House Rules

Character Creation

• • 20 points for ability scores [see point-buy calculator if you need help with it]

• No ability score can be higher than 18 natural, or 20 with racial mods.

• 2 traits, or 3 traits and 1 drawback

  • Classes without access to extracts, maneuvers, psionics, or spells are allowed to take either the Combat Training trait or the Unlocked Talent feat as a trait.

  • Note that while many classes are restricted to specific races, there exists a trait to make that class available to all, with the exception of cryptic and warlock.

  • If your chosen drawback does nothing (e.g. Magical Klutz on a Barbarian) then one will be chosen at random to replace it.

Basics

• Hero Point system is active.

• Magic-Psionic Transparency is active.

• Healing powers and items are considered to be maximized when outside of combat and not under duress.

• A natural 20 on an attack roll is automatically confirmed as a crit, if possible.

• An altered form of the Unchained Automatic Bonus Progression rules are in effect.

• Corruption mechanics are active.

  • Corruption is a hidden mechanic that will invariably change your character, usually for the worse, if you have too much interaction with beings, places, and powers beyond mortal ken.

  • While all forms of Corruption give some form of negative effect, most also give a powerful boon to your character. Balance this well.

  • Corruption can only be removed via high level rituals.

  • Warnings of impending doom will be given, however veiled, when Corruption is likely to occur.

• Currency is Blackrock Chips (ch or chips), and is valued as 1gp:10 chips

  • 1 chip can be broken into 10 shards (sh). 10 chips can be combined into 1 coin (co). These processes are reversible.

Classes

• ... By request, Vigilante can change between identities quietly as a 1 minute action, or with flash and glitter as a 5 round action. Why.

Magic

• The Spell Point system is in effect for all spellcasting classes. 

• Spell-like abilities are unaffected by this change.

Magic Items

• Magic items cannot be purchased during downtime.

• Almost all magic items will be found, not purchased.

• Shop lists for magical items are pre-determined.

  • Availability of magical items is determined by community size, with the chart shifted upward one size (So, Thorp=zero magic items)

    • Scrolls and wands emulating spells 2nd level and below are available, in limited quantities. The average cost of these items is increase by 2x.

Feats 

• The feat changes listed here are in effect.

  • Altered feats and campaign specific feats will be added in a future update.

• All magical crafting feats are unavailable.

• Removed Feats: Crossbow Mastery, Deadly Aim, Pirhana Strike, Power Attack

  • The following feats are granted for free, so long as all requirements are met

  • Antagonize [New requirement: Cha 13, 3 ranks in either Diplomacy or Intimidate]

  • Call Truce [New requirement: Cha 13, 3 ranks in Diplomacy]

  • Call Out [New requirement: Cha 13, 3 ranks in Intimidate]

  • Improved Unarmed Strike [New requirement: +1 BAB]

  • Intimidating Prowess [New requirement: Str 17, 2 ranks in Intimidate]

  • Read Magic [Granted to any alchemical, divine, magickal or psionic class at 1st level]

  • Risky Strike

Skills

• The Knowledge (local) skill must specify a geographical area with which you are familiar.

  • You can specify a region (one of the six quadrants of the map) without bonus or penalty.

  • You can specify a city or settlement, and will receive a scaling bonus.

• The Profession skill can be used as an alternate check for activities related to your chosen profession. 

  • As such, only one Profession can be taken at a time.

• The Spellcraft skill is only trainable if you have a level in an alchemical, magickal, or psionic class, 

  • You can use detect magic and identify at will so long as you have a rank in Spellcraft.

• Non-spellcasters can identify magical items by substituting Spellcraft for Appraise, at a +5 DC penalty.

Equipment

• Weapon Groups

  • All weapon-specific feats, excluding Exotic Weapon Proficiency, instead apply to Fighter Weapon Groups. (e.g. Weapon Focus [Heavy Blades])

    • Any feats or abilities which apply to a single, explicitly-named or referenced weapon, such as Sword Oath, still apply only to that single weapon.

• Ranged Weapons

  • Crossbows

    • All exotic crossbows are now martial weapons, except the crank and repeating crossbows.

      • The light and heavy pelletbows are also now martial but act as normal otherwise, ignoring the new functionality as they are crossbows that fire sling bullets.

    • All crossbows are increased one damage step, unless specifically noted below.

      • 1d4->1d6->1d8->1d10->2d6->3d6->4d6->6d6->8d6->12d6

    • Firing a crossbow is a standard action, and crossbows have no iterative attacks.

    • Light, repeating, and hand crossbows add +2 to attack rolls vs armored targets, and heavy and double crossbows add a +4 to attack rolls vs armored targets.

    • Reloading a non-repeating crossbow takes a swift action, reduced to a free action with Rapid Reload. It cannot be reduced further.

    • Double crossbows have their own unique set of rules.

      • Double crossbows fire all loaded bolts at once with a single standard action.

      • Each bolt has its own attack roll. If two bolts are fired at once, they both take a -4 penalty to attack.

      • Reloading a single bolt of a double crossbow takes a move action, reduced to a swift action with Rapid Reload. It cannot be reduced further.

      • Reloading both bolts of a double crossbow takes a standard action, reduced to a move action with Rapid Reload. It cannot be reduced further.

    • Repeating crossbows also have their own unique set of rules.

      • Repeating crossbows fire all five bolts with a single standard action.

      • Each bolt fired has its own attack roll, and each bolt beyond the first adds a -4 attack roll penalty.

        • e.g. First bolt is fired with a +12 attack. The second at +8 attack, then +4, +0, and finally -4.

      • The first bolt that hits a target deals normal damage.

      • The second bolt and beyond that hit a target instead add 3 damage to the total. Calculate this amount as a single damage total.

      • Reloading a repeating crossbow takes a standard action, reduced to a move action with Rapid Reload. It cannot be reduced further.

  • Firearms

    • Firearms are extremely hard to come across. As such, they cannot be purchased during downtime.

      • All firearm ammunition has an increased cost equal to 3x original value (e.g., one metal cartridge costs 450 ch)

    • Early firearms have an increased cost equal to 3x original value (e.g., a pistol costs 30,000 ch)

    • Advanced firearms have an increased cost equal to 5x original value (e.g., a rifle costs 250,000 ch)