Ultimate Adventurer
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The adventurer is unique among other classes because she is ultimately diverse and can do anything the other classes can, just not as well. The adventurer class is more of a special construct that allows for the creation of interesting and balanced multiclass characters than it is a real character class.
Adventures: As the name would suggest, the adventurer gladly goes on adventures, and that’s because they usually pick adventuring classes (as opposed to NPC classes which are far pettier). Each adventurer’s reason to go on adventures will vary greatly, because there are literally thousands of possible class combinations and each one will have different motivations driving them.
Characteristics: An adventurer possesses a special ability to mimic other classes. However, contrary to what the word “imitation� suggests, an adventurer actually is member of those classes, with the difference being that she also dabbles in other classes as well. Paladins are viewed in the same light as adventurers who imitate paladins, and few can actually tell the difference between such characters.
Alignment: Adventurers can be of any alignment. However, each adventurer’s choice heavily depends on her chosen classes, especially if one or more of classes she wished to imitate have alignment restrictions. Classes that force an adventurer into specific mindset are: cleric (related to deity), druid (any neutral), incarnate (any chaotic), knight (any lawful), paladin (any good), and scourge (any evil).
Religion: Adventurers that choose pious classes (primarily divine spellcasters) are themselves very devoted to their gods. Those that do not share any connection with a greater power can be pious or impious, or even atheistic, whatever suits them best.
Background: Adventurers can hail from just about any realm and walking any of the myriad paths of life. However, the more unusual combination of classes an adventurer chooses, the more unusual her story generally is.
Races: While any race can sprout adventurers, each race tends to sprout adventurers of certain types. Dwarven adventurers for example often imitate fighter and cleric classes.
Other Classes: The Adventurer generally views classes that she imitates as being the same as her. she also usually values independence and resourcefulness over sheer power and single-mindedness.
Starting Age: Highest of any emulated class.
Starting Gold: Highest of any emulated class.
Game Rule Information
Adventurers have the following game statistics.
- Abilities: Same as in Player's Handbook
- Alignment: Any
- Hit Points per Level: 1d4 + Con modifier.
- Hit points are maximized at 1st character level.
- Skill Points per Level: 4 + Int modifier.
- Skill points are multiplied by 4 at 1st character level.
Class Skills: The adventurer does not have class skills.*
Class Table
Base
Attack Fort Ref Will
Level Bonus* Save* Save* Save* Special (2 class version) .
1st +0 +0 +0 +0 Bonus feat, defiant
2nd +1 +0 +0 +0 Imitation (1st class)
3rd +1 +1 +1 +1 Imitation (1st and 2nd class)
4th +2 +1 +1 +1 Imitation (2nd class)
5th +2 +1 +1 +1 Imitation (1st and 2nd class)
6th +3 +2 +2 +2 Imitation (1st class)
7th +3 +2 +2 +2 Imitation (2nd class)
8th +4 +2 +2 +2 Imitation (1st and 2nd class)
9th +4 +3 +3 +3 Imitation (1st class)
10th +5 +3 +3 +3 Imitation (2nd class)
11th +5 +3 +3 +3 Imitation (1st and 2nd class)
12th +6/+1 +4 +4 +4 Imitation (1st class)
13th +6/+1 +4 +4 +4 Imitation (2nd class)
14th +7/+2 +4 +4 +4 Imitation (1st and 2nd class)
15th +7/+2 +5 +5 +5 Imitation (1st class)
16th +8/+3 +5 +5 +5 Imitation (2nd class)
17th +8/+3 +5 +5 +5 Imitation (1st and 2nd class)
18th +9/+4 +6 +6 +6 Imitation (1st class)
19th +9/+4 +6 +6 +6 Imitation (2nd class)
20th +10/+5 +6 +6 +6 Imitation (1st and 2nd class)
Level Special (3 class version) .
1st Bonus feat, defiant
2nd Imitation (1st class)
3rd Imitation (2nd class)
4th Imitation (3rd class)
5th Imitation (1st class)
6th Imitation (2nd and 3rd class)
7th Imitation (1st class)
8th Imitation (2nd and 3rd class)
9th Imitation (1st class)
10th Imitation (2nd and 3rd class)
11th Imitation (1st class)
12th Imitation (2nd and 3rd class)
13th Imitation (1st class)
14th Imitation (2nd and 3rd class)
15th Imitation (1st class)
16th Imitation (2nd and 3rd class)
17th Imitation (1st class)
18th Imitation (2nd and 3rd class)
19th Imitation (1st class)
20th Imitation (2nd and 3rd class)
* - Those values may change depending on defiant ability.
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the adventurer
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: An adventurer is proficient with all simple weapons and light armors but no shields. In addition, at 2nd level she gains the weapon and armor proficiencies of any classes she imitates.
Bonus Feat: An adventurer gains a bonus feat. This can be any feat that does not have another feat as a prerequisite.
Defiant: Even though the adventurer doesn't gain the starting abilities of the classes she imitates until 2nd level, she must choose her classes at 1st level, as that choice determines her hit dice and related starting attributes.
Class Skills: If any skill is on the skill list of any class the adventurer imitates, it is a class skill for the adventurer.
Skill Points per Level: An Adventurer's skill point gain is equal to the combined average of all the classes she imitates (sum of all class skill points per level/number of classes imitated + INT Mod). For example, an adventurer who imitates bard, fighter, and druid gains (6+4+4)/3 + Int per level, which is 5 + Int points a level. At 1st level she gains 4 times that amount, as usual.
