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A Very Specific Reign of Winter Recruitment-Anachronistic Adventures
The Reign of Winter Adventure Path begins thusly:
“The sleepy village of Heldren has rarely seen so much excitement or concern. Hunters from the nearby woods speak of unnaturally cold weather at the height of summer that descended on the area days ago. Heavy snow followed, and those who know speak of an uneasy presence in the woods, as well as new, dangerous predators. No one knows what this event means, but the old folk say dark times lie ahead.
A badly wounded mercenary arrived in town yesterday, claiming to be a bodyguard of a local noble. He told the mayor that he came under attack by bandits and strange creatures near the edge of the woods. This mercenary alone escaped, and the noble was dragged into the forest. Now the townsfolk cast fearful eyes toward the snowy forest, worried what else might emerge to threaten their peaceful village.”
But this campaign is different. Rather than a sleepy village in Taldor, we will begin somewhere on Earth in the year 1917. The heroes will be pulp heroes who are about to embark on an outrageous journey. Maybe they are detectives, or soldiers, or archaeologists, physicists, fiction writers, or something else from the fantasies of Victorians and Edwardians. Where exactly this is, whether the trenches in France or a village in Texas or Cairo will depend on what is appropriate for the characters.
Theme: Heroes out of time, thrown into a fantasy setting beyond their imaginations.
Character Creation:
Characters must be human and from the Earth that exists in the same universe as Golarion in 1917. The only classes available will be the classes from Rogue Genius Games “Anachronistic Adventures” line.
Abilities: 20 point buy. Characters gain the human dual talent alternate racial trait for free. This means that you get a +2 to two abilities instead of one, but do not give up the bonus feat or skilled traits.
House Rules:
We will use hero points as detailed in Advanced Player’s Guide.
Characters will gain a feat at every level instead of at every other level.
Magic: The enemies will be better at magic than the heroes. This is an important aspect of the pulp stories. Please avoid submissions that will be spellcasters at the level of full caster classes in Pathfinder.
Linguistics: We will invoke some sort of genre typical work around to allow characters to communicate once they make their way to Golarion.
Expected post rate is 1/day.
Submitting interest again. I do have a few questions, if that's okay.
1. How are we handling equipment? Are we working on that now or when characters are selected?
2. Are we rolling HP, assuming maximum, or what?
3. Traits or no traits?
4. What would the right length for a character's backstory be? Dress-length, skirt-length, or "Oh dear god honey, are you wearing that outside?!"-length?
5. Any bonus languages need to be real, I assume?
1. Equipment is probably important to these characters. I'm not going to limit equipment by wealth so much as by concept and reason.
2. Maximum hit points.
3. 2 traits, refluffed for the pulp world.
4. I'm an English teacher, so I'll read whatever you want to give me.
5. Bonus languages should be real. Probably could make a case for planar languages and/or Aklo.
Are the Volur & ESPer archetypes allowed?
How about the Device Wielder or outrider archetypes?
Mostly, I am asking to get a feel for scope so to speak, I am thinking medical expert luminary for myself.
Thanks for the swift reply! I guess I have a character to build. ^_^
Volur and ESP are allowed. You will have lots of exposure to magic since it is a fully Pathfinder Golarion that we are going to. It could be possible to learn a Volur level of magic even for someone who starts the campaign not thinking much of magic. And of course, on the Earth where we are starting, magic is still a force, if a little known one.
Device wielder is also fine, with the thought being that you are bringing an awesome device from Earth or finding a cool device on Golarion.
I have a hard time figuring out how an outrider would fit into the campaign. There won't be gas for a plane or a motorcycle. If someone wanted to play a good old fashioned cavalryman, maybe.
Technically, if it was a diesel engine, it could actually be modified to run on plant oils, but it would take a lot of work.
Comparable to putting together what would be needed to re-prep ammo.
Dotting as well. Now I just need to get the book and make my character!
EDIT: I am making a Tough Combatant.
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Dotting! Panic here, still working on a classic 1900s pulp Sleuth PC, no magic just wits and luck. Like Agatha Christie's Poirot.
He uses Luck,
But He is German,
GM do you have a link to the classes from Rogue Genius Games “Anachronistic Adventures” line.
I did ask about using the Investigators Sleuth class, I take it that is a no then.
EDIT
Ok seems you have to buy books to play this game, As I have a tight budget Im out.
