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[3.5] The Broken System [Steampunk - Low Magic][PEACH]
This is primarily for me to store my work on my own DnD world/System Variant I simply call "The Broken System". The idea is to create a "extreme-low/no magic" "Cuthulu-esqu" "low-resource" "steampunk-vibed" world. This will be edited constantly and heavily. Most changes to the DnD 3.5 system are for fluff purposes and not major mechanical overhauls. EDIT: Wow... oh just wow... sooo many changes.. o_O
Please feel free to comment, make suggestions and even use some of my work.
Images are not my own.
Note: Eventually any rules I have links to will be copied over to here to make things easier, and for any required modification.
Alignment: Alignment has been removed entirely from the system. The world has far too many shades of gray for absolutism to work. Without magic there is no requirement for a mechanical good vs evil type approach either.
Rifts alignment system or the World Of Darkness Nature/Demeanor system works well if you require alignment in a campaign.
Players should be encouraged to use online personality quizzes for thier characters as development.
System uses the following Variant rules: Alternative skill system See Base classes below for specifics.
Frostfell/Iceworld Rules from Frostburn
Dry/Desert Rules (not heat rules) from Sandstorm
World of shadows campaign setting from Libris Mortis
Story
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The world is shattered, it's nobility gone, sucked dry by the forces of horror
that have blasted it. The proud cities of the sentient races lie broken open
like an old cracked rotting egg. Only 12 cities remain alive, built on mountains
with fierce layers of defences able to withstand centuries of war.
No one knows the histories anymore. The names of long dead Gods and lands
forgotten. The stories of the heroes who tried to save it blown away like the
grains of sand that fill most of the air. The very name of the world they live in is long lost.
The entire surface of the world is covered in one giant desert, and most of
that is black sand. Rainfall is low and food is scarce, consisting mostly of
what strange edibles can be grown in the mountain fortresses and shipped
between the cities on the great airships used by the last nation, the alliance
of twelve. However this is not some blasted hot world. Snowfall does not
occur simply because there is not enough water. Dying of frostbite is only
one of the few perils faced by the people on their daily lives.
Slowly over the centuries some of the great cities have stumbled, unable to
withstand this relentless assault from the elements, lack of food, freezing
weather, low morale and constant assaults from the foulest of creatures.
The 12 Cities
Askabad
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Races: Primary: Human, Dwarf Secondary: Any Other
The great City of Askibad, built eons earlier by a combined group of Dwarves and Elves. Centre of learning and peace for over 10,000 years. It's buildings of white marble with the finest peak of architecture shown in the great spires of it's towers.
Now it stands as a ruin. 8 Great grey stone walls surround it in concentric rings slowly moving down the mountainside like great steps.
The lowest level wall, a massive 90 foot monstrosity lays broken and shattered. Huge holes in dozens of places pierce right through the wall. The old shanty town where traders and human clingers on used to live is nothing but a ruin rising from the thick fog that always blankets the land in these times.
The peaks of ancient houses peak from the fog like the broken teeth of an old hag. The great shattered wall leaning in places, the battlements blackened and scarred. The stones cracked and broken. A great battle had been fought, and at some point lost by the defenders.
The seventh wall fares little better. Essentially set upon the foothils further up it too has great broken holes in it. The battlements are partially in tact in some areas. the buildings between walls 7 and 8 are burnt out husks. chimneys and remnants of stone walls stand silently like ghostly defenders.
However built into the holes in the wall are huge wooden walls, the gaps in the battlements bridged by long swinging wooden bridges with large wooden shields strpped to the outward side to sheild anyway walking across during a battle.
Humans and Dwarves in chain and leather armor stand guard holding a motley assortment of weapons. Many of them bare scars and more than a few have hideous deformities. Huge Lucern Hammers and Great Axes seem favoured by the warriors for the most part. These men look grissled and battered far beyond the years of any mortal warrior. They have seen death itself rise up aganist them and they put him back in his place.
They are the Red Guard of Askibad! The meanest fighters in the region.
For 20 years they have held the 7th wall against all assaults, never letting it fall again into enemy hands.
The Sixth wall also looks as though it has taken a beating, though no great holes open into it. The massive iron gates stand strong and the battlements are firm. In between walls 6 and 7 are again the burnt out buildings. Though close behind wall 7 some of these have been partially rebult using scraps of wood and looted stones into housing and stores for the Red Guard.
Many sections of the 6th wall have large wood and leather constructions housing the eagles of the flying brigades of Askibad. Archers and Crossbowmen mingle with the Ballistae and Trebuche engineers on these walls.
Built hanging off the rear of the 6th wall and all along the base of the rear of the wall is a small town in it's own right. These are the formal barracks for the troops of Askibad. The small wooden houses are braced high above the ground by solid beams of wood, wooden swinging bridges conncect the balconies of the houses and allow people to walk too and fro.
The 5th wall is much the same as the 6th, except for a slight change. the defences have been altered to face up the mountain instead of down. Houses hang from the downward face and great swinging bridges connect the buildings of the 5th and 6th walls. Large hastily erected stone buildings sit atop the 5th wall. These are the few temples and government buildings left in Askibad.
The ground between the two walls is split in half, a Giant fisure which falls over 500 feet into a deep crevas seperates the two walls. Only the massive swinging wooden and rope bridges close the gap and keep the city working.
Huge wooden stairs have been built into some sections of the crevass and these go down to the mines of Askibad. Hanging as precariously as those houses built against the great stone walls are the houses of the miners and mushroom farmers of Askibad. They keep the city stocked with resources and are some of the most treasured members of the society.
At the top of the great fissure are huge wooden structures, collections of beams with dozens of great ropes, each as thick as a human's head, holding them in place against the two walls and anchoring them to the rock in the fissure itself. Atop these are massive wooden disks and small sheds.
These platforms are perhaps the most important part of the survival of Askibad.
The airship docks. Wooden swinging bridges link the docks to the two walls and huge spiral wooden stairs travel 10 stories down to link to the resources area. Massive cranes constantly lift cargo from below up to the waiting airships. Docked here is the airforce of Askibad. 13 great airships, built for war sit idle for now.
The 4th wall resemlbes the 8th more than any of the others, it is broken, some sections almost collapsing completely. However the stable sections have great rope bridges linking to the 5th wall. On the remaining stable sections are small buildings and wooden defensive platforms built for the soldiers stations there. The broken sections have small partly cooled lava flows moving through the gaps and the entire ground between the 4th and 5th wall is full of congealed yet still quite hot lava. Only the freezing air keeps it from crashing into the 5th wall and pournig into the great fissure.
A huge earth wall and a ditch add another layer of defence for the 5th wall just at it's upward base.
The 3rd, 2nd and 1st walls and the old city are all gone. Small fragments of wall and building stand out here and there in the congealed lava flow but nothing else remains.
The mountain is quiet for now. For now.
Il-Betresor
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Races: Primary: Human Secondary: Catfolk, Halflings
Night settled over the great city of Il-Betresor. The largest city of the great twelve, containing within it the entirety of a nation. At the sundering of the world long ago Il-Betresor was sliced from the ground and contained within it's own pocket dimension. Here the light shone still through the use of magics now long since forgotten. Gone were the mages of old and in their place had risen a new magic. Science.
The scientists had built great clockwork contraptions all about the mighty city to aid it in the daily running of the great metropolis, and the largest of these towered over the mightiest of the city's buildings creating an endless cacophany of whirs and grinding sounds that rang out across the now darkened streets. This noise had become a sound of comfort to it's residents, for with that noise they knew that the air they breathe can continue and the food they eat will be freshly made in the morning. They know that the sewers and other neccessary contraptions can continue to work in a realm where the laws of physics are not complete.
High about the city is a massive gridwork of wooden walkways, rope bridges and strange up-side-down huts. Tied to the wooden walkways are hundreds of the mighty airships employed by the alliance to ferry goods between the twelve cities. This series of multi-layered docks are linked to the lower city by clockwork and steam driven elevators, the mighty steel lifts constantly rising and lowering with either human passengers or the cargo destined for far off places.
Surrounding the city is just one great wall. The might wall of Il-Betresor stands almost two hundred foot high, again linked to the city with a complex system of pulley-lifts and elevators. On top of the wall is the majority of the armed forces of the city, hundreds of cannons and thousands of musketeers are stored within the barracks, patrols frequently move back and forward across the great stone works.
The city has just three gates, two of these are long since rusted shut now that they lead to no-where. Just one gate stands, and it too has long stood closed and barred, reinforced with a huge pile of stones. Beyond this gate is the great rift, the entrace to the rest of the world. Through the rift the airships fly out to the other eleven cities reinforcing and resupplying them in the never-ending war against the forces of evil that now control almost the entire world. Every now and then a series of shots will ring out through the darkness as the troopers on the wall take shots at the mindless evil monstrosities that frequently build up outside.
Standing out in contrast to this were the old towers, rumored to once have belonged each to a powerful mage, more than ten thousand scatter throughout the city, the pure white smooth stone still solid even to the modern day. These are now mostly used by the city watch, bells and torches mounted into the top of each. Some have had buildings built into them and turned into lookout towers for the attached government buildings.
Races: Primary: Catfolk, Humans Secondary: All others
Last of the Eleven cities. Alas, with no elves.
Kanarn
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Races: Dwarves Only
A Drwarven stronghold so tough that even the Dwarves cannot get out.
Grunn
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Races: Dwarves and Humans Only
A deep underground Dwarvish Forge City
Meelanar
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Races: Halfling Secondary: Catfolk, Human
High atop a rocky plateu this city is nothing but a giant garden, supplying food to the twelve cities.
Emishbalal
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Races: Any
The Rebel city, serving the darkest of the Occult beings in their destruction of the world.
Uniyol
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Races: Human, Halflings and Catfolk Secondary: Any others
Split across three peaks, a windy city of ropes and bridges.
Tyrol
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Races: Primary: Humans, Halflings Secondary: Any other
Forge fortress city deep underground
Salvatar
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Races: Primary: Any
Salvatar the southern fortress on the frindge of the great desert. The only other city to border "the exanse" other than Askabad. Built on a mountaintop similar to Askabad, but far more broken down.
Gurrun
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Races: Primary: Primitive Humans Only
The weakest, yet most remote city. Made of primitive men who hunt the last free animals for food.
Medium: As Medium creatures, humans have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
Human base land speed is 30 feet.
1 extra feat at 1st level.
One extra skill as a class skill at first level, one extra class skill at levels 10 and 20.
Automatic Language: Common. Bonus Languages: Any See the Speak Language skill.
Halfling
+2 Dexterity, -2 Strength.
Small: As a Small creature, a halfling gains a +1 size bonus to Armor Class, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, and a +4 size bonus on Hide checks, but she uses smaller weapons than humans use, and her lifting and carrying limits are three-quarters of those of a Medium character.
Halfling base land speed is 20 feet.
+2 racial bonus on Climb, Jump, Listen, and Move Silently checks.
+1 racial bonus on all saving throws.
+2 morale bonus on saving throws against fear: This bonus stacks with the halfling’s +1 bonus on saving throws in general.
+1 racial bonus on attack rolls with pistols and any weapon that Weapon Finesse may apply to.
