New Class: Sha'ir

Posted by : LeonDelgado martes, 22 de enero de 2019

The legendary sha’irs were tale-spinners and advisors to desert chieftains. They were imbued with great wisdom, and boasted the power to communicate with the desert’s awesome spirits, the genies. But in the resent ages the sha’ir become powerful adventures and explores that serve to no one except themselves.

Members of the sha’ir class are often found alone, as free agents, unfettered by social requirement and position. They may be found in the city as well as the desert, commanding great power from their dealings with genies. Instead of merely advising rulers, they may be rulers.

Adventures: Sha’ir are legendary figures – free agents, unfettered by social requirement and position they live as theywish. Sha’irs are not at all common in the Land of Fate. These rare and mysterious figures make their own way in life, a luxury afforded to few.

Good Sha’ir seek to use their gifts to the betterment of the common folk and deal with the fickle wishes of the genies whom they summon. Evil Sha’ir are as a desert sand storm. They enslave genies and pursue their own selfish interests – no matter the cost.

Sha’irs are a precious commodity in the Land of Fate. Their power over genies is particularly useful in the Land of Fate. Indeed, even inexperienced Sha’ir often find themselves sought by powerful merchants and rulers.

Characteristics: Sha’irs are unique and mysterious figures in the Land of Fate. Unlike traditional Zakharan spellcasters, their spells do not come from as a result of years of study. Sha’irs acquire their magicks and enchantments through the workings of genies.

Accomplished sha’irs have genies at their very command, and they alone possess the secrets of geniekind. Sha’irs draw their magicks from the planes themselves, unburdened by such concepts as provinces and piety.

Religion: Sha’irs are ever wary and watchful of the Gods. Like all Sethrarans sha’irs accept the existence and superiority of the great gods. Unlike their fellow Sethrarans, however, sha’ir rarely choose to actively venerate any particular god. Their dealings with their genie and gen occupy most of their time and the little contact they do have with the church is almost always negative. Sha’ir’s free use of divine magic garners them no favor from the servants of the Gods.

Background: Many Sha’ir are drawn to the art as a result of some past encounter with genies, drawn to the power and allure that the genies wield. Sha’irs can (and do) teach their art, and some Sha’ir seek out powerful Sha’ir for guidance and instruction in the art. Sha’ir take apprentices much less frequently then other spellcasters, but once basic instruction is completed the Sha’ir requires little more; they perfect their art as they wish, each to his own.

Races: The will to command the genies and their kind springs forth in the hearts of nearly all the enlightened races. The ogre and the half-elf are just as likely to become sha’irs as humans. The one exception to this is dwarves, who often resist the allure of the sha’irs power. Although as accomplished at the profession as any of another race, their natural distaste for the arcane arts keeps them from embracing the teachings of Jafar al-Samal, first of the sha’ir.

GAME RULE INFORMATION

Sha'ir have the following game statistics.

Abilities: Charisma determines how quickly a sha’irs gen can find a spell, the chance of the gen locating the spell, and how hard the spell is to resist. The Difficulty Class of a saving throw against a sha’ir’s spell is 10 + the spell’s level + the sha’ir charisma modifier. Charisma, Intelligence, and Wisdom are important for many of the sha’irs class skills.

Alignment: Any (though it must share at least one aspect of the gen familiar’s alignment).

Vitality Die: d4.

GAME RULE INFORMATION

Sha'ir have the following game statistics.

Alignment: Any (though it must share at least one aspect of the gen familiar’s alignment).

Hit Dice: d4.

CLASS SKILLS

A 1st level Sha'ir character get 2 bonus skills from the following list of Class Skills [General] Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Heal (Wis), Diplomacy (Cha), [Profession] Knowledge (all skills, taken individually) (Int), Profession (Wis), Spellcraft (Int). See the Book of Legends Chapter 6: Skills for skill descriptions.

Trained Skills at 1st Level: 5 + Int modifier.

