Eberron - The Extreme Explorer PRC

Extreme Explorer

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Hit Die: d8
Requirements:
BAB: +4
Skills: Knowledge (dungeoneering) 4 ranks, Survival 4 ranks

Class Skills:
Balance, Climb, Decipher Script, Disable Device, Escape Artist, Jump, Knowledge Arcana, Knowledge dungeoneering, Knowledge history, Listen, Open locks, Ride, Search, speak language, survival, swim, timple, use magic device, use rope.

Skills 6 + Int Bonus per level

Class Features
Weapon and Armor: Gain none

Additional ACtion Points: The extreme exploreres action point max per level is increaseed by 2.

Trap Sense (ex): An extreme explorer has an intuitive sense that alerts him to danger from traps providing a +1 bonus on reflex saves made toa void traps and a +1 dodge bonus to AC against attacks made by traps. These bonuses increase by +1 every 2 extreme explorer levels thereafter ( at 3rd and 5th level). Trap sense bonuses gained from multiple classes stack.

Dodge Bonus (ex): At 32nd level, the extreme explorers initutive sence expands to combat, When unencumbered and wearing light armor or unarmoed, he gains a +1 dodge bonus to his AC. At 4th llevel this bonu sis increase to +2. The Extreme explorer loses this bonyus when he is immobilized or helpless, when he wears armor other then light armor, when he carries a shield or when he carries a medium or heavy load.

Evasion (ex). An extreme explorer of 2nd level or higher can avoid even magical and unnusual attacks with great agility. If he makes a succesful reflex save against an attack that normally deals half damage...blah blah blah, we all know what evasion is.

Extreme Hustle (ex): As a free action the extreme explorer can spend 1 action point to gain a move action, he may only do this once per round.

Bonus Feats: At 3rd and 5h level, blah blah...
Action Surge, Heroic Spirit, Persue, Spontaneous Casting.

Extreme Action (EX): any time the extreme explorer spends 1 action point to increase the result of a d20 roll there is a chance that he willr ecover the action point, if the action is succesful and if the result of the action point ril is 8, the extreme explorer recovers the action point.


5 Level Class, BAB is 0 1 2 3 3, Fort: 0 0 1 1 1, Ref: 2 3 3 4 4, Will: 0 0 1 1 1.

Special:
1: Additional action points, Trap sense+1
2: dodge bonus +1, evasion, extreme hustle
3: trap ense +2, Bonus action feat
4: dodge bonus +2, extreme action
5: Trap sense +3 bonus action feat.

hmm i dont know...seems like a pretty long time to wait for that dodge bonus....

I am not wild about a class ability that requires Action Points to activate, you will only be able to use it a few times per level... and it's not that powerful an ability.

Gene

I agree, that's worse then 1/day abilities

Interesting, but I'd have to see the action point mechanics to judge. I used a hero point mechanic in my last campaign, but those were rare/special events -- I wouldn't want to base character class abilities on them.

Edit: I hope that isn't indicative of the rest of the setting mechanics. Action points aren't a core mechanic; what if you don't want to use them, but like the rest of the setting? How many mechanics will you have to change or gut to remove action points, with what resulting impact on play balance? I'd much prefer non-core mechanics to be modular, so that removing one doesn't require removing a bunch of other elements. It's easy to excise a feat, spell, or class; much more work to eliminate a mechanics that's interwoven into things.

Sure, it can be done -- you can remove AoO's from the core game, but that requires changing feats, and combat mechanics, and ... but at least removing AoOs doesn't require rebalancing character classes.

Edit 2: Just took a look at the d20 Action Point system. Assuming the mechanic is the same for Eberron, it's probably OK in play, but I think the x/level point system is too clunky to keep up with over multiple game sessions. I'd prefer something more modular for D&D, frankly.

Apparently this class gets more action points then any other. Its designed around using them, and someone roleplaying this class should be doing heroic things constantly to earn the points.

So, is this extreme explorer like an extreme sportsman? Should we expect a TV show to follow?

ArthurQ said:

Extreme Explorer

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Dodge Bonus (ex): At 32nd level.....

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This is one heck of a PrC if it has 32 levels.

ArthurQ, where did you see this?

Is he automatically proficient with a whip?

I think as a PRC its pretty weak, seems very light on "bonus" and lacking much of anything id consider relevent to an explorer