Elemental Mages (Spontaneous)

[RobbyPants]

This is a second version of my elemental mage classes.  These ones are different in that I wanted them to be full-out casters, rather than to utilize a pseudo-casting mechanic like the warlock.  These are all spontaneous niche-type casters, like the beguiler and dread necromancer.

At this point, I haven't fleshed out the last five levels of abilities.  I've continued any patterns established in advancement, but I haven't yet put down anything unique.

[RobbyPants]

Aeromancer                                                                        
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The Aeromancer   Hit Die: d6

Level   Base    Fort    Ref     Will    Special
        Attack  Save    Save    Save
        Bonus
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1       +0      +0      +0      +2      Armored mage, Feather Fall, breathless
2       +1      +0      +0      +3      Wind propulsion
3       +1      +1      +1      +3      Fast movement +10 ft
4       +2      +1      +1      +4      Gust of Wind, advanced learning
5       +2      +1      +1      +4      Familiar, elemental body
6       +3      +2      +2      +5   
7       +3      +2      +2      +5      Improved flight
8       +4      +2      +2      +6      Advanced learning   
9       +4      +3      +3      +6      Fast movement +20 ft, Gaseous Form
10      +5      +3      +3      +7      Elemental body
11      +5      +3      +3      +7      Permanent flight
12      +6/+1   +4      +4      +8      Advanced learning   
13      +6/+1   +4      +4      +8      Jaunt
14      +7/+2   +4      +4      +9   
15      +7/+2   +5      +5      +9      Fast movement +30 ft, elemental body
16      +8/+3   +5      +5      +10     Advanced learning   
17      +8/+3   +5      +5      +10   
18      +9/+4   +6      +6      +11   
19      +9/+4   +6      +6      +11   
20      +10/+5  +6      +6      +12     Advanced learning

   

Spells per Day:

0    1st    2nd    3rd    4th    5th    6th    7th    8th    9th
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5    3      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    4      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    5      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      3      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      4      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      5      3      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      4      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      5      3      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      4      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      5      3      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      4      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      5      3      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      4      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      5      3      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      4      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      5      3      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      4      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      5      3
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6      4
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6

Class Skills    (4 + Int modifier per level, x4 at 1st level): Balance, Concentration, Craft, Escape Artist, Hide, Jump, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (the planes), Listen, Move Silently, Profession, Spellcraft, Spot, Tumble.

Class Features
Your class features focus on advancing your connection to the element of air.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Aeromancers are proficient with all simple weapons plus the rapier and bows.  Aeromancers are proficient with light armor, but not with shields.

Spells: An aeromancer casts arcane spells which are drawn from the spell list below. She can cast any spell she knows without preparing it ahead of time.  To cast a spell of a given level, the aeromancer must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against an aeromancer's spell is 10 + the spell level + the aeromancer's Charisma modifier.

Like other spellcasters, an aeromancer can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on the Spells per Day table, above. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high Charisma score.

Armored Mage (Ex): An aeromancer can cast arcane spells in light armor without risking arcane spell failure.  This only applies to spells granted by the aeromancer class.

Feather Fall (Su): An aeromancer is continually under the effect of a Feather Fall spell.  This ability may be suppressed or reactivated as a swift action at will.

Breathless (Ex): An aeromancer does not need to breathe and is unaffected by inhaled toxins and poisons.

Wind Propulsion (Su): Starting at 2nd level, the aeromancer may imbue a ranged attack with sonic energy.  As a standard action, she makes a ranged attack with a ranged or thrown weapon.  This attack gains a +1 competence bonus to the attack roll per two class levels, and deals an extra 1d6 points of sonic damage, plus 1d6 points per four class levels.  The range increment of the attack is also increased by half its original value.

Fast Movement (Ex): The aeromancer gains a +10 foot enhancement bonus to her base land speed at 3rd level.  The bonus increases to +20 feet at 9th level and +30 feet at 15th level.

Gust of Wind (Sp): An aeromancer can use Gust of Wind as a spell-like ability at will, with a caster level equal to her class level.

Familiar (Ex): At 5th level, the aeromancer can get a small air elemental as a familiar.  The air elemental behaves as a familiar, as described under the sorcerer and wizard classes, except that it does not require gold to summon and the aeromancer loses no experience if the familiar dies or is dismissed.  A new familiar can be summoned within 24 hours.

Advanced Learning (Ex): at 4th level, and every four levels thereafter, an aeromancer can learn a new spell, adding it permanently to her spell list.  The spell must be from a 9-level spell list with either the [air], [electricity], or [sonic] descriptor and it must be of a level the aeromancer can currently cast.  Once this spell is picked, it cannot be changed.  This spell is treated as an arcane spell, regardless of the list is is normally found on.

Alternately, the aeromancer can pick any reserve feat or metamagic feat for which she meets the prerequisites.

Elemental Body (Ex): At 5th level, the aeromancer’s body begins to take on the traits of an air elemental.  Her appearance changes slightly (such as her hair, eyes, and skin lighten), and she gains a +2 bonus on saving throws against sleep, stunning, paralysis, and poison.  She also has a 25% chance to ignore a critical hit (or any effect that only affects creatures vulnerable to critical hits).  This percentage chance does not stack with the Fortification ability.

At 10th level, she gains darkvision with a range of 60 feet, her save bonus increases to +4, and her chance to ignore critical hits increases to 50%.

At 15th level, her type changes to elemental, and she gains all the appropriate traits.

Improved Flight (Ex): At 7th level, the maneuverability of an aeromancer’s flight (natural or magical) is improved by one category, to a maximum of perfect.  In addition, she may add her Fast Movement speed bonus to her flight speed.

