Class Acts: Rogues (PFRPG) PDF

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The Class Acts PDFs introduce new class options for the base classes and core classes featured in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Every PDF contains two full pages of high quality content (no fluff or filler)!

Class Acts: Rogues includes thirty-two new rogue talents, including several advanced rogue talents.

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Weighing in at 4 pages, the fourth installment in the Class Acts series from freshman publisher Abandoned Arts covers Rogue Talents, those abilities that help define the rogue class via their talents. Following the standard dual column format, with text over a lightly colored page with a colored frame, the editing appears to be in good form, as nothing truly jumped out at me. Again, there is a noticeable lack of artwork to break the text, but given that all four PDF's were released at the same time, at this point I was assuming this much. As far as page breakdown, 1 each to cover and OGL, with 2 for the new material.

With 25 Talents, and 7 Advanced Talents, this PDF offers up a wide range of new options. Forgoing a list and diving straight into the descriptive entries, I found myself missing the standard list, as Abandoned Arts has a standard look to their lists that is fairly visually pleasing color-wise, ah well. OK, just in case we have anyone reading along who is not familiar with the idea of the advanced talents, after 10th level they become available to rogue characters, and are essentially just cooler rogue talents.

Of what we have presented here, some personal choices that jumped out were; Dramatic Entrance: allows for the utilization of a dramatic flair to penalize your opponent's initiative checks. Ear to the Streets plays to that character who is in the know about all things happening within their locale, giving the rogue a better chance to keep tabs on a group, and what they are after. River Rat: lets you Swim in light armor with no penalty, as well as giving a bonus to Stealth checks for hiding in murky water. Takes One To Know One: lets you use your Bluff skill to discern lies in place of the Sense Motive skill.

Thieves' Honor: gives us the classic rogue with rules, in that one must follow a code, which will benefit the rogue with a blanket numerical bonus to their skill checks in the form of a morale bonus. And of course, if one doesn't follow said code, all benefits are lost for a period of time.

Moving into the advanced offerings, we open with Artful Dodger: which is a standard AC bonus, that stacks...I love when they stack...I do I do. Daring Acrobatics: allows one to get all fancy with some acrobatics when fighting an opponent of at least one size category larger than yourself. Essentially, they miss, and you get to pull off some seriously wicked looking parkour using them (and/or their weapon) as a jumping off point, to relocate to within a different spot within reach ..I can see this being fantastic for a highly dexterous gnome or halfling thief as a way to constantly stay just a step ahead, and frustrate an opponent.

Out of the four PDF's Abandoned Arts has out currently, this has easily got to be my favorite. The talents seem to be designed with a thought toward balancing the two conflicting styles of play, granting dice rollers enough to work with while keeping role-players content as well with more than enough talents designed to launch story ideas and interaction. Will be settling on a 4.5 star rating for this one, as it is not quite a 5 with its current layout and overall look. I will however round this one UP, as the talents are that good, ending this PDF with 5 stars in regards to this forum.


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Check out the rogue class options presented in this fine product (Dramatic Entrance seems to be the universal favorite around the office), or grab our fighter, cleric, or wizard PDFs for the same dirt-cheap price!

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Five stars means a lot coming from one of the most recognizable reviewers on the forums, KTFish7. Thanks for the glowing review. Dramatic Entrance was a big hit around the office.

As you can imagine, all the content we publish is legal at our table. I expect a lot of crashing-through-the-skylight-like-Batman rogue action in the next campaign I run.


Ah yes, the Batman moment...oh how I search for them when ever I actually get to play...trust me, I can guarantee at least half of my playgroup will be all over Dramatic Entrance...my poor NPC's, lol.

As far as me being recognizable, I Thank You for your kindness.

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Thanks for the stellar review, Stiehl9s!

If you enjoyed this round of PDFs, take a look at our just-released Barbarians and Witches Class Acts products, next.

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Thanks for your review and your excellent product rating, Jonasty1031. Apprentice is definately more flavorful than powerful, but it was fun playing around with a "conditional proficiency" mechanic. It's nice to see it mentioned by a reviewer in light of the flashier talents like Dramatic Entrance and Sneak Attack Spree. Same for Light Sleeper.


Reviewed here and sent to GMS magazine. Working hard on the other ones.

