An Offer: Custom Base Classes

[Stratovarius]

Not a bad combination, with both using WIS, though.

You know, I'd forgotten that - I actually thought the CA Ninja used Cha, and since I just copypastaed the abilities, I never even looked at them. So the class doesn't have too much MAD, especially if it focuses on being a Dex/Wis combatant. Would probably make for a fairly useful King of Smack type class, since it can do hit and run quite well.

[Nifft]

Probably not quite what you were looking for, but I did actually build a class that can focus on Arcane, Divine, Martial, or Skill - the Historian. It's a monstrously complex thing, though, so be warned.

Interesting.

Yeah, not really what I'm looking for, what with the spell point system and other oddities, but interesting.

Thanks!

[Stratovarius]

Probably not quite what you were looking for, but I did actually build a class that can focus on Arcane, Divine, Martial, or Skill - the Historian. It's a monstrously complex thing, though, so be warned.

Interesting.

Yeah, not really what I'm looking for, what with the spell point system and other oddities, but interesting.

Thanks!

Since I figured it might not be, here's a Chameleon stretched out over 20 levels. It more or less just uses the existing class abilities, although I boosted Combat, Stealth, and Wild focus. I also tossed in a few feats, since they were obvious. There's abilities that could be written that take advantage of switching between focuses and so on (Numinous and some others of my classes have similar), but I didn't write them in.

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Chameleon

"I can do all things."
- Excasard the Brilliant, Human Chameleon

Sometimes it’s good to be a fighter, able to wield any weapon. Other times, you’d be better off as a rogue, with stealth and the ability to backstab foes. And sometimes, nothing but spells will do the trick. When these situations collide and you need one answer, you need a chameleon. Chameleons are dilettantes in every class and masters of none. They know enough of each class’s skills and abilities to mimic that class effectively. You can masquerade as a fighter, a rogue, or even a wizard or a cleric. Part of it is power, of course—you learn to harness your own natural energy, shaping it into whichever class you require that day. But the rest is pure attitude—you are a talented performer, and when you walk into a room with a holy symbol around your neck, people believe you have true faith.

Making a Chameleon
Anyone can become a chameleon—because, after all, a chameleon can become anyone. The easiest path is through the rogue class, since the rogue’s large number of skill points makes meeting the skill requirements easy. Bards also make excellent chameleons, since they are talented performers who already know some magic. Chameleons who were spellcasters have a clear advantage, because their spell lists are not as limited. Chameleon clerics are rare, but extremely valuable, because they can heal and turn undead with more potency than a chameleon merely posing as a priest. The class is also an interesting choice for monks—their discipline makes it easier to adapt the body to each new role, even if their poor social skills hamper their performances.

Abilities: All of them.

Races: Chameleon appear amongst all races, for their talents are widespread and to be a jack-of-all-trades is always useful.

Alignment: Chameleon can be of any alignment, and there is no bias in any one direction.

Table 1: The Chameleon

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Level  BAB   Ref   Fort  Will  Abilities                                     
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1      +0    +0    +0    +0    Aptitude focus 1/day (+2)                 
2      +1    +1    +1    +1    Bonus feat                                 
3      +2    +1    +1    +1    Mimic class feature 1/day                 
4      +3    +2    +2    +2    Ability boon +2                           
5      +3    +2    +2    +2    Aptitude focus 2/day (+4)                 
6      +4    +3    +3    +3    Mimic class feature 2/day, Bonus feat                   
7      +5    +3    +3    +3    Ability boon +4           
8      +6    +2    +2    +2    Rapid Refocus
9      +6    +3    +3    +3    Mimic class feature 3/day                 
10     +7    +3    +3    +3    Ability boon +6, aptitude focus 3/day (+6), Bonus feat 
11     +8    +3    +3    +3    Double Aptitude                         
12     +9    +4    +4    +4    Mimic class feature 4/day               
13     +9    +4    +4    +4    Ability boon +8               
14     +10   +4    +4    +4    Supreme Mimic, Bonus feat               
15     +11   +5    +5    +5    Mimic class feature 5/day, Aptitude focus 4/day (+8)               
16     +12   +5    +5    +5    Ability boon +10               
17     +12   +5    +5    +5    Instant Refocus               
18     +13   +6    +6    +6    Mimic class feature 6/day, Bonus feat               
19     +14   +6    +6    +6    Ability boon +12               
20     +15   +6    +6    +6    One Is All, Aptitude focus 5/day (+10)
Table 2: Spells Per Day

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Level  1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th
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1      0    —    —    —    —    —
2      0    —    —    —    —    —
3      1    —    —    —    —    —
4      2    0    —    —    —    —
5      3    1    —    —    —    —
6      3    2    —    —    —    —
7      3    2    0    —    —    —
8      3    3    1    —    —    —
9      3    3    2    —    —    —
10     3    3    2    0    —    —
11     3    3    3    1    —    —
12     3    3    3    2    —    —
13     3    3    3    2    0    —
14     3    3    3    3    1    —
15     4    3    3    3    2    —
16     4    4    3    3    2    0
17     4    4    4    3    3    1
18     4    4    4    4    3    2
19     4    4    4    4    4    3
20     4    4    4    4    4    4
Table 3: Psionic Focus

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Level  Power Points/Day  Powers Known  Maximum Power Level
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1      0                 1             1
2      1                 2             1
3      3                 2             1
4      5                 3             2
5      7                 3             2
6      11                4             2
7      15                4             3
8      19                5             3
9      23                5             3
10     27                6             4
11     35                6             4
12     43                7             4
13     51                7             5
14     59                8             5
15     67                8             5
16     79                9             6
17     91                9             6
18     103               10            6
19     115               10            6
20     127               11            6
Table 4: Combat Focus

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Level  Maneuvers Known  Maneuvers Readied  Maximum Maneuver Level
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1      1                1                  1
2      1                1                  1
3      2                1                  1
4      2                1                  2
5      3                2                  2
6      3                2                  2
7      4                2                  3
8      4                2                  3
9      5                3                  3
10     5                3                  4
11     6                3                  4
12     6                3                  4
13     7                4                  5
14     7                4                  5
15     8                4                  5
16     8                4                  6
17     9                5                  6
18     9                5                  6
19     10               5                  6
20     10               5                  6

Game Rule Information
Chameleons have the following game statistics.

Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d8
Starting Gold: 5d4 x 10 (125 gp)
Starting Age: Complex (as wizard)


Class skills
Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Disguise (Cha), Sense Motive (Wis), Swim (Str), and Use Magic Device (Cha)
Skill Points at 1st level: (4 + Int modifier) x 4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier

Class Features
The chameleon’s class features allow you to adopt a variety of roles, from armored warrior to spellcaster to sneaky rogue. You can’t use any abilities gained from your aptitude focus, ability boon, or mimic class feature abilities to qualify for a feat, prestige class, or other option. You can use your bonus feats to qualify for such options, but if you change the feats, you suffer the normal drawbacks for no longer meeting a prerequisite or requirement.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency
Chameleons are proficient with all simple weapons and with all forms of armor, including shields (but not tower shields).

Aptitude Focus (Ex)
Once per day, you can select one of five areas upon which to focus your ever-shifting talents. After meditating for 1 hour, you gain the chosen abilities for 24 hours or until you change your aptitude focus. An aptitude focus ability is usable once per day at 1st level, with a further additional use every 5 levels (5, 10, 15, 20). At 5th level, you can change your aptitude focus one time per day, with a further additional use every 5 levels (10, 15, 20). If you change to the arcane focus or divine focus ability, you must still obey the normal rules for preparing spells (including any rest required).

Arcane Focus: You gain the ability to prepare and cast arcane spells, which may be chosen from the wizard spell list. You prepare and cast these spells just as a wizard does, including the use of a spellbook (chameleons often use stolen or borrowed spellbooks; see page 178 of the Player's Handbook for details). Your spells per day are noted on Table 5—2: The Chameleon. You gain bonus spells for a high Intelligence score, just as a wizard does. When Table 5—2 indicates that you get 0 spells per day of a given spell level, you gain only the bonus spells you would be entitled to based on your Intelligence score for that spell level. Your caster level is equal to your class level. You also gain a +2 competence bonus on Knowledge (arcana) checks and Spellcraft checks and a +2 bonus on Will saves. These bonuses improve by +2 every 5 levels (at 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th)

Combat Focus: You gain proficiency with all martial and exotic weapons, and your base attack bonus increases to that of a fighter. You gain a +2 competence bonus on attack rolls and weapon damage rolls and a +2 bonus on Fortitude saves, as well as damage reduction 2/-. These bonuses (including the damage reduction) improve by +2 every 5 levels (at 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th). At 1st level, you gain a bonus feat, chosen from the list of fighter bonus feats. You must meet the prerequisites for this feat. At 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th level, you gain an additional bonus feat. You also gain access to a single martial discipline (See Tome of Battle). Your initiator level is equal to your class level, while your maneuvers known, readied, and the maximum level known are all given on Table 4. You recover maneuvers as a Warblade does.

Divine Focus: You gain the ability to prepare and cast divine spells, which may be chosen from the cleric spell list. You prepare and cast these spells just as a cleric does, except that you cannot spontaneously cast spells. You can only prepare new divine spells at sunrise. Your spells per day are noted on Table 5—2: The Chameleon. You gain bonus spells for a high Wisdom score, just as a cleric does. When Table 5—2 indicates that you get 0 spells per day of a given spell level, you gain only the bonus spells you would be entitled to based on your Wisdom score for that spell level. Your caster level is equal to your class level. You also gain a +2 competence bonus on Knowledge (religion) checks and a +2 bonus on Fortitude and Will saves. These bonuses improve by +2 every 5 levels (at 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th)

Stealth Focus: You gain trapfinding (see page 50 of the Player's Handbook), uncanny dodge (see page 26 of the Player's Handbook), a +2 competence bonus on Disable Device, Hide, Move Silently, Open Lock, and Search checks, and a +2 bonus on Reflex saves. These bonuses improve by +2 every 5 levels (at 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th). You gain Sneak Attack +1d6 for every three levels in the Chameleon class. At 1st level, you gain the ability to go invisible twice per day. At 5th level, you gain two additional uses and treat your invisibility as invisibility, greater. At 10th level, you gain two additional uses and can become ethereal. These effects last for one round per point of competence bonus. At 15th level, you gain Hide in Plain Sight (as per the shadowdancer ability). At 20th level, you ignore any immunity a creature might have that prevents sneak attacks or similar effects.

Wild Focus: You gain wild empathy (see page 35 of the Player's Handbook; treat your druid level as equal to your class level), woodland stride (see page 36 of the Player's Handbook), a +2 competence bonus on Climb, Handle Animal, Jump, Knowledge (nature), and Survival checks, and a +2 bonus on Fortitude saves. These bonuses improve by +2 every 5 levels (at 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th). In addition, you may choose either the following Favoured Enemy or Wild Shape ability.

• Favoured Enemy: choose a favoured enemy, as per the ranger class ability, at 1st level. At 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th, choose an additional favoured enemy. The bonus against favoured enemies is equal to the bonus on Fortitude saves this ability provides.
• Wild Shape: At 5th level, you gain Wild Shape, as per the druid class ability, useable twice per day. At 10th level, you gain two additional uses of Wild Shape, and the ability to change into Large, Tiny, or Plant creatures. At 15th level, you gain two additional uses of Wild Shape, and the ability to change into Huge creatures. At 20th level, you gain two additional uses of Wild Shape, and the ability to change into Elemental, and Huge Elemental creatures.

Psionic Focus: You gain the ability to learn and manifest powers, which are chosen from the psion power list (this does not given you access to discipline powers). You manifest these powers just as a psion of your level does. Your power points/day and powers known are indicated on Table 3. You gain bonus power points for a high Intelligence score, just as a psion does. Your manifester level is equal to your class level. Once you have chosen your powers known for the day, even if you subsequently refocus your aptitude, they remain your powers known until the next day. You also gain a +2 competence bonus on Autohypnosis, Knowledge (psionics), and Psicraft checks and a +2 bonus on Will saves. These bonuses improve by +2 every 5 levels (at 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th).

Leadership Focus: You gain bardic music, as a bard of 2/3rds your class level (min 1), and a single Minor aura, as per the Marshal class ability of the same name. You also gain a +2 competence bonus on all Charisma-based skill checks (Use Magic/Psionic Device excluded), and a +2 bonus on Fortitude saves. These bonuses improve by +2 every 5 levels (at 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th). At 5th level, you gain a Major Aura +1, as per the Marshal class ability. You may instead choose a Draconic Aura, as per the Dragon Shaman class ability. At 10th level, you gain a second Minor aura. You may choose to activate both Minor auras if desired. At 15th level, the bonus on your Major or Draconic Aura increases to +3. At 20th level, you may choose a second Major or Draconic Aura, and switch between them as a swift action.

Bonus Feat (Ex)
At 2nd level, you gain a bonus feat. You must meet the prerequisites for this feat. At the start of each day, you can choose to change your bonus feat to any other feat for which you meet the prerequisites. You gain an additional bonus feat every 4 levels (6th, 10th, 14th, 18th).