Gaseous Form (Sp): At 9th level, the aeromancer can use Gaseous Form as a spell-like ability at will.

Permanent Flight (Su): At 11th level, the aeromancer gains the ability to fly at will.  She may fly as though affected by the Fly spell, and this ability is affected by her Improved Flight ability as normal.

Jaunt (Su): At 13th level, the aeromancer can teleport a distance up to her base land speed plus the bonus granted by her Fast Movement ability as a move action.  She must have line of effect to her destination and she can do this at will.


Aeromancer Spell List

Level 0: Detect Air ^*, Detect Magic, Ghost Sound, Mage Hand, Message, Prestidigitation, Read Magic

Level 1: Create Sound ^A, Expeditious Retreat, Lesser Sound Orb SC, Obscuring Mist, Remove Scent SC, Sonic Blast SC,

Level 2: Binding Winds SC, Cloud of Bewilderment SC, Fog Cloud, Ironthunder Horn SC, Levitate, Malevolent Miasma SC, Shatter, Sonic Weapon SC, Swift Fly SC, Whispering Wind

Level 3: Avoid Planar Effects ^{SC, E}, Call Lightning, Capricious Zephyr ^SC, Creaking Cacophony ^SC, Dispel Magic, Fly, Gaseous Form, Great Thunderclap ^SC, Resonating Bolt ^SC, Shattefloor ^SC, Stinking Cloud, Summon Monster III ^E, Wind Wall

Level 4: Arc of Lightning ^SC, Defenestrating Sphere ^SC, Dimension Door, Eye of the Hurricane ^SC, Murderous Mist ^SC, Orb of Sound ^SC, Shout, Solid Fog, Summon Monster IV ^E, Wind at Back ^SC

Level 5: Cacophonic Burst ^SC, Cacophonic Shield ^SC, Call Lightning Storm, Cloudkill, Control Winds, Overland Flight, Planar Tolerance ^{SC, E}, Plane Shift ^E, Summon Monster V ^E, Telekinesis, Teleport, Wind Tunnel ^SC

Level 6: Acid Fog, Freezing Fog ^SC, Greater Dispel Magic, Summon Monster VI ^E, Thunder Field ^P2

Level 7: Control Weather, Greater Teleport, Storm Tower ^SC, Summon Monster VII ^E, Wind Walk

Level 8: Greater Plane Shift ^{SC, E}, Greater Shout, Lightning Ring ^SC, Summon Monster VIII ^E, Whirlwind

Level 9: Elemental Swarm ^E, Greater Whirlwind ^SC, Magic Miasma ^SC, Storm of Vengeance, Summon Monster IX ^E, Towering Thunderhead <sup>CM

* - New spell described below.
A – as an arcane spell.  Treat as having spent a number of power points up to the caster level.
E – air creatures only, or elemental plane of air only
SC – Spell Compendium
P2 – Player’s Handbook II
CM - Complete Mage</sup>

New Aeromancer Spells

Detect Air:
Level 1
As Detect Animals and Plants, except you detect pockets of air and air-breathing creatures in the area, mundane or magical.

1st round
Presence or absence of air and air-breathing creatures.

2nd round
Number of pockets of air in the area.

3rd round
The size of each pocket of air and its nature (safe to breath, toxic, windy magical).  Air-breathing creatures are also detected as well as their size, but their specific type is not discerned.  If it is outside your line of sight, then you discern its direction but not its exact location.

[RobbyPants]

Geomancer

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The Geomancer   Hit Die: d8

Level   Base        Fort  Ref   Will  Special
        Attack      Save  Save  Save
        Bonus
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1       +0          +0    +0    +2    Armored mage, natural armor +1, stonecraft
2       +1          +0    +0    +3    Damage reduction 2/adamantine
3       +2          +1    +1    +3    Stone impact +1d6
4       +3          +1    +1    +4    Advanced learning   
5       +3          +1    +1    +4    Natural armor +2, familiar, elemental body
6       +4          +2    +2    +5    Damage reduction 4/adamantine
7       +5          +2    +2    +5    Burrow (earth, 10ft), stone impact +2d6
8       +6/+1       +2    +2    +6    Advanced learning   
9       +6/+1       +3    +3    +6    Adaptive mineral
10      +7/+2       +3    +3    +7    Natural armor +3, damage reduction 6/adamantine, elemental body
11      +8/+3       +3    +3    +7    Stone impact +3d6, Sudden Stalagmite
12      +9/+4       +4    +4    +8    Advanced learning   
13      +9/+4       +4    +4    +8    Burrow (stone, full speed)
14      +10/+5      +4    +4    +9    Damage reduction 8/adamantine
15      +11/+6/+1   +5    +5    +9    Natural armor +4, stone impact +4d6, elemental body
16      +12/+7/+2   +5    +5    +10   Advanced learning   
17      +12/+7/+2   +5    +5    +10   Earth glide
18      +13/+8/+3   +6    +6    +11   Damage reduction 10/adamantine
19      +14/+9/+4   +6    +6    +11   Stone impact +5d6
20      +15/+10/+5  +6    +6    +12   Natural armor +5, advanced learning

Spells per Day:

0    1st    2nd    3rd    4th    5th    6th    7th    8th    9th
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5    3      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    4      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    5      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      3      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      4      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      5      3      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      4      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      5      3      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      4      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      5      3      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      4      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      5      3      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      4      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      5      3      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      4      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      5      3      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      4      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      5      3
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6      4
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6

Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level, x4 at 1st level): Climb, Concentration, Craft, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (dungeoneering), Knowledge (the planes), Listen, Profession, Search, Spellcraft.