Table X-X: the sha'ir
Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special	Magic Points/ Day	Maximum Spell Level Known
1st	+0	+0	+0	+2	Summon Gen familiar	4	1st
2nd	+1	+0	+0	+3		10	1st
3rd	+1	+1	+1	+3	Recognize genie works	17	2nd
4th	+2	+1	+1	+4		21	2nd
5th	+2	+1	+1	+4	Elemental protection	28	3rd
6th	+3	+2	+2	+5		35	3rd
7th	+3	+2	+2	+5	Call Genie 1/day	42	4th
8th	+4	+2	+2	+6		49	4th
9th	+4	+3	+3	+6	Elemental travel (1/day)	56	5th
10th	+5	+3	+3	+7		63	5th
11th	+5	+3	+3	+7	Greater Call genie (any genie) 2/day	70	6th
12th	+6/+1	+4	+4	+8		77	6th
13th	+6/+1	+4	+4	+8	Craft genie prison	84	7th
14th	+7/+2	+4	+4	+9		91	7th
15th	+7/+2	+5	+5	+9	Elemental travel (2/day), Call Genie 3/day	98	8th
16th	+8/+3	+5	+5	+10		105	8th
17th	+8/+3	+5	+5	+10		112	9th
18th	+9/+4	+6	+6	+11	Elemental travel (at will)	119	9th
19th	+9/+4	+6	+6	+11		126	9th
20th	+10/+5	+6	+6	+12	Call Genie 4/day	134	9th

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the sha'ir.

Training Bonus to Defense: The Hakima gets a Basic Training to his defense.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Sha'irs are proficient with all simple weapons, but not with any type of armor or shield. Armor of any type interferes with a sha'ir's arcane gestures, which can cause his spells with somatic components to fail.

Spells: A sha'ir's spells must be retrieved from the elemental planes by his familiar, an Spirit called a gen. Once retrieved, a spell remains set in the sha'ir's memory, like a Cleric's prepared spell, until a day is past (28 hours). A sha'ir is capable of extraordinarily versatile spellcasting because he can use arcane spells as well as a limited selection of divine spells. A sha'ir's familiar can retrieve any spell on the sorcerer/ wizard spell list, plus any spell from the Air, Chaos, Earth, Fire, Knowledge, Law, Luck, Sun, and Water domain spell lists. Even though the sha'ir has access to certain domain spells, he gains no other benefit of the cleric class, including the granted powers of those domains.

To learn or cast a spell, a sha'ir must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level.

The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a sha'ir's spell is 10 + spell level + the sha'ir's Cha modifier.

To cast a spell a sha'ir need to select the spell from his prepare spells and pay the MP cost appropriated for the spell level; this cost is described in the chapter 10: magic if the Book of Heroes.

Casting Limit: When you cast a spell you spend MP, the maximum number of MP that you can spend in a single spell (including metamagic feats, see chapter 5: feats of the Book of Legends) is equal to your caster level +1.

Magic Points/Day: A sha'ir’s ability to cast spells is limited by the Magic points he has available. His base daily allotment of Magic points is given on Table X-X: The sha'ir. In addition, he receives bonus Magic points per day if he has a high Charisma score (see chapter 2 of the Book of Legends). His race may also provide bonus spell points per day, as may certain feats and items.

After a good night’s sleep a sha'ir regain his spend magic points.

Prepare Spells: Sha'ir’s do not acquire their spells from books or scrolls, nor prepare them through study. A sha'ir decides what spell might be useful and sends out his familiar to retrieve it from the spirit world. To do this, the sha'ir must summon his gen and tell it the name of the spell he seeks. The gen immediately plane shifts to seek the spell in the spirit world. After one hour the gen reappears within 5 feet of its master and imparts to him the power to cast the spell.

The Gen can bestow the power of cast 4 spells of each spell level that the sha'ir can cast to his master, those spells are selected from the sorcerer/ wizard spell list, plus any spell from the Air, Chaos, Earth, Fire, Knowledge, Law, Luck, Sun, and Water domain spell lists.

So a 1st level Sha'ir can cast four 0 level Sha'ir spells and four 1st level Sha'ir spells, meanwhile a 20 level Sha'ir know 4 spells of each spell level (from 0 to 9th). When a Sha'ir can cast a new level of spells he can ask his Gen for 4 new spells of that level automatically.

Each day the Sha'ir can change the list of Spells that his Gen retrieve from the spirit world, let it him to have a vast option of spells. A Sha'ir can only sent his Gen once at day to the Spirit world.

