UB Character Creation, Additional Feats, Willpower

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Character Creation Excel here
www.dropbox.com/s/mhysfrk3l23gwb9/UB%20PF%20HR%20080121.xlsx?dl=0

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IMPORTANT: An Excel sheet has been provided as for above, so you do not need to remember it nor manually create it pen & paper style

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UB CHARACTER CREATION STEPS

A) CHOOSE AN ARRAY
5, 3, 0 / HP 25, WP 5
5, 2, 1 / HP 30, WP 6
4, 4, 1 / HP 25, WP 5
4, 3, 2 / HP 30, WP 6
3, 3, 3 / HP 35, WP 7
Assign the 3 numbers on the left to the following 3 Traits : Physique (Str+Con), Finesse (Dex+Int), Influence (Wis+Cha)

Notes
- HP is Hitpoints, WP is Willpower. WP is typically used to either take an extra standard action (2WP) in bad situations, or reroll d20 / regain an expended ability / regain a Reserve (1WP). It usually refreshes only during Level up.
- Physique is required for Grab, Shove, Trip
- Physique 5+ or Constitution 3+ grants an extra Reserve (default is 2). Reserves are used for healing, when you are out of Reserves and unconscious you are typically out for the count no matter how much Healing your party has.
- Your attack rolls with your abilities almost always uses your Pri Trait (ie highest Trait), and your initiative and most feats use your Sec Trait (ie 2nd highest Trait). Slayers are more Sec Trait oriented, while Tanks are more Pri Trait oriented, with Healers about split.
- Yes this does mean if you so choose you can play a Charisma-based Druid or a Strength-based Wizard etc etc

B) STATS
Assign your points in each Trait among the following pairs.
Str-Con, Dex-Int, Wis-Cha
Eg. Finesse 4 can be Dex1 Int3, Dex4 Int0, etc
Due to most combat effects being based off Traits and not Stats, you have slightly more flexibility in being well-rounded.

C) SKILLS
Get 25 skill points (sp) to distribute among the Skills. Up to +7 in a skill, and the last point costs one extra sp. So +6 costs 6 sp, +7 costs 8 sp.
If in doubt, assign +5 to 5 skills.

The skills for the campaign are
Str : Athletics
Con : Endurance
Dex : Acrobatics, Stealth, Thievery
Int : Arcana, Engineering*, History, Planes, Religion
Wis : Dungeoneering, Heal, Nature, Perception, Sense Motive
Cha : Bluff, Diplomacy, Handle Animal, Intimidate, Streetwise
* - Engineering can be considered synonymous / overlapping with various Crafts, where it makes sense. eg yes for Alchemy, Blacksmithing, no for Arts

D) ARMOR PROFICIENCY
Choose from heavy armor plus shield (speed reduced to 5 but AC not dependent on Sec Trait) or light armor/unarmored (AC dependent on Sec Trait)
Note certain races (like dwarves) start with a base speed of 5 but are not further slowed by heavy armor.
For Hell's Rebels, your "class" somewhat affects your Armor Proficiency and Implement/Wpn Proficiency.

E) WPN/IMP PROFICIENCY
All chars can use basic weapons. Choose one of below
Implement: Choose +1 vs Fort Reflex or Will
Weapon: All Military Weapons or One Non-Precise Exotic Weapon (or Unarmed Combat, if monk etc)

Notes / FYI
- if you chose Heavy Armor at step D, you cannot choose Implement Proficiency unless your class specifically allows it (eg Cleric)
- if you choose Implement proficiency, you use Physique in place of Pri Trait for melee basic attacks, and Finesse in place of Pri Trait for ranged basic attacks. If you have Military/Exotic Weapon proficiency, you can use your Pri Trait for all basic weapon attacks. If you have Exotic Weapon proficiency, you can use your Pri Trait for basic weapon attacks when wielding that Exotic weapon. (edited on 03 Mar 2021)
- all basic weapons have proficiency 2. Only Precise weapons have proficiency 3.

F) FEATS CHOOSE TWO STARTING
At least One must be a Role Feat

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SPENDING UPGRADE POINTS

Starting Level : 2
You have 13 UP (6 UP x 1 Levels + 1) to spend.

