Talk:Epic Path

Playtests

• Fane Campaign (Level 5, to date) - Characters play-tested:
  • cleric
  • brawler
  • prowler
  • alchemist
  • wizard

• Windward Marches campaign (level 8 to date) - Characters play-tested:
  • fighter
  • paladin
  • warlord
  • rogue (clever)
  • alchemist

• The Golden Portal campaign (level 6 to date) - Characters play-tested:
  • prowler
  • bard
  • brawler
  • sorcerer
  • rogue (finesse)
  • cleric
  • barbarian (levels 1-4)
  • ranger (levels 5-6)
  • fighter (levels 6+)

Equipment

• rebalance and redesign a standard weapons list - Done!
• rebalance and redesign a standard armors and shields list - Done!
• add shields, add weapon categories - Done!
• balance pass on thrown weapons - Done!
• normalize non-proficiency penalties

as a comment, the non-proficiency penalties really need a home, and we have a distinct lack of rules pages, to date.

Magic Items

• Clean up and integrate magic item creation rules - Done!

See Skills below for more info

• create new magic items attuned to the new class features (e.g. a shield which grants +1 to combat edge)
• create rules for creating magic items which grant bonuses to the new class features (quarry, encroachment, combat edge, etc.)

General comment - not sure if we really want to create new enchant types for class-specific features. My fear is it will force us to rebalance monsters.

Character Classes

• Re-balance Epic Class Damage - Done!

• Adjust monster stat comparison (epic) as needed - Done!

• Re-balance Epic class defenses - Done!
• move alchemist discoveries - Done!
• move barbarian rage powers - Done!
• move rogue talents - Done!
• move fighter tactics - Done!
• re-work Bards:
  • Add 1 square of forced move to Harmony
  • Maybe re-look Bard feats? Prolly not needed....
  • Add 'Jarring Performance', a sonic-based non-mind affecting attack that gets a second attack at 8th and a third attack at 15th. Does NOT get forced move.
  • Like Rogues, Bards must choose to be 'Harmonious' or 'Jarring' at first level. Once chosen, you don't get to go back.
  • Look at stacking Bard songs in Epic levels (yikes!)

• Re-tinker the Barbarian Class to all-superstition theme - Not Going To Happen
• Physical Adept class - arcane-powered melee, re-tool eidolon-style abilities as self-buffs
• Mentat Warsage Storm Knight class - intelligence-based melee and thrown weapons user.
• Warden class (Sentinel? Guardian?) (stance-based, lots of forced movement, gets tougher the longer they stay in the same square)

• When wardens stance, they create a warded zone around them
• Enemies in the zone are considered marked
• The zone gets bigger every round
• Marked enemies can be pulled as a swift action
• the warded zone starts as a 3x3, but the warden does not have to be in the center of it.
• feats make the warded zone bigger, and higher level wardens have larger zones
• warden pulls can knock things prone, applied staggered, shaken, etc
• wardens can make terrain difficult for enemies only
• get bonuses against prone foes

• Warlock class - arcane-powered pact magic, movement and close attacks
• Fanatic class - divine melee/unarmed, low heals, light armor, no spells. Lay on Hands that does damage; touch attacks.
• Gambler class - uses a deck of fate, with variant of hi/lo.

• draws a card at start of session. Prior to each attack, calls 'high' or 'low' and draws a new card. If card is as called, gets a bonus of some kind on the attack. If the call is wrong, gets a penalty of some kind. May also declare a flat draw to replace the card, for no buff or penalty.
• gets powers which are only usable based on the card currently in play, depending on elements like value, suit, even/odd/face
• class is primarily a controller/buffer/debuffer, but capable of doing damage via some basic "Harmony" (bard) style attack. The interesting part of the class comes from their options based on the hi/lo card draw for the round.

• Toxotes - high damage ranged attacks, trick shots (possibly just create via new rogue talents?)

• warcraft

• fighter
• brawler
• warlord

• spycraft

• rogue
• bard
• prowler
• gambler

• spellcraft

• wizard
• sorcerer
• bard

• reason

• alchemist
• monk
• storm knight

• naturalism

• ranger
• druid
• barbarian

• divinity

• cleric
• paladin
• fanatic