Class Features
Your class features focus on advancing your connection to the element of earth.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Geomancers are proficient with all simple weapons plus the light and heavy pick, and with all martial bludgeoning weapons.  Geomancers are proficient with light and medium armor, and with shields (except tower shields).

Spells: A geomancer casts arcane spells which are drawn from the spell list below. He can cast any spell he knows without preparing it ahead of time.  To cast a spell of a given level, the geomancer must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a geomancer's spell is 10 + the spell level + the geomancer's Charisma modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a geomancer can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. His base daily spell allotment is given on the Spells per Day table, above. In addition, he receives bonus spells per day if he has a high Charisma score.

Armored Mage (Ex): A geomancer can cast arcane spells in light or medium armor and shields (except tower shields) without risking arcane spell failure.  This only applies to spells granted by the geomancer class.

Natural Armor (Ex): The geomancer’s skin begins to toughen, granting him a +1 natural armor bonus to his armor class.  This bonus stacks with other natural armor other natural armor bonuses.  The natural armor bonus increases by +1 every five levels, to a maximum of +5 at 20th level.

Stonecraft (Ex): The geomancer gains a +4 competence bonus on all Appraise and Craft checks involving stone (including precious stones) and metal.  In addition, he is treated as having the Trapfinding ability or a rogue for purposes of finding traps made of stone, or set inside of stone (including stone doors, chests, floors, and other such objects).  He may use Knowledge(dungeoneering) in place of Disable Device to remove such traps.

Damage Reduction (Ex): Starting at 2nd level, the geomancer gains damage reduction overcome by adamantine weapons.  At first level, he gains DR 2/adamantine.  This damage reduction improves by two points each four levels thereafter, to a maximum of DR 10/adamantine at 18th level.

Stone Impact (Ex): At 3rd level, the geomancer is able to inflict extra damage when wielding melee weapons primarily composed of stone.  Each successful attack deals an additional 1d6 points of damage.  This damage increases by 1d6 every four levels thereafter.  This extra damage is not multiplied on a critical hit.

Advanced Learning (Ex): at 4th level, and every four levels thereafter, a geomancer can learn a new spell, adding it permanently to his spell list.  The spell must be from a 9-level spell list with either the [acid] or [earth] descriptor and it must be of a level the geomancer can currently cast.  Once this spell is picked, it cannot be changed.  This spell is treated as an arcane spell, regardless of the list is is normally found on.

Alternately, the geomancer can pick any reserve feat or fighter feat for which he meets the prerequisites.

Familiar (Ex): At 5th level, the geomancer can get a small earth elemental as a familiar.  The earth elemental behaves as a familiar, as described under the sorcerer and wizard classes, except that it does not require gold to summon and the geomancer loses no experience if the familiar dies or is dismissed.  A new familiar can be summoned within 24 hours.

Elemental Body (Ex): At 5th level, the geomancer’s body begins to take on the traits of an earth elemental.  His appearance changes slightly (such as his eyes taking on a jeweled appearance or his skin turning brown or grey), and he gains a +2 bonus on saving throws against sleep, stunning, paralysis, and poison.  He also has a 25% chance to ignore a critical hit (or any effect that only affects creatures vulnerable to critical hits).  This percentage chance does not stack with the Fortification ability.

At 10th level, he gains darkvision with a range of 60 feet, his save bonus increases to +4, and his chance to ignore critical hits increases to 50%.

At 15th level, his type changes to elemental, and he gains all the appropriate traits.

Burrow (Ex): At 7th level, the geomancer can burrow through soft earth at a speed of ten feet per round.  At 13th level, the geomancer can burrow at his base land speed, and he can burrow though stone, as well.

Adaptive Mineral (Ex): At 9th level, a geomancer may treat any weapon primarily made of stone that he wields as silver, cold iron, and adamantine for purposes of overcoming damage reduction or regeneration.

Sudden Stalagmite (Sp): At 11th level, the geomancer can cast Sudden Stalagmite (See the Spell Compendium) as a spell-like ability, at will.

Earth Glide (Ex): At 17th level, the geomancer can glide through stone, dirt, or almost any other sort of earth except metal as easily as a fish swims through water. His burrowing leaves behind no tunnel or hole, nor does it create any ripple or other signs of its presence. A Move Earth spell cast on an area containing a burrowing geomancer flings him back 30 feet, stunning him for 1 round unless he succeeds on a DC 15 Fortitude save.


Geomancer Spell List

Level 0: Detect Earth ^*, Detect Magic, Mending, Prestidigitation, Read Magic, Resistance, Virtue

Level 1: Fist of Stone ^SC, Foundation of Stone ^SC, Hail of Stone ^SC, Ironguts ^SC, Magic Stone, Sandblast ^SC

Level 2: Bear’s Endurance, Bull’s Strength, Chill Metal, Earthbind ^SC, Earthfast ^SC, Earthen Grace ^SC, Earthen Grasp ^SC, Earth Lock ^SC, Heat Metal, Protection from Arrows, Soften Earth and Stone

Level 3: Avoid Planar Effects ^{SC, E}, Bands of Steel ^SC, Dispel Magic, Earthbolt ^CA, Eradicate Earth ^SC, Giant’s Wrath ^SC, Meld into Stone, Shatterfloor ^SC, Spike Growth, Stone Shape, Summon Monster III ^E, Tremorsense ^SC

Level 4: Metal Melt ^SC, Stoneskin, Stone Sphere ^SC, Sudden Stalagmite ^SC, Summon Monster IV ^E, Wall of Sand ^SC

