As far as I can tell there isn't a Wild Shape association? I think that would be a nice addition - especially with Barbarian (imagine a Raging bear).

There is access to Wildshape indirectly. The Ranger Association Adaptation section notes that you can swap out your Weapon Styles for Wildshape. Of course that does limit you to small and medium animals.

Just throwing it together. If someone feels it needs changes, or they have a better approach, I welcome them to it.

Wild Shape Association

Off the top of my head, it feels overly strong. A Battle-Toughness Focus associate with this alone would be stronger than a straight Wild Shape Ranger (which is already supposed to be Tier 3). I would keep it to animals only, cap it at Large size, and maybe add a few more minor perks.

01: Wild Shape (1/day, Small Animals only), Speak and Gesture normally in Wild Shape
03: Wild Shape (2/day, Small Animals only)
05: Wild Shape (3/day, Small Animals only)
07: Wild Shape (4/day, Small Animals only), Wild Shape as a Move Action
09: Wild Shape (4/day, Small-Medium Animals)
11: Wild Shape (5/day, Small-Medium Animals)
13: Wild Shape (5/day, Tiny-Medium Animals), Thousand Faces
15: Wild Shape (6/day, Tiny-Medium Animals)
17: Wild Shape (6/day, Tiny-Large Animals)
19: Wild Shape (7/day, Tiny-Large Animals), Wild Shape as a Swift Action

Too Strong? To Weak? Let me know how Barbarian/Wild Shape look.

[Adam1949]

Alright, it has been fixed.

Barbarian Association

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Barbarian Association Progression (Based on Associate Level)

Level	Special
Starter
1	Rage (+2 Str, +4 Con, +0 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 1/day
2
3	Rage (+4 Str, +4 Con, +0 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 1/day, DR 1/-
4
5	Rage (+4 Str, +4 Con, +1 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 2/day
6
7	Rage (+4 Str, +6 Con, +1 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 2/day, DR 2/-
8
9	Rage (+4 Str, +6 Con, +2 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 3/day
10
11	Rage (+6 Str, +6 Con, +2 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 3/day, DR 3/-
12
13	Rage (+6 Str, +6 Con, +3 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 4/day
14
15	Rage (+6 Str, +8 Con, +3 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 4/day, DR 4/-
16
17	Rage (+6 Str, +8 Con, +4 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 5/day
18
19	Rage (+8 Str, +8 Con, +4 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 5/day, DR 5/-, Tireless Rage

Barbarian Skills: Add Intimidate and Survival to your Trissociate class skill list.

Barbarian Class Features: You gain class features as a Barbarian, according to the progression in the table above. This works just like a normal Barbarian except as noted here.

Automatic Mastery Talents
Boost Rage Length: As a free action, you may spend Mastery points to increase the length of your current rage. By spending 1 Mastery Point, you can increase the length of time that your current rage lasts by one round. You may only spend 1 Mastery Point per round in this manner.

In regards to Wildshape, I would say that it's not broken to change it to this:

01: Wild Shape (1/day, Small Animals only)
03: Wild Shape (2/day, Small Animals only), Speak and Gesture normally in Wild Shape
05: Wild Shape (3/day, Small Animals only)
07: Wild Shape (4/day, Small Animals only), Wild Shape as a Move Action
09: Wild Shape (4/day, Small-Medium Animals)
11: Wild Shape (5/day, Small-Medium Animals), Thousand Faces
13: Wild Shape (5/day, Tiny-Medium Animals)
15: Wild Shape (6/day, Tiny-Medium Animals and Plants)
17: Wild Shape (6/day, Tiny-Large Animals and Plants)
19: Wild Shape (7/day, Tiny-Large Animals and Plants), Wild Shape as a Swift Action

This way, it doesn't feel as frontloaded since you need to work to get to the ability to speak and gesture normally (and thus spellcasters don't just get to have Natural Spell at first level, thus making it more balanced), but also allowing changing into Plants. I would also offer that they add Control Shape and Survival to their class skills.

[Draken]

Alright, it has been fixed.

Barbarian Association

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Barbarian Association Progression (Based on Associate Level)

Level	Special
Starter
1	Rage (+2 Str, +4 Con, +0 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 1/day
2
3	Rage (+4 Str, +4 Con, +0 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 1/day, DR 1/-
4
5	Rage (+4 Str, +4 Con, +1 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 2/day
6
7	Rage (+4 Str, +6 Con, +1 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 2/day, DR 2/-
8
9	Rage (+4 Str, +6 Con, +2 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 3/day
10
11	Rage (+6 Str, +6 Con, +2 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 3/day, DR 3/-
12
13	Rage (+6 Str, +6 Con, +3 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 4/day
14
15	Rage (+6 Str, +8 Con, +3 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 4/day, DR 4/-
16
17	Rage (+6 Str, +8 Con, +4 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 5/day
18
19	Rage (+8 Str, +8 Con, +4 morale bonus to Will saves, -2 AC penalty) 5/day, DR 5/-, Tireless Rage

Barbarian Skills: Add Intimidate and Survival to your Trissociate class skill list.

Barbarian Class Features: You gain class features as a Barbarian, according to the progression in the table above. This works just like a normal Barbarian except as noted here.

Automatic Mastery Talents
Boost Rage Length: As a free action, you may spend Mastery points to increase the length of your current rage. By spending 1 Mastery Point, you can increase the length of time that your current rage lasts by one round. You may only spend 1 Mastery Point per round in this manner.

In regards to Wildshape, I would say that it's not broken to change it to this:


This way, it doesn't feel as frontloaded since you need to work to get to the ability to speak and gesture normally (and thus spellcasters don't just get to have Natural Spell at first level, thus making it more balanced), but also allowing changing into Plants. I would also offer that they add Control Shape and Survival to their class skills.

Control Shape doesn't do anything for anyone other than afflicted lycanthropes.

[Adam1949]

Control Shape doesn't do anything for anyone other than afflicted lycanthropes.

Huh, it seems you're right. I always thought that Control Shape could also be used to lessen or prevent effects such as Baleful Polymorph; my mistake.

[JeminiZero]

This way, it doesn't feel as frontloaded since you need to work to get to the ability to speak and gesture normally (and thus spellcasters don't just get to have Natural Spell at first level, thus making it more balanced), but also allowing changing into Plants.

A fair point about it being front loaded. However, I am disinclined to allow Plant Shape due to the immunities it can bring with the Enhanced Wild Shape spell (level 4, lasts hrs/level, grants Extraordinary abilities).

Edit: Changelog 15 May 2014
-Martial Sage: Reword Ki Dodge to allow sneak attack, corrected Ki Point progression.
-Truenamer added. I have rearranged the abilities a little so that new utterances/class features are gained on odd levels.
-Barbarian and Wild Shape draft added

[Adam1949]

I would like to mention that the Barbarian has an error that I missed until I thought about it more: It's only in Pathfinder that a barbarian's Rage is measured in rounds. Thus, the Mastery ability is worthless for a Barbarian Associate. My apologies.