Ability Framework (Optional)

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Note: This is mostly for my own reference. Most players will not have to refer to this, but you can read if you wish. For avoidance of doubt, a "Spell" is anything implement related, anything named in place of an existing spell, anything with keyword arcane, divine, occult, primal, spell-like, supernatural. Non "spell" keywords are extraordinary, martial, natural, racial.
Edit: A Spell shall simply be identified by the keyword "Spell" (Sp)
Edit (29 Oct): Modifications to prebuffs, enemies need not sustain, and if you did not benefit from the prebuff during the encounter, the prebuff ends but the ability is not used up. Bold highlights the changes.

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ABILITY FRAMEWORK

This should help lay out some framework for Signature Abilities using Class Features, Spells and Levels. This is also because Pathfinder is more structured than regular UB and it theoretically helps bring across a feel.

LEVEL BENCHMARK

First is a Level Benchmark. We can approximate three Unbound Levels to be two Pathfinder levels, ie a 3UB:2PF ratio. The players should take on the last scenario for their characters at Level 14 in PF, so about level 21 in UB terms.

Next we apply the Pathfinder Class as a reference. Generally speaking, your Rank4 Signature Ability should be no higher than whatever Spell or Feature is available at Level 14 on your class.

Taking this a bit further, we get
- Rank4 : Level 14 PF or lower
- Rank3 : Level 11 PF or lower
- Rank2 : Level 8 PF or lower
- Rank1 : Level 5 PF or lower
Why is Rank1 Level 5? Well, of the identified Iconics, the highest is in fact level 5. So oh well.

The above is only a guideline. For example a Spell might be Level 8 spell but due to UB translation, only be Rank3 or Rank4. In which case, it is ok to get it earlier. In any case, it is entirely likely and probable most PF spells are only ever going to get closer to their PF potential (which usually lasts for a long time or does near instant death) via application of Mastery.

Not all spells need be Signature abilities, in fact some might be rituals, or better off as rituals.

SWORD VS SORCERY

Pathfinder generally did a good job accounting for martial vs magic prowess, via BAB, Slower Spell Progression, reduced spell lists etc, which is better than certain games out there.

When working on UB theres a concern that every Spellcaster will have similar looking trees (which draws from class spell list), notably hybrid classes (eg warpriest, magus etc) and half caster classes (eg paladin, ranger). This can be exacerbated by sharing many spells from same spell list, and whats the point of Multiclassing if your base hybrid class gives you access to high level spells anyway?

Bearing above in mind, some guidelines ( and they *are* guidelines, exceptions might be made if there's sufficiently good reason). We start with weapon users for comparison and end with pure casters.

- Weapon User (eg Fighter, Monk, Barbarian etc) : A weapon user only has weapon abilities. Since a spellcaster can multiclass in his own class any number of times without a feat, in principle so can a weapon user. In practice, they likely cap out at one full tree and one half tree. As usual, Signatures are not duplicated. Note that with Power Versatility and Iconics, "placeholder" trees and abilities are allowed for them to gain more uses of abilities they wish to focus on.

- Half-Caster (eg Ranger, Paladin, Bloodrager, classes that gain actual spells only at L5) : A half-caster has a separate Magical Tree based on his spell list. Spells go up to L4 PF level. If no spell is good enough to be a Rank4, the Magical tree stops at Rank3. He may only obtain his Magical abilities after obtaining his first rank in his respective Non-Magical abilities, ie weapon SA1 before magical SA1, weapon SM1 before magical SM1. Half-casters also usually cannot choose starting Implement proficiency.

- Hybrid Caster (eg Warpriest, Magus, Inquisitor, Alchemist) : A hybrid caster has one "default" tree and advances it independently. Each rank can be either a non-magical or magical ability. The hybrid caster is considered a spellcaster and may have multiple trees incorporating spells (without repetition), and spells go up to Level 6 in PF, and L5 by L14. If a hybrid caster is allowed weapon proficiency (an Alchemist is an example of a hybrid caster who isn't allowed weapon proficiency) he may only have one non-Magical signature of each rank and type, ie SA1 to SA4, SM1 to SM4, which can be interspersed among his trees as he pleases.

- Full Caster (eg sorcerer, wizard, cleric, druid, etc) : The full caster only has magical abilities, and may multiclass into their own class to pick up to potentially all the spells. A full-caster may access up to L9 PF spells, and up to L7 spells at Level 14.

