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An arcanist has an innate pool of magical energy that she can draw upon to fuel her arcanist exploits and enhance her spells. The arcanist’s arcane reservoir can hold a maximum amount of magical energy equal to 3 + the arcanist’s level. Each day, when preparing spells, the arcanist’s arcane reservoir fills with raw magical energy, gaining a number of points equal to 3 + 1/2 her arcanist level. Any points she had from the previous day are lost. She can also regain these points through the consume spells class feature and some arcanist exploits. The arcane reservoir can never hold more points than the maximum amount noted above; points gained in excess of this total are lost.

Points from the arcanist reservoir are used to fuel many of the arcanist’s powers. In addition, the arcanist can expend 1 point from her arcane reservoir as a free action whenever she casts an arcanist spell. If she does, she can choose to increase the caster level by 1 or increase the spell’s DC by 1. She can expend no more than 1 point from her reservoir on a given spell in this way.

At 1st level, an arcanist can expend an available arcanist spell slot as a move action, making it unavailable for the rest of the day, just as if she had used it to cast a spell. She can use this ability a number of times per day equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 1). Doing this adds a number of points to her arcane reservoir equal to the level of the spell slot consumed. She cannot consume cantrips (0 level spells) in this way. Points gained in excess of the reservoir’s maximum are lost.

A blood arcanist selects one bloodline from those available through the sorcerer bloodline class feature. The blood arcanist gains the bloodline arcana and bloodline powers of that bloodline, treating her arcanist level as her sorcerer level. The blood arcanist does not gain the class skill, bonus feats, or bonus spells from her bloodline.

If the blood arcanist takes levels in another class that grants a bloodline, the bloodlines must be the same type, even if that means that the bloodline of one of her classes must change. Subject to GM discretion, the blood arcanist can change her former bloodline to make them conform.

This ability replaces the arcanist exploits gained at 1st, 3rd, 9th, and 15th levels, as well as magical supremacy. A blood arcanist cannot select the bloodline development arcanist exploit.

Bloodline Arcana: Whenever you apply a metamagic feat to a spell that increases the slot used by at least one level, increase the spell's DC by +1. This bonus does not stack with itself and does not apply to spells modified by the Heighten Spell feat.

Bloodline Powers: Magic comes naturally to you, but as you gain levels you must take care to prevent the power from overwhelming you.

Arcane Bond (Su): At 1st level, you gain an arcane bond, as a wizard equal to your sorcerer level. Your sorcerer levels stack with any wizard levels you possess when determining the powers of your familiar or bonded object. This ability does not allow you to have both a familiar and a bonded item.

Dagger, Haramaki, Spellbook, Spell Component Pouch, more TBD

The dust swirled around the small caravan as it crossed into the city of Wati. A young elven family rode in the last wagon where they could keep out of the way. The father, Talb, waved his hands over a large basin. It filled with sloshing water.

[color=orange]"Drink your fill, children. This dry land is dangerous without it."[/color]

The two siblings, a boy and a girl, grabbed clay cups and dunked them into the cool water. The boy looked up at his father. [color=brown]"Are there many children here, father?"[/color]

Talb chuckled. [color=orange]"I do not know for certain, Ebron, but Wati is a large city, I am sure you will find friends quickly."[/color]

[color=violet]"I still don't know why we had to leave Kyonin, father,"[/color] Ebron's sister asked. [color=violet]"It was nice there. Not..."[/color] she paused looking for the right word. [color=violet]"Not dirty like this."[/color]

[color=red]"Fiona, your father and I have come here to learn about the past. Our past in fact."[/red]

Settling in Wati was not easy for the family. It was a strange city, and they were surrounded by a culture completely different from their own. The family could only find lodging in the slums.

Chiatta and Talb had trouble finding work at first, but soon a local merchant agreed to emply them as enchanters at his shop. They were nowhere near as powerful as some of the other arcane masters in the city and brought home only a fraction of the money their castings earned.

Within a year, tragedy struck. Something went wrong at the shop, a spell triggered an explosion in the building. Chiatta and Talb were never found.

Ebron and his sister found themselves on the streets. While Fiona eventually found her place in a brothel, Ebron struggled for ends meat. He persevered through the years though and eventually was able to apply to an acadamae for advanced study of Osirion history.

Ebron excelled and came top of his class, earning him accolades and access to the city records. Ebron spent the next two hundred years studying his family's history and any possible connection to Wati or Osirion.

Finally he found what he was looking for. Generations back a descendant of the pharaohs was on a journey to Varisia. En route her caravan was attacked by orcs. Though she survived, she returned to Osirion pregnant. Her son was allowed to live, but sent far away so as to remove the taint on the family. This half-orc son sired a son by an elf. This son returned to Kyonin and his descendants led to Chiatta.

So there it was. Ebron was a member of the Pharoahs line, spoiled though it had been. Perhaps there was more to learn.

Middle-age still looks good on an elf. Ebron takes pride in his appearance, keeping every hair in place and every speck of dirt off his clothes. A bookworm at heart, delving into dusty, filthy catacombs is not his idea of fun, but he steels himself daily before delving into the unknown.