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Thank you for your review, Endzeitgeist. Good to see you back in the swing of things.

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Just thought I'd share this. One of my players took Dramatic Entrance on his gunslinger 3/rogue 2 character. He's going for the assassin prestige class and plans on using his Death Attack as a vehicle for his Dramatic Entrance.

Not that he needs the talent, because his initiative modifier is +13, but that's another story.

Anyway, the players hit 5, this character takes his second rogue level, and he tries to use Dramatic Entrance in the first combat. Doesn't work out - he's spotted. Long story short, the players are sneaking through the crags in Belzken (destination: the Brimstone Haruspex) and a couple of orc lookouts spot the "point man" gunslinger. They wipe up the encounter and continue through the crags until they reach this magically-hidden cave entrance. Now the only thing that's in the cavern are bats. I made a point of this because the cave entrance is disguised by a permanent silent image spell that a bat's blindsense will see right through. A perfect bat lair, right? So the cave is full of bats - I make this big deal about how many bats there are on the ceiling because I thought the "visible only to blindsense" bat lair idea was so cool.

And of course I tuck in an encounter with a couple of dire bats. Orcs and bats and caves! What an imaginative GM I am. Anyway, the gunslinger is playing "point man" again and creeps up to the dire bats' resting place with the rest of the party just around the bend. Not so close as to risk blindsense detection - but close enough to draw a bead with his guns.

His Stealth check succeeds; he attacks with his firearm in the surprise round - his long jacket billowing out behind him. BOOM! The gunfire echoes throughout the caverns and enormous swarms of bats explode into motion, fluttering around everywhere in a panic. The player says: "so that qualifies as a dramatic entrance, right?" He wins initiative, crits on the second shot, and blows the head off of one of the dire bats.

It was pretty satisfying. : D

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Hello again, everyone.

I have decided (based on suggestions offered in another product discussion thread) to include a descriptive rundown of the material contained in each Class Acts product line. Here goes.

This product contains thirty-two new rogue talents:

BASIC ROGUE TALENTS
Apprentice - Take on an arcane mentor.
Arcane Appraiser - Identify magic items with Appraise.
Brooding - Master the art of counter-intimidation.
Caltrop Master - Strew caltrops with expertise.
Delay Sneak Attack - Stall the onset of your sneak attacks.
Dramatic Entrance - Make the scene like a big damn hero.
Ear to the Streets - Use your social network to find out who has been asking questions.
Escape Route - Gain expanded use from the withdraw action.
Feign Death - Play oppossum and live to fight another day.
Lay Low - You are the elusive subject of myth and urban legend.
Light Sleeper - Rouse yourself from sleep at the slightest disturbance
Opportunist - Gain advantages with attacks of opportunity.
River Rat - Master the murky waters.
Rogue's Agility - Apply Dodge bonuses to more than just your Armor Class.
Savoir-Faire - Keep your social "cool" in the most dire of circumstances.
Shrewd Engineer - Ignore penalties to engineering-related skills.
Sneak Attack Spree - Stack on the sneak attacks for more and more damage.
Takes One to Know One - You are hard to fool.
Talented - Gain additional uses out of your 1/day rogue talents.
Thieves' Honor - Adopt a thieves' code of honor.
Tricky Rogue - Learn to fight dirty.
Urban Explorer - You can avoid becoming lost in urban environments.
Urban Network - Gather information in significantly less time.
Without a Trace - Cover your tracks to avoid being followed.

ADVANCED ROGUE TALENTS
Artful Dodger - Learn to be where the bad guy isn't.
Bloody Blade - Add a little "ouch" to your piercing and slashing sneak attacks.
Caltrop Splash - Toss a bag of cltrops like a splash weapon!
Danger Sense - Your spidey-sense is tingling...
Daring Acrobatics - Turn your enemies' attacks into opportunities to show off!
Sneak Attack Assault - Let loose with a volley of sneak attacks from a hidden position.
Sly Blade - Your attacks of opportunity are much more deadly.


Reviewed at four stars.

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EnWorlder, thanks for your kind review.

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Monkeygod, thanks for your excellent review! It's funny you should mention rangers: the Class Acts: Rangers should hit the webstores somtime tomorrow (or the next day).

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Ahem.

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