2 UP: Gain 5 HP to max and current HP. It is recommended to to purchase *Min* 5 HP per two levels (this minimises the chance of being instantly killed by high damage rolls, ie going from conscious with single digit HP straight to dead due to hitting negative half of your max HP)

2 UP: Gain 5 skill points to assign into skills (max +7 in a skill)
2 UP: Gain Prowess (ie +3) in a skill (stacks with the +7 for an absolute max of +10, before magic items etc)

2 UP: Gain a feat (max 7 feats gained this way). At L11 and L21, gain a free feat and the cap on purchased increases by 7 each (to a total max of 4 free feats and 21 feats purchased)

4 UP: Gain +1 to a Trait. Caps at 4+1 per 5 levels (round up), ie Cap is 5 at L1, 6 at L6, 7 at L11, etc
The UP Cost gradually increases, Trait7-8 costs 6 UP each, then 8 UP for Trait9 and 10 UP for Trait10

3 UP: Gain a Rank1 or Rank2 Signature Attack (SA) / Signature Move (SM) ability.
6 UP: learn a Rank3 or Rank4 Signature Attack (SA) / Signature Move (SM) ability.
Note to gain a Rank2 you need a corresponding Rank1 of the same type and source (ie from same class/ discipline/ profession). Same for Rank3 and Rank4.

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Optional Reading : Calculations for those who are curious. The Excel will provide the calculations, really.

Expertise (Exp) scales with your level, and improves your attack rolls, damage rolls, AC, Fortitude, Reflex, Will.
Note that saving throws do not scale with your level, and are always simply success on 10+ on d20 (ie 55% success rate), before modifiers.

Exp increases as follows. Hell's Rebels if run as per the Paizo AP, is theoretically possible to go from L2 to L27.
L01-L03: 1
L04-L07: 2
L08-L10: 3
L11-L13: 4
L14-L17: 5
L18-L20: 6
L21-L23: 7
L24-L27: 8
L28-L30: 9

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ATTACK ROLLS FOR CLASS ABILITIES
Weapon Atk : Pri Trait + Expertise + Proficiency + Others
Implement Atk : Pri Trait + Expertise + Accurate/Imperious/Swift/Weakening* + Others
* these bonuses do not stack

ARMOR CLASS
Unarmored AC = 10 + Exp + 2Leather + Sec Trait* + Others ; Approx AC 17 for L2 in Unarmored with Sec Trait 4.
Light AC = 10 + Exp + 2Leather (3Studded if Improved) + Sec Trait* + Others ; Approx AC 17 for L2 in Leather with Sec Trait 4.
* The feat Primary Defense lets you use your Pri Trait instead of your Sec Trait

Heavy AC = 10 + Exp + 7Scale (8Plate if improved) + Heavy Armor Training* + Others ; Approx AC 18 for L2 in Scale, or AC 19 for L2 in Scale with Shield
* Heavy Armor Training is a feat, that grants you +1 to AC every 5 levels, provided your Pri Trait is the highest it can be at that level.

FORTITUDE / REFLEX / WILL = 10 + Exp + Phy/Fin/Inf + Others
Note bearing a shield improves one's Reflex

RESERVE VALUE is 25% of your Max HP (round down), and determines the magnitude of your healing.

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Placed here for easy reference.

You can consider Willpower (WP) as a resource used for persevering against bad odds, or sometimes just simply bad dice rolls.
In UB, most resources such as Signature Abilities and Reserves (thus HP) are recovered on a rest, which is typically about 10 minutes, WP is usually the only meaningful character resource to track.

For Hell's Rebels, characters regain all WP when they level up.

WILLPOWER
Note all uses of Willpower (WP) are considered No Action, especially related to regaining Signatures and when altering d20 rolls for Death Saving Throws.
WP rerolls cannot be re-applied to the same roll.

Resurgence: costs 2 WP (once/battle) :
Regain an expended Reserve and one of following
A) gain +4 to a d20 roll
B) take an extra Standard action on your current turn, but not during surprise round

Recovery: costs 1 WP (twice/battle)
Choose one of following
A) Regain an expended Reserve
B) Reroll a d20 roll
C) Regain an expended Signature Ability that is below Rank 4 and not a Racial Ability. Note that SM Heal can be regained in this way.

