Draugrs & Dragons: Skyrim for D&D 3.5 [WIP] [PEACH, please!]

13_CBS · 09-11-2012, 02:44 PM

This is both a work in progress and is very much a rough draft! PLEASE evaluate and critique!

What the flaming daedra mustache is this?

This is my attempt to bring Skyrim into D&D 3.5. It includes a variety of things from Skyrim and Tamriel such as Aedric Dragons, Thu'um, the signature Elder Scrolls races, Lycanthropy, Vampirism, and more. Note: this homebrew DOES NOT include Dawnguard content!

Okay, but are you up to doing something like this properly?

I wish. The spirit is willing, but the brain is inexperienced with D&D and has a poor grasp of math. I will need every bit of help I can get to make this Dungeons & Skyrim experience at least somewhat balanced.

Err, I guess that's alright. So what's the primary design philosophy behind all of this?

My philosophy behind this importing of Skyrim into D&D 3.5 is to try and both translate and preserve as many Skyrim mechanics as possible. This means that things such as Lycanthropy and Vampirism, which already exist to an extent in Core D&D 3.5, will be replaced by mechanics that will (hopefully) better represent the Lycanthropy and Vampirism experience from the Skyrim game.

I also took the liberty to insert some things to help things make more sense, either fluff or crunch-wise. For example, I've given a lot of the Daedric artifacts what I thought was a much-needed boost in power; my experience with Skyrim is that a lot of the really fluffy Daedric artifacts are eclipsed in power once you hit a certain level, and I hoped to fix this while I was statting up the Daedric artifacts. Other things I had to do in order to keep things balanced: for example, I'm of the opinion that the Bosmer racial ability (the equivalent to Calm Animal in D&D) wouldn't have been terribly useful, especially considering the rest of their racial features, so I changed their daily racial ability into something I thought was more useful and more powerful.

However, not everything was brought over from the videogame: I'm still unsure as to what to do with Skyrim's magic system, for example. As another example, while I was able to port the various weapons and armor materials that is signature to the Elder Scrolls series (Glass, Ebony, Dwarven, etc.), I wasn't able to fully import the crafting system from Skyrim. My initial attempts seemed to indicate that the fluff and the mechanics would be beyond my ability to align while also being balanced, so if anyone has any ideas for this I'm listening. At the moment, for those undecided things I am currently going with what is already in D&D. As a result, Arcane spellcasters in this Skyrim import still use the Vancian casting system, among other things.

Yes, yes, whatever. Just get on with it.

Alrighty! Then without further ado...

NOTE: The fluff for almost all of the entries are at best minimal and at worst non-existent. I plan on getting to those as soon as the crunch presented here is done.

Table of Contents:
OP, Races
Thu'um
Draconic Thu'um
Lycanthropy
Vampirism
Monsters, Part 1: Draugr, Dragons
Mosnters, Part 2: Falmer, Chaurus, Dwemer Constructs, Hagravens, Spriggans, Dremora
Gods, Artifacts
Optional Crafting, Material, and Soul Gem Rules
Base Class: Battlemage

To-Do List
Fix unbalanced stuff
Figure out how to implement Skyrim-style Alchemy and potions
Figure out how to implement Magicka potions
Create statistics for Atronachs

Races

Dunmer:

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Altmer:

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Bosmer:

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Khajiit:

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Argonian:

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Orc:

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Nord:

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Imperial:

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Breton:

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Redguard:

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13_CBS · 09-11-2012, 02:47 PM

Thu'um:

NOTE: THE SHOUTS WERE DESIGNED ASSUMING THAT ALL THE PCs IN THE PARTY WOULD BE DRAGONBORN. IF ONLY ONE OR SOME OF THE PCs IN THE PARTY ARE DRAGONBORN, YOU MAY NEED TO RE-ADJUST SOME OF THE SHOUT MECHANICS ACCORDINGLY.

The usage of Thu'um (“Shouting”) is a Supernatural Ability.
Verbal component: As Thu'ums (“Shouts”) require the ability to speak, they can't be used in areas of Silence or if the user is otherwise prevented from speaking (such as being gagged).
Each Shout is divided into divided into three Words of Power. Uttering the first Word typically requires a swift action, and does not provoke Attacks of Opportunity. Uttering two words typically requires a standard or move action, and provokes Attacks of Opportunity unless stated otherwise.. Uttering all three words typically requires a full round action, and provokes Attacks of Opportunity unless stated otherwise.
Words of Power: In order to acquire a Shout, you must first learn the appropriate Word of Power. The process is quite simple; you must stand next to an inscription of a Word of Power and meditate on it for a full round. Doing so will allow you to absorb the knowledge of the Word.
Again, each Shout is divided into three Words: knowing one of the words does not give you knowledge of the others.
For example, if a character learned just the Word “Yol” in the Fire Breath Shout, he would not simultaneously gain the knowledge of the Words “Toor” and “Shul”.
Only certain inscriptions imbued with draconic power will grant you the understanding required for a Shout, however. Even if someone knows draconic well enough to write it, the inscription itself must have gathered centuries' worth of draconic power for it to convey it to a person.
Only certain beings can use this method to learn Words of Power, as well; namely, those whose mortal flesh contains the soul of a dragon—Dragonborn. To anyone else, the inscription bearing a Word of Power are mere writings on the wall.
Unlocking a Word of Power: Knowledge of a Word of Power is not sufficient to use it to its full potential. One a Word of Power is known, you can unlock its power for your own use in two ways:
Meditation. Afters years of meditation on a Word under the guide of wise mentors, you can begin to use it. This typically requires all of one's time, however, leaving little room for anything else.
Dragon Souls: All Dragons have an innate knowledge of Thu'um. Certain beings (namely Dragonborn) can absorb the soul of a slain Dragon to gain some of that power. Each Dragon soul absorbed in this way can be used at any time to unlock one Word of Power that you already know.
For example, if a character knew the Words “Yol” and “Toor” from the Shout Fire Breath without having unlocked either of them, and then used the power from an absorbed Dragon Soul to unlock “Yol”, then he does not simultaneously unlock “Toor” even though he knows them both. He would need another Dragon Soul to unlock “Toor”.
Even if you know several Words in a single Shout, you must unlock the Words in a Shout sequentially.
For example, if a character knew the Words “Yol” and “Toor” in the Thu'um Fire Breath without having unlocked either of them, and wanted to unlock “Toor”, then he must first unlock “Yol” in order to unlock “Toor”. Likewise, if a character knew the Words “Yol”, “Toor”, and “Shul” in the Thu'um Fire Breath without having unlocked any of them, and wanted to unlock “Shul”, then must first unlock “Yol” and “Toor” before unlocking “Shul”.
As their name suggests, most Shouts are not quiet; aside from whatever effects they may have, the Shout themselves are as loud as a person screaming at the top of their lungs. Certain shouts may end up being even louder due to the nature of their effects.
After using a Thu'um, user cannot Shout again until the specified recharge time as passed.
For example, if a person Utters two words in the Unrelenting Force Shout, then he cannot use any Thu'um again until 8 rounds have passed.
The save DCs for Shouts (“Shout DC”) are equal to 10 + 1 ½ character level rounded up of the Thu'um's user.
For example, the save DC for a Shout used by a level 4 Fighter would be 16 (10 + 6).

