Einleitung

Der Hexenmeister wurde an einigen Punkten geändert um ihn eher an das Bild eines gesellige und talentierten Manipulators von Kräften die er kaum versteht anzupasse. Die Klasse des Hexenmeisters ist nicht wie der Magier ein unsoziales Wesen, dass zuviel Zeit in alten Büchern stöbert – er hat Zeit, die Welt zu erkunden und sie kennen zu lernen in einem sozialen Bezug.

Folgende Änderungen wurden vorgenommen:

- Die Fertigkeitsliste wurde leicht verändert um dem Hexenmeister einen Charakter zu verleihen, der ihn zu einem wesentlich sozialeren Wesen werden lassen kann. Die Anzahl der Fertigkeitspunkte wurde erhöht, damit der Hexenmeister sich in dieser Richtung entwickeln kann Im Gegensatz zum Magier kann ein Hexenmeister seine frei Zeit nutzen um verschieden Sozialfertigkeiten auszubilden.

- Die Zauberprogression wurde dem Magier angeglichen damit auch der Hexenmeister zu einem frühstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine Prestige-Klassen antreten kann und dem Zauberniveau gleichauf ist.

- Eschew Materials soll den Hexenmeister deutlicher vom „Buchzauberer“ abgrenzen und ihn zu etwas besonderem machen dadurch, dass bestimmte Komponenten wegfallen und er seine Magie fast ohne Vorüberlegungen wirken kann.

- Metaspells dient dazu den Hexenmeister auch in höheren Level attraktiv zu halten.

- Die Bonus Feats sollen eine weiter Angleichung an den Magier darstellen und dienen gleichzeitig der Unterstreichung eines Charakters, dem vieles spontan zufällt.

- Die Anzahl der bekannten Zauber wurde minimal erhöht um einen kleine Entfaltungsmöglichkeit in den oberen Stufen zu gewährleisten.

Sorcerer

Alignment: Any.

Hit Die: d4.

The sorcerer’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are: Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (arcana, local) (Int), Profession (Wis), Spellcraft (Int) and Use Magic Device (Cha).

Skill Points at 1st Level: (4 + Int modifier) x 4.

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier.

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the sorcerer.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Sorcerers are proficient with the club, dagger, heavy crossbow, light crossbow, and quarterstaff, but not with any type of armor or shield . Armor of any type interferes with a sorcerer’s gestures, which can cause his spells with somatic components to fail.

Spells: A sorcerer casts arcane spells which are drawn primarily from the sorcerer/wizard spell list. He can cast any spell he knows without preparing it ahead of time, the way a wizard or a cleric must (see below).

To learn or cast a spell, a sorcerer must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a sorcerer’s spell is 10 + the spell level + the sorcerer’s Charisma modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a sorcerer can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. His base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The Sorcerer. In addition, he receives bonus spells per day if he has a high Charisma score.

A sorcerer’s selection of spells is extremely limited. A sorcerer begins play knowing four 0-level spells and two 1st-level spells of your choice. At each new sorcerer level, he gains one or more new spells, as indicated on Table: Sorcerer Spells Known. (Unlike spells per day, the number of spells a sorcerer knows is not affected by his Charisma score; the numbers on Table: Sorcerer Spells Known are fixed.) These new spells can be common spells chosen from the sorcerer/wizard spell list, or they can be unusual spells that the sorcerer has gained some understanding of by study. The sorcerer can’t use this method of spell acquisition to learn spells at a faster rate, however.

Upon reaching 4th level, and at every even-numbered sorcerer level after that (6th, 8th, and so on), a sorcerer can choose to learn a new spell in place of one he already knows. In effect, the sorcerer “loses” the old spell in exchange for the new one. The new spell’s level must be the same as that of the spell being exchanged, and it must be at least two levels lower than the highest-level sorcerer spell the sorcerer can cast. A sorcerer may swap only a single spell at any given level, and must choose whether or not to swap the spell at the same time that he gains new spells known for the level.

Unlike a wizard or a cleric, a sorcerer need not prepare his spells in advance. He can cast any spell he knows at any time, assuming he has not yet used up his spells per day for that spell level. He does not have to decide ahead of time which spells he’ll cast.

Metaspells: This extraordinary abiliy allows the sorcerer to modify his spells with metamagic feats quicker. Unlike normal metamagic influence on his spells the casting time is not increased, which allows the sorcerer to even quicken his spells with the Quicken Spell feat.

The sorcerer ist able to modify 3 + Int modifier spells per day (minimum 1).

Eschew Materials: At 1st level, a sorcerer gains Eschew Materials as a bonus feat.

Bonus Feats: At 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th level, a sorcerer gains a bonus feat. At each such opportunity, she can choose a metamagic feat or an item creation feat. The sorcerer must still meet all prerequisites for a bonus feat, including caster level minimums.

These bonus feats are in addition to the feat that a character of any class gets from advancing levels. The sorcerer is not limited to the categories of item creation feats or metamagic feats when choosing these feats.

© by André "Tempus Fugit" Himstedt