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Out of Combat Usage : each costs 1 WP, unless otherwise stated

- Add +4 to a d20 roll (costs 2 WP)

- Reroll a d20 roll

- Take 10 on a Skill check

- Manifest an Ability for an out of combat application. If not instantaneous, it typically lasts for a scene, and if combat breaks out during the scene, may be used as a free action at the start of combat or start of the player's first turn. If it is a Signature ability, the ability is expended, however the GM may at his discretion decide it is not (typically when it is left unactivated at the end of a scene). An exceptionally strenuous use might cost 2 WP.

- Press On: The characters did not have opportunity to rest properly before the next major confrontation. In such a case, the GM informs the players they are allowed to spend 2 WP to gain the benefit of a rest. Press On may only be utilised at GM's discretion, if he determines there was enough time (typically at least one minute) to recover.

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Notes on Press On

Sometimes it serves the dramatic tension of the situation (players in hot pursuit of fleeing villain) or the players made some missteps in diverting enemy attention from them (setting off all the alarms in enemy keep), resulting in the characters having had an exceptionally short time to catch their breath (eg below 5 minutes but at least 1 minute) or engaged in activity such as running or riding.

Ultimately, this helps the GM save on having to re-balance the next encounter for a depleted party (assuming a balanced encounter is what he wants). It also rewards efficiency in the first encounter for those characters that have kept most of their resources unused that they do not feel a need to "Press On".

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VIRTUES & VICES (V&V)

For each character, there are 6 boxes on their sheet indicating up to 3 Virtues and up to 3 Vices.
These are meant as Roleplay aids, to help remind the player who the character they are playing is.

It is not necessary to fill up all 6 boxes, in fact it is probably a good idea to leave at least 2 blank, so over the course of the adventure the player can fill in the V&V that the character is discovered to have. Discovering more about your character at the table can be a rather enjoyable or even fascinating thing.

In addition, the GM may award WP (or Temp WP, in case of the character being maxed) for "good" roleplaying of V&V.

"Good" is very subjective, but usually a somewhat more objective view is taken, in that if the character (due to a specific V&V) takes on a burden / risk / danger that the player would probably not have wanted to (if not for that V&V being present), and possibly suffers for it (or just barely scrapes through), that is typically the normal benchmark for getting WP.

Of course, sometimes it just might be sheer brilliance in RP, but that is very rare, especially since brilliance in problem solving is usually a reward in itself. In view that it contributes to adventure / character progression, therefore it generally does not warrant WP.

Note that because teamwork is very important (if not, utterly essential in UB), using V&V to mess over the interests of the party is generally a bad idea. That said, if the party is agreeable (OOCly, typically) to go along, it can make for extremely memorable and character development scenes sometimes.

In any case, V&V needs to be written down beforehand, because the burden/risk/danger must be related to a pre-existing V&V. It is not a matter of convenience in roleplaying or just randomly adding "Oh I decided he would have a taste for blueberries, so he has a taste for blueberries which is good RP right?", but if it was in the character all along.

I have on at least a few occasions suggested that I would award WP, except that the character did not have any related V&V written down. In that case, my suggestion is to decide if the associated V&V (say, "charity") is a key part of the character, or if it is a one-off thing. If it is a one-off, then do not write it down, but if it is to be key, then write it down, or even replace a pre-existing V&V if there is conflict or just that all 3 boxes of the Virtue/Vice are occupied.

Note that this approach is intended to be a "carrot" without a "stick", so as not to affect player agency. I might occasionally remind a player "Isn't George a cautious character?" but if the player so disregards or feels he is sticking his neck out for a reason, it will certainly not be punished.

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WEAPONS & IMPLEMENTS
The following is a simplified list of Weapons and Implements available (as pertaining to Point E of Character Creation).
The description of the weapons is only for reference, in principle it can be reskinned to suit your style preferences, as there is no distinction for BPS damage types.

For avoidance of doubt, note that reach just means you are able to attack enemies within 2 squares. Even with a reach weapon, you can only OA adjacent enemies (at higher levels, certain feats and abilities may allow you to gain threatening reach, ie you may OA any creature in your reach). Note you can OA with a reach weapon just fine (some systems disallow the use of reach weapons to attack adjacent foes)

There might be profiles for other weapons not covered here, feel free to PM me.

Do not concern yourself with cost for now, generally we do not track cost for mundane gear.

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WEAPON LISTING
The common starting options have been bolded, for characters that mainly deal weapon damage.

