Domeskipper [base] (Magipunk)

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Wheee, almost done with the Magipunk base classes.  As always, this is a WIP.  Many thanks to Garryl for allowing me to "borrow" some of his ideas for an unfinished homebrew. 

DOMESKIPPER


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"Let me tell you how this is gonna go.  You're gonna buy the equipment I tell you to buy.  Then I'm gonna teach you how to use it.  You'll sleep with it, eat with it, bring it to your mother's birthday party.  Then, when I decide you're ready, I'll take you out into the Wilds, and we'll find us a dragon... and you'll shoot it in the goddamn face.  Now is that something you'd be interested in?"

-Marcus Darby, domeskipper and big game hunter

A domeskipper can be a glamorous celebrity, leading safaris of nervous rich folk into the Wilds to hunt dangerous creatures.  Or, he could be an outcast, exiled from the cities and forced to adapt to life in the wilderness.

MAKING A DOMESKIPPER
Short description of play style.
Abilities: The important abilities and why they are important.
Races: Any.
Alignment: Any.
Starting Gold: As ranger.
Starting Age: As ranger.

Class Skills
The Domeskipper's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Acrobatics (Dex), Animal Affinity (Cha), Athletics (Str), Heal (Wis), Natural Lore (Wis), Perception (Wis), Profession (Wis), and Stealth (Dex).
Skill Points at 1st Level: (6 + Int) x4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int

Table: The Domeskipper				HD: d8
Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Base Attack Bonus +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 /+1 +7 /+2 +8 /+3 +9 /+4 +10 /+5 +11 /+6 /+1 +12 /+7 /+2 +13 /+8 /+3 +14 /+9 /+4 +15 /+10 /+5 +16 /+11 /+6 /+1 +17 /+12 /+7 /+2 +18 /+13 /+8 /+3 +19 /+14 /+9 /+4 +20 /+15 /+10 /+5	Fort Save +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +6 +6 +7 +7 +8 +8 +9 +9 +10 +10 +11 +11 +12	Ref Save +2 +3 +3 +4 +4 +5 +5 +6 +6 +7 +7 +8 +8 +9 +9 +10 +10 +11 +11 +12	Will Save +0 +0 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +4 +4 +4 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6	Special Animal companion, Track, wild empathy 1st favored enemy Endurance Woodland stride 2nd favored enemy Surefooted, trained for war Swift tracker 3rd favored enemy Evasion Trackless step 4th favored enemy Good breeding Camouflage 5th favored enemy Improved evasion Hide in plain sight 6th favored enemy Primal awakening Consummate hunter 7th favored enemy, stance mastery	Maneuvers Known 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13	Maneuvers Readied 3 (2) 3 (2) 3 (2) 4 (2) 4 (2) 4 (2) 4 (2) 4 (2) 4 (2) 5 (3) 5 (3) 5 (3) 5 (3) 5 (3) 6 (3) 6 (3) 6 (3) 6 (3) 6 (3) 7 (4)	Stances Known 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4

Weapon and Armor Proficiencies: A domeskipper is proficient with all simple and martial weapons, and with light armor and shields (except tower shields).

Maneuvers: A domeskipper begins his career with knowledge of three martial maneuvers.  The disciplines available to him are Falling Star, Essence of Gaia (see below), Tiger Claw, and White Raven.  At the beginning of each encounter, a domeskipper is granted a subset of his readied maneuvers at random; the remaining readied maneuvers are granted to his animal companion. 

Whenever the domeskipper expends a maneuver, it remains granted (but expended) for 1 round, after which it is withheld from the domeskipper, but is granted as a recovered, readied maneuver to his animal companion.  Whenever the companion performs a maneuver, it remains granted (but expended) for 1 round, after which it is withheld from the companion, but is granted as a refreshed, readied maneuver to the domeskipper. 

Only one maneuver each may be granted to the domeskipper and his animal companion each round; if more are available, then the maneuvers are granted in the order they were expended.  Both the domeskipper and his animal companion may expend a readied, granted maneuver as a swift action with no effect.

Animal companion (Ex): A domeskipper may begin play with 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.  This animal is a loyal companion that accompanies the domeskipper on his adventures as appropriate for its kind.

A 1st-level domeskipper's companion is completely typical for its kind except as noted below. As a domeskipper advances in level, the animal’s power increases as shown on the table. A domeskipper's effective level for the purposes of his animal companion is either his domeskipper level (including effects that modify his effective domeskipper level) or his initiator level (including effects that modify his effective initiator level), whichever is greater.  If a domeskipper releases his companion from service, or his previous animal companion perishes, he may gain a new one after 24 hours. 

A domeskipper of 4th level or higher may select a more powerful animal companion; if he does so, the creature gains abilities as if the character’s domeskipper level were lower than it actually is. Subtract the value indicated in the appropriate list header from the character’s domeskipper level and compare the result with the domeskipper level entry on the table to determine the animal companion’s powers. (If this adjustment would reduce the domeskipper's effective level to 0 or lower, she can’t have that animal as a companion.)

Track: A domeskipper gains Track as a bonus feat.

Wild empathy (Ex): A domeskipper can improve the attitude of an animal. This ability functions just like a Negotiation check made towards a person. The domeskipper rolls 1d20 and adds his domeskipper level and Charisma modifier to determine the wild empathy check result.  The typical domestic animal has a starting relationship of "Just Met", while wild animals are usually "Acquaintance (Negative)".

To use wild empathy, the domeskipper and the animal must be able to study each other, which means that they must be within 30 feet of one another under normal conditions. Generally, influencing an animal in this way takes 1 minute but, as with influencing people, it might take more or less time.  A domeskipper 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.

Favored Enemy (Ex): At 2nd level, a domeskipper may select a type of creature from among those given on this table. The domeskipper gains a +2 bonus on Natural Lore, Negotiation, Persuasion, and Perception checks when using these skills against creatures of this type. Likewise, he gets a +2 bonus on weapon damage rolls against such creatures.

At 5th level and every three levels thereafter (8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 20th level), the domeskipper may select an additional favored enemy from those given on the table. In addition, at each such interval, the bonus against any one favored enemy (including the one just selected, if so desired) increases by 2.