I have a cool idea, GM. I'm acquainted with the basic AP, so I know how our characters could learn Golarion languages: the Rider. I will say no more due to spoilers, but we can talk over PM if you want.
GM SuperTumbler, I love the idea of the game, but I'm not dropping $15.00 for a one shot PBP. Any chance you would consider the old D20Modern classes/rules?
Okay, here's my crunch for my character, as well as a basic backstory:
TN Human Tough (Combatant) 1
Str 18
Dex 16
Con 16
Int 7
Wis 10
Cha 9
HP 16 DR1/- Resist Fire 5
AC 18 T 18 FF 10
BAB 1
Init +3
Fort +5
Ref +3
Will +0
Speed 30'
Unarmed: +5 to hit; 1d3+4 damage; 20/x2 crit
Skills: Intimidate r1 +3, Perception r1 +4
Feats: Improved Unarmed Strike, Avoidance, Improved Avoidance
Fang doesn't remember who his parents are, nor his real name. Fang was the name that was given to him by Brother Tsung, the man who ran the fighting pits that Fang was sold to. Fang grew up fighting for his life on a daily basis in the basements of tenaments and on the floors of warehouses.
Eventually, the fighting ring was broken up by the police, led by detective Zahn, an incorruptible man who saw the 14 year old boy and champion of the pits and decided to raise him as his son.
It took several years, but by the time he was of age, Fang had been civilized and was even able to read a little bit, although he mouths the words and does so really slowly.
When he came of age, Fang decided that he would like to travel the world, seeing someplace besides China. He made arrangements to travel on a ship bound for another country, never knowing that he would not see his homeland again...
@Robert Henry: I know some people who know some people who work at RGG. I could ask if the stuff is OGL-friendly enough to place on the SRD. It's becoming more and more common for third party publishers to put some of their work on the SRD and RGG already has a ton of classes up on there already.
I'm more interested in this than I am in oxygen right now, tbh.
I understand the reluctance to buy in to a game, but I'm committed to these classes.
According to the OGL page in the book, almost the entire work is Open Content. I created an SRD site for Mutants and Masterminds 2nd edition so that I could keep playing that game; I suppose I could create one for these classes. I could probably get a really messy site up in a couple days. Formatting and linking things takes a while.
Maybe I understand the scope question better this morning. I'm looking for heroes who could exist in a Lovecraft or Burroughs story, but I'd prefer they not have too much past experience with Weirdness. Not looking for a guy or gal who has been to Pelucidar and survivived, but for a guy or gal who could. I want to maintain a sense of wonder at the transposition and the adventures.
Reading these classes now ...so many good temptations ...
Gonna go with a Sensitive Fixer. Guy who's come up from Brooklyn by noticing things and being able to read and manipulate people. A fast-talking conman with delusions of grandeur who is about to find a world beyond even his imagination.
Anachronistic Adventurers, it's a Rogue Genius 3rd party material
Since it looks like I will have an early night at work tonight, I will check & see if they have the classes and archetypes from it on D20 pfsrd when I get home.
If not, I might try to start a Dropbox account and make my copy available there.
I'm pretty sure that it is not available on any online SRD. I feel shady about sharing my watermarked pdf with folks.
So Vrog, does Fang only speak some sort of Chinese? That will be interesting. He looks fairly tough. Reminds me of that Jet Li character who wore a collar.
Digger, for some reason your concept caused me to immediately to imagine Joe Pesci negotiating with a troll in a dark alley. "Okay, Okay, Okay.."
Pretty much what I'm picturing, haha! Will have the crunch up tomorrow.
"Ok, see, Mr. Dragon sir--ma'am? Sir? Sir. As I wuz sayin, obviously we didn't know this was YOUR treasure! I was just tellin Mac over here--swell guy, but he don't talk much--wasn't I just sayin how weird all this treasure with no traps or security or nothin? Boy, some jerks could just walk right in here, but, y'know, obviously now I see YOU are all the security you need so we'll just move on and help someone, uh, less fortunate."
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Alright, this looks like it could be amazing fun.
What is the timeline for submissions?
Edit: Just thought that I'd point that there is a charity bundle available for US$20 that includes Anachronistic Adventures.
Fang Unfortunately has not had the sort of education that would lead him to be able to speak multiple languages, and he also is not that bright a guy. So yes, he only speaks Chinese (and not even that all that well).
And yes, the Tough surprisingly lives up to his name.