Above sections are silent on class features, which generally can be used to substitute ranks as required, but typically one such signature of each rank and type (and often, relatively few attack abilities).

SPELL LEVELS AS SIGNATURE RANKS

This is just to give an approximate aim. In the end progression is still measured by Ranks and the actual mechanics brought onto the table.

CA) Cantrip or Level 1
S1) Level 1-2
S2) Level 2-3
S3) Level 3-4
S4) Level 5+ (and maybe some L4s?)

This turns out fitting nicely into the original approximation.

MASTERY VS METAMAGIC

UB's Mastery feats were intended for all and any abilities. For Flavour, UB Pathfinder will have two types of Mastery, one being Mastery which works with weapon abilities/martial non-Magic keyword abilities, other being Metamagic which works with implement abilities/spells Magic keyword abilities. Both Mastery and Metamagic can be applied to a class feature ability.
Edit: Incorporated earlier mention on Magic

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IMPORTANT : NEW RULES / KEYWORDS

CAMPAIGN RULES

1) Sustain is not a new keyword, however any ability that allows Sustain (including Masteries) has some chance of ending when the one who activated it falls unconscious. For each ability that the creature is sustaining, it makes a saving throw, and the only modifier that applies to this is the +2 bonus from the Resilience feat (ie even bonuses from race, abilities etc do not apply). If it fails the saving throw, that particular ability ends.

2) Thunder/Sonic damage in the campaign is considered Lightning. Untyped Implement damage may be referred to as "Force" damage.

3) Where enemy Summons / Familiars are part of a scenario encounter, they are considered part of the Encounter Budget and their own creatures. Note that some such bosses might be Solos with a capped number of Summons, and can replenish the Summons as needed.

4) Invisibility (as per the spell or similar effects) apply a +10 Stealth bonus to the user.

5) Monster Knowledge DCs are as follows
- 3 x Creature Level / 5 (round down) + 14 (ie 14 17 20 23 26 29 32 35 etc )
- Common applies a -4 DC, and Rare applies a +4 DC.
- A Mook counts as 5 levels lower, an Elite counts as 5 levels higher, a Solo counts as 10 levels higher. These modifiers only apply if the Mook/Elite/Solo classification is due to encountering something innately more powerful due to its race/nature, eg a powerful demon against a low level party, and not due to class levels, eg a half-elf alchemist might be an elite or a solo, but it doesn't make it more difficult to identify it is a half-elf.

KEYWORDS

- Alchemical : The effect is caused by an alchemical reagent. Alchemical effects can be dispelled and detected as if arcana, but cannot be counter-spelled (which is a specific application of Dispel Magic). For avoidance of doubt, Alchemical effect is Magic.

- Confusion : When a creature is confused, it is dazed when not on its turn. When it starts its turn, it rolls a 1d4.
On a 1, it is stunned for its turn.
On a 2, it is dazed, cannot delay and uses its standard action to charge/ make a basic attack against the last creature it can see that damaged it, or if none, that attacked it. If still none, it does so against the closest creature it can see.
On a 3, it is dazed for its turn.
On a 4, it acts normally during its turn, including not being dazed. Any feat, feature or ability that applies to dazed also applies to confusion. It is treated as more serious than dazed but less serious than stunned.
( edited on 21 Apr for clarity and to allow attacks on last creature that attacked/damaged it )

- Ethereal : A creature that is in the ethereal plane may interact normally with ethereal creatures/effects, but can neither affect nor be affected by creatures/effects in the usual plane, ie the material plane. An ethereal creature has phasing with its usual speed, and can perceive creatures/effects in the material plane normally. If a creature returns to the material plane from the ether into an occupied square, it instead returns in the nearest unoccupied square of its choice.

- Magic : Magic means anything that is magical in nature (and can be used interchangeably with the word magical) Its Source may vary, eg Arcane, Divine, Primal, etc. Racial and Martial keyword abilities are generally non-magical, but it may not always be so. A Martial ability may be magical, while an Arcane ability need not be magical. There are also Supernatural Racial abilities (eg. Ifrit Backlash) which are magical.
Remarks: I felt a need to be clearer about Magic apart from earlier mention about Implement. Not least because many Signature Move abilities do not have the implement keyword, but are magical.