BASIC WEAPONS
Mace / Melee 1H : Prof2, 1d8 dmg
Staff / Melee 2H (Reach) : Prof 2, 1d8 dmg
Short Spear* / Thrown : Prof 2, 1d6 dmg, Range 5/10
Light Crossbow / Ranged 2H : Prof 2, 1d8 dmg, Range 10

MILITARY WEAPONS
Longsword / Melee 1H : Prof3, 1d8
Falchion / Melee 2H : Prof3, 1d10
Longspear / Melee 2H (Reach) : Prof2, 1d10
Dagger* / Thrown : Prof3, 1d6, Range 5/10
Longbow / Ranged 2H : Prof2, 1d10, Range 10/20

UNARMED COMBAT
Unarmed Strike / Melee 1H : Prof3, 1d8. This "weapon" may not be removed. Being proficient lets you use your Pri Trait whenever you make basic weapon attacks.

EXOTIC WEAPONS
Bastard Sword/ Melee 1H : Prof3, 1d10
Parrying Blade / Melee 1H (Defensive) : Prof3, 1d8. This weapon grants +1 shield bonus to AC and Reflex.
Greataxe / Melee 2H : Prof2, 2d6b1 (b1 means brutal 1, you reroll 1s until it is no longer a 1)
Greatsword / Melee 2H : Prof3, 1d12
Greatspear / Melee 2H (Reach) : Prof3, 1d10
Chakram* / Thrown : Prof3, 1d8, Range 5/10
Greatbow / Ranged 2H : Prof2, 1d12, Range 10/20
Superior Crossbow / Ranged 2H : Prof3, 1d10, Range 10/20

* - thrown weapons do not return to the user, unless they are enchanted

Note you need Military Weapon proficiency to access Proficiency 3 Exotic Weapons, and each Exotic Weapon Proficiency feat grants you access to only one exotic weapon.

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IMPLEMENT OPTIONS
The starting options are all equally viable, depending on which defenses are targeted by your chosen abilities.

Starting Options
- Imperious : +1 when attacking Will
- Swift: +1 when attacking Reflex
- Weakening : +1 when attacking Fortitude

Gain TWO Other Options with a Superior Implement Training (SIT) feat. The popular SIT options have been bolded.
Note you can retrain your starting option to any 1 point option below when you gain the SIT feat. The items here never stack with themselves or each other.
- Accurate : +1 when attacking. Choosing this uses up both of your options for SIT.
- Brutal : If your implement ability has a damage dice of d8 or lower, it becomes Brutal1. If it is a d10 or d12, it becomes Brutal2.
- Controlling: When you apply forced movement, ie pull, push or slide, using an implement attack, increase (one of) the forced movement by 1 square.
- Empowered (type) : Choose from acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, psychic, radiant, necrotic. You gain +2 bonus to damage rolls with implement attacks that deal that type of damage. This increases by +1 at levels 11, 21.
- Extended: The range of your area, ranged and wall implement attacks increases by 1, and ranged basic implement attacks increase by 2.
- Scourging: You gain +1 bonus to all implement damage rolls. This increases by +1 at levels 11, 21.
- Warding : When you hit with an implement attack, you gain +1 shield bonus to AC and Reflex until ENT.
- Imperious, Swift or Weakening, as per the starting options

Note that Borne Implement is also reasonably popular, for when players want to equip an extra magical implement, based on the Magic Items available. Since that will not be likely to come up early in the Hell's Rebels campaign, it has been omitted from the recommendations here.

And if you are wondering, what is an implement, please see this FAQ. www.dropbox.com/s/iv8uyhambwr301e/Implement%20FAQ.jpg?dl=0

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For ref (well mostly to show you I'm not making the above out of thin air), note the full doc is here: www.dropbox.com/s/hgivge2rpwpiu1t/Armor%20Wpn%20Impl.pdf?dl=0

The doc is very dated, so note that where there are contradictions with this post, this post takes precedence.

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ROLES
The following is written here for easy viewing. It is rehashed in the Feats pdf, to a greater detail, and there are no contradictions (please PM me if you see them).