Automatic Language: Common. Bonus Languages: Any See the Speak Language skill.
Dwarf
+2 Constitution, -2 Charisma.
Medium: As Medium creatures, dwarves have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
Dwarf base land speed is 20 feet. However, dwarves can move at this speed even when wearing medium or heavy armor or when carrying a medium or heavy load (unlike other creatures, whose speed is reduced in such situations).
Darkvision: Dwarves can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but it is otherwise like normal sight, and dwarves can function just fine with no light at all.
Stonecunning: This ability grants a dwarf a +2 racial bonus on Search checks to notice unusual stonework, such as sliding walls, stonework traps, new construction (even when built to match the old), unsafe stone surfaces, shaky stone ceilings, and the like. Something that isn’t stone but that is disguised as stone also counts as unusual stonework. A dwarf who merely comes within 10 feet of unusual stonework can make a Search check as if he were actively searching, and a dwarf can use the Search skill to find stonework traps as a rogue can. A dwarf can also intuit depth, sensing his approximate depth underground as naturally as a human can sense which way is up.
Weapon Familiarity: Dwarves may treat dwarven waraxes and Blunderbuses as martial weapons, rather than exotic weapons.
Stability: A dwarf gains a +4 bonus on ability checks made to resist being bull rushed or tripped when standing on the ground (but not when climbing, flying, riding, or otherwise not standing firmly on the ground).
+2 racial bonus on saving throws against poison.
+4 dodge bonus to Armor Class against monsters of the giant type. Any time a creature loses its Dexterity bonus (if any) to Armor Class, such as when it’s caught flat-footed, it loses its dodge bonus, too.
+2 racial bonus on Appraise checks that are related to stone or metal items.
+2 racial bonus on Craft checks that are related to stone or metal.
Automatic Language: Common, Dwarvish. Bonus Languages: Any See the Speak Language skill.
Catfolk
+4 Dexterity, -2 Constitution, -2 Wisdom
Medium: As Medium creatures, catfolk have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
A catfolk’s base land speed is 40 feet.
Low-Light Vision: Catfolk can see twice as far as a human
in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions
of poor illumination. They retain the ability to distinguish
color and detail under these conditions.
Racial Skills: Catfolk have a +2 racial bonus on Listen and
Move Silently checks.
Bonus Class Skills: Catfolk always have Balance and Tumble as class skills.
Automatic Language: Common. Bonus Languages: Any See the Speak Language skill.
Religion
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The Gods are called "beings" and do not function as Gods do in other worlds. Some of these "Beings" are decidedly not friendly nor conductive to the continuation of life.
Name
Domains
Description
Symbol
Eixetoth
Corruption, Sand, Undeath, Vile Darkness, Cold
One of the two evil beings responsible for the destruction of the world. Was once a Demon. His Avatar boldly strides the world and is often spotted leading armies of undead into battle.
A black snowflake on a red background.
Tygod
Evil, Mind, Hatred, Knowledge, Summoner
One of the two evil beings responsible for the destruction of the world. Was once a Demon. His avatar travels in disguise turning the last twelve cities against one another.
A reptilian eye inside a pentagram.
Worshul
Thirst, Hunger, Pain, Madness, Dream, Pestilence
A corrupted and twisted lesser goddess of fertility and natural harmony. She used to grant sweet dreams and blessings to ward off pain and hunger. Now she is an abomination who feeds the nightmares of the defenders and the horrors of the world.
A leafless tree.
Ninloy
Good, Protection, War, Endurance, Glory, Community
She was once a being of goodness, rumored to have been a powerful Celestial being who was imprisoned by the forces of evil. She still sends out favors to her followers as best she can.
The last free God. Once a Catfolk wizard who spent his time freeing slaves and destroying the undead that plague the world.
A sword thrust into an eye.
Aderion the Sufferer
Madness, Thirst, Hunger, Pain, Animal, Plant
The last of the original Gods, the former god of the Druids, the God of the land and nature. He clings to his ideals, though the breaking and corrupting of the world eats away at his sanity. It is said that he is imprisoned in an artifact buried under the black sands.
Two angry, hungry looking stylized glowing green eyes on a black background.
Domains:
Corruption
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Granted Power: Once per day, you can attack an object and ignore its hardness rating.
Sand
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Granted Power: Once per day, you can shape a small amount of sand into any solid object you can imagine, up to 8 cubic feet in volume. You can shape one object or several, up to a number equal to your Wisdom bonus, as long as the total volume does not exceed 8 Cubic feet.
You must make a special Wisdom check (d20 + your Wis modifier +1/2 your cleric level) against a DC determined by the size and complexity of the item. The item to be created has a base DC of 5, plus the modifiers on the table below.
Item Complexity
Modifier
Fine details
+2
Functioning tool
+2
Functioning armor/weapon
+5
Multiple parts
+5
Masterwork version
+10
Moving parts
+10
Each attempt to create an item requires a number of minutes equal to its DC. You can take 10 or take 20 on this check. Created items persist for 1 minute per cleric level, and can only be solid objects. The objects created have no magical properties, though they radiate faint transmutation magic.
All items created in this fashion have hardness 5 and hit points as follows: Fine 1, Diminutive 2, Tiny 3, Small 5, Medium 8, Large 10.
Undeath
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Granted Power: You gain the ability to Rebuke Undead a number of times per day equal to your Wisdom bonus.
Vile Darkness
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Granted Power: You gain the Blind-Fight feat.
Cold
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Granted Power: <cold themed power>
Evil
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Granted Power: All Occult powers gain the [EVIL] descriptor
Mind
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Granted Power: Gain +2 bonus on Bluff, Diplomacy, and Sense Motive checks.
Hatred
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Granted Power: You gain the ability to Rage X/day where X is equal to your manifestor level.
Knowledge
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Granted Power: All standard Knowledge() skills are now class skills.
Summoner
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Granted Power: Gain Bind Vestige as a bonus feat
Thirst
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Granted Power: You gain Endurance as a bonus feat
Hunger
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Granted Power: You gain a bite attack. If you are Small, your bite attack deals 1d4 points of damage; Medium, 1d6; or Large, 1d8. You are proficient with your bite, and considered armed. if you already have a natural bite attack, use the higher of the two damage values. This is considered a secondary natural attack.
Pain
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Granted Power: You converst damage that you deal in one blow per day into healing for yourself, up to 1 point of damage per level.
Madness
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Granted Power: You cannot lose sanity, even via feats. Your sanity score is dropped to 0. You instantly have a score of 3 in all permanent insanities.
Gain Power Points to your reserve equal to the amount of Sanity you just lost.
Dream
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Granted Power: Because you have long delved into dreams and nightmares, you are immune to fear effects. Sanity loss is halved.
Pestilence
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Granted Power: Immunity to the effects of all diseases. You carry a disease which you can spread to others. Consult DM.
Good
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Granted Power: All Occult powers gain the [GOOD] descriptor
Protection
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Granted Power: You can generate a protective ward as a supernatural ability. Grant someone you touch a resistance bonus equal to your manifestor level on his or her next saving throw. Activating this power is a standard action. The protective ward is an abjuration effect with a duration of 1 hour that is usable once per day.
War
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Granted Power: Free Martial Weapon Proficiency with any martial weapon (if necessary) and Weapon Focus with the chosen weapon.
Endurance
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Granted Power: Gain Will To Live as a bonus feat.
Glory
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Granted Power: You gain the ability to Turn Undead a number of times per day equal to your Wisdom bonus.
Community
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Granted Power: Gain +4 competence bonus on Diplomacy checks.
Healing
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Granted Power: Gain Body adjustment as a bonus Occult Power.
Granted Power: If you are affected by a charm, compulsion or fear effect and fail your saving throw, you can attempt it again 1 round later at the same DC. You get only this one extra chance to succeed on your saving throw. This granted power is considered a supernatural ability.
Oracle
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Granted Power: You gain a bonus on Sense Motive checks equal to your manifestor level.
Animal
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Granted Power: You can use speak with animals once per day as a spell-like ability. Add Knowledge (nature) to your list of class skills.
Plant
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Granted Power: You can bless a plant doubling it's growth rate and halving the volume of water and sunlight it requires. Add Knowledge (nature) to your list of cleric class skills.
Last edited by Gaiyamato : 11-22-2011 at 06:35 PM.
Re: [3.5] The Broken System [Steampunk - No Magic]
Base Classes
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Expert
The expert can be a jack-of-all-trades or a master of a limited area of expertise. Based on his selection of skills and feats, he can focus on diplomatic matters, stealth, combat, wilderness survival, thievery, or any of a number of critical tasks.
Vitality per Level: 6+Con at level 1. 1D6 for levels 2 and 3. Class Skills: Any 8+Int Bonus. Weapon and Armor Proficiency All simple weapons, one martial weapon (you may chose martial gunpowder weapons as a group); light armor.
Level
BAB
Fort
Ref
Will
Special
1
+0
+2/+0
+2/+0
+2
Bonus Feat, Class Bonus
2
+1
+3/+0
+3/+0
+3
Bonus Feat
3
+2
+3/+1
+3/+1
+3
Class Bonus
4
Bonus Feat
5
6
Bonus Feat
7
Class Bonus
8
9
10
Bonus Feat
11
Class Bonus
12
13
14
Bonus Feat
15
Class Bonus
16
17
18
Bonus Feat
19
Class Bonus
20
Class Bonus
Base Save Bonuses: An Expert may chose either Fortitude or Reflex saves as his good save. The Expert always has good will saves.
Bonus Feats: At 1st, 2nd and every 4th level after the Expert gains a bonus feat that may be used for any feat he/she qualifies for.
Class Bonus: At 1st, 3rd and every 4th level ater, and 20th level the Expert gains a bonus Class feature which may either be selected from the list below or used for one of the given feats below. He/she must still meet the requirements for these feats.
Class Features
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Evasion (Ex)
As the monk ability. Prerequisite: Base Reflex save +3.
Greater Sneak Attack (Ex)
Add +1D3 to your sneak attack damage (for a total of +2D3). Prerequisites: Improved sneak attack
Improved Evasion (Ex)
As the monk ability. Prerequisites: evasion.
Improved Sneak Attack (Ex)
Add +1D3 to your sneak attack damage. Prerequisites: BAB +1, Sneak attack.
Sneak Attack (Ex)
As the rogue ability but +0 damage (ignore Vitality), the Expert counts as a rogue for any feat requirements. Prerequisites: Hide and Move Silently.
Trap Sense (Ex)
Combines the rogue class features trap sense and trapfinding. Prerequisite: Search.
Uncanny Dodge (Ex)
Combines the barbarian class features uncanny dodge and improved uncanny dodge. All class levels stack to determine the minimum character level required to sneak attack the character, Base Reflex save +2.
Flurry of Blows (Ex)
As the Monk ability. You count as a monk for any feat requirements. Base Fortitude save +2.
Bonus Feats
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Bind Vestige (and all feats that require this feat), Least Utterance of the evolving mind (and all feats that require an utterance), Occult Adept(and any feat that requires either this feat or a power point reserve), Hostile Mind, Clockwork Master , Skill Focus, Class Specialist.
