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almightyk
2011-12-25, 08:25 PM
hey everyone, this is the latest version of my custom class.
let me know what you think

Semiotician

(INSERT CLASS DESCRIPTION HERE)

Adventures: To be filled

Characteristics: To be filled

Table X-XX: The Semiotician

{table=head]Level|BAB|Fort|Ref|Will|Special

1st|+0|+0|+0|+2|1,2,3,4,15|

2nd|+1|+0|+0|+3|12, 5|

3rd|+1|+1|+1|+3|

4th|+2|+1|+1|+4|7,13,16|

5th|+2|+1|+1|+4|8,9.1 |

6th|+3|+2|+2|+5|6,17 |

7th|+3|+2|+2|+5|14|

8th|+4|+2|+2|+6|18|

9th|+4|+3|+3|+6|

10th|+5|+3|+3|+7|8,9.2,10,19|

11th|+5|+3|+3|+7|

12th|+6/+1|+4|+4|+8|20|

13th|+6/+1|+4|+4|+8|

14th|+7/+2|+4|+4|+9|21|

15th|+7/+2|+5|+5|+9|8,9.3|

16th|+8/+3|+5|+5|+10|22|

17th|+8/+3|+5|+5|+10|

18th|+9/+4|+6|+6|+11|23|

19th|+9/+4|+6|+6|+11|

20th|+10/+5|+6|+6|+12|8,9.4,11|[/table]

Table x.xx Semiotician Spells

{table=head]Spells Known/Per-Day
{table=head]Level | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
1st | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2nd | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
3rd | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5th | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
8th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
9th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
10th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
11th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
12th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
13th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
14th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
15th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
16th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
17th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
18th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[/table][/table]
Semioticians have devoted their studies to the written word itself. Unlike wizards, who have learnt to cast spells from preparation, semioticians have learnt to understand the writing of the spell in depth. Due to this, semioticians will occasionally cast a spell in an unknown way, as displayed with their scroll casting ability.

Alignment: For a semiotician, true magic is something that comes from the secrets behind the text. Being something which takes many years of learning to understand, they generally do not care to what is going on around them. In general they are neutral but can be of any alignment.

Religion: To be filled

Background: To be filled

Races: Semioticians require many years of study, therefore they’re usually found in the more patient and long-living races such as elves, or versatile races like humans.

Other Classes: To be filled

Role: To be filled

GAME RULE INFORMATION
Semioticians have the following game statistics.

Abilities: Charisma determines how powerful an arcane spell a semiotician can cast, how many arcane spells he can cast per day, and how hard those spells are to resist.
Wisdom determines how powerful a divine spell a semiotician can cast, how many divine spells he can cast per day, and how hard those spells are to resist.
Like a wizard, a semiotician benefits from high Dexterity and Constitution scores.
Alignment: Any.
Hit Die: d4.



Class Skills
To be decided.
Skill Points at 1st Level: (6 + Int modifier) × 4.
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int modifier.

Class Features
All of the following are class features of the semiotician.

Weapon and Armour Proficiency: Semioticians are proficient with all simple weapons. They are only proficient with light armour and basic shields (not tower shields). Armour of any type heavier then light interferes with a semiotician’s arcane gestures, which can cause his spells with somatic components to fail.

Spells: A semiotician can only cast spells through the use of scrolls (read scroll casting). The standard rules for spell completion items apply, with a few exceptions. The attribute score required for arcane scrolls is Cha 10+spell level. The attribute score required for divine scrolls is Wis 10+spell level.
From 4th level onwards, the caster level of the spell in the scroll is the same as your semiotician caster level, if it’s a spell level you have access to.
Unlike other spellcasters, a semiotician does not cast spells directly. Instead, his spells per day are used to gain automatic success with his scroll casting ability.
In addition, he receives bonus arcane spells per day if he has a high Charisma score, he also receives bonus divine spells per day if he has a high Wisdom score.
A semiotician has a spell list with no spells, with an exception for scrolls.

Armoured Casting: The semioticia n is able to cast spells while wearing light armour and/or wielding a shield without chance of spell failure. Penalties still apply to heavier armour.

Spellbook Schema: A semiotician is able to cast spells directly from a wizards spellbook. Each spell in the book used in this way counts as a scroll, except that it is usable 1/day. A move action is required to find a spell in the book before it can be cast. This changes to a swift action at 7th level. You must have access to the level of spell to be able to cast it in this way.

