This mod adds the Oracle class, magic-themed feats, and useful general purpose features from PnP Pathfinder.
General:
- Player Characters get 2 trait selections (see "Traits" section below).
- Favored Class Bonus
- If a favored class is chosen, the character can choose +1 HP or Skill rank for each level gained in that class.
- Sorcerer Favored Class bonus for Human (and partially human races: Half-elf, Half-orc, Aasimar, Tiefling).
- Bard Favored Class bonus for Human (and partially human races).
- Oracle Favored Class bonus for Human (and partially human races).
- Spontaneous casters can replace spells at appropriate levels (e.g. for sorcerer, at 4th level and every 2 levels after that)
- Optional deity selection at character creation.
Classes:
- Oracle class, with the following archetypes, mysteries & curses:
- Seeker archetype
- Ancient Lorekeeper (Elf) archetype
- Time mystery for use with Lorekeeper
- Battle mystery
- Dragon mystery
- Flame mystery
- Life mystery
- Curses:
- Blackened
- Clouded Vision
- Covetous
- Deaf
- Haunted
- Lame
- Tongues
- Wasting
Archetypes:
Spells:
- Hypnotic Pattern
- Greater Magic Weapon
- Wall of Fire
- Delayed Blast Fireball
- can be cast instantly, or delayed up to 5 rounds
- Incendiary Cloud
- Meteor Swarm
- Miracle
- Limited Wish, Wish
- offers choice of spells as described
- can use Wish to grant a permanent inherent ability score increases
- Time Stop
- grants 1d4+1 instant non-offsensive spells, speed boost, immune to attacks of opportunty
- Spells that grant flight, similar to the game's wings abilities:
- Fly, Overland Flight (grants choice of wings)
- Air Walk and Air Walk, Communal (no visuals)
- Spell lists updated to match PnP:
- Arcane Bloodline gets Wish
- Draconic Bloodline gets Fly, Wish
- Fire domain gets Wall of Fire, Incendiary Cloud
- Travel Domain gets Fly
Bloodlines:
Feats:
- Eldritch Heritage, Improved Eldritch Heritage, Greater Eldritch Heritage
- Favored Prestige Class
- Prestigious Spellcaster
- Spell Perfection
- Mage's Tattoo
- Dervish Dance
- Additional Traits
- Extra Revelations
- Abundant Revelations
- Opposition Research (Wizard Arcane Discovery)
- Extra Arcana
Magus Arcanas:
Metamagic Feats:
- Intensified Spell
- Persistent Spell
- Selective Spell
- Dazing Spell
- Rime Spell
- Toppling Spell
- Elemental Spell (Fire/Cold/Electricity/Acid)
Items:
- Metamagic Rods for new metamagics, placed in appropriate vendors/loot tables (e.g. if a vendor or drop has a metamgic rod, it adds all the new ones of similar power level, to keep the pacing similar to the base game.)
- Scrolls for new spells, placed near similar level scrolls in vendor tables.
Bug fixes:
- Wings (and fly, air walk) now to grant immunity to ground spells, such as: Grease, Obsidian Flow, and Tar Pool.
- Fix Elemental Body polymorph forms to allow spellcasting, as in PnP (when in humanoid form).
- Fix Spell Specialization so you can choose spells that you know, but that weren't from your class spell list (for example, spells granted by Sorcerer Bloodlines and Oracle Mysteries).
- Fix Eldritch Knight prerequisite to require a class that grants proficiency in all martial weapons, as in PnP. Does not effect characters that already have a level in Eldritch Knight, and can be disabled in settings. (Helps balance Eldritch Knights with all of goodies they get in this mod, and picking a martial class makes it more fun.)
Other features:
- (off by default) Show custom portraits in the main portrait display. Requires restart to take effect. (This is similar to the Better Portraits mod bundled with Kingmaker Mod Loader, but uses a simpler/less resource intense approach--it only preloads the small sprites. Added because I had problems loading KML but missed the excellent portrait feature.)
Many traits are implemented, chosen base on usefulness (e.g. popular traits in PnP) and feasibility of implementing in game. Player characters get to choose 2 traits at character creation, but they must be from different trait categories. The feat "Additional Traits" can unlock 2 more, but they must also be from trait categories that have not been taken yet.
