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This was born of a discussion HERE on the forums. I said I'd take an idea that's been playing around in my head for a number of years and give it life. So here it is.
I'll have this posted in the d20pfsrd once I reactivate my lab. Thanks ahead of time to you, yes you, if you take the time to read this.
Alright, general gist is a full base attack character that has a bloodline and some abilities that improve said bloodline. The class also develops blood magic which basically sacrifices HP to metamagic their limited spell selection, and then expand that into either healing allies or stealing blood potency from enemies. I've included some feats to go with it and plan on playtesting this myself soon enough. This is just the inkling of an idea that's been waiting in my head for some time.
Feel free to critique, I won't even ask you to be nice about it!
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Pretty good! Very cool mixture of fighter and sorcerer flavorings! I like the idea of a martial bad@$$ with bloodline powers. It makes sense. I was inspired by the same thread you were. Please check of my class, the Varonis, and let me know what you think:)
It seems we hit each other at the same time. So I favorited your post in my post, cause I heard you liked favorited posts.
Here's an idea for your class. "Hemo" or "Haema" is Latin for blood. "Cretio" is Latin for heritage. Combine them and you get Haemacretio or Hemocretio. Shorten that combination to Hemacret - Bloodline inheritor:D.
So why does it not have the magus ability spellstrike?
So why does it not have the magus ability spellstrike?
Originally I was going to have the class channel bloodline powers through melee attacks, but most bloodline powers don't synch up with that idea so I scrapped it in favor of blood magic.
Though I should probably shift your first enhancement to 2nd instead of 6th. I don't think it would be overpowered and it would let the class stand on its own earlier.
I also didn't want to outright rip off another class (I realize the irony of this statement).
Have you looked at the mca archtype thread because this class looks like a sorcerer-magus mix. You can have them critique this class
I've read both yours and Arcanemuses, Hexcaliber. They are both pretty decent. My Witchblade also attempts the Full BAB arcane caster. Based loosely on the old Hexblade.
Master Arminas
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Have you looked at the mca archtype thread because this class looks like a sorcerer-magus mix. You can have them critique this class
I'm like, the only person on these boards who isn't a fan of the MCA's. I think they're well made and well thought out, but they're not "multi-class", they're just replacement classes for the most part that try to blend the abilities of one class into another.
So I don't think I should push my ideas onto them. They are doing a wonderful job and have a ton of support. I'd just rather see true multi-classing with the late game power issues resolved rather than an encyclopedia's worth of replacement classes. Plus, this isn't really a magus-sorcerer hybrid, but a fighter-socerer hybrid with an "hp as a resource" mechanic. Which, I guess isn't all that different.
[ducks head to hide from fallout]
I've read both yours and Arcanemuses, Hexcaliber. They are both pretty decent. My Witchblade also attempts the Full BAB arcane caster. Based loosely on the old Hexblade.
Master Arminas
Ahh, my namesake, the Hexblade. Makso the Ill-Fated, died in his first encounter thus living (dying?) up to his name. I'll admit I wasn't initially a fan of Blight Pool, but I was also against the Magus getting an arcane pool, so of course I give the bloodline knight the ability to drain their hp for metamagic feats. I guess I'm just a hypocrite. The blight pool comes into play nicely and I might have to incorporate some NPC's with Hexblade levels.
Lol, an entire NPC villain party made up of Bloodline Knight, Hexblade, and Varonis. Are there any other full base arcanes out there?