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A Master Transmuter's Handbook, with new transmutation spells, feats, hexes, class abilities etc., including a Master Shapeshifter PrC able to assume ANY form, even of objects.

A Tavern Singer prestige class or archetype combining the best of bard and alchemist, included new discoveries like the Soporific Bomb.

Based of one of my favourite characters^^

Jockel Shazang, Dwarf Elemental Fire Sorcerer

Jockel was beginning to repent a little his decision to travel to the City of Lava in the plane of Fire.
His companions had heartly discouraged him... they would be very angry to know that he didn't listen to their warnings. And yet, he knew the dangers very well.
Then why? Because.
Because he was going to become the GREATEST dwarven chef of all time! And the greatest dwarven chef of all time couldn't be ignorant of the Lava Inferno Molten Pizza recipe!
He could afford many strong bodyguards, too... his renown had rendered him very wealthy... so he thought that it wouldn't be too difficult.
He didn't think that the resident magmin chefs wouldn't be too eager to share their recipe.
His bodyguards had encountered a very HOT welcome. And he had been... well... put into the oven. To become fuel for a pizza.
But the greatest dwarven chef of all time couldn't die in such a way... nor be DEFEATED...
Though it was really hot and smoky in there...
Sure, it was a magic oven. Burning with pure elemental flame. This was one of the magmin's cooking secrets. But it also meant that he wouldn't burn, if the living fire inside didn't notice him.
So he had carved a niche to hide himself in the oven's rock walls, and waited. And watched every pizza put inside, to guess the ingredients. Maybe he had made himself an idea of the recipe, by now.
But it was a week, already. And he began to feel a little unconfortable... and hungry.
Oh, damn. If he had to die, he would at least die doing the thing he loved most.
The magmin head chef jumped in astonishment when his oven exploded. And a little, stocky figure burst out, fire and half-chewed bits of Lava Inferno Molten Pizza coming out of his mouth.
"Hot hot hot HOT!!!!"

Gem elementals (A certain greedy fire mage I know would love such a familiar...)

If you are an half-elf, Paragon Surge allows you an extra arcana whenever you want and, basically, every wizard spell.

Rite Publishing created the Mixed-Mystery Oracle archetype.

I loved these books and the Bard in particular. I'm waiting to see your version of the Gallant, the Thespian, the Jester...

179. The Master of the Circlets. A collection of halfling adventure stories, some imaginary, some actually based on the deeds of the greatest halfling heroes of all time (and their human, elven, dwarvish and aasimar "henchmen"). Whoever possesses this book has better initial attitude from halflings (+1 degree), but can't help to be drawn in endless chattings about the greatness of said heroes.

Thank you for the appreciation, but some bloodlines seem just designed with a certain existing character in mind.
This time I tried to devise something original...

"Die, you abomination!" the beautiful solar cried, while a blast of pure life energy invested the vampiress, turning her into dust and smoke. The perverted undead lady had kidnapped many mortal men in the years, keeping them as thralls for her own defense and pleasure. No more would she plague the peaceful life of the peasants living around her castle.
"Jarael, you must see this" called her companion from another room of the tower. She had gone in search of the prisoners' rooms, but apparently found something different.
The room was full of jars containing little twisted bodies. The lady vampire didn't keep human lovers just for sport. They had fought her many dhampir witches handmaidens, but none could imagine that they were in fact all her daughters.
The baby boys were here, instead. Killed at birth and used for experiments. Their mother didn't have a soft spot for her sons.
While Jarael looked at that macabre sight, a wailing drew her attention to a corner of the room. A little bundle lied on a table, moving weakly. The angels lifted the cloth uncovering the grey body of the last-born baby dhampir, ready to join his brothers in their grim destiny.
"Looks like we came in time to save him", said the solar lifting the baby in her arms.
"He too is an abomination. It would be pitiful to kill him now."
"Just because he's born as it is? I don't think so. When you save a life, you're bound to have care of it till the end".
"No mortals around here are going to take him in. What do you think to do?"
"Taking him with us in Heaven," said Jarael, simply. "And raise him."
"This is madness."
"I would rather call it mercy", Jarael replied. The baby's colorless lips twisted in hunger. "I name you Jorinth the Born-Redeemed", she said, looking at that little desperate face, "son of Jarael". And almost absently, she scratched her wrist with her nails, and gave it to the boy to suck.

