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Elastic Artist

Mesmerising Metamorph
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Old version of Ego Diva
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(( WIP: Prestige class meant for Kasumi ))

Elastic Artists are those performers who use psionic manifestations to increase their beauty and impact. They change their bodies to suit others interests, whilst always keeping to their core vision.

(( Bard that uses Psionics, mainly Empath and Metamorphing powers to increase their social abilities and performances ))

(( One aspect of inspiring others through performances, building on that side of bards ))

(( One aspect using body alteration/empathy to better convince others/do performances. Such as reading the others preference and slowly altering body over course of a conversation. ))

(( Alternative name: Mesmerising Metamorph ))

(( Ability proposal: Toot your own horn. Use inspire competence on yourself. Only because I thought of a great ability name. ))

(( Prereqs: Focus Skill (Performance[any individual performance skill]). Perform (any 2) 7 ranks. Must be able to cast 4th level psionic spells. ))

(( Ability: Gain performance bonus to a single performance that you are currently attuned/shapeshifted for. ))

Requirements

To qualify to become a Elastic Artist, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.

Skills: Perform (any 2) 7 ranks, spellcraft 5 ranks.

Feats: Focus Skill (Performance[any individual performance skill]).

Special:

  • Must be able to cast 3rd level Bard spells
  • Must be able to cast 4th level Bard spells
  • Must be gestalt

Class Skills

The Elastic Artist's class skills are: Acrobatics, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Fly, Knowledge: Local, Knowledge: Arcana, Knowledge: Psionics, Perception, Perform, Ride, Sense Motive, Spellcraft, Swim

Skill Ranks at Each Level: 6 + Int modifier.

Hit Die: d8

Table

Level BAB Fort Ref Will Special Spells per Day
1st +0 +0 +0.5 +0.5 +1 level of existing Arcane spellcasting class / +1 level of existing Psionic spellcasting class
2nd +1 +0 +0.5 +0.5 +1 level of existing Arcane spellcasting class / +1 level of existing Psionic spellcasting class
3rd +2 +1 +0.5 +0.5 +1 level of existing Arcane spellcasting class / +1 level of existing Psionic spellcasting class
4th +3 +1 +0.5 +0.5 +1 level of existing Arcane spellcasting class / +1 level of existing Psionic spellcasting class
5th +3 +1 +0.5 +0.5 +1 level of existing Arcane spellcasting class / +1 level of existing Psionic spellcasting class
6th +4 +2 +0.5 +0.5 +1 level of existing Arcane spellcasting class / +1 level of existing Psionic spellcasting class
7th +5 +2 +0.5 +0.5 +1 level of existing Arcane spellcasting class / +1 level of existing Psionic spellcasting class
8th +6/+1 +2 +0.5 +0.5 +1 level of existing Arcane spellcasting class / +1 level of existing Psionic spellcasting class
9th +6/+1 +3 +0.5 +0.5 +1 level of existing Arcane spellcasting class / +1 level of existing Psionic spellcasting class
10th +7/+2 +3 +0.5 +0.5 +1 level of existing Arcane spellcasting class / +1 level of existing Psionic spellcasting class

(( What was the deal with prestige classes and saves? ))

Hard work and dedication

Through a combination of practice, talent and luck the Artist becomes better at their craft. A Elastic Artist can add their class level to Perform checks.

(( Should this exclude Perform (Dance)?/ focus on 1 Perform Don't want to override Edana's dancing ))

TODO

A good song does not reach it's best moment after 6 seconds, music builds and carries sentiments.

You achieve an effect on others after several rounds of buildup.

(( Slowly building, rising ability, that stack bonuses up to limit as they go on longer. Though certain types of bonuses don't work, nightmare in combat to keep changing modifiers for others. ))

Right Outfit

Whilst your clothing changes with you naturally as you change shapes and forms, it often no longer has the effect you intended because for example your dress is not supposed to go with wings.

With Right Outfit you can subtly change the style of your clothing whenever you polymorph.

(( Mechanical effect TBD ))

Made for This

You can alter your body to specifically adapt to a single type of performance, creating the right chest cavity, or the perfect hands for playing and supporting your instrument.

You take an (( X )) penalty on all other perform checks to gain a (( Y )) bonus on a single performance skill.

(( Lasts Z time. Could be a penalty on all str+dex skill checks as well. ))

Understanding Conversational Partner

When talking aimed at a single target, you read the other persons surface desires. You slowly and imperceptibly change your body to match their preferences.

You gain a +2 bonus on charisma checks that involve a single target over longer durations, such as a conversation.