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Kinetically enhanced form:
A form that provides bonus similar to elemental form but without polymorphing the kineticist. Could be used by aether to enhance his physical actions/defenses as well.
Quicken blast
Element: universal
Type: none
Burn: varies
Prerequisite: Level 8
Associate blasts: any
Saving throw: none
By accepting 1 burn per attack beyond the first, you may utilize the full attack action. Note; this talent allows the use of rapid shot.
"A Collection of Cool Things You Want Your Kineticist to do"
Ok
Luminokinecist: being able to create and manipulate light, talents based on undead-killing spells
Tenebreakinecist: being able to create and manipulate shadows and darkness, necromancy talents... and take a page or two from the Shadowcaster from WotC's Tome of Magic.
In short, add Light and Darkness to the mix.
Also, add Wood/Plant (to counter Metal), Time, Poison and even Blood to the mix.
As for talents:
- The ability to create an elemental construct, akin to the Animate Breath spell from Draconomicon.
- The ability to heal using energy; you know that ability to convert any damage above a resistance into healing? That basically. For telekinecists, that would apply to force damage.
- The ability to deflect/reflect the key energy; you have such control of your element that you can divert its trajectory.
I like the idea of gaining fast healing after being exposed to your element. Like gaining fast healing when standing on solid ground(earth), in a strong wind or outdoors(air), etc. Though absorbing your energy type as healing would be cool as well.
I agree, the ability to deflect/reflect your energy type would be awesome. It would be cool to redirect magic missiles back at the caster if you were an aether kineticist.
I agree with adding light, darkness, wood/plant, time, blood, and poison to the mix.
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Kinetically enhanced form:
A form that provides bonus similar to elemental form but without polymorphing the kineticist. Could be used by aether to enhance his physical actions/defenses as well.
Actually I'd be happy if this replaced Kinetic form >.> <.<
Does anyone remember the energy form ability the life oracle gets were you gain the elemental subtype with all it's immunities. That would be a good start on how kinetic form could work.
Actually I'd be happy if this replaced Kinetic form >.> <.<Kinetically enhanced form:
A form that provides bonus similar to elemental form but without polymorphing the kineticist. Could be used by aether to enhance his physical actions/defenses as well.
I think kinetic form would be perfect as is, if it didn't force you to shrink or burn.....
But an aetheric form would be cool, either as armour of force or as telekinetically making armour out of objects from your surroundings.
Actually I'd be happy if this replaced Kinetic form >.> <.<Kinetically enhanced form:
A form that provides bonus similar to elemental form but without polymorphing the kineticist. Could be used by aether to enhance his physical actions/defenses as well.I think kinetic form would be perfect as is, if it didn't force you to shrink or burn.....
But an aetheric form would be cool, either as armour of force or as telekinetically making armour out of objects from your surroundings.
Do it like the movie Push.
Didn't read all the talents (late here) so excuse me if this a repeat. Something based on Magneto's twin metal spheres, a talent that gives you an orbiting thingy that grants you the Duelist parry ability until it succeeds, can burn to get additional units.
Favored Talent or Talent specialization.
The kineticist can chose a talent to deal 1 less burn and have CL+1 or 2.
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I wouldn't mind seeing aether getting DR like a barbarian built into the class if not force resistance.
I think the physical blast could use an enhancement bonus. Starting at 4th for +1 and increasing by +1 for every 4 levels maxing out at +5 for level 20.
Kinetic fist and kinetic blade should be built into the class at no cost unless you are getting more then one attack per round.
Aether
- Fine-control levitation. Unlike the spell, this lets you horizontally a foot or two off the ground. You can recline in the air, or orient yourself how you like. None of the attack penalty business.
- Maelstrom of tiny-size objects around you. Telekinetically create a swirling barrier of objects around you. Plenty of options for the effects- maybe it's minor physical damage for anything adjacent to you, or maybe it imposes a 20% miss chance on attacks.
Arhetypes
A sorcerer bloodline archetype would be awesome. You would gain the 1st, 3rd, 9th, 15th, and 20th level sorcerer bloodline powers. Maybe some bloodline feats as well. Maybe gain the sorcerer's bloodline spells as spell like abilities ether 1/day, or by using burn, or both. All abilities(hit, damage, DCs) based on Cha except burn still based on Con.
A archetype that uses a rage mechanic but increases Dex and Con, hit, damage, range, etc. with kinetic abilities. But instead of fatigue could also get effected by other effects like confusion or sickened.
An archetype that uses Int for hit, damage, DC's and maybe even burn. Maybe it can use psychic magic items as if it had them on there spell list like wands, scrolls, and staffs.
Some ideas:
Aether
-Physical enhancing force field "tactile telekinesis".
-Radial repulsion.
-TK wielding weapons.
-Instant force shield.
-TK shooting bullets.
-Lifting really massive objects at high level (current cap is about 1 ton, can't lift a small car).
-Crushing piercing and slashing blasts.
-Crushing enemies throats or vitals (you have failed me for the last time!).
-Throw a weapon and have it return on the same round.
-Feel stuff from the aether, like basic telepathy and precognition;Fire
-Cauterize wounds- Turn lethal damage into nonlethal, no effect on nonlethal.
-Heat up one's own body - "Endure elements".
-Dispel cold effects with flame.
-Create explosions that deal half physical/half fire damage.
-Pyrotechnics, as the spell.
-Extinguish fires.
-Ignore fire damage caused by one's own powers.Earth
-Create earth/stone pillars;
-Remove and levitate stone blocks;
-Open holes/doors/tunnels in stone/earth surfaces;
-Attack creating stone spikes from the floor.
-Immediate action barrier;
-Ride an earthwave.