Mimic Class Feature
At 3rd level, once per day, you gain the ability to mimic a certain class feature possessed by other characters. At the start of each day, choose a number of supernatural or extraordinary class abilities equal to the number of uses of this ability you possess. Each ability must be available to a standard (base) character class at 3rd level or lower, and must appear on the advancement table or in the text description for that class. This excludes any ability that grants a companion (Animal Companion, Familiars, etc.), spellcasting or similar abilities (Binding, Incarnum, Manoeuvres, Truenaming, Shadowcasting, Psionics, etc.), and any ability granted by an Aptitude Focus.  Every 3 levels after that (6, 9, 12, 15, 18) you gain one additional use (either to mimic the same class feature, or a different class feature at a separate time). Each time you use a chosen class ability, you gain the benefit of that ability for one round. If the chosen ability has a stated duration (such as Rage), you gain the benefit for that duration. This cannot exceed one minute. Activating Mimic Class Feature is an immediate action.

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At 3rd level, you gain the ability to mimic a certain class feature possessed by other characters. Once per day, you can use any of the class features described below. Every 3 levels after that (6, 9, 12, 15, 18) you gain one additional use (either to mimic the same class feature, or a different class feature at a separate time).

Evasion (Ex) As an immediate action, you can avoid damage from certain attacks with a successful Reflex save. You can activate this ability after you have rolled a successful Reflex save, but before you have taken damage. This ability lasts for 1 minute. See the monk class feature, page 41 of the Player's Handbook.

Rage (Ex) You can fly into a screaming blood frenzy. See the barbarian class feature, page 25 of the Player's Handbook, except that the duration of the rage is 1 round + 1 round per point of your (newly improved) Constitution modifier.

Smite (Ex) You can smite a foe with a normal melee attack. You add your Charisma bonus (if any) to the attack roll and deal 1 extra point of damage per class level. See the paladin smite evil class feature, page 44 of the Player's Handbook.

Sudden Strike (Ex) You can deal an extra 1d6 points of damage per two class levels any time the target would be denied its Dexterity bonus. See the Ninja class feature in Complete Adventurer.

Turn/Rebuke Undead (Su) You can turn or rebuke undead creatures (your choice when activating the ability) by channeling the power of your faith through a holy symbol. See Turn or Rebuke Undead, page 159 of the Player's Handbook. Treat your cleric level as equal to your class level.

Skirmish (Ex) You deal an extra 1d6 points of damage on all attacks you make during any round in which you move at least 10 feet away from where you were at the start of your turn. The extra damage applies only to attacks made after you have moved at least 10 feet. The skirmish ability cannot be used while mounted. The extra damage applies only to attacks taken during your turn. This extra damage increases by 1d6 for every four levels gained above 1st (2d6 at 5th, 3d6 at 9th, 4d6 at 13th, and 5d6 at 17th level).

The extra damage only applies against living creatures that have a discernible anatomy. Undead, constructs, oozes, plants, incorporeal creatures, and creatures immune to extra damage from critical hits are not vulnerable to this additional damage. You must be able to see the target well enough to pick out a vital spot and must be able to reach such a spot. You can apply this extra damage to ranged attacks made while skirmishing, but only if the target is within 30 feet.

At 3rd level, you gain a +1 competence bonus to Armor Class during any round in which you move at least 10 feet. The bonus applies as soon as you have moved 10 feet, and lasts until the start of your next turn. This bonus improves by 1 for every four levels gained above 3rd (+2 at 7th, +3 at 11th, +4 at 15th, and +5 at 19th level).

You cannot use this ability when wearing medium or heavy armor or when carrying a medium or heavy load.

Ability Boon (Ex)
At 4th level, when choosing an aptitude focus, you also gain a +2 competence bonus to an ability score of your choice. This bonus lasts until you change your aptitude focus. Every 3 levels after that (6, 9, 12, 15, 18), the bonus increases by +2. If desired, you can split this bonus in half and apply to two different ability scores of your choice (thus, at 4th level, it would be +1 to two different scores).

Rapid Refocus (Ex)
At 8th level, you gain the power to change your aptitude focus in only 10 minutes.

Double Aptitude (Ex)
At 11th level, you can adopt two aptitude focuses in the same amount of time it previously took for you to adopt one. For example, you could adopt both the combat focus and the wild focus to mimic a ranger, or the divine focus and arcane focus to mimic a mystic theurge. You can't adopt the same aptitude focus twice simultaneously. You can still only adopt as many focuses per day as indicated by your aptitude focus ability.

Supreme Mimic (Ex)
At 14th level, you become the ultimate jack of all trades. Your sharp mind allows you to duplicate almost any ability you witness. At the start of each day, choose three extraordinary class abilities. Each ability must be available to a standard (base) character class at 15th level or lower, and must appear on the advancement table or in the text description for that class (This excludes spellcasting or similar abilities (Binding, Incarnum, Manoeuvres, Truenaming, Shadowcasting, Psionics, etc.), or any ability granted by an Aptitude Focus. You can use each chosen class ability once per day, lasting for one minute each.

Instant Refocus (Ex)
At 17th level, you gain the power to change your aptitude focus in only 1 full round.

One Is All (Ex)
At 20th level, you may refocus as many times per day as desired.

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Extra Mimic [Chameleon]
Prerequisites: Mimic Class Feature ability
Benefit: You gain 2 additional uses of your Mimic Class Feature ability per day.
Special: You can take this feat multiple times.

Extra Focus [Chameleon]
Prerequisites: Aptitude Focus ability
Benefit: You gain 1 additional use of your Aptitude Focus ability per day.
Special: You can take this feat multiple times.

Focused Choice [Chameleon]
Prerequisites: Aptitude Focus ability
Benefit: You increase the bonuses granted by a single aptitude focus by +2.
Special: You can take this feat multiple times.

[Stratovarius]

Ninja/Psywarrior (the CA one which had ki stuff, I think)?

Just fixed a minor error I had in the class (too much copy/pasta). It now has the PsyWar Power Known progression instead of the Wilder one.

[Stratovarius]

Incarnate/Artificer crossbreed. Abilities to pay attention to are Item Bind and Soulforge (they're the new ones for this class).

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Ironborn

"I can do all things."
- Excasard the Brilliant, Human Ironborn

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Making a Ironborn
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Abilities: Intelligence, mostly.

Races: Ironborn appear amongst all races, for their talents are widespread and to be a jack-of-all-trades is always useful.

Alignment: Ironborn can be of any alignment, and there is no bias in any one direction.

Table 1: The Ironborn

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Level  BAB   Ref   Fort  Will  Abilities                                     Soulmelds         Essentia      Chakra Binds
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1      +0    +0    +0    +2    Ironborn Knowledge, Infusions                 2                 1             0
2      +1    +1    +1    +3    Expanded Soulmeld Capacity                    3                 2             0
3      +2    +1    +1    +3    Chakra Bind (Crown), Item Bind                3                 3             1
4      +3    +2    +2    +4                                                  4                 4             1
5      +3    +2    +2    +4    Chakra Bind (Hands, Feet)                     4                 5             1
6      +4    +3    +3    +5    Rapid Meldshaping                             4                 6             2
7      +5    +3    +3    +5                                                  5                 7             2
8      +6    +2    +2    +6                                                  5                 8             2
9      +6    +3    +3    +6                                                  5                 9             2
10     +7    +3    +3    +7    Chakra Bind (Arm, Brow, Shoulders)            6                 10            3
11     +8    +3    +3    +7    Rapid Meldshaping                             6                 11            3
12     +9    +4    +4    +8    Soulforge                                     6                 12            3
13     +9    +4    +4    +8                                                  7                 13            3
14     +10   +4    +4    +9    Expanded Soulmeld Capacity                    7                 14            4
15     +11   +5    +5    +9    Chakra Bind (Throat, Waist)                   7                 16            4
16     +12   +5    +5    +10                                                 8                 18            4
17     +12   +5    +5    +10   Rapid Meldshaping                             8                 20            4
18     +13   +6    +6    +11                                                 8                 22            5
19     +14   +6    +6    +11                                                 9                 24            5
20     +15   +6    +6    +12   Chakra Bind (Soul), Perfect Meldshaper        9                 26            5

Game Rule Information
Ironborns have the following game statistics.

Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d8
Starting Gold: 5d4 x 10 (125 gp)
Starting Age: Complex (as wizard)


Class skills
Appraise, Concentration, Craft, Disable Device, Knowledge (Arcana, Architecture, Religion, The Planes), Open Lock, Search, Spellcraft, Use Magic Device
Skill Points at 1st level: (2 + Int modifier) x 4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier

Class Features
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Weapon and Armor Proficiency: You are proficient with all simple weapons, light armor, medium armor, and shields (except tower shields).

Meldshaping: An Ironborn's primary ability is shaping incarnum soulmelds, which are drawn from the incarnate soulmeld list. You know and can shape any soulmeld from this list.

The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against an Ironborn soulmeld is 10 + number of points of essentia invested in the soulmeld + your Intelligence modifier. Your meldshaper level is equal to your Ironborn level.

An Ironborn can shape only a certain number of soulmelds per day. The maximum number of soulmelds that you can have shaped simultaneously is equal to your Constitution score minus 10 or the number of soulmelds allowed for your level, whichever is lower. At 1st level, you can shape two soulmelds at a time (assuming you have a Constitution score of at least 12). As you advance in level, you can shape an increasing number of soulmelds.

At 1st level, you also gain access to your personal pool of essentia, which can be invested into your soulmelds to increase their power. Your character level determines the maximum quantity of essentia that you can invest in any single soulmeld. As a swift action, you can reallocate your essentia investments in your soulmelds every round.

An Ironborn does not study or prepare soulmelds in advance, but must have a good night's rest and must meditate for 1 hour to shape his soulmelds for the day.

Ironborn Knowledge: An Ironborn can make a special Ironborn knowledge check with a bonus equal to his Ironborn level + his Int modifier to detect whether a specific item has a magical aura. The Ironborn must hold and examine the object for 1 minute. A successful check against DC 15 determines that the object has magical qualities, but does not reveal the specific powers of the item. An Ironborn cannot take 10 or take 20 on this check. A particular item can only be examined in this fashion one time; if the check fails, the Ironborn can learn no more about that object.

Infusions: An Ironborn gains infusions exactly as an artificer of his class level, and follows all of the same rules, including the table for infusions per day.

Chakra Binds: Beginning at 3rd level, you can bind your soulmelds to your chakras, granting you new powers based on the soulmeld and the chakra chosen. Binding a soulmeld to a chakra closes the body slot associated with that chakra, so that you cannot also benefit from a magic item worn on the body slot associated with that chakra.

Item Bind (Su): Instead of binding a soulmeld to a chakra, the Ironborn has the option to instead bind an item. That item must be worn in a slot he can chakra bind. If he chooses to bind an item, he may invest essentia into that item (following all the normal rules for doing so as a soulmeld). For each point of essentia invested into an item, the item gains either a +1 bonus to its enhancement bonus, or gains a special ability with an enhancement bonus cost equal to the number of points of essentia invested. If the Ironborn has invested enough points of essentia to choose more than one special quality, he may do so. All bonuses are lost if the essentia is uninvested, the item is unbound from the chakra, or the item is no longer worn or held by the Ironborn.

The number of chakra binds that you can have active at any one time depends on your level. At 3rd level, you can bind a soulmeld to your crown chakra. Beginning at 5th level, you can bind soulmelds to your feet or hands chakras. At 10th level, you can bind soulmelds to your arms, brow, or shoulders chakras. At 15th level, you can bind soulmelds to your throat or waist chakras. At 17th level, you can bind a soulmeld to your heart chakra, and at 20th level you can bind a soulmeld to your soul chakra.

Expanded Soulmeld Capacity (Ex): Ironborns are specially gifted in their ability to invest essentia into soulmelds. At 2nd level and again at 14th level, the essentia capacity of your soulmelds increases by 1. This only applies to soulmelds, not to feats, class features, or other abilities that allow essentia investment.

Rapid Meldshaping (Su): As your ability to channel incarnum into soulmelds increases, you learn to shape a small number of soulmelds instantly. Starting at 6th level, once per day you can unshape one of your existing soulmelds and immediately shape another soulmeld. This process requires a full-round action and provokes attacks of opportunity. The soulmeld that you shape cannot be bound to a chakra, even if the soulmeld that you unshape was bound to a chakra. You can use this ability twice per day at 11th level and three times per day at 17th.

Soulforge (Su): Upon reaching 12th level, the Ironborn can create an item from the essentia that he carries within him. When he shapes his soulmelds at the beginning of the day, he may choose to create a single item forged from essentia. This item can be any one magical object that costs less than 500 gp * class level. For every point of essentia invested in this item (treat as a soulmeld), the cost increases by 500 gp * class level. Once the item has been shaped for the day, it cannot be changed, and any essentia invested in it cannot be reinvested. Should an ability force the Ironborn to do so, the item is lost. It may not be an expendable item, or one with charges or other limited use abilities.