If the domeskipper chooses humanoids or outsiders as a favored enemy, he must also choose an associated subtype, as indicated on the table. If a specific creature falls into more than one category of favored enemy, the domeskipper's bonuses do not stack; he simply uses whichever bonus is higher.

Endurance: A domeskipper gains Endurance as a bonus feat at 3rd level.

Woodland Stride (Ex): Starting at 4th level, a domeskipper 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.
 
Trained for war: At 6th level, a domeskipper's animal companion gains the Warbeast template.

Surefooted (Ex): Beginning at 6th level, a domeskipper is well acquainted with the dangers of unstable ground.  He no longer takes any penalty to Acrobatics or Stealth checks from broken terrain or stairs.  He also does not need to make a DC 10 Acrobatics check when running or charging down a steep slope.

Swift tracker (Ex): At 7th level, a domeskipper 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): Beginning at 9th level, a domeskipper 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 domeskipper is not wearing heavy armor. A helpless domeskipper does not gain the benefit of evasion.

Trackless step (Ex): Starting at 10th level, a domeskipper leaves no trail in natural surroundings and cannot be tracked. He may choose to leave a trail if so desired.

Good breeding: At 12th level, a domeskipper's animal companion gains the magebred animal template.

Camouflage (Ex): A domeskipper 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.

Improved evasion (Ex): At 15th level, while a domeskipper still takes no damage on a successful Reflex saving throw against attacks, henceforth he takes only half damage on a failed save. A helpless domeskipper does not gain the benefit of improved evasion.

Hide in plain sight (Ex): While in any sort of natural terrain, a domeskipper of 16th level or higher can use the Hide skill even while being observed.

Primal awakening: At 18th level, a domeskipper's animal companion gains the Feral template (Savage Species pg 115).

Consummate hunter (Ex): Beginning at 19th level, whenever a domeskipper initiates a maneuver against one of his favored enemies, he may choose to immediately recover it as a granted maneuver instead of granting it to his animal companion.  The animal companion may similarly choose to immediately recover a maneuver instead of granting it to the domeskipper when the companion initiates a maneuver against one of the domeskipper's favored enemies.

Stance mastery (Ex): At 20th level, a domeskipper can have two stances active simultaneously. When he uses a swift action to initiate or change his stance, he can initiate or change one or both stances.

PLAYING A DOMESKIPPER
 Brief description on how to play the class you are designing.
 Combat: Here's a section where you will describe common combat methods for your class. Remember to include information on how your class will use his powers in combat.
 Advancement: This is a section on different options and paths that the class can go down when they advance in power.
 Resources: What resources might a member of this PrC be able to draw on..

DOMESKIPPER IN THE WORLD
"A quote of somebody else talking about your class!"

-name of quote originator

A brief description of how your class is persevered in the world and how he interacts with the world.
 Daily Life: Some general information about the typical day in the life of your class.
 Notables: Make up some cool information about notable figures in the history of your class. It's best to give a little information from one of the good alignment and evil alignment (unless it's a good or evil only class).
 Organizations: Some information about organizations dedicated to the practice of your class and other organizations which members of your class will be attracted towards.

NPC Reaction
 This is an in detail description of how NPC's would perceive your class and the immediate generalization that people would give of your class.

DOMESKIPPER IN THE GAME
 This is a good place to provide a quick note on how your class will effect game play statistically.
 Adaptation: This is a place where you put in detail how people can adapt your class into their campaign setting.
 Encounters: This is a place to describe what sort of encounters PC's will have with NPC versions of your class.


EPIC DOMESKIPPER

Hit Die: dx
Skills Points at Each  Level : x + int
Class Ability
Class Ability.
Bonus Feats: The Epic Class Name gains a Bonus Feat every x levels higher than 20th

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The Domeskipper's Animal Companion
A domeskipper's animal companion is different from a normal animal of its kind in many ways. A domeskipper's animal companion is superior to a normal animal of its kind and has special powers, as described below.

Class Level	Bonus HD	Natural Armor Adj.	Str/Dex Adj.	Bonus Tricks	Special
1st-2nd	+0	+0	+0	1	Link, share stance
3rd-5th	+2	+2	+1	2	Evasion
6th-8th	+4	+4	+2	3	Devotion
9th-11th	+6	+6	+3	4	Multiattack
12th-14th	+8	+8	+4	5	--
15th-17th	+10	+10	+5	6	Improved evasion
18th-20th	+12	+12	+6	7	--

Animal Companion Basics
Use the base statistics for a creature of the companion’s kind, but make the following changes.

• Class Level -- The character’s domeskipper level. The domeskipper's class levels stack with levels of any other classes that are entitled to an animal companion for the purpose of determining the companion’s abilities and the alternative lists available to the character.
• Bonus HD -- Extra eight-sided (d8) Hit Dice, each of which gains a Constitution modifier, as normal. Remember that extra Hit Dice improve the animal companion’s base attack and base save bonuses. An animal companion’s base attack bonus is equal to 3/4 of the animal’s HD. An animal companion has good Fortitude and Reflex saves (treat it as a character whose level equals the animal’s HD). An animal companion gains additional skill points and feats for bonus HD as normal for advancing a monster’s Hit Dice.
• Natural Armor Adj. -- The number noted here is an improvement to the animal companion’s existing natural armor bonus.
• Str/Dex Adj. -- Add this value to the animal companion’s Strength and Dexterity scores.
• Bonus Tricks -- The value given in this column is the total number of "bonus" tricks that the animal knows in addition to any that the domeskipper might choose to teach it (see the Animal Affinity skill). These bonus tricks don’t require any training time or Animal Affinity checks, and they don’t count against the normal limit of tricks known by the animal. The domeskipper selects these bonus tricks, and once selected, they can’t be changed.
• Link (Ex) -- A domeskipper can handle his animal companion as a free action, or push it as a move action, even if he doesn’t have any ranks in the Animal Affinity skill. The domeskipper gains a +4 circumstance bonus on all wild empathy checks and Animal Affinity checks made regarding an animal companion.
• Share Stance (Ex) -- At the domeskipper option, he may have any stance he enters also affect his animal companion, whenever the companion is within 5 feet.
• Evasion (Ex) -- If an animal companion is subjected to an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for half damage, it takes no damage if it makes a successful saving throw.
• Devotion (Ex) -- An animal companion gains a +4 morale bonus on Will saves against enchantment spells and effects.
• Multiattack -- An animal companion gains Multiattack as a bonus feat if it has three or more natural attacks and does not already have that feat. If it does not have the requisite three or more natural attacks, the animal companion instead gains a second attack with its primary natural weapon, albeit at a -5 penalty.
• Improved Evasion (Ex) -- When subjected to an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for half damage, an animal companion takes no damage if it makes a successful saving throw and only half damage if the saving throw fails.