As far as inspirations go, he's a mix of that character by Jet Li, Yuugi from Fruits of Grisaia, and a Mongolian bruiser I played in deadlands a while ago.
Pauljathome, I'm not in a hurry, and digging through the new rules could understandably take a while. Maybe Wednesday December 6th as a submission deadline? Interest doesn't seem all that hot, so I wouldn't be surprised if we can take most or all of the submissions.
Here's my submission. A (possibly) good-hearted kid from the mean streets of 1917 Brooklyn. Youngest of a huge family, he had to figure out how to survive fast, and was lucky enough to have a natural insight into human behavior and psychology, or, as he says, "The way jerks think!" He's grifted, committed petty thefts, and generally had more fun than he should. Deep down, though, he wants to do something bigger, something more significant. If only he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, the whole world would be his to enjoy. But perhaps another world is where he will find his glory ...
Maybe it has already been asked, but is there a way I can access Anachronistic Adventures classes without purchasing anything, even if it is only 1 or 2 classes. None of the 6 classes appear on the d20pfsrd. I wouldn't want to purchase it just one play one game.
Edit: I would like the equivalent of a fighter, I wouldn't mind if the mechanical choices of the class itself I can choose from where chosen for me, as long as I got to pick the feats, traits, etc. anything found on Paizo. and write my own backstory.
Edit: seems like it has been asked and the answer is no, and if you don't feel comfortable sharing the info that normally should be paid for, if someone says here is your character, and your class abilities, fill in the blanks: feats, traits, stats, backstory, i'd be okay with it.
You'd be an Enforcer with the Combatant archetype.
I'm happy to work with people, giving them crunch from the book to match a concept. Others could help. I wouldn't even mind putting the stuff online that is open content.
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Digger looks like a lot of fun.
Maybe it has already been asked, but is there a way I can access Anachronistic Adventures classes without purchasing anything, even if it is only 1 or 2 classes. None of the 6 classes appear on the d20pfsrd. I wouldn't want to purchase it just one play one game.
Edit: I would like the equivalent of a fighter, I wouldn't mind if the mechanical choices of the class itself I can choose from where chosen for me, as long as I got to pick the feats, traits, etc. anything found on Paizo. and write my own backstory.
Edit: seems like it has been asked and the answer is no, and if you don't feel comfortable sharing the info that normally should be paid for, if someone says here is your character, and your class abilities, fill in the blanks: feats, traits, stats, backstory, i'd be okay with it.
Options would be Tough for class & potentially Devil Dog, Prize Fighter or possibly Monster Smasher for Archetype.
And sometimes they end up in fantasy lands, where they are attacked by orcs and need to defend themselves with spears.
Basically DoubleGold, Give us a description of your character & one of us will put the nuts & bolts together.
Just so those without the book understand, you are choosing a class and an archetype. And any class can choose any archetype.
Enforcer and Tough above are classes, the rest are archetypes.
Digger looks like a lot of fun.
Thanks! He grew organically after a few dead end ideas. I like the freedom his possible future has.
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I thought that I'd point out that the classes are all available in a free sample on rpgnow. Just click on the Full Size Preview link on the left. A small number of archetypes are also available.
I've been reading this and have a basic character concept in mind.
Since I do NOT own the book some help in archetype would be appreciated.
The character is a holy man from India (Pulp version, not historically accurate version :-)). Speaks Hindi and English.
Mechanically, I know that he is a Sensitive with a tiger animal companion.
Any suggestions as to archetype?
ESPer gives access to ESP powers, Theosophist gives access to Ritual Magic, and the Volur comes closes to being a real spellcaster, gaining something like Bard spellcasting.
Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP) rules (see Chapter
4: Eldritch and Mysterious Powers) . Even in games
where other Anachronistic Adventurers rules are
in use, a GM may not include psychic abilities .
Check with your GM before considering using this
archetype .
An ESPer has Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP),
the ability to see ley energy, and the ripples and
echoes that psychic abilities, and living creatures,
cause in that energy . This may be a natural talent
you are born with, the result of years of training
with masters of esoteric knowledge, or the side
effect of horrible experimentation inflicted upon
you by some powerful organization . In some
Anachronistic Adventures campaigns, ESP abilities
are the only “preternatural” abilities
adventurers are aware of . Even in such
settings, most people do not believe in ESP
abilities (a trend that is often repeated in
typical fantasy worlds), forcing an ESPer
to exist on the fringes of acceptable society .
