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<blockquote data-quote="Technik4" data-source="post: 561527" data-attributes="member: 7211"><p>Ok, just a wild idea I had based on d20modern. This is first draft, tell me what you think. Ideally I would want only 5 basic classes, but this is the first draft.</p><p></p><p>Basic Classes: Fighter, Rogue, Monk, Cleric, Druid, Wizard, Sorceror.</p><p></p><p>Advanced Classes: Barbarian, Ranger, Paladin, Bard</p><p></p><p>Prestige Classes: At your discretion.</p><p></p><p>New Feats:</p><p></p><p>Favored Enemy [General]</p><p>Prereq: BAB +1</p><p>Benefit: As phb choose a favored enemy. Against your favored enemy you have a +1 competence bonus to damage.</p><p>Special: You may take this feat more than once, each time you do pick a new favored enemy. You may not take this feat again until your BAB has increased.</p><p></p><p>Rage [General]</p><p>Prereq: BAB +1</p><p>Benefit: As phb except only +4 bonus to Str. Usable 1/day.</p><p></p><p>Melodious [General]</p><p>Prereq: Perform 5+ ranks</p><p>Benefit: As phb bard, choose 1 song: Inspire Competence, Countersong, or Fascinate.</p><p></p><p>Lay on Hands [General]</p><p>Prereq: Heal 4 ranks</p><p>Benefit: You may heal a number of points of damage equal to your ranks in Heal 1/day. You may not divide up the healing, and this is a Full-Round Action.</p><p></p><p>Grace [General]</p><p>Prereq: Cha 13+</p><p>Benefit: You gain your charisma modifier to your reflex saving throws. </p><p></p><p>Damage Reduction [General]</p><p>Prereq: BAB +13, Toughness</p><p>Benefit: You gain Damage Reduction 1/-. </p><p>Special: If you have 10 levels in the Advanced Class Barbarian, you may take this feat again.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Advanced Class: Ranger</p><p>Prereq: Track, Favored Enemy, BAB +3, 6 ranks in Wilderness Lore.</p><p></p><p>Weapon and Armor Prof: Gain all simple and martial weapons, light armor, medium armor, and shields.</p><p></p><p>Alignment: Any</p><p>HD: d8</p><p></p><p>Class Skills: as phb</p><p>Skill Points per Level: 4+Int</p><p></p><p>Ranger Enemy: At 1st level and forever after any enemy that you have taken with the feat Favored Enemy becomes a Ranger Enemy. You gain a +2 competence bonus to Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, and Wilderness Lore against your Ranger Enemy. You also have a +2 competence bonus to damage which does not stack with the feat Favored Enemy bonus. Every 5 levels this bonus increases by 1, these bonuses are not retroactive, if you take the feat Favored Enemy you only get a +2 bonus until you reach a level of ranger when the bonuses increase.</p><p></p><p>Bonus Feat: A ranger may take a bonus feat from the following list: Favored Enemy, Alertness, Endurance, Run, Any feat from the Fighter Bonus Feat list except Weapon Focus and Weapon Specialization.</p><p></p><p>Spellcasting Ability: A ranger can cast a small number of divine spells. To cast a spell a ranger must have a wisdom score of at least 10+spell level. Ranger bonus spells are based on wisdom and saving throws have a DC of 10+spell+wis modifier. The ranger prepares spells as a cleric does, though may not use spontaneous casting. A ranger's caster level is equal to his ranger level plus any levels of cleric or druid he may have.