Perfect Meldshaper (Su): At 20th level, you gain the ability to flood your body with incarnum for a brief period of time. As a free action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity, you can increase the amount of essentia invested in each of the Ironborn soulmelds that you currently have shaped to the maximum essentia capacity of that soulmeld. This total will be greater than the amount of essentia normally available to you. This ability lasts for a number of rounds equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier. During this duration, you can't reallocate essentia from your Ironborn soulmelds. You can use this ability once per day.

[Stratovarius]

Rogue/Paladin. More on the sense of Vengeance.

Honestly, I don't think it's my best work, but UGH Paladins and Rogues are front-loaded.

Skullclan Hunter, Pelor's Shadowguard, Heirophant, and a few others gave nobly to create this.

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Rectifier

"Blah!"
- blah, blah Rectifier

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Making A Rectifier
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Abilities: Wisdom is the ability that the Rectifier uses to give him extra spells. Equally at home in combat as in spellcasting, the Rectifier does well to have strong physical statistics.

Races: Rectifier appear amongst all races, but are highly concentrated among those who live in and among nature.

Alignment: Good, only.

Table 1: The Rectifier

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Level  BAB   Ref   Fort  Will  Abilities                                             1st  2nd  3rd  4th
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1      +1    +2    +0    +2    Sneak attack +1d6, trapfinding, Divine Strike         —    —    —    — 
2      +2    +3    +1    +3    Evasion, Divine Grace                                 —    —    —    — 
3      +3    +3    +1    +3    Sneak attack +2d6, trap sense +1, Aura of Courage     —    —    —    — 
4      +4    +4    +2    +4    Uncanny dodge, Turn Undead                            0    —    —    — 
5      +5    +4    +2    +4    Sneak attack +3d6, Special Mount                      0    —    —    — 
6      +6    +5    +3    +5    Trap sense +2, Protection from Evil                   1    —    —    — 
7      +7    +5    +3    +5    Sneak attack +4d6, Sword of Light                     1    —    —    — 
8      +8    +6    +2    +6    Improved uncanny dodge                                1    0    —    — 
9      +9    +6    +3    +6    Sneak attack +5d6, trap sense +3, Sun's Revelation    1    0    —    — 
10     +10   +7    +3    +7    Surge of Piety, Special ability                       1    3    —    — 
11     +11   +7    +3    +7    Sneak attack +6d6, Sword of Darkness                  1    3    0    — 
12     +12   +8    +4    +8    Trap sense +4, Mastery of Energy                      1    3    1    — 
13     +13   +8    +4    +8    Sneak attack +7d6, special ability                    1    3    1    — 
14     +14   +9    +4    +9    Sacred Strike                                         2    3    1    0 
15     +15   +9    +5    +9    Sneak attack +8d6, trap sense +5, Vision of Truth     2    3    1    1 
16     +16   +10   +5    +10   Special ability                                       2    2    1    1 
17     +17   +10   +5    +10   Sneak attack +9d6, Hide in Plain Sight                2    2    2    1 
18     +18   +11   +6    +11   Trap sense +6, Crush of Goodness                      3    2    2    1 
19     +19   +11   +6    +11   Sneak attack +10d6, special ability                   3    3    3    2 
20     +20   +12   +6    +12   Surge of Righteousness                                3    3    3    3 
Game Rule Information
Rectifiers have the following game statistics.

Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d6
Starting Gold: 5d4 x 10 (125 gp)
Starting Age: Complex (as wizard)


Class skills
Appraise (Int), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disable Device (Int), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Forgery (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Heal (Wis), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (local, nobility, religion) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Open Lock (Dex), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spot (Wis), Swim (Str), Tumble (Dex), Use Magic Device (Cha), and Use Rope (Dex).
Skill Points at 1st level: (8 + Int modifier) x 4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 8 + Int modifier

Class Features
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Sneak Attack
If a Rectifier can catch an opponent when he is unable to defend himself effectively from her attack, she can strike a vital spot for extra damage.

The Rectifier’s attack deals extra damage any time her target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the Rectifier flanks her target. This extra damage is 1d6 at 1st level, and it increases by 1d6 every two Rectifier levels thereafter. Should the Rectifier score a critical hit with a sneak attack, this extra damage is not multiplied.

Ranged attacks can count as sneak attacks only if the target is within 30 feet.

With a sap (blackjack) or an unarmed strike, a Rectifier can make a sneak attack that deals nonlethal damage instead of lethal damage. She cannot use a weapon that deals lethal damage to deal nonlethal damage in a sneak attack, not even with the usual -4 penalty.

A Rectifier can sneak attack only living creatures with discernible anatomies—undead, constructs, oozes, plants, and incorporeal creatures lack vital areas to attack. Any creature that is immune to critical hits is not vulnerable to sneak attacks. The Rectifier must be able to see the target well enough to pick out a vital spot and must be able to reach such a spot. A Rectifier cannot sneak attack while striking a creature with concealment or striking the limbs of a creature whose vitals are beyond reach.

Trapfinding
Rectifiers (and only Rectifiers) can use the Search skill to locate traps when the task has a Difficulty Class higher than 20.

Finding a nonmagical trap has a DC of at least 20, or higher if it is well hidden. Finding a magic trap has a DC of 25 + the level of the spell used to create it.

Rectifiers (and only Rectifiers) can use the Disable Device skill to disarm magic traps. A magic trap generally has a DC of 25 + the level of the spell used to create it.

A Rectifier who beats a trap’s DC by 10 or more with a Disable Device check can study a trap, figure out how it works, and bypass it (with her party) without disarming it.

Divine Strike (Ex)
Due to his specialized skill, training, and connection with the forces of light, a Rectifier of 1st level or higher can make a special attack that is infused with positive energy. Effectively, this ability allows him to deal extra damage to undead or evil creatures as though making a sneak attack. Divine strike damage applies to any sneak attack dice the Rectifier already has, as well as those gained through advancement in this class.

Evasion (Ex)
At 2nd level and higher, a Rectifier can avoid even magical and unusual attacks with great agility. If she makes a successful Reflex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, she instead takes no damage. Evasion can be used only if the Rectifier is wearing light armor or no armor. A helpless Rectifier does not gain the benefit of evasion.

Divine Grace (Su)
At 2nd level, a Rectifier gains a bonus equal to her Charisma bonus (if any) on all saving throws.

Trap Sense (Ex)
At 3rd level, a Rectifier gains an intuitive sense that alerts her to danger from traps, giving her a +1 bonus on Reflex saves made to avoid traps and a +1 dodge bonus to AC against attacks made by traps. These bonuses rise to +2 when the Rectifier reaches 6th level, to +3 when she reaches 9th level, to +4 when she reaches 12th level, to +5 at 15th, and to +6 at 18th level.

Trap sense bonuses gained from multiple classes stack.

Aura of Courage (Su)
Beginning at 3rd level, a Rectifier is immune to fear (magical or otherwise). Each ally within 10 feet of her gains a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against fear effects.

This ability functions while the Rectifier is conscious, but not if she is unconscious or dead.

Uncanny Dodge (Ex)
Starting at 4th level, a Rectifier can react to danger before her senses would normally allow her to do so. She retains her Dexterity bonus to AC (if any) even if she is caught flat-footed or struck by an invisible attacker. However, she still loses her Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized.

If a Rectifier already has uncanny dodge from a different class she automatically gains improved uncanny dodge instead.

Turn Undead (Su)
When a Rectifier reaches 4th level, she gains the supernatural ability to turn undead. She may use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + her Charisma modifier. She turns undead as a cleric of three levels lower would.

Spells
Beginning at 4th level, a Rectifier gains the ability to cast a small number of divine spells, which are drawn from the paladin spell list. A Rectifier must choose and prepare her spells in advance.

To prepare or cast a spell, a Rectifier must have a Wisdom score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a Rectifier’s spell is 10 + the spell level + the Rectifier’s Wisdom modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a Rectifier can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The Rectifier. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high Wisdom score. When Table: The Rectifier indicates that the Rectifier gets 0 spells per day of a given spell level, she gains only the bonus spells she would be entitled to based on her Wisdom score for that spell level The Rectifier does not have access to any domain spells or granted powers, as a cleric does.

A Rectifier prepares and casts spells the way a cleric does, though she cannot lose a prepared spell to spontaneously cast a cure spell in its place. A Rectifier may prepare and cast any spell on the Rectifier spell list, provided that she can cast spells of that level, but she must choose which spells to prepare during her daily meditation.

Through 3rd level, a Rectifier has no caster level. At 4th level and higher, her caster level is her Rectifier level.

Special Mount (Sp)
Upon reaching 5th level, a Rectifier gains the service of an unusually intelligent, strong, and loyal steed to serve her in her crusade against evil. This mount is usually a heavy warhorse (for a Medium Rectifier) or a warpony (for a Small Rectifier).

Once per day, as a full-round action, a Rectifier may magically call her mount from the celestial realms in which it resides. This ability is the equivalent of a spell of a level equal to one-third the Rectifier’s level. The mount immediately appears adjacent to the Rectifier and remains for 2 hours per Rectifier level; it may be dismissed at any time as a free action. The mount is the same creature each time it is summoned, though the Rectifier may release a particular mount from service.

Each time the mount is called, it appears in full health, regardless of any damage it may have taken previously. The mount also appears wearing or carrying any gear it had when it was last dismissed. Calling a mount is a conjuration (calling) effect.

Should the Rectifier’s mount die, it immediately disappears, leaving behind any equipment it was carrying. The Rectifier may not summon another mount for thirty days or until she gains a Rectifier level, whichever comes first, even if the mount is somehow returned from the dead. During this thirty-day period, the Rectifier takes a -1 penalty on attack and weapon damage rolls.

Protection from Evil (Su)
Starting at 6th level, a Rectifier benefits from a permanent protection from evil effect upon himself.

Sword of Light (Su)
Any weapon (melee or ranged, manufactured or natural) wielded by a Rectifier of 7th level or higher overcomes the damage reduction of any undead creature.

Improved Uncanny Dodge (Ex)
A Rectifier of 8th level or higher can no longer be flanked.

This defense denies another Rectifier the ability to sneak attack the character by flanking her, unless the attacker has at least four more Rectifier levels than the target does.

If a character already has uncanny dodge from a second class, the character automatically gains improved uncanny dodge instead, and the levels from the classes that grant uncanny dodge stack to determine the minimum Rectifier level required to flank the character.

Sun's Revelation (Sp)
At 9th level, you become adept at detecting untruths spoken in your presence. At will, you can use discern lies as a swift action, as the spell (caster level equals your character level).

Surge of Piety (Su)
When you attain 10th level as a Rectifier, your touch becomes infused with positive energy. Any evil or undead creature that touches you (by hitting you in melee or for any other reason) is shaken for 1 round or until it is no longer in physical contact with you — even if it normally can't be affected by this condition.

Special Abilities
On attaining 10th level, and at every three levels thereafter (13th, 16th, and 19th), a Rectifier gains a special ability of her choice from among the following options.

Crippling Strike (Ex)
A Rectifier with this ability can sneak attack opponents with such precision that her blows weaken and hamper them. An opponent damaged by one of her sneak attacks also takes 2 points of Strength damage. Ability points lost to damage return on their own at the rate of 1 point per day for each damaged ability.

Defensive Roll (Ex)
The Rectifier can roll with a potentially lethal blow to take less damage from it than she otherwise would. Once per day, when she would be reduced to 0 or fewer hit points by damage in combat (from a weapon or other blow, not a spell or special ability), the Rectifier can attempt to roll with the damage. To use this ability, the Rectifier must attempt a Reflex saving throw (DC = damage dealt). If the save succeeds, she takes only half damage from the blow; if it fails, she takes full damage. She must be aware of the attack and able to react to it in order to execute her defensive roll—if she is denied her Dexterity bonus to AC, she can’t use this ability. Since this effect would not normally allow a character to make a Reflex save for half damage, the Rectifier’s evasion ability does not apply to the defensive roll.

Improved Evasion (Ex)
This ability works like evasion, except that while the Rectifier still takes no damage on a successful Reflex saving throw against attacks henceforth she takes only half damage on a failed save. A helpless Rectifier does not gain the benefit of improved evasion.

Opportunist (Ex)
Once per round, the Rectifier can make an attack of opportunity against an opponent who has just been struck for damage in melee by another character. This attack counts as the Rectifier’s attack of opportunity for that round. Even a Rectifier with the Combat Reflexes feat can’t use the opportunist ability more than once per round.

Skill Mastery
The Rectifier becomes so certain in the use of certain skills that she can use them reliably even under adverse conditions.

Upon gaining this ability, she selects a number of skills equal to 3 + her Intelligence modifier. When making a skill check with one of these skills, she may take 10 even if stress and distractions would normally prevent her from doing so. A Rectifier may gain this special ability multiple times, selecting additional skills for it to apply to each time.