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HEALER
A Healer has two uses of SM Heal (below).
A Healer adds his Pri Trait to the amount of healing restored, plus that from other feats which boost the HP regained.
If a character uses an ability with the Healing keyword but is not in the healer role, the one who spends the Reserve only gains THP equal to his Reserve Value, with no bonuses (including from the ability itself).
For avoidance of doubt, note that the Rally action does not have the Healing keyword (see end of this post)

SM) HEAL (Healer)
Swift
Burst 5 (Self or 1 Ally)
Effect (Healing): Target spends Reserve and regains extra 1d6 HP at levels 6,11,16,21,26.
Special: This ability is usable twice per encounter. Once you use up your last Heal, you can no longer switch roles and remain in Healer role until you rest.

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SLAYER
A Slayer deals extra Slayer Damage when hitting with an attack roll and dealing damage.
This damage is equal to their Sec Trait, and is increased by +2 at Level 5, and +3 more at Levels 15 and 25.
Slayer Damage is applied once per action, to one creature that is hit.
Slayer Damage may only be applied with melee or ranged abilities that make no more than 2 attack rolls, and also area, blast, burst and wall abilities that occupy no more than 9 squares (unless feats allow otherwise).

For new players, it is not recommended to take the optional Slayer feature, which is Quarry.
Those interested and/or fans of Rangers and Warlocks from 4E/5E, please feel free to PM me.

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TANK
When you first gain the Tank Role, you gain the Tank CM Mark, and one other Tank CM from below. CM means Common Move.
For abilities where it is indicated "max speed", it means your movement may not exceed your speed. Since "slow" etc effects affect your speed, they will cap the movement that comes about.
In addition to CMs, a Tank generates THP equal to his Pri Trait at the start of his turn, also known as Tank Resistance.
If you switch out of Tank role while you have THP, deduct your Tank Resistance from your THP.
For avoidance of doubt, you only generate THP at the start of your first turn in combat.

CM) MARK (Tank)
Free
Special (see below)
Effect: When you end your turn, you mark any number of enemies adjacent to you, or one target within Blast5. The mark remains until ENT, or until you fall unconscious. Marks from multiple characters do not stack, and the latest mark overrides the previous.
When an adjacent creature that is marked by you shifts, you can make an OA against that creature.
Creatures disobey your mark when they make an attack that does not include you, and they take -3 mark penalty to attack roles when disobeying your mark, in addition to other effects.

Note: In addition to their CM Mark, Tanks come with quite a few options for Tank Punishment, ie the "one other Tank CM"
The following listing has been cut down slightly, for simplicity. For more options, feel free to PM me. Thank you.

CM) ASSAULT (Tank)
Interrupt or OA
Personal
Trigger: A creature disobeys your mark.
Effect: You make a melee basic attack against the disobeying creature. If you used an interrupt, you may first shift half Pri Trait squares (max speed) adjacent to the disobeying creature.

CM) DISRUPTION (Tank)
Interrupt
Ranged 10 (Triggering Creature)
Trigger: A creature disobeys your mark and hits your ally.
Effect: You make a ranged basic attack against the triggering creature.
Hit: The attack never deals damage, but the triggering attack roll takes a penalty equal to your Sec Trait + 2.
Special: This attack never provokes OAs and cannot be substituted through other means. You may not use this ability more than once per turn.

CM) RETRIBUTION (Tank)
Interrupt or OA
Burst 10 (Triggering Enemy)
Trigger: A creature disobeys your mark.
Effect: Target takes damage equal to your Pri + 3. This increases by 3 at levels 11, 21.
Special: When you first gain this ability, choose from acid, cold, fire, lightning, necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant. The damage dealt is of this type. You may not use this ability more than once per turn.

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These actions are not related to any roles, and can be taken by any character.
Note the term "CM" isn't really accurate to these, they are not abilities and are actions, similar to moving.

Action) TOTAL DEFENSE
Standard, Personal
Effect: Until ENT, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to all defenses.

Action) RALLY
Standard, Personal
Effect: Until ENT, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to all defenses, and may spend a Reserve (and regain HP equal to your Reserve Value). If you are a Healer, add your Pri Trait to the HP regained.
Special: Rally does not have the Healing keyword. A character may use a DC 8 Heal (or Medicine in some settings) check to force Rally on an adjacent character. The character may then spend a Reserve, but does not gain the defensive bonus.

Note that theoretically, the Total Defense action can be deleted and completely replaced it with Rally, just that it becomes cumbersome to communicate "Gandalf uses Rally but he doesn't spend Reserve" vs "Gandalf does Total Defense." Hence the two separate actions listed are also for convenience in communication.

