jester_of_god wrote
I'm thinking along the lines of this.
Mik Hael.
Class: Jester:
Jesters are roaming vagabonds often described as Jacks of all trades and masters of none.Their abilities themselves are a mix between magicians, thieves, minstrels, and fighters. Jester's carry with them an aura of lighthearted trickery, but have been known to hide an almost innate wisdom of the workings of the world. They prefer hand to hand combat, but have been known to don light weight weaponry and armor when the Occasion calls for it.
You really love the Jester motif for some reason. So far so good.
Eh, what can I say, It fits.
With the use of Mystical abilities you accumulate mental and or physical stress, as well as the increase of your insanity stat. The insanity stat will decrease over time, but if it reaches the maxium you will loose consciousness. Maximum insanity increases per level.
Excellent, Excellent. We can work out how much the max per level later.
good to know
Level 1: Spiritual perception: Able to perceive and interact with spiritual beings and aura's. As well as the ability manipulate their own aura in order to increase, Their defense and the strength of physical attacks. Increases upon each level.
Early problems. Saddening. For one, this is very close to the Medium's starting ability, Only more powerful.
While I don't mind strength/defense passive boosts, I won't allow them together AND with a third ability on the first level.
...Okay I can tweak it a bit, I suppose. I was planning on actually just to the point where I could actually punch, or get punched by a spirit, and the aura enhancement on this level only would be the equivalent of brass knucles, or guantlets only with no weight....Also what would be the third ability, the perception and interaction would usually count as one. Glad to see you are being reasonable, Jester.
Level 2: Unnatural enlightenment: Physical parameters are enhanced,along with the development of a natural resistance to most poisons, and enchantments. You no longer need food or water, Functioning by absorbing the ambient energy around you. Increases per level.
Ok... This is fairly Ok. Maybe not exactly thematically fitting, but Ok in power.
When you're on the road without food or water in sight for months at a time it comes in handy. Ok then.
Level 3: illusions and elements: The ability to summon minor illusions and manipulate the elements at the strength of an amateur elementalist. Strength of illusions and elemental manipulation increases every other level
Ehhh... I'm not certain what
minor is to you. This ability should not allow you to gain an equal proficiency to someone who should be good at it. I.E An elemental mage of a similar level should be more powerful than you.
Also, I wont allow something as broad as "Elemental Manipulation" Even for someone
specialized in that. While I would encourage bundling, I'm not letting anyone get two potent abilities at the same time.
At this level minor illsusions would be somewher near small objects and flashes of light. Elemental manipulation is small short range fire balls, and slight wind and water manipulation. No earth at that point, or later for that matter.
I'm still firmly against anything that broad. No matter how weak.
Level 4: Warping: Short range teleportation: The ability to warp from one location to another. Maxium distance five feet. If warping to maximun distance you will experience a fieling of extreme inertia and vertigo for several seconds. Maximum distance increases, and feeling of inertia decreases per level.
This is fine.
...Honestly I'm surprised.
It's fairly short ranged, Jester. And the idea of a teleport-blinking Jester is amusing.
Level 5: Phasing The ability to become temprorily incorporeal for a short amount of time. During which you become invisible and are able to pass through non magical object and barriers. Maximum time two seconds. time increases every other level.
This is fine. But, possibly not thematically fitting.
It fits with the entire spiritualist motif.
Ok then.
Level 6: Minor shape shifting: The ability to shapeshift and produce minor changes in other objects and people through touch. The ability to shape shift increases upon each level.
Would you be able to change from a human into something else? Or is this more of disguise-thing?
Disguises are fine. Human into bear is not for your class.
Anything other than human, or at least humanoid would take about a dozen more levels after this.
Humanoid is fine. I'm reluctant to allow anything outside of that.
Level 7: Fighting acrobatics: Develops a fighting style which can only be described as a double jointed monky learning Kung Fu.
Kung-Fu is more of a monk's shtick. Why not just take a level in that?
Because it doesn't fit semanticaly and honestly from the stat grouping you made I woudn't have enough raw power to excell in kung fu.
Depends. When I think monk, I don't think raw power. I think a combination of muscle control and willpower working together to allow you to do far more damage than you should.
Level 8: Gift of Gab: The ability to speak, read, and understand almost all languages. As well as the ability to Talk your way out of or into almost anything. Persuasive abilities increase upon each level.
