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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2379576" data-attributes="member: 13966">Erm....alright, this is going to be kinda tough to figure out and set up properly for critique.  1. Is this supposed to be based on material from any given movie/novel, or just based on your own ideas?  2. Roughly what year or span of years in the future is this supposed to be for, generally?  3. What D20 systems/variants are you drawing on here?  It doesn't resemble D20 Modern/Future as far as I can tell, which makes it difficult to know what ruleset the class is chiefly supposed to be balanced against/used with.....  4. You'll need to separate out the Game Rules stuff from the Description stuff, for clarity's sake.  Also, it looks like you're actually trying to make 5 separate character classes?  Each will need its own, separate description.  Otherwise, you'll have to more clearly define how a single Colonial Marine class must choose between one of the 5 archetypes/templates/kits/occupations/specializations, and when/whether or not they can ever change their specialization or whatever.Now then.....  Here's what I'm guessing is closest to what you're going for.  You want to make a Colonial Marine class for some postmodern/near-future D20 game.  You want them to gain some different benefits/options based on the role they are primarily trained for.  Let's see what I can sort out or otherwise try to help with at the moment, lacking any of the aforementioned details......Make a Colonial Marine class.  For now I'll assume 20 levels.  Based on what I can discern from your post, and partially using D20 Modern as my baseline, by default.....Standard human traits are a bonus feat at their 1st character level and 1 extra skill point per level, multiplying the extra skill point by 4 as normal at their 1st character level.Characters receive a feat at 1st-level, and another at every 3 character levels, so at 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15, and 18th.  At every fourth character level, they increase an ability score of their choice by 1 point; each time, they can choose any one of the six ability scores.COLONIAL MARINEHit Points: A Colonial Marine begins with 10 hit points + their Constitution modifier at 1st-level.  They gain additional hit points at each further level in this class, equal to 1d10 + their Constitution modifier.Action Points Per Level: 5 + one-half their character level, rounded down.Skill Points Per Level: 2 + Intelligence modifier.  Multiply this amount by 4 at the 1st character level.Class Skills: Bluff, Diplomacy, Hacking, Intimidate, Jump, Listen, Open Lock, Search, Spot, Survival, Tech Use, and Use Rope.Starting Feats: At 1st-level in this class, the Colonial Marine receives the feats Armor Proficiency (Light), USMC Melee Weapons Proficiency, and USMC Small Arms Proficiency.Bonus Feats: A Colonial Marine receives a bonus feat of their choice at 1st-level and again at fifth level in this class, so at 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th-level.  They must meet any prerequisites of these bonus feats.Class__Base__________Base__Base__Base__Class_____Base___ReputationLevel__Attack_________Fort__Ref___Will___Abilities___Defense__Bonus1_____+1_____________+2___+1____+1___Bonus Feat___+0______+02_____+2_____________+3___+2____+2_______________+1______+03_____+3_____________+3___+2____+2_______________+1______+04_____+4_____________+4___+2____+2_______________+1______+05_____+5_____________+4___+3____+3___Bonus Feat___+2______+16_____+6/+1__________+5___+3____+3_______________+2______+17_____+7/+2__________+5___+4____+4_______________+2______+18_____+8/+3__________+6___+4____+4_______________+3______+19_____+9/+4__________+6___+4____+4_______________+3______+210____+10/+5_________+7___+5____+5___Bonus Feat___+3______+211____+11/+6/+1______+7___+5____+5_______________+4______+212____+12/+7/+2______+8___+6____+6_______________+4______+213____+13/+8/+3______+8___+6____+6_______________+4______+314____+14/+9/+4______+9___+6____+6_______________+5______+315____+15/+10/+5_____+9___+7____+7___Bonus Feat___+5______+316____+16/+11/+6/+1__+10__+7____+7_______________+5______+317____+17/+12/+7/+2__+10__+8____+8_______________+6______+418____+18/+13/+8/+3__+11__+8____+8_______________+6______+419____+19/+14/+9/+4__+11__+8____+8_______________+6______+420____+20/+15/+10/+5_+12__+9____+9___Bonus Feat___+7______+4Make the different CM times into either starting occupations or special options for the Colonial Marine.  I'm tired and it's late where I am, so I'm done for now.</blockquote>

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