Level 5: Earth Reaver ^SC, Indomitablity ^SC, Lesser Ironguard ^SC, Passwall, Planar Tolerance ^SC,E, Plane Shift ^E, Summon Monster V ^E, Transmute Mud to Rock, Transmute Rock to Mud, Wall of Stone, Xorn Movement ^SC

Level 6: Flesh to Stone, Genjump ^SC, Greater Dispel Magic, Move Earth, Stone Body ^SC, Stone Tell, Stone to Flesh, Summon Monster VI ^E, Tunnel Swallow ^SC, Wall of Gears ^SC, Wall of Iron

Level 7: Glass Strike ^SC, Greater Stone Shape ^SC, Ironguard ^SC, Statue, Summon Monster VII ^E, Wrack Earth ^P2

Level 8: Bombardment ^SC, Deadly Lahar CM, Earthquake, Excavate ^SC, Greater Plane Shift ^{SC, E}, Iron Body, Repel Metal or Stone, Summon Monster VIII ^E

Level 9: Cast in Stone ^SC, Elemental Swarm ^E, Imprisonment, Summon Monster IX ^E, Transmute Rock to Lava ^SC, Undermaster <sup>SC

* - New spell described below.
E – earth creatures only, or elemental plane of earth only
SC – Spell Compendium
CA – Complete Arcane
P2 – Player’s Handbook II</sup>


New Geomancer Spells

Detect Earth:
Level 1
As Detect Animals and Plants, except you detect stone, metals, and minerals in the area, mundane or magical.

1st round
Presence or absence of unworked stone, metal, and minerals.

2nd round
Number of deposits or objects detected in the area.

3rd round
The size of each deposit or object and its nature (type of metal, mineral, or stone, as well as if it’s enchanted).  If it is outside your line of sight, then you discern its direction but not its exact location.


Hail of Stone

Conjuration [Earth]
Level:   Sor/Wiz 1, Geo 1
Components:   V, S
Casting Time:   1 standard action
Range:   Medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Effect:   hail of stones
Duration:   Instantaneous
Saving Throw:   None
Spell Resistance:   No

This spell creates a hail of stones that strike a target on a successful ranged attack roll (not a touch attack).  Use your caster level or your base attack bonus for this attack roll, whichever is higher.  If the attack is successful, it deals 1d8 points of bludgeoning damage, plus 1d8 per two caster levels after 1st (max 5d8 at 9th level).  If the attack is successful, it creates a square of difficult terrain where the target is struck.  For creatures larger than medium, pick one of the creature's squares to be affected.  Creatures cannot charge or run through the square, and it takes an extra square of movement to move out of it, nor can they five-foot-step in or out of the square.

[RobbyPants]

Hydromancer

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The Hydromancer   Hit Die: d6

Level   Base    Fort    Ref     Will    Special
        Attack  Save    Save    Save
        Bonus
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1       +0      +0      +0      +2      Armored mage, aquatic, Water Jet
2       +1      +0      +0      +3      Water walk, quench
3       +1      +1      +1      +3      Water of Vitality
4       +2      +1      +1      +4      Advanced learning   
5       +2      +1      +1      +4      Familiar, elemental body
6       +3      +2      +2      +5   
7       +3      +2      +2      +5      Water resilience
8       +4      +2      +2      +6      Advanced learning   
9       +4      +3      +3      +6      Numbing cold
10      +5      +3      +3      +7      Elemental body
11      +5      +3      +3      +7      Noxious acid
12      +6/+1   +4      +4      +8      Advanced learning   
13      +6/+1   +4      +4      +8      Control Water
14      +7/+2   +4      +4      +9   
15      +7/+2   +5      +5      +9      Elemental body
16      +8/+3   +5      +5      +10     Advanced learning   
17      +8/+3   +5      +5      +10   
18      +9/+4   +6      +6      +11   
19      +9/+4   +6      +6      +11   
20      +10/+5  +6      +6      +12     Advanced learning

   

Spells per Day:

0    1st    2nd    3rd    4th    5th    6th    7th    8th    9th
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5    3      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    4      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    5      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      3      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      4      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      5      3      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      4      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      5      3      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      4      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      5      3      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      4      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      5      3      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      4      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      5      3      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      4      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      5      3      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      4      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      5      3
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6      4
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6

Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level, x4 at 1st level): Concentration, Craft, Heal, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (nature), Knowledge (the planes), Listen, Profession, Spellcraft, Survival, Swim.

Class Features
Your class features focus on advancing your connection to the element of water.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Hydromancers are proficient with all simple weapons plus the trident, hand crossbow, repeating crossbow, and net.  Hydromancers are proficient with light armor, but not with shields.

Spells: A hydromancer casts arcane spells which are drawn from the spell list below. He can cast any spell he knows without preparing it ahead of time.  To cast a spell of a given level, the hydromancer must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a hydromancer's spell is 10 + the spell level + the hydromancer's Charisma modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a hydromancer can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. His base daily spell allotment is given on the Spells per Day table, above. In addition, he receives bonus spells per day if he has a high Charisma score.

Armored Mage (Ex): A hydromancer can cast arcane spells in light armor without risking arcane spell failure.  This only applies to spells granted by the hydromancer class.

Aquatic (Ex): The hydromancer gains the aquatic subtype, but is also amphibious, able to breathe both above and below water.  He gains a swim speed equal to his base land speed and may take 10 on swim checks even when distracted.  He may use the run action or charge while swimming so long as it is in a straight line.

Water Jet (Sp): The hydromancer can use the Water Jet spell (new spell, see below) as a spell-like ability at will.