Alternative Animal Companions

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A domeskipper of sufficiently high level can select his animal companion from one of the following lists, applying the indicated adjustment to the domeskipper's level (in parentheses) for purposes of determining the companion’s characteristics and special abilities.

4th Level or Higher (Level -3)

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Ape (animal)
Bear, black (animal)
Bison (animal)
Boar (animal)
Cheetah (animal)
Dire badger
Dire bat
Dire weasel
Leopard (animal)
Lizard, monitor (animal)
Snake, constrictor (animal)
Snake, Large viper (animal)
Wolverine (animal)

7th Level or Higher (Level -6)

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Bear, brown (animal)
Dire wolverine
Crocodile, giant (animal)
Deinonychus (dinosaur)
Dire ape
Dire boar
Dire wolf
Lion (animal)
Rhinoceros (animal)
Snake, Huge viper (animal)
Tiger (animal)

10th Level or Higher (Level -9)

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Bear, polar (animal)
Dire lion
Megaraptor (dinosaur)
Snake, giant constrictor (animal)

13th Level or Higher (Level -12)

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Dire bear
Elephant (animal)

16th Level or Higher (Level -15)

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Dire tiger
Triceratops (dinosaur)
Tyrannosaurus (dinosaur)

Domeskipper ACFs

Atlantean Domeskipper

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Some domeskippers come from oceanic environments, particularly those that operate in and around Atlantis.  They manage their watery demesnes with different techniques than land-bound domeskippers.

Manuevers: An Atlantean domeskipper chooses maneuvers from the following disciplines: Essence of Gaia (see below), Ocean Soul, Tiger Claw, and White Raven.

Animal Companion (Ex): An Atlantean domeskipper chooses from the following animal companions: porpoise, Medium shark, and squid.  In addition, at higher levels he can choose a more powerful companion as normal:

• Crocodile or Shark (Large) at 4th level (level -3)
• Elasmosaurus (dinosaur) at 7th level (level -6)
• Shark (Huge) or Whale (Orca) at 10th level (level -9)
• Octopus (giant) at 13th level (level -12)
• Dire shark or Squid (giant) at 16th level (level -15)

Aquatic Adaptation: At 4th level, an Atlantean domeskipper gains a +8 racial bonus to Swim checks, and can hold his breath underwater for 4 rounds per point of Constitution.  At 6th level, he gains a swim speed equal to his base land speed, and can breathe on land and underwater equally well.  This ability replaces the domeskipper's Woodland Stride and Surefooted class features.

Evernight Domeskipper

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Domeskippers from Evernight are bounty hunters, moving through the city to find those skulking degenerates who owe money to the people in power.

Maneuvers: An Evernight domeskipper chooses maneuvers from the following disciplines: Black Rain, Interesting Times, Shadow Hand, and White Raven.

Animal Companion (Ex): An Evernight domeskipper gains the companionship of a smaller but far more intelligent creature than she otherwise would have. This is identical to the sorcerer's ability to summon a familiar (PH 52), including all benefits granted and gained by the familiar, except as noted below. Her functional level for determining the abilities of the companion is equal to her domeskipper level.

• She does not lose experience points if her urban companion is slain, and she requires only 24 hours to replace one who is lost.
• Her animal companion has total hit points equal to 3/4 her own hit points, rather than half as per a familiar.
• The animal companion gains the ability to speak with other animals of its kind when she has an effective master level of 1st, rather than 7th.
• When she reaches an effective master level of 7th, she can speak with animals of her companion's kind, as per speak with animals. This is a supernatural ability that functions constantly, and it requires only a free action to reactivate if somehow dispelled.

Urban Tracking: An Evernight Domeskipper gains Urban Tracking as a bonus feat, and adds Gather Information to her class skills.  This replaces the domeskipper's Track class feature.

Crowd-walker (Ex): When moving through a crowd, an Evernight domeskipper of 4th level or higher moves at her normal rate, rather than requiring two squares of movement for every square as is normal. In addition, light debris does not impede her movement, and she treats heavy debris as light debris. Any other sort of rough terrain impedes her normally, however.  This ability replaces the domeskipper's Woodland Stride class feature.

Hidden Stalker (Ex): At 13th level, an Evernight domeskipper no longer takes a -5 penalty on Stealth checks when moving faster than half speed, nor does she take the standard -10 penalty when attempting to hide during a brief distraction. In addition, the presence of other people within 5 feet is considered sufficient cover for her to hide, making it easy for her to vanish into a crowd.  At 16th level, she gains hide in plain sight, but this ability functions in any urban environment, rather than only in natural environments as written.  This ability replaces the domeskipper's Camouflage and Hide in Plain Sight class features.

Jarrashi Domeskipper

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A domeskipper trained in the beautiful desert city of Jarrash learns about hardship in a wasteland of heat and sand.

Manuevers: A Jarrashi domeskipper chooses maneuvers from the following disciplines: Desert Wind, Falling Star, Tiger Claw, and White Raven.