</p><p></p><p>L BAB FRW Special</p><p>1 +1 2/2/0 Ranger Enemy +2, Spellcasting Ability Level 1</p><p>2 +2 3/3/0 </p><p>3 +3 3/3/1 Bonus Feat</p><p>4 +4 4/4/1 Spellcasting Ability Level 2</p><p>5 +5 4/4/1 Ranger Enemy +3</p><p>6 +6 5/5/2 Bonus Feat</p><p>7 +7 5/5/2 Spellcasting Ability Level 3</p><p>8 +8 6/6/2</p><p>9 +9 6/6/3 Bonus Feat</p><p>10 +10 7/7/3 Ranger Enemy +4, Spellcasting Ability Level 4</p><p></p><p>Spells Per Day</p><p>L)1234</p><p>1)1---</p><p>2)1---</p><p>3)2---</p><p>4)21--</p><p>5)21--</p><p>6)32--</p><p>7)321-</p><p>8)321-</p><p>9)432-</p><p>10)4321</p><p></p><p>Spell List: as phb + other sources</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Advanced Class: Barbarian</p><p>Prereq: Rage, Power Attack, BAB +3, Intimidate 4 ranks.</p><p></p><p>Weapon and Armor Prof: Gain all simple and martial weapons, light armor, medium armor, and shields.</p><p></p><p>Alignment: Any non-lawful</p><p>HD: d12</p><p></p><p>Class Skills: as phb</p><p>Skills Per Level: 4+Int</p><p></p><p>Barbarian Rage: At 1st level and forever after your Rage feat functions exactly as in phb.</p><p></p><p>Fast Movement: As PHB, but it improves by 10 every 5 barbarian levels.</p><p></p><p>Uncanny Dodge: As PHB.</p><p></p><p>Damage Reduction: As PHB, but you are now eligible for the feat Damage Reduction. Each time you take this feat your Damage Reduction improves by 1, but you may only take it after your BAB has improved by at least 3 since the last time you took it.</p><p></p><p>Greater Rage: As PHB</p><p></p><p>L BAB FRW Special</p><p>1 +1 2/0/0 Barbarian Rage, Fast Movement +10</p><p>2 +2 3/0/0 Uncanny Dodge</p><p>3 +3 3/1/1 </p><p>4 +4 4/1/1 Rage 2/day</p><p>5 +5 4/1/1 Fast Movement +20</p><p>6 +6 5/2/2 Uncanny Dodge (cant be flanked)</p><p>7 +7 5/2/2 </p><p>8 +8 6/2/2 Rage 3/day</p><p>9 +9 6/3/3 </p><p>10 +10 7/3/3 Damage Reduction 1/-, Greater Rage, Fast Movement +30</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Advanced Class: Bard</p><p>Prereq: Bardsong, Perform 7 ranks, Ability to cast level 2 spells.</p><p></p><p>Weapon and Armor Prof: Gain all simple weapons, light armor, medium armor, and shields.</p><p></p><p>Alignment: Any</p><p>HD: d6</p><p></p><p>Class Skills: as phb and spot.</p><p>Skills Per Level: 4+Int</p><p></p><p>Bardsong: As PHB, a bard gains all songs as she acquires enough Perform Ranks to use them.</p><p></p><p>Bardic Knowledge: As PHB, any levels taken after 10th level bard contribute to this Bardic Knowledge in addition to all bardic levels.</p><p></p><p>Bardic Spells: as PHB, except a bard knows 1 more spell than the listed amount in the phb.</p><p></p><p>Any Weapon Proficiency: A bard may use this to gain a martial or exotic weapon proficiency of her choosing.</p><p></p><p>Bonus Feat: These feats must be chosen from the following list: Any metamagic feat, any item creation feat, or any feat specifically designed to enhance the songs a bard knows.</p><p></p><p>L BAB FRW Special</p><p>1 +0 0/2/2 Bardsong, Bardic Knowledge, Bardic Spells</p><p>2 +1 0/3/3 Any Weapon Proficiency</p><p>3 +2 1/3/3 </p><p>4 +3 1/4/4 </p><p>5 +3 1/4/4 Bonus Feat</p><p>6 +4 2/5/5 Any Weapon Proficiency</p><p>7 +5 2/5/5 </p><p>8 +6 2/6/6</p><p>9 +6 3/6/6 </p><p>10 +7 3/7/7 Bonus Feat, Any Weapon Proficiency</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Advanced Class: Paladin</p><p>Prereq: Lay on Hands, Grace, BAB +3. Must have done something uncommonly good for someone with no thought of reward.</p><p></p><p>Weapon and Armor Prof: Gain all simple and martial weapons, light armor, medium armor, heavy armor, and shields.