To make matters worse, ESPers often
have difficulty interacting with the normal
world, because they see and hear things
normal people do not . ESPers are often
jumpy and nervous, and many are hunted
by those who wish to either control their
abilities, or eliminate them as unnatural .
Many ESPers hide their powers, claiming
to just be lucky, intuitive, or skilled at more
mundane ways of finding information.
See Chapter 4: Eldritch and Mysterious
Powers for more information on the abilities
that can be selected by the ESPer .
forbidden arts of ritual magic . They are often seen
as villains and thought insane (sometimes driven to
madness by the very eldritch sources from which
they learned their rituals) and believed to be in league
with horrific, inhuman entities which they often seek
to summon . Among the few theosophists who are
seen as allies of civilization, most are drawn to the
supernatural powers of rituals by the sheer thrill of
breaking the rules of the universe, though certainly
some seek rituals only as one of the few effective
tools mortals can use against elder horrors, undead
tyrants, and ravenous shapeshifters .
While any Anachronistic Adventures class can take
the theosophist archetype, it is most common among
daredevils for two reasons . First, in the modern world
most Anachronistic Adventures campaigns are set in,
only the extremely bold (and slightly foolhardy) dare
explore the dangerous ruins where eldritch lore is most
like to be found . Second, the ritual magic that forms
the backbone of the archetype’s abilities is dangerous,
and the daredevil’s dauntless surge ability can help
offset the risk of using such magic .
The theosophist uses the ritual rules from
Chapter 4: Eldritch and Mysterious Powers
Bonus Feats: The theosophist receives Ritualist
I as a bonus feat at 1st level . He also receives
Ritualist II as a bonus feat at 9th level, and Ritualist
III as a bonus feat at 13th level . He does not have to
meet the prerequisites for these feats .
Efficient Rituals (Ex): As a ritualist begins to master
the art of ritual magic, he learns to use less and less
special incenses and oils to complete them . At 5th level,
the ritualist pays only 75% of the normal additional cost
of a ritual (though he still must fulfill the components
of the spell to be produced by the ritual). His efficiency
increases again at 13th level, reducing the additional
cost of a ritual to 50% of normal .
Rapid Rituals (Ex): As a ritualist learns to master
the phrases and gestures required to complete
rituals, he manages to take less and less time when
performing his rituals . At 9th level, the ritualist
takes only 75% of the normal additional time of
a ritual (though he still must fulfill the full casting
time of the spell to be produced by the ritual) . His
alacrity increases again at 17th level, reducing the
additional time of a ritual to 50% of normal .
student of magic who has learned at least some of
the power of true spellcasters . A volur is never the
equal of a true master of arcane or divine power, and
must sacrifice time spent training for brute physical
conflict in order to master even some spellcasting
ability . Though they lack the complimentary mystic
powers granted to true spellcasters, volur do manage
to pick up a fair number of spells, often combining
them with skills and talents gained from their base
class to create effective combinations of magic and
practical knacks . Volur often carve unique niches for
themselves, such as “world’s only spellcasting private
eye,” “eldritch bounty hunter,” or “military mage.” Spellcasting: A volur casts spells drawn from one of
the following classes’ spell lists: bard, cleric/oracle,
druid, inquisitor, magus, shaman, sorcerer/wizard, or
witch . This decision is made at 1st level and cannot
be changed . A GM using classes from other sources
may decide to allow a volur to select a spell list from
any class that gains both 0-level and 1st-level spells,
and has spell that go up to 6th level .
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A volur can cast any spell he knows without
preparing it ahead of time . To learn or cast a spell,
a volur must have a Charisma score equal to at
least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class (DC)
for a saving throw against a volur’s spell is 10 + the
spell level + the volur’s Charisma modifier.
Like other spellcasters, a volur can cast only a
certain number of spells of each spell level per day .
His base daily spell allotment is given on Table:
Volur Spells Per Day . In addition, he receives bonus
spells per day if he has a high Charisma score .
The volur’s selection of spells is extremely
limited . A volur begins play knowing four 0-level
spells and two 1st-level spells of the volur’s choice .
At each new volur level, he gains one or more new
spells, as indicated on Table: Volur Spells Known .
Unlike spells per day, the number of spells a volur
knows is not affected by his Charisma score .