Shouts list:
Unrelenting Force

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First Word: Fus

Uttering Time: 1 Swift Action
Range: 15 ft.
Area: Cone-shaped burst
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates
Recharge time: 2 rounds
A cone of force bursts forth from your lips, battering enemies before you. Each creature in the area that fails its save is Staggered for one round.
Objects up to 1 pound in weight are blown away from you 1d10 feet.

Second Word: Ro

Uttering Time: 1 Move or Standard Action
Range: 30 ft.
Area: Cone-shaped burst
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates
Recharge time: 8 rounds
As you speak the words, a storm of force leaping from your throat threatens to knock your enemies senseless. Each creature in the area that fails its save is Stunned for 1 round.
Objects up to 10 pounds in weight are blown away from you 1d10 feet. Objects up to 1 pound in weight are blown away from you 2d10 feet instead.

Third Word: Dah

Uttering Time: 1 Full-Round action
Range: 30 ft.
Area: Cone-shaped burst
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fortitude partial
Recharge time: 1 minute
An unstoppable force charges at your foes, knocking down or throwing back all in its path. Each creature in the area that succeeds in a Fortitude save is knocked prone; those that fail their saves are knocked back several feet according to the chart below:
Small or smaller: Thrown back 20 + 2d10 ft., knocked prone, stunned for 4 rounds
Medium: Thrown back 10 + 1d10 ft., knocked prone, stunned for 2 rounds
Large: Thrown back 1d10 ft., knocked prone, stunned for 1 round
Huge and larger: Knocked prone, stunned for 1 round
Objects up to 1 pound in weight are blown away from you 40 + 4d10 ft. Objects up to 10 pounds in weight are blown away from you 30 + 3d10 ft. instead. Objects up to 100 pounds in weight are blown away from you as a Small sized creature would. Objects up to 300 pounds in weight are blown away from you as a Medium sized creature would. Objects up to 700 pounds in weight are blown away from you as a Large creature would. Heavier objects are unaffected.

Fire Breath

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Whirlwind Sprint

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First Word: Wuld

Uttering Time: 1 Swift Action
Target: Personal
Duration: Instantaneous
Recharge time: 2 rounds
As you say the word, the very wind seems to swirl around your feet and carry you forward. Move up to 10 ft. in a straight line. You can't move through difficult terrain or through enemies and allies, but you don't provoke Attacks of Opportunity even if you leave a threatened square. You move so quickly that, if you move into open air (by moving off the edge of a cliff, for example) or over non-solid surfaces (such as a pool of water), then you travel the full distance in a straight line.
At the end of your movement, you come to a complete stop with minimal forward momentum, so if you stop in midair, for example, you plummet straight down as soon as you begin to fall.

Second Word: Nah

Uttering Time: 1 Move or Standard Action
Range: See below for details
Target: Personal
Duration: Instantaneous
Recharge time: 4 rounds
The world rushes past you in a blur as the words of power move you forward in a blaze. You move up to 30 ft in a straight line. You can't move through difficult terrain or through enemies and allies, but you don't provoke Attacks of Opportunity even if you leave a threatened square. You move so quickly that, if you move into open air (by moving off the edge of a cliff, for example) or over non-solid surfaces (such as a pool of water), then you travel the full distance in a straight line.
At the end of your movement, you come to a complete stop with minimal forward momentum, so if you stop in midair, for example, you plummet straight down as soon as you begin to fall.

Third Word: Kest

Uttering Time: 1 Full-Round Action
Range: See below for details
Target: Personal
Duration: Instantaneous
Recharge time: 6 rounds
As you say the final word, you dash forward like a thunderbolt, seemingly flying through the air.
You move up to 100 ft in a straight line. You can't move through difficult terrain or through enemies and allies, but you don't provoke Attacks of Opportunity even if you leave a threatened square. You move so quickly that, if you move into open air (by moving off the edge of a cliff, for example) or over non-solid surfaces (such as a pool of water), then you travel the full distance in a straight line.
At the end of your movement, you come to a complete stop with minimal forward momentum, so if you stop in midair, for example, you plummet straight down as soon as you begin to fall.

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Elemental Fury:

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Become Ethereal:

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First Word: Feim

Uttering Time: 1 Immediate Action
Target: Personal
Duration: 1 round
Recharge Time: 5 rounds
As you pronounce the word of power, you can feel your body become insubstantial as the mist.
Your body becomes insubstantial. You cannot take damage from any source, even magic weapons or spells. You are still visible, however, and you cannot pass through solid objects, though landing on them after falling does not harm you or the object, and you can pass through air and liquids normally. You cannot be the target of spells or powers, and you are immune to the effects of spells that would otherwise affect you. You still wear your clothes, armor, and other apparel including bags worn on the body, and any weapons, tools, magic items, or objects carried in your hands become insubstantial with you, but anything else you touch (other creatures, objects roughly your size or larger, etc.) does not become insubstantial.
While you are insubstantial, you cannot make attacks, cast spells, use Supernatural, Extraordinary, or Spell-like Abilities, or otherwise physically interact with objects that aren't insubstantial with you. You can still see, hear, smell, and feel things normally, and any sound you make can still be heard by non-insubstantial subjects, including anything you say.
You can perform certain actions while you are insubstantial. You can drink potions or other liquids; put away or draw weapons and items; open, close, and turn the pages of books; write with pen and ink or similar writing tools; apply poisons or similar substances to weapons; nock arrows to your bow, or similarly reload a ranged weapon; and similar actions, as long as any objects you interact with in this way became insubstantial with you. You move at your normal speed, while still impeded by difficult terrain and other similar obstacles to movement.
If there are other insubstantial beings in the area, you cannot interact with them; you simply pass through them as though they weren't there, though you can still hear, see, and smell them. If you and one or more insubstantial beings occupy the same space when any of you become corporeal again, all of you are moved to the nearest unoccupied square, even if it's in open air or over a body of liquid.

Second Word: Zii

Uttering Time: 1 Swift Action
Target: Personal
Duration: 4 rounds
Recharge Time: 2 minutes
Your body becomes insubstantial. You cannot take damage from any source, even magic weapons or spells. You are still visible, however, and you cannot pass through solid objects, though landing on them after falling does not harm you or the object, and you can pass through air and liquids normally. You cannot be the target of spells or powers, and you are immune to the effects of spells that would otherwise affect you. You still wear your clothes, armor, and other apparel including bags worn on the body, and any weapons, tools, magic items, or objects carried in your hands become insubstantial with you, but anything else you touch (other creatures, objects roughly your size or larger, etc.) does not become insubstantial.
While you are insubstantial, you cannot make attacks, cast spells, use Supernatural, Extraordinary, or Spell-like Abilities, or otherwise physically interact with objects that aren't insubstantial with you. You can still see, hear, smell, and feel things normally, and any sound you make can still be heard by non-insubstantial subjects, including anything you say.
You can perform certain actions while you are insubstantial. You can drink potions or other liquids; put away or draw weapons and items; open, close, and turn the pages of books; write with pen and ink or similar writing tools; apply poisons or similar substances to weapons; nock arrows to your bow, or similarly reload a ranged weapon; and similar actions, as long as any objects you interact with in this way became insubstantial with you. You move at your normal speed, while still impeded by difficult terrain and other similar obstacles to movement.
If there are other insubstantial beings in the area, you cannot interact with them; you simply pass through them as though they weren't there, though you can still hear, see, and smell them. If you and one or more insubstantial beings occupy the same space when any of you become corporeal again, all of you are moved to the nearest unoccupied square, even if it's in open air or over a body of liquid.

