Thank you Kvantum.
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Thanks, Kvantum!
Sounds like this is going to be a useful book for my neck-deep-in-Korvosian-bastardry Martial Artist Monk.
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The ex-cleric
Very cool.
I like the overcharged staff, especially if your character already has resistance to electricity...just stand apart from your allies!
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They still have spells I assume ?
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They do. There's a fair amount of tweaking that goes on there, though. It's an interesting balance point, and I like it.
They do. There's a fair amount of tweaking that goes on there, though. It's an interesting balance point, and I like it.They still have spells I assume ?The ex-cleric ** spoiler omitted **
I have wanted to do an "Ur Priest" type character, someone who "steals" divine power from the gods....does it look like this would work for that ?
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I have wanted to do an "Ur Priest" type character, someone who "steals" divine power from the gods....does it look like this would work for that ?They do. There's a fair amount of tweaking that goes on there, though. It's an interesting balance point, and I like it.They still have spells I assume ?The ex-cleric ** spoiler omitted **
Not really. It's more "I keep saying my prayers out of habit if nothing else, and then something... else... starts answering those prayers."
Anything religion/god related specifically?
*crosses fingers for some answer from the Great Old Ones perhaps*
That would be a "No", Seitz and Kretzer. Nothing specific about them at all in this book.
Four,
Darn.
Kvantum,
There's that! ;)
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That's a very fine Bloodrager bloodline, no two ways about it. Yet I'm wondering where the 'antivillainous' aspect comes in.
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** spoiler omitted **That's a very fine Bloodrager bloodline, no two ways about it. Yet I'm wondering where the 'antivillainous' aspect comes in.
The pained, agonizing, reluctant antihero isn't that much of a stretch. There's already a Martyred Sorcerer bloodline.
The Suffering focus for a spiritualist's Phantom is all-new, though.
What is the suffering focus like?
Am I reading the splintersoul right in that you could theoretically use it to have levels of both paladin AND anti-paladin (just only get access to the abilities depending on which identity you're in)?
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Am I reading the splintersoul right in that you could theoretically use it to have levels of both paladin AND anti-paladin (just only get access to the abilities depending on which identity you're in)?
Nope.
- The Vigilante limitation of one step in either direction isn't allowed; you can't have a good and evil identity. There are archetypes to overcome this, and the pairings of LN with LE or NE would be possible.- You are not completely absolved of all behavior in your other identity.
- You can't have levels in both paladin and antipaladin because of the alternate class rules.
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I think I've found a typo in the Martyred bloodline. Either that or an insanely powerful ability. The level 12 ability says that when using your level 1 ability (which does aligned damage) against an enemy of the opposite alignment, you get to add 2d6 additional 2d6 points of damage. I'm hoping that second 2d6 is a typo, because getting 4 to 144 bonus damage, even if it is just a few times per day, is pretty insane.
I think I've found a typo in the Martyred bloodline. Either that or an insanely powerful ability. The level 12 ability says that when using your level 1 ability (which does aligned damage) against an enemy of the opposite alignment, you get to add 2d6 additional 2d6 points of damage. I'm hoping that second 2d6 is a typo, because getting 4 to 144 bonus damage, even if it is just a few times per day, is pretty insane.
On average it's just 49. :-D
Cant wait to get my hands on this.
What does the paladin archetype trade out? Does it still get spells for example?
Oh, and does it lose its code of conduct/alignment restriction?
Am I reading the splintersoul right in that you could theoretically use it to have levels of both paladin AND anti-paladin (just only get access to the abilities depending on which identity you're in)?Nope.
- The Vigilante limitation of one step in either direction isn't allowed; you can't have a good and evil identity. There are archetypes to overcome this, and the pairings of LN with LE or NE would be possible.
- You are not completely absolved of all behavior in your other identity.
- You can't have levels in both paladin and antipaladin because of the alternate class rules.
Thought I was reading too much into that. Thanks for clarifying.
Cant wait to get my hands on this.
What does the paladin archetype trade out? Does it still get spells for example?
Oh, and does it lose its code of conduct/alignment restriction?
Trades out most everything except spells from my perusal of the information...which is interesting, I think. Smite changes, Lay on Hands and Mercy and Channel are all replaced along with Divine Grace, Divine Health, Auras of Faith/Righteousness, Holy Champion. It is quite intriguing, but I hesitate to divulge it all until available in print.
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I will mention that while normally swapping out Divine Grace is a deal breaker, the ability to smite anything (at full damage, no less) is a pretty reasonable trade.