Hit Dice: The Adventurer's hit dice is initially d4, but in reality it depends on the HD of the imitated classes. If an adventurer imitates 2 classes use the 1st table below. If she imitates 3 classes, add her hit dice together (for example, d4+d4+d8 = 16), divide by 3, and compare to 2nd table.
| HD | d4 | d6 | d8 | d10 | d12 |
| d4 | d4 | d4* | d6 | d6* | d8 |
| d6 | d4* | d6 | d6* | d8 | d8* |
| d8 | d6 | d6* | d8 | d8* | d10 |
| d10 | d6* | d8 | d8* | d10 | d10* |
| d12 | d8 | d8 | d10 | d10* | d12 |
| New HD | Result |
| d4 | 4 |
| d4* | 4.66 or 5.33 |
| d6 | 6 |
| d6* | 6.66 or 7.33 |
| d8 | 8 |
| d8* | 8.66 or 9.33 |
| d10 | 10 |
| d10* | 10.66 or 11.33 |
| d12 | 12 |
- - an adventurer with this Hit Dice gains the Tough ability
Base Attack Bonus: To determine the adventurer’s BAB, use the table below.
BAB of 2 classes Adventurer’s BAB Poor + Poor Poor Poor + Medium Poor* Poor + Good Medium Medium + Good Medium* Good + Good Good * - adventurer having this Base Attack Bonus gains Combat Training ability BAB of 3 classes Adventurer’s BAB Poor + Poor + Poor Poor Poor + Poor + Medium Poor* Poor + Poor + Good Medium Poor + Medium + Medium Medium Poor + Medium + Good Medium Poor + Good + Good Medium* Medium + Medium + Medium Medium Medium + Medium + Good Medium* Medium + Good + Good Good Good + Good + Good Good * - adventurer having this Base Attack Bonus gains Combat Training ability
Saving Throws: Use table below to determine adventurer’s saves, and resolve this ability for each saving throw separately.
Save of 2 classes Adventurer’s save Weak + Weak Weak Weak + Good Weak* Good + Good Good * - adventurer having this save gains Resistant ability Save of 3 classes Adventurer’s save Weak + Weak + Weak Weak Weak + Weak + Good Weak* Weak + Good + Good Good Good + Good + Good Good * - adventurer having this save gains Resistant ability
Spellcasting: If at least two of imitated classes gain ability to cast spells, an adventurer gains Potent ability.
Combat Training: Beginning with 7th level, the adventurer’s Base Attack Bonus improves by +1. This bonus increases to +2 at 13th and to +3 at 19th adventurer levels.
Potent: Beginning from 7th adventurer level an adventurer is treated as one level higher for the purpose of determining spell slots and spells known per day and caster level. At 15th level this bonus increases to +2.
Resistant: An adventurer gains +1 bonus on all saving throws in which some of her imitated classes are weak and the others are strong. This bonus increases to +2 at 10th and to +3 at 19th adventurer levels.
Tough: An adventurer gains +1 hit point, and additional 1 hit point for each odd adventurer level (2 hp at 3rd level, 3 hp at 5th level, and so on).
Imitation: At 2nd level, an adventurer chooses 2 or 3 ultimate classes other than adventurer class. If she chose 2 classes, use 1st table with special abilities. If she chose 3 classes, use 2nd table. By the time she advances to 20th adventurer level, she will be either imitating 13 levels of 2 classes or 9 levels of 3 classes. To choose a class, an adventurer must meet all alignment requirements (if any). Adventurer specializes in following the paths of other classes but does so less efficiently. At each level, she gains all special abilities of some (or all) of the chosen classes (2 or 3), including spells and weapon and armor proficiencies. Levels of adventurer and classes she imitates stack for the purpose of determining what special abilities she gets. For example, a 1st level paladin who advances to 2nd level of adventurer (and has paladin as one of the imitated classes) gains dedication ability, not her 1st level abilities for the second time. Each time she gains levels in adventurer class and next steps in imitation ability, she adds special abilities of her chosen classes as if she gained levels in those classes. Once the classes are chosen, they cannot be changed. An adventurer is considered a member of all the classes she imitates. She can also multiclass with the classes she already imitates, but it’s a rare choice since most abilities overlap if taken more than once. Example 1: A 2nd level adventurer decides to imitate 2 classes and she chooses sorcerer and cleric. She immediately gains all special abilities of 1st level cleric and sorcerer: turn undead, divine spells as 1st level cleric, familiar, arcane spells as 1st level sorcerer, and proficiency with all armors and small and large shields. Example 2: A 18th level adventurer who at 2nd level chose 3 classes (barbarian, fighter, and paladin) has special abilities as if she completed 9 levels of barbarian, 8 levels of fighter, and 8 levels of paladin. She will loose paladin abilities, however, if she violates paladin code.
Epic Adventurer
The epic adventurer is apotheosis of diversity, using most of her classes' abilities with ease, be it combat or spellcasting.
Adventurer Level Special I Special II . 21st Imitation (1st class) Imitation (1st class) 22nd Imitation (2nd class) Imitation (2nd and 3rd class) 23rd Imitation (1st and 2nd class) Imitation (1st class) 24th Imitation (1st class) Imitation (2nd and 3rd class) 25th Imitation (2nd class) Imitation (1st class) 26th Imitation (1st and 2nd class) Imitation (2nd and 3rd class) 27th Imitation (1st class) Imitation (1st class) 28th Imitation (2nd class) Imitation (2nd and 3rd class) 29th Imitation (1st and 2nd class) Imitation (1st class) 30th Imitation (1st class) Imitation (2nd and 3rd class)
Imitation: An epic adventurer continues to imitate higher and higher levels of her classes, with the rate of 2/3 levels if she imitates 2 classes, and 1/2 if she imitates 3 classes.