Third Word: Gron

Uttering Time: 1 Move or Standard Action
Target: Personal
Duration: 1 minute
Recharge Time: 4 minutes
Your body becomes insubstantial. You cannot take damage from any source, even magic weapons or spells. You are still visible, however, and you cannot pass through solid objects, though landing on them after falling does not harm you or the object, and you can pass through air and liquids normally. You cannot be the target of spells or powers, and you are immune to the effects of spells that would otherwise affect you. You still wear your clothes, armor, and other apparel including bags worn on the body, and any weapons, tools, magic items, or objects carried in your hands become insubstantial with you, but anything else you touch (other creatures, objects roughly your size or larger, etc.) does not become insubstantial.
While you are insubstantial, you cannot make attacks, cast spells, use Supernatural, Extraordinary, or Spell-like Abilities, or otherwise physically interact with objects that aren't insubstantial with you. You can still see, hear, smell, and feel things normally, and any sound you make can still be heard by non-insubstantial subjects, including anything you say.
You can perform certain actions while you are insubstantial. You can drink potions or other liquids; put away or draw weapons and items; open, close, and turn the pages of books; write with pen and ink or similar writing tools; apply poisons or similar substances to weapons; nock arrows to your bow, or similarly reload a ranged weapon; and similar actions, as long as any objects you interact with in this way became insubstantial with you. You move at your normal speed, while still impeded by difficult terrain and other similar obstacles to movement.
If there are other insubstantial beings in the area, you cannot interact with them; you simply pass through them as though they weren't there, though you can still hear, see, and smell them. If you and one or more insubstantial beings occupy the same space when any of you become corporeal again, all of you are moved to the nearest unoccupied square, even if it's in open air or over a body of liquid.

Throw Voice:

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Slow Time:

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Aura Whisper:

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First Word: Laas:

Uttering Time: 1 Swift Action
Range: 50 ft.
Area: 50 ft. radius emanation centered on you
Duration: 10 minutes/character level
Recharge time: 5 rounds
As you whisper “Laas” into the air, you become more in tune with the pulse of life around you.
You become able to detect the presence of life in the area around you, represented visually by a translucent red aura around each piece of living matter. Plants have a very faint yet still detectable aura, while animals and other living creatures with 2 or less Intelligence have noticeably stronger auras. Living creatures with 2 or more Intelligence have the strongest presence.
You can see these auras even if there are any number or amount of solid, opaque objects between you and the source of the auras. As a result, creatures that generate these auras have a -10 to their Hide checks versus you, and creatures that would normally have concealment against you do not have concealment for the duration of this Shout.
Creatures with the Outsider and Aberration types also produce auras that can be seen with this Shout, but creatures with the Construct, Undead, and Elemental types are among those that do not produce these auras.
In order for someone to hear you using this Shout, they must succeed on a DC 20 Listen check, with a -4 penalty for every 5 feet they are away from you.

Second Word: Yah

Uttering Time: 1 Move or Standard Action
Range: 100 ft.
Area: 100 ft. radius emanation centered on you
Duration: 10 minutes/character level
Recharge time: 7 rounds
As you whisper “Laas” into the air, you become more in tune with the pulse of life around you.
You become able to detect the presence of life in the area around you, represented visually by a translucent red aura around each piece of living matter. Plants have a very faint yet still detectable aura, while animals and other living creatures with 2 or less Intelligence have noticeably stronger auras. Living creatures with 2 or more Intelligence have the strongest presence.
You can see these auras even if there are any number or amount of solid, opaque objects between you and the source of the auras. As a result, creatures that generate these auras have a -10 to their Hide checks versus you, and creatures that would normally have concealment against you do not have concealment for the duration of this Shout.
Creatures with the Outsider and Aberration types also produce auras that can be seen with this Shout, but creatures with the Construct, Undead, and Elemental types are among those that do not produce these auras.
In order for someone to hear you using this Shout, they must succeed on a DC 20 Listen check, with a -4 penalty for every 5 feet they are away from you.

Third Word: Nir

Uttering Time: 1 Full-Round Action
Range: 200 ft.
Area: 200 ft. radius emanation centered on you
Duration: 10 minutes/char
As you whisper “Laas” into the air, you become more in tune with the pulse of life around you.
You become able to detect the presence of life in the area around you, represented visually by a translucent red aura around each piece of living matter. Plants have a very faint yet still detectable aura, while animals and other living creatures with 2 or less Intelligence have noticeably stronger auras. Living creatures with 2 or more Intelligence have the strongest presence.
You can see these auras even if there are any number or amount of solid, opaque objects between you and the source of the auras. As a result, creatures that generate these auras have a -10 to their Hide checks versus you, and creatures that would normally have concealment against you do not have concealment for the duration of this Shout.
Creatures with the Outsider and Aberration types also produce auras that can be seen with this Shout, but creatures with the Construct, Undead, and Elemental types are among those that do not produce these auras.
In order for someone to hear you using this Shout, they must succeed on a DC 20 Listen check, with a -4 penalty for every 5 feet they are away from you.

Animal Allegiance:

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First Word: Raan

Uttering Time: 1 Swift Action
Range: 30 ft. radius
Area: 30 ft. radius emanation centered on you
Duration: 2 rounds
Saving Throw: Will negates
Recharge time: 5 rounds
As the spell Charm Animal, except as noted here.

Second Word: Mir

Uttering Time: 1 Move or Standard Action
Range: 60 ft. radius
Area: 60 ft. radius emanation centered on you
Duration: 5 rounds
Saving throw: Will Negates
Recharge time: 1 minute
As the spell Charm Animal, except as noted here.

Third Word: Tah

Uttering Time: 1 Move or Standard Action
Range: 60 ft. radius
Area: 60 ft. radius emanation centered on you
Duration: 1 minute
Saving throw: Will Negates
Recharge time: 2 minute
As the spell Charm Animal, except as noted here.

Clear Skies:

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Disarm:

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Dismay:
First Word: Faas

Uttering Time: 1 Swift Action
Range: 20 ft.
Area: 20 ft. radius burst centered on you
Recharge time: 5 rounds
As the spell Fear, except as noted here.
This Shout only affects creatures up to 5 HD.

Second Word: Ru

Uttering Time: 1 Move or Standard Action
Range: 30 ft.
Area: 30 ft. radius burst centered on you
Recharge time: 1 minute
As the spell Fear, except as noted here.
This Shout only affects creatures up to 10 HD.

Third Word: Maar

Uttering Time: 1 Full-Round Action
Range: 40 ft.
Area: 40 ft. radius burst centered on you
Recharge time: 2 minutes
As the spell Fear, except as noted here.
This Shout only affects creatures up to 15 HD.