Animal Companion (Ex): A Jarrashi domeskipper chooses from the following animal companions: bat, camel, dog, lizard, donkey, hawk, or horned lizard.  In addition, at higher levels he can choose a more powerful companion as normal from the following lists:

4th level or Higher (Level –3)

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Dire bat
Lizard, monitor
Peccary (treat as boar)
Puma (treat as leopard)
Snake, Large viper

7th Level or Higher (Level –6)

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Deinonychus (dinosaur)
Dire hawk (Monster Manual II)
Dire peccary (treat as dire boar)
Protoceratops (dinosaur)
Rhinoceros
Snake, Huge viper

10th Level or Higher (Level –9)

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Dire puma
Dire snake (Monster Manual II)
Dire tortoise
Dire vulture
Hippopotamus

13th Level or Higher (level –12)

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Diprotodon
Elephant
Giant banded lizard

16th Level or Higher (level –15)

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Dire elephant (Monster Manual II)
Roc
Dire rhinoceros (Fiend Folio)
Triceratops (dinosaur)

Heat Endurance: A Jarrashi domeskipper gains Heat Endurance as a bonus feat at 3rd level instead of Endurance.

Sandskimmer: A Jarrashi domeskipper gains Sandskimmer as a bonus feat at 4th level instead of the woodland stride class feature.

North Domeskipper

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Trained under the frozen sun and glowing Aurora of North, domeskippers from the polar regions learn to deal with frigid temperatures and icy environs.

Manuevers: A North domeskipper chooses maneuvers from the following disciplines: Bitter Edge, Falling Star, Tiger Claw, and White Raven.

Animal Companion (Ex): A North domeskipper chooses from the following animal companions: dog, riding dog, gyrfalcon (treat as hawk), raven, snowy owl (treat as owl), or wolf.  In addition, at higher levels he can choose a more powerful companion as normal from the following lists:

4th level or Higher (Level –3)

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Bear, black
Branta
Snow leopard (treat as leopard)
Wolverine

7th Level or Higher (Level –6)

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Bear, brown
Dire wolf
Dire wolverine
Megaloceros
Terror bird (from Fiend Folio)

10th Level or Higher (Level –9)

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Bear, polar
Glyptodon
Smilodon

13th Level or Higher (level –12)

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Dire bear
Dire elk (from Monster Manual II)
Woolly mammoth

16th Level or Higher (level –15)

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Dire rhinoceros (from Fiend Folio)
Dire tiger
Megatherium (from Fiend Folio)

Snowrunner: A North domeskipper gains Snowrunner as a bonus feat at 6th level, instead of the surefooted class feature.

Snowflake Wardance: A North domeskipper gains Snowflake Wardance as a bonus feat at 13th level instead of the camouflage class feature.  The domeskipper activates a snowflake wardance by expending a readied maneuver as a free action; the wardance lasts for a number of rounds equal to twice the level of the maneuver.

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This discipline is for any character that has an Animal Companion or Wild Cohort [henceforth referred to as "partner"].  Other things (like Special Mount, Psicrystal, or Familiar) work just fine, but the nature flavor of the rest of the abilities works best with druids & rangers.

It also uses Rushes.


Martial Discipline: Essence of Gaia

Essence of Gaia maneuvers are about mastering the network of life about you to gain advantage over your enemies. Practioners understand the sublime grace and worldchanging power that nature has, and strive to emulate and control it. Working in conjunction with their animal companion, they know that nature is not always about brute force. Like nocturnal hunters, they employ stealth to surround and ensnare their foes before moving in for the kill with the swift efficiency of the preadator.

Associated weapons: All axes, all spears, scythe, sickle, quarterstaff, and natural weapons.
Key skill: Animal Affinity [a.k.a. Handle Animal].

Whenever mention is made of "your partner", this refers to any companion you've gained through class features and feats other than Leadership, the Thrallherd class, and their derivatives.  Common examples include:

• Animal companion
• Familiar
• Companion gained via the Wild Cohort feat
• Psicrystal
• Special Mount

Maneuver and Stance List

1st level
Call of Vines -- Strike.  Enemy is entangled by plant growth for 1 round.
Distraction --  Boost.  Target provokes AoO from your partner.
Grasp of the Bear -- Strike. Make a successful melee attack with improved grab.
Stalker in the Wilds -- Stance.  Gain sneak attack +1d6 while in natural settings.

2nd level
Defensive Partnership -- Counter.  Your partner attacks an opponent who just struck you.
Dual Movement -- Rush. Swap places with partner.
Lend Strength -- Boost. Increase partner's size by 1 category for 1 round.
Venomstrike -- Strike.  Make a melee attack which poisons your target.

3rd level
Gaia Infusion -- Stance.  Gain +2 to Str, Dex, and Con.
Gecko Run -- Rush. Move as if via spider climb.
Lessening Strike -- Strike. Reduce opponent's size by 1 category for 1 round.
Listen to the Earth -- Stance.  Gain tremorsense.

4th level
Constricting Vines -- Strike.  Opponent is grappled by plant life for 1 round.
Wild Reposition -- Boost.  Your partner moves up to its speed.
Wolfpack Harry -- Strike. Both partners make single attack.

5th level
Arboreal Charge -- Strike.  Charge in one tree and out another.
As the Wilds -- Stance.  Gain plant immunities, lose speed and Dex.
Defensive Partnership, Greater -- Counter.  Your partner attacks an opponent who is about to strike you, may interrupt attack.
Lend Might -- Boost.  Increase your partner's size by 2 categories for 1 round

6th level
Diminishing Strike -- Strike. Reduce opponent's size by 2 categories for 1 round.
Venomstrike, Greater -- Strike.  Make a melee attack which poisons your target with a more virulent poison.
Wild Assault -- Boost.  Partner makes single move + attack.

7th level
Inflict Transformation -- Strike.  Opponent is affected by baleful polymorph.
Vinefury Strike: Strike.  Opponent is grappled and pinned by plant life indefinitely.
Wild Cavalry -- Boost.  Partner makes a charge attack.

8th level
Arboreal Evasion -- Counter.  Immediate-action transport via plants.
Gaian Intellectus -- Stance.  While in natural terrain, know the position of every living thing w/in 60 feet; find the path to places in natural terrain.
Stoneform Strike -- Strike.  Make an attack which inflicts petrification.
Wolfpack Unison -- Strike.  You and your partner each make a full attack.

9th level
Sublime Unison -- Strike.  You and your partner each initiate a strike you know (which total to 9 levels).

