Angel Tarragon
Dawn Dragon
I'm getting ready to finalize my Akashis for the Tale of the Twin Suns, but I need more options for Lesser, Greater and Momentary Memory abilities. Any help would be appreciated.
Akashic: Need ideas for new abilities.
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Mustrum_Ridcully
Legend
You want new abilities, or suggestions what to take? (I currently lack the context
)Akashic... My favourite class concept in Arcana Evolved. Never got to play it...
Robert Ranting
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Extra Akashic Powers?
If you are looking for additional abilities to grant the akashic class, I might suggest nabbing ones from other classes that you aren't using in the same setting. For instance, the bard's bardic music ability, the archivist's (from Heroes of Horror) dark knowledge class feature, and various abilities from the bandit (Book of Roguish Luck), the Pathfinder RPG's rogue, and anything that isn't nailed down in Unearthed Arcana / the SRD (the urban ranger in particular seems like a good place to start).
Use the level these powers are granted to their source class and the akashic's existing abilities as a guideline to figure out whether the powers should be minor, lesser, greater, or momentary memory abilities, and you should have plenty of flavorful options to work with.
I myself have adapted a few of these for my own purposes, as can be seen here: http://volkheim.pbwiki.com/Akashic
So far, however, I have not had much of a chance to playtest these house rules, because the akashic in my current game has yet to take any of these additional abilities.
Robert "My Players Constantly Forget I Have a Wiki" Ranting
If you are looking for additional abilities to grant the akashic class, I might suggest nabbing ones from other classes that you aren't using in the same setting. For instance, the bard's bardic music ability, the archivist's (from Heroes of Horror) dark knowledge class feature, and various abilities from the bandit (Book of Roguish Luck), the Pathfinder RPG's rogue, and anything that isn't nailed down in Unearthed Arcana / the SRD (the urban ranger in particular seems like a good place to start).
Use the level these powers are granted to their source class and the akashic's existing abilities as a guideline to figure out whether the powers should be minor, lesser, greater, or momentary memory abilities, and you should have plenty of flavorful options to work with.
I myself have adapted a few of these for my own purposes, as can be seen here: http://volkheim.pbwiki.com/Akashic
So far, however, I have not had much of a chance to playtest these house rules, because the akashic in my current game has yet to take any of these additional abilities.
Robert "My Players Constantly Forget I Have a Wiki" Ranting
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Qwillion
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Robert Ranting advice is awseome as always.
May I humbly add:
Transcendance akashic feats.
Any divination spell appropirate ot the level of the akashic ability.
Any feat.
Here are a few I designed on my blog awhile back.
MINOR AKASHIC ABILITY
Recall Weakness: 1/day you may make a Delve the Collective Memory check (DC 15+Challenge Rating) as a standard action, to determine how to bypass a trap or defeat a foe. (Examples: A xaaer is vulnerable to undead effecting spells, thea trap cannot affect someone standing in the square just to right of the door, a magic weapon will harm an evolved gargoyle normally etc. )
LESSER AKASHIC ABILITY
AKASHIC LEARNINGWhen gaining a new feat or skill, you are guided by the course of history and able to predict what will benefit you most in the future. While this ability is far from perfect, it does give you a distinct edge. Each time you gain a feat or skill points, you may delay selecting them. Instead of spending them immediately, you may opt to select the feat or skill at any time in the future before you gain your next level. If you gain a level before making your delayed selection, you must make the delayed selection immediately, before applying the new level. This allows you to simulate having trained by the akashic memory rather than the traditional sense. It does not negate prerequisites for feats or allow you to take skills you do not qualify for. If a feat or skill requires special training or ceremony to be selected, those must have been available at some point between when it became available originally and at the point you make the selection (DM Adjudication).
GREATER AKASHIC ABILITY
Akashic Possession: When you die your experience take up permanent residence in the collective memory failing to merge with the rest, when an akashic attempts to delve the collective memory and examine one of your experiences (DM ajudicaiton) using any of his akashic abilities he makes a saving throw DC 10+1/2 your akashic level + your charisma modifier, a failed save results in the delver’s memories being shattered and destroyed and are replaced. (base creature loses all mental ability scores and class levels; replace them with yours at the time of death except you are one level lower, this level loss cannot be regained except through normal advancement). A successful save results in that creature being
May I humbly add:
Transcendance akashic feats.
Any divination spell appropirate ot the level of the akashic ability.
Any feat.
Here are a few I designed on my blog awhile back.
MINOR AKASHIC ABILITY
Recall Weakness: 1/day you may make a Delve the Collective Memory check (DC 15+Challenge Rating) as a standard action, to determine how to bypass a trap or defeat a foe. (Examples: A xaaer is vulnerable to undead effecting spells, thea trap cannot affect someone standing in the square just to right of the door, a magic weapon will harm an evolved gargoyle normally etc. )
LESSER AKASHIC ABILITY
AKASHIC LEARNINGWhen gaining a new feat or skill, you are guided by the course of history and able to predict what will benefit you most in the future. While this ability is far from perfect, it does give you a distinct edge. Each time you gain a feat or skill points, you may delay selecting them. Instead of spending them immediately, you may opt to select the feat or skill at any time in the future before you gain your next level. If you gain a level before making your delayed selection, you must make the delayed selection immediately, before applying the new level. This allows you to simulate having trained by the akashic memory rather than the traditional sense. It does not negate prerequisites for feats or allow you to take skills you do not qualify for. If a feat or skill requires special training or ceremony to be selected, those must have been available at some point between when it became available originally and at the point you make the selection (DM Adjudication).
GREATER AKASHIC ABILITY
Akashic Possession: When you die your experience take up permanent residence in the collective memory failing to merge with the rest, when an akashic attempts to delve the collective memory and examine one of your experiences (DM ajudicaiton) using any of his akashic abilities he makes a saving throw DC 10+1/2 your akashic level + your charisma modifier, a failed save results in the delver’s memories being shattered and destroyed and are replaced. (base creature loses all mental ability scores and class levels; replace them with yours at the time of death except you are one level lower, this level loss cannot be regained except through normal advancement). A successful save results in that creature being
Varianor Abroad
Explorer
How about a 1/day Greater Akashic Ability that lets you summon up great moments of great heroes. It allows the akashic access to any class ability for one round, no prerequisites needed. It doesn't grant spells though.
This sounds similar to what I want to do with my Spirit Shaman; use a variation of the AU akashic ability to channel a deceased former character from the same game. Not bring her back because (a) that would be cheesy and (b) she was an atheist. The shaman would be able access the spirit record of her memories to tap her skills and feats (she was a rogue, which the party now lacks) and gain her bonuses in those skills. Not sure the DM would allow that, but I'm building on the concept.