Slippery Mind (Ex)
This ability represents the Rectifier’s ability to wriggle free from magical effects that would otherwise control or compel her. If a Rectifier with slippery mind is affected by an enchantment spell or effect and fails her saving throw, she can attempt it again 1 round later at the same DC. She gets only this one extra chance to succeed on her saving throw.

Feat
A Rectifier may gain a bonus feat in place of a special ability.

Sword of Darkness (Su)
Any weapon (melee or ranged, manufactured or natural) wielded by a Rectifier of 11th level or higher counts as a ghost touch weapon, allowing it to hit incorporeal creatures without the usual 50% miss chance for such attacks.

Mastery of Energy (Su)
This ability allows a Rectifier to channel positive energy much more effectively, increasing his ability to turn creatures. Add a +4 bonus to the Rectifier’s turning checks and turning damage rolls.

Sacred Strike (Su)
At 14th level, a Rectifier can channel her divine spellpower to deal extra damage. To do this, she must lose a prepared divine spell from memory. The stalker can add an extra 1d6 points of damage per level of the spell lost. This ability affects all of her attacks she makes in the same round that she uses this ability.

Vision of Truth (Su)
At 15th level, you can see through even the most potent illusions. Three times per day, you can use true seeing, as the spell (caster level equals your character level).

Hide in Plain Sight (Su)
A Rectifier can use the Hide skill even while being observed. As long as she is within 10 feet of some sort of shadow, a Rectifier can hide herself from view in the open without anything to actually hide behind. She cannot, however, hide in her own shadow.

Crush of Goodness (Su)
On your first strike each round, if you hit an evil or undead creature, you deal them additional damage equal to your class level plus your charisma modifier.

Surge of Righteousness (Su)
Any creature affected by your Surge of Piety ability now becomes frightened. While they are frightened, you apply your sneak attack dice against the creature, even if you would not be in appropriate position to deal sneak attack damage.

[Stratovarius]

I'd like to see a "gish in a can" Truenamer. Have is blended with, say, the Soulknife. Words as weapons and all that.

These classes are so damn crappy that I had to invent about 10 abilities, throw out the Laws of Stupidity, and move all the existing abilities way further forward in the chassis. So it's probably Tier 4.

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Bladespeaker

"I can do all things."
- Excasard the Brilliant, Human Bladespeaker

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Making a Bladespeaker
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Abilities: Intelligence is the ability that the Bladespeaker uses to speak truenames. More at home in combat than using utterances, the Bladespeaker does well to have strong physical statistics.

Races: Bladespeaker appear amongst all races, for their talents are widespread and to be a jack-of-all-trades is always useful.

Alignment: Bladespeaker can be of any alignment, and there is no bias in any one direction.

Table 1: The Bladespeaker

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Level  BAB   Ref   Fort  Will  Abilities                                     
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1      +1    +2    +0    +2    Bladespeaker, Utterances
2      +2    +3    +1    +3    Weapon Focus (mind blade), Throw mind blade   
3      +3    +3    +1    +3    Psychic strike +1d8
4      +4    +4    +2    +4    +1 mind blade, Enhancing Utterance                                 
5      +5    +4    +2    +4    Free draw, shape mind blade, Bonus Recitation Feat                   
6      +6    +5    +3    +5    Mind blade enhancement +1, Speed of Thought   
7      +7    +5    +3    +5    Psychic strike +2d8, Hammer of Truth
8      +8    +6    +2    +6    +2 mind blade, See the Named, Multiple throw                                                                 
9      +9    +6    +3    +6    Bladewind, Greater Weapon Focus (mind blade) 
10     +10   +7    +3    +7    Mind blade enhancement +2, Bonus Recitation Feat, Sending                     
11     +11   +7    +3    +7    Psychic strike +3d8, Speak unto the Masses
12     +12   +8    +4    +8    +3 mind blade, Say My Name and I Am There                                 
13     +13   +8    +4    +8    Knife to the soul                             
14     +14   +9    +4    +9    Mind blade enhancement +3, Pronouncement of Doom                     
15     +15   +9    +5    +9    Psychic strike +4d8, Bonus Recitation Feat
16     +16   +10   +5    +10   +4 mind blade, Truthstorm                                 
17     +17   +10   +5    +10   Spoken Gift
18     +18   +11   +6    +11   Mind blade enhancement +4, Sword of Words                     
19     +19   +11   +6    +11   Psychic strike +5d8, Land of Thine Own Creation
20     +20   +12   +6    +12   +5 mind blade, Bonus Recitation Feat, Blade of the True                                 

Game Rule Information
Wilding Knives have the following game statistics.

Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d10
Starting Gold: 5d4 x 10 (125 gp)
Starting Age: Complex (as wizard)


Class skills
Autohypnosis* (Wis), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration* (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (all)* (Int), Listen (Wis), Perform (Cha), Psicraft* (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Spot (Wis), Swim (Str), Truespeak (Int), and Tumble (Dex)
Skill Points at 1st level: (4 + Int modifier) x 4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier

Class Features
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Weapon and Armor Proficiency
Wilding Knives are proficient with all simple weapons, with their own mind blades, and with light armor and shields (except tower shields).

Utterances
A Wilding Knight gains and uses utterances from the Lexicons of the Evolving Mind, Crafted Tool, and Perfected Map exactly as if he was a Truenamer of an equal class level, except that the Law of Resistance and the Law of Sequence do not apply to the Bladespeaker.

Mind Blade (Su)
As a move action, a Bladespeaker can create a semisolid blade composed of psychic energy distilled from his own mind. The blade is identical in all ways (except visually) to a short sword of a size appropriate for its wielder. For instance, a Medium Bladespeaker materializes a Medium mind blade that he can wield as a light weapon, and the blade deals 1d6 points of damage (crit 19-20/×2). Wilding Knives who are smaller or larger than Medium create mind blades identical to short swords appropriate for their size, with a corresponding change to the blade’s damage. The wielder of a mind blade gains the usual benefits to his attack roll and damage roll from a high Strength bonus.

The blade can be broken (it has hardness 10 and 10 hit points); however, a Bladespeaker can simply create another on his next move action. The moment he relinquishes his grip on his blade, it dissipates (unless he intends to throw it; see below). A mind blade is considered a magic weapon for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.

A Bladespeaker can use feats such as Power Attack or Combat Expertise in conjunction with the mind blade just as if it were a normal weapon. He can also choose mind blade for feats requiring a specific weapon choice, such as Weapon Specialization. Powers or spells that upgrade weapons can be used on a mind blade.

A Bladespeaker’s mind blade improves as the character gains higher levels. At 4th level and every four levels thereafter, the mind blade gains a cumulative +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls (+2 at 8th level, +3 at 12th level, +4 at 16th level, and +5 at 20th level).

Even in places where psionic effects do not normally function (such as within a null psionics field), a Bladespeaker can attempt to sustain his mind blade by making a DC 20 Will save. On a successful save, the Bladespeaker maintains his mind blade for a number of rounds equal to his class level before he needs to check again. On an unsuccessful attempt, the mind blade vanishes. As a move action on his turn, the Bladespeaker can attempt a new Will save to rematerialize his mind blade while he remains within the psionics negating effect.

Weapon Focus (Mind Blade)
A Bladespeaker gains Weapon Focus (mind blade) as a bonus feat.

Throw Mind Blade (Ex)
A Bladespeaker of 2nd level or higher can throw his mind blade as a ranged weapon with a range increment of 30 feet.

Whether or not the attack hits, a thrown mind blade then dissipates. A Bladespeaker of 3rd level or higher can make a psychic strike (see below) with a thrown mind blade and can use the blade in conjunction with other special abilities (such as Knife to the Soul; see below).

Psychic Strike (Su)
As a move action, a Bladespeaker of 3rd level or higher can imbue his mind blade with destructive psychic energy. This effect deals an extra 1d8 points of damage to the next living, nonmindless target he successfully hits with a melee attack (or ranged attack, if he is using the throw mind blade ability). Creatures immune to mind-affecting effects are immune to psychic strike damage. (Unlike the rogue’s sneak attack, the psychic strike is not precision damage and can affect creatures otherwise immune to extra damage from critical hits or more than 30 feet away, provided they are living, nonmindless creatures not immune to mind-affecting effects.)

A mind blade deals this extra damage only once when this ability is called upon, but a Bladespeaker can imbue his mind blade with psychic energy again by taking another move action.

Once a Bladespeaker has prepared his blade for a psychic strike, it holds the extra energy until it is used. Even if the Bladespeaker drops the mind blade (or it otherwise dissipates, such as when it is thrown and misses), it is still imbued with psychic energy when the Bladespeaker next materializes it.

At every four levels beyond 3rd (7th, 11th, 15th, and 19th), the extra damage from a Bladespeaker’s psychic strike increases as shown on the Table above.

Enhancing Utterance (Su)
By saying his own truename as a swift action in the same round as he expends his Psychic Strike, the Bladespeaker can make the damage from the Psychic Strike apply to all attacks he makes during the round, instead of the first.

Free Draw (Su)
At 5th level, a Bladespeaker becomes able to materialize his mind blade as a free action instead of a move action. He can make one attempt to materialize the mind blade per each attack granted by BAB.

Shape Mind Blade (Su)
At 5th level, a Bladespeaker gains the ability to change the form of his mind blade. As a fullround action, he can change his mind blade to replicate a longsword (damage 1d8 for a Medium weapon wielded as a one-handed weapon) or a bastard sword (damage 1d10 for a Medium weapon, but he must wield it as a two-handed weapon unless he knows the Exotic Weapon Proficiency (bastard sword) feat). If a Bladespeaker shapes his mind blade into the form of a bastard sword and wields it two-handed, he adds 1½ times his Strength bonus to his damage rolls, just like when using any other two-handed weapon.

Alternatively, a Bladespeaker can split his mind blade into two identical short swords, suitable for fighting with a weapon in each hand. (The normal penalties for fighting with two weapons apply.) However, both mind blades have an enhancement bonus 1 lower than the Bladespeaker would otherwise create with a single mind blade.

Bonus Recitation Feat
By repeating your own personal truename over and over with a particular inflection, you can achieve various healing effects starting at 5th level. Choose one recitation feat. You must still meet the prerequisites for the bonus feat to take it. At each indicated level, gain another bonus recitation feat.

Mind Blade Enhancement (Su)
At 6th level, a Bladespeaker gains the ability to enhance his mind blade. He can add any one of the weapon special abilities on the table below that has an enhancement bonus value of +1.

At every four levels beyond 6th (10th, 14th, and 18th), the value of the enhancement a Bladespeaker can add to his weapon improves to +2, +3, and +4, respectively. A Bladespeaker can choose any combination of weapon special abilities that does not exceed the total allowed by the Bladespeaker’s level.

The weapon ability or abilities remain the same every time the Bladespeaker materializes his mind blade (unless he decides to reassign its abilities; see below). The ability or abilities apply to any form the mind blade takes, including the use of the shape mind blade or bladewind class abilities.

A Bladespeaker can reassign the ability or abilities he has added to his mind blade. To do so, he must first spend 8 hours in concentration. After that period, the mind blade materializes with the new ability or abilities selected by the Bladespeaker.

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Weapon Special Ability  Enhancement Bonus Value
Defending               +1
Keen                    +1
Lucky1                  +1
Mighty cleaving         +1
Psychokinetic           +1
Sundering               +1
Vicious                 +1
Collision               +2
Mindcrusher             +2
Psychokinetic burst     +2
Suppression             +2
Wounding                +2
Bodyfeeder              +3
Mindfeeder              +3
Soulbreaker             +3
Speed of Thought
A Bladespeaker gains Speed of Thought as a bonus feat at 6th level.

Hammer of Truth
When the Bladespeaker takes a full attack action, he may speak one utterance as a free action. It must affect a target he struck using his mind blade. He recieves a +4 bonus on his Truespeak check.

See the Named (Su)
Beginning at 8th level, you have the ability to see a creature from afar whose personal truename you know. This ability works as the scrying spell, but does not require a mirror or pool of water to function. Instead, you must make a Truespeak check for the creature as normal (see page 196 for information on making a Truespeak check to affect a creature). If your check is successful, the creature does not get a save to resist the ability, but you can view the subject for only 1 round. You can use this ability once per point of intelligence modifier per day.

Multiple Throw (Ex)
At 8th level and higher, a Bladespeaker can throw a number of mind blades per round equal to the number of melee attacks he could make.

Bladewind (Su)
At 9th level, a Bladespeaker gains the ability to momentarily fragment his mind blade into numerous identical blades, each of which strikes at a nearby opponent.

As a full attack, when wielding his mind blade, a Bladespeaker can give up his regular attacks and instead fragment his mind blade to make one melee attack at his full base attack bonus against each opponent within reach. Each fragment functions identically to the Bladespeaker’s regular mind blade.

When using bladewind, a Bladespeaker forfeits any bonus or extra attacks granted by other feats or abilities (such as the Cleave feat or the haste spell).

The mind blade immediately reverts to its previous form after the bladewind attack.

Greater Weapon Focus (Mind Blade)
A Bladespeaker gains Greater Weapon Focus (mind blade) as a bonus feat at 9th level.

