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About this class
The goal was to make a sort of spellblade/arcane monk style set of subclasses to create some interesting hybrid range combat classes that can help fill the gaps for parties on the fly when they are lacking magic or physical damage. An interesting amalgamation of magic meets might, rolled into those that practice both through unique art forms. A foil to sorcerers where instead of just being born a powerful vessel for more primal/raw magic, they instead cultivate themselves into funnels/filters that use the magic of the world around them to perpetuate their needs or crafts. Initially I wanted to make a more Astral theme to them splitting the subclass themes between the stars, and the sky between them in a literal sense, but felt that through the lens of an artist it’d be more interesting to narratively play and describe how a character “sees” the world, and how their magic takes shape because of it.
Domains
Arcana
Valor
Blade
Starting stats
Hope feature
Class features
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Zenith Mark
Spend a Hope and make an attack against a target. On a success, deal your attack’s normal damage and temporarily mark the target. You can have as many targets marked as your instinct stat. When a target is marked they cannot hide while within medium range of you, and the first attack on them in a turn gains +1 proficiency on hit. You can spend a mark to teleport to the marked enemy in a series of painted/drawn afterimages as long as they are in medium range.
Class items
- An Old Painting
- A Worn Clay Sculpture
Character questions
Background prompts
- What event caused you to awaken?
- Who was your first love?
- How is your relationship with your family?
Connection prompts
- What emotion do I inspire in you?
- How have I changed how you view the world?
- What experiences do we share?
Subclass cards
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Painted Fists
Foundation
SPELLCAST TRAIT: Instinct
Color Coded:
Domain Cards: Your Domain Cards are Arcana and Valor (Blade is meant for the Inkwell Blades)
Astral Canvas: While you don’t have any equipped weapons:
- Your unarmed strikes are considered a Melee weapon, use the trait of your choice, and deal d8 phy damage using your Proficiency.
- Your unarmed strikes can also deal magic damage instead using 1d6 plus your Proficiency, and can attack out to medium range.
Stained Strikes: On a successful magic attack, you can instead spend a stress to 'Zenith Mark' the enemy hit.
Painted Fists
Specialization
Picture in Motion:
Frame Skip: Gain +1 evasion for every 'Zenith Mark' within medium range of you.
Bold Shading: Your unarmed strikes deal 1d10 of phy or 1d8 magic damage using proficiency now.
Painted Fists
Mastery
Magnum Opus:
Watercolor Flow: When you land a strike against an enemy you just teleported to using Zenith Strike, you can reapply the Zenith Mark on them for free. This can be done once per turn.
Abstract Horizon: Your Astral Canvas strikes can now go out to long range. You can spend a stress when an enemy is hit at long range to blind them for 1 round or until the GM spends a fear to remove the condition from them.
Inkwell Blades
Foundation
SPELLCAST TRAIT: Instinct
Kinetic Caligraphy:
Domain Cards: Your Domain Cards are Arcana and Blade (Valor is meant for the Painted Fists)
Heavy Brush: Whenever you land an attack with a weapon, you can divert any number of dice from your physical damage to instead deal magic damage.
Delicate Pen: Instead of splitting Zenith Marks between targets, you can instead mark the same enemy multiple times. Attacks landed on a marked enemy deal an extra d4 per mark.
Inkwell Blades
Specialization
Stencilscape:
Etched Resilince: When the user is hit by an attack from a marked enemy, they may reduce the damage by a number of d4 equal to the number of marks on them.
Tinted Retaliation: When attacked by an enemy that is marked, the user can spend 2 stress to make an attack back at them.
Inkwell Blades
Mastery
Perfect Print:
Graphite Guardian: When the user is vulnerable due to stress, they can spend armor slots in place of stress for class features.
Monochromatic Edge: Once per long rest, the user can make an attack against a marked enemy. On success they may steal 1d8 stress from an enemy and grant it to themselves or allies within close range.