Ice Form:

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First Word: Iiz

Uttering Time: 1 Swift Action
Range: 40 ft.
Target: One Large or smaller creature
Duration: 2 rounds
Saving Throw: Reflex negates
Recharge time: 7 rounds
You encapsulate the subject in a hard ice shell, preventing them from moving. The subject can still breathe but is otherwise*helpless, unable to see outside the ice shell, speak, or take any physical actions. The subject’s nostrils are clear (air passes through the shell normally). The subject can execute purely mental actions (such as manifesting powers or casting spells with no verbal, somatic, or material components).
Cutting or damaging the ice can free a victim. The ice shell has*hardness*5 and 25 hit points. Teleportation and other forms of such travel provide a means of escape. An ice shell can’t be affected by*dispel magic, but it is considered to have hardness 0 when damaged by fire.
The creature within the shell is visible only as a vague shape (substantial enough to interrupt line of sight) and cannot be directly harmed or interacted with unless the shell is destroyed. The encapsulated creature weighs 1 ½ times its normal weight, not including clothing, armor, or other forms of equipment.
A creature that is encapsulated while aloft begins to fall immediately, though a creature that is encapsulated while swimming or underwater will automatically begin to float up to the surface at 10 ft./round and float there.

Second Word: Slen

Uttering Time: 1 Move or Standard Action
Range: 80 ft.
Target: One Large or smaller creature
Duration: 5 rounds
Saving Throw: Reflex negates
Recharge time: 1 minute
You encapsulate the subject in a hard ice shell, preventing them from moving. The subject can still breathe but is otherwise*helpless, unable to see outside the ice shell, speak, or take any physical actions. The subject’s nostrils are clear (air passes through the shell normally). The subject can execute purely mental actions (such as manifesting powers or casting spells with no verbal, somatic, or material components).
Cutting or damaging the ice can free a victim. The ice shell has*hardness*5 and 25 hit points. Teleportation and other forms of such travel provide a means of escape. An ice shell can’t be affected by*dispel magic, but it is considered to have hardness 0 when damaged by fire.
The creature within the shell is visible only as a vague shape (substantial enough to interrupt line of sight) and cannot be directly harmed or interacted with unless the shell is destroyed. The encapsulated creature weighs 1 ½ times its normal weight, not including clothing, armor, or other forms of equipment.
A creature that is encapsulated while aloft begins to fall immediately, though a creature that is encapsulated while swimming or underwater will automatically begin to float up to the surface at 10 ft./round and float there.

Third Word: Nus

Uttering Time: 1 Full-Round Action
Range: 120 ft.
Target: One Large or smaller creature
Duration: 1 minute
Saving Throw: Reflex negates
Recharge time: 2 minutes
You encapsulate the subject in hard ice shell, preventing them from moving. The subject can still breathe but is otherwise*helpless, unable to see outside the ice shell, speak, or take any physical actions. The subject’s nostrils are clear (air passes through the shell normally). The subject can execute purely mental actions (such as manifesting powers or casting spells with no verbal, somatic, or material components).
Cutting or damaging the ice can free a victim. The ice shell has*hardness*5 and 25 hit points. Teleportation and other forms of such travel provide a means of escape. An ice shell can’t be affected by*dispel magic, but it is considered to have hardness 0 when damaged by fire.
The creature within the shell is visible only as a vague shape (substantial enough to interrupt line of sight) and cannot be directly harmed or interacted with unless the shell is destroyed. The encapsulated creature weighs 1 ½ times its normal weight, not including clothing, armor, or other forms of equipment.
A creature that is encapsulated while aloft begins to fall immediately, though a creature that is encapsulated while swimming or underwater will automatically begin to float up to the surface at 10 ft./round and float there.

Kyne's Peace:

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Storm Call:

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Frost Breath:

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Marked For Death:

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Draconic Thu'um:

Though mortals are able to acquire Thu'um and use them as Dragons do, for Dragons Thu'um is so innate that their Shouts are even more potent. The following is a list of Thu'um used by dragons.

Draconic Fire Breath

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Draconic Fire Ball:

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Draconic Frost Breath:

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Draconic Ice Storm:

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Summon Draugr:

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Draconic Unrelenting Force

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Draconic Storm Call:

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Lycanthropy:

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Some beings in Tamriel have the ability to shift into a terrible cross between mortal and wolf. Some see this as a curse; others, a blessing.
Lycanthropy is a disease; creatures that are immune to disease can't be afflicted with Lycanthropy.
Once you have been afflicted with lycanthropy, you gain the ability to morph into the form of a werewolf (“Shapeshifting”).
Shapeshifting, and morphing back into your normal form, are Extraordinary abilities that each require full-round actions.
Typically, you can Shapeshift once per day. You can morph back into your normal form any time you could take a mental action.
Your werewolf form lasts 1 minute/character level. At the end of this period, you automatically return to your mortal form.
While you are afflicted with lycanthropy, you gain immunity to diseases.
If you die while Shapeshifted, your corpse remains permanently Shapeshifted. If your body is resurrected while afflicted with Lycanthropy, you remain afflicted with Lycanthropy.
There are a variety of methods for gaining and curing Lycanthropy. Consult your DM on how to your character can either gain or be cured of Lycanthropy.
When you Shapeshift into your werewolf form, you gain the following traits and abilities for the duration that you are in your werewolf form:

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Your Base Attack Bonus becomes equal to your level (as the fighter).
If your Strength score is below 24, it becomes 24.
If your Constitution score is below 24, it becomes 24.
Your new hit point total becomes 10 x HD, plus 5 x your new Constitution score (if your Constitution score was below 24 before Shapeshifting) or your current Constitution score. When you morph back into your mortal form, your hit point total returns to what it was while you were Shapeshifting.
You grow into Large size. Your Space/Reach becomes 10 ft/5 ft.
All of your equipment fuses into you. You are no longer able to use any weapons or items (including magical weapons an items), and you lose any bonuses to AC that you get from equipment or class features. Items that give you enhancement bonuses to your abilities still function. When you return to your mortal form, all of your worn equipment return to the locations that they were in while you were Shapeshifting.

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You cannot cast spells or use Supernatural or Spell-like Abilities while in werewolf form.
You gain a +6 natural armor bonus to your AC. When you are 10 HD, and at every 5 HD thereafter, your natural armor bonus increases by an additional +4.
You gain two claw attacks and a bite attack. Your claws are your primary natural weapons, and you gain the Multiattack feat. Your claws deal 1d8 + 1 x your Strength bonus, and your bite deals 1d8+1/2 your Strength bonus.
You can also make iterative attacks with your claws as though they weren't natural weapons.

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You gain the Pounce ability; you can make a bite attack and as many claw attacks as you could in a full-attack action at the end of a charge.
You gain a vulnerability to silver: damage dealt to you by silver weapons or ammunition deal 1½ times the damage instead.
Your base land speed becomes 60 ft.
You gain the ability to make a terrifying roar as an Extraordinary Ability. Once every 1d6 rounds, you emit a great roar that causes all enemies within 40 ft. of you to become Panicked unless they succeed on a Will Save (DC = your HD).

Eldan · 09-11-2012, 02:50 PM

The mer should probably get the (elf) subtype, and the men the (human) subtype.

13_CBS · 09-11-2012, 02:52 PM

Vampirism:

Some beings in Tamriel contract the disease Sanguinare Vampiris. Those that do become Vampires if the disease is not cured within three days.
Sanguinare Vampiris is a disease; creatures that are immune to disease can't be afflicted with Sanguinare Vampiris.