Warrior
The warrior is the basic combatant of the trio of generic classes. He has the fighter's hit points, combat prowess, bonus feats, and weapon selection.
Vitality per Level: 10+Con at level 1. 1D10 for levels 2 and 3. Class Skills: Any 6+Int Bonus. Weapon and Armor Proficiency All simple and martial weapons; light and medium armor; shields (but not tower shields).
Level
BAB
Fort
Ref
Will
Special
1
+1
+2/+0
+2/+0
+0
Fighting Fit, Bonus Feat, Class Bonus
2
+2
+3/+0
+3/+0
+0
Bonus Feat
3
+3
+3/+1
+3/+1
+1
Class Bonus
4
Bonus Feat
5
6
Bonus Feat
7
8
Bonus Feat, Class Bonus
9
10
Bonus Feat
11
12
Bonus Feat
13
Class Bonus
14
Bonus Feat
15
16
Bonus Feat
17
18
Bonus Feat, Class Bonus
19
20
Bonus Feat, Class Bonus
Fighting Fit: The Warrior counts as a fighter of his class level for meeting feat pre-requisites.
Base Save Bonuses: An Warrior may chose either Fortitude or Reflex saves as his good save. The Warrior always has poor Will saves.
Bonus Feats: At 1st, 2nd and every 2nd level after the Warrior gains a bonus feat that may be used for any feat he/she qualifies for.
Class Bonus: At 1st, 3rd and every 5th level after, and 20th level the Warrior gains a bonus Class feature which may either be selected from the list below or used for one of the given feats below. He/she must still meet the requirements for these feats.
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Evasion (Ex)
As the monk ability. Prerequisite: Base Reflex save +3.
Improved Evasion (Ex)
As the monk ability. Prerequisites: evasion.
Improved Sneak Attack (Ex)
Add +3d6 to your sneak attack damage. Prerequisites: Hide, Move Silently, sneak attack.
Sneak Attack (Ex)
As the rogue ability, but +2d6 on damage rolls. Prerequisites: Hide and Move Silently.
Uncanny Dodge (Ex)
Combines the barbarian class features uncanny dodge and improved uncanny dodge. All class levels stack to determine the minimum character level required to sneak attack the character, Base Reflex save +2.
Smite (Su)
As the paladin ability (though without alignment restrictions), once per day, plus one additional daily use per five character levels. Prerequisite: Base Fortitude save +2.
Rage (Ex)
As the Barbarian ability, once per day, plus one additional daily use per four levels, counts as a Barbarian for any feat requirements. Prerequisite: Base fort save +2.
Greater Rage (Ex)
As the Barbarian ability. Prerequisite: Rage.
Tireless Rage (Ex)
As the Barbarian ability. Prerequisite: Greater Rage.
Bonus Feats
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Any Fighter Bonus feat, any feat requiring one of the listed class features (the class feature must have already been chosen previously) or Class Specialist.
Prestigious Classes
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Vitality, BAB, Saves and Skills do not progress beyond level 3. The first Two levels of these stats only apply if a character manages to join the prestige class after his/her first or second level. Class features and bonus feats etc. still apply as normal.
Prestigious Swashbuckler
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Pre-Requisites: Class Skills: Tumble, Jump as class skills BAB: +1 Special: Acceptance into one of the following organisations:
Royal Musketeers: requires Knowledge(Martial), Profession(Musketeer) as class skills.
Republican Guard: requires Knowledge(Martial), Profession(Musketeer) as class skills
Air Guild: requires Profession(sailor), Profession(Cannoneer) or Profession(Musketeer).
Theives Guilds: requires Move Silently, Hide as class skills and Two Weapon Fighting feat.
Vitality per Level: 1D8 per level Weapon and Armor Proficiency No change.
Level
BAB
Fort
Ref
Will
Special
1
+1
+2
+0
+0
Weapon Finesse, Guild Member
2
+2
+3
+0
+0
Insightful Strike , Grace +1
3
Dodge Bonus +1 , Lucky 1/day
4
Acrobatic Charge
5
Improved Flanking, Grace +2
6
Dodge Bonus +2
7
Acrobatic Skill Mastery , Lucky 2/day
8
Slippery Mind
9
Grace +3
10
Dodge Bonus +3
Guild Member:
Gain a bonus feat for the guild used to gain entrace into the Swashbuckler class as listed below:
Royal Musketeers: Ready Shot (Heroes of Battle)
Republican Guard: Guerilla Warrior (Heroes of Battle)
Air Guild: Sea Legs (Stormwrack)
Theives Guilds: Freerunner (Complete Scoundrel)
Weapon Finesse:
Gain Weapon Finesse as a bonus feat.
Insightful Strike:
A Swashbuckler adds her intelligence bonus to damage rolls with any finesse weapon. Targets immune to Sneak Attack and Critical hits are immune to Insightful Strike damage. A swashbuckler cannot use this ability when wearing medium or heavy armor.
Grace:
A Swashbuckler gains a +1 competance bonus to reflex saves, this increases to +2 at level 5 and +3 at level 9. A swashbuckler loses this bonus when wearing medium or heavy armor.
Dodge Bonus:
As the Dodge Feat (in addtion to the dodge feat, may declare the same target (to stack the bonuses) or a different target). The Bonus increases to +2 at level 6 and +3 at level 10. The Swashbuckler loses this bonus when wearing medium or heavy armor.
Lucky:
Once per day the Swashbuckler may re-roll one failed attack roll, skill check, ability check or saving throw. The character must take the result of the roll even if it is worse. At level 7 this may be used twice per day, but not on the same roll.
Acrobatic Charge
The Swashbucjkler may charge over difficult terrain. This ability allows her to run down steep stairs, leap from a balcony or tumble over tables to get to her target.
Improved Flanking
When flaking she receives a +4 bonus to attacks instead of +2.
Acrobatic Skill Mastery
A swashbuckler may take 10 on tumble and jump checks even if in stress and distractions would precent her form doing so.
Slippery Mind
If the swashbuckler fails as save against an enchantment or enchanment effect she make atampt a saving throw 1 round later. She only get's this one chance to succeed at a certain saving throw.
Prestigious Scout
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Pre-Requisites: Class Skills: Tumble, Jump BAB: +1 Special: Acceptance into one of the following organisations:
Royal Musketeers: requires Knowledge(Martial), Profession(Musketeer) as class skills.
Republican Guard: requires Knowledge(Martial), Profession(Musketeer) as class skills
Air Guild: requires Profession(sailor), Profession(Musketeer), balance as class skills
Theives Guilds: hide and move silently as class skills, Point Blank Shot feat
Vitality per Level: 1D8 per level Weapon and Armor Proficiency No change.
Level
BAB
Fort
Ref
Will
Special
1
+1
+0
+2
+0
Skirmish (+1D6), Far Shot, Trapfinding
2
+2
+0
+3
+0
BattleFortitude +1, Uncanny Dodge
3
Fast Movement +10ft, Skirmish (+1D6, +1AC), Trackless Step
4
Bonus Feat, Evasion
5
Flawless Stride, Skirmish (+2D6, +1AC)
6
Camouflage, Bonus Feat
7
Blind Sense 30ft, Skirmish (+2D6, +2AC)
8
Battle Fortitude +2, Fast Movement +20ft
9
Skirmish (+3D6, +2AC), Bonus Feat
10
Hide in plain sight, Free movement
Additional bonus feat at first level: Far Shot
EDIT: Class Features to be added later. All are same as Complete Adventurer Class Features page 12.
Airship Corsair
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Requirements: Class Skills: Profession(Sailor) or Profession(Airship Pilot), Balance, Tumble as class skills. One Movement Skill Trick. BAB: +1 Feats: Sea Legs and Weapon Finesse. Special: Must be an officer on a war Airship of any size.
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Skills: no change Vitality per Level: 1D8 per level. Weapon and Armor Proficiency Is always proficient with the Cutlas, Rapier, Pistol and Musket.
Level
BAB
Fort
Ref
Will
Special
1
+1
+2
+0
+0
Improved Fient, Fast Acrobatics, Kip Up, Steady Stance
2
+2
+3
+0
+0
Corsair's Feint (2D4), Easy Luck
3
Expeditious Dodge, Agile fighting +1/+2
4
Sailor's Balance, Sailors Step +2
5
Old Salt, Evasion
6
Corsair's Fient (1D4), More Luck than Skill
7
Daredevil Athlete, Agile fighting +2/+3
8
Fortune's Favourite , Fast Movement
9
Lucky Catch, Sailors Step +4
10
Mobility, Improved Evasion
Improved Fient
At first level the Airship Corsair gains Improved Fient as a bonus feat.
Fast Acrobatics
An Airship Corsair can avoid normal penalties for accellerated movement while using her acrobatic talents.
Ignores the -5 Penalty for Balance checks when moving at her normal full speed
She can Climb at half her normal movement speed without taking a -5 penalty on her climb check
She can Tumble at her full speed without taking a -10 penalty to the check
Kip Up
As a free action an Airship Corsair can stand up from prone as a free action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
Steady Stance
She is never flat footed while balancing or climbing and she adds her class level to balance and climb checks when taking damage
Corsair's Feint
She can make a feint as a free action. However once she has done this she cannot surprise her enemies with the same trick for another 2D4 rounds.
This reduces to 1D4 rounds at level 6.
Easy Luck
Taking luck rolls is a free action.
Expeditious Dodge
At third level an airship corsair gains Expeditious Dodge as a bonus feat. This feat counts as Dodge for all class abilities and feat requirements.
Agile fighting
Starting at third level an Airship Corsair gains a +1 bonus to dodge rolls. When fighting defensively or using total defense this bonus increases to +2. This bonus increases to +2 and +3 respectively at level 7.
Sailor's Balance
At fourth level an airship corsair gains Sailor's Balance as a bonus feat.
Sailors Step
While aboard a ship and wearing light or no armor an Airship Corsair gains a +2 dodge bonus to Armor class. This bonus stacks with all other dodge bonuses. At level 9 this bonus increases to +4
Old Salt
At fifth level an airship corsair gains Old Salt as a bonus feat.
Evasion
At fifth level the Airship Corsair gains Evasion. this works exactly as the Rogue ability.
More Luck than Skill
Once per day as a swift action she may add her class level as a bonus to all skill checks until the start of her next turn.
Daredevil Athlete
At sixth level an airship corsair gains Daredevil Athlete as a bonus feat.
Fortune's Favourite
Once per day as an immediate actions she may add her class level as a luck bonus to all saving throws until the start of her next turn.
Fast Movement
She gains fast movement. This works exactly as the Barbarian ability.
Lucky Catch
At ninth level an airship corsair gains Lucky Catch as a bonus feat.
Mobility
At tenth level an airship corsair gains Mobility as a bonus feat.
Improved Evasion
At tenth level the Airship Corsair gains Improved Evasion. This works exactly as the Rogue ability.
Techsmith
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Requirements: Class Skills: Profession(Inventor), Knowledge(Science), Craft(Clockwork), Craft(Metalworking) Feats: Clockwork Master, Skill Focus - Craft(Clockwork), Skill Focus - Knowledge(Science) Special: Acceptance as an undergraduate in the College of Engineers.
