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Psylock Class

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PSYLOCKS

Concept
Psylocks having undergone a mental awakening that has unleashed unknown powers.They follow a "pursuit" as a means to control this new power. A "pursuit" will often involve meditation, ritual exercise, or through in depth study of the world around them. The direction of their pursuit dictates the abilities they can grow to harness.

Origins
Many centuries ago the world was ruled by the Illithid. Telepathic creatures known as mind flayers, they live in hive minded colonies. Who are devoted to a giant creature called an Elder brain. Mind flayers are telepathic creatures who solely subsist on the brains of humanoids. This does not only provide them with nutrition, but also allows them to gain the knowledge of that being induces a temporary euphoric high. These humanoids were farmed and harvested for centuries, bred and selected for their mental power which would provide an enhanced potency to the post consumption "high". Over time the Illithid became overconfident in their control of their humanoids, they began to start "aging" their humanoids exposing them to extreme life experiences, gladiatorial battles, emotional events of true misery and anguish, even training them to steal information from other hives. The nature of these experiences further enhances the potency of their "fruit".

This led to a sudden and violent mental awakening among these cultivated humanoids. Driving the demise of the Illithids control over the world. The ripple effects of this rebellion have left faint bloodlines of those that led the uprising "the awakened" echoing through the world. In every generation, some humanoids awaken to an internal power hidden deep within. This awakening will begin during a traumatic event or forced out by a mysterious ritual.

Technical summary
A variation on the psionic and mystic classes, the Psylock keeps a direct, familiar feel in line with other traditional classes. With one mechanic variation combining the warlocks short rest spell recovery with the alternative sorcerer points. The class and variety of sub-classes take on a similar role as a warlock though not as geared towards area control. This class should allow for a variety of different exciting builds for Player characters. It also should provide unique NPCs for a variety of various campaigns, both in the Underdark or Urban based en-devours.

Any constructive feedback, comments or reviews are more than welcome. This is currently the first draft, so I'm entirely open to both mechanical and creative edits.

UPDATED v02.

The latest update addresses a variety of issues.

The majority of which were both grammar and spell mistakes.

Most of the abilities,skills,and ascensions have either been re-defined for clarity and balance.

If you're currently running the class the suggestion would be to review the relevant subclass and its abilities.

I hope this latest update facilitates a better playing experience

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Ben K June 07, 2021 2:43 pm UTC
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Hi All,

The latest update v02 is live,

I hope I have been able to address all of the notes.

Its a pretty broad revision with nearly every element getting a slight tweak buff or nerf.

All the Best

Ben



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James L March 01, 2021 5:50 pm UTC
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This looks like a really good take on a Psionic class, have a few bits of feedback about the draft (mostly spelling errors/clarification, sorry for being pedantic XD);
-On page 2 for the Psylock intro fluff on the second paragraph of line 4 Illithid is spelt as 'Illithed' (minor nitpick sorry)
-On page 3 in the fourth line down in the Creating A Psylock section, there should be a space between 'Was' and it.
-In the class overview Table there is a 'Path Abilitie' mentioned, I'm assuming this is meant to be Pursuit as you choose your subclass at level 1.
-A slight spelling error happens with Ability Score Improvements in the Class Overview table being 'Abilitie' for each mention per 4 levels as well.
-Under the Psylock Accessions section on page 5 where it says "At 2nd level, you gain one Psylock accession of your choice" it might be best for accession to be in Caps here as well.
-On page four in the Psychic casting section you may want to change the last sentence for...See more
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Ben K March 02, 2021 11:01 am UTC
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Hi James L,

Thanks for all of this! I really appreciate all the hard work it must have taken to put this together.

I'll take some time this weekend to review your comments and notes, all of which look valid.

I had already intended at putting together a cleaned up edit of this class.

Some of which you have addressed in your notes above. I'll aim to have an update over the coming weeks.

Thanks for your support and I hope you enjoy the class if you decide to play it or run in your campaign.

Cheers

Ben
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James L April 22, 2021 7:46 pm UTC
PURCHASER
No worries, I'll have to go back over some of your other stuff (will definitely be using this class in a campaign at a later date, also tempted to use your Beast Domain). Thanks for your response :)

Regards
James
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Kasper N May 13, 2021 6:05 am UTC
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Have this been updated yet? Spelling mistakes aside, there are definitely a few things that need better clarification/reworked wording. When you take a second look at it, imagine you don't know anything about a given ability/feature and how it works in conjunction with other stuff.
It's a nice class, and one of my players is using it at the moment, being level 6 and there are a few times we've had to guess how a certain thing was meant to work.
A couple of examples:
- The pursuit spell description is not 100% clear whether it gives the cantrips or lets you choose from them, and only the leveled spells are always prepared. (We went with the choice path instead of granting the cantrips)
- Pursuit through Darkness gives proficiency in medium armor, but not light armor? (We thought of this as an oversight and granted both)
- Crackling Impact has been clarified in this forum, but could definitely use a clarification rework in the PDF
- Crushing Grasp needs a range (unless it is any...See more
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Ben K June 07, 2021 2:36 pm UTC
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Hi Kasper N,

I have just updated the class which addresses your comments.
In the case of the Cantrips & Spells for the pursuits, these are considered additional options for the character to prepare.
I have attempted to clarify this in the latest document,though I imagine this will have little impact overall on a game if you were to maintain this ruling. Though I think the updated ruling will adjust some balance issues when it comes to the overall flexibility of the build, forcing harder character specific choices.

I hope this is helpful and I apologise for not getting back to you sooner.

All the best

Ben

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Kasper N June 07, 2021 2:43 pm UTC
PURCHASER
Thanks! Will look forward to a more polished product :D
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Lars S April 01, 2019 10:24 pm UTC
PURCHASER
Looks really Fun - there is just one phrase i dont understand.
"When you use psychic points equal to a spell slot available to you. At a higher
levels you can add an extra 1d6 to the damage with a
maximum of 5d6." Is this suppose to work like a smite in terms of scaling?
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Ben K April 02, 2019 7:04 am UTC
CREATOR
Yes your right, that is a little unclear.

Yes so similar too a smite, you can expend psychic points to empower the damage of your attack. Gaining additional 1d6 damage for expending points equal to a 1st level spell slot, 2d6 for expended points equal to a 2nd level spell slot and so on. This is to a Maximum of a 5 level spell slot, there by doing a maxium of 5d6 additional damage following a successful strike.

I hope this is clearer, if you spot anything else you don't feel is clear or could be neatened up. Please feel free to say and I'll work on an update. Additionally if you decide to play the class in your campaign feel free to leave notes..I'm really keen to hear some feedback.

Hope this was helpful.
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Lars S April 04, 2019 3:47 pm UTC
PURCHASER
Yeah it most def was mate - ty!
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Ben H July 04, 2018 3:04 pm UTC
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Looks awesome can't wait to give it a spin.
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