- Extraordinary, Supernatural, Spell-Like Abilities, Spell (respectively Ex, Su, SLA, Sp) : These classifications generally don't affect UB gameplay much, but may affect certain interactions. An Extraordinary ability is non-magical nature and is not affected by any sorts of dispels etc. A Supernatural ability is magical in nature but not a spell, and can be suppressed by effects that suppresses magic. An Spell-Like Ability is effectively a magical spell and can be dealt with in all ways that a spell might be subject to. Spell is a magical spell as per the spell listing on classes.

- Pre-Buff : An ability with the Pre-Buff keyword can be activated using 1 WP outside of combat. You can use a Scroll or a Potion with a Pre-Buff keyword ability, but you still have to expend 1 WP in addition to using up the consumable. When activated with 1 WP, it remains until the ability has an application in a particular scene, or until the start of the next combat, whichever first. If it is a scene, the ability remains if the scene ends without combat, or until start of combat during that scene. If it is a combat, it is treated that it was activated in the first round of combat. Note that surprise round counts as the first round of combat. In the unlikely case of the activating creature falling unconscious outside of combat, a Pre-Buff also ends. If you did not benefit from a Pre-Buff during an encounter, the ability is treated as not expended and you only need to use 1 WP to re-apply the Pre-Buff, if you so wish. Note that a consumable that has not been benefited from by the end of scenario is used up.
For UB PFS, an adventure may involve multiple days of travel, and it is assumed the activator has time to do the necessary to keep the Buff active while he sleeps, hence this only applies if the unconsciousness is caused by some external (usually negative) influence. For avoidance of doubt, in UB PFS, Pre-Buffs also end if the entire party regains all WP, hence do not carry over between sessions.
Note that enemies that use Pre-Buffs are as per the scenario text. They do not expend WP for such Pre-Buffs, but generally the number of buffs they can put up are limited by the type of enemy they are. Generally speaking, Standards have no more than 1 Pre-Buff, Elites have 2-3 Pre-Buffs, and Solos can have as much 4-5 Pre-Buffs, perhaps more if it seems relevant to the scenario. If a Mook is Pre-Buffed (very very unlikely), it is treated as having expended their Signature Ability, if any.

Remarks: Note that Pre-Buff abilities aren't the only abilities that can be cast before combat, but they need to be continually sustained and are not practical if combat does not occur in the next few minutes. Like players, enemies may also "Pre-Buff" such abilities, but are usually greatly limited by action economy of sustaining them. NPCs with high level abilities of such kind are generally assumed to have enough lower Signatures to sustain such abilities until combat begins. NPCs do not have to use actions to sustain their Pre-Buff nor Buffs.

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Added a new keyword Quarry. Quarry means that if you have the Quarry feature, you can use the ability as a free action when you Quarry a creature. However, if that ability targets a creature other than yourself, then your Quarry must be the targeted creature.

Unless otherwise stated, note that each Triggering Event can only be used with one Free Action.
However, if the Trigger is (significantly) different, typically before attack rolls and after attack rolls, a separate ability may be used for each trigger.
eg. Arcane Empowerment can be declared before making attack rolls, then after hits the character uses Burning Magic.

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ICONICS & SPECIALS LISTING

NOTE : A Sorcerer may choose Arcane Empowerment as an Iconic in place of the free Power Versatility feat. As usual, the ability still has to be purchased.
SA1) Arcane Empowerment (Sorcerer) Su
Free (Personal)
Trigger: You use an implement common attack. Declare before making attack rolls.
Effect: If it is a melee or ranged attack, you may designate one other target within range of the spell, but no more than 5 squares from you. If it is a burst, blast or area attack, you may designate one creature adjacent to the affected area to also be a target. The triggering attack deals 1d10 or Sec Trait extra damage (your choice). If all the attacks miss, the ability deals half damage to all targets, inclusive slayer damage.
Special: You may spend 1WP to use this ability with SA1 to SA2, or 2WP with SA3 and SA4. As long as you spend WP, you can choose to double the damage dice of the ability instead of dealing extra damage.

SA1) Burning Magic (Oracle, Flame Mystery) Su
Free (Personal)
Trigger: You hit with an implement fire Common Attack.
Effect: Target that is hit takes Sec Trait extra damage, and takes ongoing Sec Trait fire damage (SE). Only up to Sec Trait number of targets may be affected by Burning Magic.
Special: You may spend 1WP to use this ability with SA1 to SA2, or 2WP with SA3 and SA4, but must declare usage before making attack rolls. As long as you spend WP, you can choose to double the damage dice of the ability instead of dealing Sec Trait extra damage, and the ongoing damage is twice your Sec Trait (SE). This ability stacks with feats that grant ongoing fire damage.

