What would you give a pirate class?
- Thread starter the Jester
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Celebrim
Legend
In my game, Pirates are usually built with some number of levels in my homebrew Explorer class. Often higher level ones are some mix of Explorer, Rogue, and Fighter as suits their personality.
the Jester
Legend
So without going into too much detail about the system as a whole, here's what I have (tentatively) settled on. For clarity, all (well, nearly all) prestige classes have no attack or hit point gain at levels 1 and 2 and no defense gain at level 3; the math is very flat.
Also- a +1 to initiative is a significant bonus.
Pirate
A pirate is a scourge of the seas. Skilled at seamanship and spreading terror alike, some pirates- called privateers- operate legally, under the cover of a charter issued by one government or another. To become a pirate, you must spend a total of at least 4 months at sea.
PIRATE ADVANCEMENT
When you gain a pirate level, add 3d10% to your Dexterity and 2d10% to your Strength. When this reaches 100%, your ability score increases by one point.
Level --- Attacks --- Defenses --- Hit Points --- Features
1 --- None --- +1 Ref --- None --- Pirate's reflexes, seamanship
2 --- None --- +1 Ref --- None --- Fearsome strike
3 --- +1 melee --- None --- +1d6 --- Seamanship improves
Pirate's Reflexes: You get a +1 bonus to initiative.
Seamanship: You get a +1 bonus to skill checks when you are at sea, in the water or on board a ship. At 3rd level, this improves to a +2 bonus.
Fearsome Strike (recharges on a 15+): As a standard action, you make a melee attack vs. Will. If you hit, in addition to normal damage, the target moves half its speed away from you as a free action, triggering opportunity attacks normally.
Also- a +1 to initiative is a significant bonus.
Pirate
A pirate is a scourge of the seas. Skilled at seamanship and spreading terror alike, some pirates- called privateers- operate legally, under the cover of a charter issued by one government or another. To become a pirate, you must spend a total of at least 4 months at sea.
PIRATE ADVANCEMENT
When you gain a pirate level, add 3d10% to your Dexterity and 2d10% to your Strength. When this reaches 100%, your ability score increases by one point.
Level --- Attacks --- Defenses --- Hit Points --- Features
1 --- None --- +1 Ref --- None --- Pirate's reflexes, seamanship
2 --- None --- +1 Ref --- None --- Fearsome strike
3 --- +1 melee --- None --- +1d6 --- Seamanship improves
Pirate's Reflexes: You get a +1 bonus to initiative.
Seamanship: You get a +1 bonus to skill checks when you are at sea, in the water or on board a ship. At 3rd level, this improves to a +2 bonus.
Fearsome Strike (recharges on a 15+): As a standard action, you make a melee attack vs. Will. If you hit, in addition to normal damage, the target moves half its speed away from you as a free action, triggering opportunity attacks normally.