Water Walk (Ex): A hydromancer can walk on liquid surfaces as easily as he can walk on land, although he must move at least ten feet each round or sink into the liquid.  The hydromancer cannot move faster than his base land speed while using this ability, although he may take a double move action.

Quench (Su): A hydromancer never needs to risk catching on fire.  Any mundane or magical effect which would catch him on fire automatically fails and has no effect.  This ability has no effect on fires that deal damage regardless of catching the hydromancer on fire, such as a Fireball, a Flaming weapon, or standing in flames.

Water of Vitality (Su): At 3rd level, the hydromancer’s natural healing increases to a rapid pace so long as he is hydrated.  If he is below half his maximum hit points and is properly hydrated (has had enough water to drink for the day, if applicable), he gains fast healing equal to half his class level.

If he stands at least waist-deep in water, he gains the same fast healing, regardless of whether or not he is below half his maximum hit points.

Advanced Learning (Ex): at 4th level, and every four levels thereafter, a hydromancer can learn a new spell, adding it permanently to his spell list.  The spell must be from a 9-level spell list with either the [acid], [cold] or [water] descriptor and it must be of a level the hydromancer can currently cast.  Once this spell is picked, it cannot be changed.  This spell is treated as an arcane spell, regardless of the list is is normally found on.

Alternately, the hydromancer can pick any reserve feat or metamagic feat for which he meets the prerequisites.

Familiar (Ex): At 5th level, the hydromancer can get a small water elemental as a familiar.  The water elemental behaves as a familiar, as described under the sorcerer and wizard classes, except that it does not require gold to summon and the hydromancer loses no experience if the familiar dies or is dismissed.  A new familiar can be summoned within 24 hours.

Elemental Body (Ex): At 5th level, the hydromancer’s body begins to take on the traits of a water elemental.  His appearance changes slightly (such as his hair, eyes, or skin turn blue or green, or his skin becomes cool to the touch), and he gains a +2 bonus on saving throws against sleep, stunning, paralysis, and poison.  He also has a 25% chance to ignore a critical hit (or any effect that only affects creatures vulnerable to critical hits).  This percentage chance does not stack with the Fortification ability.

At 10th level, he gains darkvision with a range of 60 feet, his save bonus increases to +4, and his chance to ignore critical hits increases to 50%.

At 15th level, his type changes to elemental, and he gains all the appropriate traits.

Water resilience (Ex): At 7th level, the hydromancer becomes increasingly resilient to different forms of water.  He gains acid and cold resistance equal to his class level.  He is also able to walk across ice at full speed without having to make balance checks.

Numbing Cold (Su): At 9th level, anyone who takes cold damage from a spell cast by the hydromancer must succeed on a Fortitude save (DC 10 + ½ the hydromancer’s class level + the hydromancer’s Charisma modifier) or suffer a penalty to their Strength equal to half the hydromancer’s class level for one round.  This penalty cannot reduce a creature’s effective Strength below 1.  Creatures immune to ability drain or damage are unaffected by this ability.

Noxious Acid (Su): At 11th level, anyone who takes acid damage from a spell cast by the hydromancer must succeed on a Fortitude save (DC 10 + ½ the hydromancer’s class level + the hydromancer’s Charisma modifier) or be nauseated for one round.  On a successful save, the creature is sickened for one round instead.

Control Water (Sp): At 13th level, the hydromancer can use Control Water as a spell-like ability at will.


Hydromancer Spell List

Level 0: Create Water, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Detect Water ^*, Prestidigitation, Purify Food and Drink, Read Magic

Level 1: Animate Water ^SC, Ice Dagger ^SC, Ice Patch ^*, Lesser Orb of Acid ^SC, Lesser Vigor ^SC, Obscuring Mist, Snowshoes ^SC, Water Jet ^*, Wings of the Sea ^SC, Winter Chill ^SC

Level 2: Creeping Cold ^SC, Fog Cloud, Frost Breath ^SC, Ice Knife ^SC, Inky Cloud ^SC, Lesser Restoration, Swim ^SC, Winter’s Embrace ^SC

Level 3: Avoid Planar Effects ^{SC, E}, Dehydrate ^SC, Dispel Magic, Icelance ^SC, Rust Ray ^SC, Sink ^SC, Sleet Storm, Summon Monster III ^E, Vigor ^SC, Water Breathing

Level 4: Blight, Eye of the Hurricane ^SC, Greater Creeping Cold ^SC, Ice Storm, Mass Swim ^SC, Orb of Acid ^SC, Raise from the Deep ^SC, Restoration, Rusting Grasp, Solid Fog, Summon Monster IV ^E, Wall of Ice, Wall of Water ^SC

Level 5: Acid Sheath ^SC, Cloak of the Sea ^SC, Cone of Cold, Fireward ^SC, Greater Vigor ^SC, Ice Flowers ^SC, Panacea ^SC, Planar Tolerance ^SC,E, Plane Shift ^E, Revivify ^SC, Summon Monster V ^E, Swap Stride ^SC

Level 6: Acid Fog, Control Water, Drown ^SC, Extract Water Elemental ^SC, Freezing Sphere, Greater Dispel Magic, Summon Monster VI ^E, Tidal Surge ^SC

Level 7: Blood to Water ^SC, Greater Restoration, Ice Claw ^SC, Regenerate, Resurrection, Submerge Ship ^SC, Summon Monster VII ^E, Swamp Lung ^SC, Waterspout ^SC

Level 8: Field of Icy Razors ^SC, Greater Plane Shift ^{SC, E}, Horrid Wilting, Maelstrom ^SC, Polar Ray, Red Tide ^SC, Summon Monster VIII ^E

Level 9: Elemental Swarm ^E, Mass Drown ^SC, Obedient Avalanche ^SC, Storm of Vengeance, Summon Monster IX ^E, True Resurrection, Tsunami <sup>SC

* - New spell described below.
E – water creatures only, or elemental plane of water only
SC – Spell Compendium</sup>


New Hydromancer Spells

Detect Water:
Level 1
As Detect Animals and Plants, except you detect water in the area, mundane or magical.

