Blurhy
2023-07-04, 01:04 AM
Hey, all!
If you were around this forum around the start of the new year, you probably saw my post with an early draft of a class that a buddy and I had been working on (thread here (https://forums.giantitp.com/showsinglepost.php?p=25650524&postcount=1)).
Well, after many more months of feedback, playtesting, ideation, and hard work, we're excited to release a beta launch of a new PDF centered around the class.
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Presenting:
The Van Docks' Arsenal of Armigers: (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Reugc0lthKgVKoaac461gksAtettMNu7/view?usp=sharing)
Manipulate your weapons with the Armiger, Scion of their bonded arsenal.
https://i.imgur.com/upCgN4i.png (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Reugc0lthKgVKoaac461gksAtettMNu7/view?usp=sharing)
The wealthy weapon collector raises his eyebrow at the oncoming highwaymen. They assumed he was unarmed, and while the collector had no weapon on his person, he wasn’t without them. As his golden weapons begin to shoot out from golden portals, the collector relaxes into the seat of his carriage, comfortable knowing that the bandits would soon be dealt with.
The charming dancer pleases the audience with her impressive ax juggling, but the audience is completely beguiled when the glowing axes suddenly disappear into thin air. That is, except for the dancer’s quarry in the front row, who suddenly feels a blade in his torso. Bounties paid more than show business anyways.
The elven commander was a legend among their troops. They were known for having lost both hands in battle, yes, but they were even more well-known for being able to control their vast collection of weapons with subtle movements of their body. The saying went that so long as their commander could move their eyes, the army would remain undefeated.
Armigers are manipulators of weapons in a way that no one else is. Able to control weapons via the connections they create with their arsenals, armigers aren’t just defined by their unique power or by their incredible presence, but by their bonds.
The armiger is a weapon manipulator class that treads on the archetypes of bladedancers and swordmages. Not to be confused with "gishes", the armiger isn't necessarily a spellcaster (though one subclass gives you some warlock spellcasting). They're a weapon master first and foremost, but they connect with their weapons so profoundly that they can control them like a practiced telekinetic. According to TVTropes, this archetype is called a Master of the Levitating Blades (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MasterOfTheLevitatingBlades).
If you've ever wanted to be Gilgamesh, Emiya/Archer, Noctus, Tenten, or a dozen other examples of this archetype, then the Armiger is the class for you.
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This beta launch includes the most updated version of the armiger class, with a new subclass - the Spartan Inheritance - in celebration of the PDF release. Of course, this passion project is ongoing. As mentioned at the end of the document, we have plans to keep working on the project until we have a full-on supplement.
For now, please enjoy the Armiger and please send us any feedback! Some of the best support we've gotten is simply people engaging with the class and telling us their thoughts.
If you were around this forum around the start of the new year, you probably saw my post with an early draft of a class that a buddy and I had been working on (thread here (https://forums.giantitp.com/showsinglepost.php?p=25650524&postcount=1)).
Well, after many more months of feedback, playtesting, ideation, and hard work, we're excited to release a beta launch of a new PDF centered around the class.
o=[=========>
Presenting:
The Van Docks' Arsenal of Armigers: (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Reugc0lthKgVKoaac461gksAtettMNu7/view?usp=sharing)
Manipulate your weapons with the Armiger, Scion of their bonded arsenal.
https://i.imgur.com/upCgN4i.png (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Reugc0lthKgVKoaac461gksAtettMNu7/view?usp=sharing)
The wealthy weapon collector raises his eyebrow at the oncoming highwaymen. They assumed he was unarmed, and while the collector had no weapon on his person, he wasn’t without them. As his golden weapons begin to shoot out from golden portals, the collector relaxes into the seat of his carriage, comfortable knowing that the bandits would soon be dealt with.
The charming dancer pleases the audience with her impressive ax juggling, but the audience is completely beguiled when the glowing axes suddenly disappear into thin air. That is, except for the dancer’s quarry in the front row, who suddenly feels a blade in his torso. Bounties paid more than show business anyways.
The elven commander was a legend among their troops. They were known for having lost both hands in battle, yes, but they were even more well-known for being able to control their vast collection of weapons with subtle movements of their body. The saying went that so long as their commander could move their eyes, the army would remain undefeated.
Armigers are manipulators of weapons in a way that no one else is. Able to control weapons via the connections they create with their arsenals, armigers aren’t just defined by their unique power or by their incredible presence, but by their bonds.
The armiger is a weapon manipulator class that treads on the archetypes of bladedancers and swordmages. Not to be confused with "gishes", the armiger isn't necessarily a spellcaster (though one subclass gives you some warlock spellcasting). They're a weapon master first and foremost, but they connect with their weapons so profoundly that they can control them like a practiced telekinetic. According to TVTropes, this archetype is called a Master of the Levitating Blades (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MasterOfTheLevitatingBlades).
If you've ever wanted to be Gilgamesh, Emiya/Archer, Noctus, Tenten, or a dozen other examples of this archetype, then the Armiger is the class for you.
<=========]=o
This beta launch includes the most updated version of the armiger class, with a new subclass - the Spartan Inheritance - in celebration of the PDF release. Of course, this passion project is ongoing. As mentioned at the end of the document, we have plans to keep working on the project until we have a full-on supplement.
For now, please enjoy the Armiger and please send us any feedback! Some of the best support we've gotten is simply people engaging with the class and telling us their thoughts.