"So, gentlemen... The experiment's ready to start. Our alchemist spent months to brew a powerful mutagen potion containing the blood of the most powerful and strong orcs killed by our soldiers in the last years. Thanks to this concoction, our troops will be able to overcome any enemy..."
"General! A boy sneaked in the brewery! He's swinging a mace around! If the beakers get smashed all together..."
"Doctor Pennant! Where are you going?"
"I can't let a boy die because of my discovery, General... Neither can I let him ruin the experiment!"

(Birth of an Orc bloodline sorcerer called the Smasher...)

Myths of love and creations. Ilmatar in the "Kalevala"...

Rabbity's eyesight was blurred. She didn't know what was greater, either her fear or pain. Blood was dripping from her lips.
What was that monster? Where did it come from? Why no other seemed to have noticed it? And why did it attack only her? Bizarre, ugly features and tentacles danced before her eyes while the creature readied itself for the final blow.
Yet, the blow didn't come. Time slowed to a blur before Rabbity's eyes. And something walked into view- a little dark form. It looked like a cat. But the light in its eyes was definitely not animal.
"So I've found you, it seems", said the silvanshee, calmly. "Do you know why you're here?"
"Am I dreaming?" said Rabbity, weakly. "Or am I dying? I'm seeing things".
"Neither, dear girl. Unless you want to. Creatures from above the stars are here to sunder your world- and they feel by instinct who are the chosen ones that could defeat them. It's up to you, now. This is your destiny from a thousand years before your birth. If you choose to die, I will respect your choice. But if you accept to help me fighting them, I can unblock your power. Then, together, we'll find others like you".

(Starsoul sorcerer...)

This could be the right book for a Swanmay PrC...

161. (Insert your name)'s Vindication
A thin volume bound in reddish leather, with the title inscribed in gold. It contains a passionate rogatory in defense of the reader, justifying every action of his/her life before an unspecified court. Reading the whole book grants a +1 bonus on Diplomacy checks regarding judges, lawmen and outsiders. A character dead while having the book in his/her possess is automatically resurrected three days later, but the book then disappears forever and all its benefits are lost.

I hope to see a channeling Inquisitor and a trapfinding, dungeon-delving Inquisitor, rules on alternate Paladins, ways to give every class an Aura, etc.

Ranger, Cavalier and Anti-Paladin.
I still hope in a soporific bomb discovery for the alchemist... maybe based on the brass dragon's sleep breath... please!!!

That's exactly what I meant. I tried to convert it may self but it would be' good to have an official conversion.

Can I hope in a swan familiar/animal companion?
And a omni-polymorphing angel?

I think that a PrC dealing with serving Good should grant an Aura of Good. And vice versa, of course. For flavor.

Ugh. Thank you, Meepo. That isn't what I thought of, but it's... troublingly well made.

She-Ra: Oath Against Savagery Paladin (Divine Bond with her Transformative Holy Sword; Swiftwind -half-celestial unicorn- is her cohort, normally disguised as a common horse by a spell).

Bow's ok as an archer/bard. Queen Angella's definitely a celestial bloodline sorceress, and maybe Glimmer as well. Madame Razz is a Wisdom witch.

The redemption system provided is all about becoming good and making that transition from evil (primarily), which is why it doesn't mention the chaos-law axis. I think someone could use the system to address other alignment shifts along the chaos-law axis, but it would take some reworking. For example, the penances should be reflavored to represent a move towards order more so than a shift towards good.

...or a move towards chaos (YEEEES! FREEDOM!!!)

Witch patrons? Witch hexes? A wildblooded satyr bloodline? If the First World is chosen, I have all these ready!

Lore Master. As in Arcane Duelist and Magician.

How can a cleric of a good deity channel negative energy in the first place?

Um, I think that yours is the 146th.

Or, you can go Sacred Servant and choose a druidic animal domain... Eagle is the most Paladin-esque, perhaps.

