Not a Monster Monday... An archetype

This week instead of Monster Monday I present a work by a friend and sometimes collaborator John Karatovic. He wrote this awhile back as an audition peice to a world I will introduce to this blog at some point down the line. Its called Celtris and its a very cool co-creation of mine and Jeff Harris.

This week's theme is Arabian Nights and this will tie strongly with Wed article so stay tuned...

The Genie-Bound Noble

 

John Karatovic

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@johnpocalypse

 

Genie-Bound Noble (Summoner)

The genie-bound noble is born or adopted to one of the four powerful noble families in the secret city of Glim. As such you have a powerful pact with a genie who willingly harnesses the power of wishes and elemental power at your bidding.

Class Skills: A genie-bound noble gains Diplomacy and Sense Motive as class skills and does not gain Handle Animal and Ride as class skills.

Genie: At first level a genie-bound summoner  gains a genie. Unlike an eidolon a genie’s form is relatively fixed. As such genies use the following statistics:

Starting Statistics

Size: Medium; Speed 30 ft.; AC +2 Natural Armor; Saves: Fort (Good), Ref (Bad), Will (Good); Ability Scores:Str 15, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 11, Wis7, Cha 12.Bonus Feats: Light Armor Proficiency, Medium Armor ProficiencyFree Evolutions: limbs (arms), limbs (legs), Weapon Training.

Evolution List:Genies may select from the following Evolution List. Note evolutions marked with an asterisk are from Ultimate Magic.

1 Point Evolutions: Basic Magic*, Bite, Claws, Climb, Gills, Improved Damage, Improved Natural Armor, Low-Light Vision*, Magic Attacks, Pull, Push, Reach, Resistance, Skilled, Slam, Swim.

2 Point Evolutions: Ability Increase, Constrict, Energy Attacks, Flight (Su only), Grab, Immunity, Minor Magic*, Rend, Tremorsense, Trip, Weapon Training.

3 Point Evolutions:Blindsense, Burrow, Damage Reduction, Frightful Presence, Major Magic*, See In Darkness*, Swallow Whole

4 Point Evolutions: Blindsight, Breath Weapon, Dimension Door*, Fast Healing, Incorporeal Form*, Large, Lifesense*, No Breath*, Spell Resistance, Ultimate Magic*.

Summoning the genie is a full-round action and requires speaking a summoning phrase whilst holding the genie token.  Unlike an eidolon a genie remains active even if the summoner is unconscious or asleep, but if the Summoner loses contact with the token (such as if it is stolen or disarmed) then the genie immediately returns to within the token and remains there until the genie-bound summoner can perform the summoning action again. This ability otherwise is the same as the Eidolon ability.

This ability alters the Eidolon ability.

Genie Token (Su):At 1^st level thegenie-boundNoble gains a token. This token is a focus for the genie-bound Noble’s magic, and a place for the noble’s genie to reside when not summoned. A genie-bound noble begins with a token at no cost and must fall into one of the following categories: amulet, ring, staff, wand or weapon. These objects are always of masterwork quality. Weapons acquired at first level are not made of any special material. If a genie-bound summoner attempts to cast a spell without the bonded object worn or in hand, he must make a concentration check or lose the spell. The DC is equal to 20 + the spell’s level. If the object is a ring or amulet it occupies the ring or neck slot accordingly.

Unlike an eidolon while a genie is not summoned it heals hit points at a rate of 1 hit point per summoner level per day. The genie must remain within 100 feet of the Token at all times, if it is between 100 to 1,000 feet the genie’s maximum and current hit point totals are immediately reduced by 50%. If the genie is between 1,000 to 10,000 feet its maximum and current hit point totals drop by 75%. If  the genie is more than 10,000 feet away it is immediately recalled into the token. Current hit points lost in this way are not restored when the genie gets closer to the token, but its maximum hit points return to normal.

This ability replaces Life Link.

Fleeting Wish 0 (Su): At 1^st level a summoner may make a fleeting wish as a move action a number of times per day equal to 3 + his Charisma Modifier. Doing so allows his eidolon to cast a single conjuration cantrip from the sorcerer/wizard spell list as a spell-like ability for one round, unlike a normal spell-like ability any material components costing more than 1 gp must be provided. The summoner must verbalize his wish, thus this ability does not operate in an area of silence or if the Eidolon suffers the deafened condition. At 3^rd Level and every two levels thereafter the power of this ability increases by one spell level to a maximum of 9^th level conjuration spells 19^th level. At 19^th level the genie may instead cast limited wish instead (the summoner or genie must still pay for any material components as normal).

This ability replaces Summon Monster I .

Elemental Wish(Su): At 10^th level the genie-bound noble may use his Fleeting Wish ability to have his genie cast any spell from the sorcerer/wizard list with any one energy descriptor. Once the descriptor is chosen it may not be changed.

This ability replaces Aspect.

Miraculous Wish (Su): At 18^th level the genie-bound noble may use his Fleeting Wish ability to have his genie cast any spell of the conjuration descriptor from the cleric/oracle spell list at one level lower. To a maximum of 8^th level spells.

This ability replaces Greater Aspect.

True Wish(Su): At 20^th level the genie-bound noble may three uses of his Fleeting Wish ability to have his genie cast Wish. The genie or the noble must provide any required material components.

 

 

 

 

 

Sidebar: Genie-Bound Nobles

The design behind the Genie-Bound Noble is to provide a summoner with more of a foot in the lore of a hero with a powerful genie, playable out of the box at 1^st level. In many ways the genie is less of a combat monster than an eidolon since it receives far fewer attacks. The Genie-Bound Noble turns a summoner into a sort of limited wizard.  Ultimately the Genie-Bound Noble should take less screen-time at the table due to the limited number of attacks from a genie, and smaller number of summoned beasts on the table at a time.