05-02-2016, 05:05 PM
Getting started on the Enlightened Warrior (I'll wait until it's a little further on than it is right now before linking it), a Monk archetype that's going to have a psionic feel to it similar to the Genji Clansman, but less about whacking things really hard and more about battlefield control. The Martial Master (Black Belt archetype) is going to be about punching a lot, punching hard, and basically going nova with your fists by using lots of maneuvers at once. I'm thinking about an Archer archetype as well, one that would focus on doing a bunch of ranged elemental damage.
Also, I'd love to get some concrit on the other archetypes I've finished. Vil may like the lot of them, but as I've said, the more input, the better things will turn out. For example, the Wartime Artist's Limit Breaks are crazy powerful, and they also get a LOT of maneuvers, so I'm wondering how much I should tone it down. For example!
"You Fight with the Strength of Many Men (Su): This limit break allows the wartime artist to initiate one strike maneuver as a swift action per round and initiate boosts, counters, and stances as free actions, for 1 + 1 round for every four levels of wartime artist. Also, all maneuvers and stances that grant additional damage treat the dice of this damage as though all random numerical effects of the maneuvers were rolled at their maximum (all d6s are 6, all d3s are 3, etcetera). All maneuvers used are expended as normal. This limit break requires only a swift action to activate.
Path of War (Su): This limit break allows the wartime artist to initiate any maneuvers he knows, readied or otherwise, without expending them. Also, he gains a +1 competence bonus for every four levels of wartime artist (minimum 1) on any rolls used to confirm a hit when initiating these maneuvers (including those that replace attack rolls with skill checks), and any maneuvers that grant dice of damage increase that number by half (rounded down), e.g. a strike that deals +6d6 damage or a boost that adds +3d6 damage become +9d6 and +4d6 respectively. These effects last for 1 + 1 round for every four levels of wartime artist. This limit break requires only a swift action to activate.
These replace the Mighty Strikes and Omnistrike limit breaks."
So they basically get to choose between free Quickened/Maximized maneuvers, or Empowered maneuvers with a bit of a boost that don't get expended. Yeah, they're very powerful abilities, but at least they're Limit Breaks, which are supposed to be a sort of desperation mode anyway.
Also, I'd love to get some concrit on the other archetypes I've finished. Vil may like the lot of them, but as I've said, the more input, the better things will turn out. For example, the Wartime Artist's Limit Breaks are crazy powerful, and they also get a LOT of maneuvers, so I'm wondering how much I should tone it down. For example!
"You Fight with the Strength of Many Men (Su): This limit break allows the wartime artist to initiate one strike maneuver as a swift action per round and initiate boosts, counters, and stances as free actions, for 1 + 1 round for every four levels of wartime artist. Also, all maneuvers and stances that grant additional damage treat the dice of this damage as though all random numerical effects of the maneuvers were rolled at their maximum (all d6s are 6, all d3s are 3, etcetera). All maneuvers used are expended as normal. This limit break requires only a swift action to activate.
Path of War (Su): This limit break allows the wartime artist to initiate any maneuvers he knows, readied or otherwise, without expending them. Also, he gains a +1 competence bonus for every four levels of wartime artist (minimum 1) on any rolls used to confirm a hit when initiating these maneuvers (including those that replace attack rolls with skill checks), and any maneuvers that grant dice of damage increase that number by half (rounded down), e.g. a strike that deals +6d6 damage or a boost that adds +3d6 damage become +9d6 and +4d6 respectively. These effects last for 1 + 1 round for every four levels of wartime artist. This limit break requires only a swift action to activate.
These replace the Mighty Strikes and Omnistrike limit breaks."
So they basically get to choose between free Quickened/Maximized maneuvers, or Empowered maneuvers with a bit of a boost that don't get expended. Yeah, they're very powerful abilities, but at least they're Limit Breaks, which are supposed to be a sort of desperation mode anyway.