Shardfinder Remastered Continues! Next we have everyone's favorite not quite human ancestry kalastar! This is a much more complete ancestry then last go around, once more I include some NPC kalastar in their own gallery and as it quite import aspect of kalastar culture identify I have also made a Path of Light deity stat block for the faithful among our sharing dual souled kalastar! The Links below will take you to google docs.
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| Kalastar soul siblings strike against the Darkness! |
More Shardfinder Remaster! Hopefully I start getting these out faster. Re-presenting the Shifter Ancestry! So up front this is created with the assumption you ban Beastkin Heritage as I have absorb a big chunk of those ideas/feats into this 'brew of Shifter. All together I feel this is a much fuller version then my last one; though still might be some growing pains and I always welcome feedback. A lot of the inspiration of this is coming from the 3(.5)e Eberron material.
Additionally beside the ancestry I have provided a small Shifter NPC gallery you can use in your games; be it Shardfinder or Pathfinder 2e in general. I apologize for making a blog to just present links toGoogle doc files but right now this is the best way to present my creations to you but I am open to future alternatives if anyone has suggestions.
To learn more about Eberron check out the Wiki, ECS, Eberreronicon or other Eberron resources.
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| A Shifting Shifter |
Hey everyone! So PF2 Remastered is out and I am remastered what I have put out myself. Hopefully after that will be more Shardfinder content to come. Today I am presenting my remastered Eberron changeling (in Shardfinder Pathfinder's changelings will use the name hagfolk and/or hexkin. As usual this is presented in mind that you have/familiar with ECS or the Eberronicon.
So Blogger and me are having a disagreement about formatting so we trying something new; below will be links to google docs. The first with be remastered Changeling Ancestry which feels more balance and more complete. The second link with be to my Changeling NPC Gallery to give you some Changelings you can sprinkle into your campaigns; be it Eberron or otherwise. As always I welcome feed back and adore stories of using my 'brew.
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| Changeling |
So something different today, this is not a conversion. This is an examination of PF2’s versatile heritage Beastkin found in Lost Omens Ancestry Guide or here. Simple put, can we use them to be shifters in your PF2 Eberron game? (If you looking for my current Shifter conversion you can find it here.) Off the bat I am going to say…maybe?
Do they potentially have the same general feel? Sort of. Paizo’s specific chosen direction I think pulls away from Eberron’s shifters more than moves toward them. If you decide to use them I think you have to ask yourself some questions on how you add them into your Eberron campaign.
(Just want to remind the reader I mostly speak from a 3.5 Eberron perspective.)
Now I believe in the Eberron ‘rule’ of “If it is in DnD it is in Eberron.” though of course replace DnD with PF but that doesn’t mean we can’t put restrictions on it or modify it.
Rarity and Versatile; are you going to follow these parts of the heritage? In Eberron Rare seems pretty high and most likely be treated as uncommon or common. Versatile certainly doesn’t fit as they are established as having ancestors but simple enough to restrict it to humans like half or half orcs but you can easily leave it open to give your Eberron more of a twist. Though some corners of the lore mention Orc shifter one offs.
Ancestry Feats; do you allow all the Beastkin feats? Do you allow all the human feats or whatever ancestry you allow? Beastkin is rather ‘thin’ in feats but that is the same for many versatile heritages as they also have their ancestry to tap into for these. Higher level feats reflect what the Weretouched Master unlocked (ECS pg 85). Some feats seem out of place to a Shifter like Fey Influence granting fey magic and odd extras to the form or Critter Shape that allows you to take on a small or cub animal like form. Of course cutting out feats makes that list smaller so you have to weigh everything for yourself.
Change Shape/Animal Selection; this is where a lot of things break down for trying to use Beastkin as shifters. What I think the more minor thing is first is that hybrid form is more default and either form can be held indefinitely while the shift is certainly meant to be temporary and akin to raging. Bigger thing is they very much want you to pick a specific animal instead of having wider themes (including insects) and they all give a bite attack. While the insect thing is easy to ignore I think the exclusive bite loses a lot of shifter flavor while casual transforms sort of also. This is where my heart gets broken and Beastkin falls apart for me. I think they are great in flavor for Pathfinder/Age of Lost Omens but Eberron it becomes a bit of a failure for me but also can see other GMs embracing it.
