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Racial Idealist Variants
« on: August 19, 2012, 04:01:20 PM »
True Draconic Power

Racial Idealist Variant
Requirements: True Dragon, not a Kobold.

Idealist Level: You add half your True Dragon racial HD to your levels in Idealist classes to determine your Idealist level.  You must still take levels in an Idealist class to learn Ideals and gain access to Ideal powers.

Personal Ideal: The very first Ideal you learn must be the Ideal which matches your race, and is counted as your Personal Ideal.  Because of you are channeling the power of your own heritage rather than an abstract philosophy, your powers in this area are enhanced.  You always express this Ideal, but it does not count towards your maximum number of Ideals expressed.

Class Features:
This variant applies to all Idealist classes.  If you decide to apply this variant, you may not later choose to take the normal version of an altered ability.

Wyrm Warrior
  • Dragontouched: You do not gain the benefit of the Dragontouched feat at first level.
  • Primary Ideals: Your Personal Ideal must be chosen as one of your Primary Ideals.
  • Scales: The natural armor bonus you gain is in addition to any existing natural armor you have.  You do not gain any additional energy resistance.
  • Breath: You do not gain an additional breath weapon.  Instead, you gain the ability to alter the energy type of your racial breath weapon to match that of any one of your expressed Ideals.  If you do not have a racial breath weapon (such as a fang dragon), you gain the normal Wyrm Warrior class feature.
  • Wings: Instead of granting you a fly speed, this ability enhances the speed of your existing fly speed by 5' times the level of the maneuver expended, and increases your maneuverability by one step.
  • Presence: Instead of its usual effect, this class feature instead increases the save DC of your Frightful Presence by an amount equal to the sacrificed maneuver's level.  If you do not have a racial Frightful Presence ability (due to being of too low an age category, for example), you instead gain the Awaken Frightful Presence feat (Draconomicon).
  • Draconic Patron: You must always use your Personal Ideal for this ability.
  • Ideal Apotheosis: You do not undergo a type change, but you retain the ability score bonuses. You also increase in size by 1 category, which does not affect your ability scores.
Dragonmage
  • Draconic casting: You may choose to sacrifce your racial spellcasting and spell-like abilities. If you do so, your racial Hit Dice stack with your Dragonmage level to determine your spellcasting ability (but not other class features).
  • Dragontouched: You do not gain Dragontouched as a bonus feat.
  • Breath: You do not gain an additional breath weapon.  Instead, you gain the ability to alter the energy type of your racial breath weapon to match that of any one of your expressed Ideals.  If you do not have a racial breath weapon (such as a fang dragon), you gain the normal Dragonmage class feature.
  • Scales: The natural armor bonus you gain is in addition to any existing natural armor you have.  You do not gain any additional energy resistance.
  • Ideal Focus: You may only use this ability with your Personal Ideal, but you gain both the increase in caster level and the bonus to save DC rather than one or the other.
  • Wings: Instead of granting you a fly speed, this ability enhances the speed of your existing fly speed by 5' times the level of the spell slot expended, and increases your maneuverability by one step.
  • Convert metamagic: Works as normal, but if you use this feature on spells associated with your Personal Ideal, you need only sacrifice half as many spell levels as normal.
  • Dragonsight: Instead of granting blindsight this ability instead increases the range of your blindsight by 5' times your Charisma modifier.
Scaleshaper
  • Scaleshift: Any natural weapons that you already have which would have been granted by this ability instead increase the damage die size of that natural attack by one step. This increase stacks with the Improved Natural Attack feat and other effects which would increase the base damage of your natural weapons (such as the Fang Dragon wyrmling Ideal power).
  • Dragontouched: You do not gain Dragontouched as a bonus feat.
  • Wyrmspirit: Your wyrmspirit is never of the same type as your Personal Ideal.
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Re: Racial Idealist Variants
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2012, 09:29:32 PM »
Dragonborn Wyrm Warrior Racial Substitution Levels

The martial bent of the Dragonborn draws them strongly to the path of the Wyrm Warrior.  They have dedicated their life to the Draconic Ideal already, and the Wyrm Warrior simply allows them to express it.
Hit Die: d12

Requirements
To take a dragonborn wyrm warrior substitution level, a character must be a dragonborn about to take his 3rd, 6th, or 14th level of wyrm warrior.