SA1) Quivering Palm (Monk) Ex
Free (Personal)
Trigger: You hit a creature with an unarmed strike.
Effect: The target takes Sec Trait extra damage and is dazed until ENT.

SA1) Spellstrike (Magus) Su
Free (Personal)
Trigger: You use a Magus melee or ranged implement attack against a creature within your melee weapon reach. Declare use before making attack roll, before enemies resolve OAs.
Effect: The triggering attack gains the weapon keyword, adds your weapon proficiency to attack roll against AC, and is considered melee. Apart from targeting the usual defense, also targets its AC less half Sec Trait. If this single attack roll hits either its usual defense or AC (with penalties), the attack is treated as a hit, and also deals extra 1W damage, plus 1W per rank of the implement ability.
Special: You may spend 1WP to use this ability with SA1 to SA2, or 2WP with SA3 and SA4. Note that if an ability makes multiple attack rolls, Spellstrike only works for 1 roll, and only if that particular target is within your melee weapon reach.

SM1) Spell Combat (Magus) Ex
Move (Personal)
Effect: You take half Sec Trait minus 5 (max 0) modifier to attack rolls until end of this turn. Until end of this turn, you may use a swift action to make a melee basic attack, but only if you use a standard action to use a Magus implement Common ability. Note that you may not ready the standard action.
Special: You must use Spell Combat before making any attacks this turn. You may expend an higher rank ability to use Spell Combat, to use this with a Magus Signature ability of at most one rank lower than the expended ability.

SM1) Rage (Barbarian) Ex
Keyword: Quarry
Swift (Personal)
Effect: Until ENT, you gain +2 bonus to speed and Sec Trait ability bonus to melee weapon damage. Until ENT, any creatures you hit with a melee weapon attack are unguarded against you until ENT.

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CA LISTING
Remarks: If unlisted, a 1W ability refers to a weapon, a XdX ability refers to an implement / spell.

CA) Blinding Blade, Ex
Keyword: nonstack
Melee Weapon
Pri Trait vs AC
Hit: 1W + Pri Trait, and target takes -2 penalty to attack rolls until ENT
Special: This is a melee basic attack.

CA) Bomb, Su
Keyword: Alchemy
Area 1 in 5
Pri Trait vs Reflex
Hit: 2d4 + Pri Trait fire damage
Special: Bomb can be used as an area 1 in 10, but takes -2 to attack rolls

CA) Burning Hands, Sp
Blast 3
Pri Trait vs Reflex
Hit: 1d10 + Pri Trait fire damage

CA) Fire Bolt, Sp (custom...)
Ranged 10
Pri Trait vs Reflex
Hit: 1d10 + Pri Trait fire damage
Special: This is a ranged basic attack.

CA) Flurry of Blows, Su
Melee Weapon (two attacks)
Pri Trait vs AC
Hit: 1W damage

CA) Hydraulic Push, Sp
Ranged 10
Pri vs Fort
Hit: 1d8 + Pri Trait dmg and target is pushed 1 square.
Special: This is a ranged basic attack.

CA) Jolt, Sp
Ranged 10
Pri Trait vs Reflex
Hit: 1d10 + Pri Trait lightning damage
Special: This is a ranged basic attack.

CA) Molten Orb
Area 1 in 5
Pri Trait vs Reflex
Hit: 2d4 + Pri Trait fire damage
Special: Molten Orb can be used as an area 1 in 10, but takes -2 to attack rolls

CA) Shocking Grasp, Sp
Melee 1
Pri Trait vs Reflex
Hit: 1d10 + Pri Trait + Sec Trait lightning damage

CA) Thunder Stomp, Sp
Ranged 5
Pri vs Fort
Hit: 1d6 + Pri Trait lightning dmg and target is knocked prone.

Remarks: Lightning = Thunder for purposes of UB, for simplicity

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RANK 1 LISTING

SA1) Magic Missile, Sp
Ranged 20 (special)
Effect: Up to Sec Trait (max 7) number of times, a creature you can see takes Sec Trait damage. You can resolve one missile at a time. The damage type is always untyped and cannot be changed. Note that any effect (including an interrupt) that increases AC or Reflex by a bonus negates the damage dealt while the bonus is active. When a creature takes damage from this ability, the creature and its allies treat that particular instance of damage as an attack that hits, for purposes of triggering abilities etc.