With that all said I think this is great frame work for something. Perhaps a Shifter Redux conversion is in order (specially with some people’s Power concern about the current one) or perhaps figuring out how to make a variant Beastkin that fits shifter more? We will see.
Thank you for your time and I hope this proves useful to you and your party! If you like support what I do please consider joining my Patreon or sending me a Ko-fi. A special thanks to the Eberron Discord Communities and an extra special one to ChaosOS for proof reading this entry; check out his works on the DM’s Guild. https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Joseph%20Meehan
Warforged! With this ancestry we finish the last of Eberron’s unique core ancestries.
Warforged were created as tools of war; automatons meant to fill in ranks and swing blades but by design or fate they became more. With the end of the Last War this unique ancestry found themselves with personhood but their purpose suddenly pulled from them.
The ancestry here hopefully won’t be the final version - adapting warforged to PF2 has been an enormous challenge and I hope to expand on this work later. However, I felt it would be better to put this version out in the community as a beta so I can iterate on the feedback.
In addition to this new ancestry I introduce several new things to help support, destroy constructs and hopefully make the world feel more like Eberron; New Skill feat, new equipment and new spells.
Warforged - Uncommon
Hit Points 8
Size Medium
Speed 25 ft
Ability Boosts Constitution, Free
Languages Common
Additional languages equal to your Intelligence modifier (if it’s positive). Choose from the list of common languages and any other languages to which you have access (such as the languages prevalent in your region).
Traits Warforged, Humanoid, Awaken Construct
Awaken Construct Your body is a unique construction trying to mimic life and your mind a spark never imagined before. There are those that even argue you have a soul. For the purpose of spells you are a construct and a living creature. You have the following: You have no need to eat, drink or sleep though you can still consume potions, elixirs, spells and other such things to gain their effects but for abilities, class features and conditions that require full rest. Warforged can enter a recovery mode for six hours instead where they have the unconscious condition but do not go prone or drop items. They may be repaired while in recovery mode but cannot repair themselves in this state. Recovery mode, like 8 hours of rest, can be interrupted and if so a warforged can go back to recovery mode to finish remaining time but the benefits of recovery mode can only be gained once per day.
Warforged are immune to disease, sleep, poison and paralyzed condition. Warforged do not recover hit points from rest or recovery and only gain half the benefits (minimum of 1) of magic or items with the healing trait but cannot be treated with the Medicine skill. Warforged can benefit from Administer First Aid, Treat Poison and Treat Wounds actions but must be done using the Craft Skill and Repair Kit replacing the Requirement of Healer’s Tools; these actions lose the healing trait if any when used in this way. For a warforged a successful Stabilize also recovers them up to 1 HP in addition to removing the dying condition but the warforged remains unconscious for 1d6 minutes (or longer at GM’s discretion). A warforged who has gained a Focus or Innate spell with the healing trait may use it on themselves or other Warforged at full effect.
Warforged are not destroyed like most constructs when reduced to 0 Hit Points, instead they gain the dying condition. They do not make recovery checks and maintain their dying condition count unless damaged or restored to 1 or more Hit Points as normal. On dying 4 a warforged’s body is so damaged it can no longer contain the spark of life/soul and they die; even if the body is restored it continues to cease function. They can be brought back to life by magic just like any other living creatures.
Living Weapon Your body of stone, metal and wood allows you to deliver punishing blows while also allowing you to take on Runes. You have an unarmed attack that deals 1d4 bludgeoning damage, has the agile and finesse trait, is in the brawling weapon group and counts as a weapon with light bulk for the purpose of effects and abilities that work on weapons including weapon runes and talismans. If a Warforged heritage armor is ever made of a special material, these unarmed strikes are treated as if made out of the special material.
Heritages
As a manufactured ancestry the Warforged have the unique ability to retrain their heritages or to be more accurate, have them reconfigured. The heritages below most likely represent the model of warforged you were created as but with the right connections a warforged can have their heritage armor changed out during Downtime using rules found after the listed heritages. A Warforged is always trained in their attached heritage armor. Even if a warforged has their heritage armor completely removed and not replaced they cannot wear standard armor due to integral mounting points, in fact they cannot properly move without heritage armor installed or if it becomes broken or worse (-10 feet speed penalty). A warforged with a class that has anathema may ignore any part about using metal armor as long as they are wearing their original heritage armor. Listed prices are for reference when trying to change heritage armors or craft a new one. Non-Warforged cannot wearWarforged heritage armor. Like any armor, heritage armor can have runes etched or transfered onto them along with being able to use talismans. Most warforged would have the Standard Model Heritage. Heritage armors still count as standard armors for class features and proficiencies.