Conduit
The goal was to make a sort of spellblade/arcane monk style set of subclasses to create some interesting hybrid range combat classes that can help fill the gaps for parties on the fly when they are lacking magic or physical damage. An interesting amalgamation of magic meets might, rolled into those that practice both through unique art forms. A foil to sorcerers where instead of just being born a powerful vessel for more primal/raw magic, they instead cultivate themselves into funnels/filters that use the magic of the world around them to perpetuate their needs or crafts. Initially I wanted to make a more Astral theme to them splitting the subclass themes between the stars, and the sky between them in a literal sense, but felt that through the lens of an artist it’d be more interesting to narratively play and describe how a character “sees” the world, and how their magic takes shape because of it.
Domains
Arcana + Valor + Blade
Starting Evasion
11
Starting Hit Points
6
Class Items
- • An Old Painting
- • A Worn Clay Sculpture
Conduit’s Hope Feature
Spell Sunderer : Spend 3 hope on a succesful attack to silence an enemy. Preventing them from casting spells.
Class Features
Zenith Mark
Spend a Hope and make an attack against a target. On a success, deal your attack’s normal damage and temporarily mark the target. You can have as many targets marked as your instinct stat. When a target is marked they cannot hide while within medium range of you, and the first attack on them in a turn gains +1 proficiency on hit. You can spend a mark to teleport to the marked enemy in a series of painted/drawn afterimages as long as they are in medium range.
Conduit Subclasses
Choose either the Painted Fists or Inkwell Blades subclass.
Painted Fists
Those that see the world for the depth it offered, coloring between the lines of martial and magic with their forms.
Spellcast Trait
Instinct
Foundation Features
Color Coded:
Domain Cards: Your Domain Cards are Arcana and Valor (Blade is meant for the Inkwell Blades)
Astral Canvas: While you don’t have any equipped weapons:
- Your unarmed strikes are considered a Melee weapon, use the trait of your choice, and deal d8 phy damage using your Proficiency.
- Your unarmed strikes can also deal magic damage instead using 1d6 plus your Proficiency, and can attack out to medium range.
Stained Strikes: On a successful magic attack, you can instead spend a stress to 'Zenith Mark' the enemy hit.
Specialization Feature
Picture in Motion:
Frame Skip: Gain +1 evasion for every 'Zenith Mark' within medium range of you.Bold Shading: Your unarmed strikes deal 1d10 of phy or 1d8 magic damage using proficiency now.
Mastery Feature
Magnum Opus:
Watercolor Flow: When you land a strike against an enemy you just teleported to using Zenith Strike, you can reapply the Zenith Mark on them for free. This can be done once per turn.Abstract Horizon: Your Astral Canvas strikes can now go out to long range. You can spend a stress when an enemy is hit at long range to blind them for 1 round or until the GM spends a fear to remove the condition from them.
Inkwell Blades
Those that seek to understand the worlds spiritual and physical boundaries. Their weapons are extentions of themselves, and they are tools that magic in it's pu
Spellcast Trait
Instinct
Foundation Features
Kinetic Caligraphy:
Domain Cards: Your Domain Cards are Arcana and Blade (Valor is meant for the Painted Fists)Heavy Brush: Whenever you land an attack with a weapon, you can divert any number of dice from your physical damage to instead deal magic damage.
Delicate Pen: Instead of splitting Zenith Marks between targets, you can instead mark the same enemy multiple times. Attacks landed on a marked enemy deal an extra d4 per mark.
Specialization Feature
Stencilscape:
Etched Resilince: When the user is hit by an attack from a marked enemy, they may reduce the damage by a number of d4 equal to the number of marks on them.Tinted Retaliation: When attacked by an enemy that is marked, the user can spend 2 stress to make an attack back at them.
Mastery Feature
Perfect Print:
Graphite Guardian: When the user is vulnerable due to stress, they can spend armor slots in place of stress for class features.Monochromatic Edge: Once per long rest, the user can make an attack against a marked enemy. On success they may steal 1d8 stress from an enemy and grant it to themselves or allies within close range.
Background Questions
Answer any of the following, or create your own.
- • What event caused you to awaken?
- • Who was your first love?
- • How is your relationship with your family?
Connections
Ask one of the following, or improvise.
- • What emotion do I inspire in you?
- • How have I changed how you view the world?
- • What experiences do we share?
Discussion
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