Veyr
2011-06-04, 03:08 PM
This is a series of feats that I think are... interesting. Thoughts appreciated. The idea is to allow classes unrelated to spellcasting to get a little spellcasting on the side.
Cantrips Minor
Prerequisites
Spellcraft 2 ranks
Benefits
You may cast a certain number of 0th-level Arcane spells (Cantrips) per day. Upon taking this feat, you must choose between two options:
You may cast a Cantrip once per day. You must prepare this Cantrip as a Wizard must. You know Read Magic as a Wizard does, and may prepare that with no resources. To prepare any other Cantrip, you must obtain a spellbook; you may prepare any cantrip from the Sor/Wiz list that is scribed in the spellbook as a Wizard would.
You know one Cantrip from the Sor/Wiz list, and may cast it three times per day. You do not need to spend time preparing this Cantrip; 15 minutes spent refreshing yourself after 8 hours of rest is sufficient, as with a Sorcerer.
You may also choose to have your Cantrip's DCs determined either by your Intelligence or your Charisma modifier. The modifier you choose need not be the same one used by the class whose spellcasting style you are emulating.
Your caster level for these Cantrips is always 1. You also treat Spellcraft as always a class skill from now on.
Finally, you may activate Spell Completion items (e.g. Scrolls) as normal for someone capable of casting the spells you can cast, and Spell Trigger items (e.g. Wands) as if all spells you know and/or have either scribed into a spellbook or prepared yourself were on your spell list. You do not gain the benefit of having access to the entire Sor/Wiz list for the sake of Spell Trigger items from this feat, however.
Special
If you have a level in Wizard, you may choose to instead gain an extra Cantrip per day. If you have a level in Sorcerer, you may instead choose to gain an extra Cantrip known. In either case, you may choose to gain the normal benefits of this feat, but if you do the spellcasting from this feat is completely separate from those classes and does not benefit from their caster level.
Special
For the purposes of Prestige Classes that advance spellcasting, you count as "0th-level" in either Wizard (if you chose option #1), or in Sorcerer (if you chose option #2) (if you chose the above options for those who already had levels in these classes, this section does not apply to you). This means if you take a level in a Prestige Class that advances arcane spellcasting, you may apply it to this progression and gain the spells known, spells per day, and caster level of a Wizard 1st or Sorcerer 1st, respectively, plus one extra Cantrip per day (if as a Wizard) or the one extra Cantrip Known (if as a Sorcerer).
If you do so, set your minimum Ability Score to cast spells of a given level, and your Bonus Spell Slots, based on the ability score that sets your Save DCs.
Special
A Binder, Fighter, Monk, Psychic Warrior, or Warblade may select this feat as one of his Bonus Feats. He must still meet all prerequisites for the feat.
Arcana Minor
Prerequisites
Cantrips Minor
Spellcraft 4 ranks
Benefit
If you chose the first option for Cantrips Minor, you gain one 1st-level spell slot per day; you may now prepare 1st-level spells you may have in your spellbook in this slot, as normal for a Wizard.
If you chose the second option for Cantrips Minor, you gain a single 1st-level spell known, plus three 1st-level spell slots per day with which to cast it.
You may not gain Bonus Spell Slots for this casting. You cast these spells with caster level 1st.
Special
If you chose to gain an additional Wizard Cantrip per day from Cantrips Minor, this feat instead gives you an additional 1st-level spell per day. If you chose to gain an additional Sorcerer Cantrip known, this feat instead gives you an additional 1st-level Sorcerer spell known.
Special
If you have advanced your normal Cantrips Minor spellcasting with a Prestige Class as described in that feat, you gain either an additional 1st-level spell per day if as a Wizard, or an additional 1st-level spell known if as a Sorcerer, instead of the usual benefits of this feat.
Special
A Binder, Fighter, Monk, Psychic Warrior, or Warblade may select this feat as one of his Bonus Feats. He must still meet all prerequisites for the feat.
Special
This feat may be taken multiple times; its effects do not stack. Instead, each time this feat is taken, it gives spellcasting of a new level, equal to the number of times the feat has been taken (2nd-level spells the second time the feat is taken, etc.). Additionally, your caster level for the spells granted by Cantrips Minor and Arcana Minor increases by +2 each time, unless you have advanced it already by taking Prestige Classes.
Each time the feat is taken, however, the Prerequisite ranks in Spellcraft increase by 2. Thus, to take the feat a second time and gain 2nd-level spells, you must have 6 ranks in Spellcraft, and to take it a third time and gain 3rd-level spells you must have 8 ranks in Spellcraft.