Upon reaching 5th level, and at every third volur
level after that (8th, 11th, and so on), a volur can
choose to learn a new spell in place of one he
already knows. In effect, the volur “loses” the old
spell in exchange for the new one . The new spell’s
level must be the same as that of the spell being
exchanged, and it must be at least one level lower
than the highest-level spell the volur can cast . A
volur may swap only a single spell at any given
level, and must choose whether or not to swap
the spell at the same time that he gains new spells
known for the level .
A volur need not prepare his spells in advance . He
can cast any spell he knows at any time, assuming
he has not yet used up his allotment of spells per day
for the spell’s level . Some volurs have additional
details regarding their spellcasting based on what
class list they draw spells from, as noted below .
Bard: A volur who chooses the bard spell list is
restricted from knowing any spells that deal with
or modify bardic performance abilities or other
bard class features . Like true bards, every bard spell
for a volur who selects this spell list has a verbal
component (singing, reciting, or music). A volur with
this spell list is considered an arcane spellcaster .
TABLE 2:1 — vOLUR SPELLS
PER DAy
Level 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
1 1 — — — — —
2 2 — — — — —
3 3 — — — — —
4 3 1 — — — —
5 4 2 — — — —
6 4 3 — — — —
7 4 3 1 — — —
8 4 4 2 — — —
9 5 4 3 — — —
10 5 4 3 1 — —
11 5 4 4 2 — —
12 5 5 4 3 — —
13 5 5 4 3 1 —
14 5 5 4 4 2 —
15 5 5 5 4 3 —
16 5 5 5 4 3 1
17 5 5 5 4 4 2
18 5 5 5 5 4 3
19 5 5 5 5 5 4
20 5 5 5 5 5 5
Cleric: A volur who chooses the cleric/oracle spell
list must have a deity or philosophy from which to
draw divine power . If this deity or philosophy has
an alignment, the volur’s alignment cannot be more
than one step different from it . Additionally, the
volur cannot cast spells of an alignment opposed
to his own or his deity’s or philosophy (if it has
one) . Spells associated with particular alignments
are indicated by the chaotic, evil, good, and lawful
descriptors in their spell descriptions .
The volur is restricted from knowing spells that
relate to preparing spells, channeling energy, an
oracle’s curse, an oracle’s revelations, or other
cleric and oracle class features . A volur with this
spell list is considered a divine spellcaster .
Druid/Shaman: A volur who selects the druid
or shaman spell list must have an alignment that
is at least partially neutral . Additionally, the volur
cannot cast spells of an alignment opposed to his own . Spells associated with particular alignments
are indicated by the chaotic, evil, good, and lawful
descriptors in their spell descriptions .
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The volur is restricted from knowing spells
that relate to preparing spells, animal companions
(unless the volur has an animal companion form
some other source), wild shape, or other druid class
features . A volur with this spell list is considered a
divine spellcaster .
TABLE 2:2 — vOLUR SPELLS
PER DAy
Level 0th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
1 4 2 — — — — —
2 5 3 — — — — —
3 6 4 — — — — —
4 6 4 2 — — — —
5 6 4 3 — — — —
6 6 4 4 — — — —
7 6 5 4 2 — — —
8 6 5 4 3 — — —
9 6 5 4 4 — — —
10 6 5 5 4 2 — —
11 6 6 5 4 3 — —
12 6 6 5 4 4 — —
13 6 6 5 5 4 2 —
14 6 6 6 5 4 3 —
15 6 6 6 5 4 4 —
16 6 6 6 5 5 4 2
17 6 6 6 6 5 4 3
18 6 6 6 6 5 4 4
19 6 6 6 6 5 5 4
20 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
Inquisitor: A volur who chooses the inquisitor
spell list must have a deity or philosophy from
which to draw divine power . If this deity or
philosophy has an alignment, the volur’s alignment
cannot be more than one step different from it .
Additionally, the volur cannot cast spells of an
alignment opposed to his deity’s or philosophy
(if it has one). Spells associated with particular
alignments are indicated by the chaotic, evil, good,
and lawful descriptors in their spell descriptions .
The volur is restricted from knowing spells
that relate to judgments or other inquisitor class
features . A volur with this spell list is considered a
divine spellcaster .
Magus: A volur who chooses the magus spell list
is restricted from knowing any spells that deal with
or modify prepared spells, magus arcana, or other
magus class features . A volur with this spell list is
considered an arcane spellcaster .
Sorcerer/Wizard: A volur who chooses the
sorcerer/wizard spell list is restricted from knowing
any spells that deal with or modify prepared spells,
bloodlines, or other sorcerer or wizard class
features . A volur with this spell list is considered
an arcane spellcaster .
