Ziegander
2012-07-02, 10:06 AM
Had a dream last night that a player wanted to design a homebrew class that would let him play as Venom (http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/11/119291/2357766-venom.jpg). In the dream I told him that we could work on it, but that he should remember that a class needs to be more designed as broad strokes. We should design a class that Venom could be made out of, not a class that only works for Venom clone characters (oh god the Clone Saga!).
The player (still in the dream) suggested that the class should have a focus on Charisma, since a strong personality should help to control the symbiote and direct it to do what the host wants. I liked this idea. That was when I woke up (kinda).
Anyway, in the intervening time between that dream, my pseudosleep thereafter, and subsequently getting out of bed, I continued to think about this class. Not exactly a shapeshifter per se, but a charismatic master of disguise and socialite that controls some force that allows him morphic weaponry and biology. The charisma focus lends itself toward the interesting face/infiltrator out of combat role, while the Venom aspect shines through in a lot of the intended combat uses. I'm seeing a class that gains the natural attacks of level-appropriate monsters and eventually gains the extraordinary special attacks and even special qualities. It would have a set number of forms it is "familiar" with, that increases by class level.
Thoughts on this? What is the "power source" that grants it the ability to do this warshaper + socialshaper thing?
The player (still in the dream) suggested that the class should have a focus on Charisma, since a strong personality should help to control the symbiote and direct it to do what the host wants. I liked this idea. That was when I woke up (kinda).
Anyway, in the intervening time between that dream, my pseudosleep thereafter, and subsequently getting out of bed, I continued to think about this class. Not exactly a shapeshifter per se, but a charismatic master of disguise and socialite that controls some force that allows him morphic weaponry and biology. The charisma focus lends itself toward the interesting face/infiltrator out of combat role, while the Venom aspect shines through in a lot of the intended combat uses. I'm seeing a class that gains the natural attacks of level-appropriate monsters and eventually gains the extraordinary special attacks and even special qualities. It would have a set number of forms it is "familiar" with, that increases by class level.
Thoughts on this? What is the "power source" that grants it the ability to do this warshaper + socialshaper thing?