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The original idea for this class was posted here, but the base concept of the class has radically changed and I felt a fresh thread for it with an appropriate title was in order.

The point of the class is to provide a means of playing a synthesist-like character without all the messy, complicated rules that came with it. This is an alternate class to the Summoner, rather than an archetype or hybrid. It gains evolutions as it levels up, along with a familiar that acts as guide and watchful eye over the emissary's actions as well as a few unique abilities that fit in quite nicely with the motif.

So, I present to you The Emissary

Before you collectively sigh and say "But we already have a hundred Synthesist patches, fixes, and reborns." let me say, this is not really a fix/patch/revamp of Synthesist, but a re-imagining. I love the idea of the Synthesist, but I really don't like how it was implemented. Paizo worked so hard to get away from the "replace physical stats" crap-shoot that was 3.5 polymorphing, then they go and bring it back in the form of the Synthesist? No...Just, no...

This is my first attempt at writing a class. I have been DMing in Pathfinder for years, but never dabbled in this aspect before, so I probably made mistakes. If you see something that could be improved, or needs to be toned down, etc... please let me know, but if all you want to say is "u suck an ur class sucks lol", do us all a favor and go somewhere else. I am looking for constructive criticism.

Here is the link to it: Essence Shaper

The most basic point of the class is to merge druid's wildshaping with the summoner's evolutions. The class does seem a bit bare to me in places, so input on whether it needs to fill in any dead levels is appreciated.

Items I am unsure about:

• Is the Aspect ability too powerful? I am thinking the delayed access of Merged Form, coupled with the decreased evolution point pool balances this out. It seems racial traits will get you abilities on par with most of the 1-point evolutions.
  
• Dead levels?
  
• Filler abilities?
  

To do:

• Write a better intro description
  
• Nail down the role (the access to evolutions make the options go bananas)