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Hello! I'm looking to tap into the collective knowledge of this community to come up with a list of class abilities or spells that allow a character to temporarily gain access to a feat/spell/ability from a broad list. Basically, these abilities grow more powerful the more source material your game has access to. Examples of what I'm talking about:
Ninja Trick -
Forgotten Trick (Ex): A ninja with this ability can recall one trick taught to her by her ancient masters. When she uses this ability, she selects one ninja trick (not a master trick or rogue talent) that she does not know and can use that ninja trick for a number of rounds equal to her level. She must pay any ki costs associated with the trick as normal. Using this ability expends 2 ki point from her ki pool, plus the ki cost of the trick she chooses.
Cleric's War Domain -
Weapon Master (Su): At 8th level, as a swift action, you gain the use of one combat feat for a number of rounds per day equal to your cleric level. These rounds do not need to be consecutive and you can change the feat chosen each time you use this ability. You must meet the prerequisites to use this feat.
Inquisitor Teamwork Feat -
As a standard action, the inquisitor can choose to learn a new bonus teamwork feat in place of the most recent bonus teamwork feat she has already learned. In effect, the inquisitor loses the bonus feat in exchange for the new one. She can only change the most recent teamwork feat gained.
Magus Knowledge Pool -
Knowledge Pool (Su): At 7th level, when a magus prepares his magus spells, he can decide to expend 1 or more points from his arcane pool, up to his Intelligence bonus. For each point he expends, he can treat any one spell from the magus spell list as if it were in his spellbook and can prepare that spell as normal that day. If he does not cast spells prepared in this way before the next time he prepares spells, he loses those spells. He can also cast spells added in this way using his spell recall ability, but only until he prepares spells again.
To some degree, the limited wish, wish, and miracle spells also do this, allowing you access to spells you do not otherwise know how to cast.
Can you point me in the direction of similar abilities you've come across? I'm pretty sure there are others but I wanted to crowdsource a bit before doing a slow crawl through the books.
Thank You!
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Aspect (Su)
At 10th level, a summoner can divert up to 2 points from his eidolon's evolution pool to add evolutions to himself. He cannot select any evolution that the eidolon could not possess, and he must be able to meet the requirements as well. He cannot select the ability increase evolution through this ability. Any points spent in this way are taken from the eidolon's evolution pool (reducing the total number available to the eidolon). The summoner can change the evolutions he receives from these points any time he can change the eidolon's evolutions.
Greater Aspect (Su)
At 18th level, a summoner can divert more of his eidolon's evolutions to himself. This ability functions as the aspect ability, but up to 6 evolution points can be taken. Unlike the aspect ability, the eidolon loses 1 point from its evolution pool for every 2 points (or fraction thereof) diverted to the summoner.
Evolution Surge (Lesser/Standard/Greater)
This spell causes your eidolon to take on new characteristics. You can grant the eidolon any evolution whose total cost does not exceed 2/4/6 evolution points.
Transmogrify
Your eidolon's form shifts and transforms. This spell allows you to change any of the eidolon's evolutions by allocating its evolution pool on new evolutions. If you have the aspect or greater aspect ability, this spell also allows you to change the evolution points spent to modify you, including removing or adding points as allowed by those abilities.
Your eidolon cannot benefit from this spell more than once per day. This spell does not allow you to change your eidolon's base form.
Basicly every time you use Transmogrify you can pick new abilities not only for your pet but for yourself too.
Wild Shape is somewhat open-ended (whenever they come out with a new animal or plant, you can turn into it).
The Taskshaper class by Rite Publishing and the Savant class by Open Design.