Maneuver and Stance Descriptions

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Call of Vines
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 1
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: 1 round
You attack a creature to mark it, and the grass, bushes, and trees around it grow up and tangle with its nether portions.
When you initiate this strike, make a melee attack against your opponent at +1d6 damage.  If you are successful, grasses, weeds, bushes, and even trees wrap, twist, and entwine about your target, causing it to become entangled for 1 round.  An affected creature can break free and move half its normal speed by using a full-round action to make a DC 20 Strength check or a DC 20 Escape Artist check.  The entangling effect of this maneuver does not function if there are no plants within 5 feet of the target (creatures with the Plant type do not count).  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Distraction
Essence of Gaia (Boost)
Level: Domeskipper 1
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: 30 feet
Target: One creature your partner threatens
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates
You make a motion with your weapon, and your opponent is momentarily distracted, allowing your partner an opening.
Make a melee attack roll with your weapon.  Your target must make a Will save (DC equal to the result of your attack roll) or provoke an attack of opportunity from your partner.

Grasp of the Bear
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 1
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instantaneous
You attack your opponent, twisting into a wrestling hold.
When you initiate this strike, make a normal melee attack against your opponent.  If you succeed, you may immediately begin a grapple, as per the Improved Grab special ability.

Stalker in the Wilds
Essence of Gaia (Stance)
Level: Domeskipper 1
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stance
Your senses grow keener, and you find yourself examining every creature for weak spots, as if you were planning to cull the herd.
While in this stance, you gain sneak attack +1d6 (see the Rogue class feature) while in natural surroundings.

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Defensive Partnership
Essence of Gaia (Counter)
Level: Domeskipper 2
Initiation Action: 1 immediate action
Range: Partner
Target: Your partner
Duration: Instantaneous
Enraged by the assault on you, your partner launches to your defense.
When a creature successfully strikes you with a melee or natural weapon, if your partner also threatens the creature, you can use this maneuver to grant your partner an immediate attack against that creature.

Dual Movement
Essence of Gaia (Rush) [Teleportation]
Level: Domeskipper 2
Initiation Action: 1 move action
Range: Personal and partner
Target: You and your partner
Duration: Instantaneous
You and your partner suddenly appear in each others' respective locations.
When you use this maneuver, you and your partner suddenly switch places without moving through the intervening space.  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Lend Strength
Essence of Gaia (Boost)
Level: Domeskipper 2
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Partner
Target: Your partner
Duration: 1 round
You channel strength through the special bond you have with your partner, and it grows larger in response.
Use this maneuver to cause your partner to grow, doubling its height and multiplying its weight by 8 for one round. This increase changes its size category to the next larger one, and it gains a +4 size bonus to Strength and a +2 size bonus to Constitution. Your partner gains a +2 enhancement bonus to its natural armor, but its size modifier for AC and attacks changes as appropriate to its new size category. Determine space and reach as appropriate to your partner's new size.

If insufficient room is available for the desired growth, your partner attains the maximum possible size and may make a Strength check (using your increased Strength) to burst any enclosures in the process. If it fails, it is constrained without harm by the materials enclosing it— this maneuver cannot crush your partner by increasing its size.

All equipment your partner wears or carries is similarly enlarged by the maneuver. Melee and projectile weapons deal more damage. Other magical properties are not affected by this maneuver. Any enlarged item that leaves your partner's possession (including a projectile or thrown weapon) instantly returns to its normal size. This means that thrown weapons deal their normal damage (projectiles deal damage based on the size of the weapon that fired them).

This maneuver is a supernatural ability; multiple magical effects that increase size do not stack.

Venomstrike
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 2
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instantaneous
The wound left behind by your attack displays a shimmering, sickly coating.
When you use this maneuver, make a normal melee attack.  If you are successful, the creature you struck is affected by a mild venom, which deals 2 points of Constitution damage unless the target makes a Fortitude save (DC 12 + your Wisdom modifier) against the poison to negate the damage.  There is no secondary damage from the poison.  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

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Gaia Infusion
Essence of Gaia (Stance)
Level: Domeskipper 3
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stance
You take on slightly more feral characteristics, becoming tougher, swifter, and stronger.
While you are in this stance, you gain a +2 bonus to Strength, Dexterity and Constitution.  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Gecko Run
Essence of Gaia (Rush)
Level: Domeskipper 3
Initiation Action: 1 move action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Instantaneous
You move quickly, hurrying up and down walls, trees, and ceilings.
When you use this maneuver, you may move up to your speed with the benefit of the spider climb spell.  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Lessening Strike
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 3
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: 1 round
Saving Throw: Fortitude
You strike your opponent, who suddenly shrinks.
When you use this maneuver, make a normal melee attack.  If you are successful, the creature you struck must make a Fortitude save (DC 13 + your Wisdom modifier) or be reduced, halving its height, length, and width and dividing its weight by 8 for one round. This decrease changes the creature’s size category to the next smaller one. The target gains a +2 size bonus to Dexterity and a -2 size penalty to Strength (to a minimum of 1), but its size modifier for AC and attacks changes as appropriate to its new size category.  This maneuver doesn’t change the target’s speed.  All equipment worn or carried by a creature is similarly reduced by the maneuver.

Melee and projectile weapons deal less damage. Other magical properties are not affected by this maneuver. Any reduced item that leaves the reduced creature’s possession (including a projectile or thrown weapon) instantly returns to its normal size. This means that thrown weapons deal their normal damage (projectiles deal damage based on the size of the weapon that fired them).This maneuver is a supernatural ability; multiple magical effects that reduce size do not stack.

Listen to the Earth
Essence of Gaia (Stance)
Level: Domeskipper 3
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stance
The ground suddenly seems to be part of your body, and you can feel all the myriad creatures of the world moving over it.
While you are in this stance, you gain tremorsense to a range of 30 feet.

