Builder (3.5e NPC Class)

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An NPC version of the artificer, these minor spellcasters are all about building. 20 0 Poor Good Poor Poor Prepared Arcane Spellcasting Minor

Builder

Abilities: Builders use Intelligence to gain many skill points, improve crafting skills, and spellcasting. They usually need Dexterity to make up for their lack of defense, and Strength for carrying capacity. Constitution is important to everyone.

Races: Any.

Alignment: Any.

Starting Age: As fighter.

Table: The Builder

Hit Die: d6

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special	Spells per Day
		Fort	Ref	Will		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1st	+0	+2	+0	+0	Skill Focus, Toolsmith	2	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+1	+3	+0	+0	Improved Carry Capacity	3	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	+1	+3	+1	+1	Quick Crafting x2	4	—	—	—	—	—
4th	+2	+4	+1	+1	Imbue Item	3	1	—	—	—	—
5th	+2	+4	+1	+1	Skill Focus	4	2	—	—	—	—
6th	+3	+5	+2	+2	Quick Crafting x3	4	3	—	—	—	—
7th	+3	+5	+2	+2		4	4	1	—	—	—
8th	+4	+6	+2	+2		4	4	2	—	—	—
9th	+4	+6	+3	+3	Quick Crafting x4	4	4	3	—	—	—
10th	+5	+7	+3	+3	Skill Focus	4	4	4	1	—	—
11th	+5	+7	+3	+3		4	4	4	2	—	—
12th	+6	+8	+4	+4	Quick Crafting x5	4	4	4	3	—	—
13th	+6	+8	+4	+4		4	4	4	4	1	—
14th	+7	+9	+4	+4		4	4	4	4	2	—
15th	+7	+9	+5	+5	Quick Crafting x6, Skill Focus	4	4	4	4	3	—
16th	+8	+10	+5	+5		4	4	4	4	4	1
17th	+8	+10	+5	+5		4	4	4	4	4	2
18th	+9	+11	+6	+6	Quick Crafting x7	4	4	4	4	4	3
19th	+9	+11	+6	+6		4	4	4	4	4	4
20th	+10	+12	+6	+6	Instant Crafting, Skill Focus	4	4	4	4	4	4
Class Skills (6 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level) Appraise (Int), Balance (Dex), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Disable Device (Int), Jump (Str), Knowledge (all skills taken seperately) (Int), Profession (Wis), Search (Int), Spellcraft (Int), Use Magic Device (Cha), Use Rope (Dex).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Builder.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The expert is proficient in the use of all simple weapons, the combat spade, combat shovel, and warhammer, and with light armor but not shields. Armor of any type interferes with a builder’s movements, which can cause her spells with somatic components to fail.

Spells: A builder casts arcane spells like a wizard, and must choose and prepare her spells ahead of time (see below) keeping their spells in a spellbook. To learn, prepare, or cast a spell, the builder must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a builder’s spell is 10 + the spell level + the builder’s Intelligence modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a builder can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The Builder. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high Intelligence score.

Unlike a bard or sorcerer, a builder may know any number of spells. She must choose and prepare her spells ahead of time by getting a good night’s sleep and spending 1 hour studying her spellbook. While studying, the builder decides which spells to prepare.

Builders choose their spells from the following list:

1st—ablative armor^MoE, alarm, animate rope, conjure tools, create shrine, detect magic, detect mineral, detect secret doors, dispel ward^SpC, endure elements, feather, feather fall, float, floating disk, hold portal, identify, incubate, magic aura, magic weapon, mastercrafting, mending, object insight, polish, portal beacon^SpC, silent portal^SpC, unseen servant.

2nd—analyze object, arcane lock, continual flame, crumble^SpC, dense weapon, dull weapon, earth lock^SpC, earthfast^SpC, force ladder^SpC, glyph of warding, greater alarm^SpC, greater magic weapon, heavy weapon, keen edge, knock, levitate, make whole, magic vestment, minor creation, phantom trap, portal alarm^SpC, soften earth and stone, spider climb, temper weapon, tiny hut, warp wood, water breathing, wood shape, unseen crafter^RoE, weapon of impact^SpC.

3rd—airtight architecture, burden, create hypercube, curse object, enlarge item, fire trap, fly, greater floating disk^SpC, hostile levitate, guards and wards, hallucinatory terrain, mage's private sanctum, maintenance, major creation, miasma of entropy^SpC, nature's rampart^SpC, secret chest, secure shelter, servant horde^SpC, shrink item, sign of sealing^SpC, standing wave^SpC, stone shape.

4th—animate objects, fabricate, forbiddance, force chest^SpC, greater glyph of warding, hardening, hidden lodge^SpC, improved portal alarm^SpC, metal melt^SpC, metal shape, mining beam, mirage arcana, move earth, overland flight, perinarch^SpC, passwall, permanency, raise from the deep^SpC, spike stones, transmute mud to rock, transmute rock to mud, wood rot^SpC.

5th—fabrication machine, fantastic machine^SpC, greater stone shape^SpC, hivecraft, ironwood, mage's magnificent mansion, negative mass, refusal^SpC, teleport object, wall of force, wall of iron, wall of stone.

6th—dimensional lock, excavate^SpC, greater sign of sealing^SpC, portal barrier, seal portal^SpC, stromberg's frozen court, submerge ship^SpC, syl's greater fabricate, teleportation circle, tunnel swallow^SpC.

Spellbook: A builder must study her spellbook each day to prepare her spells. She cannot prepare any spell not recorded in her spellbook. A builder begins play with a spellbook containing two 1st-level spells of your choice. For each point of Intelligence bonus the builder has, the spellbook holds one additional 1st-level spell of your choice. At each new builder level, she gains one new spell of any spell level or levels that she can cast (based on her new builder level) for her spellbook. At any time, a builder can also add spells found in other spellbooks to her own.

Skill Focus: At 1st level, 5th level, and every five levels beyond the builder gains Skill Focus as a bonus feat.

Toolsmith (Ex): The builder can make craft checks even if the appropriate tools are not on hand, using whatever is around as a replacement. When they do have tools, they gain a +2 circumstance bonus, or a +4 bonus with a masterwork tool (instead of the usual +2 bonus).

Improved Carry Capacity (Ex): The 2nd level builder doubles their Strength score for the purpose of carrying capacity.

Quick Crafting (Ex): The 3rd level builder crafts much faster than others. They craft twice as fast as a normal person. At 6th level and every three levels beyond the multiplier to their speed increases by one step.

Imbue Item (Su): A builder of 4th level or higher can use his supernatural power to create magic items, even if she does not know the spells required to make an item (although she must know the appropriate item creation feat). She can substitute a Use Magic Device check (DC 15 + spell level for arcane spells or 25 + spell level for divine spells) in place of a required spell she doesn't know or can't cast.

If the check succeeds, the builder can create the item as if she had cast the required spell. If it fails, she cannot complete the item. She does not expend the XP or gp costs for making the item; her progress is simply arrested. She cannot retry this Use Magic Device check for that spell until she gains a new level.

Instant Crafting (Ex): At 20th level the builder can craft something as a 1 round action, no matter how long the time would be otherwise. They may do this 1/day.

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