Remarks: The spell deals static damage, thus is unmodified by expertise and other damage roll modifiers. Effects that subsequently add damage rolls (such as using an Empowered Wpn) do not add modifiers. Since Magic Missile does not hit, it does not apply slayer damage.

SM1) Blood Scent, Sp
Burst 5 (Sec Trait targets)
Effect: The target must be yourself or your ally to benefit from this effect. Until ENT, the target gains Sec Trait (min 4) bonus to Perception checks against creatures that are below max HP, and an additional +2 bonus Perception against creatures that are bloodied. If the target is under the effect of Rage / Bloodrage abilities (as per the Iconics), they gain half Sec Trait ability bonus to attack rolls against bloodied enemies.
This ability has no effect against creatures that do not give out a scent when they are injured, typically Constructs, Incorporeal creatures, and any other creature that has no discernible loss of body fluids / blood when injured.
Sustain Swift: The effect remains until ENT.

SM1) Canny Defense, Ex
Personal
Effect: You gain Sec Trait ability bonus to AC until ENT.

SM1) Enlarge Person, Sp
Move
Burst 5 (Self or 1 ally)
Effect: Until ENT, the creature's size increases by 1, and it gains half Sec Trait ability bonus (max 4) to weapon damage rolls.
Sustain Move: The effect lasts until ENT.

SM1) Find Fault, Sp
Standard
Effect: You instantly make a monster knowledge check against the target as if you rolled a natural 10, plus your Sec Trait, plus any necessary modifiers for Rare, Elite, or Solo (ie treating the DC as if it were a regular Standard). In addition, until ENT, you gain Sec Trait ability bonus to weapon attacks against the target. If the target is polymorphed, disguised or hidden by an illusion and you're not aware of its true form, this effect fails but you learn it is not what it seems, and can make an insight or perception or monster knowledge check (GM decides based on how it is disguised) to try and penetrate its disguise.

SM1) Invisibility, Sp
Keyword: Illusion, Pre-Buff
Standard
Burst 1 (Self or 1 Ally)
Effect: Target becomes invisible until ENT or until he attacks.
Sustain Move: The effect lasts until ENT. Unlike other sustains, the original target need not be in original range, but line of effect is still required.

SM1) Magic Weapon, Sp
Move
Melee 1 (Self or 1 ally)
Effect: Choose 1 weapon on the target. Until ENT, weapon attacks made with that weapon gain one third Sec Trait ability bonus to attack and damage rolls. In addition, the weapon counts as magical. If it is already magical, it counts as 10 levels higher for its property and for damage resistance purposes. If the weapon is used to make an attack, it cannot be passed to another creature until ENT, or the effect ends.
Sustain Standard: The effect lasts until ENT.

SM1) Marid Mastery, Sp
Move
Melee 1 (Self or 1 ally)
Effect: Until ENT, the target gains the Aquatic keyword and +1 ability bonus to weapon attacks against creatures in contact with water. This ability bonus does not stack with the attack bonus from the Aquatic keyword.
Sustain Move: The effect lasts until ENT.

Remarks: Aquatic grants waterbreathing and +2 attack rolls against fully submerged non-aquatic creatures.

SM1) Reduce Person, Sp
Move
Burst 5 (Self or 1 ally)
Effect: Until ENT, the creature's size reduces by 1, including affecting its weapon damage, and it gains the benefit of either Shielded Step or Talent, but only with weapons. If it already has both the feats, it gains one third Sec Trait ability bonus to either weapon attack rolls, or both AC and Reflex.
Sustain Move: The effect lasts until ENT.

SM1) See Invisibility, Sp
Keyword: Pre-Buff
Standard
Personal
Effect: Until ENT, you can see invisible and ethereal creatures within 20 squares of you. You can distinguish which is which. This effect does not penetrate illusions and zones that provide concealment.
Sustain Swift: The effect lasts until ENT.

SM1) Shield, Sp
Personal
Effect: You either gain half Sec Trait ability bonus to AC and Reflex, or Sec Trait ability bonus to AC or Reflex until ENT.

