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Offline Stratovarius

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An Offer: Custom Base Classes
« on: March 17, 2014, 08:02:43 PM »
Edit: Based on the awesomeness that is dndtools, I'm able to extend this offer to any base class fully written up there.

So, you might have noticed that I've been having fun building base classes today by hacking together different bits and pieces of classes into new ones (and spamming the boards a little as a result). I'm here to offer to build any custom ones on request, since it's fairly easy for me to do so.

As a note, these classes exist already:
Arcane Swashbuckler - Rogue/Sorcerer mix.
Baresark Psion - Barbarian/Wilder. Very angry.
Beast Heart Adept - Beast Heart Adept/Druid
Bladespeaker - Soulknife/Truenamer. Might finally make the two classes playable.
Chameleon - Chameleon PrC stretched to 20 levels
Feral Shifter - An attempt to create a shifting based class, using existing options. Parts borrowed from Barbarian, Druid, Ranger.
Ironborn - Incarnate/Artificer mixture
Mindwarden - Requested, Soul Knife, Ranger combo
Nature's Champion - Requested, Paladin/Druid/Ranger combo.
Ninja Warrior - Requested, CA Ninja/PsyWar combo
Obsidian Adept - Shadowcaster/Warlock
Occult Blade - Duskblade/Paladin (plus some PrCs)
Proteus - An attempt to recreate the fighter/mage/thief of 2e.
Psychic Singer Requested, Bard/PsyWar/Soulknife combo
Rectifier Requested, Paladin/Rogue, with a few other classes mixed in
Skald - A bard/barbarian mix that boosts the power of both slightly.
Soothsayer - Requested, Rogue/Druid combo
Sphere Priest - Requested, Cleric/Druid combo
Thicketmage - Requested, Druid/Ranger/Spirit Shaman/Sorcerer
Warleader - Requested, Bard/Crusader/PrCs mix
Wilding Knife - Psionic, Wilder/Soulblade mix.
Wildspeaker - Bard/Druid/Ranger mix. In tune with nature.
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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2014, 08:04:57 PM »
Psychic Psinger. :p

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2014, 08:22:06 PM »
One class completed:

Psychic Singer Bard/PsyWar/Soulknife combo.

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Went with PsyWarrior manifesting instead of Bardic Casting. Could also drop the PsyWar/Soulknife combo in favour of the Wilder + Wilder powers, if desired.
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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2014, 08:39:09 PM »
Combine with Snowflake Wardance/DFI, and that seems really fun. :O

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2014, 08:57:17 PM »
Your comment just gave me an idea - Raging Wilder. I'd have to change Wild Surge so that it triggers when raging, and allow manifesting then. And maybe Combat Expertise, except two handed weapons. So, Power Attack, something, something.

And maybe a channel power ability nicked from the Spellsword.

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2014, 08:59:43 PM »
Psychic power born of sheer fury sounds amazing. :p

Might want to make a few things from the PsyWar stuff accessible (that lion's charge thing, for instance) rather than the Psion/Wilder list.

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2014, 09:08:45 PM »
Um, I want a Wildshaping Paladin.

You know you want it. Bears riding celestial flying mounts with paws wreathed in holy fire. Maybe with unholy alternatives!

I was also going to say a Bard/Barbarian but I just noticed you already got one. Yeah, I wanna SCREAM AND SHOUT, AND LET IT ALL OUT SOMEONE PRETEND THE REST OF THE WORDS ARE RIGHT HERE.
« Last Edit: March 17, 2014, 09:10:41 PM by ketaro »

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2014, 09:45:08 PM »
I give you the Baresark Psion. He has some self-control issues.

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2014, 10:09:21 PM »
For Ketaro:

Nature's Champion (inventive name, I know) Paladin, Druid, Ranger crossbreed.

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2014, 10:24:44 PM »
For Ketaro:

Nature's Champion (inventive name, I know) Paladin, Druid, Ranger crossbreed.

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Wow that is adorable and pretty good. I'm...I'm, I'ma bookmark this, yes. These crossbreed classes you're doing are pretty nicely done.
Now to gestalt Nature's Champion with Skald to become the all powerful bearadin riding flying bears of unholy power.  :love

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2014, 10:47:45 PM »
Glad you liked this guy  :love

I try and keep the power level at a roughly sane amount (ie, Not Wizard). It's also amazing how much fluffy and mostly useless stuff the Ranger, Paladin, and Druid get at low levels. Of course, all you have to do with this build is take Leadership and you're a walking party all on your own.

And I am curious how much more balanced the game would be if you chucked out the PHB classes and used these guys instead. Everything's here, aside from Cleric and Druid casting (and Turn Undead). Which tells me what I have to do next...

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2014, 10:52:22 PM »
There doesn't seem to be anything with Paladin spellcasting either. While I know it's not the greatest spell list, I do like it for it's odd gems. Or just for it's seemingly useless spells that one spontaneously comes up with hilarious means of them being useful.

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2014, 11:12:59 PM »
How the hell do you make these so fast?

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2014, 02:33:37 AM »
Cleric/Druid and Druid/Rogue?
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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2014, 07:23:42 AM »
There doesn't seem to be anything with Paladin spellcasting either. While I know it's not the greatest spell list, I do like it for it's odd gems. Or just for it's seemingly useless spells that one spontaneously comes up with hilarious means of them being useful.

Nature's Champion has it. It's a prepared caster with the Ranger+Paladin lists. Properly, I should make a new one combining the two, but I'm too lazy.

How the hell do you make these so fast?

At this point, they're mostly just copy/paste. Nature's Champion was a slightly edited Wildspeaker, for instance.

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2014, 07:42:46 AM »
All of them.

ALL OF THEM!!!!!
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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2014, 07:44:39 AM »
Cleric/Druid and Druid/Rogue?

I present the Soothsayer (Druid/Rogue)

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Not really sure how to do a Cleric/Druid, because they're basically the same thing, and the Cleric has no class abilities. Aside from Domains and Turn.
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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2014, 07:45:25 AM »
All of them.

ALL OF THEM!!!!!

I need something slightly more specific than this  ;)

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #18 on: March 18, 2014, 10:35:40 AM »
Cleric/Druid and Druid/Rogue?

Sphere Priest - Cleric/Druid. Not sure I like this one as much.

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BTW, if you guys catch errors, point them out to me. There's a few in Soothsayer I'm cleaning up at the moment.

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Re: An Offer: Custom SRD Base Classes
« Reply #19 on: March 18, 2014, 11:25:44 AM »
Psychic Singer has some copy/paste errors (search for Knives)
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