Class Skills
Dragonborn wyrm warrior substitution levels have the class skills of the standard wyrm warrior class (including additional class skills from the Primary Ideals).
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier


Base
Attack

Fort

Reflex

Will

 

 
LevelBonusSaveSaveSaveSpecialInitiating
3 +3 +3 +1 +3 Breath of the heart d6 Same as wyrm warrior
6 +6/+1 +5 +2 +5 Dragonborn wings Same as wyrm warrior
14 +14/+9/+4 +9 +4 +9 Presence of mind Same as wyrm warrior

Class Features
All of the following are features of the dragonborn wyrm warrior racial substitution levels.

Breath of the Heart (Su): A dragonborn wyrm warrior unlocks the heart of a dragon deep within him, letting it burst forth with flame.  At 3rd level, he may expend a readied (and unexpended) maneuver as a free action, to add energy damage equal to 1d6 per level of the expended maneuver (the type of energy is given by his expressed Ideal) to the breath weapon he gained from the Heart aspect.  If the wyrm warrior is expressing more than one ideal (see Dual Ideal or Ideal Triad, below), he chooses one type of energy associated with one of his Ideals at the time he expends the maneuver. At 7th level, and every 4 levels after, the damage die size increases as shown on the table above.

If the dragonborn wyrm warrior did not have the Heart aspect already, he gains that ability instead, and the extra damage from this ability is delayed until 7th level (with each Breath entry on the Wyrm Warrior table granting the die size of damage of the previous entry).

This substitution class feature replaces a standard wyrm warrior's Breath class feature.

Dragonborn wings (Ex): A 6th-level dragonborn wyrm warrior gains the Wings aspect.  If he already had that aspect, instead his flight speed increases by 10 feet, and his maneuverability increases by 1 step (to a maximum of perfect).  These benefits apply only to the flight he gained from his Wings aspect.

This substitution class feature replaces a standard wyrm warrior's Wings class feature.

Presence of Mind (Su): Upon reaching 16th level, a dragonborn wyrm warrior gains the Mind aspect.  If he already had that aspect, he instead gains the ability to expend a readied (and unexpended) maneuver to gain blindsight out to a range of 10 feet times the level of the expended maneuver.  This blindsight lasts for a number of rounds equal to his Charisma modifier.

This substitution class feature replaces a standard wyrm warrior's Presence class feature.
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Re: Racial Idealist Variants
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2012, 09:30:07 PM »
Kobold Scaleshaper Racial Substitution Levels

Kobolds are sneaky and tricksy, and like to pretend that they're more important than they actually are.  Scaleshaper is perfect for the likes of them.
Hit Die: d6

Requirements
To take a kobold scaleshaper substitution level, a character must be a kobold about to take his 1st, 3rd, or 6th level of scaleshaper.  In addition, a kobold seeking the 3rd-level scaleshaper substitution level must have undergone the Draconic Rite of Passage.

Class Skills
Kobold scaleshaper substitution levels have the class skills of the standard scalethief class (read: all of them).
Skill Points at Each Level: 8 + Int modifier (x4 at 1st level)


Base
Attack

Fort

Reflex

Will

 

 
LevelBonusSaveSaveSaveSpecialProjections
1 +0 +0 +2 +2 Dragonwrought, scaleshift (wyrmling), wyrmspirit Same as scaleshaper
3 +2 +1 +3 +3 Draconic significance Same as scaleshaper
6 +4 +2 +5 +5 Sneakshape Same as scaleshaper

Class Features
All of the following are features of the kobold scaleshaper racial substitution levels.  Some of these abilities make use of the Races of the Dragon Web Enhancement article.