SM1) True Strike, Sp
Move
Personal
Effect: Until ENT, you gain Sec Trait ability bonus to your next weapon attack roll, and that attack ignores all penalties from concealment. Note that this does not help you discern where a hidden attacker is.

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RANK 2 LISTING

SA2) Color Spray, Sp
Blast 3
Pri Trait vs Will
Hit: Target is blinded until ENT, and is knocked prone.

SA2) Dispel Magic, Sp
Burst 10 (1 target, see below)
Pri Trait vs Will
Prerequisite: This effect must target either a creature with magical effects on it, a magical object, or a magical zone, and when it is not the creature, use the caster's Will as the defense. Note a magical aura may not be targeted, and can only be dealt with by targeting the creature.
Hit: The magical effect ends if it is due to a potion or a non-permanent spell cast by caster, otherwise it is suppressed for at least 1 minute, typically until end of encounter. If the target has multiple magical effects and you did not specify the effect you cast to dispel, one random magical effect is dispelled. If the creature cast a spell that is being sustained, but is not benefiting from that spell, that spell may also be ended by Dispel Magic. Note that a magical interrupt may be used to absorb the effect from an untargeted dispel.
Miss: If this is the first time you missed with Dispel Magic, it is not expended.
Special: You may use a ready action with Dispel Magic, by specifying the trigger being when a creature you can see casts a spell. This trigger is not met when it uses an Ex or Su ability, or if you lose sight of the creature. When the creature casts a spell, you may use an Arcana/Nature/Religion check (based on source) to identify the spell. The DC is same as if using Monster Knowledge on the caster, except Rare/Common never modifies, and Mook/Elite/Solo always modifies. After resolving the Arcana check (pass or fail) you may then decide whether to activate the trigger, and on a hit, the spell being cast is cancelled with no effect.
Out of combat, you may spend 1-2 WP to use Dispel Magic against a magical effect which you have missed at least once before. The GM informs you of the cost in WP to either dispel it, or to suppress for it a certain duration, this cost and effect may be dependent on the second attack roll.

Edit 17 Jul 2020: changed from Ranged 10 to Burst 10 (1 target see below)

SA2) Elemental Aura, Sp
Burst 1 or Burst 2
Pri Trait vs Reflex
Hit: 2d6 + Pri Trait damage and target suffers effect based on chosen damage type below (choose one type for all targets), which isnt altered by feats or items.
- Acid damage and target takes half Sec Trait penalty to attack rolls (SE)
- Cold damage and target is slowed (SE). When it fails a saving throw against this effect, it falls prone.
- Lightning damage and dazed until ENT
- Fire damage and takes ongoing Sec Trait fire damage (SE)
Effect: You can activate an aura 1 until ENT. Creatures ending their turn in the aura take Sec Trait damage of the chosen type, and take half Sec Trait penalty to saving throws to end the associated ongoing effect, if any.

SA2) Fireball, Sp
Area 2 in 20
Pri Trait vs Reflex
Hit : 3d6 + Pri Trait fire damage
Miss : Half damage (include slayer damage)

SA2) Glitterdust, Sp
Keyword: Zone
Area 1 in 10
Pri Trait vs Will
Hit: Target is blinded until ENT, and cannot benefit from any magical concealment (save ends) or until ENT, whichever comes later.
Effect: The Area becomes a zone until ENT. Creatures within the zone do not benefit from any magical concealment.

SM2) Arcane Pool (Magus) Su
Swift
Personal (one wielded weapon)
Effect: Until ENT, you either gain
- your melee attacks with the weapon ignore damage resistance equal to twice Sec Trait
- half Sec Trait ability bonus to melee attacks made with the weapon, the weapon gains the high Crit property, and you can choose for all your attacks with that weapon to deal either acid, cold, fire, or lightning damage
Sustain Move: You expend a Rank 2 or higher ability, and the effect remains until ENT. Alternatively, once before resting, you can sustain it until ENT, but you may not use a Signature ability until ENT.

SM2) Flaming Steel, Sp (aka Flame Arrows)
Swift
Burst 5 (Sec Trait Creatures)
Effect: The target must be either your ally or yourself, to benefit from this. Until ENT, target gains Sec Trait ability bonus to weapon damage rolls. While target has this ability bonus, he may choose to deal fire damage instead of the usual damage.
Sustain Standard: This effect remains until ENT. Note as usual for sustain, the targets must be within the usual casting range for this ability.

