APPROVED: [Race] Medusa class levels

Medusa class levels

Nalei 02 May 2016 22:20

Level HP BAB Fortitude Reflex Will Special Abilities 1 1d10 +1 +0 +2 +2 +2 Dex, +2 Con, +2 Int, snake bite (1d2) 2 2d10 +2 +0 +3 +3 +1 natural armor, +2 Cha, all-around Vision 3 3d10 +3 +1 +3 +3 Petrifying gaze 10ft 1/day 4 4d10 +4 +1 +4 +4 Snake bite (1d3 plus poison), +2 Dex, +2 Con 5 5d10 +5 +1 +4 +4 +1 natural armor, +2 Cha 6 6d10 +6 +2 +5 +5 Petrifying Gaze 20ft. 3/day, +2 Con 7 7d10 +7 +2 +5 +5 Snake bite (1d4 plus poison), +2 Wis 8 8d10 +8 +2 +6 +6 +1 natural armor, petrifying gaze 30ft. at will, +2 Con

Traits and Class Features
Medium (monstrous humanoid)
Speed: 30 ft.
Senses: Darkvision 60 ft.
Language: Common
Skill Ranks Per Level: 4 + Int modifier.
Class Skills:* Bluff, Climb, Craft, Disguise, Perception, Ride, Stealth, Survival, and Swim
Racial Modifiers:** +4 Perception

All-Around Vision (Ex)
As a medusa matures her thickened hair grows into snakes. These snakes develop a bite, all around vision and poison. A medusa’s snakehair allows her to see in all directions. Medusas gain a +4 racial bonus to Perception checks and cannot be flanked.

Petrifying Gaze (Su)
Turn to stone permanently, Fortitude negates. The save DC is Charisma-based. Until level 8 this gaze attack can only be used to perform attack action gazes.

Poison (Ex)
Bite—injury; save Fort DC 18; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d3 Str; cure 2 consecutive saves. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Narrowed Gaze
Your gaze attack has a limited field of effect.
Prerequisite: Int 13, gaze attack.
Benefit: You may choose to limit your gaze attack to an attack gaze at the start of your turn. Doing so disables the radius effect of your gaze attack until the beginning of your next turn, preventing you from accidentally affecting allies with your gaze.
Normal: A gaze attack functions constantly on all those within range, and it can also be used actively as an attack action.

Last edited on 08 May 2016 01:22 by Axebird Show more

Re: Medusa class levels

Nalei 03 May 2016 04:37

I approve of this racial class and feat. :)

Re: Medusa class levels

Axebird 03 May 2016 13:25

Is this the full text of the racial progression? It's unclear how certain effects function (like the usage limit on lower levels of Petrifying Gaze), and I can't tell if the table is just listing the normal levels creatures receive feats for some reason or if they're really supposed to get twice as many feats.

Re: Medusa class levels

Nalei 03 May 2016 15:18

For whatever reaosn they list out every level you would get a feat normaly. Those are not extra feats. However it does say the limitation of the gaze for lower levels. 1/day for third level 3 times per day for sixth level then at will at 8th level.

Re: Racial Progression: Medusa class levels

Axebird 03 May 2016 23:48

Ah, I meant more how the gaze attack is actually invoked. Do you turn it on at the start of your turn until the beginning of your next turn a certain number of times per day? Or can you only make directed gaze attacks a few times? That sort of thing. They change how valuable the effect is pretty significantly. An AoE save or die right at 3rd level, even at limited range, might be slightly over the line (I'm not convinced it's outrageous, since it's easier to recover from than actual death and there already exist effects that force saves versus combat loss).

Re: Racial Progression: Medusa class levels

Nalei 04 May 2016 00:27

I can add a clause it is single target until level 8

Re: Racial Progression: Medusa class levels

Markybear 04 May 2016 07:00

I don't have very much experience with making races as a progression class, but I don't see any imminent problems with this setup. Thank you for bringing clarification to the gaze attack. +1 from me.

Re: Racial Progression: Medusa class levels

Austin Chittenden 05 May 2016 06:41

Looks good. +1

Re: [Race] Medusa class levels

Axebird 08 May 2016 01:14

Approved by unanimous support.