- Anatomist (+1 to confirm critical hits)
- Armor Expert (-1 armor check penalty)
- Berserker of the Society (+3 rage)
- Blade of the Society (+1 damage on sneak attack)
- Defender of the Society (+1 AC wearing med/heavy armor)
- Deft Dodger (+1 reflex save)
- Honored First of the Society (+1 ki pool)
- Reactionary (+2 initiative)
- Resilient (+1 fortitude save)
- Witty Repartee (+1 persuasion and it becomes a class skill)
- Birthmark (+2 save against enchantment school)
- Child of the Temple (+1 lore religion and it becomes a class skill)
- Devotee of the Green (+1 lore nature and it becomes a class skill)
- Ease of Faith (+1 persuasion and it becomes a class skill)
- Exalted of the Society (+1 channel energy uses)
- Fate's Favored (+1 to luck bonuses)
- Indomitable Faith (+1 will save)
- Scholar of the Great Beyond (+1 knowledge world and it becomes a class skill)
- Classically Schooled (+1 knowledge arcana and it becomes a class skill)
- Dangerously Curious (+1 use magic device and it becomes a class skill)
- Focused Mind (+2 concentration)
- Gifted Adept (+1 caster level to chosen spell)
- Magical Knack (+2 caster level up to character level)
- Magical Lineage (metamagic costs 1 less for chosen spell)
- Adopted (choose race trait of your adoptive parents)
- Child of the Streets (+1 thievery and it becomes a class skill)
- Fast-Talker (+1 persuasion and it becomes a class skill)
- Maestro of the Society (+3 bardic performance uses)
- Suspicious (+1 perception and it becomes a class skill)
- Metamagic Master (metamagic costs 1 less for chosen spell 3rd level or lower)
- Signature Spell (+1 caster level for chosen spell)
- Bastard (+1 will save, -1 persuasion against nobility until you become a noble)
- Rostlander (+1 fortitude save)
- Sword Scion (+1 attack and CMB with Longsword or Dueling Sword, start with one of each)
- Human (and Half-elf, Half-orc, Aasimar, Tiefling):
- Carefully Hidden (+1 will save, +2 save vs divination)
- Fanatic (+1 knowledge aracana and it becomes a class skill)
- Historian (+1 bardic knowledge, +1 knowledge world and it becomes a class skill)
- Shield Bearer (+1 damage on shield bash)
- Superstitious (+1 save vs arcane spells)
- World Traveler (choose: persuasion, perception, or knowledge world; get +1 and it becomes a class skill)
- Elf (and Half-Elf):
- Dilettante Artist (+1 persuasion and it becomes a class skill)
- Forlorn (+1 fortitude save)
- Warrior of the Old (+2 initiative)
- Youthful Mischief (+1 reflex save)
- Half-Orc:
- Brute (+1 persuasion and it becomes a class skill)
- Legacy of Sand (+1 will save)
- Half-Elf:
- Elven Relexes (+2 initiative)
- Failed Apprentice (+1 save vs arcane spells)
- Halfling:
- Freed Slave (+1 knowledge world and it becomes a class skill)
- Freedom Fighter (+1 mobility and it becomes a class skill)
- Well-Informed (+1 persuasion and it becomes a class skill)
- Dwarf:
- Grounded (+2 mobility, +1 reflex save)
- Militant Merchant (+1 perception and it becomes a class skill)
- Ruthless (+1 to confirm critical hits)
- Zest for Battle (+1 trait dmg if has morale attack bonus)
- Gnome:
- Animal Friend (+1 will save and lore nature becomes a class skill, must have familar or animal companion)
- Rapscallion (+1 initiative, +1 mobility)
- Aasimar:
- Martyr’s Blood (+1 attack if character's hit points are below half)
- Toxophilite (+2 to confirm critical hits with bows)
- Wary (+1 perception/persuasion)
- Tiefling:
- Ever Wary (retain half dex bonus AC during surpise round)
- Prolong Magic (racial spell-like abilities get free extend spell)
- God Scorn (Demodand heritage; +1 saves vs divine spells)
- Shadow Stabber (+2 melee damage if opponent can't see you)
- All icons reuse existing game icons (for feats, abilities, spells, etc). They are not always a good match, especially for the new feats/traits.
- Mystic Theurge is not currently compatible with Oracle. (The game does not support two spontaneous caster classes both select spells from the spell selection UI, and Mystic Theurge prioritzes arcane casters. For example, if Inquisitor is used with Mystic Theurge, their spells are selected via the feat UI. Oracle could do that too, but it's more work to implement/test, and not done yet.)
- Incendiary Cloud does not move away from the player (Cloudkill should too). Also the area is smaller than it should be (limitation of the visual effects).
- Character creation page for choosing abilities can't fit more than 6 entries, and if it exceeds that, it wraps in a strange looking way. Does not affect functionality. The mod adds up to 3 selections (favored class, favored class bonus, deity) to the first ability choice page (before stats/skills) and up to 4 on the second feats page (2 traits, plus 2 more if "additional traits" is chosen), so it can trigger this more often than the base game would.
Game balance notes:
- Eldritch Scion is very powerful in PF:K compared to PnP, because it gets sorcerer bloodlines instead of bloodrager bloodlines and does not need to spend Eldritch Pool points to use those abilities. Some things added by this mod (such as Eldritch Heritage) make Scion even stronger.
- Aasimar and Tiefling appear to be treated as having Scion of Humanity/Pass for Human respectively, because they are affected by humanoid affecting spells (e.g. Hold Person, Enlarge Person). For this reason they are allowed to qualify as Human for traits and favored class bonuses added by this mod.
- This mod makes spellcasters more powerful (especially at high levels), but that's how PnP Pathfinder works. :)
Existing game bugs to investigate:
- Arcane Bond for sorcerers does not seem to work with a bonded item (familiars work).
- Dueling Swords should be usable if the character has proficiency in longswords. Exotic proficiency is only necessary to get the 1.5 Strength bonus as a 2-handed weapon, or to use it with Weapon Finesse.
I wanted to thank some other projects that made this mod possible.
Custom Blueprints was a huge help, making it easy easy to view the game's blueprints and see how they're implemented.
Bag of Tricks was a huge help playtesting features (and it's generally a great quality of life mod).
Unity Mod Manager and Harmony are what makes mods like this possible.
And of course, thanks to Owlcat Games for making such a fun game based on Pathfinder, that inspired me to get into modding!
Last but not least, thanks to players who've given me ideas and inspiration for things to focus on.
Thankee again, Ms. Messerly, for making this mod!
As mentioned earlier, I am amidst making a list of many other things that I would like included in this mod. As of this writing, this document is focused on Druid aspects, but I'm amidst handling other spell lists.
v1.02: Added more feats and prestige classes. Most prominently, I added the Cle/Ora spell list.
v1.01: Added more feats and prestige classes. Most prominently, I added the Sor/Wiz spell list.