SM2) Fly, Sp
Standard
Burst 1 (1 creature)
Effect: The target must be either your ally or yourself, to benefit from this. Until ENT, the target gains a fly speed equal to its usual speed plus your Sec Trait. Whenever the target makes an attack roll while more than 1 square above a surface he can stand on, he must make a saving throw or fall prone after the attack is resolved.
Sustain Move: This effect remains until ENT. Note as usual for sustain, the targets must be within the usual casting range for this ability.

Remarks: Note that Fly does not grant hover, so if the Flying creature is knocked prone, he falls. The fly speed still counts for the purposes of negating falling damage, and due to this spell, this benefit applies even if the flying creature is unconscious.

SM2) Item Merge, Sp (aka Aroden Spellsword)
Keyword: Pre-Buff
Move
Personal
Effect: Choose two items - each being either implement or weapon - you are holding. Until ENT, both items combine into one (your choice which one is absorbed) and you can switch between the items as a free action, and are considered to be wielding both if you so wish. As usual, when making an attack, only one item property applies, and if one of the two items requires two hands to wield effectively, you must use two hands to wield it when you switch to it.
Sustain Move: The effect remains until ENT

SM2) Mirror Image, Sp
Keyword: Illusion
Standard
Personal
Effect: Until ENT, you gain 1 + half Sec Trait mirror images, and each mirror image grants you a stacking +2 ability bonus to AC, that only applies against melee or ranged attacks. For each melee or ranged attack that misses your AC because of an ability bonus, you lose a mirror image, until none are left.
This ability bonus does not apply to ranged and melee attacks made by a creature cannot see you, or a creature with special senses that ignore illusions, such as blindsight, tremorsense, truesight.
Sustain Swift: The images remain until ENT.
Special: You may use this ability as an interrupt, but you gain one less mirror image, and the mirror images may not be sustained.

SM2) Overstimulate, Sp
Standard
Burst 3 (Self or 1 Ally)
Effect: Until ENT, if the target is reduced to 0 HP, the target may use a free action to instead be reduced to twice your Sec Trait HP, and this effect immediately ends.
When you use this ability, you may use a Stealth check vs Perception or Performance check vs Insight to conceal knowledge of this effect from your enemies.
Sustain Move: The effect, if it is still not expended, lasts until ENT.

Special: If you are a Healer, you may expend this ability to use a Heal as an interrupt either just before or just after an ally within burst 3 is reduced to 0 HP (or yourself but only just before) and doing so has the same source keyword as Overstimulate. If you have Rapid Healer B *and choose to use it,* you can expend Overstimulate in place of 1 WP or in place of 1 Heal.

SM2) Sudden Shield, Sp (custom)
Interrupt
Personal
Trigger: You are hit by an attack that targets AC or Reflex
Effect: You gain Sec Trait ability bonus to AC and Reflex until ENT.

SM2) Telekinetic Charge, Sp
Standard
Burst Sec Trait (Self or 1 Ally)
Effect: The target slides twice Sec Trait squares, and has a fly speed during this forced movement. If the target ends the forced movement next to his enemy, he may use his interrupt to make a melee basic attack against that enemy with half Sec Trait ability bonus to attack roll.
This effect ignores the entangled condition. If the target is immobilised or entangled, after he ends the movement he may make a saving throw to end each such effect on himself.

SM2) Titanic Anchoring, Sp
Interrupt
Personal
Trigger: You are subject to forced movement, or a grab, push or trip.
Effect: Until ENT, you are immune to forced movement (unless you wish to be affected by it), and all combat manuevers (grab, push, trip) performed by creatures of your size or smaller automatically fail (unless you wish to be affected by it). If a creature larger than you makes a combat manuever against you, or successfully grabs or trips you (as part of an attack), you can make a saving throw to ignore the grab or trip.
Sustain Swift: The effect persists until ENT
Special: You can activate this ability as a Swift action instead of an interrupt.

SM2) True Seeing, Sp
Keyword: Pre-Buff
Standard
Personal
Effect: Until ENT, you can see invisible and ethereal creatures. You also see through illusions and all other concealment. You do not see through non-illusory zones of concealment, unless they are due to light and/or darkness.
Sustain Swift: The effect lasts until ENT.

[Zyraen]

RANK 3 LISTING
Note that if you choose an Rank 3 with the Interrupt action, the Rank 2 leading up to it cannot be an Interrupt.