Cantrips Minor
Prerequisites
Spellcraft 2 ranks
Benefits
You may cast a certain number of 0th-level Arcane spells (Cantrips) per day. Upon taking this feat, you must choose between two options:
You may cast a Cantrip once per day. You must prepare this Cantrip as a Wizard must. You know Read Magic as a Wizard does, and may prepare that with no resources. To prepare any other Cantrip, you must obtain a spellbook; you may prepare any cantrip from the Sor/Wiz list that is scribed in the spellbook as a Wizard would.
You know one Cantrip from the Sor/Wiz list, and may cast it three times per day. You do not need to spend time preparing this Cantrip; 15 minutes spent refreshing yourself after 8 hours of rest is sufficient, as with a Sorcerer.
You may also choose to have your Cantrip's DCs determined either by your Intelligence or your Charisma modifier. The modifier you choose need not be the same one used by the class whose spellcasting style you are emulating.
Your caster level for these Cantrips is always 1. You also treat Spellcraft as always a class skill from now on.
Finally, you may activate Spell Completion items (e.g. Scrolls) as normal for someone capable of casting the spells you can cast, and Spell Trigger items (e.g. Wands) as if all spells you know and/or have either scribed into a spellbook or prepared yourself were on your spell list. You do not gain the benefit of having access to the entire Sor/Wiz list for the sake of Spell Trigger items from this feat, however.
Special
If you have a level in Wizard, you may choose to instead gain an extra Cantrip per day. If you have a level in Sorcerer, you may instead choose to gain an extra Cantrip known. In either case, you may choose to gain the normal benefits of this feat, but if you do the spellcasting from this feat is completely separate from those classes and does not benefit from their caster level.
Special
For the purposes of Prestige Classes that advance spellcasting, you count as "0th-level" in either Wizard (if you chose option #1), or in Sorcerer (if you chose option #2) (if you chose the above options for those who already had levels in these classes, this section does not apply to you). This means if you take a level in a Prestige Class that advances arcane spellcasting, you may apply it to this progression and gain the spells known, spells per day, and caster level of a Wizard 1st or Sorcerer 1st, respectively, plus one extra Cantrip per day (if as a Wizard) or the one extra Cantrip Known (if as a Sorcerer).
If you do so, set your minimum Ability Score to cast spells of a given level, and your Bonus Spell Slots, based on the ability score that sets your Save DCs.
Special
A Binder, Fighter, Monk, Psychic Warrior, or Warblade may select this feat as one of his Bonus Feats. He must still meet all prerequisites for the feat.
Arcana Minor
Prerequisites
Cantrips Minor
Spellcraft 4 ranks
Benefit
If you chose the first option for Cantrips Minor, you gain one 1st-level spell slot per day; you may now prepare 1st-level spells you may have in your spellbook in this slot, as normal for a Wizard.
If you chose the second option for Cantrips Minor, you gain a single 1st-level spell known, plus three 1st-level spell slots per day with which to cast it.
You may not gain Bonus Spell Slots for this casting. You cast these spells with caster level 1st.
Special
If you chose to gain an additional Wizard Cantrip per day from Cantrips Minor, this feat instead gives you an additional 1st-level spell per day. If you chose to gain an additional Sorcerer Cantrip known, this feat instead gives you an additional 1st-level Sorcerer spell known.
Special
If you have advanced your normal Cantrips Minor spellcasting with a Prestige Class as described in that feat, you gain either an additional 1st-level spell per day if as a Wizard, or an additional 1st-level spell known if as a Sorcerer, instead of the usual benefits of this feat.
Special
A Binder, Fighter, Monk, Psychic Warrior, or Warblade may select this feat as one of his Bonus Feats. He must still meet all prerequisites for the feat.
Special
This feat may be taken multiple times; its effects do not stack. Instead, each time this feat is taken, it gives spellcasting of a new level, equal to the number of times the feat has been taken (2nd-level spells the second time the feat is taken, etc.). Additionally, your caster level for the spells granted by Cantrips Minor and Arcana Minor increases by +2 each time, unless you have advanced it already by taking Prestige Classes.
Each time the feat is taken, however, the Prerequisite ranks in Spellcraft increase by 2. Thus, to take the feat a second time and gain 2nd-level spells, you must have 6 ranks in Spellcraft, and to take it a third time and gain 3rd-level spells you must have 8 ranks in Spellcraft.