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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HellHound" data-source="post: 1546991" data-attributes="member: 3397">Crystal Lorewarden(yes, it is 'just' a psionic revision of the loremaster class)The traditional keepers of arcane and esoteric lore have always been the wizards, the bastions of writing and literacy through all lands and peoples. However there are other ways to store information than the written word on paper and parchment – there are peoples who have stored their lore, their secrets, even their very memories and experiences within shards, formations and even huge lattices of crystal. These crystal storage forms are crafted by psionic individuals, and are then accessed by other manifesters, sometimes millennia after their initial creation. Lorewardens are manifesters who concentrate on learning the knowledge stored in these devices and in all other forms of storage, in order to collect it, learn from it, and store it anew. They seek out all forms of esoteric knowledge, secrets of ages past, long-forgotten lore, and lost powers of the mind. All crystal lorewardens seek out knowledge and ancient secrets, but more than the arcane loremasters, they dedicate themselves to preserving this knowledge for future ages. Only manifesters can become crystal lorewardens, as they must be able to access and store crystal matrix data forms. These manifesters sometimes work independently, but many congregate in esoteric cabals to accumulate data as a group and uncover similar secrets or to seek out a hidden truth buried ages ago under convoluted layers of secrecy and misdirection or even by mythology. There are small communities of lorewardens in many major cities that have any visible psionic presence, and most psionic guilds and organizations also have a lorewarden or two to catalogue discoveries and seek out related lore to the cause or mission of the guild. Hit Die: d4RequirementsTo qualify to become a crystal lorewarden, a character must fulfill the following criteria.Knowledge (psionics): 10 ranksKnowledge (any): 10 ranksFeats: Encode Stone, Skill Focus (Knowledge [any individual knowledge skill]), Psicrystal AffinityManifesting: Able to manifest at least 6 different clairsentient powers, including either object reading or sensitivity to psychic impressions.Special: Psicrystal must have one of the following personalities: meticulous, sage or single-minded.Class SkillsThe crystal lorewardern’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Appraise (Int), Autohypnosis (Wis), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Knowledge (all skills – taken individually) (Int), Psicraft (Int), and Speak Language. See Core Rulebook 1 for skill descriptions.Skill Points per Level: 4 + Int modifierBase Attack Bonus: Weak (as wizard / psion)Fort Save: WeakRef Save: WeakWill Save: StrongAdvancementlevel 1 - Lore, +1 Manifester Level level 2 - Secret, +1 Manifester Level level 3 - +1 Manifester Level level 4 - Secret, +1 Manifester Level level 5 - Master Encoder, +1 Manifester Level level 6 - Secret, +1 Manifester Level level 7 - Knowledge Stone, +1 Manifester Level level 8 - Secret, +1 Manifester Level level 9 - The Lore of Many, +1 Manifester Level level 10 - Secret, +1 Manifester Level Class FeaturesAll of the following are class features of the crystal lorewarden prestige class.Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Crystal lorewardens gain no additional training in the use of weapons, armor or shields. Note that armor check penalties for armor heavier than leather apply to the skills Balance, Climb, Escape Artist, Hide, Jump, Move Silently, Pick Pocket and Tumble.Effective Manifester Level: At every level indicated on the table for the prestige class, the character gains new power points per day and access to discovered powers as if he had also gained a level in the psionic class he belonged to before adding the prestige class. He does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained (such as bonus feats, metapsionic or item creation feats, hit points beyond those he receives from the prestige class, and so on). He does gain the following benefits: an increased effective level of psionic manifestation, additional power points and effective additional levels for psicrystal powers. If a character had more than one psionic class before becoming a member of this prestige class, he must decide to which class he adds the new level for purposes of determining Effective Manifester Level.Lore (Ex): The wellspring of knowledge opened up to the crystal lorewarden contains information on all manner of material. The crystal lorewarden may make a special bardic knowledge check with a bonus equal to his class level + his Intelligence modifier to see whether she knows some relevant information about local notable people, legendary items, or noteworthy places. This check will not reveal the powers of a magic item but may give a hint as to its general function. The crystal lorewarden may not take 10 or take 20 on this check; this sort of knowledge is essentially random. If the crystal lorewarden already has the bardic knowledge ability from another class, then his crystal lorewarden levels are added to his normal bardic knowledge checks. The DM will determine the Difficulty Class of the check by referring to the table below. DC    Type of Knowledge10    Common, known by at least a substantial minority of the local population.20    Uncommon but available, known by only a few people in the area.25    Obscure, known by few, hard to come by.30    Extremely Obscure, known by very few, possibly forgotten by most who once knew it, possibly known only by those who don’t understand the significance of the knowledge.Secret: At 2nd level and every two levels thereafter (4th, 6th, 8th and 10th), the crystal lorewarden chooses one secret from the table below. The lorewardern's level plus Intelligence modifier determines the total 'level' of the secrets he can choose. A crystal lorewarden can’t choose the same secret twice.Lorewarden SecretsLevel + Int mod    Secret    Effect1 - Conviction - +1 bonus on Will saves2 - Crystal Lore - Increase manifester level by 3 for determining psicrystal powers3 - Ancient Lore - +6 bonus to any one knowledge skill4 - New Resolve - +1 bonus on Will saves5 - Mastery of Form - Gain a bonus metapsionic feat6 - Irresistible Power - +2 on all manifester level checks to defeat PR and dispel psionics, etc.7 - Power Trigger - Ability to manifest a level 1 power as a spell-like ability 3 times / day at no cost8 - Expanded Mind - Gain the Expanded Knowledge feat.9 - Hidden Reserves - Gain the Psionic Talent feat10 - Power Mastery - Ability to manifest a level 2 power as a spell-like ability 3 times / day at no cost11+ - Hidden Power - Gain a new power normally not available to you (from another manifester class power list, or a previously undiscovered power)Master Encoder (Ex): The tasks of the crystal lorewardens do not end with the uncovering of ancient lore and secrets, but also their preservation in the permanence of crystal. The secrets of the lorewardens include how to encode data into crystals with more efficiency than most manifesters are able. A crystal lorewarden of level 5 or higher can create psionic items using the Encode Stone feat for 2/3 of the regular cost in XP and gold.Knowledge Stone (Ex): At level 7, the crystal lorewarden invests more knowledge into his psicrystal. The psicrystal gains the “sage” personality trait, granting the lorewarden a +3 bonus on checks involving any one Knowledge skill the lorewarden already knows; once chosen, this does not vary. If the lorewarden’s psicrystal already has the sage personality trait, this benefit is added again, but must apply to a different skill.The Lore of Many (Sp): At level 9, the crystal lorewarden can seek for powers known by other lorewardens in his time of need. As a full-round action, the lorewarden can tap these powers at a cost of 15 power points (this provokes an attack of opportunity, and is treated as casting a level 8 power to determine the difficulty of any Concentration checks required due to distraction or being struck). Once this is done, the lorewarden must make a Will save with a DC of 10 + the level of the power required. If this check succeeds, the lorewarden can manifest the power required once at the normal manifestation cost, but cannot augment it or use any metapsionic feats while manifesting it. This ability can only be used once per day, and the power sought must be one that is on the lorewarden’s power lists and be of a level the lorewarden can manifest. The lorewarden can use this ability a second time each day at level 10.</blockquote>

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