Pride Movement, Encouraging Roar, Panther on the Hunt Tactics ![]() ![]() (+10 ft when using charge, run or withdraw) Init +1 Senses low-light vision Perception +2ĪC 15, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+2 shield, +2 armor, +1 dex) This catfolk is scarred and wields a longsword and a battered shield. Once per encounter, when half of his allies are killed or knocked unconscious, the man-at-arms automatically recovers a number of maneuvers equal to his initiation modifier (minimum 2). He may recover 1 maneuver by spending a standard action. The man-at-arms may recover maneuvers in one of two ways. The man-at-arms uses his wisdom as his initiating modifier. At level 9 and every 4 levels thereafter the man-at-arms may learn a new maneuver in place of one he already knows. See the following table for how many maneuvers he knows and can ready. Though the man-at-arms learns maneuvers he only counts half his levels as initiator levels. Maneuvers: The man-at-arms may choose 2 disciplines to learn maneuvers from. The man-at-arms is proficient with all martial weapons. The man-at-arms also gains the associated skills of the disciplines he knows as class skills. The warrior’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Handle Animal (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (martial) (Int), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), and Swim (Str). I will be using this assumption for my NPCs. It seems to me that treating an NPC’s CR as being equal to half their level makes more sense and more correctly follows the monster creation chart. However, the gamemastering section (also step 3) tells us that NPC classes have a CR equal to their level -2. So here is an NPC class that gives maneuvers and little else.Ī note of challenge rating (CR): In the monster advancement rules in step 3, the rules say that when adding NPC classes to a monster the monster’s CR increases by 1 per 2 NPC levels. However if I want to create a bunch of mooks that can use maneuvers, I don’t want to keep track of ki pools, gambits or auras. The fact that they mention the statement in bold can only mean it's referring to a multi-class initiator whom had their ability "proc" from multiple initiator classes at once, which can only be possible if the ability did indeed "proc" from taking a class other than the base initiator class.The Path of War classes are tons of fun, and they work fine for important NPCs. Note that this is unrelated to the ability of initiators to swap maneuvers for higher-level ones at certain initiator levels that swap represents the initiator’s evolving style of combat, does not require a trainer, cannot replace stances, and can happen only once at a given level." The new maneuver or stance must be part of the initiator’s available disciplines for the class, and must be of an equal or lower level to the maneuver or stance it replaces. "Retraining: Initiators can retrain their known maneuvers and stances this retraining takes 2 days per level of the new maneuver and requires a trainer who can initiate the desired maneuver or enter the desired stance. I've re-read one of the rules in the System Use and am inclined to agree that all the initiator classes DO indeed get to swap maneuvers even if they take a class in something else. Prestige classes however increase the initiator level that you were before joining, so they will proc it. Likewise, other initiating base classes start their own separate initiator level, and so wont proc each other. Therefor, yes you could take a 1 level dip but you would have a small pool of maneuvers and a relatively low initiator level.Ĭleric does not advance initiator level, so it wont proc the line as youll never get an even leveled initiator level (it will be stuck at 1) and even if you did the max level of maneuvers you could take would likewise be stuck at 1. Cleric increases your initiator level by 1/2 per level, and separate classes stack. That doesn't seem right.Įdit: I made a mistake, I havent used PoW in a while. Sir Dragoon wrote: Baval, I know that's how it's written, but strictly by how it's written, you could just take 1 level of one of the classes, like Zealot for instance, and then take the rest of your levels in Cleric for instance, and still continue to be able to swap old maneuvers for higher level ones as you advance in cleric levels.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |