Name | Hyperkinetic | |
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Class Type | base | |
Starting Gold | 1d6 × 10 | |
Starting Age Group | 18 | |
Weapon Armor Proficiency | Hyperkinetic is proficient with all light weapons Hyperkinetic isn’t proficient with any armor. | |
Playing Description | \ | |
Combat Description | As a wielder of a melee weapon first and foremost, the Hyperkinetic excels as a front-line combatant on the battlefield. His limited armor options and defensive abilities can be a hindrance, but his varied abilities can make him an excellent mobile warrior or battlefield controller | |
Version | ATB | |
Sources | Andrew Bay on page 0 |
HyperkineticAlignment: Any. Hit Die: d10. Class SkillsThe Hyperkinetic's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Slight of Hand (Dex), Acrobatics (Dex), Diplomacy (Cha), Climb (Str), Escape Artist (Dex), Knowledge (Psionics) (Int), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis),Stealth (Dex), Swim** (Str). Skill Points at 1st Level: (4 + Int modifier) x4. Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
Class FeaturesAll of the following are class features of the Hyperkinetic. Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Hyperkinetics are proficient with all light weapons. Hyperkinetics are not proficient with any armor. Hyperkinesis: While wearing no armor Hyperkinesis gives a character superhuman balance**, aim, and reflexes. He can also predict the trajectory of objects in motion. This allows the hyperkinetic to add half of his Acrobatics skill to his AC as a dodge bonus. Fleet: A Hyperkinetic gains a +10 enhancement bonus to his land speed*. This bonus increases by 5 feet for every four levels gained after 1st level, to a maximum of +30 feet at 19th level. Evasion (Ex): At 2nd level and higher, a rogue can avoid even magical and unusual attacks with great agility. If she makes a successful Reflex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, she instead takes no damage. Evasion can be used only if the rogue is wearing light* armor or no armor. A helpless rogue does not gain the benefit of evasion. Trap Sense (Ex): At 3rd level, a rogue gains an intuitive sense that alerts her to danger from traps, giving her a +1 bonus on Reflex saves made to avoid traps and a +1 dodge bonus to AC against attacks made by traps. These bonuses rise to +2 when the rogue reaches 6th level, to +3 when she reaches 9th level, to +4 when she reaches 12th level, to +5 at 15th, and to +6 at 18th level. Trap sense bonuses gained from multiple classes stack. Uncanny Dodge (Ex): Starting at 4th level, a rogue can react to danger before her senses would normally allow her to do so. She retains her Dexterity bonus to AC (if any) even if she is caught flat-footed* or struck by an invisible attacker. However, she still loses her Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized. If a rogue already has uncanny dodge from a different class she automatically gains improved uncanny dodge (see below) instead. Improved Uncanny Dodge (Ex): A rogue of 8th level or higher can no longer be flanked. This defense denies another rogue the ability to sneak attack the character by flanking her, unless the attacker has at least four more rogue levels than the target does. If a character already has uncanny dodge (see above) from a second class, the character automatically gains improved uncanny dodge instead, and the levels from the classes that grant uncanny dodge stack to determine the minimum rogue level required to flank the character. Special Abilities: On attaining 10th level, and at every three levels thereafter (13th, 16th, and 19th), a rogue gains a special ability of her choice from among the following options. Crippling Strike (Ex): A rogue with this ability can sneak attack opponents with such precision that her blows weaken and hamper them. An opponent damaged by one of her sneak attacks also takes 2 points of Strength damage. Ability points lost to damage return on their own at the rate of 1 point per day for each damaged ability. Defensive Roll (Ex): The rogue can roll with a potentially lethal blow to take less damage from it than she otherwise would. Once per day, when she would be reduced to 0 or fewer hit points by damage in combat (from a weapon or other blow, not a spell or special ability), the rogue can attempt to roll with the damage. To use this ability, the rogue must attempt a Reflex saving throw (DC = damage dealt). If the save succeeds, she takes only half damage from the blow; if it fails, she takes full damage. She must be aware of the attack and able to react to it in order to execute her defensive roll-if she is denied her Dexterity bonus to AC, she can't use this ability. Since this effect would not normally allow a character to make a Reflex save for half damage, the rogue's evasion ability does not apply to the defensive roll. Improved Evasion (Ex): This ability works like evasion, except that while the rogue still takes no damage on a successful Reflex saving throw against attacks henceforth she henceforth takes only half damage on a failed save. A helpless rogue does not gain the benefit of improved evasion. Opportunist (Ex): Once per round, the rogue can make an attack of opportunity against an opponent who has just been struck for damage in melee by another character. This attack counts as the rogue's attack of opportunity for that round. Even a rogue with the Combat Reflexes feat can't use the opportunist ability more than once per round. Skill Mastery: The rogue becomes so certain in the use of certain skills that she can use them reliably even under adverse conditions. Upon gaining this ability, she selects a number of skills equal to 3 + her Intelligence modifier. When making a skill check with one of these skills, she may take 10 even if stress and distractions would normally prevent her from doing so. A rogue may gain this special ability multiple times, selecting additional skills for it to apply to each time. Slippery Mind (Ex): This ability represents the rogue's ability to wriggle free from magical effects that would otherwise control or compel her. If a rogue with slippery mind is affected by an enchantment spell or effect and fails her saving throw, she can attempt it again 1 round later at the same DC. She gets only this one extra chance to succeed on her saving throw. Feat: A rogue may gain a bonus feat in place of a special ability. |
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