Sending (Su)
Beginning at 10th level, you can speak to creatures whose personal truenames you know from a great distance. You must make a successful Truespeak check (DC 15 + 2 × target's CR) to use this ability. If successful, you can send a message to the subject as a sending spell (caster level equal to your truenamer level). You can use this ability at will.

Speak unto the Masses (Su)
At 11th level, you have the ability to affect a number of creatures of the same creature type with a single, powerful utterance. You can only affect creatures of the same type (humanoids, giants, or dragons, for example) with a single use of this ability, although you could use it against a different group of a different creature type each round. No two of the creatures you wish to affect with your utterance can be more than 30 feet apart, and the base DC for your Truespeak check is equal to the most powerful (highest CR or most Hit Dice, if you are affecting PCs) creature in the group. For each creature you wish to affect with the utterance beyond the first, the DC of your Truespeak check increases by 2.

Say My Name and I Am There (Su)
At 12th level, you develop a truename—not your personal truename, but a sort of true nickname—that is invested with cosmic power such that others who speak it can conjure you forth. Whenever someone successfully says this truename, you can appear at that creature's location as if taken there by a word of recall spell. You know who is saying your truename, and you can choose not to be transported if you wish. The nickname is often one or two syllables taken from your personal truename. A creature speaking your true nickname need not make a Truespeak check to do so. Most truenamers with this ability teach the truename to their friends and allies so they can be called when needed.

Knife to the Soul (Su)
Beginning at 13th level, when a Bladespeaker executes a psychic strike, he can choose to substitute Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma damage (his choice) for extra dice of damage. For each die of extra damage he gives up, he deals 1 point of damage to the ability score he chooses. A Bladespeaker can combine extra dice of damage and ability damage in any combination.

The Bladespeaker decides which ability score his psychic strike damages and the division of ability damage and extra dice of damage when he imbues his mind blade with the psychic strike energy.

Pronouncement of Doom
If a Bladespeaker makes a successful psychic strike attack, he may pronounce doom on the struck creature. That creature must make a fortitude save or be destroyed (this affects undead and other unliving creatures).  Treat this as a 6th level utterance from the Lexicon of the Evolving Mind.

Truthstorm
After the Bladespeaker has successfully spoken an utterance, he may choose to expend his psychic strike. If he does, all creatures affected by the utterance take the psychic strike damage.

Spoken Gift
By making an utterance check to affect himself (treat as a 3rd level Utterance of the Evolving Mind), the Bladespeaker can grant his mind blade a single +3 or lower weapon special ability. It lasts for a number of rounds equal to his charisma modifier.

Sword of Words
By making an utterance check to affect himself (treat as a 3rd level Utterance of the Evolving Mind), the Bladespeaker can animate his mind blade, as per the dancing enhancement. He immediately forms another mind blade. This lasts for a number of rounds equal to his charisma modifier.

Land of Thine Own Creation
If the Bladespeaker is fighting inside an area of effect generated by his utterances, he is immune to any effects of that utterance, and doubles his psychic strike damage on any creature who is inside the area of effect with him. He also recieves a +4 bonus to attack rolls.

Blade of the True
Whenever the Bladespeaker successfully strikes a creature with his mind blade, he may speak an utterance targeting the struck creature as a free action.

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Bard/Crusader. Beat the war drum harder.

Warleader - Crusader/Bard combination, along with some donations from Warleader, War Chanter, and Warrior Skald. Please note that although ability names are the same, there have been some changes.

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Warleader

"I can do all things."
- Excasard the Brilliant, Human Warleader

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Making a Warleader
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Abilities: Blah

Races: Warleader appear amongst all races.

Alignment: Warleader can be of any alignment, and there is no bias in any one direction.

Table 1: The Warleader

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Level  BAB    Ref   Fort  Will   Special Abilities                         Maneuvers Known   Maneuvers Readied   Stances Known
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  1    +1     +0    +2    +2     Furious Counterstrike, Steely Resolve 5   5      5 (2) 1
  2    +2     +0    +3    +3     Indomitable Soul                          5      5 (2) 2
  3    +3     +1    +3    +3                                               6      5 (2) 2
  4    +4     +1    +4    +4     Steely Resolve 10                         6      5 (2) 2
  5    +5     +1    +4    +4                                               7      5 (2) 2
  6    +6     +2    +5    +5     Rally Troops                              7      5 (2) 2
  7    +7     +2    +5    +5                                               8      5 (2) 2
  8    +8     +2    +6    +6     Steely Resolve 15                         8      5 (2) 3
  9    +9     +3    +6    +6                                               9      5 (2) 3
  10   +10    +3    +7    +7     Battle Standard                           9      6 (3) 3
  11   +11    +3    +7    +7       10      6 (3) 3
  12   +12    +4    +8    +8     Steely Resolve 20    10      6 (3) 3
  13   +13    +4    +8    +8       11      6 (3) 3
  14   +14    +4    +9    +9     Combine Songs       11      6 (3) 4
  15   +15    +5    +9    +9       12      6 (3) 4
  16   +16    +5    +10   +10    Steely Resolve 25    12      6 (3) 4
  17   +17    +5    +10   +10       13      6 (3) 4
  18   +18    +6    +11   +11    Leading the Fight    13      6 (3) 4
  19   +19    +6    +11   +11       14      6 (3) 4
  20   +20    +6    +12   +12    Steely Resolve 30    14      7 (4) 4


Game Rule Information
Wilding Knives have the following game statistics.

Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d10
Starting Gold: 6d4 x 10
Starting Age: As Crusader


Class skills
Balance, Concentration, Craft, Diplomacy, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge (history), Knowledge (religion), Martial Lore, Perform, Ride, Sense Motive

Skill Points at 1st level: (4 + Int modifier) x 4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier

Class Features
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Weapon and Armor Proficiency
You are proficient with simple weapons, martial weapons, light, medium, and heavy armor, and all shields.

Maneuvers & Stances
As Crusader, except you only have access to Devoted Spirit and White Raven.

Steely Resolve (Ex)
Your supreme dedication and intense focus allow you to temporarily set aside the pain and hindering effects of injuries. When an opponent strikes you, the injury does not immediately affect you.

You have a delayed damage pool that allows you to forestall the effects of many injuries. This pool begins at 0 with each encounter. When you are attacked, any hit point damage the blow deals is added to your delayed damage pool. At the end of your next turn, you take damage equal to the total stored in your delayed damage pool, which then resets to 0. Any healing you receive can either increase your current hit point total as normal or reduce the total damage in your delayed damage pool. When you receive healing, you choose whether it affects your damage pool, your hit points, or both (you can split the amount of healing as you wish). Most Warleaders opt to keep as much damage in their delayed damage pool as possible to maximize the benefit of their furious counterstrike ability (see below).

Special effects tied to an attack, such as energy drain, stun, and so forth, still affect you as normal, and their effects are not delayed by this ability. For example, if you are bitten by a venomous spider, you must still attempt a Fortitude save against the poison immediately, even though the bite damage shifts into your delayed damage pool. By the same token, any other special attack that imposes a condition, such as a medusa's petrifying gaze, takes immediate effect on you.

At 1st level, your delayed damage pool can hold up to 5 points of damage. Any damage beyond that comes off your hit points as normal. The maximum damage your pool holds increases by 5 at 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, and 20th level.

Furious Counterstrike (Ex)
You can channel the pain of your injuries into a boiling rage that lets you lash out at your enemies with renewed vigor and power. Each attack that strikes you only pushes you onward to greater glory.

During your turn, you gain a bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls equal to the current value of your delayed damage pool (see steely resolve, above) divided by 5, and rounding down (minimum +1). You can only gain a maximum bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls of +6 from furious counterstrike. This ability's benefits last until the end of your turn.

Bardic Music
Once per day per Warleader level, a Warleader can use his song or poetics to produce magical effects on those around him (usually including himself, if desired). While these abilities fall under the category of bardic music and the descriptions discuss singing or playing instruments, they can all be activated by reciting poetry, chanting, singing lyrical songs, singing melodies, whistling, playing an instrument, or playing an instrument in combination with some spoken performance. Each ability requires both a minimum Warleader level and a minimum number of ranks in the Perform skill to qualify; if a Warleader does not have the required number of ranks in at least one Perform skill, he does not gain the bardic music ability until he acquires the needed ranks. Starting a bardic music effect is a standard action. Some bardic music abilities require concentration, which means the Warleader must take a standard action each round to maintain the ability. Even while using bardic music that doesn’t require concentration, a Warleader cannot cast spells, activate magic items by spell completion (such as scrolls), or activate magic items by magic word (such as wands). Just as for casting a spell with a verbal component, a deaf Warleader has a 20% chance to fail when attempting to use bardic music. If he fails, the attempt still counts against his daily limit.

Words of Panic (Su)
A Warleader with 3 or more ranks in a Perform skill can make a demoralizing speech. Once they've heard the Warleader's epic oratory for a full found, opponents within 20 feet must succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + Warleader levels + Cha bonus) or be shaken (-2 morale penalty on attacks, damage, and saves) as long as the Warleader continues to recite and for 5 rounds thereafter. This is a mind-affecting ability that counts as one daily use of bardic music.

Inspire Courage (Su)
A Warleader with 3 or more ranks in a Perform skill can use song or poetics to inspire courage in his allies (including himselfs), bolstering them against fear and improving their combat abilities. To be affected, an ally must be able to hear the Warleader sing. The effect lasts for as long as the ally hears the Warleader sing and for 5 rounds thereafter. An affected ally receives a +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 morale bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. At 8th level, and every six Warleader levels thereafter, this bonus increases by 1 (+2 at 8th, +3 at 14th, and +4 at 20th). Inspire courage is a mind-affecting ability.

Inspire Competence (Su)
A Warleader of 3rd level or higher with 6 or more ranks in a Perform skill can use his music or poetics to help an ally succeed at a task. The ally must be within 60 feet and able to see and hear the Warleader. The Warleader must also be able to see the ally. The ally gets a +2 competence bonus on skill checks with a particular skill as long as he or she continues to hear the Warleader’s music. Certain uses of this ability are infeasible. The effect lasts as long as the Warleader concentrates, up to a maximum of 2 minutes. A Warleader can’t inspire competence in himself. Inspire competence is a mind-affecting ability.

Words of Fear (Su)
A Warleader of 6th level or higher with 9 or more ranks in a Perform skill can make a frightening speech. Once they've heard the Warleader for a full round, opponents within 60 feet must succeed on a will save (DC 10 + Warleader levels + Cha bonus) or be frightened (flee if possible, or suffer a -2 morale penalty on attacks, damage, and saves) as long as the Warleader continues to recite and for 5 rounds thereafter. This is a mind-affecting, language-dependent ability that counts as three daily uses of bardic music.

Inspire Recklessness (Su)
A Warleader of 9th level or higher with 12 or more ranks in any Perform skill can use her song or poetics to inspire an often dangerous, but very effective, ferocity in his allies within 60 feet. The effect lasts for as long as the allies hear the Warleader sing and for 5 rounds thereafter. Affected allies are inspired to recklessness, gaining the ability to decrease their Armor Class by a number less than or equal to their base attack bonus and add the same number to their melee attack rolls as a morale bonus.

Inspire Heroics (Su)
As an additional use of bardic music, a Warleader with 15 or more ranks in Perform can use poetics to inspire tremendous heroism in a single willing ally within 60 feet, allowing that creature to fight bravely even against overwhelming odds. For every three levels the Warleader attains beyond 5th, he can inspire heroism in one additional creature. To inspire heroism, the Warleader must recite poetry and the creature must hear the poetry for a full round. A creature so inspired gains a +4 morale bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, and saving throws, and a +4 dodge bonus to Armor Class. The effect lasts as long as the ally hears the Warleader continue to recite poetry and for up to 5 rounds thereafter. This is a mind-affecting ability that counts as one daily use of bardic music.

Words of Panic (Su)
A Warleader of 13th level or higher with 16 or more ranks in a Perform skill can make a terrifying speech. Once they've heard the Warleader for a full round, opponents within 60 feet must succeed on a will save (DC 10 + Warleader levels + Cha bonus) or be panicked (-2 morale penalty on saves, and creature flees or cowers, dropping items) as long as the Warleader continues to recite and for 5 rounds thereafter. This is a mind-affecting, language-dependent ability that counts as three daily uses of bardic music.

Inspire Heroics (Su)
A Warleader of 15th level or higher with 18 or more ranks in a Perform skill can use music or poetics to inspire tremendous heroism in himself or a single willing ally within 60 feet. For every three Warleader levels the character attains beyond 15th, he can inspire heroics in one additional creature. To inspire heroics, a Warleader must sing and an ally must hear the Warleader sing for a full round. A creature so inspired gains a +4 morale bonus on saving throws and a +4 dodge bonus to AC. The effect lasts for as long as the ally hears the Warleader sing and for up to 5 rounds thereafter. Inspire heroics is a mind-affecting ability.