Dragonwrought (Ex): A kobold scaleshaper gains Dragonwrought as a bonus feat, even if he does not meet the prerequisites. (This feat does not allow him to count as a true dragon.) In addition, any draconic feats he selects function as if his draconic ancestors were of the same type as any Ideal he expresses. For example, a scaleshaper with the Draconic Heritage feat who expressed the Black Dragon Ideal would gain the benefit of Draconic Heritage (Black); if he switched the next day to the Gold Dragon Ideal he would gain the benefit of Draconic Heritage (Gold) instead.

This substitution class feature replaces a standard scaleshaper's Dragontouched class feature.

Scaleshift (Su): The claw attacks granted by a kobold scaleshaper's Scaleshift ability increase in damage by one size category.  This substitution class feature supplements a standard scaleshaper's Scaleshift class feature, and does not replace anything.

Draconic significance (Su): At 3rd level, a kobold scaleshaper taps into his draconic heritage, gaining increased power with his racial magic.  He gains Draconic Reservoir as a bonus feat.  In addition, he may spend uses of his ideal powers on a one-for-one basis to gain additional uses of his spell-like ability.

This substitution class feature replaces a standard scaleshaper's Strong Spirit class feature.

Sneakshape (Su): A kobold scalethief is a very sneaky character indeed, even when it comes to changing shape into a dragon.  As long as he is not flat-footed, the kobold can spend a use of his ideal powers to activate his Scaleshift ability as an immediate action.

This substitution class feature replaces a standard scaleshaper's Projected Shape class feature.
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Re: Racial Idealist Variants
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2012, 09:30:31 PM »
Spellscale Dragonmage Racial Substitution Levels

Spellscales are often drawn to the path of the Dragonmage; their penchant for sorcery attracts them to its magical prowess, and the Spellscale practice of Blood Quickening Meditations is fundamentally similar to that of expressing Ideals.
Hit Die: d4

Requirements
To take a spellscale dragonmage substitution level, a character must be a spellscale about to take his 2nd, 4th, or 11th level of dragonmage.

Class Skills
Spellscale dragonmage substitution levels have the class skills of the standard dragonmage class.
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier


Base
Attack

Fort

Reflex

Will

 

 
LevelBonusSaveSaveSaveSpecialSpellcasting
2 +1 +3 +0 +3 Breath d6, Ideal quickening Same as dragonmage
4 +4 +4 +1 +4 Meditative focus Same as dragonmage
11 +5 +7 +3 +7 Rapid re-expression, blood re-expression Same as dragonmage

Class Features
All of the following are features of the spellscale dragonmage racial substitution levels.

Ideal quickening (Su): When there is a conjunction between the Ideal a dragonmage expresses and the blood quickening meditation he has undertaken, the latter reinforces the former, drawing him closer to the Draconic Ideal.  Whenever the meditation that a dragonmage of 2nd level or higher grants a skill bonus to a skill associated with the Ideal that he is expressing, the dragonmage gains a +1 bonus to Idealist level with ideal powers from that Ideal.  He still does not gain higher tier ideal powers from this increase than he would normally have access to.

This substitution class feature replaces a standard dragonmage's Ancient Arcana class feature.

Meditative focus (Su): A 4th-level spellscale dragonmage's expression of the Draconic Ideal can aid his meditative pursuit of the Dragon Gods as well.  By spending a use of his ideal powers, the dragonmage can gain an additional use of the ability or metamagic feat granted to him by his blood quickening meditation.

This substitution class feature replaces a standard dragonmage's Ideal Focus class feature.

Blood re-expression (Su): An 11th-level spellscale dragonmage can use his Rapid Re-expression ability to change his blood quickening meditation instead of his expressed Ideal, if he chooses.  If he later gains the Quick Re-expression or Speed Re-expression abilities, these apply only to his expressed Ideal and not this ability.

This substitution class feature does not replace any ability.
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