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Every character starts with 2 feats, one of which must be a Role feat.
From there, each character can purchase up to 7 more feats at 2 UP each.
The list of feats can be very long and intimidating, so to save you some time, here are the more common ones.

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ADEPT FEATS (Characters can only take one Adept Feat)
- Adept Protector: The penalty caused by your marks increases from -3 to -4. Whenever one of your abilities grants a bonus to a defense, increase that bonus by 1.
- Adept Slider: Choose from acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, psychic, radiant, necrotic. Whenever you hit with an ability that deals that type of damage, you can slide the target 1 square.

DEFENSIVE FEATS
- Improved Armor Proficiency: You gain proficiency with better armor, which grants +1 AC but -1 to skill checks with strength, dexterity and constitution skills. Taking this feat has no effect if you do not wear armor.
- Primary Defense: When you wear light armor or no armor, you can use your Pri Trait in place of your Sec Trait to determine your bonus to AC.
- Shielded Step : You gain a +1 shield bonus to AC and Reflex.

OFFENSIVE FEATS
- Enlarge: When using an area, blast, burst or wall ability, you may increase its size by 1. If you do, the damage is reduced by 2 for each dice of damage rolled (if it is a weapon attack, each 1W counts as one dice) You cannot use this for a racial ability, or with an ability that does not have a damage roll.
- Polearm Trip: Whenever you use a two-handed reach weapon/implement to push or slide a target 2 or more squares, you can also knock that target prone at the end of the forced movement.
- Renewed Effort: Once Before Resting, when you miss with an attack roll, you may use a Free Action to gain an ability bonus to that attack roll equal to your Sec Trait.
- Startling Charge: When you charge and hit an enemy that is unguarded against you, you deal 1W extra damage. If you used an implement and not a weapon, you deal 1d8 extra damage.
- Talent: Choose Fortitude, Will, or Reflex. You gain a +1 class bonus to all attacks that target AC, as well as Basic Attacks and Common Attacks that target the chosen FRW defense.
- Unguarded Precision* : Whenever you attack an unguarded enemy, you gain an additional +1 bonus to attack rolls.

* - Unguarded Precision is usually only worth taking after first taking Talent, or in the odd case that Talent does not apply to most of your attacks.

STYLE FEATS (Characters can only take one Style Feat)
- In Your Face: When making a ranged or area attack, you can take a -2 penalty to your attack rolls in order to not provoke OAs.
- Precise Shot: Your ranged attacks ignore cover and superior cover.

UNGUARDED ASSAULT FEATS
Note that in order to flank with an ally, that ally must be able to make Opportunity Attacks against the target, ie must be wielding a melee weapon he is proficient with, and must not be dazed or blinded.
These feats help cause enemies to be unguarded against you, granting you a +2 attack bonus. Slayers also may proc Brutal Advantage feat, and thus they typically prioritise Unguarded Assault feats.

- Swift Attacker: Enemies that are immobilized or slowed are unguarded against you. At level 11, enemies that are deafened or weakened are also unguarded against you.
- Single Out: Enemies that have no creatures adjacent to it, or have no creatures adjacent to it except you, are unguarded against your melee and ranged attacks
- Versatile Flanker: Whenever you and your ally are adjacent to an enemy, you are treated as flanking
that enemy. Your ally is not treated as flanking (unless he also has this feat, of course)

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ROLE FEATS
The following are Role feats, so remember you must take at least one.
When you have multiple Roles, you can swap between Roles from turn to turn, but remember that a Role feat grants no benefits when you are not in that Role.

HEALER FEATS
- Dedicated Healer (H): Whenever you use a Signature ability with the Healing keyword, you heal extra HP equal to your Sec Trait.
- Defensive Heal (H): When you use the S.M. Heal, the target gains an ability bonus to all defenses equal to your Sec Trait against the next attack made against him until ENT.
- Timely Aid (H): When you use the S.M. Heal on a bloodied target, you heal an extra 1d6 HP.

