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I was wondering if anyone had tried to convert Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed Oathbound class over to Pathfinder rules? I kinda dug the concept of the class, but I don't really have a head for figuring out mechanics. The skills would be easy, but balancing the abilities for the new system might not be so simple.
I was wondering the same about the old Truenamer class. Again I just dug the concept of this one. I always like the idea that there was an order of "mages" that had studied the language of creation itself and could use it to limited effect, all while having to be careful not to alter things too much. I'd rather see some consequences for using the same words too many times in a row, other than it just getting harder to do; but again I'm not very good at mechanics.
My final comment/question has to do with a campaign setting I'm working on. It's pretty homebrew and very sparse right now. I've got one new race, a racial variant of the Dwarves and a new(ish) class (had a friend help me convert it to Pathfinder rules, the Bladesinger) but there were a couple of things I wanted to do related to traits.
The first was a rehash of drawbacks. I just hate how they are currently. As I see it they just aren't worth taking by any means. I'm thinking about making something that are more like anti-traits. Minor penalties to something that would tie into a character's story somewhere and would be able to be take in exchange for a third trait.
The second is something akin to a background. As I'm thinking right now players would get two. A racial and a class based one. Similar to traits, the backgrounds could only be taken at first level, and would have to be linked to the character's traits and drawback. A background would give some kind of bonus (I haven't decided what entirely yet) that would influence certain things. I'm not really sure it would be somewhere between a trait and a feat.