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Once you have become a Vampire, you gain the following traits and abilities, regardless of Vampiric Stage:

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Feeding: You must consume mortal blood at least once per day to not progress a stage in your Vampirism.
Drinking enough blood to regress back to/stay at Stage 1 Vampirism requires a full round action.
Only the blood from Humanoid creatures will regress you back to Stage 1, though blood from Animal creatures will keep you at the same Stage for the next 24 hours.
The blood need not be directly from a living body—if the blood was stored in an airtight container for no more than one day, then drinking it will have the same effects as though you had drunk fresh blood. The same applies to blood from corpses—as long as the corpse is not older than one day, drinking blood from it will regress you back to Stage 1 or keep you at your current stage, whichever is appropriate.
The act of feeding typically requires a full-round action. On helpless targets, you simply use a full-round action to feed; the cursed nature of vampire fangs is such that slumbering victims do not notice being fed upon (though other awake creatures in the vicinity that see you doing this certainly will notice).
On active, awake targets, you must first succeed on a Grapple check. Grapple attempts made this way do not provoke Attacks of Opportunity, even if you don't have the Improved Grapple Feat. Once you have succeeded on the Grapple check, instead of dealing unarmed damage to the grappled target, you instead bite the target's throat and begin to drink blood.
If you maintain the Grapple for another round, and successfully deal unarmed damage to the target again, then you have drunk enough blood to regress back to/stay at Stage 1 Vampirism.
For each additional round you drink blood from a target, you deal 1d4 Constitution damage to the target.
Each day you do not drink mortal blood, you also progress to the next stage in Vampirism.
There are a variety of methods for curing Vampirism. Consult your DM on how to your character can be cured of Vampirism.

Stages of Vampirism:

There are four stages of Vampirism; as you progress to higher stages, you gain more powerful traits and abilities while also gaining some penalties.
If you ever drink at least a full-round action's worth of mortal blood, you immediately regress back to Stage 1.
Even if you don't drink mortal blood, your Vampirism Stage can't progress beyond certain stages until your each a certain HD.

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Vampiric Stages:

Stage 1:

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Stage 2:

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Stage 3:

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You gain Cold Resistance 15. This stacks with any other natural or magical effects that also give you Cold Resistance.
Whenever you take Fire damage, you take an additional 15 damage. This additional damage increases if you also have Fire Vulnerability.
You gain a +10 bonus to Hide and Move Silently checks.
Your Vampiric nature becomes even more obvious, further disturbing people; you gain a -8 penalty to your Bluff and Diplomacy checks.
In addition, anyone who gets within 5 feet of you and spends at least 1 round studying your appearance can then make a DC 30 Knowledge (Religion) check to identify you as a Vampire. If they don't already know the special abilities and traits of Vampires, they can then make a DC 35 Knowledge (Religion) check to gain that knowledge.
You gain darkvision out to 90 ft.
Arcane spells that you cast from the Illusion school and similar spell-like abilities gain a +4 bonus to their Save DCs.
You gain the following Spell-like Abilities:

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Stage 4:

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You gain Cold Resistance 20. This stacks with any other natural or magical effects that also give you Cold Resistance.
Whenever you take Fire damage, you take an additional 15 damage. This additional damage increases if you also have Fire Vulnerability.
You gain a +10 bonus to Hide and Move Silently checks.
Your Vampiric nature becomes very obvious, greatly disturbing people; you gain a -12 penalty to your Bluff and Diplomacy checks.
In addition, anyone who gets within 5 feet of you and spends at least 1 round studying your appearance can then make a DC 25 Knowledge (Religion) check to identify you as a Vampire. If they don't already know the special abilities and traits of Vampires, they can then make a DC 35 Knowledge (Religion) check to gain that knowledge.
You gain darkvision out to 120 ft.
Arcane spells that you cast from the Illusion school and similar spell-like abilities gain a +5 bonus to their Save DCs.
You gain the following Spell-like Abilities:

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13_CBS · 09-11-2012, 02:57 PM

Monsters

Draugr:

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Dragons:

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Dragon: Variant 1

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Dragon: Variant 2

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Blood Dragon: Variant 1

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Blood Dragon: Variant 2

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Elder Dragon: Variant 1

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Elder Dragon: Variant 2

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Ancient Dragon: Variant 1

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Ancient Dragon: Variant 2

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13_CBS · 09-11-2012, 02:59 PM

Monsters, Part 2

Falmer:

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Chaurus:
Chaurus:

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Chaurus Reaper:

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Dwemer Constructs:
Dwemer Spider:
Dwemer Spider Worker:

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Dwemer Spider:

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Dwemer Guardian Spider:

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Dwemer Sphere:
Dwemer Sphere:

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Dwemer Guardian Sphere:

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Dwemer Centurion:
Dwemer Centurion:

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Dwemer Centurion Master:

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Hagraven:

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Spriggans:
Spriggan:

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Spriggan Matron:

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Dremora:
Dremora Churl, 3rd Level Fighter (Swordsman):

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Dremora Churl, 3rd Level Fighter (Archer):

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Dremora Churl, 3rd Level Wizard:

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13_CBS · 09-11-2012, 03:01 PM

Gods:

Aedra:

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Daedra:

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Misc:

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Artifacts:

There are a variety of powerful artifacts in Tamriel, each of them typically imbued with the blessings of a powerful entity such as a god, a great hero, or a Daedric Prince.

Daedric Artifacts:

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Spellbreaker:

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Mehrunes' Razor:

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The Mace of Molag Bal:

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Sanguine Rose:

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Skull of Corruption:

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Volendrung:

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Dawnbreaker:

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The Ebony Blade:

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Wabbajack:

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Wabbajack appears as a staff made of dark wood. Its head is decorated with three faces, each screaming in either maniacal glee or twisted agony.
Wabbajack counts as a magical staff made of wood.
Madgod's Blessings: 16 times a day, the wielder of Wabbajack can make a ranged touch attack on a creature within 100 ft. of him. If the touch attack succeeds, then roll a d20 to determine what effect Wabbajack has on the target.

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Ebony Mail:

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Masque of Clavicus Vile:

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Ring of Hircine:

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Oghma Infinium:

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Ring of Namira:

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The Skeleton Key:

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Other Artifacts:

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Dragon Priest Masks

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Each Dragon Priest Mask appears as metal masks etched with simple yet bold markings. There are slits for the eyes and mouth.
If you are using the optional Material rules, instead each Dragon Priest Mask is made of a specific Material listed under its entry below.

Hevnoraak—Brutal:

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Krosis—Sorrow:

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Morokei—Glorious:

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Nahkriin—Vengeance:

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Otar—Madness:

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Rahgot—Rage:

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Vokun—Shadow:

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Volsung—Horror:

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13_CBS · 09-11-2012, 03:04 PM

Optional Rules: Crafting, Weapon/Armor Materials, and Soul Gems

For crafting weapons, shields, and armor, you may use the following rules:

Armor and Shields:

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Making armor and shields requires a Craft (Metalworking) check.
The Craft DC adjustments for all armors and shields are listed below, under the Materials section.
The time it takes to Craft an armor or shield is the armor or shield's AC bonus x 4 days, without factoring bonuses from materials.