SLAYER FEATS
- Brutal Advantage (S): Once per turn, when you hit an unguarded target with a melee or ranged attack, you deal additional Slayer Damage equal to your Sec Trait.
- Deadly Slayer (S): Once per turn, when you hit a target with a melee or ranged attack, you deal 4 additional Slayer Damage. This damage increases to 7 at level 21. While you have this feat, having Physique 5 or Con 3 does not increase your number of Reserves by 1, unless Physique is your Pri or Sec Trait.
- Lethal Slayer (S): Your Slayer Damage increases by +2. This increases by +1 at levels 11, 21.
- Powerful Burst (S): When you use any area, burst, blast or wall ability, you can deal your Slayer Damage once to each target you hit.

TANK FEATS
- Adroit Tank (T): Your armor and shield proficiencies improve by one step. When not in Tank role, if you are wearing armor or shield that benefits from the improved proficiency granted by this feat, you retain the proficiency but bonuses to AC and FRW defenses decrease by 1 for each piece of improved equipment you are bearing.
- Daunting Defense* (T): The penalty caused by your marks increases from -3 to -4.
- Keep Still (T): When you hit with an OA, that creature's movement immediately ends. If that creature is marked by you, it is also immobilised until the end of this turn, ie the turn during which you hit it.
- Marking Strike (T): After you make an attack during your turn, you can use a free action to Mark Sec Trait number of creatures that were attacked by you and within 5 squares of you. The Mark remains until ENT or until you use your C.M. Mark.
- Mighty Protector (T): When you deal damage to an enemy that is marked by you, you deal extra damage equal to your Sec Trait.
- Persistent Mark (T): Your Marks last until you fall unconscious, or until the next time you use the C.M. Mark. As a free action, you may choose to end any number of your existing Marks at the end of your turn.
You may also choose to use Mark as a swift action during your turn.
- Tough Resistance (T): Prerequisite: You have a rating of at least 5 in Athletics or Endurance (before check penalties)
Whenever you gain THP (including that from Tank Resistance), increase the THP gained by 1. This increases by 1 at levels 11 and 21. In addition, if you have Heavy Armor Proficiency, you gain Training, even when you are not in the Tank role.

* - note Daunting Defense is only worth taking if you want to take Adept Slider (or a different Adept feat). Otherwise, Adept Protector will always be the better choice.

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PDF for Ref: www.dropbox.com/s/uwwjx5fv51em0s2/Feats%20Full%20310120.pdf?dl=0

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SAMPLE CHARACTER
The following is done PnP (ie Pen & Paper) style and walks through the Step-by-Step process, before finalising on what there is. You need not do anything PnP style though, since the Excel exists to make life easier. Fighter is used for the example as there is no need to come up with many class abilities, most people don't expect fighters to get much except for melee basic attacks (except they actually do get their own abilities in UB)

BACKGROUND
Griswold is a human blacksmith survivor from a town that was attacked by infernal forces, before settling down in Kintargo. He has never forgotten the harrowing experience of the past and is determined to seek vengeance on those monsters from beyond, wherever they may be found.

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UB CHARACTER CREATION STEPS

A) Array 441 / HP 25 / WP 5 (because Slayer)

B) Stats : Str3 Con1, Dex0 Int4, Wis1 Cha0

C) Skills (each +5) : Athletics, Engineering, Planes, Perception, Diplomacy

reference class Fighter (ULH, Wpn)
D) Heavy : Griswold will wear scale and light shield
E) Military Weapons

F) Two Free Feats
- Single Out
- Deadly Slayer (S)

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SPENDING UPGRADE POINTS
13 UP
4 UP : +1 Physique (Str), so Str goes from 3 to 4.
6 UP : +15 HP, so Max HP goes from 25 to 40
3 UP : SM1 for extra Feat - Talent

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OTHER CAMPAIGN SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS

from unboundgames.proboards.com/thread/502/races-available
Human: Heroism (Racial), Combat Readiness (+2 Initiative), Skilled (+1 Perception, +2 Engineering, +2 Diplomacy)

from unboundgames.proboards.com/thread/503/classes-available
Class Fighter: Extra Fighter Feat (Iconic) - Brutal Advantage (S)

from unboundgames.proboards.com/thread/501/hells-rebels-player-guide-details
Fed-Up Citizen (Righteous) : +2 to saving throws against effects that daze, stun or dominate.
Motivation: Protest the Government

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"P&P Style Sheet"

GRISWOLD - Init +6 (4Sec 2Trait)
L2 Fighter, Human (Combat Readiness, Skilled)
Fed Up Citizen (Righteous) : +2 to saving throws against effects that daze, stun or dominate
Base Array 441 / HP 25 / WP 5
Expertise 1