Charismatic persausion is more of bard/minstrels thing. The speak/read/understand should only affect languages you should be able to speak. No understanding how animals talk- or dead people. Dead people, is already from the first level.
And animals no, not unless they already have an actual language of their own.Persuasion can be a usable aspect of it. The other may be passive.
Good.
Level 9: Minor theivery: Develops the basic skills of a Theif, such as lock picking, And general sneakiness. Abilities increase every other level.
Why steal a thief's shtick? However, unless someone else makes a thief, You can do this.
Because it's useful, and would help in conjunction with the other skills So long as it doesn't outshine another person as a thief.
Level 10: Matter manipulation. Can create or destroy small amounts of non living matter. Can use this ability to create carbon copies of certain items. Amount increases every other level.
And we have reached insanity. Besides being to board, This has
huge potential for abuse. No. Just no, Jester.
I disagree. at this level you could only make something the size of a small dagger, and at the highest, a broad sword.
You could make gold and buy things. Magical items, keys, maps, armor, You could destroy something important to an enemy or make a building collapse. Not to mention golems and constructs. Which is to say, No.
Level 11: General Knowledge: You remember almost everything you see and hear and can recall it at a moments notice.
Perfect memory? This can slide.
Good to know
Level 12: Copy cat: An enhancement of the previous level. IF you've seen it, and have the physical, spiritual, or mental capabilities to do it, you can.
So you would be able to watch a master fighter use a sword and duplicate it. Or watch any other class do anything and copy that.
Not happening Jester.
No read the last part. A master fighter would have way too much power, I couldn't copy his skills because I wouldn't have the physical parameter's needed.
Then what would you be copying?
Level 13: Instrumental mastery: Play any instrument with almost master ability.
This is fine, I guess. Seems bardic, but that's fitting.
Level 14: Fool's wisdom: Develope an unearthly wisdom at the further cost of your sanity.
Wisdom enchantment at the cost of max insanity? Explain this further.
It's basically a major wisdom increase at which point you basically loose most of your sense of reason.
A more tangeable loss would be nice. Something that isn't just "Losses sense of reason". Because I don't think your character would act much different.
Level 15: Soul manipulator: Can manipulate spirits, and being able to read and alter the souls and minds of others., as well as the ability to shift your body into an astral stae. ability increases per level.
This is pretty much Shadow's
whole class. And it's to broad for one ability.
Broadness again huh. Well like I was saying this would only be at the level of an amatuer one of shadows class.
Amateurs can't astral project. Or control spirits. Or read people's minds and souls.
Level 16: Spacial manipulation: Minor telekinesis. Increases upon each level
Just Telekinesis? Considering it says spacial.
Unlike the other ones, I may allow minor TK. Mostly because this is a higher level ability. So long as you don't start flying around mentally lifting boulders- I'm good.
....I could make it more powerful if you want then.
If you make it to potent, it moves into "No. Jester. Just No."
Level 17: Insanities rampage: The ability to transfer your accumulated insanity into another person or object, as well as the ability to cure the minds of others by temporarily taking it upon yourself.
With this, you could just dump your insanity somewhere and use your abilities as many times as you liked.
Can't let you do that Jester.
Doing this would also create an intense stress both mentally and physically of maybe twenty or thirty so points. it would only be used to prevent unconsciousness
What's the point of using something to relieve stress if It makes more? Also, if you can avoid unconsciousness, then you can just do whatever you like. Just keep your insanity from every going to high.
Level 18: Authorities glare: The ability to impose your will upon animals, people and monsters.
Mind control? Over so many things? If you were using a telepathic/psychic theme I might allow it..
But as it stands, No. Unless it was balanced by needing a Wis Vs Wis check and only worked for one command.
good enough, that's what I was going to go for anyway.
Good, Good.
Level 19: Jester's rampage: The ability to allow the insanity to consume you for a short period of time, in exchange for a large burst of power. After this occurs you loose consciousness for a time dependent on how long you've spent in this state.
This is acceptable.
...Interesting.
Hey, It has a drawback.
Level 20: Jack of all trades: Master level Jeser: And acces to various techniques, including Jester's Carnival.
I know nothing about those techniques.
However, because it's the last one at level twenty, I may allow it.
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