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To craft an armor or shield, make an initial Craft check equal to the armor or shield's Craft DC, and then after every 7 days you work on it make an additional Craft check. If you fail any of these Craft checks, you automatically halt all work on the armor. If you fail a Craft check by 5 or more, you also lose half of the raw materials, which you must acquire or purchase again before you can resume work on the armor. You must succeed on the Craft check again to resume work on the armor.
When you resume work on the armor or shield, to complete the it you must succeed on the remaining Craft checks.
Each time you fail on the Craft check to resume work on the armor or shield, you lose all the raw materials of the armor and must acquire or purchase them again to continue working on the armor. Then you must succeed on another Craft check to resume working on it.

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The cost of raw materials needed to craft an armor or shield are equivalent to one-third of the armor's base price.
As an example, the process for crafting a suit of Orcish Full-Plate would be the following:

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Weapons:

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Making weapons requires a Craft (Metalworking) check.
The Craft DC for longbows and shortbows is 12. The Craft DC for composite longbows and shortbows is 15. The Craft DC for simple melee and thrown weapons is 12. The Craft DC for martial melee and thrown weapons is 15. The Craft DC for exotic melee and thrown weapons is 18.
The Craft DC adjustments for all weapons are listed below, under the Materials section.
The time it takes to Craft a weapon is the weapon's maximum damage x 2 in days, without factoring bonuses derived from materials.

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To craft a weapon, make an initial Craft check equal to the weapon's Craft DC, and then after every 7 days you work on it make an additional Craft check. If you fail any of these Craft checks, you automatically halt all work on the weapon. If you fail a Craft check by 5 or more, you also lose half of the raw materials, which you must acquire or purchase again before you can resume work on the weapon. You must succeed on the Craft check again to resume work on the weapon.
When you resume work on the weapon, to complete the weapon you must succeed on the remaining Craft checks.
Each time you fail on the Craft check to resume work on the weapon, you lose all the raw materials of the weapon and must acquire or purchase them again to continue working on the weapon. Then you must succeed on another Craft check to resume working on the weapon.

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The character first acquires 340 gp of raw materials. (The base price of an Orcish Greataxe is 1020 gp.)
Then the character makes a DC 19 Craft (Metalworking) check (see below under “Materials” to calculate the proper DC for a given suit of armor) three times; once at the beginning, another time at the end of the first 7 days, and another at the end of the second 7 days. The total amount of time it takes for the Greataxe to be crafted is 24 days (12 x 2).

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Ammunition:

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Making ammunition requires a Craft (Ammunition) check.
The Craft DC for all ammunition are listed below, under the Materials section.
The total DC for crafting 20 individual units of ammunition (such as 20 arrows or 10 sling bullets) is 12 + Craft DC adjustment value indicated in the Materials section.
The time it takes to Craft 20 individual units of ammunition is three days.

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To craft ammunition, make an initial Craft check equal to the ammunition's Craft DC, If you fail any of these Craft checks, you automatically halt all work on the ammunition. If you fail a Craft check by 5 or more, you also lose half of the raw materials, which you must acquire or purchase again before you can attempt to craft the ammunition again.
When you resume work on the ammunition, to complete the ammunition you must succeed on the Craft check again.
Each time you fail on the Craft check to resume work on the ammunition, you lose all the raw materials of the weapon and must acquire or purchase them again to continue working on the ammunition. Then you must succeed on another Craft check to resume working on the ammunition.

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As an example, the process for crafting 20 Orcish arrows would be the following:

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Materials:

There are several different kinds of crafting materials in Tamriel. To represent them, you may use the following rules.

In order from lowest to highest in terms of quality and rarity:
Iron
Steel
Elven/Orcish
Dwarven/Gilded
Glass/Ebony
Dragon Scales/Dragon Bone
Daedric

Iron:

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Steel:

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Elven Metal (“Elven”):

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Good quality material; only applies to metal weapons and armor, and bows.
Confers a +1 bonus to AC for armors and shields, and a +1 to hit and damage for weapons.
Increase the base price of armor made of Elven Metal by 500 gp for light armor, 1000 gp for medium armor, and 2000 gp for heavy armor.
Increase the base price of weapons made of Elven Metal by 1000 gp.
Increase the base price of shields made of Elven Metal by 500 gp.
Increase the base price of ammunition made of Elven Metal by 200 gp.
DC for crafting an armor/shield made of Elven Metal is 10 + the total AC bonus of the finished armor + 1. For example, the DC for a Chain Shirt made of Elven Metal would be 16 (10 + 5 + 1).
Increase the DC for crafting ammunition made of Elven Metal by 1.
Increase the DC for crafting a weapon made of Elven Metal by 4.
The DC for creating an Elven masterwork weapon, shield, or armor is 24.
Reduce the weight of armor, shields, and weapons made of Elven Metal by half, rounded down.
Reduce the check penalty of Elven armor and shields by 2, to a minimum of 0.
Increase the maximum Dexterity bonus for Elven armor and shields by 2.
Increase the speed for Elven medium armors by 10 ft., and the speed for Elven heavy armors by 5 ft.

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Orcish Metal (“Orcish”)

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Gilded Elven Metal (“Gilded”)

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High quality material; only applies to metal weapons and armor, and bows.
Confers a +2 bonus to AC for armors and shields, and a +2 to hit and damage for weapons.
Increases the base price of armor made of Gilded Elven Metal by 2000 gp for light armor, 4000 gp for medium armor, and 8000 gp for heavy armor.
Increase the base price of weapons made of Gilded Elven Metal by 4000 gp.
Increase the base price of shields made of Gilded Elven Metal by 2000 gp.
Increase the base price of ammunition made of Gilded Elven Metal by 300 gp.
DC for crafting an armor/shield made of Elven Metal is 10 + the total AC bonus of the finished armor + 2. For example, the DC for a Chain Shirt made of Elven Metal would be 18 (10 + 6 + 2).
Increase the DC for crafting ammunition made of Gilded Elven Metal by 2.
Increase the DC for crafting a weapon made of Gilded Elven Metal by 6.
The DC for creating a Gilded masterwork weapon, shield, or armor is 26.
Reduce the weight of armor, shields, and weapons made of Gilded Elven Metal by half, rounded down.
Reduce the check penalty of Gilded armor and shields by 3, to a minimum of 0.
Increase the maximum Dexterity bonus for Gilded armor and shields by 4.
Increase the speed for Gilded medium armors by 10 ft., and the speed for Gilded heavy armors by 5 ft.
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Dwarven Metal (“Dwarven”)