1st round
Presence or absence of water or water-based liquids.

2nd round
Number of bodies of water or water-based liquids in the area.

3rd round
The size of each body and its nature (weather it is pure, safe to drink, freshwater, saltwater, or enchanted, such as potions and holy water).  Creatures with blood are also detected, as well as their size, but their type is not discerned.  If it is outside your line of sight, then you discern its direction but not its exact location.

Ice Patch:
Level 1
As Grease, but the spell creates a patch of ice instead.  The ice melts in any section of the area or object that takes at least one point of fire damage, ending the effect for that area or object.  An object surrounded by ice becomes buoyant and floats in water.

Water Jet
Level 1
Area: 30’ line
Save: Reflex half
This spell shoots a jet of water in the area, dealing 1d6 points of non-lethal damage per caster level to all affected.  A successful Reflex save halves the damage.  Any small or smaller non-magical fires in the area are extinguished.

[RobbyPants]

Pyromancer

Passionate and terrifying, pyromancers wield the raw power of fire.  Pyromancers are not just fire mages: they’re true lords of flame.  A pyromancer’s mastery of fire allows her to pierce the toughest resistances, while leaving her unscathed by the flame’s cruel touch.  While learning to bend fire to her will, the pyromancer also learns to harness similar aspects of the fire, such as smoke, heat, and ash.  She destroys her foes while walking on wisps of smoke, hurling bolts of fire from above, raining burning ash, and creating clouds of toxic smoke.  Few dare stand up to her.

The Pyromancer   Hit Die: d6

Level   Base    Fort    Ref     Will    Special
        Attack  Save    Save    Save
        Bonus
____________________________________________________________________________________
1       +0      +0      +0      +2      Armored mage, resist fire, Produce Flame
2       +1      +0      +0      +3      Smoke, breathe smoke
3       +1      +1      +1      +3      Pierce resistance
4       +2      +1      +1      +4      Advanced learning   
5       +2      +1      +1      +4      Familiar, elemental body
6       +3      +2      +2      +5   
7       +3      +2      +2      +5      Lingering flames
8       +4      +2      +2      +6      Advanced learning      
9       +4      +3      +3      +6      Thick smoke
10      +5      +3      +3      +7      Resist fire (immune), elemental body
11      +5      +3      +3      +7      Rise of the Phoenix
12      +6/+1   +4      +4      +8      Advanced learning      
13      +6/+1   +4      +4      +8      Cloud of smoke
14      +7/+2   +4      +4      +9   
15      +7/+2   +5      +5      +9      Pierce resistance (immune), elemental body
16      +8/+3   +5      +5      +10     Advanced learning      
17      +8/+3   +5      +5      +10     Incendiary smoke
18      +9/+4   +6      +6      +11   
19      +9/+4   +6      +6      +11   
20      +10/+5  +6      +6      +12     Advanced learning

   

Spells per Day:

0    1st    2nd    3rd    4th    5th    6th    7th    8th    9th
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5    3      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    4      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    5      —      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      3      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      4      —      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      5      3      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      4      —      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      5      3      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      4      —      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      5      3      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      4      —      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      5      3      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      4      —      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      5      3      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      4      —      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      5      3      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      4      —
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      5      3
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6      4
6    6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6      6

Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level, x4 at 1st level): Balance, Concentration, Craft, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (the planes), Perform, Profession, Spellcraft, Tumble.

Class Features
Your class features focus on advancing your connection to the element of fire.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Pyromancers are proficient with all simple weapons plus the scimitar and falchion.  Pyromancers are proficient with light armor, but not with shields.

Spells: A pyromancer casts arcane spells which are drawn from the spell list below. She can cast any spell she knows without preparing it ahead of time.  To cast a spell of a given level, the pyromancer must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a pyromancer's spell is 10 + the spell level + the pyromancer's Charisma modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a pyromancer can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on the Spells per Day table, above. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high Charisma score.

Armored Mage (Ex): A pyromancer can cast arcane spells in light armor without risking arcane spell failure.  This only applies to spells granted by the pyromancer class.

Produce Flame (Sp): A pyromancer can use Produce Flame as a spell-like ability at will, with a caster level equal to her class level.  Attacks made with this ability do not reduce its duration.

Resist Fire (Ex): A pyromancer has an innate ability to resist fire.  She gains two points of fire resistance per class level.  At 10th level, she gains fire immunity.

Smoke (Su): At 2nd level, a pyromancer can create a cloud of smoke in a 5-foot square anytime she casts a spell with the fire descriptor.  This cloud of smoke can occupy any square in the spell’s area (if any) or the square of the target.

This smoke lasts for one round and obscures vision.  Anyone attacking into or from within the smoke has 20% concealment.  In addition, anyone in or passing through the smoke must succeed a Fortitude save (DC 10 + ½ the pyromancer class level + the pyromancer’s Charisma modifier) or be sickened for one round.

Breathe Smoke (Ex): The pyromancer is immune to any negative effects caused by smoke, mundane or magical.  She may also see clearly though smoke and is not affected by concealment caused by it.

Pierce Resistance (Su): As a pyromancer gains power, she is able to create fire so hot as to bypass the resistance of other creatures.  At 3rd level, a pyromancer can ignore a number of points of fire resistance equal to her class level.  So a 5th level pyromancer would treat fire resistance 10 as 5, and would ignore fire resistance 5 or lower completely.