Str4 Con1 / Dex0 Int4 / Wis1 Cha0
Phy5 / Fin4 / Inf1

AC 19 (10Base 1Exp 7Scale 1LightShield)
Fort 16 / Reflex* 16 / Will 12
* - includes shield bonus

HP 40 / ResVal 10 / Reserves 3 (due to Physique5)
Willpower 5

Virtues: Hardworking, Determined
Vices: Tormented Dreams, Stubborn

SKILLS (-1 to Str/Con/Dex due to light shield)
Str +3 : Athletics +8
Con 0 : Endurance
Dex -1 : Acrobatics, Stealth, Thievery
Int +4 : Arcana, Engineering +11, History, Planes +9, Religion
Wis +1 : Dungeoneering, Heal, Nature, Perception +7, Sense Motive
Cha +0 : Bluff, Diplomacy +7, Handle Animal, Intimidate, Streetwise

FEATS
F) Single Out
F) Deadly Slayer (S)
Fighter Iconic) Brutal Advantage (S)
Fighter SM1) Talent

ATTACK & DAMAGE
Attack (Longsword/Dagger) : +10 vs AC (5Pri 1Exp 3Prof 1Talent)
Damage (Longsword) : 1d8 + 6 / 14 / 18 (5Pri 1Exp / 4Slayer 4Deadly / 4Brutal )
Damage (Dagger) : 1d6 + 6 / 14 / 18 (5Pri 1Exp / 4Slayer 4Deadly / 4Brutal )

[Zyraen]

In interests of playtesting (as per the Upcoming Rules and Changes thread in unboundgames.proboards.com/post/1828 ) and also with relation to Pathfinder Society play, the following feats are available in addition to those found in the Feats PDF.

Unless otherwise stated, these feats are available at Heroic, ie from L1 onwards.
As is usual, each character may only take a feat once (unless otherwise stated).


Additional Background Traits
You gain two additional Campaign Traits or Racial Traits, or one additional of each. The new Racial Traits must obey the restrictions for the race. As usual, note that the bonuses granted by these Campaign/Racial Traits do not stack. For convenient reference
unboundgames.proboards.com/post/1807
unboundgames.proboards.com/thread/502/races-available


Timely Guidance (Healer)
When an ally within Sec squares misses with an attack roll, you may use an interrupt to expend a Signature ability in order to grant the triggering roll Sec ability bonus. The minimum rank of the expended Signature is 1 less than the triggering ability's rank. You must be able to see the ally, and the ally must be able to hear you.

( OOC : open to better names if anyone has that in mind )

Improved Gun (only for Gunslinger)
Pistol W size increases from 1d6 to 1d8, it gains High Crit property (ie +1W on scoring a critical hit, with extra +1W at levels 11,21) and all critical dice are d8s.

[Zyraen]

Comparing Pathfinder Skills ("or" means player chooses)
Appraise : based on the related skill, otherwise raw intelligence.
Climb : Athletics
Craft : unused
Disable Device : Thievery
Escape Artist : Acrobatics or Athletics
Fly : unused
K Geography : History or Nature
K Local : Streetwise to gather info. When not used to gather info, History or Nature or Streetwise, user's choice.
Linguistics : half History or half Streetwise, user's choice. If a user has at least +4 in both, this is not halved.
Performance : unused. if need be, half Bluff or half Diplomacy. If a user has at least +4 in both, this is not halved.
Profession: unused
Ride: unused. if really need be, Acrobatics to dismount, Athletics to climb and control.
Sleight of Hand : generally unused. if need be, Thievery
Survival : Nature
Swim: Athletics
Use Magic Device : Thievery or Arcana

[Zyraen]

Willpower Change

Willpower will not refresh on level up. Instead everyone gets back 1 WP at the end of every session.

If the session has 3 encounters, or 2 encounters including 1 difficult encounter, there will be 1 extra WP awarded.

For those who wish to conserve WP, the WP cap will be increased by 2, so everyone has a max of 7-9 WP (based on starting array), plus temp WP for RP if any.

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Level Range for Reference
Book1: L02 to L06
Book2: L06 to L10
Book3: L10 to L14
Book4: L14 to L18
Book5: L18 to L22
Book6: L22 to L26