Su: At 2nd level, a semiotician can constantly read magic as the spell. This ability can be refreshed as a free action.
At 1st level, a semiotician gains Erase as the spell once per day.
At 4th level, a semiotician gains Secret Page as the spell once per day.
At 6th level, a semiotician gains Glyph of Warding as the spell once per day.
At 8th level, a semiotician gains Explosive Runes as the spell once per day.
At 10th level, a semiotician gains Symbol of Sleep as the spell once per day.
At 12th level, a semiotician gains Greater Glyph of Warding as the spell once per day.
At 14th level, a semiotician gains Symbol of Weakness as the spell once per day.
At 16th level, a semiotician gains Symbol of Death as the spell once per day.
At 18th level, a semiotician gains Teleportation Circle as the spell once per day.

Scroll Casting: When a semiotician casts a spell from a scroll, make a caster level check (DC 15(or 20)+spell level). If this check succeeds, the spell in the scroll’s charge is not used up and the scroll may be used again. This still requires the normal action for casting from a scroll. Using a spell per day of the appropriate level can make this check automatically succeed. You can choose to use this after the caster level check. If the check is beaten by 15 or more, he may apply quicken as a free metamagic. You must have access to the level of spell to be able to use this ability. At 10th level, a semiotician applies half of his appropriate modifier to the caster level check. This bonus increases to the full modifier at 20th level.

Scroll AoO: A semiotician does not provoke an attack of opportunity when using a scroll of a spell level he has access to.

Scroll Spell List: A semiotician counts as having access to all spells of the spell levels he has access to for the purposes of using scrolls.

Metamagic Scrolls: A semiotician may apply metamagic feats he knows to scrolls he uses. This does not increase the spell level. For every 5 class levels, 1 metamagic can be applied at once to each scroll you use. The total level modifier that can be applied is half the modifier of the appropriate attribute for the scroll. (Cha for Arcane, Wis for Divine) Increase the DC of the Scroll Casting caster level check by 2 for each metamagic applied this way.
Upon reaching 4th level, and at every even-numbered semiotician
level after that (6th, 8th, and so on), a semiotician can choose to learn a
new metamagic feat in place of one he already knows. In effect, the semiotician
“loses” the old metamagic feat in exchange for the new one. The new metamagic’s
level modifier does not have to be the same as that of the metamagic being exchanged.

Copy Scroll to Scroll: From second level, a semiotician is able to copy directly from one scroll to another. This follows the rules for crafting scrolls except for a time and xp reduction of 2.5% per class level.
This can only be used with spells of a level you have access to.
From 4th level, a semiotician is able to copy from a spellbook to a scroll.

Spellbook: A semiotician starts off with a blank spellbook. He can start with spells in the book at a cost of 100gp per page. After creation, a semiotician cannot write into spellbooks and so, must either find spellbooks, or find a wizard to write into it for him.





(Number Key)
1 Armoured Casting
2 Spell Book
3 Scroll Casting
4 Spellbook Schema
5 Read Magic At-Will
6 Scroll AoO
7 Scroll Caster Level Boost
8 Bonus Metamagic
9 Metamagic Scrolls
10 SC bonus x.5
11 SC bonus x1
12 Copy Scroll to Scroll
13 Copy Spellbook to Scroll
14 Spellbook Schema Upgrade
15 Erase
16 Secret Page
17 Glyph of Warding
18 Explosive Runes
19 Symbol of Sleep
20 Greater Glyph of Warding
21 Symbol of Weakness
22 Symbol of Death
23 Teleportation Circle

eftexar
2011-12-25, 09:33 PM
This is an interesting concept. I attempted something like this in building a scholar class, but couldn't get it to work.
Creating scrolls from another spell book is an interesting idea, I wonder how you would balance that.
I think that allowing him a spellbook ruins the character concept. Give him something cool instead of just turning him back into a wizard.
And why not just make the spells he does get draw from the same uses as scrolls do? Actually considering the nature of those spells, just giving some of them recharge times instead of a limitation to uses might work.

As far as tables go you could just copy and paste one from here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205677). Cipherthe3vil has done the job for you. I believe there's even a link to a site there that will make it for you if you fill in the information.

almightyk
2011-12-25, 09:49 PM
writing a scroll from a spellbook works the same as writing scrolls normally. except that instead of writing it "from memory" you require a written source to make it from.

i don't believe the spellbook ruins the character. he uses it his own way, it just makes it easier then creating a whole new magic item for the system. ^_^ plus, with a spellbook, you can pay wizards to write it in for you.
the concept of him casting from a spellbook works like a once per day schema. it is magical writing and he can access the magic in the text once per day

almightyk
2011-12-25, 10:29 PM
table has now been placed :)