Metamagic Feats: A sha'ir may use metamagic feats he possesses to modify the spells his gen fetches. The gen simply fetches the spell with the metamagic feats applied. Unlike the sorcerer, the sha'ir does not need to take a full-round action to cast such spells.

Bonus Languages: A sha'ir may substitute Aquan, Auran, Ignan, or Terran for any of the bonus languages available to his race. Sha'irs are expected to have a great deal of contact with elemental entities, and apprentice sha'irs often study the languages that such creatures speak.

Summon Gen Familiar: A sha'ir must obtain a gen familiar (see Gen Familiars) at 1st level. A gen familiar is an intelligent outsider that resembles a small elemental. The creature serves as a companion and servant to the sha'ir. The sha'ir may choose the elemental type of the gen he summons, and its alignment matches his own. The summoning takes 12 hours and consumes raw materials that cost 100 gp.

A gen can retrieve spells for the sha'ir, as indicated above. As the sha'ir advances in level, the gen increases in power similar to the manner that a normal familiar gains power. A gen advances as a normal familiar, gaining all the normal benefits described in the

Familiars section on page 52 of the Player's Handbook, except that its Intelligence does not increase and it can speak the languages noted in the gen's description (see below). It retains the outsider type.

If a gen familiar dies or is dismissed by the sha'ir, the sha'ir must attempt a DC 15 Fortitude saving throw. Failure means he loses 200 experience points per sha'ir level; success reduces the loss to one-half that amount. However, a sha'ir's experience point total can never go below 0 as the result of a gen's demise or dismissal. A slain or dismissed gen can be replaced the following day, but since it is an outsider, it cannot be raised from the dead.

A sha'ir with more than one class that grants a familiar may have only one familiar at a time.

Recognize Genie Works: At 3rd level, a sha'ir can recognize the craftsmanship of any item or magical effect created by geniekind (Identify invisible, disguised, or polymorphed genies, recognize items created by genies). To use this ability, the sha'ir must make a successful DC 20 Knowledge (the planes) check. The sha'ir receives a bonus on this check equal to his sha'ir level.

Elemental Protection: At 5th level, a sha'ir gains resistance to acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5, and fire 5. He also gains damage reduction 2/— against attacks made by any creature with the air, earth, fire, or water subtype.

The resistance increases to 10 against the energy type to which his gen is immune (see below), and the damage reduction increases to 4/— against attacks made by creatures of his gen's elemental subtype. He also gains a +2 bonus on all saves against acid-, cold-, electricity-, and fire-based attacks, and this bonus increases to +4 against attacks that deal the energy damage to which his gen is immune.

Call Genie (Sp): A 7th-level or higher sha'ir may call a Gennie to aid her. She has two options, the first is call a Djinni or up to two jannis to aid her once per day in combat during a short period of time, this function as summon monster IV spell.

The second option is that the Sha'ir can ask for a longer and more complex favor from the Djinni or a Janni, this functions as the lesser planar ally spell except that the Sha'ir can only call a Djinni or a janni. The sha'ir must pay the spell's XP cost and bargain with the Djinni or janni as normal. Caster level is equal to the sha'ir's class level.

Elemental Travel (Sp): At 9th level, a sha'ir can plane shift once per day, as the spell, to the spirit world or from it to the Material Plane. At 15th level, the sha'ir may use this ability twice per day, and at 18th level, the sha'ir may use this ability at will. Caster level is equal to the sha'ir's class level.

Greater Call Genie (Sp): An 11th-level or higher sha'ir may call any type of genie to aid him twice per day. This functions as the planar ally spell except that the Sha'ir can only call one dao (see the Manual of the Planes), djinni, efreeti, or marid (see the Manual of the Planes), or two jann. The sha'ir must pay the spell's XP cost and bargain with the genie or jann as normal. Caster level is equal to the sha'ir's class level.

When you use your Call gennie ability you are considered to have the Augment Summoning feat for this summoning alone. At Level 15th you can use this ability 3 times per day and finally 4 times at level 20th.