At 15th level, the pyromancer may treat any creature with fire immunity as having fire resistance of 25 instead.  This combines with the pyromancer’s ability to lower fire resistance, so a 15th level pyromancer would ultimately treat fire immunity as fire resistance 10.

This ability does not affect the pyromancer’s own fire resistance or the immunity of her familiar or summoned elementals.

Advanced Learning (Ex): at 4th level, and every four levels thereafter, a pyromancer can learn a new spell, adding it permanently to her spell list.  The spell must be from a 9-level spell list with either the [fire] or [light] descriptor and it must be of a level the pyromancer can currently cast.  Once this spell is picked, it cannot be changed.  This spell is treated as an arcane spell, regardless of the list is is normally found on.

Alternately, the pyromancer can pick any reserve feat or metamagic feat for which she meets the prerequisites.

Familiar (Ex): At 5th level, the pyromancer can get a small fire elemental as a familiar.  The fire elemental behaves as a familiar, as described under the sorcerer and wizard classes, except that it does not require gold to summon and the pyromancer loses no experience if the familiar dies or is dismissed.  A new familiar can be summoned within 24 hours.

Elemental Body (Ex): At 5th level, the pyromancer’s body begins to take on the traits of a fire elemental.  Her appearance changes slightly (such as her hair or eyes turn yellow, orange, or red, or her skin becomes warm to the touch), and she gains a +2 bonus on saving throws against sleep, stunning, paralysis, and poison.  She also has a 25% chance to ignore a critical hit (or any effect that only affects creatures vulnerable to critical hits).  This percentage chance does not stack with the Fortification ability.

At 10th level, she gains darkvision with a range of 60 feet, her save bonus increases to +4, and her chance to ignore critical hits increases to 50%.

At 15th level, her type changes to elemental, and she gains all the appropriate traits.

Lingering Flames (Su): At 7th level, anytime the pyromancer casts a spell with the fire descriptor and an instantaneous duration, she may concentrate to keep the spell active.  On the round after she casts the spell, the pyromancer may spend a standard action to concentrate on the spell, and it is effectively cast a second time without expending an additional spell slot.  The spell must target the same area or target, otherwise the attempt fails.

She may continue to activate this ability each round thereafter, and may use it a number of rounds on any given spell equal to one third her class level.  So a 7th level pyromancer could concentrate on continuing the spell for two rounds, and she could concentrate for three rounds at 9th level.

This ability follows the normal rules for concentrating on a spell if the pyromancer is damaged during this time.

Thick Smoke (Su): This ability functions exactly as the Smoke ability, except that the cloud of smoke grants full concealment (50%), and if the target fails their Fortitude save, they are nauseated.  The target is sickened even on a successful save.

Rise of the Phoenix (Su): When the pyromancer has reached 11th level, once per day, if she is killed, she immolates herself and rises anew from the ashes.  The moment the pyromancer is killed, she, and all of her possessions are consumed in fire and reduced to ash.  Anyone in her space takes 1d6 points of fire damage per class level, and anyone adjacent takes half this amount.  A successful Reflex save (DC 10 + ½ the pyromancer class level + the pyromancer’s Charisma modifier) halves the damage.  Spell resistance does not apply to this damage.

Two rounds later, the pyromancer rises from the ashes in the same location, with all of the gear she had at the moment of her death.  Her current hit points are raised to one half her maximum hit points, and any negative status effects, poisons, or diseases are removed.  If her space is occupied, she raises in the nearest unoccupied space.

This ability functions once per day, and always works the first time the pyromancer is killed in any day, without any conscious effort on her part.  This ability does not work if her body is wholly destroyed.

Cloud of Smoke (Su):  At 13th level, the pyromancer may fill the entire area of a spell she casts with the fire descriptor with smoke.  This smoke is treated either as the Smoke ability or Thick Smoke ability (chosen at the time the spell is cast), and lasts a number of rounds equal to her class level.

Incendiary Smoke (Su):  This ability functions exactly like Cloud of Smoke, and in addition, the smoke deals 4d6 points of fire damage to anyone inside.  This damage is dealt when the spell is cast and at the beginning of the pyromancer’s turn.  A creature that passes through the smoke and doesn’t begin or end their turn in the area also takes 4d6 points of fire damage.


Pyromancer Spell List

Level 0: Dancing Lights, Detect Fire ^*, Detect Magic, Flare, Light, Prestidigitation, Read Magic

Level 1: Animate Fire ^SC, Burning Hands, Control Flames ^A, Endure Elements, Faerie Fire, Lesser Orb of Fire ^SC, Produce Flame, Raging Flame ^SC, Slow Burn ^SC, Smoke Ladder ^CA, Wall of Smoke ^SC

Level 2: Combust ^SC, Continual Flame, Fireburst ^SC, Fire Trap, Flaming Sphere, Flashburst ^SC, Heat Metal, Pyrotechnics, Scorching Ray

Level 3: Avoid Planar Effects ^{SC, E}, Daylight, Dispel Magic, Energy Retort ^{A, E}, Fireball, Firesight ^*, Fire Wings ^SC, Flame Arrow, Stinking Cloud, Summon Monster III ^E

Level 4: Blast of Flame ^SC, Fire Shield (Warm Shield), Fire Stride ^SC, Flame Strike, Flame Whips ^SC, Orb of Fire ^SC, Summon Monster IV ^E, Wall of Fire

Level 5: Cloudkill, Fiery Discorporation ^A, Firebrant ^SC, Greater Firebusrt ^SC, Mass Fire Shield (Warm Shield) ^SC, Permanency, Planar Tolerance ^SC,E, Plane Shift ^E, Summon Monster V ^E