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Constricting Vines
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 4
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: 1 round
You attack a creature to mark it, and the grass, bushes, and trees around it grow quickly and grasp at it with their pulpy tendrils.
When you initiate this strike, make a melee attack against your opponent with +3d6 damage.  If you are successful, grasses, weeds, bushes, and even trees wrap, twist, and entwine about your target, attempting to grapple it.  Your target must make a grapple check, opposed by the grapple check of the plants. Treat the plants as a Large creature with a base attack bonus equal to your initiator level and a Strength score of 19. Thus, the plants' grapple check modifier is equal to your initiator level +8.  If the creature fails its grapple check, it is grappled by the plants, as well as taking 1d6+4 bludgeoning damage.  The grappling effect of this maneuver does not function if there are no plants within 5 feet of the target (creatures with the Plant type do not count).  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Wild Reposition
Essence of Gaia (Boost)
Level: Domeskipper 4
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Partner
Target: Your partner
Duration: Instantaneous
You call out to your partner in wild abandon, who is then spurred to motion.
When you initiate this maneuver, your partner immediately moves up to its speed (provoking AoOs as normal for the movement).

Wolfpack Harry
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 4
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instantaneous
You strike your opponent, and your partner takes advantage of the momentary distraction to strike as well.
You and your partner each make a single melee attack against a creature that you both threaten.

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Arboreal Charge
Essence of Gaia (Strike) [Teleportation]
Level: Domeskipper 5
Initiation Action: 1 full-round action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instantaneous
You charge directly into a tree, reappearing at another at top speed and hurtling toward your target from an unexpected direction.
As part of this maneuver, move up to twice your speed in a straight line to a tree, teleport to another tree within 10 feet per initiator level as per transport via plants, then move up to the remainder of your movement from before the teleportation in a straight line, then make an attack as though at an end of a charge. This is otherwise treated as a charge, except as noted above. You needn't move to the nearest space from which you can attack the target.  As you come from an unexpected direction, your opponent must make a Spot check (DC 15 + your Wisdom modifier) or be flatfooted against your charge attack.  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

As the Wilds
Essence of Gaia (Stance)
Level: Domeskipper 5
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stance
You skin becomes tougher and you take on some of the characteristics of a plant.
While you are in this stance, your natural armor bonus increases by +2, but you suffer a -4 penalty to your Dexterity and your base speed is reduced by 10 feet.  In addition, you are immune to extra damage from critical hits and precision damage, mind-affecting spells and abilities, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, and polymorphing.  Any spell or effect that would affect plant creatures also affects you, for the duration of the stance.  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Defensive Partnership, Greater
Essence of Gaia (Counter)
Level: Domeskipper 5
Initiation Action: 1 immediate action
Range: Partner
Target: Your partner
Duration: Instantaneous
Your partner jumps to your defense, interrupting an attack against you.
Whenever a creature attempts to attack you, if your partner threatens that creature, you may use this maneuver to grant your partner an immediate attack of opportunity against the creature.  If your partner's AoO succeeds, the creature must succeed on a Fortitude save (DC equal to the damage dealt) or be unable to complete its attack against you.

Lend Might
Essence of Gaia (Boost)
Level: Domeskipper 5
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Partner
Target: Your partner
Duration: 1 round
You channel strength through the special bond you have with your partner, and it grows significantly larger in response.
Use this maneuver to cause your partner to grow, quadrupling its height and multiplying its weight by 16 for one round. This increase changes increases its size category by two, and it gains a +12 size bonus to Strength, a +6 size bonus to Constitution, and a -4 size penalty to Dexterity. Your partner gains a +4 enhancement bonus to its natural armor, but its size modifier for AC and attacks changes as appropriate to its new size category. Determine space and reach as appropriate to your partner's new size.

If insufficient room is available for the desired growth, your partner attains the maximum possible size and may make a Strength check (using your increased Strength) to burst any enclosures in the process. If it fails, it is constrained without harm by the materials enclosing it— this maneuver cannot crush your partner by increasing its size.

All equipment your partner wears or carries is similarly enlarged by the maneuver. Melee and projectile weapons deal more damage. Other magical properties are not affected by this maneuver. Any enlarged item that leaves your partner's possession (including a projectile or thrown weapon) instantly returns to its normal size. This means that thrown weapons deal their normal damage (projectiles deal damage based on the size of the weapon that fired them).

This maneuver is a supernatural ability; multiple magical effects that increase size do not stack.

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Diminishing Strike
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 6
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: 1 round
Saving Throw: Fortitude
You strike your opponent, who suddenly shrinks to miniature size.
When you use this maneuver, make a normal melee attack.  If you are successful, the creature you struck must make a Fortitude save (DC 16 + your Wisdom modifier) or be reduced, quartering its height, length, and width and dividing its weight by 16 for one round. This decrease changes the creature’s size by two categories. The target gains a +6 size bonus to Dexterity and a -6 size penalty to Strength (to a minimum of 1), but its size modifier for AC and attacks changes as appropriate to its new size category.  This maneuver doesn’t change the target’s speed.  All equipment worn or carried by a creature is similarly reduced by the maneuver.

Melee and projectile weapons deal less damage. Other magical properties are not affected by this maneuver. Any reduced item that leaves the reduced creature’s possession (including a projectile or thrown weapon) instantly returns to its normal size. This means that thrown weapons deal their normal damage (projectiles deal damage based on the size of the weapon that fired them).  This maneuver is a supernatural ability; multiple magical effects that reduce size do not stack.

Venomstrike, Greater
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 6
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Instantaneous
The wound left behind by your attack oozes black sludge.
When you use this maneuver, make a normal melee attack.  If you are successful, the creature you struck is affected by a strong venom, which deals 1d8 points of Constitution damage immediately and an additional 1d8 Constitution damage one minute later.  The target may attempt a Fortitude save (DC 16 + your Wisdom modifier) against each instance to negate the damage from the poison.  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Wild Assault
Essence of Gaia (Boost)
Level: Domeskipper 6
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Partner
Target: Your partner
Duration: Instantaneous
You scream wild fury to your partner, who moves to attack your enemies.
When you initiate this maneuver, your partner immediately moves up to its speed (provoking AoOs as normal for the movement), and may make a single melee attack at the end of the movement against an enemy it threatens.

