Gifted Author

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Overview & Creation

Write that down for later, take note of the bard's shoes. what is that person's motive? Must write. The lighting in here is horrible, the trolls should realy get some more modern sources of illumination. Must consult thesaurus on illumination. Day in and day out you write. not because you have to, but because it is joy, it is preserving this moment forever! This inspiration will take your writing to levels never before seen. You have the potential to be the best Author in the world. Your potential has earned you the right to be the gifted       This is a world-specific class.   This is a gifted class meaning it is more powerful than a normal class. If you accept you will be reduced in level to level one and forfeit the option to multi-class or change class. You lose all proficiencies and health associated with your lost class, however, the growth rate for gifted classes is high so you will catch up in no time. Be aware power attracts power.   The Gifted   This is a production class. meaning to be effective you must produce items to use in battle. Being a production class the battle starts in your workshop, long before you have any enemies in front of you   This class comes with a curse of pride. While you have this class you may never be free from this curse. The curse of pride causes people of the same profession as you to target you! In this case, most other authors in the world will be unfriendly to the point of hostility just hearing your name.

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Class Features

Spell casting

  The gifted author uses his/her autobiography to affect the world around themselves, making reality bend to fit their story. With this, you may learn spells off of any spell list. Much like a wizard, you must prepare spells after every long rest. however, you do not have spell slots. If you have a spell prepared then you may cast it, however, the number of spells prepared reset after every long rest and casting a spell expends your preparation of that spell. The number of spells you prepare after every long rest is equal to 1/2 your level rounded up (minimum of 1), these may be of the same spell or deferent spell, your spells are always cast at the level they are prepared. You mush have your autobiography and a pen or quill and ink to cast spells.   Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your spells since you learn your spells through writing them carefully into what is happening around you. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.   Spell save DC = 9 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier   Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier   So for example you are a 3rd level Gifted Author. after a long rest, you may prepare 2 spells of level 3 or below. they may be of any spell you know that is 3rd level or lower. When cast they are cast at 3rd level, and the preparation is expended.   NOTE: it never takes you less than an action to cast a spell!  

Auto-biography

  Your Auto-Biography is a magical book linked you your own life force. You must keep it updated by spending at least half of a long rest (4 hours minimum) updating it every 48 hours, this does not count as a long rest. failure to do this results in being unable to use abilities or spells until you spend 1 hour updating your Auto-biography for every day missed. It is impervious to dmg by normal means but takes dmg when you do. When you die a tattered book remains with all you did in life. You can, however, lose your Auto-biography or have it taken away, if this happens you cannot cast spells, or use any abilities. make sure to stay stocked up on pens and ink as well, if you run out then you cannot use your abilities or spells. A pen lasts 1 week, a bottle of ink lasts 1 week but requires a new quill every day.   The spells that you add to your Auto-biography as you gain levels reflect the arcane research you conduct on your own, as well as intellectual breakthroughs you have had about the nature of the multiverse. You might find other spells during your adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard's chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library.   Copying a Spell into the Book: When you find a spell of 1st level or higher, you can add it to your spellbook if it is of a level for which you have spell slots and if you can spare the time to decipher and copy it.   Copying a spell into your spellbook involves reproducing the basic form of the spell, then deciphering the unique system of notation used by the caster who wrote it. You must practice the spell until you understand it, then transcribe it into your Auto-biography using your own notation. For each level of the spell, the process takes 1 hours and costs 10 GP. The cost represents the fine inks you need to record it. Once you have spent this time and money, you can prepare the spell just like your other spells.        

Refresh Notes

  On a short (at least an hour) rest, you gain a number of notes equal to your proficiency bonus, you may use these to prepare extra spells that you can cast without using a spell slot. but you must cast them before your next long rest or you lose them. If you have a bardic inspiration affecting you or an inspiration die you may roll 1d4 and add that amount of notes as well expending the inspiration. The cooldown on this is 12 hours   To use the notes spend 1 to prepare a level one spell, 2 to prepare a level 2 spell, and so on. This may only be done on  

Friend of the word

  You understand the written form of all languages, codes, ciphers, and can identify handwriting at a glance. In addition, your reading speed is considered ten times as fast as a normal person. In addition, you keep a constant tally of seconds in your Auto-biography, so you always know the date and time down to the second. At 9th Level you aquire the ability to understand the spoken form of all languages, at 15th level you gain the ability to fully use all languages in all forms and also gain the ability to make unbreakable ciphers and codes.  

