I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
BUMP....for Great Justice.
Help me make this class playable!
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I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
BUMP...for seeking help. 
I agree with some previous sentiments that the class is unplayable in the default D&D rules. The very concept is unbalanced compared to default classes. The 'final fantasy' feel is a little too fantastic and cartoonish compared to regular D&D.
I'm sorry to discourage you, though. If you want to play something like this, you need to remake all the classes in the same way. If you want to balance this for normal D&D, pattern the ability progression after the loremaster, where PrC level + applicable stat mod determines which abilities he can pick at each interval which gives him the choice. For example, a Knight could pick the Dark Strike early on, then pick the Seal strike at the next opportunity, and the Enervation strike even later. The uses per day you propose are too high. I'd give one use per day on the most recently picked power, and add a new use per day whenever you get a new power (similar to Ranger's favored enemy progression). Finally, strength is inappropriate as a balanced stat for the save modifier. If you see the effect as a precise blos, make it Int. If it's some kind of concentration applied, make it Wis. If it's simply the knight using his natrual magical ability, make it Cha.
And sleep is pprobably more powerful than blindness, blast, fear, and exhaustion. Instant kills are nasty, and only sleep allows that.
-nameless
I'm sorry to discourage you, though. If you want to play something like this, you need to remake all the classes in the same way. If you want to balance this for normal D&D, pattern the ability progression after the loremaster, where PrC level + applicable stat mod determines which abilities he can pick at each interval which gives him the choice. For example, a Knight could pick the Dark Strike early on, then pick the Seal strike at the next opportunity, and the Enervation strike even later. The uses per day you propose are too high. I'd give one use per day on the most recently picked power, and add a new use per day whenever you get a new power (similar to Ranger's favored enemy progression). Finally, strength is inappropriate as a balanced stat for the save modifier. If you see the effect as a precise blos, make it Int. If it's some kind of concentration applied, make it Wis. If it's simply the knight using his natrual magical ability, make it Cha.
And sleep is pprobably more powerful than blindness, blast, fear, and exhaustion. Instant kills are nasty, and only sleep allows that.
-nameless
I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
Alrighty...Yeah, I've been thinking that maybe I should wedge it apart into two seperate classes. One gets the Break powers, the other gets the status causing conditions.
Sleep may be potent...but I'm balancing it like the PHB balances spells. Sleep is LV1, Hold is LV1, Blindness is LV2...though the best solution may just be to implement the sleep status rules from Final Fantasy (they can't act, but you can't coup de grace 'em, either).
I dunno. I'll ponder it. At any rate, I think I'm going to end up splitting the class in twain, and then posting each revision up there. When I think about it, ability damage *and* what equates to spell use is a bit more than a feat at every other level, no matter what kind of limits I place on it.
Anyhoo, now you can safely ignore the thread. ^_^
Sleep may be potent...but I'm balancing it like the PHB balances spells. Sleep is LV1, Hold is LV1, Blindness is LV2...though the best solution may just be to implement the sleep status rules from Final Fantasy (they can't act, but you can't coup de grace 'em, either).
I dunno. I'll ponder it. At any rate, I think I'm going to end up splitting the class in twain, and then posting each revision up there. When I think about it, ability damage *and* what equates to spell use is a bit more than a feat at every other level, no matter what kind of limits I place on it.
Anyhoo, now you can safely ignore the thread. ^_^