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Skills: gain Profession(Engineer) and Truespeak as class skills if you did not possess them already. Vitality per Level: 1D4 per level. Weapon and Armor Proficiency No change.
Level
BAB
Fort
Ref
Will
Special
Reserve
Mechanition Bonus
1
+0
+2
+0
+2
Mechanitian, Mad Inventor, Crafting Reserve
50
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2
+1
+3
+0
+3
Technical Knack +2
80
+1 BAB or +1 NA
3
Bonus Feat, Mechanitian Attachment
120
+1 to any Ability Score
4
Technical Knack +4
170
+1 BAB or +1 NA
5
Bonus Feat
210
+1 to any Ability Score
6
Technical Knack +6, Mechanitian Attachment
260
+1 BAB or +1 NA
7
Bonus Feat
300
+1 to any Ability Score
8
Technical Knack +8
350
+1 BAB or +1 NA
9
Bonus Feat, Mechanitian Attachment
390
+1 to any Ability Score
10
Technical Knack +10
440
+1 BAB or +1 NA
Mechanitian
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Upon becoming a Techsmith the character may construct a Mechanitian - a loyal mechanical warrior, assistant, bodyguard and often a even a friend.
This mechanitian costs the Techsmith nothing, for it is assumed that in the time before becoming a Techsmith he has been researching and working on parts of the Mechanitian in his spare time.
A Mechanition is a Clockwork Device made of metal, often bronze and gold.
A Techsmith can create a Mechanition of one of two sizes:
Small (Str 13, Dex 14, Con -, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 4)
Medium (Str 15, Dex 12, Con -, Int 8, Wis 13, cha 4)
A Mechanitian has +5 Natural Armor, D10 Vitality Dice with Vitality Dice equal to the Techsmiths class level (max of 4), and 15 Wounds. It has a slam attack that deals 1D8 base damage. It has a base movement of 20.
A new Mechanitian has no equipment but may use weapons suitable for it's size.
Mechanition Bonus
Through constant tinkering and improvements the Techsmith increases the abilities of his Mechanitian. At each level after the first he may chose a bonus from those given in the table above. At each odd Techsmith level he may chose any ability score (except Con) to improve by one point. At each even level he may improve the BAB or Natural Armor bonus on the Mechanitian by one point.
Mechanition Attachment
At levels 3, 6 and 9 the Techsmith has built some new gadget to further enhance the Mechanitian in some way. He may chose from one of the following options for the Mechanitian:
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Drivers Seat: Medium size only. The any medium or small sized character may sit in this seat and either control the Mechanitian or simply sit back and let it cart them about. This increases the size of the Mechanitian to large. The increase in size does not give any ability score benefits, but weapon damage for appropriate sized weapons does increase. This may be chosen once.
Cannon Attachment: Medium or large size only: The Mechantian has a small cannon replacement for one arm. It may not longer perform any task that requires both arms or carry any weapons that require both arms to wield.
It does however gain a small cannon which is fed from an interal ammunition supply. This supply holds 6 rounds. To reload takes the Techsmith who built it 3 hours or 6 hours for anyone else. The Mechanitian is not able to reload itself. The Mechanitian is assumed to be proficient in the use of the weapon.
Exotic Weapons
Cost
Dmg
Critical
Range
Weight
Damage Type
cannon
--
6D8
18-20/x1
250ft
20lb
Seige (P & B)
This may be chosen for as many free arms the Mechanitian has remaining.
Machine-Musket Attachment: The Mechantian has a small and very strange clockwork musket replacement for one arm. It may not longer perform any task that requires both arms or carry any weapons that require both arms to wield.
It does however gain a experimental rapid-firing musket which is fed from an interal ammunition supply. This supply holds 100 rounds. To reload takes the Techsmith who built it 2 hours or 4 hours for anyone else assuming they have the approriate ammunition. The Mechanitian is not able to reload itself.
The Mechanitian is assumed to be proficient in the use of the weapon.
Exotic Weapons
Cost
Dmg
Critical
Range
Weight
Damage Type
Machine-Musket
--
1D8
19-20/x1
100ft
5lb
Piercing
A Machine-Musket fires a burst of 3 rounds whenever it is used. All shots must be fired at the same target, but attack rolls are rolled seperately. This may be chosen for as many free arms the Mechanitian has remaining.
Extra Arm: The Mechanitian gains an extra arms somewhere on it's body. It does not gain any additional benefit other than having an arm that may carry/use something. This may be chosen more than once.
Toolkit: Like an army knife the Mechanitian has built within it thousands of delicate tools that it uses to assist the Techsmith. The Mechanitian provuides a +2 bonus on any Craft or Profession check the Techsmith makes while the Mechanitian is in close proximity. Should the Mechanitian have a bonus to Int then it may provide this in additon to this bonus. This may be chosen once only.
Steampower: Medium or Large only: The Mechanitian goes high-tech and adds additonal steam power to it system. It provides the Mechanition with the following benefits: +2 Str, +20 move, double strength-based load capacity. This may be chosen once only.
Refined System: Small or Medium only: The Mechanition has been refined and improved to such a point that it becomes smaller and lighter. Reduce it's size category by one level. The change in size has no effect on ability scores. This may be chosen more than once.
Clockwork Butterfly: Any size up to and including Small: The Mechanition gains Average flight with a speed of 40. If this is chosen a second time the Techsmith may either chose to improve the manueverability by one category or increase the speed by 50%. This may be chosen more than once.
Mad Inventor
A Techsmith gains the mad inventor feat at first level even if he does not meet the requirements for the feat.
He does not lose any sanity or gain a permanent insanity.
Craft Reserve
A Techsmith receives a pool of points he can spend instead of experience points when crafting a steam or clockwork device. Each time the Techsmith gains a new level, he receives a new craft reserve; leftover points from the previous level do not carry over. If the points are not spent, they are lost. A Techsmith can also use his craft reserve to supplement the XP cost of the device he is making, taking a portion of the cost from his craft reserve and a portion from his own XP.
Bonus Feat
At second level and each level after the Techsmith may chose a bonus feat from the following list:
Skill Focus (any Knowledge, Profession or Craft), Dilligent, Investigator
Iron Will, Truename Research, Vestige Truename, Minor Utterance of the Evolving Mind, Utterance of the Evolving Mind, Utterance of the Crafted Tool
Technical Knack
A Techsmith of a certain skill picks up a technical knack, an innate familiarity with the inner workings of mechanical gadgetry and science that allows them a +2 bonus on all Appraise, Craft, Disable Device, Knowledge(Science) and Open Locks checks involving any sort of mechanical device.
This bonus increase by a further cumulative +2 at each even level.
Skills
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Truespeak <- see link in Truespeak stuff below Iaijutsu Focus <- Needs homebrew fixing Craft(Clockwork Device) Craft(Steam Device) Craft(Gunpowder Weapon) Profession(Airship Pilot) Profession(Airship Engineer) Profession(Sailor) <- Allows you to work on an Airship. Profession(Inventor) <- Earn money by designing gadgets. Knowledge (Science) <- Clockwork and Steam devices, some knowledge of how Airships work. Use the word 'science' loosely. Knowledge (Martial) <- know about organised modern warfare Knowledge (Artillery) <- Know about cannons and how to use and maintain them. Profession (Cannoneer) <- Skill at using various aspects of a cannon in battle. Profession (Musketeer) <- You have trained in battlefield warfare using the musket.
Knowledge (Occult Powers) <- You have studied the dark arts of the ocult. Each level deducts one sanity point. (See Knowledge(Psionics) for uses)
Forbidden Knowledge <- Trained INT. Can only aquire through some very horrific means. Allows you to learn some seriously creepy stuff. See Sanity rules for more details.
This skill does not work the same as the rest of the skills under the variant skill rules. Characters never gain max ranks.
Feats
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Feat Name
Pre-requisites
Benefits
General Feats
Sudden Challenge
BAB+3, Iaijutsu Focus, Intimidate
Gain bonuses to Iaijustus skills when using a challenge
Challenge Obssessed
Intimidate, Sudden Challenge
Gain special abilities in combat when caught flatfooted
Plunging Shot
Dex 13+, Point Blank Shot
Deal extra damage when firing from above
Flick of the Wrist
Dex 17+, Slight of Hand as a class skill, Quick Draw
render opponents flat footed when you draw your weapon
Expeditious Dodge
Dex 13+
Gain dodge bonus when moving fast
Defensive Archery
Point Blank Shot
+4 Dodge bonus vs AoO when firing
Catfolk Pounce
Dex 13+, Catfolk
Improved attacks when charging flatfooted opponents
Able Sniper
Dex 13+, Hide
Bonuses when sniping while hiding.
Agile Athlete
Climb, Jump
Use Dex for Climb and Jump skills instead of Dex
Class Specialist
Required Class feature prerequisites, Expert or Warrior
Gain an additionla class feature that you meet the prerequisites for.
Gain bonuses on Forbidden Knowledge, Truename and Knowledge(Science)
Occult Discovery
Occult Manifester 3rd
Learn one new Occult Power
Overchannel
A Power Point reserve
Burn life force to fuel your powers.
Occult Possession
Any [OCULT] feat
Gain Vitality and Wounds based on the number of [OCCULT] feats you possess.
Link to the Powers
A Power Point Reserve, 1+ Forbidden Knowledge
Gain Power Points to your reserve based on your ranks in Forbidden Knowledge
Occult Adept
Knowledge(Occult Powers)
Gain Occult Powers
Occult Observance
Occult Adept
Gain a granted power from a 'being'
Vile feats
Vile Binder
Binder level 3+, Any [VILE] Feat
Gain +1 to all binding attempts for each two Vile feats you possess.
Tactical feats
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SUDDEN CHALLENGE [GENERAL]
Prerequisites: BAB+3, Iaijutsu Focus and Intimidate as a class skill.
Benefit: You can initiate a duel of wills (ToB 27) as a free action once during combat if you hadn’t done it already at the start of combat. The target cannot choose to submit to these duels.
Furthermore, if you initiate a iaijutsu strike on the first round of combat against someone you used a duel of wills against before combat, or if you had a duel of wills with them in the same round, you gain a +1 bonus on your Iaijutsu Focus check and a +1 bonus on each damage die you gain from Iaijutsu Focus, but only if you win the duel of wills.
CHALLENGE-OBSESSED [GENERAL]
Prerequisites: Intimidate as a class skill, Sudden Challenge
Benefit: You can initiate a duel of wills (ToB 27) as a free action during combat an extra number of times per encounter equal to your Cha bonus. The target cannot choose to submit to these duels.
You can also, once per day, initiate a duel of wills as an immediate action, even right before you are hit by an attack. The target cannot choose to ignore this. If you win you can make a single Iaijutsu Focus check as long as you have a sheathed weapon and enough hands free to wield it. If this check beats your attacker's attack roll you manage to parry it and can make a single attack at your full BAB against your attacker. You cannot use Iaijutsu Focus to enhance the damage of this attack.
PLUNGING SHOT [GENERAL]
You can use the force of gravity to make your ranged attacks
deal extra damage if your target is below you.
Prerequisites: Dex 13, Point Blank Shot.
Benefit: If your target is at least 30 feet lower than you, you deal an extra 1d6 points of damage with a thrown or projectile weapon.