Words of Fury (Su)
This ability functions like suggestion, above, except that a Warleader of 16th level or higher with 19 or more ranks in a Perform skill can enrage her allies. This ability functions exactly like the barbarian rage on all willing allies within 20 feet, and it lasts as long as the Warleader continues her performance. Words of fury requires three daily uses of performance per round maintained. It is a supernatural, mind-affecting ability.

Inspire Legion (Su)
A 17th level Warleader with 20 or more ranks in any Perform skill can unite her allies and make them fight better together. To be affected, an ally must be within 60 feet of the Warleader and must be able to hear the Warleader. Only allies who meet these requirements at the beginning of the song are affected, and an ally whose hearing is interrupted or who moves more than 60 feet away from the Warleader cannot rejoin the same song. The effect lasts as long as the affected characters can hear the Warleader and stay within range.

When the Warleader begins singing, determine the best base attack bonus among all the affected characters. All affected characters use this base attack bonus or the Warleader's character level as their base attack bonus for the duration of the effect. All affected characters gain a +2 competence bonus on damage rolls as well.

Indomitable Soul (Ex)
Beginning at 2nd level, you draw upon the power of your unwavering faith to steel yourself against the enemies you face. Your personality, energy, and dedication to your faith make it possible for you to shrug off attacks that target your willpower.

You add your Furious Counterstrike bonus (if any) as a bonus on Will saves and to Perform checks.

Rally Troops (Ex)
Your presence is enough to grant any allies within 60 feet a second saving throw against fear and charm effects that they have already succumbed to. Even if they fail the second saving throw, any fear effects are less severe: panicked characters are only frightened, frightened characters are only shaken, and shaken characters are unaffected.

Battle Standard (Ex)
The mere sight of your coat of arms or other heraldic display is enough to turn the tide of battle. Allies within 60 feet of your standard gain the effects of both Inspire Courage and Rally Troops (above) as long as the standard is within range and held by you. If your standard is captured in battle, all allies within range aware of its loss suffer a —1 morale penalty to attacks and damage until it is recovered in addition to losing the benefits described above.

Combine Songs (Su)
A Warleader can combine two types of bardic music to provide the benefits of both (normal stacking rules for bonus types apply).

Leading the Fight (Su)
By expending a use of bardic music as a move action, the Warleader can grant all allies within 60 feet the benefit of the stance currently affecting the Warleader. The benefits last for five rounds.

[Stratovarius]

Forrest Mage:
A sorcerer/druid/ranger blend. A spontaneous caster with a spell list that is half druid and half sor/wiz. Combat like a druid. Class abilities blending druid and ranger. A magical hunter and protector of the wild.

Thicketmage - It's a mixture of Druid, Ranger, Spirit Shaman, and Sorcerer. Should slot in around Tier 2 like the sorcerer before it.

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Thicketmage

"Remember me well, when the war comes, for I will sing of the glory and the pain."
- Thurgard Thunderblade, Human Thicketmage

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Making a Thicketmage
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Abilities: The Thicketmage does well to have strong physical statistics, for combat is his home and his purpose. Wisdom is the ability that the Thicketmage uses to give him extra spells.

Races: Thicketmages appear amongst all races, but are highly concentrated among those who live in and among nature.

Alignment: Thicketmage can be of any alignment, and there is no bias in any one direction.

Table 1: The Thicketmage

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1      +1    +0    +2    +2    Combat Style, Track                           1   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —
2      +2    +1    +3    +3    Wild Empathy, Trackless Step                  2   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —
3      +3    +1    +3    +3    Endurance                                     2   1   —   —   —   —   —   —   —
4      +4    +2    +4    +4    Animal Companion                              3   2   —   —   —   —   —   —   —
5      +5    +2    +4    +4    Resist Nature's Lure                          3   2   1   —   —   —   —   —   —
6      +6    +3    +5    +5    Improved Combat Style                         3   3   2   —   —   —   —   —   —
7      +7    +3    +5    +5    Woodland Stride                               4   3   2   1   —   —   —   —   —
8      +8    +2    +6    +6    Swift Tracker                                 4   3   3   2   —   —   —   —   —
9      +9    +3    +6    +6    Evasion, Combat Style Mastery                 4   4   3   2   1   —   —   —   —
10     +10   +3    +7    +7    Venom Immunity                                4   4   3   3   2   —   —   —   —
11     +11   +3    +7    +7    Wild shape 1/day                              4   4   4   3   2   1   —   —   —
12     +12   +4    +8    +8    Wild shape 2/day                              4   4   4   3   3   2   —   —   —
13     +13   +4    +8    +8    Wild shape 3/day, Camouflage                  4   4   4   4   3   2   1   —   —
14     +14   +4    +9    +9    Wild shape (Large)                            4   4   4   4   3   3   2   —   —
15     +15   +5    +9    +9    Timeless Body                                 4   4   4   4   4   3   2   1   —
16     +16   +5    +10   +10   Wild shape 4/day, Wild Shape (Tiny)           4   4   4   4   4   3   3   2   —
17     +17   +5    +10   +10   Hide in Plain Sight                           4   4   4   4   4   4   3   2   1
18     +18   +6    +11   +11   Wild shape (Huge)                             4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   2
19     +19   +6    +11   +11   Wild shape 5/day                              4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3
20     +20   +6    +12   +12   Wild shape (Plant)                            4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Table 2: Spells Retrieved

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Level  1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
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1      1   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 
2      2   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 
3      2   1   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 
4      3   1   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 
5      3   1   1   —   —   —   —   —   — 
6      3   2   1   —   —   —   —   —   — 
7      3   2   1   1   —   —   —   —   — 
8      3   2   2   1   —   —   —   —   — 
9      3   3   2   1   1   —   —   —   — 
10     3   3   2   2   1   —   —   —   —
11     3   3   3   2   1   1   —   —   —
12     3   3   3   2   2   1   —   —   —
13     3   3   3   3   2   1   1   —   —
14     3   3   3   3   2   2   1   —   —
15     3   3   3   3   3   2   1   1   —
16     3   3   3   3   3   2   2   1   —
17     3   3   3   3   3   3   2   1   1
18     3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   1
19     3   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2
20     3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   2
Game Rule Information
Thicketmage have the following game statistics.

Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d6
Starting Gold: 5d4 x 10 (125 gp)
Starting Age: Complex (as wizard)


Class skills
are Appraise (Int), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Gather Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Jump (Str), Knowledge (all skills, taken individually) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Speak Language (n/a), Spellcraft (Int), Swim (Str), Tumble (Dex), and Use Magic Device (Cha).
Skill Points at 1st level: (6 + Int modifier) x 4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int modifier

Class Features
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• Weapon and Armour Proficiency: Thicketmage are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, and light and medium armour, as well as shields (except tower).
  
• Spells: Spells: A Thicketmage casts arcane spells from the druid, ranger, and sorcerer spell lists. She can cast any spell she has retrieved, much like a bard or sorcerer can cast any spell she knows without preparing it ahead of time. To retrieve or cast a spell, a Thicketmage must have a Wisdom score of at least 10 + the spell level (Wisdom 10 for 0-level spells, Wisdom 11 for 1st-level spells, and so on). The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a Thicketmage's spell is 10 + the spell level + the Thicketmage's Charisma modifier. Like other spellcasters, a Thicketmage can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on Table 1—5: The Thicketmage. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high Wisdom score. Like a sorcerer, a Thicketmage knows only a small number of spells. However, each day a Thicketmage may change the spells she knows. When a Thicketmage meditates to regain her daily allotment of spells, she retrieves knowledge of the specific spells she will be able to use that day. She can cast any spell she has retrieved at any time, assuming she has not yet used up her spells per day for that spell level. For example, a 3rd-level Thicketmage can retrieve two 1st-level, and one 2nd-level spells. She can cast 1st-level spells four times, and her 2nd-level spell two times in the course of the day. If a Thicketmage knows any metamagic feats, she applies them to her spells when she retrieves her spells for the day. For example, a Thicketmage might choose to retrieve an empowered flame strike by using a 6th-level spell retrieved slot. Any time she uses flame strike during the ensuing day, she must use a 6th-level spell slot to cast it, and it is always empowered. A Thicketmage could use a 4th-level spell slot and a 6th-level spell slot to retrieve flame strike and empowered flame strike if she wanted to have both spells available to her in a day. A Thicketmage cannot choose to alter her spells with metamagic feats on the fly, as other spontaneous casters do. Thicketmages using metamagic feats do not have an increased casting time as sorcerers do. Each Thicketmage must choose a time at which she must spend 1 hour in quiet meditation to regain her daily allotment of spells and bargain with the spirits for the specific spells she knows on that day. Thicketmages suffer arcane spell failure in any armour above light.
  
• Combat Style (Ex): At 1st level, a Thicketmage must select one of two combat styles to pursue: archery or two-weapon combat. This choice affects the character’s class features but does not restrict his selection of feats or special abilities in any way. If the Thicketmage selects archery, he is treated as having the Rapid Shot feat, even if he does not have the normal prerequisites for that feat. If the Thicketmage selects two-weapon combat, he is treated as having the Two-Weapon Fighting feat, even if he does not have the normal prerequisites for that feat. The benefits of the Thicketmage’s chosen style apply only when he wears light or no armor. He loses all benefits of his combat style when wearing medium or heavy armor.
  
• Track: A Thicketmage gains Track as a bonus feat.
  
• Wild Empathy (Ex): A Thicketmage can improve the attitude of an animal. This ability functions just like a Diplomacy check to improve the attitude of a person. The Thicketmage rolls 1d20 and adds his Thicketmage level and his Charisma modifier to determine the wild empathy check result. The typical domestic animal has a starting attitude of indifferent, while wild animals are usually unfriendly. To use wild empathy, the Thicketmage and the animal must be able to study each other, which means that they must be within 30 feet of one another under normal visibility conditions. Generally, influencing an animal in this way takes 1 minute, but, as with influencing people, it might take more or less time. The Thicketmage can also use this ability to influence a magical beast with an Intelligence score of 1 or 2, but he takes a -4 penalty on the check.
  
• Endurance: A Thicketmage gains Endurance as a bonus feat.
  
• Trackless Step (Ex): A Thicketmage leaves no trail in natural surroundings and cannot be tracked. She may choose to leave a trail if so desired.
  
• Animal Companion (Ex):At 4th level, a Thicketmage gains an animal companion selected from the following list: badger, camel, dire rat, dog, riding dog, eagle, hawk, horse (light or heavy), owl, pony, snake (Small or Medium viper), or wolf. If the campaign takes place wholly or partly in an aquatic environment, the following creatures may be added to the Thicketmage’s list of options: manta ray, porpoise, Medium shark, and squid. This animal is a loyal companion that accompanies the Thicketmage on his adventures as appropriate for its kind. This ability functions like the druid ability of the same name, with the Thicketmage's effective druid level equal to his class level.
  
• Resist Nature's Lure (Ex): A Thicketmage gains a +4 bonus on saving throws against the spell-like abilities of fey.
  
• Improved Combat Style (Ex): At 6th level, a Thicketmage’s aptitude in his chosen combat style (archery or two-weapon combat) improves. If he selected archery at 1st level, he is treated as having the Manyshot feat, even if he does not have the normal prerequisites for that feat. If the Thicketmage selected two-weapon combat at 1st level, he is treated as having the Improved Two-Weapon Fighting feat, even if he does not have the normal prerequisites for that feat. As before, the benefits of the Thicketmage’s chosen style apply only when he wears light or no armor. He loses all benefits of his combat style when wearing medium or heavy armor.
  
• Woodland Stride (Ex): Starting at 7th level, a Thicketmage may move through any sort of undergrowth (such as natural thorns, briars, overgrown areas, and similar terrain) at his normal speed and without taking damage or suffering any other impairment. However, thorns, briars, and overgrown areas that are enchanted or magically manipulated to impede motion still affect him.
  
• Swift Tracker (Ex): Beginning at 8th level, a Thicketmage can move at his normal speed while following tracks without taking the normal -5 penalty. He takes only a -10 penalty (instead of the normal -20) when moving at up to twice normal speed while tracking.
  
• Evasion (Ex): At 9th level, a Thicketmage can avoid even magical and unusual attacks with great agility. If he makes a successful Reflex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, he instead takes no damage. Evasion can be used only if the Thicketmage is wearing light armor or no armor. A helpless Thicketmage does not gain the benefit of evasion.
  
• Combat Style Mastery (Ex): At 10th level, a Thicketmage’s aptitude in his chosen combat style (archery or two-weapon combat) improves again. If he selected archery at 1st level, he is treated as having the Improved Precise Shot feat, even if he does not have the normal prerequisites for that feat. If the Thicketmage selected two-weapon combat at 1st level, he is treated as having the Greater Two-Weapon Fighting feat, even if he does not have the normal prerequisites for that feat. As before, the benefits of the Thicketmage’s chosen style apply only when he wears light or no armor. He loses all benefits of his combat style when wearing medium or heavy armor.
  
• Venom Immunity (Ex): A Thicketmage gains immunity to all poisons.
  