It is quite intriguing, but I hesitate to divulge it all until available in print.
That's ok, I don't even need to know any ability details, but before I get too excited I would like to know if it is still going to be locked into lawful good & small deity selection with a stick up the butt code of conduct, if at all possible :)
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Helllllllllllloooo my little delectableness...
You can probably play the Linnorm prince with this little book. After all, he was an anti-hero, until his virgin wife stripped naked and made him strip too.
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I love the Nasty Alchemy esp the Dung Gernades.
I love the Nasty Alchemy esp the Dung Gernades.
Sounds like the kind of things Goblins would be tossing around.
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The splintersoul (mentioned above) and blatherskite (mentioned in the preview blog) are a few of the things I designed for this book. The splintersoul is probably the weirdest archetype I've designed for PF in that it sort of encourages the PC to multiclass, while I guess usually archetypes are supposed to make you want to take more levels in that class. I'm curious to hear what folks think about it and how you're going to use it in character builds.
Sadly, the Antihero's Handbook is the last of many Player Companions I contributed to last year and earlier this year. Recently, I've been writing adventures and Starfinder, but I do hope I'll eventually find the time to write more Companions. I love 'em!
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I too am curious about the new Phantom option, and if they thought to include its options for the various feats and archetypes that provide different options based on the emotional focus of the phantom (such as Emotional Conduit and Fractured Mind).
Don't forget the Id Rager!
No to both, sadly. -_-
First thing I looked for, when I saw the new focus.
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I too am curious about the new Phantom option, and if they thought to include its options for the various feats and archetypes that provide different options based on the emotional focus of the phantom (such as Emotional Conduit and Fractured Mind).Don't forget the Id Rager!No to both, sadly. -_-
First thing I looked for, when I saw the new focus.
Awwww :(
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The splintersoul (mentioned above) and blatherskite (mentioned in the preview blog) are a few of the things I designed for this book. The splintersoul is probably the weirdest archetype I've designed for PF in that it sort of encourages the PC to multiclass, while I guess usually archetypes are supposed to make you want to take more levels in that class. I'm curious to hear what folks think about it and how you're going to use it in character builds.
The blatherskite is all right - my only regret is that it's only for gunslinger, whereas I would have liked to see some broader "coward" mechanics.
I like the splintersoul, and it's certainly well-done. I was hoping it would let you break the one-step rule for identity alignment, though. (For a while now, I've wanted to play a changeling vigilante that flips from neutral good to neutral evil.)
Sadly, the Antihero's Handbook is the last of many Player Companions I contributed to last year and earlier this year. Recently, I've been writing adventures and Starfinder, but I do hope I'll eventually find the time to write more Companions. I love 'em!
I hope you do too. ^_^
So what are the new drawbacks like?
It is quite intriguing, but I hesitate to divulge it all until available in print.That's ok, I don't even need to know any ability details, but before I get too excited I would like to know if it is still going to be locked into lawful good & small deity selection with a stick up the butt code of conduct, if at all possible :)
All it says is that they are far more interested in revenge against those who have harmed them or their allies than anything about a deity.
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So what are the new drawbacks like?
There are about 10 of them. They include things that have to do with fears, cowardice, impatience, self-doubt, etc.
Awwww :(I too am curious about the new Phantom option, and if they thought to include its options for the various feats and archetypes that provide different options based on the emotional focus of the phantom (such as Emotional Conduit and Fractured Mind).Don't forget the Id Rager!No to both, sadly. -_-
First thing I looked for, when I saw the new focus.
The new focus is passive, bordering on pacifistic. The only offensive ability is shoving an enemy five feet away. It'd be an odd choice for Id Rager, or even Fractured Mind, but in a home game, the spells it provides should probably focus on protecting against conditions and taking on conditions for somebody else.
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I am sad that there's no ex-Barbarian archetype though.
Um...huh?! I was a barbarian, now I am educated?! Nah, not going to work.
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I am sad that there's no ex-Barbarian archetype though.
"I'm taking anger management classes and I'm in a 1d12 step program."
Yeah, ex-barbarian would be cool, but I think that'd be really out of place in this book, but maybe in a future one
Very odd question, but are there any options in this book revolving around cowardice? I mean like some of the racial options halflings got in the Advanced Race Guide such as the 'craven' alt race trait or the Cautious Fighter feat?
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Very odd question, but are there any options in this book revolving around cowardice? I mean like some of the racial options halflings got in the Advanced Race Guide such as the 'craven' alt race trait or the Cautious Fighter feat?
Yep, some of the Drawbacks, don't know about anything beyond that though atm.