FLICK OF THE WRIST [GENERAL]
With a single motion, you can draw a light weapon and make
a devastating attack.
Prerequisites: Dex 17, Sleight of Hand, Quick Draw.
Benefi t: If you draw a light weapon and make a melee attack with it in the same round, you catch your opponent flat-footed (for the purpose of this attack only). You can use this feat only once per round and once per opponent during any single combat encounter.
EXPEDITIOUS DODGE [GENERAL]
You’re good at avoiding attacks while moving quickly.
Prerequisite: Dex 13.
Benefit: When you move 40 feet or more in a single turn, you gain a +2 dodge bonus to your Armor Class until the beginning of your next turn.
Special: Expeditious Dodge can be used in place of the Dodge feat to qualify for a feat, prestige class, or other special ability. A fighter may select Expeditious Dodge as one of his fighter bonus feats.
DEFENSIVE ARCHERY [GENERAL]
You can avoid attacks of opportunity when making ranged attacks while threatened.
Prerequisite: Point Blank Shot.
Benefit: You gain a +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class against attacks of opportunity provoked when you make a ranged attack.
Special: A fighter may select Defensive Archery as one of his fighter bonus feats.
CATFOLK POUNCE [GENERAL]
You can rush unaware foes and deliver several attacks before
they have a chance to respond.
Prerequisite: Catfolk, Dex 13.
Benefit: If you use the charge action against a flatfooted opponent, you can make a full attack at the end of a charge.
Special: A catfolk fighter may select Catfolk Pounce as a bonus feat.
ABLE SNIPER [GENERAL]
You are accomplished at remaining unseen when you’re sniping with a ranged weapon.
Prerequisites: Dex 13, Hide as a class skill.
Benefit: You gain a +2 bonus on ranged attack rolls with a weapon made against flat-footed targets that are at least 30 feet away. In addition, you gain a +4 bonus on Hide checks made to hide again after you have made an attack roll while hiding (see page 76 of the Player’s Handbook).
AGILE ATHLETE [GENERAL]
You rely on your agility to perform athletic feats, rather than
brute strength.
Prerequisites: Climb and Jump as class skills.
Benefit: When making a Climb or Jump check, you use
your Dexterity modifier for the check.
Normal: Without this feat, you use your Strength modifier
for Climb and Jump checks.
CLASS SPECIALIST [GENERAL]
Benefits: You may chose an additional class feature that you meet the prerequisites for as if you had gained the Class Feature ability instead of a bonus feat.
TRUENAME TRAINING [TRUESPEAK]
Unlike most of your peers, you have discovered the secret power of truenames.
Benefit: The Truespeak skill is a class skill for you.
TRUENAME RESEARCH [TRUESPEAK]
You have a knack for finding out the truenames of friends and foes alike through study and investigation.
Prerequisites: Truespeak, Forbidden Knowledge 1+.
Benefit: You gain a +2 bonus on Knowledge/Forbidden Knowledge checks made to discover a creature's personal truename.
In addition, the cost to research a personal truename is reduced by half.
LEAST UTTERANCE OF THE EVOLVING MIND [TRUESPEAK]
Your mastery of Truespeech has led you to the understanding necessary to perform a simple Utterance from the Lexicon of the Evolving Mind.
Prerequisites: Truespeak.
Benefit: You learn one 1st level utterance from the Lexicon of the Evolving Mind. This may be taken multiple times.
LESSER UTTERANCE OF THE EVOLVING MIND [TRUESPEAK]
Prerequisites: At least one utterance of the evolving mind.
Benefit: You learn one 2nd level utterance from the Lexicon of the Evolving Mind. This may be taken multiple times.
GREATER UTTERANCE OF THE EVOLVING MIND [TRUESPEAK]
Prerequisites: At least two utterances of the evolving mind.
Benefit: You learn one 3rd level utterance from the Lexicon of the Evolving Mind. This may be taken multiple times.
LEAST UTTERANCE OF THE EVOLVING CRAFTED TOOL [TRUESPEAK]
As you strive for more mastery of Truespeech, you gain more power over the universe around you. You can now use the power of Truespeech to affect objects.
Prerequisites: Truespeak, ability to speak at least one utterance.
Benefit: You learn one 1st level utterance from the Lexicon of the Crafted Tool. This may be taken multiple times.
LESSER UTTERANCE OF THE EVOLVING CRAFTED TOOL [TRUESPEAK]
Prerequisites: At least one utterance of the crafted tool.
Benefit: You learn one 2nd level utterance from the Lexicon of the Crafted Tool. This may be taken multiple times.
BODY FUEL [OCCULT]
Requires: A power point reserve, living.
Benefits:
You can recover 2 power points by taking 1 point of ability burn damage to each of your three ability scores: Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution.
You can recover additional power points for a proportional cost to Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution. These recovered points are added to your power point reserve as if you had gained them by resting overnight.
Special:
Only living creatures can use this feat. You can take advantage of this feat only while in your own body.
CLOSED MIND [GENERAL]
Your mind is better able to resist the occult than normal.
Requires: No power point reserve.
Benefit: You get a +2 bonus on all saving throws to resist powers.
[b]OCCULT DISCOVERY [OCCULT]
Requires: Occult Manifester 3rd
Benefits: Learn an additional Occult Power up to your maximum Power level.
HOSTILE MIND [GENERAL]
Requires: No power point reserve, Knowledge(Occult Powers) as a class skill
Benefits: Whenever you are subject to an Occult Power from the telepathy discipline (regardless of whether the power is harmful or beneficial to you), the manifester must make a Will saving throw against a DC of 10 + ½ your character level + your Charisma bonus or take 2d6 points of damage.
OVERCHANNEL [OCCULT]
You burn your life force to strengthen your powers.
Requires: A Power Point Reserve
Benefit: While manifesting a power, you can increase your effective manifester level by one, but in so doing you take 1d8 points of damage. At 8th level, you can choose to increase your effective manifester level by two, but you take 3d8 points of damage. At 15th level, you can increase your effective manifester level by three, but you take 5d8 points of damage.
The effective increase in manifester level increases the number of power points you can expend on a single power manifestation, as well as increasing all manifester level-dependent effects, such as range, duration, and overcoming power resistance.
OCCULT POSESSION [OCCULT]
Requires: Any [OCCULT] Feat
Benefits: +2 Vitality for each [OCCULT] feat you possess. +1 Wounds for each three [OCCULT] feats you possess. Include this feat.
LINK TO THE POWERS [OCCULT]
Requires: A power Point Reserve, 1+ points in Forbidden Knowledge.
Benefits: Gain an additional 2 Power Points to your reserve for each point of Forbidden Knowledge you possess, this does not change later should you earn additional Forbidden Knowledge. Each time you take this feat your Forbidden Knowledge score must be higher than the previous time. You received the full bonuses each time.
OCCULT ADEPT [OCCULT]
You have learned enough dark secrets to begin drawing power from the beings themselves.
Requires: Knowledge(Occult Powers) as a class skill
Benefits: To determine your Occult Power Ranking simply sum the number of [OCCULT] feats you possess (count this feat as double) with your ranks in Forbidden Knowledge, then divide by 2.
Note: Should your number of Forbidden Knowledge Points or [OCCULT] feats increase or decrease then update your score on this chart.
Occult Power Ranking
Manifester Level
Powers Known
Power Point Reserve
1
1st
1
1
2
1st
1
2
3
1st
2
3
4
2nd
2
4
5
2nd
3
6
6
2nd
3
8
7
3rd
4
10
8
3rd
4
12
9
3rd
5
14
10
4th
5
19
11
4th
6
21
12
4th
6
26
13
5th
7
30
14
5th
7
34
15
6th
8
40
This feat may be taken multiple times.
OCCULT OBSERVANCE [OCCULT]
Requires: Occult Adept
Benefits: You gain one special ability of one of the beings. (See religion above)
DRIFT MAGIC [OCCULT]
You can tap the power of drift magic.
Prerequisites: Knowledge(Occult Power) and Knowledge (local) as class skills, Occult Adept, Con 13+.
Benefit: You can use drift "magic" to enhance your powers.
If you add a handful of waste sand as an additional material component
to any power you manifest, the power gains the cold descriptor.
This does not actually change the nature of the Power you manifest.
If you add a handful of waste sand as an additional material
component to a power when youmanifest it and that power
already has the cold descriptor, you increase the effective
level of the power being manifested by +1.
Adding this additional material component requires
you to spend a move action immediately before you manifest the power to gather sand from the surrounding environment.
You may take no other action between gathering the
sand and manifesting the power.
MAD INVENTOR [SANITY]
Requires: One Permanent Insanity, Craft(Clockwork or Steam Device), Knowledge(Science) as class skills.
Benefits: +2 to Craft(Clockwork or Steam Device) and +2 Knowledge(Science) checks.
CLOCKWORK MASTER [GENERAL]
Requires: 3 Vitality Dice, Knowledge(Science), Skill Focus - Craft(Clockwork) as class skills.
Benefits: May create truly fantastical clockwork wonders. This feat allows the creator to "invent" any magic item with a caster level limit of (HD-1) that requires the Craft Wonderous Item feat following the standard gp and xp costs. These items are not actually magical in nature but are clockwork representations. Feats that reduce gp and xp costs may be taken as if this feat is a magical item creation feat. Allowed items subject to DM discretion.
FORBIDDEN ARCHIVIST [OCCULT]
You have purposefully delved into the darkest recesses of the world to learn things best left alone.
Requires: Knowledge(Occult Powers), Knowledge(Religion), Knowledge(History) as class skills, Expert
Benefit: Gain 1D3-1 Ranks of Forbidden Knowledge. +2 to all Truespeak and Binding checks. +1 on all Knowledge(Science) checks.
TAINTED RESEARCHER [GENERAL]
You have delved too deep and discovered something that is best left unknown.
Requires: Knowledge(Religion), Knowledge(History) as class skills
Benefit: Lose 1D6 Sanity. Gain a permanent Insanity. Gain 1D4+1 ranks in Forbidden Knowledge or add one Knowledge skill to your list of class skills.
VESTIGE TRUENAME [BINDER][TRUENAME]
You have learned the truename of a vestige, or at least what you think is it's truename. This has the potential of giving you great power when binding the vestige.
Requires: Truespeak as a class skill, Truename Research feat, Binder level 2 or higher.
Benefit: Chose a specific Vestige that you can currently bind. You gain +8 to rolls to bind that vestige due to knowing their truename. Should you fail to adequately bind the vestige make a Will save DC 10+Vestige level. If you fail the truename is wiped from your mind and you lose the benefit of this feat, you do not get to replace this feat or re-use the slot in any other manner.
VILE BINDER [VILE][BINDER]
You channel dark energies to aid you in trapping vestiges as you summon them.
Requires: Binder level 3+, At least one Vile feat
Benefit: Gain +1 to all binding attempts for each two Vile feats you possess.
BIND VESTIGE [BINDER]
Benefits: See pages 73 and 73 of the Tome of Magic for complete rules.
Benefits: You count as a 5th level binder and may bind vestiges up to 3rd level.
PRACTISED BINDER
Prerequisites: Bind Vestige
Benefits: You gain an additional power when binding a vestige. This may be taken multiple times.