Witch/Shaman: A volur who chooses the witch
or shaman spell list is restricted from knowing any
spells that deal with or modify prepared spells,
hexes, familiars, or other witch or shaman class
features . A volur with this spell list is considered
an arcane spellcaster .
no Time To Fight (Ex): Volurs must spend a
huge amount of time studying to master the magic
powers they wish to expand, and as a result simply
lack the ability to train with weapons and combat
techniques . As a result, a volur’s base attack bonus
is reduced by one only at 2nd, 6th, 10th, 14th, and
18th level .
pauljathime: If you want an animal companion, the only way I can see to get one would be headliner archetype.
Some archetypes have it as well, and maybe some talents.
Thank you for that. Of those, ESP certainly seems the best fit.
Is there any archetype that is sort of Monkish/Ki power ish? Things like meditation, possibly floating in the air, enough telekinesis to do rope trick, that sort of vague thing? Not the rocking in combat stuff, more the flavour stuff
The best Archetype for that probably would still be ESPer, really.
There is a sensitive talent that can give you an animal companion, so he can do that at 1st level. I would agree that with what you are talking about, ESPer makes the best fit.
Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP) rules (see Chapter
4: Eldritch and Mysterious Powers) . Even in games
where other Anachronistic Adventurers rules are
in use, a GM may not include psychic abilities .
Check with your GM before considering using this
archetype .
An ESPer has Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP),
the ability to see ley energy, and the ripples and
echoes that psychic abilities, and living creatures,
cause in that energy . This may be a natural talent
you are born with, the result of years of training
with masters of esoteric knowledge, or the side
effect of horrible experimentation inflicted upon
you by some powerful organization . In some
Anachronistic Adventures campaigns, ESP abilities
are the only “preternatural” abilities
adventurers are aware of . Even in such
settings, most people do not believe in ESP
abilities (a trend that is often repeated in
typical fantasy worlds), forcing an ESPer
to exist on the fringes of acceptable society .
To make matters worse, ESPers often
have difficulty interacting with the normal
world, because they see and hear things
normal people do not . ESPers are often
jumpy and nervous, and many are hunted
by those who wish to either control their
abilities, or eliminate them as unnatural .
Many ESPers hide their powers, claiming
to just be lucky, intuitive, or skilled at more
mundane ways of finding information.
See Chapter 4: Eldritch and Mysterious
Powers for more information on the abilities
that can be selected by the ESPer .
Extra-Sensory Strength (Su): You have
an innate ESP strength which you use to
power your ESP abilities . Whenever an
ESP abilities calls for a skill check, you
may instead use your extra-sensory strength
bonus . Your extra-sensory strength is equal
to your ESPer level plus your Int, Cha, or
Wis bonus (whichever is higher).
If you have the intuition class feature, you
may choose to forgo extra-sensory strength
and instead use your intuition bonus for all
ESP skill checks . If you take this option, you gain
a +2 bonus to intuition checks made as ESP skill
checks .
Your extra-sensory strength (or bonus to intuition
checks made for psychic abilities) increases by +1
at 6th level, and by an additional +1 at 10th, 14th,
and 18th level .
Psychic Ability: At first level you select one
ESP abilities . Once made, this choice cannot be
changed . You have access to this ability . You gain
an additional ESP abilities at 2nd level, and again
at 9th and 17th level .
ESP Resilience: At 5th level, you gain the ability
to ignore a small amount of ESP backlash . Once
per day, you may choose to negate ESP backlash,
preventing your penalties from backlash from
worsening . You gain the ability to do this a second
time per day at 13th level .
PM me an email address and I'll try to get you the ESP rules.
Actually, I put it in a messy Google Doc.
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Thank you. Very helpful. And you're right, this fits the character very well.
I might be missing something but it isn't quite clear how I buy abilities. I think that
1) I probably get one ability free from the archetype
2) I can buy more abilities with feats.
If the above is correct, does the free ability from the archetype count towards the number of abilities when buying them with feats. Eg, if I have two abilities (one from the archetype, one from a feat) can I spend a feat on a third ability with a Wis of 17 (only the one bought with a feat counts) or do I need a Wis of 21?
You have the gist of it. You can buy those ESP abilities with:
1. One of your class talents.
2. You get one with the ESPer at 1st, 2nd, 9th, and 17th.
3. You can spend a feat to buy an ability. I think only the ones bought with the feat would have the ability score limitation, at least RAW.