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Inflict Transformation
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 7
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Permanent
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates, Will partial
You attack your opponent, channeling the gentler nature of Gaia into your strike.
When you initiate this maneuver, make a normal melee attack.  If you are successful, the creature you struck must make a Fortitude save (DC 17 + your Wisdom modifier) or be affected as if by the baleful polymorph spell with a caster level equal to your Initiator Level.  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Vinefury Strike
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 7
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Varies (see below)
You attack a creature to mark it, and the grass, bushes, and trees extend branches, thorns, and roots to pummel and grab your opponent.
When you initiate this strike, make a melee attack against your opponent with +12d6 bonus damage.  If you are successful, grasses, weeds, bushes, and even trees begin to clutch at your target with amazing strength.  If you are successful, grasses, weeds, bushes, and even trees wrap, twist, and entwine about your target, attempting to grapple it.  Your target must make a grapple check, opposed by the grapple check of the plants. Treat the plants as a Huge creature with a base attack bonus equal to your initiator level and a Strength score of 25. Thus, the plants' grapple check modifier is equal to your initiator level +15.  If the creature fails its grapple check, it is grappled and pinned by the plants, and remains pinned until it can escape.  Each round that the creature remains pinned, the constriction of the plants deals 2d8+12 damage.  The grappling effect of this maneuver does not function if there are no plants within 5 feet of the target (creatures with the Plant type do not count).  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Wild Cavalry
Essence of Gaia (Boost)
Level: Domeskipper 7
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Partner
Target: Your partner
Duration: Instantaneous
You scream wild fury to your partner, who charges your enemies.
When you initiate this maneuver, your partner immediately makes a charge action (provoking AoOs as normal for the movement) against any enemy which it could normally charge.

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Arboreal Evasion
Essence of Gaia (Counter)
Level: Domeskipper 8
Initiation Action: 1 immediate action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Instantaneous
As your opponent swings, you disappear and reappear elsewhere.
You may initiate this maneuver at any time as an immediate action, gaining the benefit of the transport via plants spell.  The plant you enter need not be Medium-sized or larger, but you may only transport yourself a distance up to 50 feet per initiator level.  Since this is an immediate action, you may use this to avoid an attack of which you are aware.  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Gaian Intellectus
Essence of Gaia (Stance)
Level: Domeskipper 8
Initiation Action: 1 swift action
Range: Personal
Target: You
Duration: Stance
You begin communing with the essence of Gaia, receiving information on the surrounding area.
While you are in this stance, you gain immediate knowledge of the exact position of every creature within 60 feet, regardless of spells, Hide checks, or other effects which would obscure your target's position.  In addition, while you are in natural terrain, you may spend a standard action to gain the benefit of the find the path spell to determine the best route to any other location in natural terrain.

Stoneform Strike
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 8
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One creature
Duration: Permanent
You strike your opponent with such force that they turn to stone.
Make a normal melee attack against your opponent as part of this strike.  If you are successful, your opponent must make a Fortitude save (DC 18 + your Wisdom modifier) or be petrified.  This maneuver is a supernatural ability.

Wolfpack Unison
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 8
Initiation Action: 1 full-round action
Range: Melee attack
Target: One or more creatures
Duration: Instantaneous
Working together, you and your partner savage your enemies.
As part of this maneuver, you and your partner each make a full-attack action.

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Sublime Unison
Essence of Gaia (Strike)
Level: Domeskipper 9
Initiation Action: 1 standard action
Range: Varies
Target: Varies
Duration: Varies
Saving Throw: Varies
You and your partner move in lockstep, destroying your enemies.
When you initiate this maneuver, choose two maneuvers you know whose total levels add up to 9, and which must take no longer than 1 standard action to initiate.  You initiate one of these maneuvers, and your partner initiates the other; this happens even if you did not have the two chosen maneuvers readied.  You and your partner may not initiate either of the chosen maneuvers again (either via this maneuver or through readying and initiating them individually as normal) for the rest of the encounter.

Gaian Retribution
You and your partner protect each others' backs.
Prerequisite: One Essence of Gaia stance.
Benefit: Whenever an opponent successfully deals damage to you, if you are in an Essence of Gaia stance, your partner gains a +1 morale bonus to attack and damage per 10 points of damage dealt.  This bonus only applies to attacks against that opponent, and lasts for 1 round.  You gain the same benefit whenever you are in an Essence of Gaia stance and an opponent successfully deals damage to your partner.  You and your partner must both know which opponent caused the damage to gain the benefit of this feat.

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Domeskipper Feats

Battering Ram
You and your animal companion are practiced jousters.
Prerequisites: Animal companion, Ride Like The Wind.
Benefit: Whenever you are mounted on your animal companion, you can make a full attack at the end of a mounted charge.
Special: This feat counts as Spirited Charge for the purposes of meeting prerequisites.
Normal: You can only make a single attack if your mount moves more than 5 feet.

Hunter's Mark
Your animal companion follows your lead when attacking enemies
Prerequisites: Animal companion.
Benefit: Whenever you make a ranged attack against an opponent, your animal companion gains a +2 bonus on all attack rolls against that creature for 1 round.

Marked For Death
When you shoot your opponent, your animal companion finishes the job.
Prerequisites: Animal companion, Hunter's Mark, Slayer's Mark.
Benefit: Whenever you successfully confirm a critical hit with a ranged attack against an opponent, all of your animal companion's attacks against that opponent are automatic critical threats for 1 round.

Nature Link
Your animal companion is just as good at dealing with nature as you are.
Prerequisites: Animal companion, Woodland Stride class feature.
Benefit: As long as your animal companion is within 60 feet of you, it gains the benefit of your Woodland Stride class feature, as well as your Surefooted and/or Trackless Step class features if you have them.

Ride Like The Wind
You like to ride your animal companion like a circus pony.  Which it very well may be.
Prerequisites: Animal companion, Mounted Combat.
Benefit: You can take 15 on Animal Affinity checks made to ride your animal companion.  In addition, whenever you are mounted on your animal companion, its base speed increases by 10 feet.
Special: This feat counts as Ride-By Attack for the purposes of meeting prerequisites.

