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[Classes] Changes to base classes outside core - Martial classes
« on: December 08, 2018, 03:47:18 PM »
Battle Dancer
Battle Dancers arise whereever the disenfranchised and downtrodden are forbidden from owning weapons, such as the demi-human inhabitants of the Falkovnian work camps.
They are also common in lands where dancing has special cultural significance, such as the belly dancers of the Amber Wastes, the ball dances of Dementlieu and Richemulot or the Vodun rituals of Souragne.

Dance of Reckless Bravery: This can also be used to aid Fear and Horror saves.

Hexblade
Hexblades are well at home in the Demiplane of Dread, where all curses - even such as weak as the Hexblade's - are stronger than in any other part of the multiverse.

Hexblade's Curse: See Lifting Curses. Hexblade's Curse counts as Troublesome, Greater Hexblade's Curse as Dangerous and Dire Hexblade's Curse as Lethal for the purpose of determining save DCs to overcome the curse.
While it is very curse-like, this ability is too weak and pedestrian to arouse the attention of the Dark Powers.
Familiar: Duskblade familiars are Dread Familiars (as per the Wizard entry). The Dark Companion ACF is also affected.

Knight
With most of the nobility of the Demiplane being vile and corrupted, lawful evil black knights are very common in medieval domains, and the Dark Powers let them get away with violations of their code - for a price. Undead and other long-lived monsters in advanced domains may also remember the days of chivalry, and still keep their good old plate mail in shape even if it serves now as hallway decoration rather than for protection.
Lawful good and lawful neutral knights may still show up, either in domains that are supportive of them (such as Nidala) or as kind "black sheep" of their black-hearted noble families.

The Knight's Code: When you would lose an use of Knight's Challenges through acts violating the code, you may opt to keep it at the expense of a Powers Check as if breaking the tenet of a good faith (3%).
Loyal beyond Death: If you get killed while under the effect of this ability, you may return at the next dusk as a Revenant if you succeed at a Will save DC 20, with the goal of destroying those responsible. If you are of evil alignment or at least on Step X of the Path of Corruption, you may return as a free-willed Death Knight instead.

Marshal
Whether as Falkovnian army officers, Kartakassian bandit leaders, Tepestani pitchfork-and-torch rabble rousers or alpha werewolves in Verbrek, there is plenty of room and need for this class of leaders and strategists in the Demiplane.

Minor Aura:
Add the following option:
Bravery: Bonus on Fear and Horror saves.

Samurai
Samurai are virtually exclusively found in the island domain of Rokushima Taiyoo, fulfilling a very similar role as in Kara-Tur, Rokugan and other oriental campaign settings.

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Sohei
Sohei are virtually exclusively found in the island domain of Rokushima Taiyoo, fulfilling a very similar role as in Kara-Tur, Rokugan and other oriental campaign settings.

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Swashbuckler
Swashbucklers are pre-dominately found in advanced domains like Dementlieu where increasing access to and refinement of firearms makes heavy armor obsolete.
They are also a common class where hot climate (like in the Amber Wastes), metal scarcity (like in Kalidnay), restrictive laws against owning armor (like for Gundarakites in Barovia) or sea travel (like in the Sea of Sorrows) make lighter armor much more desirable.

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Re: [Classes] Changes to base classes outside core - Martial classes
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2021, 05:31:16 PM »
Just a nudge that Knight isn't done.