BTW, we will consider those abilities Supernatural.
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If we are making a crunch-fluff split, my concept would be a John Watson-esque former military doctor. Veteran of the Boer War (on British side) she moved to the United States where he became a back-alley doctor. She'd use no magic, just skills, street smarts and book smarts both.
From what I glimpsed from the Endzeitgeist review, I think she could be a Medical Examiner or Devil Dog Cogitator. I'll likely get the book for Christmas (especially if I get in).
Cogitator Medical Expert if you want to focus on the healing aspect. Devil Dog is mostly focused on hurting people. Medical Expert can use Heal skill and healer's kit to accomplish some decent healing and condition removal.
arts to solve mysterious . While the modern medical
expert uses the art of forensic autopsy to uncover
facts about a murder victim, similar heroic roles can
be found in many different settings . The medical
expert archetype can also be used to represent the
old west dentist who is the only source of medical
knowledge in 200 miles, the modern doctor who
tracks down rare diseases and treats bizarre ailments,
the gaslight mortician who has learned which bodies
may raise from the grave as vampires of ghouls, the
battlefield medic who has simply seen so much
death he has become familiar with its various forms,
or even the genius medieval artist who has cut apart
bodies to understand how they work purely in hopes
of creating better sculptures and paintings . .
Medical Expert (Ex): The medical expert is
a genius in her own field, and applies her vast
intellect to solving medical problems in ways other
professionals cannot comprehend . As a result, she
gains a +1 bonus to all Heal checks per 2 class
levels . Additionally, each time the medical expert
performs an action that would normally expend a
use from a healing kit, there is a percent chance
(equal to 50 + the medical expert’s class level) she
manages to preserve enough materials she does not
actually lose a use from the kit .
Medical Examiner Talents: The medical expert
archetype is actually used to model a broad range
of characters that combine medical knowledge and
a keen grasp of analysis . Because even the basic
training of a forensic anthropologist varies wildly
from that of a Victorian army field medic, medical
experts gain archetype-specific talents earlier than
most archetypes . The medical expert receives her
first medical expert talent beginning at 1st level,
and gains additional medical expert talents at 3rd,
5th, 7th, 9th, 13th, 15th, 17th, and 19th level . Also,
whenever a medical expert of 7th level or higher
gains a talent choice from her base class, she can
choose one of these medical expert talents instead .
Battlefield Medicine (Ex): The medical expert has
as much experience patching up and the living as
cutting apart the dead, and can do so under terrible
conditions . She can use the Treat Deadly Wounds
function of the Heal skill while expending only a
single use from a healer’s kit (instead of the two
normally required) . She is also able to apply the
Treat Deadly Wounds use of the Heal skill as a fullround
action (rather than taking the normal hour).
Differential Diagnosis (Ex): By examining the
symptoms of a creature suffering an infliction
(including curses, diseases, and poisons), the
medical expert can identify the affliction and
possibly determine how best to treat it .
Identifying an affliction requires 1d6 x 10
minutes of study of the afflicted character, and a
Heal check with a DC equal to 5 + the save DC of
the affliction. If the Heal check exceeds this DC by
5 or more, the medical expert also discovers how to
cure the ailment if a specific treatment is particularly
effective (such as a curse from stolen pirate gold that
is removed if all the gold is restored to its original
location) . A medical expert that does not have Use
Magic Device as a class skill suffers a -5 penalty to
Heal checks made to use the Differential Diagnosis
talent to diagnose a magic affliction.
The medical expert gains a +5 circumstance
bonus to any Heal checks made to treat an ailment
that she has identified with the Differential
Diagnosis talent .
Healer’s Hands (Ex): As long as the medical
expert has a healer’s kit, she may perform abilities
and uses of the Heal skill that would expend a
use of the healer’s kit without doing so some of
the time . The chance that a use is not expended
from the healer’s kit is 70% +1% per level of the
medical expert .
Greater Battlefield Medicine (Ex): The medical
expert’s medicinal treatments are far more
effective than most healers’ . The medical expert
can apply the Treat Wounds from Caltrops function
of the Heal skill as a standard action, and can use
the Treat Deadly Wounds function on injuries
sustained more than 24 hours ago . Additionally the
medical expert can attempt to use the Treat Deadly
Wounds function on a creature that has already
benefitted from it in the past 24 hours, though the
skill check to do so has a DC 5 higher for each time
in the past 24 hours it has benefitted. A creature can
benefit from Treat Deadly Wounds more than once
in a 24 hour period if it comes from this ability .