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Glass

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Extremely high quality material; only applies to metal weapons and armor.
Confers a +3 bonus to AC for armors and shields, and a +3 to hit and damage for weapons.
Increase the base price of armor made of Glass by 4000 gp for light armor, 8000 gp for medium armor, and 16000 gp for heavy armor.
Increase the base price of weapons made of Glass by 8000 gp.
Increase the base price of shields made of Glass by 4000 gp.
Increase the base price of ammunition made of Glass by 500 gp.
Increases DC for crafting an armor/shield made of Glass by 6.
DC for crafting an armor/shield made of Glass is 10 + the total AC bonus of the finished armor + 6. For example, the DC for a Chain Shirt made of Glass would be 23 (10 + 7 + 6)
Increase the DC for crafting ammunition made of Glass by 3.
Increases DC for crafting a weapon made of Glass by 10.
The DC for creating a Glass masterwork weapon, shield, or armor is 30.
Reduce the weight of armor, shields, and weapons made of Gilded Elven Metal by half, rounded down.
Reduce the check penalty of Glass armor and shields by 4, to a minimum of 0.
Increase the maximum Dexterity bonus for Glass armor and shields by 6.
Increase the speed for Glass medium armors by 10 ft., and the speed for Glass heavy armors by 5 ft.
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Ebony:

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Dragon Scale

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Rare material; applies only to metallic weapons and armor.
Although dragon scales are typically used to forge armor, a creative weaponsmith can use them to fashion weapons as well. As dragon scales are naturally very hard and serrated, weapons made from this material can create terrible wounds.
Confers a +4 bonus to AC for armors and shields, and a +4 to hit and damage for weapons.
Increase the base price of armor made of Dragon Scale by 16000 gp for light armor, 32000 gp for medium armor, and 64000 gp for heavy armor.
Increase the base price of weapons made of Dragon Scale by 32000 gp.
Increase the base price of shields made of Dragon Scale by 16000 gp.
Increase the base price of ammunition made of Dracon Scale by 700 gp.
Increase the DC for crafting an armor/shield made of Dragon Scale by 10.
DC for crafting an armor/shield made of Dragon Scale Metal is 10 + the total AC bonus of the finished armor + 6. For example, the DC for a Chain Shirt made of Dragon Scale would be 28 (10 + 8 + 10)
Increase the DC for crafting ammunition made of Dragon Scale by 4.
Increase the DC for crafting a weapon made of Dragon Scale by 14.
The DC for creating a Dragon Scale masterwork weapon, shield, or armor is 36.
Reduce the weight of armor, shields, and weapons made of Gilded Elven Metal by half, rounded down.
Reduce the check penalty of Dragon Scale armor and shields by 6, to a minimum of 0.
Increase the maximum Dexterity bonus for Dragon Scale armor and shields by 8.
Increase the speed for Dragon Scale medium and heavy armors by 10 ft.
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Dragon Bone:

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Daedric Metal (“Daedric”):

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Souls and Soul Gems:

Magical items in Tamriel often require the use of captured souls stored in soul gems. You may use the following rules to represent this concept.

All living beings in Tamriel have souls, which can be harnessed to fuel magical effects.
Plants (mundane plants and creatures with the Plant type) do not have souls.
Constructs and undead (creatures with the Construct and Undead types, respectively) often do not have souls that can be captured.
Though Dragons (creatures with the Dragon type) have mighty souls, they cannot be captured, harvested, or used for normal uses.
Mortals (creatures with the Humanoid type) have souls, but their souls require special effort to capture and harness.

Spell: Soul Trap

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The “size” of souls can be categorized into six different categories:

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There are objects known as Soul Gems that can capture these souls under certain circumstances.

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To capture souls, the following conditions must be met:

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A creature whose soul is captured or even expended is not necessarily barred from resurrection; most resurrection spells also reconstitute the subject's soul from ambient energy, leaving the subject's soul healthy and whole once the resurrection is complete.
When soul gems are used (usages for soul gems are listed below), the soul gem and the soul contained within it vanish into nothingness—they cannot ever be used again.

Using Souls and Soul Gems:

Once you have a soul gem holding a soul, you can use it in several ways:
You can use it to recharge a magical staff or wand. The size of the soul recharges more of the staff or wand.
Consult the charts below on what soul gems can be used to recharge what level of item, and how many charges souls recharge.

	Wand Spell Level 0-2	Wand Spell Level 3-4	Wand Spell Level 5-6	Wand Spell Level 7-8	Wand Spell Level 9
Petty	5 charges restored	-	-	-	-
Lesser	10 charges restored	5	-	-	-
Common	15 charges restored	10	5	-	-
Greater	20 charges restored	15	10	5	-
Grand/Black	25 charges restored	20	15	10	5

	Staff Caster Level 1-4	Staff Caster Level 5-8	Staff Caster Level 9-12	Staff Caster Level 13-16	Staff Caster Level 17-20
Petty	2 charges restored	-	-	-	-
Lesser	4 charges restored	2	-	-	-
Common	8 charges restored	4	2	-	-
Greater	12 charges restored	8	4	2	-
Grand/Black	16 charges restored	12	8	4	2

13_CBS · 09-11-2012, 03:07 PM

New Base Class

NOTE: THIS BASE CLASS HAS BEEN DECLARED OVERPOWERED. PLEASE ADVISE ON HOW TO BALANCE IT!

Battlemage:

Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d10
Class Skills: Balance (Dex), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Jump (Str), Knowledge (Arcane) (Int), Knowledge (Planes) (Int), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Spellcraft (Int), Swim (Str)
Skill Points at 1st Level: (2 + Int modifier) x 4
Skills: 2 + Int modifier
Starting gold: 6d4 x 10
Starting age: as Wizard
Class Features:
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Battlemages are proficient with all Simple and Martial weapons, as well as all armors and shields (but not Tower Shields).
Spells: You cast Arcane spells, which are drawn from the Battlemage spell list. You can cast any spell you know without preparing it ahead of time.

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Spells Known:You begin play knowing two 0-level spells and two 1st-level spells, chosen from the Battlemage spell list. You also know one additional 0-level spell for each point of Intelligence bonus. Each time you gain a new class level, you learn one additional spell of any level you can cast, chosen from the Battlemage spell list.

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Armored in Magic and Steel (Ex): At level 1, you choose a category of armor (Light, Medium, Heavy) and a type of shield (Buckler, Light Steel/Wooden, Heavy Steel/Wooden) ; whenever you cast a spell from the Battlemage spell list while wearing armor and/or shield from the chosen category, you completely avoid arcane spell failure chance.

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Battle Gestures (Ex): Part of your Battlemage training is learning shorter, simpler gestures for your spells. Beginning at level 1, choose a spell you know from the Battlemage spell list; you can cast that spell as a swift action that doesn't provoke Attacks of Opportunity. You still must make Concentration checks to cast the spell if you are somehow injured, are grappled/pinned, are experiencing vigorous motion, violent motion, violent weather, casting defensively, or are entangled.

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Combat Concentration (Ex):
Having all the spells in the world means less if you can't cast them without taking a sword to the gut for your efforts. At level 3, you gain a +4 bonus to your defensive casting checks and Concentration checks made for casting a spell while taking an injury.

Spell and Sword In Accord (Ex): A Battlemage that can't cast his spells while dealing blows with his sword is an inefficient Battlemage. Starting at level 4, if an opponent is within a square that you threaten, you can cast a spell you know from the Battlemage list as a Move Action.

School Specialization: At Level 6, a Battlemage can choose a school of magic to specialize in, much like a Wizard. Unlike a Wizard, he does not have to take up a forbidden school in exchange. When you choose a school of magic, you may learn one additional spell that you could learn at that level.
You can do this again at level 12 and at level 18. If at level 12 you choose the same school, you do not learn an additional spell but instead add +2 to the saving throw DC of the spells cast from the chosen school. If you choose a different school, then you can learn an additional spell from that school. If at level 18 you choose the same school a third time, you do not learn an additional spell but instead add +2 your caster level when casting spells from the chosen school. If you choose a school for the second time, you you do not learn an additional spell but instead add +2 to the saving throw DC of the spells cast from the chosen school. If you choose a different third school, then you can learn an additional spell from that school.