Level 6: Fire Seeds, Fire Spiders ^SC, Greater Dispel Magic, Summon Monster VI ^E, Transport via Fire ^*

Level 7: Delayed Blast Fireball, Fire Storm, Summon Monster VII ^E

Level 8: Deadly Lahar ^CM, Greater Plane Shift ^{SC, E}, Incendiary Cloud, Summon Monster VIII ^E

Level 9: Elemental Swarm ^E, Internal Fire ^CA, Summon Monster IX <sup>E

* - New spell described below.
A – as an arcane spell.  Treat as having spent a number of power points up to the caster level.
E – fire energy type only, fire creatures only, or elemental plane of fire only
SC – Spell Compendium
CA – Complete Arcane
CM – Complete Mage</sup>


New Pyromancer Spells

Detect Fire:
Level 1
As Detect Animals and Plants, except you detect fires in the area, mundane or magical.

1st round
Presence or absence of fire.

2nd round
Number of fires in the area.

3rd round
The size of each fire and its nature (mundane or magical).  If it is outside your line of sight, then you discern its direction but not its exact location.


Firesight:
Level 3
As Clairaudience/Clairvoyance, except the sensor must be place in a flame within the spell’s range.  If you target a general area, the sensor is placed in the nearest flame within range with line of affect to the targeted area.  If no flames are available, the spell fails.


Transport via Fire:
Level 6
As Transport via Plants, except you enter into and exit from a fire of your size or larger.

[RobbyPants]

I added the casting info to each class and fixed the spell list formatting to apply superscript to all of the notes, which makes it a lot easier to read.

Again, at this point, these guys are really only complete up to about 15th level, which means that their 8th and 9th level spells might not be complete.  Several classes (the Pyromancer in particular) need to have a few more 6th and 7th level spells as well.

[Sdonourg]

They look pretty interesting at this moment. I like your previous elementalists and this version should be (when it's complete) another good addition to my campaign. But I think they names shouldn't be the same. What about Ignomancer, Aquamancer, Auromancer and Terramancer?

P.S. Sorry for my bad english  .

[RobbyPants]

Thanks.  I named these the same because I wasn't planning on using them side-by-side with the other four classes.

I've been (slowly) working on a project for a while that involves changing all casters into spontaneous-niche casters, and this is part of that project.

I'm also not sure when I'll get around to finishing the last five levels.  I might not even try, as I tend to find D&D past 15th level unsalvageable.  Maybe with modified spell lists for 8th and 9th level spells for everyone, it might be workable.

[cooperflood]

Is there any reason why you didn't include any "advanced learning" class features?  It's a pretty standard ability included in most classes of this type.

I would also add Summon Elemental Monolith to the spell lists. It would be nice to have a 9th level spell that's actually worthy of the level.

[Bozwevial]

Is there any reason why you didn't include any "advanced learning" class features?  It's a pretty standard ability included in most classes of this type.

Not a bad idea, I'd say. Any spell with the appropriate descriptor, such as [Fire], [Water/Cold], [Air/Electricity(?)], or [Earth/Acid(?)], perhaps?

[RobbyPants]

I thought about both, although there's little reason to include Summon Monster XI as well.

As for Advanced Learning, I originally intended on it, but I covered the bulk of the spells.  I suppose I could broaden it a bit (cold or acid or water for the hydromancer, etc).

[veekie]

The spell list is pretty comprehensive for any 'core' spells, I suggest allowing advanced learning at a level late(i.e. 1st level spell as a 2nd).

[RobbyPants]

Why late?

[Bozwevial]

I'd be okay with learning them at their normal levels, personally.

[veekie]

Why late?

Mostly? Cross themed spells.

[RobbyPants]

I'm not sure what to do with earth for Advanced Learning, but I could probably do something like this:

Aeromancer: Any spell with the [air], [electric], or [sonic] descriptor.

Geomancer: Any spell with the [earth] descriptor.

Hydromancer: Any spell with the [acid], [cold], or [water] descriptor.

Pyromancer: Any spell with the [fire] descriptor.


This setup would probably work for all but the geomancer.  I know I didn't grab every [fire] spell out there, so the pyromancer has room for customization.  I'm not so sure about the geomancer, though.  I grabbed a lot of the earth spells, and I can't think of any one energy type to give them.  Really, about all I gave them on their normal spell list was either rock-based damage (not energy) or lava (fire).

[Sohala]

I think Reverse Gravity should be given to geo. and that their advance learning give the choice of a fighter feat instead.

Pyro should get [light] as well, for some versitily. Instead of nuke, nuke, and nuke some more.

[archangel.arcanis]

Traditionally I've seen acid associated with earth, my guess would be due to alkaline metals. While it may not fit as well as others Force may be a decent choice for Geo but that also leads to some strange possibilities, though a Geo using magic missile as a ranged weapon replacement could be entertaining.

[RobbyPants]

I like the fighter feat idea.  It's different, but it could work.

I used to have the geomancer associated with acid, but I got a lot of negative feedback about it.  I could add it instead of the fighter feats and I wouldn't feel bad.  I'm not sure force is a good fit.

Light is also a good idea for the pyromancer.

[archangel.arcanis]

I didn't notice the fighter feat part otherwise i would have seconded that. I only brought up force as a possible choice that wasn't claimed by another element that could fit, but like I said it wasn't the best option.

Light on pyro actually gives them some choices on non-fire damage spells as well, since sunbeam and sunburst are options. Vampires run in fear for you shan't be burned but given a tan!