As a librarian, I'm always excited to see librarian-themed things, so when I came across Vall Syrene's Librarian Class, I was very excited. The document itself is quite beefy at 13 pages long and contains flavor text, how to create a librarian, the different specialities, how to multi-class into a librarian, and more.
In this document, a librarian is essentially an investigator that might have some extra tech or combat skills. They can choose between three Research Techniques: the Hunter, the Pagemaster, and the Technarian. A hunter has advanced targeting and toxin skills, a pagemaster knows different maneuvers that can help in a diverse range of situations, and a technarian has special armor it can modify for different situations.
Overall, this class is quite interesting and has a wide range of abilities. You can become an expert in different tools and skills, increase your defense, gain knowledge and advantage against different foes, and a lot more. Definitely something that could be fun during a game.
However, as a librarian, I was a little disappointed. I would have expected skills that went more with being a librarian like tracking down errant patrons and gaining mental defense against insults and having advanced Intelligence (Investigation) skills. This librarian class is a bit of a strange creature with bard/ranger/fighter/wizard characteristics and a lot of armor. Like I said, definitely fun but maybe not super accurate.
All that said, I still think it's worth the purchase. It's a well-written document with a lot of customizability, and it's quite well edited and illustrated. You can pay what you want, but even the suggested price of $2.95 is quite reasonable with what you get. If you're looking for a new class, I'd give this one a try.
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