Real-world Study

  You may copy spells into your Auto-biography that you learn from another person verbally if you both spend ten times the amount of time required to normally copy it down. this represents trial and error in making it into a form you can use. Additionally, you may cast spells without using vocal, somatic, and material components. However, if the spell requires a component that costs more than 49 GP then you must still acquire and expend the component.  

Mightier Than The Sword

  Your use of office equipment is... questionable. In your hand's pens become finesse melee weapons that deal 1d6+Dex, quills become ranged weapons with a range of 30ft that deal 1d6+Dex, both deal magical piercing dmg for overcoming resistances. This improves to 1d8 at 9th level, and 1d10 at 15th level.  

Improved Production

3 When producing an original work it will take a number of hours equal to 30-your proficiency bonus - your level to Finnish to your standards. Bardic inspiration cuts this time in half. It takes very little effort to sell your work anywhere books are bought. The value is a number of GP equal to 50 times your level. This effort expends 1 week of writing materials and you must procure a blank book of excellent quality.   You have a 1% chance to produce a magical work that is imbued with a random spell you know. This book may cast the spell it is imbued with once every 48 hours for free. It's modifiers and DC is equal to your's when you made it. This makes the book vastly more valuable based on the level of the spell. At lvl 15 this chance upgrades to 5%   NOTE: be careful of attention that excessive selling of quality products may draw. You may be asking for a challenge you are not ready for if you saturate the market.  

Favorate Spells

  At level 6, 9, and 15 choose a spell you currently know. You may prepare all of them free of charge one time free of charge whenever you use your prepare notes ability.  

Pamphlet spells

  On a short rest (at least an hour) if you do nothing else you may create a pamphlet spell. This acts like a one-time use spell scroll that uses your spell modifier or DC that you had when you made it. You must consume fine paper equal in value to 10 times the level of the spell you are using, as well as one day's worth of writing materials. Anyone may use this to cast the spell for free, however, if the spell requires a material component that costs more than 49GP they must still acquire and expend the component.   In addition, these pamphlet spells may be programmed to go off under certain circumstances. these may be as detailed or as broad as you like. They may refer to the passage of time, the interaction of certain creatures, or general events happening. However, the effects fade with time and after1 month these products lose all effectiveness.  

Great Work

  You have been struck by insperation. Now is the time to make your mark on history. By spending 100 collective hours, 100 days of writing materials, and a blank tome worth no less than 1,000 GP, you are able to create one legendary tome. Bardic inspiration will cut 2 hours off of the time needed to produce this word, but you cannot get this bonus from the same bard more than once. You may make one of the following, naming it as you like with content appropriate for the ability. Great workds cannot be reproduced. You may delay use of this one-time ability for as long as you want.   Epic   Show Spoiler     For dumbys manul     Show Spoiler   Class-Study     Show Spoiler   Creature-Study     Show Spoiler      

Mispelling[h/1]   When preparing a spell you may purposely change a number of letters equal to your proficiency bonus into other letters or spaces. This affects only that instance of the word in the spell description. If the wording makes no sense or creates a logic loop the spell does not work. But if it does make sense then the spell functions according to the typo rules. This does not work for numbers.

Artistic Liberties

  You may choose a number of spells you know equal to half your level rounded down and gain the ability to prepare and cast them for one level below their cost. every two levels you may choose one more spell to do this with.  

Second Draft

  You may re-roll any check, attack, or save once per short rest.  

Masterpeice

  By spending 1000 hours, 1000 days of ink, and a Tome that costs no less than 1 million GP. You may make your masterpiece. This is the reason you were born. Your cherry on top, your peak, everything before and after will pale in comparison to this work. bardic inspiration will take 2 hours off the production time, but the effect will only work once per bard. You may make one of the following, naming it as you like with content appropriate for the ability. Great workds cannot be reproduced. You may delay use of this one-time ability for as long as you want.   Epic   Show Spoiler   Compendium   Show Spoiler   Instruction Manul Show Spoiler

Codex

  The world mistakes you for the author of the world! 1 hour after you acquire level 20 when you are alone you will find a nondescript notebook and a number 2 pencil. You have 60 seconds to write one thing in it before it disappears. If it evades detection by the original author then it becomes true. careful about changing big things otherwise it will get overwritten. But who would notice if you lived forever? Or if a perpetual rainstorm started on a town you don't like? think quickly, write small.

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Starting Equipment

1 autobiography   1 pen   10 quills   2 ink containers   1 scholars pack

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