O my how do I want a lorekeeper familiar! That's the first time that I wish to become lawful!

145: The Bookring
This ring is made of wood, varnished in gold. False gems are sculpted on its surface, painted in many colors. The paint comes off in some places, revealing the ring's true nature.
Each gem opens in myriads of tiny scribbled pages when the ring is worn, at the wearer's command. The Bookring is a minor magic item created by a bard who wanted a way to always take her favorite books with her without encumbrance. Each gem stores the contents of one nonmagcal book, and projects the pages' images before the owners ' eyes at command. You may change the stored books with another command when you will, touching them with the ring.

Create a Synaptic Static conversion and I'll say that I love it! ^_^

You know that I'm waiting for Secrets of the Warlock.
What about : 30 Paladin Oaths? Or 10 Variant Paladins? I'd like to see The Secrets of Advanced Divine Channeling too, with new subdomains covered and a spontaneous variant for the Divine Channeler, and archetypes...

First World or Mwangi would be great choices too...

Gods & Deities?
Divine Classes?
The Great Cleric?

136: The Tale That Never Ends
This begins as an ordinary adventure story about a young sorcerer, still unaware of his inborn magic, stealing a book from a magic library... The book's description matches this one.
The boy later gets sucked in the book as he reads incredibile stories about a strage world with cars, planes and machines... And the reader is sucked in along with him! Alone in a world without magic, the two of them must find the way out by passing its many trials and meeting the author, to come to an happy Ende...

I give a try.

106: 501 Different Blues
As the title says, the 501 pages inside are of 501 different shades of blue, without text.

What about oracles?

The Rainbow Bridge is a great name^^
I'll DEFINITELY send you something for that! I love Norse folklore!

We already have THREE Evil books. We need more Good and Neutral books, not more Evil!

I'm sad because there's no dungeoneer inquisitor archetypes :( The class really deserved a dungeoneer archetype.

Greater Change Alignment is not there.^^

Icyshadow wrote:

I reccomend the name Samael. He is an angel of death in Judaism, and those domains would fit him well.

Decent suggestion - it's just that I'm not sure that's quite the case. My understanding (maybe I'm wrong, too) is that "Samael" is the name applied by Gnosticism to the god of Abraham, whom they view as an evil inferior copy (a bit like the Michael Keaton movie Multiplicity) of the ineffable true Creator. I don't know if you (or anyone else) can provide a source?

This dim ruler has three names:

"Apocryphon of John" (just one of several Gnostic scriptures identifying Samael with the Demiurgon; in Hebrew folklore Samael is the Accuser Angel, as you said later). ^_^

You could stack Menhir Savant with Shoanti Shaman for the Knowledge domain, though (there's also the Henge-Kannushi archetype from Rite Publishing)

Both archetypes replace woodland stride and trackless step.

Menhir Savant and Urban Druid don't stack.

Kobold Quarterly #18's a magazine. The Jotunkin comes from the Spes Magna site.

With the rules published on Kobold Quarterly #18, the Beast Leadership feat gives you an awakened tiger cohort at 6th level. Give to the tiger 1 level in barbarian with the Jotunkin barbarian archetype from Spes Magna Games, et voilà your He-Man has a Cringer/Battlecat at 7th level!

Edit: sorry, my bad. I meant that the cohort levels are 6th for an awakened tiger, and 7th for an awakened tiger Barbarian 1st. That would mean a 9 and 10 in the Leadership score- so you can have a Battlecat at 9th level, still not unreasonable.

With the rules published on Kobold Quarterly #18, the Beast Leadership feat gives you an awakened tiger cohort at 6th level. Give to the tiger 1 level in barbarian with the Jotunkin barbarian archetype from Spes Magna Games, et voilà your He-Man has a Cringer/Battlecat at 7th level!

An aberration familiar?

What about a judgment bullet? How does bane work with a gun shot? Make the inquisitive abilities interact with the gun abilities, like in the Holy Gun- or else it's only an inquisitor with a firearm.

Half-elven Magi can learn Paragon Surge too. If they choose Extra Arcana as a feat, this means that they may cast ANY WIZARD SPELL (and with 3PP arcanas, any Witch or bard spell too)

Demian.