</p><p></p><p>Alignment: Lawful Good</p><p>HD: d10</p><p></p><p>Class Skills: as phb</p><p>Skills Per Level: 4+Int</p><p></p><p>Code of Conduct: as PHB</p><p></p><p>Detect Evil: As PHB</p><p></p><p>Divine Grace: As PHB. This overlaps with (does not stack with) the Grace feat.</p><p></p><p>Improved Lay on Hands: Your lay on hands is upgraded to the version presented in the PHB. </p><p></p><p>Spellcasting Ability: A paladin can cast a small number of divine spells. To cast a spell a paladin must have a wisdom score of at least 10+spell level. Paladin bonus spells are based on wisdom and saving throws have a DC of 10+spell+wis modifier. The paladin prepares spells as a cleric does, though may not use spontaneous casting. A palain's caster level is equal to his paladin level plus any levels of cleric or druid he may have.</p><p> </p><p>Divine Health: As PHB</p><p></p><p>Aura of Courage: As PHB</p><p></p><p>Smite Evil: As PHB</p><p></p><p>Remove Disease: As PHB</p><p></p><p>Turn Undead: As PHB, except your turn undead levels is your paladin levels plus any cleric levels you may have.</p><p></p><p>Special Mount: As PHB, except replace the 4 level divisions with: Paladin Level 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10.</p><p></p><p>L BAB FRW Special</p><p>1 +1 2/0/0 Detect Evil, Divine Grace, Improved Lay on Hands, Spellcasting Level 1</p><p>2 +2 3/0/0 Divine Health, Aura of Courage, Smite Evil 1/day</p><p>3 +3 3/1/1 Remove Disease 1/week, Turn Undead, Special Mount</p><p>4 +4 4/1/1 Spellcasting Level 2</p><p>5 +5 4/1/1 </p><p>6 +6 5/2/2 Remove Disease 2/week</p><p>7 +7 5/2/2 Spellcasting Level 3</p><p>8 +8 6/2/2</p><p>9 +9 6/3/3 Remove Disease 3/week</p><p>10 +10 7/3/3 Spellcasting Level 4, Smite Evil 2/day</p><p></p><p>Spells Per Day</p><p>L)1234</p><p>1)1---</p><p>2)1---</p><p>3)2---</p><p>4)21--</p><p>5)21--</p><p>6)32--</p><p>7)321-</p><p>8)321-</p><p>9)432-</p><p>10)4321</p><p></p><p>Spell List: as phb + other sources</p><p></p><p></p><p>Whew, a lot of work for the first draft. So, you made it this far, what do you think? Does this work or is it just a waste of time? Something overpowered, underpowered? I stuck to the phb most of the time, reduced levels for a couple things, but tried not to make any glaring errors. Im happy to discuss. Also, could the druid or monk be done as an advanced class? How about Sorceror?</p><p></p><p>Technik</p><p></p><p>PS-Thanks for reading, sorry bout the bad tables.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Technik4, post: 561527, member: 7211"] Ok, just a wild idea I had based on d20modern. This is first draft, tell me what you think. Ideally I would want only 5 basic classes, but this is the first draft. Basic Classes: Fighter, Rogue, Monk, Cleric, Druid, Wizard, Sorceror. Advanced Classes: Barbarian, Ranger, Paladin, Bard Prestige Classes: At your discretion. New Feats: Favored Enemy [General] Prereq: BAB +1 Benefit: As phb choose a favored enemy. Against your favored enemy you have a +1 competence bonus to damage. Special: You may take this feat more than once, each time you do pick a new favored enemy. You may not take this feat again until your BAB has increased. Rage [General] Prereq: BAB +1 Benefit: As phb except only +4 bonus to Str. Usable 1/day. Melodious [General] Prereq: Perform 5+ ranks Benefit: As phb bard, choose 1 song: Inspire Competence, Countersong, or Fascinate. Lay on Hands [General] Prereq: Heal 4 ranks Benefit: You may heal a number of points of damage equal to your ranks in Heal 1/day. You may not divide up the healing, and this is a Full-Round Action. Grace [General] Prereq: Cha 13+ Benefit: You gain your charisma modifier to your reflex saving throws. Damage Reduction [General] Prereq: BAB +13, Toughness Benefit: You gain Damage Reduction 1/-. Special: If you have 10 levels in the Advanced Class Barbarian, you may take this feat again. Advanced Class: Ranger Prereq: Track, Favored Enemy, BAB +3, 6 ranks in Wilderness Lore. Weapon and Armor Prof: Gain all simple and martial weapons, light armor, medium armor, and shields. Alignment: Any HD: d8 Class Skills: as phb Skill Points per Level: 4+Int Ranger Enemy: At 1st level and forever after any enemy that you have taken with the feat Favored Enemy becomes a Ranger Enemy. You gain a +2 competence bonus to Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, and Wilderness Lore against your Ranger Enemy. You also have a +2 competence bonus to damage which does not stack with the feat Favored Enemy bonus. Every 5 levels this bonus increases by 1, these bonuses are not retroactive, if you take the feat Favored Enemy you only get a +2 bonus until you reach a level of ranger when the bonuses increase. Bonus Feat: A ranger may take a bonus feat from the following list: Favored Enemy, Alertness, Endurance, Run, Any feat from the Fighter Bonus Feat list except Weapon Focus and Weapon Specialization. Spellcasting Ability: A ranger can cast a small number of divine spells. To cast a spell a ranger must have a wisdom score of at least 10+spell level. Ranger bonus spells are based on wisdom and saving throws have a DC of 10+spell+wis modifier. The ranger prepares spells as a cleric does, though may not use spontaneous casting. A ranger's caster level is equal to his ranger level plus any levels of cleric or druid he may have. L BAB FRW Special 1 +1 2/2/0 Ranger Enemy +2, Spellcasting Ability Level 1 2 +2 3/3/0 3 +3 3/3/1 Bonus Feat 4 +4 4/4/1 Spellcasting Ability Level 2 5 +5 4/4/1 Ranger Enemy +3 6 +6 5/5/2 Bonus Feat 7 +7 5/5/2 Spellcasting Ability Level 3 8 +8 6/6/2 9 +9 6/6/3 Bonus Feat 10 +10 7/7/3 Ranger Enemy +4, Spellcasting Ability Level 4 Spells Per Day L)1234 1)1--- 2)1--- 3)2--- 4)21-- 5)21-- 6)32-- 7)321- 8)321- 9)432- 10)4321 Spell List: as phb + other sources Advanced Class: Barbarian Prereq: Rage, Power Attack, BAB +3, Intimidate 4 ranks. Weapon and Armor Prof: Gain all simple and martial weapons, light armor, medium armor, and shields. Alignment: Any non-lawful HD: d12 Class Skills: as phb Skills Per Level: 4+Int Barbarian Rage: At 1st level and forever after your Rage feat functions exactly as in phb. Fast Movement: As PHB, but it improves by 10 every 5 barbarian levels. Uncanny Dodge: As PHB. Damage Reduction: As PHB, but you are now eligible for the feat Damage Reduction. Each time you take this feat your Damage Reduction improves by 1, but you may only take it after your BAB has improved by at least 3 since the last time you took it. Greater Rage: As PHB L BAB FRW Special 1 +1 2/0/0 Barbarian Rage, Fast Movement +10 2 +2 3/0/0 Uncanny Dodge 3 +3 3/1/1 4 +4 4/1/1 Rage 2/day 5 +5 4/1/1 Fast Movement +20 6 +6 5/2/2 Uncanny Dodge (cant be flanked) 7 +7 5/2/2 8 +8 6/2/2 Rage 3/day 9 +9 6/3/3 10 +10 7/3/3 Damage Reduction 1/-, Greater Rage, Fast Movement +30 Advanced Class: Bard Prereq: Bardsong, Perform 7 