A take on the Shifter for Pathfinder Second Edition

[Teridax]

This has been in the works for a while, but I'm finally done brewing up a take on the Shifter class, which you can view here. If interested, I also made a Pathbuilder custom pack and a Foundry module.

In my opinion, the Shifter class is expected to do three things: people want a class that can basically use battle forms better than an Untamed Form Druid, people want a class that has its own special battle form, and people want the Shifter to be able to mix and match aspects of different battle forms. Here's how the above brew goes about doing this:

A dedicated Shifter aspect: Each Shifter gets an aspect, a specific creature that they can transform into using a bespoke Transform action. This aspect can be a beast, a dragon, or a fey, but also one of many other non-primal creatures such as an aberration, a construct, or a fiend. Each aspect comes with its own attacks and special abilities, gaining more as you level up.

Multifarious Form, a morph-based feat for picking battle form abilities: If you want to mix and match bits of battle forms together, you're covered with a 1st-level feat that lets you do exactly that. Further feats let you add battle forms to your list so you can choose from a greater lists of speeds, senses, and other abilities, and a much higher-level feat, Chimeric Form, lets you become a fusion of two different battle forms.

In-depth battle form selection and customization: For those wanting to opt into existing battle forms, a 10th-level feat lets you take on any battle form in your Multifarious Form list at-will. Additionally, many feats give you benefits specifically while you're in a battle form, offering you additional abilities, defenses, and utility.

Along with the above, you can opt into a feat line for innate spellcasting, which you can even use while polymorphed with the right feat. Functionally, the Shifter is a Constitution-based class with exceptionally large HP that makes them about as durable as a heavy armor Barbarian: while they lack significantly in damage compared to other martial classes, they have an exceptionally good amount of at-will AoE and utility, making them a disruptive tank with a large amount of battlefield presence.

[Ascalaphus]

Okay, this certainly looks quite interesting. I'll have to dig into this a bit deeper when I have time.

[John R.]

From my end, it looks like you need to adjust some spacing or something on pages 6 and 10. A whole half or full page starts on the far right edge but is severely cut off.

[Teridax]

John R. wrote:

From my end, it looks like you need to adjust some spacing or something on pages 6 and 10. A whole half or full page starts on the far right edge but is severely cut off.

That's a running issue with the Homebrewery; depending on your browser size and resolution it can cause text to go over the readable columns. I've asked the developers about this, and the workaround is so clunky and manual as to not really be feasible unfortunately.

[John R.]

Teridax wrote:

John R. wrote:

From my end, it looks like you need to adjust some spacing or something on pages 6 and 10. A whole half or full page starts on the far right edge but is severely cut off.

That's a running issue with the Homebrewery; depending on your browser size and resolution it can cause text to go over the readable columns. I've asked the developers about this, and the workaround is so clunky and manual as to not really be feasible unfortunately.

Yup, just switched from phone to PC and it reads fine now. Will look it over.

[Here4daFreeSwag]

Good to have some free Shifter class fan-stuff out there in the Homebrewery wilds for PF2e+, Teridax. ;)