Lethal Blow (Ex): The medical expert’s
experience with mortal wounds and knowledge of
anatomy give her a keen understanding of where
best to land blows in combat . The medical expert gains a 1d6 sneak attack (as the rogue class ability),
and a +2 bonus to attack rolls made to confirm
critical hits . These bonuses increase to +2d6 sneak
attack and +4 to confirm critical hits at 8th level,
and +3d6 sneak attack and +6 to confirm critical
hits at 16th level .Mad Doctor (Ex): Some medical experts seek
the job of corpse-cutter more for the cutting than in
an effort to solve mysteries or help the sick . When
using a light medical cutting implement (bone
saw, scalpel, medical knife, or similar improvised
weapon designed for medical purposes) the
medical expert can make attacks as if he was
wielding a dagger that dealt one die less damage
than a normal dagger for his size (1d2 Small/1d3
Medium), and an 18-20 threat range . Furthermore,
his base attack bonus for such attacks is figured
using his class level rather than normal base attack
bonus, and he may add his Intelligence modifier,
rather than Strength, to both attack rolls and
damage dealt .
Read the Dead (Ex): The medical expert
can examine a body (requiring 2d4 x 10
minutes) to learn about the corpse’s
lifestyle when it was still living, as well
as the circumstances of its death . This
acts as a speak with dead spell using
the medical expert’s class level as the
caster level . However, the questions
asked may only pertain to the corpse’s
lifestyle and identifying features (age,
gender, race, general health prior
to death, quality of nutrition and
health care, and so on) and the
circumstances of its death (time of
death, method of death, whether
the corpse defended itself, and so
on) . The medical expert can use
this ability on bodies in advanced
stages of decay or damage, as
long as the majority of the body
is present . The ability can be used
on a fraction of a corpse, but gets
answers only as complete as the
corpse it is performed on. (If the
medical expert has only 25% of
a body, he gains only a quarter
as much information with each
question asked as determined by
the GM) .Furthermore, any penalties the medical expert
would take to a Heal check made on the corpse
(such as lack of proper tools – normally a healing
kit – or circumstance modifiers from making such
a check in poor conditions) instead apply as a
penalty to the medical expert’s effective level for
this ability (if the medical expert’s effective level is
reduced to 0 or less, conditions are too poor to gain
any useful information) .The medical expert can use this ability only
once on a specific corpse. She can use the
ability a number of times per day equal to 3 +
her Intelligence modifier before mental fatigue
prevents useful information being gained from
further examinations .
Specialist (Ex): The medical expert selects one
creature type . The character gains a bonus to heal
checks with creatures of that type equal to half the
healer’s level . This ability may be selected more
than once . It’s effects do not stack . Each time it is
taken, it applies to a different creature type .
Splint (Ex): Through the careful application of
physical aids (such as slings, splints, and even simply
prosthetics) and medicinals (to counter or relieve
symptoms), the medical expert can temporarily
suppress penalties and conditions suffered by a
character . As a full-round action the medical expert
can automatically suspend any penalty or condition
that can be removed by a heal check . This temporary
suspension lasts 1 minute per level .
As a more involved procedure requiring 1d6 x
10 minutes, the medical expert can temporarily
suspend any ability score drain or damage,
penalties to movement, or the bleed, dazed,
dazzled, disabled, exhausted, fatigued, nauseated,
paralyzed, shaken, sickened, staggered, or
unconscious condition . This suspension requires
a Heal check with a DC of 10 + CR of the creature
being treated (heroes make bad patients, and the
things that take them out are harder to fix than
ailments for farmers) and lasts for 1 hour per
medical expert level . The medical expert may use
this talent multiple times on the same target, but
each use after the first in the same 24 hours has a
cumulative +5 to the Heal check DC .
Using this talent takes 1 use from a healer’s kit .
Ok cool GM your willing to help with pcs for anyone who dose not have the book.
My idea is still a great detective type who used luck and wit to win the day. Is there such a class and actype?
He is a Jewish German Detective, traveling Europe seeing the unexplained.
Independently wealthy with no attachments.
Hindric Wolfgang Freud
Hahaha, yeah. You'd want a cogitator with the great detective archetype.