Craft Genie Prison (Ex): At 13th level, a sha'ir gains the benefit of the Craft Wondrous Item feat, except that he can use it only to create genie prisons. A genie prison is created in die same way as an iron flask and functions identically to that device, except that it can hold only geniekind.

GEN FAMILIARS [Sidebar]

A gen is an Spirit similar to a genie, but much smaller and far less powerful. Like genies, gens are native to the various elemental planes.

COMBAT

All gens have certain traits in common. They prefer to avoid combat, a task that is easy for them since they can travel to the elemental planes at will and survive equally well in any of them.

Elemental Endurance (Ex): A gen can survive on the Spirit world regions of elements like a native. On the Elemental region of Fire, a gen is immune to fire damage. On the Elemental region of Water, a gen can breathe water and has a swim speed equal to its fly speed (gaining the normal +8 racial bonus on Swim checks). On the Elemental region of Earth, a gen has a burrow speed equal to its land speed, leaving no tunnel or sign of its passage as though it has the earth glide ability of a xorn (see the Monster Manual).

Elemental Travel (Sp): A gen can plane shift at will to any of the Elemental Planes or from any elemental plane to the Material Plane. This ability transports the gen only. It is otherwise identical to the plane shift spell (caster level 13th).

Fetch Spells (Ex): A gen can find and deliver spells to a sha'ir from the elemental planes. See the sha'ir description.

AIR GEN

Tiny Outsider (Air, Spirit, Extraplanar)

HP: 5 hp (1d8+1)

Initiative: +2

Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), fly 70 ft. (perfect)

Defense: 15 (+2 size, +2 Dex, +1 natural), touch 14, flat-footed 13

Base Attack: +1

CMD/ CMB: 13/ -9

Attack: Slam +5 melee (1d2 plus 1 electric)

Full Attack: 2 slams +5 melee (1d2 plus 1 electric)

Space/Reach: 2-1/2 ft./0 ft.

Special Attacks: —

Special Qualities: Air mastery, darkvision 60 ft., elemental endurance, fetch spells, immunity to electricity, elemental travel, vulnerability to acid

Saves: Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +4

Abilities: Str 7, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 13, Wis 15, Cha 10

Skills (Level bonus +0): Concentration +5, Knowledge (arcana) +5, Knowledge (the planes) +5, Stealth +6, Perception +7, Spellcraft +5, Survival +6

Feats: Combat CastingB, Weapon Finesse

Environment: Any elemental plane

Organization: Solitary

Challenge Rating: 1

Treasure: Standard

Alignment: Often chaotic good

Advancement: 2-3 HD (Tiny); 4-6 HD (Small)

Level Adjustment: —

This creature resembles a pale-skinned humanoid surrounded by misty vapors.

Air gens often dwell on the Elemental Plane of Air. Thought to be related to the djinn, they are often found within djinn cities, although they travel almost constantly.

Air gens speak one regional language and Auran.

COMBAT

Air gens avoid combat whenever possible. When they must fight, they slam opponents with their fists.

Air Mastery (Ex): An airborne creature takes a -1 penalty on attack and damage rolls against an air gen.

EARTH GEN

Tiny Outsider (Earth, Spirit, Extraplanar)

HP: 6 HP (1d8+2)

Initiative: +1

Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), fly 60 ft. (perfect)

Defense: 16 (+2 size, +1 Dex, +3 natural), touch 13, flat-footed 15

Base Attack: +1

CMD/CMB: 14/-8

Attack: Slam +5 melee (1d2+1)

Full Attack: 2 slams +5 melee (1d2+1)

Space/Reach: 2-1/2 ft./0 ft.

Special Attacks: —

Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., earth mastery, elemental endurance, fetch spells, immunity to acid, elemental travel, vulnerability to electricity

Saves: Fort+3,Ref+3,Will+4

Abilities: Str 12, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 15, Cha 10

Skills Level bonus +0): Concentration +5, Knowledge (arcana) +5, Knowledge (the planes) +5, Perception +6, Stealth +5, Search +5, Spellcraft +5, Survival +6

Feats: Combat Casting, Weapon Finesse

Environment: Any elemental plane

Organization: Solitary

Challenge Rating: 1

Treasure: Standard

Alignment: Often chaotic evil

Advancement: 2-3 HD (Tiny); 4-6 HD (Small)

Level Adjustment: —

This creature resembles a muscular, dusky-skinned humanoid. Tiny gems stud its skin.

