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<blockquote data-quote="Witness" data-source="post: 1280478" data-attributes="member: 1500">Interesting idea, but much room for improvement.&nbsp; I assume this class is for a low-magic setting, but the thing I notice immediately is that with the sole exception of very specialized knowledge, the Scholar is outclassed in every respect by a Bard of equal level.&nbsp; Now I love Bard's but their not really good at any one thing.&nbsp; With the exception of knowledge skills and powers, your class doesn't seem really good at anything, and their area of specialization isn't sufficient to justify a new core class, not in its present form anyway.&nbsp; Here are some suggestions:Replace the Library and Research abilities with a Bardic Knowledge-like ability, but allow them to choose 1 or 2 Knowledge skills at 1st level to which this ability applies.Get rid of the bonus languages.&nbsp; With Speak Language as a class skill, and more than enough skill points, this ability is not necessary.Combine the Majors and the Minors into a single ability that allows the choice of another power every 2nd (or 3rd) level.&nbsp; Change abilities that can be taken multiple times so that they instead provide a bonus that increases with level.&nbsp; Get rid of most of the minors because they are so limited and specific that they are pretty much useless.&nbsp; Add more powerful abilities that can be taken at higher level such as Uncanny Dodge, an inherent Dodge bonus to AC, the ability to use skills in a class-exclusive manner (Find/disarm traps like a rogue, track like a ranger), Tongues or Comprehend Languages as a supernatural ability, etc.Allow the Scholar to pick a certain number of additional skills as class skills.&nbsp; In return, though, give the class fewer skill points.&nbsp; Though they obviously have so many skill points so they can invest freely in knowledge skills and cross-class skills, 10 is too many.&nbsp; Drop them down to 8 + Int mod; with the greater incentives they have for a high Int, they'll still likely get more skill points than a Rogue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Witness, post: 1280478, member: 1500"] Interesting idea, but much room for improvement. I assume this class is for a low-magic setting, but the thing I notice immediately is that with the sole exception of [I]very[/I] specialized knowledge, the Scholar is outclassed in every respect by a Bard of equal level. Now I love Bard's but their not really good at any one thing. With the exception of knowledge skills and powers, your class doesn't seem really good at anything, and their area of specialization isn't sufficient to justify a new core class, not in its present form anyway. Here are some suggestions: Replace the Library and Research abilities with a Bardic Knowledge-like ability, but allow them to choose 1 or 2 Knowledge skills at 1st level to which this ability applies. Get rid of the bonus languages. With Speak Language as a class skill, and more than enough skill points, this ability is not necessary. Combine the Majors and the Minors into a single ability that allows the choice of another power every 2nd (or 3rd) level. Change abilities that can be taken multiple times so that they instead provide a bonus that increases with level. Get rid of most of the minors because they are so limited and specific that they are pretty much useless. Add more powerful abilities that can be taken at higher level such as Uncanny Dodge, an inherent Dodge bonus to AC, the ability to use skills in a class-exclusive manner (Find/disarm traps like a rogue, track like a ranger), Tongues or Comprehend Languages as a supernatural ability, etc. Allow the Scholar to pick a certain number of additional skills as class skills. In return, though, give the class fewer skill points. Though they obviously have so many skill points so they can invest freely in knowledge skills and cross-class skills, 10 is [I]too[/I] many. Drop them down to 8 + Int mod; with the greater incentives they have for a high Int, they'll still likely get more skill points than a Rogue. [/QUOTE]

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