Alright, time for my regular massive post on an initial read-through of playtest classes.
The table for the exemplar uses “ability boost,” when it should be changed to “attribute boost” in the Remaster.
Okay, you can Shift Immanence as part of rolling initiative. I’m very okay with that.
I feel like Spark Transcendence could have been simplified into a trait. And the transcendences from the epithets have that trait??? I dunno, feels like it could have been more streamlined.
For the transcend ability of Skin Hard as Horn, I know it meant the resistance granted by the immanence, but the vagueness makes it unclear. It should probably be rephrased to something like “resistance equal to your level of the same kind as your immanence.”
Does a striking rune affect the extra spirit damage from the transcend ability of the Noble Branch ikon?
Fracture Mountains from the Titan’s Breaker ikon is a bit confusing. Normally the spirit damage is 2 per weapon die. Does Fracture Mountains make it 4 per weapon die plus an extra die of damage, or just 4 plus an extra die? RAW, it’s the second reading.
Does the immanence of the Palisade Bangles affect allies with a shield spell raise?
Okay, Bear Allies’ Burdens got a good laugh out of me.
I feel like Humble Strikes should only apply to a weapon ikon, but that’s just me.
Okay, the implementation of epithets is really cool.
For Restless as the Tides, there should be a specification that the exemplar is immune to this splash damage (in case the weapon ikon is a melee weapon).
Reap the Field from the Peerless Under Heaven epithet creates a weird circumstance: what happens if either of the Strikes are crits?
So…Complete the Hero’s Journey creates a weird situation, because…as soon as the transcend ability is used, the ikon no longer grants the aura. And then it gets weird; since the spark is no longer in the worn ikon, does that mean that the immanence that increases the aura to 30 feet doesn’t apply? So how close does the target of Complete the Hero’s Journey need to be?
Mated Birds in Paired Flight should also be able to be applied to ikons affected by the Twin Stars feat. That would make a lot more sense.
Is the extra damage from Infinite Blades Celestial Arrow affected by a striking rune?
I feel like the last sentence of Strike Rivers, Seize Winds should be clarified that they can’t be counteracted by stuff that normally counteracts magic.
For Sunwrecker, darkness is a burst, so it should be centered on a corner of the target’s square.
I also just realized something: the transcendence ability for Gaze Sharp as Steel is made irrelevant by a 6th-level feat. There should probably be a caveat for if the exemplar already has Reactive Strike.
EDIT: Wait, Exemplars don't get a class feat at 1st level?? That's weird.
EDIT 2: Barrow's Edge also seems to be overall the best option. Persistent damage and pseudo-at-will healing.