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| - | '''Expertise (Ex):''' At the beginning of each encounter, a loremaster gains a small pool of expertise. She gains an amount of expertise based on her level, as demonstrated on the table. She also gains an additional amount of | + | '''Expertise (Ex):''' At the beginning of each encounter, a loremaster gains a small pool of expertise. She gains an amount of expertise based on her level, as demonstrated on the table. She also gains an additional amount of expertise equal to her Intelligence modifier. Expertise is used to power some loremaster class features. If she has leftover expertise from a previous encounter, it is overwritten by the new pool. |
'''Gleaned Knowledge (Ex):''' Starting at first level, a loremaster may spend expertise as a swift action to quickly gain a temporary effect against her enemies. Gleaned knowledge requires spending one point of expertise to activate. Unless otherwise noted, effects last for a number of rounds equal to the loremaster's Intelligence modifier. | '''Gleaned Knowledge (Ex):''' Starting at first level, a loremaster may spend expertise as a swift action to quickly gain a temporary effect against her enemies. Gleaned knowledge requires spending one point of expertise to activate. Unless otherwise noted, effects last for a number of rounds equal to the loremaster's Intelligence modifier. | ||
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''Pierce DR:'' At fourth level and beyond, a loremaster may use this ability to lower the damage reduction of a creature she has just struck by an amount equal to her Intelligence modifier. Halve this value if the damage reduction cannot be overcome (DR/-). | ''Pierce DR:'' At fourth level and beyond, a loremaster may use this ability to lower the damage reduction of a creature she has just struck by an amount equal to her Intelligence modifier. Halve this value if the damage reduction cannot be overcome (DR/-). | ||
| - | ''Pierce SR:'' At seventh level and beyond, a loremaster may use this ability to lower the | + | ''Pierce SR:'' At seventh level and beyond, a loremaster may use this ability to lower the spell resistance of a creature she has just struck by an amount equal to her Intelligence modifier. Halve this value if the creature makes a successful Fortitude saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 the loremaster's class level + her Intelligence modifier). |
''Steal Spell:'' At tenth level and beyond, a loremaster may use this ability to steal a spell from a creature she has just struck. The creature struck loses one spell of the highest level they have available to cast or of the loremaster's Intelligence modifier or lower (whichever is lower). The target loses the ability to cast that spell for one minute or until the loremaster casts the spell (whichever is shorter). The loremaster may choose a specific spell: if she does so and the target does not have access to that spell, this ability is used up with no effect. The loremaster retains a spell stolen for one minute or until cast (whichever is shorter), and substitutes her loremaster level for her caster level. | ''Steal Spell:'' At tenth level and beyond, a loremaster may use this ability to steal a spell from a creature she has just struck. The creature struck loses one spell of the highest level they have available to cast or of the loremaster's Intelligence modifier or lower (whichever is lower). The target loses the ability to cast that spell for one minute or until the loremaster casts the spell (whichever is shorter). The loremaster may choose a specific spell: if she does so and the target does not have access to that spell, this ability is used up with no effect. The loremaster retains a spell stolen for one minute or until cast (whichever is shorter), and substitutes her loremaster level for her caster level. | ||
| - | ''Strip Resistances:'' At thirteenth level and beyond, a loremaster may use this ability to lower the resistances of a creature she has just struck. The creature struck has any energy resistances it possesses lowered by an amount equal one and a half times the loremaster's Intelligence modifier. Any energy immunities the creature may possess instead become a resistance to the same energy for 30 points. This ability also removes save bonuses against poisons and disease, but does not break immunities to those attacks. | + | ''Strip Resistances:'' At thirteenth level and beyond, a loremaster may use this ability to lower the resistances of a creature she has just struck. The creature struck has any energy resistances it possesses lowered by an amount equal one and a half times the loremaster's Intelligence modifier. Any energy immunities the creature may possess instead become a resistance to the same energy for 30 points. This ability also removes save bonuses against poisons and disease, but does not break immunities to those attacks. Halve this value if the creature makes a successful Fortitude saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 the loremaster's class level + her Intelligence modifier). |
''Steal Spell-Like Ability:'' At sixteenth level and beyond, a loremaster may steal a spell-like ability from a creature she has just struck. This ability functions like the Steal Spell ability, except that it steals a spell-like ability from the target. | ''Steal Spell-Like Ability:'' At sixteenth level and beyond, a loremaster may steal a spell-like ability from a creature she has just struck. This ability functions like the Steal Spell ability, except that it steals a spell-like ability from the target. | ||
| - | ''Shatter Resistances:'' At nineteenth level and beyond, a loremaster may use this ability to lower the immunities of a creature she has just struck. Any immunities to non-damage effects (such as sleep, mind-affecting abilities, or fear) are instead decreased to a saving throw bonus equal to +15 minus the loremaster's Intelligence modifier (so that a creature immune to mind-affecting effects targeted by a loremaster with this ability who has an Intelligence of 30 would have its immunity decreased to a +5 bonus on saves against mind-affecting effects). | + | ''Shatter Resistances:'' At nineteenth level and beyond, a loremaster may use this ability to lower the immunities of a creature she has just struck. Any immunities to non-damage effects (such as sleep, mind-affecting abilities, or fear) are instead decreased to a saving throw bonus equal to +15 minus the loremaster's Intelligence modifier (so that a creature immune to mind-affecting effects targeted by a loremaster with this ability who has an Intelligence of 30 would have its immunity decreased to a +5 bonus on saves against mind-affecting effects). Halve the loremaster's Intelligence modifier when determining the effects of this ability if the creature makes a successful Fortitude saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 the loremaster's class level + her Intelligence modifier). |
'''Intelligent Defenses (Ex):''' Starting at second level, a loremaster, through her superior insight and knowledge, gains the ability to better defend herself. At second level and beyond, she adds her Intelligence modifier to her Armor class as an insight bonus as long as she wears light or no armor; she may still use a shield, but is not required to, to gain this bonus. At fifth level and beyond, she adds her Intelligence modifier to her Hit Points instead of her Constitution modifier, if it would be advantageous to do so. At tenth level and beyond, she adds her Intelligence modifier to her saving throws as a resistance bonus. At fifteenth level and beyond, she gains spell resistance equal to 10 + 1/2 her class level + her Intelligence modifier. At twentieth level, she is constantly treated as if under a ''mind blank'' spell. As an extraordinary effect, the ''mind blank'' function is not dispellable. | '''Intelligent Defenses (Ex):''' Starting at second level, a loremaster, through her superior insight and knowledge, gains the ability to better defend herself. At second level and beyond, she adds her Intelligence modifier to her Armor class as an insight bonus as long as she wears light or no armor; she may still use a shield, but is not required to, to gain this bonus. At fifth level and beyond, she adds her Intelligence modifier to her Hit Points instead of her Constitution modifier, if it would be advantageous to do so. At tenth level and beyond, she adds her Intelligence modifier to her saving throws as a resistance bonus. At fifteenth level and beyond, she gains spell resistance equal to 10 + 1/2 her class level + her Intelligence modifier. At twentieth level, she is constantly treated as if under a ''mind blank'' spell. As an extraordinary effect, the ''mind blank'' function is not dispellable. | ||