• Wild Shape (Su): At 11th level, a Thicketmage gains the ability to turn herself into any Small or Medium animal and back again once per day. Her options for new forms include all creatures with the animal type. This ability functions like the alternate form special ability, except as noted here. The effect lasts for 1 hour per Thicketmage level, or until she changes back. Changing form (to animal or back) is a standard action and doesn’t provoke an attack of opportunity. Each time you use wild shape, you regain hit points as if you had rested for a night. Any gear worn or carried by the Thicketmage melds into the new form and becomes nonfunctional. When the Thicketmage reverts to her true form, any objects previously melded into the new form reappear in the same location on her body that they previously occupied and are once again functional. Any new items worn in the assumed form fall off and land at the Thicketmage's feet. The form chosen must be that of an animal the Thicketmage is familiar with. A Thicketmage loses her ability to speak while in animal form because she is limited to the sounds that a normal, untrained animal can make, but she can communicate normally with other animals of the same general grouping as her new form. (The normal sound a wild parrot makes is a squawk, so changing to this form does not permit speech.) A Thicketmage can use this ability more times per day at 12th, 13th, 16th, 19th, as noted on Table: The Thicketmage. In addition, she gains the ability to take the shape of a Large animal at 14th level, a Tiny animal at 16th level, and a Huge animal at 18th level. The new form’s Hit Dice can’t exceed the character’s Thicketmage level. At 20th level, a Thicketmage becomes able to use wild shape to change into a plant creature with the same size restrictions as for animal forms. (A Thicketmage can’t use this ability to take the form of a plant that isn’t a creature.)
  
• Camouflage (Ex): A Thicketmage of 13th level or higher can use the Hide skill in any sort of natural terrain, even if the terrain doesn’t grant cover or concealment.
  
• Timeless Body (Ex):After attaining 15th level, a Thicketmage no longer takes ability score penalties for aging and cannot be magically aged. Any penalties she may have already incurred, however, remain in place. Bonuses still accrue, and the Thicketmage still dies of old age when her time is up.
  
• Hide in Plain Sight (Ex): While in any sort of natural terrain, a Thicketmage of 17th level or higher can use the Hide skill even while being observed.
  

[CattyNebulart]

Celebrant of Sharess + monk, cat based half caster with mobility and melee, sprinkled with some tome of battle goodies. A ranger type basicly just more at home as a pampered kitty enjoying the celebration rather than in the wilderness. Though the kitty has claws obviously.

[Nanshork]

Hey Catty, I haven't seen you in forever.  How have you been?

[CattyNebulart]

Hey Catty, I haven't seen you in forever.  How have you been?

Way way way too busy, if I get my new house I should have time again to do things other than work, travel and sleep... like you know time for eating.  At least my new job is fun and interesting.

[Nanshork]

Hey Catty, I haven't seen you in forever.  How have you been?

Way way way too busy, if I get my new house I should have time again to do things other than work, travel and sleep... like you know time for eating.  At least my new job is fun and interesting.

Eating is very important.  You should get on that!

Glad to hear you're doing well, it's nice when people come back after disappearing for a long time.   

[CattyNebulart]

Mind Warden review;

Since I asked for a class it seems fair to review some of the existing ones, and the one that looks most interesting to me is the mindwarden.

First the fluff and into a bit missing with some obvious placeholders and akward phrasing, but meh, more interested in mechanics anyway.

Multiple Throw (Ex): Yeah don;t put this at level 17, put it at level 2 when you gain the ability to throw it in the first place.

Mind Blade (Su): Mostly a copy form the soulknife with many of the same problems. You might want to steal a a bit from initiators here and make non-psiblade levels count for half for the purposes of enhancement bonuses. You might also want to be a little more generous with the bonuses than standard soulknife, I'd shift them all forward 2 levels. A bit strong early game but roughly balanced mid and high levels.

Spells Given the otherwise psychic flavour this feels a bit odd. I'd either swap them for psywar powers or reflavor the mindblade to an arcane blade or something.

At 5th level and every five levels thereafter, the bonuses against hsi chosen favored enemy increases by 2.: typos. Also a bit weirdly worded but unlike the ranger this class gets only one favoured enemy? Either way you might want to reword a bit for clarity.

Overall the class is a bit uneven with some levels giving lots of stuff (hello level 6) and some giving very little, (everythign after 13). It could use some extra high level abilities and a nice capstone. Also for weapon enhancements you might want to look through the MIC for some more enhancements to allow, though really Bane is by far the best.

[Gazzien]

At 5th level and every five levels thereafter, the bonuses against hsi chosen favored enemy increases by 2.: typos. Also a bit weirdly worded but unlike the ranger this class gets only one favoured enemy? Either way you might want to reword a bit for clarity.

(Favored is spelled correctly, at least for Americans, which Wizards of the Coast / D&D is originally from)[/nitpick]

[Stratovarius]

Mind Warden review

I think you've missed what these classes are a little bit - they are, quite literally, two or more base classes merged together (usually with a little bit extra) in order to meet what the requestor wanted. In this case, it's a Soul Knife with Ranger skills, spellcasting, fast movement, favored enemy and combat styles glued on top. I don't adjust the flavour because I assume the player has something in mind already, and will use it regardless of how I change things.

It being two base classes merged is why Multiple Throw, Mindblade, Spells, etc. look like they've been copied exactly from the original material - they have been. As to favored enemy, Gazz is right - D&D uses American spellings. And yes, the Mind Warden only gets one favored enemy, and with good reason. It's right there in the first line of the ability.

Also, a cat-girl? Really?

[CattyNebulart]

Also, a cat-girl? Really?

Of course 

I think you've missed what these classes are a little bit - they are, quite literally, two or more base classes merged together (usually with a little bit extra) in order to meet what the requestor wanted. In this case, it's a Soul Knife with Ranger skills, spellcasting, fast movement, favored enemy and combat styles glued on top. I don't adjust the flavour because I assume the player has something in mind already, and will use it regardless of how I change things.

Well yes, but there are some little tweaks that could be done to make it a bit more balanced or remove rampant stupidity (like American spelling, damn colonials  ). Like levels 5 and 6 are loaded with goodies while 4 and 7 are relatively spare, you might consider redistributing a bit when gluing, also the otherwise verbatim copy threw me on Favoured Enemy, because that one is not a verbatim copy.

[Stratovarius]

Also, a cat-girl? Really?

Of course 

Congratulations, you have picked my absolute least favourite combination of ideas. Most of the time I would rather set a monk OR a cat girl on fire, and then nuke it just to be sure. Together... shudder.

Well yes, but there are some little tweaks that could be done to make it a bit more balanced or remove rampant stupidity (like American spelling, damn colonials  ). Like levels 5 and 6 are loaded with goodies while 4 and 7 are relatively spare, you might consider redistributing a bit when gluing, also the otherwise verbatim copy threw me on Favoured Enemy, because that one is not a verbatim copy.

Neither is Mind Blade, actually - it's got composite longbows tucked away in there. It's why the enhancement list isn't standard either. I think Mind Warden might be the class with the most changed abilities with the same name. And I thought about moving things around, but with a Soul Knife that's always a pain with all of their abilities, so laziness won out and I didn't bother.

And I'm rather amused you're calling me a colonial - 100% English here. I just follow the conventions of WotC - especially when using copypasta from their material. When I'm writing my own content, like my novels, the language accords to the Queen.

[Stratovarius]

Hmm, how about a Duskblade/Paladin Combo, who focuses on being a perfect mixture of Martial Prowess, Arcane Knowledge, and Divine Devotion. One thing that I do not want is LG alignment only, but possibly Good only or must match god's alignment.

Occult Blade - basically a Duskblade on a hell of a lot of crack, with a little Pally thrown in for good measure.

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Occult Blade[/FONT]

"Remember me well, when the war comes, for I will sing of the glory and the pain."
- Thurgard Thunderblade, Human Occult Blade

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Making a Occult Blade
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Abilities: Text

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Table 1: The Occult Blade

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Level  BAB   Ref   Fort  Will  Abilities                                     1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
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1      +1    +0    +2    +2    Armoured Mage, Smite                          2   —   —   —   —   
2      +2    +1    +3    +3    Combat Casting                                3   —   —   —   —   
3      +3    +1    +3    +3    Arcane Channelling                            4   —   —   —   —   
4      +4    +2    +4    +4    Armored Mage                                  5   —   —   —   —   
5      +5    +2    +4    +4    Smite, Quick Cast                             5   2   —   —   —   
6      +6    +3    +5    +5    Spell Power, Mount                            6   3   —   —   —   
7      +7    +3    +5    +5    Armored Mage                                  6   5   —   —   —   
8      +8    +2    +6    +6    Arcane Rejuvenation                           7   6   —   —   —   
9      +9    +3    +6    +6    Extended Spellstrength                        7   6   2   —   —   
10     +10   +3    +7    +7    Armored Mage, Smite                           8   7   3   —   —   
11     +11   +3    +7    +7    Spell Power                                   8   7   5   —   —   
12     +12   +4    +8    +8    Arcane Boost (Attack)                         8   8   6   —   —   
13     +13   +4    +8    +8    Arcane Channelling                            9   8   6   2   —   
14     +14   +4    +9    +9    Arcane Boost (AC)                             9   8   7   3   —   
15     +15   +5    +9    +9    Smite                                         9   9   7   5   —   
16     +16   +5    +10   +10   Spell Power, Arcane Boost (Saves)             10  9   8   6   —   
17     +17   +5    +10   +10                                                 10  9   8   6   2   
18     +18   +6    +11   +11   Spell Power, Arcane Boost (Resistance)        10  10  9   7   3   
19     +19   +6    +11   +11   Arcane Boost (Damage)                         10  10  9   7   5   
20     +20   +6    +12   +12   Smite, Warrior of the Arcane                  10  10  10  8   6   
Game Rule Information
Occult Blade have the following game statistics.

Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d10
Starting Gold: 5d4 x 10 (125 gp)
Starting Age: Complex (as wizard)


Class skills
Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Jump (Str), Knowledge (all skills, taken individually) (Int), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), Spellcraft (Int), Swim (Str)
Skill Points at 1st level: (2 + Int modifier) x 4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier

Class Features
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• Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Occult Blades are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, as well as all armors and shields (except tower shields).
  
• Spells: A Occult Blade casts arcane spells, which are drawn from the duskblade & paladin spell lists. To learn or cast a spell, you must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell level (Int 10 for 0-level spells, Int 11 for 1st-level spells, and so forth). The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against your spell is 10 + the spell level + your Int modifier. You can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Your base daily spell allotment is given on Table 1—3. In addition, you receive bonus spells per day if you have a high Intelligence score (see Table 1—1: Ability Modifiers and Bonus Spells, page 8 of the Player's Handbook). A Occult Blade's caster level is equivalent to his class level.
  
• Spells Known: You begin play knowing two 0-level spells and two 1st-level spells, chosen from the Occult Blade spell list. You also know one additional 0-level spell for each point of Intelligence bonus. Each time you gain a new class level, you learn one additional spell of any level you can cast, chosen from the Occult Blade spell list. Upon reaching 5th level, and at every subsequent odd-numbered level, you can choose to learn a new spell in place of one you already know. In effect, you lose access to the old spell in exchange for gaining the new one. The new spell's level must be the same as that of the spell being exchanged, and it must be at least two levels lower than the highest-level spell you can cast. For instance, upon reaching 9th level, you could trade in a single 1st-level spell (two levels below the highest-level spell you can cast, which is 3rd) for a different 1st-level spell. You can swap only a single spell at any given level and must choose whether or not to swap the spell at the same time that you gain new spells known for the level. You need not prepare spells in advance. You can cast any spell you know at any time, assuming you have not yet used up your spells per day for that spell level.
  
• Armored Mage (Ex): Normally, armor of any type interferes with an arcane spellcaster's gestures, which can cause spells to fail if those spells have a somatic component. A Occult Blade's limited focus and specialized training, however, allows you to avoid arcane spell failure so long as you stick to light armor and light shields. This training does not extend to medium or heavy armors, nor to heavy shields. This ability does not apply to spells gained from a different spellcasting class. At 4th level, you learn to use medium armor with no chance of arcane spell failure. At 7th level, you learn to use a heavy shield with no chance of arcane spell failure. At 10th level, you learn to use heavy armor with no chance of arcane spell failure.
  
• Smite (Su): Once per encounter you may smite an enemy creature. You gain a bonus on attack rolls equal to your intelligence modifier, and deal 1 extra point of damage per class level. At 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th level, you gain an extra use per encounter.
  
• Combat Casting: At 2nd level, you gain Combat Casting as a bonus feat.
  
• Arcane Channeling (Su): Beginning at 3rd level, you can use a standard action to cast any touch spell you know and deliver the spell through your weapon with a melee attack. Casting a spell in this manner does not provoke attacks of opportunity. The spell must have a casting time of 1 standard action or less. If the melee attack is successful, the attack deals damage normally; then the effect of the spell is resolved.  At 13th level, you can cast any touch spell you know as part of a full attack action, and the spell affects each target you hit in melee combat that round. Doing so discharges the spell at the end of the round, in the case of a touch spell that would otherwise last longer than 1 round.
  