Long Term and Permanent Sanity Rules Note on starting Sanity: Starting Sanity is equal to 5 times your Wisdom Ability score (not the bonus, the entire score)
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Use Temporary Insanity as described. Consult below for other rules
When ever sanity is lost record the sanity loss as either Neuroses or Psychosis (50% chance of either, depending on how it was gained the DM may assign it to a specific type).
Consult the following tables should a long term or permanent insanity be required:
Neuroses
Neuroses Score
Name
1
General Anxiety
2
Specific Anxiety (OCD, Social Phobia etc.)
3
Eating Disorder (anorexia etc.)
4
Sleeping Disorder (Night terrors etc.)
5
Personality Disorder*
6
Post Traumatic Dissorder
Psychosis
Psychosis Score
Name
1
Mood
2
Psychosexual
3
Impulse control
4
Personality*
5
Dissociative
6+
Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Once an order has been chosen erase the associated score back to 0.
Sanity score remains unaffected.
When an illness is gained permanently roll 1D6. That is the degree at which the character suffers from that illness. Add +1 to that score each time more points of the same type are generated. A score of 1 being very minor through to 10 being crippled. Characters with any permanent illness above a score of 8 are subject to DM control.
For Personality disorders add only half the initial roll (1D3 only) but it increases by +1 whenever any sanity is lost regardless of which type it is.
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Masterwork Rules
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Custom masterwork rules being added soon.
Armor
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Armor
Cost
Armor/Shield Bonus
DR Bonus
Sneak Attack Protection
Maximum Dex Bonus
Armor Check Penalty
Speed (30 ft.)
Speed (20 ft.)
Weight
Light Armor
Padded
5 gp
1
0/-
5%
8
0
30 ft.
20 ft.
10 lb.
Leather
10 gp
1
1/-
5%
6
0
30 ft.
20 ft.
15 lb.
Studded leather
25 gp
1
1/-
15%
5
-1
30 ft.
20 ft.
20 lb.
Chain shirt
100 gp
2
1/-
20%
4
-2
30 ft.
20 ft.
25 lb.
Medium Armor
Hide
15 gp
1
1/-
20%
4
-3
20 ft.
15 ft.
25 lb.
Scale mail
50 gp
2
1/-
25%
3
-4
20 ft.
15 ft.
30 lb.
Chainmail
150 gp
2
2/-
30%
2
-5
20 ft.
15 ft.
40 lb.
Breastplate
200 gp
2
2/-
35%
3
-4
20 ft.
15 ft.
30 lb.
Exotic Armor
none yet
Shields
Buckler
15 gp
1
—
+0%
—
-1
—
—
5 lb.
Shield, light wooden
3 gp
1
—
+5%
—
-1
—
—
5 lb.
Shield, light steel
9 gp
1
+1/-
+5%
—
-1
—
—
6 lb.
Shield, heavy wooden
7 gp
2
—
+10%
—
-2
—
—
10 lb.
Shield, heavy steel
20 gp
2
+1/-
+10%
—
-2
—
—
15 lb.
Shield, hide
50 gp
1
+1/-
+20%
4
–3
—
—
30 lb.
Weapons Note on Gunpowder Weapons: They reload and fire the same as crossbows. Rapid Reload or any such feat that speeds the firing of archery weapons, and any feat that allows more than one attack with an archery weapon, do not apply to Gunpowder weapons.
Instead a DC 10 Profession(Musketeer) check gives the same result as Rapid Reload. Penalties apply for distractions and being attacked.
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Simple Weapons
Cost
Dmg
Critical
Range
Weight
Damage Type
Unarmed
Unarmed strike
—
1d3
20/x1
—
—
Bludgeoning
One-handed
Dagger
2 gp
1d4
18-20/×1
10 ft.
1 lb.
Piercing or slashing
Sickle
6 gp
1d6
19-20/×1
—
2 lb.
Slashing
Shortspear
1 gp
1d6
19-20/×1
20 ft.
3 lb.
Piercing
Pistol
80gp
1D10
19-20/x1
50ft
3lb
Piercing
Two-handed
Spear
2 gp
1d8
18-20/×1
20 ft.
6 lb.
Piercing
Musket
120gp
1D10
19-20/x1
150ft
8lb
Piercing
Crossbow, heavy
50 gp
1d10
18-20/×1
120 ft.
8 lb.
Piercing
Crossbow, light
35 gp
1d8
18-20/×1
80 ft.
4 lb.
Piercing
Ammunition
Arrows (20)
1 gp
—
—
—
3 lb.
—
Bolts, crossbow (10)
1 gp
—
—
—
1 lb.
—
Average Quality Gunpowder
1gp per 10 rounds
-
-
-
0.5lb
-
Good Quality Gunpowder
3gp per 10 rounds
+1
-
-
0.5lb
-
Shot
1gp per 20 rounds
-
-
-
1lb
-
Martial Weapons
Cost
Dmg
Critical
Range
Weight
Damage Type
One-handed
Handaxe
6 gp
1d6
18-20/×1
—
3 lb.
Slashing
Shield, light
special
1d3
19-20/×1
—
special
Bludgeoning
Spiked shield, light
special
1d4
19-20/×1
—
special
Piercing
Sword, short
10 gp
1d6
18-20/×1
—
2 lb.
Piercing
Longsword
15 gp
1d8
18-20/×1
—
4 lb.
Slashing
Rapier
20 gp
1d6
18-20/×1
—
2 lb.
Piercing
Cutlass
15 gp
1d6
18–20/×1
—
3 lb.
Slashing
Scimitar
15 gp
1d6
17-20/×1
—
4 lb.
Slashing
Shield, heavy
special
1d4
19-20/×1
—
special
Bludgeoning
Spiked shield, heavy
special
1d6
19-20/×1
—
special
Piercing
Two-handed
Musket Bayonet
10gp
1D6
19-20
-
2lb
Piercing
Falchion
75 gp
2d4
17-20/×1
—
8 lb.
Slashing
Glaive
8 gp
1d10
18-20/×1
—
10 lb.
Slashing
Greatsword
50 gp
2d6
18-20/×1
—
8 lb.
Slashing
Guisarme
9 gp
2d4
18-20/×1
—
12 lb.
Slashing
Halberd
10 gp
1d10
18-20/×1
—
12 lb.
Piercing or slashing
Ranseur
10 gp
2d4
18-20/×1
—
12 lb.
Piercing
Blunderbuss
210gp
2D8
17-20/x1
70ft
12lb
Piercing
Longbow
75 gp
1d8
18-20/×1
100 ft.
3 lb.
Piercing
Longbow, composite
100 gp
1d8
18-20/×1
110 ft.
3 lb.
Piercing
Shortbow
30 gp
1d6
18-20/×1
60 ft.
2 lb.
Piercing
Shortbow, composite
75 gp
1d6
18-20/×1
70 ft.
2 lb.
Piercing
Crossbow, repeating heavy
400 gp
1d10
18-20/×1
120 ft.
12 lb.
Piercing
Crossbow, repeating light
250 gp
1d8
18-20/×1
80 ft.
6 lb.
Piercing
Ammunition
Excellent Quality Gunpowder
8gp per 10 rounds
+1
-
+20
0.5lb
-
Rare Exotic Gunpowder *
20gp per 10 rounds
+1D3
20-(2D2-1)
30x1D6
1lb
-
Blunderbuss Shot
1gp per 10 rounds
-
-
-
2lb
-
* roll effects for each shot when used.
Exotic Weapons
Cost
Dmg
Critical
Range
Weight
Damage Type
One-handed
Sword, bastard
35 gp
1d10
18-20/×1
—
6 lb.
Slashing
Waraxe, dwarven
30 gp
1d10
18-20/×1
—
8 lb.
Slashing
Great scimitar
200 gp
1d8
17–20/×1
—
8 lb.
Slashing
Two-handed
Battlehorn
50 gp
1d8/1d8
17-20/x1
—
10 lb.
Piercing
Sword, two-bladed
100 gp
1d8/1d8
18-20/×1
—
10 lb.
Slashing
Great falchion
100 gp
1d12
17–20/×1
—
12 lb.
Slashing
Bolas
4gp
1d4
19-20/×1
10 ft.
2 lb.
Bludgeoning
Crossbow, hand
100 gp
1d4
18-20/×1
30 ft.
2 lb.
Piercing
Desert throwing-knife
3 gp
1d6
18–20/×1
15 ft.
1 lb.
Piercing
Bone bow
250 gp
1d12
17-20/×1
120 ft.
4 lb.
Piercing
Harpoon
15 gp
1d10
19-20/×1
30 ft.
10 lb.
Piercing
Equipment
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Mundane Gear
none yet
Vehicles
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Airships
Gliders
Devices
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These are "magic items" represented by Clockwork and/or Steampower technology.
Clockwork Companion Cube
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This small innocent clockwork cube opens to reveal an extremely delicate brass and crystal music box inside. The outside of the box is fashioned from a strange blueish metal with intricate gold and brass patterns. A Clockwork Companion Cube is a 1x1x1ft. cube. weighing 5lb. When opened it plays music that sounds to all listeners to be the most beautiful music they have ever heard. All listeners must make a DC 15 Will save or approach the box.
It becomes tied to anyone who picks it up and then holds it or remains within a 15ft. radius of it for 1 hour. As long as its owner holds it or remains within a 50ft. radius they recieve a +1 moral bonus to all attack roles and skill checks. While the Cube is held the holder (owner or not) will believe that it is talking to them via the music. The cube is merely iducing the idea, it is not itself intelligent, what they believe it says to them and/or what emotions it stirs depends on the personality of the character.
Regardless of what the owner believes they cannot bring themselves to loose it or leave it behind. This is a mind affecting compulsion. The player will not willingly move more than 100ft. from the cube or leave a room without it. If they are forced to they take a -1 penalty on all attack rolls and skill checks. The only way to break the enchantment is to destroy the cube. The cube has 25hp and hardness 10. It is destroyed instantly by exteme heat. If the cube is being attack the owner will try to defend it, if it is destroyed the owner becomes panicked for 2d6 rounds. After this they are completly free of the cube's effects.
The holder instantly lose 1D3 Sanity when placed under the control of the box.
Value: 400gp Craft Clockwork Device, Craft(Clockwork Device) DC22, 1600xp, 200gp, Occult Power: Empathy or Truespeak: Wind-Carried Words - If both are applied increase all bonuses and pantlies by 1 and increase all DC by 2.
1st Level Utterances Defensive Edge: Grant ally +1 AC, or an enemy -1 AC. Knight's Pussiance: Ally gains +2 on attack rolls, or enemy gains -2 on attack rolls. Universal Aptitude: Subject gains +5 on skill checks, or enemy gains -5 on skill checks. Word of Nurturing, Minor: Give ally fast healing 1, or deal 1d6 damage each round for 2 rounds.
