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The Striking rune is a Fundamental Weapon Rune for a reason- it functionally replaces the damage contribution of PF1's fire/frost/shock enchantments. However, it does so while removing any sense of individuality and variation from those same enchants. I'm well aware that they still technically exist, but wouldn't it be so much better to integrate them back into the damage role they were always meant for?

This expansion of "Striking" runes (any of which can be slotted into the original Striking's place) aims to cover elemental variants like fire/frost/shock, disproportionate adders like Vicious and Bane, and even damage mutators like Brilliant Energy.

Elemental Rune (Flaming, Freezing, Shocking, Corrosive): Item 5/13(Greater)/20(Major)
- The weapon is cloaked in elemental energy, increasing the weapon damage dice to 2 instead of 1. These extra damage dice are Fire/Cold/Acid/Electricity damage. The Greater version increases the damage dice to 3, the Major to 4.

Vicious Rune: Item 3/11(Greater)/18(Major)
- The weapon draws vitality from the wielder to more easily damage foes, increasing the weapon damage dice to 2 instead of 1. However, when the wielder hits with a Strike, the weapon deals 1 die of weapon damage to them in return. The Greater version increases the damage dice (but not the return damage) to 3, the Major to 4.

Bane Rune: Item 3/11(Greater)/18(Major)
- The weapon has a particular hatred for a particular foe, increasing the weapon damage dice to 2 instead of 1 against foes with a Trait chosen when the Rune is crafted. The Greater version increases the damage dice by a further 1 regardless of the target, the Major by 2.

Energy Rune (Fire, Ice, Lightning, Acid): Item 4/12(Greater)/19(Major)
- The weapon's striking surface (And potentially more) is made of elemental energy, increasing the weapon damage dice to 2 instead of 1. All damage dealt by the weapon becomes Fire/Cold/Acid/Electricity damage, unless the original weapon had the Versatile property, in which case only the primary damage type is replaced.

As you can likely deduce, the nature of the Bane runes were toned down a fair bit from the "all or nothing" base, since in PF1 you'd have other "runes" to pick up the slack. It and Vicious are the discount Striking runes in this model, while the Elemental Runes are ranked higher because of the way Resistance and Vulnerability work. Likewise, the Energy Runes are much weaker than you'd think, to the point of being the same level as Striking because of the lack of touch AC and resistance frequency.

What do you all think?

Could you please cancel my starfinder subscription?

One of the major problems with the new Unchained Summoner is the relative lack of variation and content. For example, I can play with an eidolon of almost any type of outsider, but what if I want to play a summoner followed around by the revenant of his dead wife? What about the son of a mad fleshwarper accompanied by his grotesque bodyguard?

Eidolon Variant: Earthbound Eidolon
Unlike a standard eidolon, an earthbound eidolon is not an outsider but a creature originating on Golarion. It does not have the outsider type and does not need to have an alignment one step away from the summoner, though most do. An earthbound eidolon does not need to be summoned and cannot be dismissed like a standard eidolon, it is not affected by any effect that targets summoned creatures unless it also targets creatures of the eidolon's type. An earthbound eidolon begins each each day with the number of hit points it had at the end of the last day + it's master's summoner level or half of it's maximum hit points, whichever is larger. Unlike a standard eidolon, an earthbound eidolon can die and should this happen the summoner can return it to life as the effects of True Resurrection via a ritual that takes 24 hours to perform and 200 gp per summoner level. This modifies the Summoner's Eidolon ability.

What do you think? Balanced? Suggestions?