-Cause tremors/earthquakes
-Fabricate crude objects from stone/metalAir
-Charge tech;
-Jump really high;
-Whisper at distance to someone;
-Call lightning
-Suffocate/silence someone.
-Ignore altitude;Water
-Create a frozen path on water;
-Fabricate temporary detailed objects from ice;
-Freeze someone in a block of ice;
-Make the target unable to move;
-Create/purify drinking water;
-Extinguish fires/ dry wet stuff.
-Deflect fire attacks.
I love your ideas.
Also. Possibly "Earthsight" if it's not already allowed. Don't have my PDF handy and just wanted to toss this up while the idea was hot. An innate ability to look through stone, dirt and metal sounds awesome. Even if it were limited in ways for balance sake.
Air should be able to get Electrolocation like a platypus.
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.More kinetic defenses like: Incorporeal or semiincorporeal forms (force, sand, wind, flame, water); [elemental]Skins giving elemental resistances/immunities or maybe an ability to absorb [elemental] damage and reduce the Burn currently suffering; environmental bubble to resist gravity, deepwater pressure, space void, low/high temperature
.tricomposites (no idea sorry!)
.ash themed wild talents to create ashstorms, ashcurses, blighted ash spawn or other Morrowindesque effects
.move earth and stoneshape powers and heat manipulation so I don't have to wait a turn for solarbeam to recharge
.acid attacks, because missing the green guy of "Castle Crashers" as well as other corroding effects and rust
.wild talents to create Totems made of element to gather more energy or to obstruct other kineticists energy/elemental gathering. Also the "totem" reinforces the element is made of and weakens opposing elements
.glass and crystalline spell-like abilities, maybe creating mirrors to confuse enemies (working like some illusion spells) and crystal geodes working like "totems" to increase potency of earth spells or other effects with earth descriptor
.[elemental] sustain to eat/drink your element to survive and a sort of rope trick usable
.photokinesis attacks to blind and damage undeads, fungi and oozes and also to travel fast much like Solar Oracular Mistery
.Damage Over Time effects: lava pool, shockfield or a minor polar midnight
.melee touch buffs to transfer effects like kinetic defenses or transfer Burn from others to the kineticist
.anti-radiation aura, maybe absorbing in exchange of Burn points and Radioactive skin (maybe working like abundant ammunition spell) to recharge futuristic weapons
.use fire wild talents to fuel vehicles, for crafting and forging time reductions and illumination
Ranged untamed strike. :-)
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For aether, I'd love to see an ability to shatter that scales into disintegrate. Also, the ability to telekinetically manipulate multiple objects at once, maybe as determined by dividing up your maximum load (as modified by telekinetic haul, if you have it) between a maximum number of discrete objects as determined by your Con modifier (or Int modifier, if need be).
I think that for those kineticists who want to and focus on one element, they should get some ability to overcome damage resistance and immunities vs their type, much like the Winter Witch PrC does.
Only as an option for single-element Kineticists though. I always felt that that kind of focus should get it's own unique rewards.
Some other ideas... and yeah, kind of wacky, but one thought I had for an Earth/Air composite ability: Kinetic POWER ARMOR! With guns that propel pebbles with lightning, and hover and mecha-punch... and stuff!
*Clears throat*
More seriously, my ideas for Air:
- Magnetic infusion could be expanded to optionally target metallic armor, to make movement for the wearer difficult, perhaps also rendering the wearer flat-footed?
- An enhanced sense of the Aerokineticist's surroundings. Being so in-tune with their element that they can extend their senses much farther out with increased sensitivity, feeling even the tiniest vibration in the wind. Effectively I suppose this would translate to being a sort of blind-sense.
- Bonuses to agility and speed. I suppose speed could be considered to be handled by flight, but I have this 'dancer on the wind' image in my mind whenever I think of the aerokineticist. Basically something more acrobatic.
- The ability to adjust air-pressure within an area, to create explosions and vacuums?
- An air wild talent that allows one to suck all the air out of an area, or directly from a specific creature's lungs? Suffocate and incapacitate?
That's about all I have thus far. Will post as ideas come.
Perhaps by sending out a weak pulse of aether, telekineticists can see invisible creatures and detect secret doors, etc. like the 3.5 psionic power touchsight?
Perhaps by sending out a weak pulse of aether, telekineticists can see invisible creatures and detect secret doors, etc. like the 3.5 psionic power touchsight?
To clarify, I know that there's a talent with that name already, but the application is so very, very limited. :(
I know people hate exploding dice.
I still feel it holds a special place else in the whole psychic magic motif, and is especially apt for aetherkinesis. Perhaps, without a means of shot-gunning projectile debris, it does slightly less raw damage, by itself; when burn is applied, however, it tears at reality, as cascades of overwhelming aetheric power resonate from the kineticest, becoming in all ways an unstoppable tide of power that might threaten to overwhelm the user themselves.
Not sure if it's been suggested, but I'd love there to be an option for a flurry of blows-type effect as a wild talent, albeit with a change so that the damage die or something is decreased. Hurling 6 fist-sized chunks of rock at a dude would be awesome, or clearing a room of goblins with ice baseballs.
I also support suggestions of allowing kineticists to focus entirely on one element and gain some nice resistance-defying abilities. Even if it isn't as powerful, necessarily, as controlling more than one or a combined element, it'd be great for those players that just WANT TO BE FIRE-GUY.
I'd like to see a full-BAB archetype that focuses on melee, too. Having the option to be a character that literally has fire arms, stabs you with an ice blade, or can cover himself in stone and announce a period of clobbering would be cool. I do, however, want the main class to stay as primarily a ranged blaster type with the option to do some melee as needed. I'd also prefer if it had limited healing capabilities.
Gravity would be a really sweet thing to control too. Feels like it could be a subset of a telekinetic though.
