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Okay, so, I've long been interested in the Brightness Seeker, ever since I saw it in a copy of Elves of Golarion (at least, I think that's where it's from). When I first saw it, I was rather unimpressed. Seemed like it had odd, situational abilities, and I didn't care for it too much. Plus, I've never been too big on elves.
But the more I've looked at it over the years, the more it's grown on me. I mean, look at what it does over the course of only 5 levels:
Once per day bonus (starts small, becomes life-saving)
Fear "Immunity" for themselves and nearby allies (+10 to the save? Pretty much a guarantee at that point)
Wild Shape (only as a 5th level Druid, but stacks, and is still useful)
Free Reincarnation (this ability is sooo cool.)
Awesome Situational Bonuses (via Channel Past Incarnation)
Now, all of the above abilities are great, but here's the best part about Brightness Seeker:
It can be used by any class.
Seriously. Any elf (non-caster) class could qualify for this sucker and gain some benefit. I'd even argue that they can gain a LOT of benefit. Just a few ideas:
1) Natural Weapon Fighter. Those abilities can actually be useful! Plus, you qualify for the Aspect of the Beast feat, which means you can choose between getting a Fly Speed, Swim (with Amphibious thrown in), a decent AC boost (via Nat. Armor), or BLINDSENSE OR SCENT. You don't lose anything a pair of duelist's gloves won't make up for, and you'd probably end up taking Iron Will as a feat anyways.
2) Barbarian. Just anything. You're a raging, wild-shaping barbarian. You don't get quite the variety as a druid, but you get to pounce, large numbers of attacks, and rage helps make up some of the difference between a druid and yourself. Rage powers blend nicely with the class abilities, too. Oh, and Channel Past Incarnation is glorious for you, too.
These are just a couple of examples, but there are so many possibilities (Wild Shape + Favored Enemy? Wild Shape + Smite Evil? GRAVY). And, seeing as how the PrC is only 5 levels, you don't even miss out on many class abilities from your base class!
Does anyone else have any other cool ideas for the PrC? Is anyone just seeing this for the first time?
Have you looked at the reincarnated druid archetype? That one gives you the ability to reincarnate every week, not just once. It looks like the Brightness Seeker class gives a weaker version of the reincarnated Druid's abilities to an elven character.