Standard Model (Composite) Warforged - Common
Be it at the start of the Last War or one of the last groups to be made that never saw combat, let alone trained for it; you were designed to the default standard. You have Composite Heritage armor attached to your body, it is your protection and it is your skin.Most House Cannith Approved Smiths have the formula for this level 1 Armor and even non approved Smiths in a major settlement might have it.
Medium Armor Composite Heritage Armor (level 1)
Price 6 gp
AC Bonus +3
Dex Cap +2
Check Penalty -1
Speed Penalty -5 feet
Strength 14
Bulk 1
Group Composite
Armor Traits Flexible, Comfort
Light Model Warforged - Uncommon
You might have been made to be a fast moving unit or custom order to respond to threats quickly, you have the Light Heritage Armor attached. This lighter armor uses thinner plates and composites along with protecting less of your other body elements. This uncommon armor formula may be known by approved Cannith Smiths that hold a mild position or those Smiths who served as ‘battle repairers’ during the Last War keeping Warforged running.
Light Armor Light Heritage Armor (Level 2)
Price 7 gp
AC Bonus +2
Dex Cap +3
Check Penalty -
Speed Penalty -
Strength 12
Bulk L
Group -
Traits Comfort
Bulwark Model Warforged - Uncommon
You were designed to wade into heavy combat to break lines or perhaps be someone’s heavy bodyguard, you have the Bulwark Heritage Armor. This armor uses thicker plates and covers up more of a warforge’s body. This uncommon armor formula may be known by approved Cannith Smiths that hold a mild position or those Smiths who served as ‘battle repairers’ during the Last War keeping Warforged running.
Heavy Armor Bulwark Heritage Armor (Level 3)
Price 22 gp
AC Bonus +5
Dex Cap +1
Check Penalty -2
Speed Penalty -10 feet
Strength 16
Bulk 2
Group Plate
Trait Bulwark
Reconfiguring
After character creation a Warforged character can swap their heritage armor for a new set of heritage armor if found or purchased. The process to remove current heritage armor is one hour if by themselves, 30 minutes if their help and requires a Repair Kit, Black Smith Toolkit or any toolkit a GM determines is appropriate. Donning the new armor takes the same amount of time.
Crafting Warforged heritage armor follows the same rules as any armor except on the last day of creation the Warforged May chose to be present for the process having the finished product added immediately as it completed. This ignores the usual donning/removing rules for warforged heritage armor and once the armor is completely it is installed on the warforged.
Ancestry Feats
1ST LEVEL
Warforged Basic Training Feat 1
WARFORGED
You have undergone Warforged Basic training to prepare them for their roles as soldiers. You become trained in the shortbow and longsword. Additionally you gain the Shield Blocking feat.
Deadly Living Weapon Feat 1
WARFORGED
Due to practice or a fluke in the Creation Forge your unarmed strikes are more effective, raise your unarmed Strike damage for Living Weapon to a d6 and gain the shove trait.
War Lore Feat 1
WARFORGED
Beyond the tools of war is the ability and skill to use them. Either from training or practical experience you have the basics of warfare. You gain the trained proficiency rank in Crafting and Athletics. If you would automatically become trained in one of those skills, you instead become trained in a skill of your choice. You also become trained in Warfare Lore.
Warforged Resistance Feat 1
WARFORGED
By blessing of the creation forge or after creation modification you are more durable. You gain resistance equal to the amount of your ancestry feats against piercing, slashing and bludgeoning damage from weapons, traps and hazards unless done by adamantine source.
Jaws of Death Feat 1
WARFORGED
Your bite is as lethal as any weapon. You gain a jaws unarmed attack that deals 1d8 piercing in the brawling group.
5TH LEVEL
Warforged Brutal Unarmed Feat 5
WARFORGED
Prerequisite Having Deadly Living Weapon or Jaws of Death
You know how to use your unarmed strikes with brutal effectiveness. Whenever you score a critical strike with one of your unarmed attacks you apply that unarmed attacks critical specialization.