2nd Level Utterances Archer's Eye: Give ally ability to ignore concealment with ranged attacks or protect an ally from projectiles. Hidden Truth: Grant creature +10 bonus on Knowledge check or a +10 on a Bluff check. Morale Boost: Remove fear from a creature, or frighten an enemy. Speed of the Zephyr: Subject's speed increases by 20 feet and he can run on up walls, or reduce foe's speed by 10 feet. Strike of Might: Target's next weapon damage roll deals +10 damage or target's next weapon damage roll deals -5 damage. Temporal Twist: Ally gains one free attack, or enemy is dazed for 1 round. Wind-Carried Words: As a sending spell, or hear everything a creature says. Dreamless Slumber: Put target to sleep or wake target up.
3rd Level Utterances Anchor of Reality: Prevent a creature from leaving the current plane of existance or banish a creature back to its original plane of existance. Breath of Cleansing: Allow ally a second save against ongoing effect, or nauseate an enemy. Energy Negation: Grant an ally resistance 10 to one energy type, or deal energy damage to a foe. Incarnation of Angels: Creature gains the celestial template, or creature gains the fiendish template. Preturnatural Clarity: Give an ally a +5 floating bonus for attacks, saves, or checks, or make an enemy confused.
Crafted Tool Utterances
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The Lexicon of the Crafted Tool
1st Level Utterances Agitate Metal: Cause a creature's metal equipment to radiate painful heat or cold. Word of Opening: Door or portal opens.
2nd Level Utterances Seize Item: Bring an object within range to your hand. Rebuild Item: Restore an item destroyed within the last round to perfect form and functionality.
Size/Type: Medium Undead (Clockwork Device)
Vitality Dice: 2D12+7 (19 HP)
Wounds: 10 (Immune to Sneak Attack)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 60
Armor Class: 14 (+2 Natural Armor, +2 dodge), Touch 12, Flat Footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple:
Attack: Unarmed Strike x2 +3 (1D3+3/20), Slam +3 (1D6+6/20)
Space/Reach: 5ft/5ft
Special Qualities: Darkvision(60), Fast Healing(5)
Saves: Fortitude +5, Reflex +0, Will +2
Abilities: Str 17, Dex 10 , Con -, Int 14, Wis 9, Cha 8
Skills: Move Silently +5, Hide +5, Listen +1, Spot +1
Skill Tricks: Walk the Walls, Wall Jumper, Nimble Stand, Leaping Climber
Feats: Toughness, Great Fortitude, Improved Toughness, Improved Initiative
Environment: Any
Challenge Rating: 4
Adaptation ideas: PREVIOUS IDEAS ALL ADDED OR REJECTED
Current Potential Concerns: The extreme supreme power of sneak attack to cause instant deaths of deathiness.MAYBE SOLVED
With light/medium armor categories and no magic armor only death would be assured at high levels.
Sanity may be lost a little too fast.
Power and influence of the Gods is perhaps a little too strong for decent level Occultists.
Possible Solutions: Remove sneak attack bonus damage, it only bypasses Vitality but deals normal damage.ADDED Either apply Armor as DR or in a similar fashion give armor a chance of stopping sneak attacks.ADDED Create a chain of armor specialist feats, or maybe even a prestigious class.DITCHED
Reduce sanity losses or the negative effects of sanity loss.
Allow Occultists to gain the benefit of one domain only and limit domain granted powers to minor skill bonuses only.
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Re: [3.5] The Broken System [Steampunk - No Magic]
EDIT: From your introduction: "low tech" and "steampunk" don't really fit together, as steampunk is by definition pretty advanced on a relative scale. Do you simply mean that technology, even in this world, is really hard to come by and most countries are still rather third world-like?
Other than that, it looks fair so far.
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By "Low-Tech" I meant no lasers or anything crazy. Tech is part way between Victorian England the late Middle ages.
For the world idea read the description of Askabad and the World story I just put in place. You may need to refresh the page frequently as I am working on this constantly.
Got it. Just a difference of definition then.
And will do. I'll just wait a while so I can read it in one go.
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First of all, I will just state how delighted I'd be to have a 3.5-dedicated steampunk setting.
And the annoying stuff:
yes, the "low-tech steampunk" will sound odd to most... You said "halfway between Middle Ages and Victorian". More 17th c., or more 18th c.? Now, that is a Big difference: 17th was "magic-believing superstitious barbarians laid their hands on whatever technology was left from the Renaissance", and 18th was "guys in thighs and wigs get down to business squeezing the science-juice out of the globe".
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Edited it to "low-resource" as that perhaps better describes it.
EDIT: I also dropped Maneuvers from Tome of Battle. Just to hard to tone down. The only "magical" elements now are going to be some very toned down truespeak, some very weak vestiges and some very very weak psionics posing as "Occult Powers".
As far as roleplaying goes these are the relative equivilent classes to normal dnd, though by no means an equal match in the case of spellcasters:
Fighter - Warrior
Barbarian - Warrior
Rogue - Expert
Monk - Warrior with Binding
Ranger - Warrior with Occult Powers
Cleric - Expert with Occult Powers and Binding
Wizard - Expert with Truespeak and Occult Powers
Sorcerer - Expert with Binding and Occult Powers
Paladin - Warrior with Occult Powers
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Fighter - Warrior
Barbarian - Warrior
Rogue - Expert
Monk - Warrior with Binding
Ranger - Warrior with Occult Powers
Cleric - Expert with Occult Powers and Binding
Wizard - Expert with Truespeak and Occult Powers
Sorcerer - Expert with Binding and Occult Powers
Paladin - Warrior with Occult Powers
Now that's a cool thing, differentiating them like that. +1.
But do you actually intend on reworking these classes in the forms of fixes or such, or just leave them as they are, switching their abilities? Now it looks like you're pushing everything into tier 4.
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Hmm I could re-work them like that, I may make a guide later that gives you a good class progression. But it isn't needed really. You just take either Warrior or Expert as I have listed in the OP and Take the Feats to get Occult Powers/Binding/Truenaming where appropriate.
Yes, getting everything into roughly tier 4 was one of my aims.
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Giving this some very serious thought as this setting was originally going to use maneuvers but they were too powerful.
Might be a good way to add a "bardish"-"martial-specialish" kind of fighter back into the mix.
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Looks more and more interesting as extra info gets added in.
The weapons table needs reformatting due to some copypasta errors.
Sorceror and cleric have the same suggested build, which is kinda odd. I guess choosing a different Being might make a difference.
Don't really see how maneuvers could be more difficult to rebalance than truenaming or manifesting/spellcasting, but I don't think they're even all that necessary with the lack of overpowered casters.
Also, a system for masterworked weapons/armour to provide enhancement equivalencies might be a good idea.
Clockwork companion cube would be hilarious. Maybe a music-box type thing that plays such catchy tunes you never want it to stop?
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Looks more and more interesting as extra info gets added in.
The weapons table needs reformatting due to some copypasta errors.
*fixed*
I am only displaying the Medium damage for weapons. I accidentally left the damage for small sizes in. which messed it up.
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Sorceror and cleric have the same suggested build, which is kinda odd. I guess choosing a different Being might make a difference.
I only put it together for comparison. There is absolutely no way to get a spellcaster even remotely as powerful as a sorcerer. Yes chosing different paths for the build would be the only differentiation.
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Don't really see how maneuvers could be more difficult to rebalance than truenaming or manifesting/spellcasting, but I don't think they're even all that necessary with the lack of overpowered casters.
I could put in weak Maneuvers only just like I did for the "Occult Powers" (re Psionics), but there are too many overtly magical effects in a lot of Maneuvers. I may see about putting some carefully selected Maneuvers in as tactical feats however, and maybe a few more as warrior Class Feature options.
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Also, a system for masterworked weapons/armour to provide enhancement equivalencies might be a good idea.
So you can masterwork up to +5 bonuses etc.?
That would work, be a great idea for the armor imbalance issue.
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Clockwork companion cube would be hilarious. Maybe a music-box type thing that plays such catchy tunes you never want it to stop?
That is a great way to put it in.
I'll add that.
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I added in Armor. Armor gives DR and Sneak Attack protection now, but gives less AC bonus. I have decided to add scalar masterwork rules as a way of gaining better AC, DR and/or SA bonuses. More to come!
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Love is: seeing homebrewed clockwork zombies.
Just an aside, was there any mention of reloading gunpowder weapons before? I seem to have lost/imagined it... it's getting a little confusing separating this thread from the partial implementation in Fight Night.
Possible sneak attack ideas:
Going straight to wound points looks really deadly, also the increased dice become useless unless you make a bonus to attack instead or something.
Deal One (1) Wound Point instead of 1d6 damage, stacks as usual. Has the added bonus of making a halfling with daggers (for example) quite dangerous instead of laughably useless.
Hmmm, I swear I had another idea... maybe I'll remember it later.
Edit: (woo, messed up the list coding there. I'll just remove it for now)
Sanity loss will probably need playtesting to get the balance right, I wouldn't make it a priority just yet.
And yeah, the domain powers vary greatly in usefulness. I'll see if I can come up with some suggestions, but was there a power level you were aiming for? Since it costs a feat, I guess that's a place to start, but feats aren't exactly all equal in the first place.
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Re: [3.5] The Broken System [Steampunk - No Magic]
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Just an aside, was there any mention of reloading gunpowder weapons before? I seem to have lost/imagined it... it's getting a little confusing separating this thread from the partial implementation in Fight Night.
They work like crossbows is all. Only Rapid Reload, Rapid Shot and Multiattack cannot apply to them obviously.
The Profession(Musketeer) feat will have checks to reload faster instead.
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Possible sneak attack ideas:
Going straight to wound points looks really deadly, also the increased dice become useless unless you make a bonus to attack instead or something.
Deal One (1) Wound Point instead of 1d6 damage, stacks as usual. Has the added bonus of making a halfling with daggers (for example) quite dangerous instead of laughably useless.
I was thinking that. Or make first level: no bonus damage Second SA level: +1D3 damage third level: +2D3 damage.
Given that Wounds do not increase by level.
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First off, what stat is manifesting based on? That may change the usefulness of some abilities slightly.
I’ve been running on the assumption that domains don’t grant extra powers known, if that’s wrong then of course there is a little more room for variable granted power levels.
References to cleric level could safely be replaced by character level, but manifestor level seems much lower, so that may need looking at.
And now, domains!
Corruption
Once per day, you can attack an object and ignore its hardness rating. Once per day is really weak for something like this. Either make it 1/day per level, or make it a passive ability to ignore hardness up to half level.
Sand
<cut due to length> Well, it’s definitely versatile, and fairly unique. Acquiring sand shouldn’t be a problem either. But it takes a long time, and is over very quickly. Might need its own overhaul.
Undeath
You gain the ability to Rebuke Undead a number of times per day equal to your Wisdom bonus. Looks good. Turning/rebuking rules are notorious though, that might be worth looking at to make this really shine.
Vile Darkness
You gain the Blind-Fight feat. Yeah… one free standard feat for another? Not very exciting. Free dark/ultravision might be a better choice. Or blindsense, even.
Cold
<cold themed power> Hmmmm. Obvious suggestions are blasty powers, cold resistance, or bonuses to drift magic.
Evil
All Occult powers gain the [EVIL] descriptor How much of a benefit is this, really? Does it make your powers stronger/weaker versus certain enemies?
Mind
Gain +2 bonus on Bluff, Diplomacy, and Sense Motive checks. Weak. Scaling bonus or free class skills would be better.