Earth gens usually dwell on the Elemental Plane of Earth. Thought to be related to the dao, they are often found within dao cities, although they travel almost constantly.

Earth gens speak one regional language and Terran.

COMBAT

Earth gens avoid combat whenever possible. When they must fight, they slam opponents with their fists.

Earth Mastery (Ex): An earth gen gains a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls if both it and its foe are touching the ground. If an opponent is airborne or waterborne, the gen takes a -4 penalty on attack and damage rolls. (These modifiers are not included in the statistics block.)

FIRE GEN

Tiny Outsider (Spirit, Extraplanar, Fire)

HP: 5 hp (1d8+1)

Initiative: +2

Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), fly 60 ft. (perfect)

Defense: 15 (+2 size, +2 Dex, +1 natural), touch 14, flat-footed 13

Base Attack/Grapple: +1

CMD/ CMB: 13/-9

Attack: Slam +5 melee (1d2 plus 1 fire)

Full Attack: 2 slams +5 melee (1d2 plus 1 fire)

Space/Reach: 2-1/2 ft./0 ft.

Special Attacks: Heat

Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., elemental endurance, fetch spells, immunity to fire, elemental travel, vulnerability to cold

Saves: Fort+2,Ref+4,Will+4

Abilities: Str 7, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 13, Wis 15, Cha 10

Skills: Concentration +4, Knowledge (arcana) +5, Knowledge (the planes) +5, Perception +5, Stealth +5, Spellcraft +5, Survival +6

Feats: Combat Casting, Weapon Finesse

Environment: Any elemental plane

Organization: Solitary

Challenge Rating: 1

Treasure: Standard

Alignment: Often neutral evil

Advancement: 2-3 HD (Tiny); 4-6 HD (Small)

Level Adjustment: —

This creature resembles a ruddy-skinned humanoid with hair like crackling flames.

Fire gens can usually be found on the Spirit world, in the Elemental region of Fire. Thought to be related to the efreet, they are often found within efreeti cities, although they travel almost constantly.

Fire gens speak one regional language and Ignan.

COMBAT

Fire gens avoid combat whenever possible. When they must fight, they slam opponents with their fists.

Heat (Ex): A fire gen's red-hot body deals 1 point of extra fire damage whenever it hits in melee, or in each round that it maintains a hold while grappling.

WATER GEN

Tiny Outsider (Spirit, Aquatic, Extraplanar, Water)

HP: 5 hp (1d8+1)

Initiative: +1

Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), fly 60 ft. (perfect), swim 20 ft.

Defense: 14 (+2 size, +1 Dex, +1 natural), touch 13, flat-footed 13

Base Attack: +1

CMD/ CMB: 14/-9

Attack: Slam +5 melee (1d2 plus 1 ice)

Full Attack: 2 slams +5 melee (1d2 plus 1 ice)

Space/Reach: 2-1/2 ft./0 ft.

Special Attacks: —

Special Qualities: Amphibious, darkvision 60 ft., elemental endurance, fetch spells, immunity to cold, elemental travel, vulnerability to fire

Saves: Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +4

Abilities: Str 7, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 15, Cha 10

Skills: Concentration +6, Knowledge (arcana) +5, Knowledge (the planes) +5, Perception +5, Stealth +5, Spellcraft +5, Survival +6, Swim +6

Feats: Combat CastingB, Weapon Finesse

Environment: Any elemental plane

Organization: Solitary

Challenge Rating: 1/2

Treasure: Standard

Alignment: Often chaotic neutral

Advancement: 2-3 HD (Tiny); 4-6 HD (Small)

Level Adjustment: —

This creature resembles a blue-skinned humanoid with hair like waving seaweed.

Water gens often dwell on the spirit world in the Elemental regions of Water. Thought to be related to the marids, they are often found within marid cities, although they travel almost constantly.

Water gens speak one regional language and Aquan.

COMBAT

Water gens avoid combat whenever possible. When they must fight, they slam opponents with their fists.

Amphibious (Ex): Although water gens are aquatic, they can survive indefinitely on land.