Bonus Feat: At levels 2, 8, 14, and 20, choose a bonus feat from the Battlemage bonus feat list. These bonus feats are in addition to the feats that a character of any class gains every three levels. A Battlemage is not limited to his bonus feats when choosing these other feats. A Battlemage must still meet the prerequisites for the feats on his bonus feat list in order to take them.

Battlemage bonus feat list:

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Spellsword (Su): At level 16, 3/day as a swift action you can choose to “lose” a spell slot in order to give yourself a base attack bonus equal to your level (which may give you additional attacks), for a number of rounds equal to the level of the spell lost. For example, if you choose to lose a level 4 spell slot, then for four rounds you have a base attack bonus equal to your level.

Mastery: At level 20, your experience with your spells is such that you have completely mastered one of them. Choose a spell from the Battlemage list that you know, and a metamagic feat you know: the spell you have chosen is now permanently modified by the chosen metamagic effect without changing its spell level. When you cast the chosen spell, you can choose to not apply the metamagic effect to it.

Level	BAB	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special	Spells Per Day (0/1st/2nd/3rd/4th)
1st	+0	+2	+0	+2	Armored in Magic and Steel, Battle Gestures	3/2/-/-/-
2nd	+1	+3	+0	+3	Bonus Feat	4/3/-/-/-
3rd	+2	+3	+1	+3	Combat Concentration	5/4/-/-/-
4th	+3	+4	+1	+4	Spell and Sword In Accord	6/5/-/-/-
5th	+3	+4	+1	+4	Battle Gestures	6/5/2/-/-
6th	+4	+5	+2	+5	School Specialization	6/6/3/-/-
7th	+5	+5	+2	+5		6/6/4/-/-
8th	+6/+1	+6	+2	+6	Bonus Feat	6/7/5/-/-
9th	+6/+1	+6	+3	+6		6/7/5/2/-
10th	+7/+2	+7	+3	+7	Battle Gestures	6/8/6/3/-
11th	+8/+3	+7	+3	+7		6/8/6/4/-
12th	+9/+4	+8	+4	+8	School Specialization	6/8/7/5/2
13th	+9/+4	+8	+4	+8		6/9/7/5/3
14th	+10/+5	+9	+4	+9	Bonus Feat	6/9/8/6/4
15th	+11/+6/+1	+9	+5	+9	Battle Gestures	6/9/8/6/5
16th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+10	Spellsword	6/9/8/7/5
17th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+10		6/10/9/7/6
18th	+13/+8/+3	+11	+6	+11	Bonus Feat	6/10/9/7/6
19th	+14/+9/+4	+11	+6	+11		6/10/9/8/7
20th	+15/+10/+5	+12	+6	+12	Bonus Feat, Mastery	6/10/9/8/7

Spell List:

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Chronologist · 09-11-2012, 03:39 PM

For the Battlemage, I'd go with d8 hit dice. Better yet, look up the Magus class for the Pathfinder RPG, pathfinder is basically D&D 3.75. It's exactly what you're looking for here.

If you think the Magus is a little too strong, then you can reduce their spells per day, their Magus Arcana or their arcane pool to drop them to something more acceptable. I think they'd fit in perfectly in a 3.5 game.

I'm liking this homebrew. You could have easily just said "redguards are humans, elves are the same as 3.5 with a minor adjustment, etc." but you went for a more accurate conversion and it shows.

Shouts look pretty powerful right now, but I like the way you're handling the recharge mechanic.

Keep up the good work.

Edge · 09-11-2012, 06:21 PM

My initial skim says this looks mostly solid, but I'm kinda tired right now so take that review with a pinch of salt.

However, I will say this: the cooldowns on the Shouts, whilst accurate to the spirit of Skyrim, are too long for D&D. A usual level-appropriate combat encounter lasts for 5 rounds at most. As it stands, using even FUS RO will stop you from using any other Shout for the rest of the average encounter.

My personal solution would be to make the Dovahkiin into three base classes - one with a martial focus, one with a thief focus, and one with a mage focus, and let them ready and recover Shouts in a manner similar to how martial adepts ready, expend and recover maneuvers.

I'll give Battlemage a proper look over tomorrow, but a very quick glance doesn't raise any glaring issues, and it in fact looks somewhat anaemic. But tiredness may well be my undoing here. I'll give it a proper look tomorrow.

13_CBS · 09-11-2012, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Chronologist

For the Battlemage, I'd go with d8 hit dice. Better yet, look up the Magus class for the Pathfinder RPG, pathfinder is basically D&D 3.75. It's exactly what you're looking for here.

Hmm...interesting. Will take a look.

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Originally Posted by Edge

However, I will say this: the cooldowns on the Shouts, whilst accurate to the spirit of Skyrim, are too long for D&D. A usual level-appropriate combat encounter lasts for 5 rounds at most. As it stands, using even FUS RO will stop you from using any other Shout for the rest of the average encounter.

My personal solution would be to make the Dovahkiin into three base classes - one with a martial focus, one with a thief focus, and one with a mage focus, and let them ready and recover Shouts in a manner similar to how martial adepts ready, expend and recover maneuvers.

That would work except for one thing; I designed the Shouts assuming that all the PCs would be Dragonborn, AND assuming that the PCs would also pick whatever other class they wanted (as long as it's not something too outlandish for a Skyrim campaign). If they could use the Shouts more frequently, then the Shouts would have to be significantly toned down for them to not be broken--I have no desire to DM a campaign where the PCs stunlock everything to Oblivion by having everyone spam Unrelenting Force one after another.

Grimsage Matt · 09-11-2012, 09:50 PM

To solve both problems.... http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showt...ght=Dragonborn Someone allready made a dragonborn base class. Take diffrent perks if you want the diffrent archtypes.

13_CBS · 09-14-2012, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Grimsage Matt

To solve both problems.... http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showt...ght=Dragonborn Someone allready made a dragonborn base class. Take diffrent perks if you want the diffrent archtypes.

I already posted an answer for this elsewhere (namely the minmax boards), so I'll just repost it here:

I've never quite agreed with how other homebrewers represent Shouts in D&D 3.5, namely how Shouts are inherently part of a class. That never sat right with me; in Skyrim, the growth of your character build and the growth of your Shouts are almost completely independent. You could be a great thief, a mighty warrior, or the most powerful mage alive, and your Shouts could still be fully developed or not developed at all. Your Shout progression and your character progression pretty much had nothing to do with each other. Another part of this is that I designed all of this assuming that players would be able to choose just about any class they'd like while still being able to do Dragonborn stuff (Shouts, eat dragon souls, etc.), as long as the class they choose aren't completely, irredeemably at odds with the Elder Scrolls setting. I didn't want to force players to pick between one to three base classes if they also wanted to be Dragonborn.

Edit: NOTE: After getting suggestions that the Breton race was rather underpowered, Bretons get an additional +2 bonus to their Wisdom.