Hatred
You gain the ability to Rage X/day where X is equal to your manifestor level. This is pretty good. I’m tempted to call it strong, but to maximize your rage uses you have to ignore your combat abilities somewhat, so it should balance out. What if you already have the rage ability though?
Knowledge
All standard Knowledge() skills are now class skills. The way class skills work makes this really nice.
Summoner
Gain Bind Vestige as a bonus feat Another feat trade. Binding bonuses or extra vestige access or something could be better.
Thirst
You gain Endurance as a bonus feat Again with the feat trade, and not a brilliant one either. Outright immunity to thirst might be too strong, but an extra bonus would probably be alright.
Hunger
Secondary bite attack: 1d6 for medium sized creatures Natural weapons are fun and all, but this is underwhelming. Scavenging Gullet as an extra feat could work on top of the bite.
Pain
You convert damage that you deal in one blow per day into healing for yourself, up to 1 point of damage per level. I’m not a huge fan of 1/day powers.
Madness
You cannot lose sanity, even via feats. Your sanity score is dropped to 0. You instantly have a score of 3 in all permanent insanities.
Gain Power Points to your reserve equal to the amount of Sanity you just lost. Ditch the bonus power points, and it’s still really good.
Dream
Because you have long delved into dreams and nightmares, you are immune to fear effects. Sanity loss is halved. Yup, looks good.
Pestilence
Immunity to the effects of all diseases. You carry a disease which you can spread to others. Consult DM. Hmmm, the contagion will make or break this.
Good
All Occult powers gain the [GOOD] descriptor See Evil
Protection
You can generate a protective ward as a supernatural ability. Grant someone you touch a resistance bonus equal to your manifestor level on his or her next saving throw. Activating this power is a standard action. The protective ward is an abjuration effect with a duration of 1 hour that is usable once per day. 1/day, 1 hour limit, 1 use… I’m not a fan. Why not a bonus power that grants save bonuses? Pretty sure there is one already.
War
Free Martial Weapon Proficiency with any martial weapon (if necessary) and Weapon Focus with the chosen weapon. Hmmmm. Two subpar feats. At least you get to choose the weapon. Still… something more interesting wouldn’t hurt.
Endurance
Gain Will To Live as a bonus feat. I forget what that does, and where it’s from. Can’t really judge it, so… yeah.
Glory
You gain the ability to Turn Undead a number of times per day equal to your Wisdom bonus. See Undead.
Community
Gain a +4 competence bonus on Diplomacy checks. Flat bonus is boring. See Mind.
Healing
Gain Body adjustment as a bonus Occult Power. Bonus power is nice.
Creation
Gain Minor Creation as a bonus power. See Healing.
Liberation
If you are affected by a charm, compulsion or fear effect and fail your saving throw, you can attempt it again 1 round later at the same DC. You get only this one extra chance to succeed on your saving throw. This granted power is considered a supernatural ability. Yeah, reckon that’s good.
Oracle
You gain a bonus on Sense Motive checks equal to your manifestor level. See! Scaling bonus. You had the power to do it all along
Animal
You can use speak with animals once per day as a spell-like ability. Add Knowledge (nature) to your list of class skills. This doesn’t seem too great, depending on the role/power of animals in the setting. Perma-speak with animals, or gain it as a power, or… wild empathy? I think wild empathy might be best.
Plant
You can bless a plant doubling it's growth rate and halving the volume of water and sunlight it requires. Add Knowledge (nature) to your list of cleric class skills. The blessing is odd. Plant growth can do that, I think. Again, bonus power might work better.
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First off, what stat is manifesting based on?
That may change the usefulness of some abilities slightly.
Wis. I should add that up there.
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I’ve been running on the assumption that domains don’t grant extra powers known, if that’s wrong then of course there is a little more room for variable granted power levels.
References to cleric level could safely be replaced by character level, but manifestor level seems much lower, so that may need looking at.
And now, domains!
I wanted it to be based on te manifestor level to keep the power very low and relatively insignificant.
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Corruption
Once per day, you can attack an object and ignore its hardness rating. Once per day is really weak for something like this. Either make it 1/day per level, or make it a passive ability to ignore hardness up to half level.
This one did bother me due to it's weakness.
Per manifestor level maybe. Or maybe per X/Vitality Dice?
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Sand
<cut due to length> Well, it’s definitely versatile, and fairly unique. Acquiring sand shouldn’t be a problem either. But it takes a long time, and is over very quickly. Might need its own overhaul.
Sand is everywhere in this world. While in normal DnD the power level of this ability is quite pathetic really, in this game it is if anything OPd slightly.
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Undeath
You gain the ability to Rebuke Undead a number of times per day equal to your Wisdom bonus. Looks good. Turning/rebuking rules are notorious though, that might be worth looking at to make this really shine.
Maybe, But working with undead is a really dangerous issue in this setting.
I am thinking about adding Sanity loss each time you turn/rebuke undead. More loss for Rebuking obviously. So then it becomes last-ditched effort.
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Vile Darkness
You gain the Blind-Fight feat. Yeah… one free standard feat for another? Not very exciting. Free dark/ultravision might be a better choice. Or blindsense, even.
Your right, all of the bonus feat options are quite poor.
I don't want darkvision available like this though.
Blindsense may work better. Or an unnamed bonus to actions in the dark.
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Cold
<cold themed power> Hmmmm. Obvious suggestions are blasty powers, cold resistance, or bonuses to drift magic.
Yeah I am still thinking on this one. Tempted to try and convert a spell from Frostburn into a psionic power.
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Evil
All Occult powers gain the [EVIL] descriptor How much of a benefit is this, really? Does it make your powers stronger/weaker versus certain enemies?
There will be feats that work with the [GOOD] and [EVIL] descriptors. As there are no alignments the benefits will be more applied to the manifestor than the target unlike normal DnD.
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Mind
Gain +2 bonus on Bluff, Diplomacy, and Sense Motive checks. Weak. Scaling bonus or free class skills would be better.
I agree. Maybe +1 to those skills per 3 Vitality dice?
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Hatred
You gain the ability to Rage X/day where X is equal to your manifestor level. This is pretty good. I’m tempted to call it strong, but to maximize your rage uses you have to ignore your combat abilities somewhat, so it should balance out. What if you already have the rage ability though?
I'd say they stack if you have both.
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Knowledge
All standard Knowledge() skills are now class skills. The way class skills work makes this really nice.
VERY nice. I am thinking of limiting it to maybe 2/3 of the player's choice.
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Summoner
Gain Bind Vestige as a bonus feat Another feat trade. Binding bonuses or extra vestige access or something could be better.
Maybe give the feat AND a bonus to it.
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Thirst
You gain Endurance as a bonus feat Again with the feat trade, and not a brilliant one either. Outright immunity to thirst might be too strong, but an extra bonus would probably be alright.
This is definately very weak. I am still trying to re-think this one.
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Hunger
Secondary bite attack: 1d6 for medium sized creatures Natural weapons are fun and all, but this is underwhelming. Scavenging Gullet as an extra feat could work on top of the bite.
Sounds good. :D
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Pain
You convert damage that you deal in one blow per day into healing for yourself, up to 1 point of damage per level. I’m not a huge fan of 1/day powers.
Maybe another X/day where X is manifestor levels.
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Madness
You cannot lose sanity, even via feats. Your sanity score is dropped to 0. You instantly have a score of 3 in all permanent insanities.
Gain Power Points to your reserve equal to the amount of Sanity you just lost. Ditch the bonus power points, and it’s still really good.
Madness drives this world and I wanted it to be good. Maybe your right though, maybe the PP gain is a little OPd.
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Pestilence
Immunity to the effects of all diseases. You carry a disease which you can spread to others. Consult DM. Hmmm, the contagion will make or break this.
It would have to be low DC stuff. But I'm not intending for players to really take this.
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Good
All Occult powers gain the [GOOD] descriptor See Evil
ditto.
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Protection
You can generate a protective ward as a supernatural ability. Grant someone you touch a resistance bonus equal to your manifestor level on his or her next saving throw. Activating this power is a standard action. The protective ward is an abjuration effect with a duration of 1 hour that is usable once per day. 1/day, 1 hour limit, 1 use… I’m not a fan. Why not a bonus power that grants save bonuses? Pretty sure there is one already.
There is currently no way to gain PR (OPR now) in this system. Maybe make it another X/Day that grants a certain number +X PR to the target.
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War
Free Martial Weapon Proficiency with any martial weapon (if necessary) and Weapon Focus with the chosen weapon. Hmmmm. Two subpar feats. At least you get to choose the weapon. Still… something more interesting wouldn’t hurt.
Yeah, I've never liked this one either.
Maybe throw in Weapon Specialisation as well?
Or perhaps you can chose from Weapon Finesse, Point Blank shot feat tree etc. based on the weapon you choce.
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Endurance
Gain Will To Live as a bonus feat. I forget what that does, and where it’s from. Can’t really judge it, so… yeah.
It is from The Quintessential Barbarian II and ****ing rocks in this system.
It is the only way to stay alive on negative Vitality/Wounds.
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Glory
You gain the ability to Turn Undead a number of times per day equal to your Wisdom bonus. See Undead.
ditto
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Community
Gain a +4 competence bonus on Diplomacy checks. Flat bonus is boring. See Mind.
again maybe a +X.
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Healing
Gain Body adjustment as a bonus Occult Power. Bonus power is nice.
Creation
Gain Minor Creation as a bonus power. See Healing.
Yeah this way works nicely I think.
I may try and see at getting a lot of the others like this.
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Oracle
You gain a bonus on Sense Motive checks equal to your manifestor level. See! Scaling bonus. You had the power to do it all along
The crappy ones you don't like are the WotC rules. Yes this, is my own way of doing it. lol.
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Animal
You can use speak with animals once per day as a spell-like ability. Add Knowledge (nature) to your list of class skills. This doesn’t seem too great, depending on the role/power of animals in the setting. Perma-speak with animals, or gain it as a power, or… wild empathy? I think wild empathy might be best.
AND wild Empathy I think.
Animals are not overly common anymore. In fact it really is only domestic animals left.
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Plant
You can bless a plant doubling it's growth rate and halving the volume of water and sunlight it requires. Add Knowledge (nature) to your list of cleric class skills. The blessing is odd. Plant growth can do that, I think. Again, bonus power might work better.
Maybe a power that does this yes.
But in a world that is now 70% Black-Sand Negative Energy desert do not underestimate this. lol.
Just imagine how popular these people would be in say Darksun.
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Ok. I thought of a way to standardise the Domains.
All Domains must give one of the following:
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#1: A free Occult Power only available via this Domain.
#2: An X per day Su ability, plus a +1 to +2 bonus to one skills
#3: 1-2 Bonus Class Skills, A skil Trick and a +2 or +6 bonus to one or more skills.
What does anyone reading this think?
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Ok. I thought of a way to standardise the Domains.
All Domains must give one of the following:
Code:
#1: A free Occult Power only available via this Domain.
#2: An X per day Su ability, plus a +1 to +2 bonus to one skills
#3: 1-2 Bonus Class Skills, A skil Trick and a +2 or +6 bonus to one or more skills.
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