So I had an idea floating around and decided to procrastinate even more on anything else I could be doing with my spare time. Trying to make a caster class that still has the out of combat utility of a full caster with the same or more limitations that a half caster would see. Going for thecombat capacity of the kineticist/magus. The aim is to be inspired by witch, magus, and kineticist. I need to work on the prowess ability choices, since there are a few magus ones that can't work or need to be changed, and some that need to be available to improve the close combat of the Conductor. I chose conductor as the descriptor because they are a class with the ability to guide the energy around them rather than summon it.
I'd love to hear your guy's input and am not afraid to detune it, it isn't planned to be used in any of my campaigns currently, playing or running, I just thought it was a cool idea and couldn't think of a viable way to do something similar with anything I knew of on the SRD.
If anything I might throw one in for a quick balance test as a miniboss fight in the one I'm running.
Does the standard action spell become a full round action or a 1 round casting time?
I’m not sure how I feel about the class. Seems to be a mix of arcanist, magus and warpriest.
No.
I don't want to sound supercritical, but...
3/4 BAB, two good saves, AND 9th level spellcasting is literally just another Cleric...
I didn't see it listed, but since it is Intelligence-based spellcasting, can we assume 2+Int skills per level?
3/4 BAB, two good saves, AND 9th level spellcasting is literally F!CK!NG BONKERS!!!
Cleric? Druid?
I’m not sure if it’s balanced or not but it casts slow and has few casts per spell level. So it’s not completely bonkers. May be weaker than a magus in an actual fight.
No.
I don't want to sound supercritical, but...
3/4 BAB, two good saves, AND 9th level spellcasting is literally just another Cleric...
I didn't see it listed, but since it is Intelligence-based spellcasting, can we assume 2+Int skills per level?
Yes as an intelligence base having any more skill points per level would be silly. As far as BAB and saves, it is meant to be a magical martial class more than a spell thrower, and having poor will saves is common there i think more classes have two good saves than don't. Also I am the critical, criticism is what I was looking for. hopefully constructive XD.
Does the standard action spell become a full round action or a 1 round casting time?
I’m not sure how I feel about the class. Seems to be a mix of arcanist, magus and warpriest.
Basically I'm trying to make spellcasting in combat diffucult but not impossible. I like the idea of using spells creatively but don't want this to be an eldritch knight. Making a standard action a full round might be a bit harsh since a lot can happen in a round, but if it balances it it might be needed. A large balancing feature is the fact that every ability uses the pool.
I have decided to take as much advice as I can and turn this into a Magus Archetype that is worth playing with a unique mechanic. To do: figure out what class abilities can be kept and which ones I want to change, and determine the other changes. I still want this to be a frontline mage before a frontline spellcaster, so I will have to see what I can do to make it viable and interesting.
Thanks all for your input whatever source it may have been from. I'd like to get this into a state that anyone could use it since I can't think of any viable method of getting the combat style this should offer when finished without sacrificing a lot of other possibilities.
So I just finished a rough version of this as a Magus Archetype, and it looks pretty decent. I used the same doc so all of the old stuff is still there for now. Cheers. Hope this looks less dumb than the last one, eventually I will make a divine version as well i just need to spend some more time on it later.