ranks, Ability to cast level 2 spells. Weapon and Armor Prof: Gain all simple weapons, light armor, medium armor, and shields. Alignment: Any HD: d6 Class Skills: as phb and spot. Skills Per Level: 4+Int Bardsong: As PHB, a bard gains all songs as she acquires enough Perform Ranks to use them. Bardic Knowledge: As PHB, any levels taken after 10th level bard contribute to this Bardic Knowledge in addition to all bardic levels. Bardic Spells: as PHB, except a bard knows 1 more spell than the listed amount in the phb. Any Weapon Proficiency: A bard may use this to gain a martial or exotic weapon proficiency of her choosing. Bonus Feat: These feats must be chosen from the following list: Any metamagic feat, any item creation feat, or any feat specifically designed to enhance the songs a bard knows. L BAB FRW Special 1 +0 0/2/2 Bardsong, Bardic Knowledge, Bardic Spells 2 +1 0/3/3 Any Weapon Proficiency 3 +2 1/3/3 4 +3 1/4/4 5 +3 1/4/4 Bonus Feat 6 +4 2/5/5 Any Weapon Proficiency 7 +5 2/5/5 8 +6 2/6/6 9 +6 3/6/6 10 +7 3/7/7 Bonus Feat, Any Weapon Proficiency Advanced Class: Paladin Prereq: Lay on Hands, Grace, BAB +3. Must have done something uncommonly good for someone with no thought of reward. Weapon and Armor Prof: Gain all simple and martial weapons, light armor, medium armor, heavy armor, and shields. Alignment: Lawful Good HD: d10 Class Skills: as phb Skills Per Level: 4+Int Code of Conduct: as PHB Detect Evil: As PHB Divine Grace: As PHB. This overlaps with (does not stack with) the Grace feat. Improved Lay on Hands: Your lay on hands is upgraded to the version presented in the PHB. Spellcasting Ability: A paladin can cast a small number of divine spells. To cast a spell a paladin must have a wisdom score of at least 10+spell level. Paladin bonus spells are based on wisdom and saving throws have a DC of 10+spell+wis modifier. The paladin prepares spells as a cleric does, though may not use spontaneous casting. A palain's caster level is equal to his paladin level plus any levels of cleric or druid he may have. Divine Health: As PHB Aura of Courage: As PHB Smite Evil: As PHB Remove Disease: As PHB Turn Undead: As PHB, except your turn undead levels is your paladin levels plus any cleric levels you may have. Special Mount: As PHB, except replace the 4 level divisions with: Paladin Level 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10. L BAB FRW Special 1 +1 2/0/0 Detect Evil, Divine Grace, Improved Lay on Hands, Spellcasting Level 1 2 +2 3/0/0 Divine Health, Aura of Courage, Smite Evil 1/day 3 +3 3/1/1 Remove Disease 1/week, Turn Undead, Special Mount 4 +4 4/1/1 Spellcasting Level 2 5 +5 4/1/1 6 +6 5/2/2 Remove Disease 2/week 7 +7 5/2/2 Spellcasting Level 3 8 +8 6/2/2 9 +9 6/3/3 Remove Disease 3/week 10 +10 7/3/3 Spellcasting Level 4, Smite Evil 2/day Spells Per Day L)1234 1)1--- 2)1--- 3)2--- 4)21-- 5)21-- 6)32-- 7)321- 8)321- 9)432- 10)4321 Spell List: as phb + other sources Whew, a lot of work for the first draft. So, you made it this far, what do you think? Does this work or is it just a waste of time? Something overpowered, underpowered? I stuck to the phb most of the time, reduced levels for a couple things, but tried not to make any glaring errors. Im happy to discuss. Also, could the druid or monk be done as an advanced class? How about Sorceror? Technik PS-Thanks for reading, sorry bout the bad tables. [/QUOTE]
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