Slayer's Mark
Your animal companion hits harder when you point the way.
Prerequisites: Animal companion.
Benefit: Whenever you make a ranged attack against an opponent, your animal companion gains a +2 bonus on all damage rolls and to the save DCs of its strikes against that creature for 1 round.

[Nanshork]

I just want to say that I like the focus on the animal companion and the maneuver recovery system.

[Garryl]

Wheee, almost done with the Magipunk base classes.  As always, this is a WIP.  Many thanks to Garryl for allowing me to "borrow" some of his ideas for an unfinished homebrew. 

I'm just glad it found a good home.

Maneuvers: A domeskipper begins his career with knowledge of three martial maneuvers.  The disciplines available to him are Desert Wind, Falling Star, Tiger Claw, and White Raven.  At the beginning of each encounter, a domeskipper is granted a subset of his readied maneuvers at random; the remaining readied maneuvers are granted to his animal companion. 

Whenever the domeskipper performs a maneuver, it remains granted (but expended) for 1 round, and then is granted as a readied maneuver to his animal companion; whenever the companion performs a maneuver, it remains granted (but expended) for 1 round, and then is granted as a readied maneuver to the domeskipper.  Only one maneuver each may be granted to the domeskipper and his animal companion each round; if more are available, then the maneuvers are granted in the order they were expended.

If the animal companion is granted a maneuver it cannot use (such as a Falling Star strike for a companion which cannot perform ranged attacks), it can expend the maneuver as a swift action with no effect.

"Performs a maneuver" should be either initiates or expends, I think. I'm not sure "perform" is a term ever used with respect to the use of maneuvers. Expends is probably better, in the case of effects that require expending a maneuver without initiating it so that the maneuver doesn't get lost and unrefreshable. Plus, you refer to the order maneuvers are expended at the end of the paragraph.

When the maneuver is granted to the animal companion (or vice versa) it should be withheld from the initiator so that other means of refreshing don't let both have access to it at once. Either way, most maneuver-refreshers also grant the maneuver if applicable. Ugh, complications. It should still be as okay either way, I guess.

Maneuvers should be refreshed and granted, not just granted (otherwise they'd still be expended, and thus unusable).

The ability to expend a maneuver to no effect (other than allowing refreshing) should be available to both animal companion and Domeskipper (so that a ranged domeskipper can let his companion refresh melee maneuvers without putting himself in harm's way). There's no real reason to require the inability to use the maneuver as a prerequisite to uselessly expending it as a swift action, though, I'd think.

Given the importance of the animal companion to the maneuvers, I still think that the companion's benefits should use the higher of effective Druid level or initiator level (as I believe I had in the original draft of my brew). On the other hand, that may make Domeskipper too good of a 1 level dip. On the other other hand, it's not doing more than the Wild Cohort feat.

Magebred is a nice template to add on. I hadn't known about it until now, but it fits quite nicely.

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I've made the changes you suggested.  One helpful fix for the EDL/IL 1-level dip conundrum is that I made it so things that affect EDL don't help if your IL is higher.  Essentially, if you take domeskipper as a 1-level dip to grab a pretty good animal companion, taking Natural Bond won't help you past level 8.

[Garryl]

Perfect.

The text for the companion expending maneuvers to grant to the domeskipper is off.

Whenever the companion performs a maneuver, it remains granted (but expended) for 1 round, after which it is withheld from the domeskipper, but is granted as a refreshed, readied maneuver to the domeskipper.

Should be "after which it is withheld from the companion".

[sirpercival]

Oops, I'll fix that.  Another note -- this is the only ToB class in Magipunk (at the moment, at least), so there's no other recovery mechanism available.  That should also help with clearing up confusion.

EDIT: I think I'm going to write a nature-based discipline for this.  I've never written a discipline before... wish me luck!

EDIT2: Any ideas on 19th & 20th level abilities?

[Garryl]

Oops, I'll fix that.  Another note -- this is the only ToB class in Magipunk (at the moment, at least), so there's no other recovery mechanism available.  That should also help with clearing up confusion.

I was referring to things like the Sudden Recovery feat (which technically wouldn't apply because WotC's writers rarely if ever plan for expansion in their text and Crusaders are the only ones who use granted maneuvers in ToB).

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OK, I added 19th- and 20th-level abilities.

[Garryl]

Are you still working on Discipline of Gaia?

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Yeah, I have no idea what to put as a 9th-level ability, and I haven't written up the maneuvers in detail.  All I have worked out is posted above.

I figured the skill would be Natural Lore, and the weapons would be Scimitar, Scythe, Natural Attacks, and then some others maybe.

[Garryl]

I just noticed, the Domeskipper animal companion has Share Spells in its table and Share Stance in its text.

Also, maybe a feat to share Trackless Step and some of the other class features with your companion?

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I just noticed, the Domeskipper animal companion has Share Spells in its table and Share Stance in its text.

Fixed.

Also, maybe a feat to share Trackless Step and some of the other class features with your companion?

Wow, do I really not have any Domeskipper feats yet?  Oops...

Yes, that would be a great feat.  I'll write it up, plus some more if I can think of them.

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Added 3 domeskipper feats.  Any ideas for more?

[Garryl]

Maybe something to add synergy between a gunslinging Domeskipper and his melee companion?

Hunter's Mark - Whenever you make a ranged attack against an opponent, your animal companion gains a +2 bonus on all attack rolls against that creature for 1 round.
Marked for Death - Whenever you make a ranged attack against an opponent, your animal companion gains a +2 bonus on all damage rolls and to the save DCs of its strikes against that creature for 1 round.

[sirpercival]

Maybe something to add synergy between a gunslinging Domeskipper and his melee companion?

Hunter's Mark - Whenever you make a ranged attack against an opponent, your animal companion gains a +2 bonus on all attack rolls against that creature for 1 round.
Marked for Death - Whenever you make a ranged attack against an opponent, your animal companion gains a +2 bonus on all damage rolls and to the save DCs of its strikes against that creature for 1 round.

Nice!  I like 'em.

EDIT: added those two and one more (I used Marked for Death for the new one, and Slayer's Mark for the second of yours).

[sirpercival]

Added a new ACF for the Domeskipper.