• Quick Cast (Ex): Whenever you successfully smite an enemy, you can cast a single spell as a swift action that does not generate an attack of opportunity, so long as the casting time of the spell is 1 standard action or less.
  
• Mount (Sp): Upon reaching 6th level, a Occult Blade gains the service of a loyal steed to serve her. This mount is usually a heavy warhorse (for a Medium Occult Blade) or a warpony (for a Small Occult Blade). Once per day, as a full-round action, a Occult Blade may magically call her mount. This ability is the equivalent of a spell of a level equal to one-third the Occult Blade’s level. The mount immediately appears adjacent to the Occult Blade and remains for 2 hours per Occult Blade level; it may be dismissed at any time as a free action. The mount is the same creature each time it is summoned, though the Occult Blade may release a particular mount from service. Each time the mount is called, it appears in full health, regardless of any damage it may have taken previously. The mount also appears wearing or carrying any gear it had when it was last dismissed. Calling a mount is a conjuration (calling) effect.
  
• Spell Power (Ex): Starting at 6th level, you can more easily overcome the spell resistance of any opponent you successfully injure with a melee attack. If you have injured an opponent with a melee attack, you gain a +2 bonus on your caster level check to overcome spell resistance for the remainder of the encounter. This bonus increases to +3 at 11th level, to +4 at 16th level, and to +5 at 18th level.
  
• Arcane Rejuvenation (Su): An Occult Blade can channel arcane energy to heal her own wounds. As a standard action, she can sacrifice one of her unused spell slots; doing this heals a number of hit points of damage equal to 1d8+1 times the spell's level.
  
• Extended Spellstrength (Ex): Beginning at 9th level, a Occult Blade knows how to extend the duration of spells that he casts on himself. The duration of any of his spells with which he targets himself is doubled, as if affected by the Extend Spell feat (but without any adjustment to the spell’s effective level or casting time). Spells that target multiple targets are affected by this power, but only the Occult Blade gains the extended duration.
  
• Arcane Boost (Su): You gain the ability to burn arcane energy to empower your martial abilities. As a swift action, you can spend one of your uncast spells or spell slots to grant yourself one of the following insight bonuses for 1 round per spell level.
  
  • Bonus on attack rolls equal to 1d4 * spell's level.
  • Bonus to AC equal to 1d4 * spell's level.
  • Bonus on saving throws equal to the spell's level.
  • Resistance to acid, cold, electricity, fire, and sonic equal to 5 × the spell's level.
  • Bonus on weapon damage rolls equal to 1d8+1 * spell's level.
• Warrior of the Arcane (Su): Whenever you use Arcane Channelling, treat all attacks made therein as Smite attacks.
  

[Stratovarius]

So, it's not perfectly in line with what you are asking for in this thread, but I noticed in the list of previous classes the Candle Caster class, which stretched a PrC into a base class - is it possible you could do the same with the Beast Heart Adept PrC? Possibly with a refluffed version of the Archivist's Dark Knowledge ability to fill in the levels?

Beast Heart Adept base class, along with a few new custom abilities to fill in the later levels. And with Monstrous Wild Shape, obviously grabbed and rebuilt from the Druid.

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Beast Heart Adept

"Remember me well, when the war comes, for I will sing of the glory and the pain."
- Thurgard Thunderblade, Human Beast Heart Adept

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Making a Beast Heart Adept
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Table 1: The Beast Heart Adept

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Level  BAB   Ref   Fort  Will  Abilities                                     1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
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1      +0    +0    +2    +2    Monster Empathy, Monster Handler              1   —   —   —   —   
2      +1    +1    +3    +3    Monster Lore                                  1   —   —   —   —   
3      +2    +1    +3    +3    Monstrous Companion                           2   —   —   —   —   
4      +3    +2    +4    +4    Monstrous Flank, Resist Monsters              2   —   —   —   —   
5      +3    +2    +4    +4    Speak with Monsters                           3   1   —   —   —   
6      +4    +3    +5    +5    Monstrous Tactics                             3   1   —   —   —   
7      +5    +3    +5    +5    Monstrous Wild Shape                          4   2   —   —   —   
8      +6    +2    +6    +6    Extra Companion                               4   2   —   —   —   
9      +6    +3    +6    +6    Monstrous Wild Shape                          5   3   1   —   —   
10     +7    +3    +7    +7    Monstrous Team-Up                             5   3   1   —   —   
11     +8    +3    +7    +7    Monstrous Wild Shape                          5   4   2   —   —   
12     +9    +4    +8    +8    Empathic Link, Monstrous Stagger              5   4   2   —   —   
13     +9    +4    +8    +8    Extra Companion                               5   5   3   1   —   
14     +10   +4    +9    +9    Monstrous Link                                5   5   3   1   —   
15     +11   +5    +9    +9    Monstrous Wild Shape                          5   5   4   2   —   
16     +12   +5    +10   +10   Monstrous Wild Shape                          5   5   4   2   —   
17     +12   +5    +10   +10   Shared Skills                                 5   5   5   3   1   
18     +13   +6    +11   +11   Extra Companion                               5   5   5   3   2   
19     +14   +6    +11   +11   Monstrous Death Blow                          5   5   5   4   3   
20     +15   +6    +12   +12   Monstrous Wild Shape                          5   5   5   5   4   
Game Rule Information
Beast Heart Adept have the following game statistics.

Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d8
Starting Gold: As druid
Starting Age: Complex (as druid)


Class skills
Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Jump (Str), Knowledge (arcana, dungeoneering, nature, the planes) (Int), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Spellcraft (Int), Survival (Wis), Swim (Str)
Skill Points at 1st level: (4 + Int modifier) x 4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier

Class Features
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• Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Beast Heart Adepts are proficient with all simple weapons, as well as light and medium armors and all shields (except tower shields).
  
• Spells: A Beast Heart Adept casts divine spells, which are drawn from the druid spell list. To learn or cast a spell, you must have a Wisdom score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against your spell is 10 + the spell level + your Wis modifier. You cast these spells exactly as a druid does, except you may not spontanenously cast summon nature's ally.
  
• Monster Empathy (Ex): You can use body language, vocalization, and demeanor to improve the attitude of a magical beast such as a chimera or a gorgon. This ability functions like the druid’s wild empathy class feature (PH 35), except that it affects magical beasts regardless of their Intelligence score. You can also use this ability to influence an animal (such as a dire bear) or an aberration that has an Intelligence score of 1 or 2 (such as a rust monster), but you take a –4 penalty on the check. If you have the wild empathy ability from another class, add your levels in that class to your beast heart adept level when influencing magical beasts or animals. In addition, you no longer take a penalty to your monster empathy check when influencing animals. If you have 5 or more ranks in the Handle Animal skill, you gain a +2 bonus on your monster empathy checks.
  
• Monster Handler (Ex): You can make Handle Animal checks with regard to magical beasts and aberrations without penalty. This ability applies only to creatures that have an Intelligence score of 1 or 2. Magical beasts and aberrations that have higher Intelligence scores cannot be controlled by Handle Animal at all.
  
• Monster Lore (Ex): At 2nd level, you gain uncanny knowledge about all types of living monsters, including their habitats, behavior, abilities, and weaknesses. You can make a special monster lore check to identify monsters or their special abilities or vulnerabilities. The check functions as a Knowledge check (PH 78), except the monster lore check can identify any living creature. You gain a bonus on this check equal to your beast heart adept level + your Int modifier. You can attempt this check in addition to making the relevant Knowledge check to learn about a creature. If you have levels in the bard class or the loremaster prestige class, you can add those levels to your beast heart adept levels when determining the bonus on the monster lore check.
  
• Monstrous Companion (Ex): You gain the service of a monstrous companion. The creature is similar to a druid’s animal companion (PH 35), but it is a magical beast or aberration rather than an animal. Choose one of the following as your monstrous companion: ankheg, blink dog, giant eagle, giant owl, hippogriff (4 Hit Dice), krenshar (4 Hit Dice), otyugh, owlbear, pegasus, or worg. Except for the hippogriff and the krenshar, which are larger than normal, the monster is typical of its kind. If its Intelligence is greater than 2, the companion has the same alignment as you. If you have levels in other classes (such as druid or ranger) that give you the ability to have an animal companion, those levels do not stack with your beast heart adept levels for the purpose of determining which kinds of monstrous companions you can select (and what the abilities of those companions are). At 6th level or higher, you can select from alternative lists of monsters (see the sidebar). Just as with a druid’s alternative animal companion, an alternative monstrous companion gains abilities as if your beast heart adept class level were lower than it actually is.
  
• Monstrous Flank (Ex): At 4th level, you learn to better coordinate your attacks with your monstrous companion. When you form a flank with a companion, both you and the creature gain an additional +2 bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls against the flanked opponent.
  
• Resist Monsters (Ex): Starting at 4th level, a beast heart adept gains a +4 bonus on saving throws against the abilities of aberrations and magical beasts.
  
• Speak with Monsters (Sp): Starting at 5th level, a Beast Heart Adept can use speak with monsters at will. Treat this as speak with animals, except that its effects apply to magical beasts and aberrations. Caster level is class level.
  
• Monstrous Tactics (Ex): Starting at 6th level, you and your monstrous companions make an excellent team. Through coordination and practice, you have learned to optimize your combined efforts. When one of your
  monstrous companions strikes an opponent with a melee attack, the target provokes an attack of opportunity from you. With this ability, you can make an attack of opportunity against a particular target once per round. In addition, your companions do not grant cover against your enemies when you use ranged attacks or spells.
  
• Monstrous Wild Shape (Su): At 7th level, the Beast Heart Adept gains a version of the wild shape ability. Monstrous wild shape functions like the druid’s wild shape ability, except that the Beast Heart Adept instead chooses magical beasts instead of animal. At 9th level, the Beast Heart Adept gains the ability to change into a large magical beast. At 11th, a tiny magical beast. At 15th, huge magical beasts. At 16th, small, medium, and large aberrations. At 20th, huge aberrations. At 7th, 11th, 15th, and 19th levels he gains two uses of his Monstrous Wild Shape, with each use lasting for one hour. Treat this ability as Wild Shape for all prerequisites.
  
• Extra Monstrous Companion (Ex): At 8th level, you gain a second monstrous companion, chosen from the list of companions available to a level beast heart adept. At 13th level, you gain a third monstrous companion, chosen from the list of companions available to a beast heart adept. At 18th level, you gain a fourth monstrous companion, chosen from the list of companions available to a beast heart adept.
  
• Monstrous Team-Up (Ex): When you reach 10th level, all the members of your adventuring party now gain the benefits of your monstrous flank and monstrous tactics abilities. Any references to “you” in those abilities now include your allies and monstrous companions. When you gain subsequent abilities, like Monstrous Stagger, your allies also gain the benefits of those abilities.
  
• Empathic Link (Su): At 12th level, the Beast Heart Adept gains an empathic link that allows him to communicate telepathically with his companions to a maximum distance of one mile. The Beast Heart Adept and the companion can understand one another as if a speak with monsters effect were in force.
  
• Monstrous Stagger (Ex): At 12th level, your coordinated attacks cause extra harm. If both you and one or more of your companions strikes a creature in the same round, that creature must make a fortitude save vs 10 + 1/2 class level + the strength modifier of the second ally to strike or be staggered for one round.
  
• Monstrous Link (Ex): You and your monstrous companions have grown so close that you consider them a part of you. You and your companions add your hit points together into a single pool. Until that pool runs out, neither you nor your monstrous companions can be made disabled or dying via hit point loss. Spells and other abilities that can kill one or more creatures still function normally. Your allies (via Monstrous Team-Up) do not get the benefits of this ability.
  
• Shared Skills (Ex): At 18th level, you are now of one soul, as well as one body. You and all your companions gain the special attacks and special qualities of all your other companions.
  
• Monstrous Death Blow (Ex): At 19th level, your coordinated attacks cause massive harm. If both you and two or more of your companions strikes a creature in the same round, that creature must make a fortitude save vs 10 + 1/2 class level + the strength modifier of the third ally to strike or be destroyed. This can affect undead, constructs, and other creatures normally immune to critical hits.
  

Monstrous Companion
The beast heart adept’s monstrous companion is superior to a normal animal of its kind and has special powers. A beast heart adept's companion advances exactly as a druid's animal companion, described here.

Alternate Monstrous Companion
A beast heart adept of sufficiently high level can select his monstrous companion from one of the following lists. Apply the indicated adjustment to the beast heart adept’s level (in parentheses) when determining the monster’s characteristics and special abilities.

• 6th  Level or Higher (Level –2) - Digester, Girallon, Manticore, Winter wolf
• 8th  Level or Higher (Level –4) - Chimera, Wyvern
• 10th Level or Higher (Level –6) - Chuul, Destrachan, Dragonne
• 12th Level or Higher (Level –8) - Behir, Gray render, Yrthak