Warforged Weapon Discipline Feat 5
WARFORGED
Prerequisite Warforged Basic Training
You have honed your skill with the basic weapons of war, whenever you get a critical hit with one of your Basic Training weapons you apply that weapon’s critical effect.
Construct Lockdown Feat 5
WARFORGED
Your own construct nature has given you an insight on how to combat constructs. You gain a +2 to damage against creatures with the construct type and anytime you score a critical on one you may use the Sling Critical effect instead of the weapon’s usual critical effect.
9th Level
Warforged Heritage Armor Expertise Feat 9
WARFORGED
You have become quite practiced in your heritage armor that makes up part of your body. Whenever you gain a class feature that grants you expert or greater proficiency in certain armors or unarmed defense, you also gain that proficiency for your heritage armor. Additionally gain access to that armor’s specialization if any.
13th Level
Martial Expertise Feat 13
WARFORGED
Prerequisite Warforged Weapon Discipline
Your designed intention for war and experience have honed your skills. Whenever you gain a class feature that grants you expert or greater proficiency in certain weapons, you also gain that proficiency for the shortbow and longsword.
New Skill Feat
Battle Repairs <Action> Feat 1
| General | Manipulate | Skill |
Prerequisite Trained in Craft
Requirements Repair Tools worm or in Hand, Target is a construct or awaken construct.
You can quick repair up yourself or an adjacent ally construct, even in combat. Attempt a Craft check with the same DC as for Treat Wounds and provide the corresponding amount of repairs. As with Treat Wounds, you can attempt checks against higher DCs if you have the minimum proficiency rank. The target is then temporarily immune to your Battle Repairs for 1 day.
New Equipment
OIL OF REPAIR ITEM 1+
CONSUMABLE | MAGICAL | OIL | TRANSMUTATION
Usage held in1 hand; Bulk L
Activate <Single Action> Interact
An oil of repair is a vial that appears to have endless silver threads swirling within. When you apply this oil to a construct, including yourself, they gain the listed number of Hit Points. Generally a minor oil of repair can be bought during character creation.
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Type minor; Level 1; Price 4 gp
This oil repairs 1d8 Hit Points.
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Type lessor; Level 3; Price 12 gp
This oil repairs 2d8+5 Hit Points.
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Type moderate; Level 6; Price 50 gp
This oil repairs 3d8+10 Hit Points.
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Type greater; Level 12; Price 400 gp
This oil repairs 6d8+20 Hit Points.
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Type major; Level 18; Price 5,000 gp
This oil repairs 8d8+30 Hit Points.
New Spells
REPAIR SPELL 1
TRANSMUTATION
Traditions arcane, occult
Cast <Single Action> to <<<Triple Action>>>
Range varies Targets 1 construct
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You channel transmutational magics to repair your construct allies. The target construct has 1d8 Hit Points restored. This spell even works on golems and other constructs with antimagic but only restores half of the Hit Points. The number of actions you spend when casting this spell determines its targets, range, area, and other parameters.
<Single Action> (somatic) This spell has a range of touch.
<<Double Action>> (verbal,somatic) The spell has a range of 30 feet. Increase the Hit Points restored by 8.
<<<Triple Action>>> (material, somatic, verbal) You disperse transmutive energy in a 30-foot emanation. This targets all constructs in the burst.
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Heightened (+1) The amount of repairing increases by 1d8, and the extra 2-action version increases by 8.
DISABLE SPELL 1
TRANSMUTATION
Traditions arcane, occult
Cast <Single Action> to <<<Triple Action>>>
Range varies Targets 1 construct
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You channel destructive transmutational magics to wreck your construct enemies. The target construct takes 1d8 damage and gets a basic Fortitude saves. This spell even works on golems and other constructs with antimagic but these kinds of constructs treat Critical Failures as Failures. The number of actions you spend when casting this spell determines its targets, range, area, and other parameters.
<Single Action> (somatic) This spell has a range of touch.
<<Double Action>> (verbal,somatic) The spell has a range of 30 feet.
<<<Triple Action>>> (material, somatic, verbal) You disperse destructive transmutive energy in a 30-foot emanation. This targets all constructs in the burst.
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Heightened (+1) The amount of damage increases by 1d8.
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