User:Lesser Minion/Labs/Patches/The Spellweaver
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The spellweaver is a caster who weaves magic into some form of performance, such as a song, a dance, or a ballad. They are essentially an expanded version of the SRD's Bard character class, and retain some of the bard's flexible ability set. | The spellweaver is a caster who weaves magic into some form of performance, such as a song, a dance, or a ballad. They are essentially an expanded version of the SRD's Bard character class, and retain some of the bard's flexible ability set. | ||
| - | In mechanical terms, different spellweavers can adopt different roles -- the concept will be presented as a family of three character classes, and effort will go into ensuring that it's possible both to single-class as one of the three classes | + | In mechanical terms, different spellweavers can adopt different roles -- the concept will be presented as a family of three character classes, and effort will go into ensuring that it's possible both to single-class as one of the three classes and to multi-class between them (as with Tome of Battle, levels in other classes will contribute towards your ability to perform songs). |
The three character classes, for reference, should cover the following: | The three character classes, for reference, should cover the following: | ||
| - | * A melee-focused ' | + | * A melee-focused 'harlequin' archetype (the Songblade) |
** Has the least potential for assisting allies, although it's still an option. May be very effective as a 'ninja' character class. | ** Has the least potential for assisting allies, although it's still an option. May be very effective as a 'ninja' character class. | ||
| - | * A more mystical 'lore keeper' archetype | + | * A more mystical 'lore keeper'/'seer' archetype (the Spellsinger) |
| - | ** Can assist allies | + | ** Can assist allies |
| - | * A ' | + | * A 'wandering performer' archetype (the Wanderer) |
| - | ** | + | ** Covers the traditional bard archetype. |
Some additional archetypes that might be playable using these classes include: | Some additional archetypes that might be playable using these classes include: | ||
| - | * Ninja/Shinobi, using a combination of the war dancer and the | + | * Ninja/Shinobi, using a combination of the war dancer class and the sworsage |
* Samurai, using a combination of the lorekeeper and a martial class. | * Samurai, using a combination of the lorekeeper and a martial class. | ||
I'm still brainstorming up possible names for the three classes. | I'm still brainstorming up possible names for the three classes. | ||
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| + | Blegh. | ||