SA3) Greater Dispel Magic, Sp
Burst 15 (1 square)
Pri Trait vs Will
Details as per Dispel Magic, including relating to target type.
Miss: If this is the first time you missed with Greater Dispel Magic, it is not expended.
Special: Before resolving attack rolls with Greater Dispel Magic, you can use a free action make an Arcana/Nature/Religion check (based on source) to identify each and every magical effect in the target square, and if it is a caster, to also identify those spells he is sustaining. This check does not take penalties for not being able to see the target nor for distance. After resolving the check - pass or fail - you can cancel the use of this ability, although you do not regain your standard action.
You may use Greater Dispel Magic as a Targeted Greater Dispel against one specific magical effect, in which case you add your Sec Trait to your attack roll. If the target only has one magical effect, it is treated as Targeted Greater Dispel. If the target has multiple magical effects on it, make half Sec Trait (min 2) number of attack rolls, but no more than the number of magical effects on the target. After resolving hits, a random magical effect on the target is dispelled for each hit.

SA3) Twilight Knife, Sp
Keyword: Conjuration
Swift
Ranged 10
Effect: Until ENT, you conjure a floating shadowy dagger with Proficiency 2 and 1d6 necrotic damage as its weapon size. Whenever it hits a creature, the creature is unguarded until ENT. The dagger is tiny, does not occupy its space, has your defenses, 1 HP and is immune to all damage except implement radiant and implement untyped. It has fly speed 6, and you can move it as a swift action. The conjuration can flank with your allies.
You can use a standard action to direct the dagger to make an MBA, and if a creature provokes an OA from the dagger, you can direct it to OA as an Opportunity Action. Note the dagger uses your line of effect and line of sight when attacking, and determining if an OA is provoked.
Instead of directing the dagger to MBA as a standard action, you can direct it to MBA as a move action, but on the same turn you must use your standard action to make a weapon attack that targets the same creature the dagger attacked.

SM3) Haste, Sp
Burst 3 (Sec Trait Creatures)
Effect: The target must be either your ally or yourself, to benefit from this. Until ENT, the target gains Sec Trait bonus to speed (which does not stack with other speed increases), and if the target neither hits nor deals damage with its standard action on its turn, it may use its move action to make a basic attack.
Sustain Standard: This effect remains until ENT. Note as usual for sustain, the targets must be within the usual casting range for this ability.

SM3: Iaijitsu Focus (Magus, Kensai) Ex
Free
Personal
Trigger: You land a critical hit with your melee weapon
Effect: The weapon gains the High Crit property, and all Critical Dice are maximised for the triggering attack.
Special: When you are surprised, after initiative is rolled you may expend this ability to act during surprise round as if you are not surprised. Note that enemies may still be hidden from you if they have not yet acted.

[Zyraen]

RANK 4 LISTING
Spells and Su SLA abilities require at least 6 ranks of abilities with the same keyword to learn. An ability can only be the prerequisite for one rank 4 ability at any one time.

SA4) Disintegrate, Sp
Keyword : Transmutation
Ranged 10 (3 attacks on 1 creature)
Pri Trait vs AC-2, Fortitude, Reflex
Hit: 4d6 + Pri Trait untyped damage per hit.
Special: This attack applies slayer damage. If a player character is killed by this ability, or an NPC is reduced to below 1 HP by this ability, his body and all mundane equipment, as well as lesser magic items, crumble to dust and are lost.
Your critical range is increased by 1 for this ability, and if one attack roll crits, all the damage dice for all the hits are treated as max ; these benefits also apply to the attack and damage from Spellstrike.
If you use Spellstrike with this attack, you can substitute the hit from Spellstrike to turn one (and only one) missed attack into a hit.
You can spend 1 WP to use Disintegrate against against non-living matter, whereupon it disintegrates up to a 10-foot cube of nonliving matter. Thus, the spell disintegrates only part of any very large object or structure targeted. The ray affects even objects constructed entirely of force, and if this is an object created during combat, you do not need spend WP to disintegrate it.

SA4) Firestorm, Sp/SLA
Area 1 in 20 (Sec Trait number, with no overlaps)
Pri Trait vs Reflex
Hit : 6d6 + Pri Trait damage.
Miss : Half damage, inclusive slayer bonus.
Effect: The area becomes a burning zone until ENT. Creatures entering or ending their turn in the zone take 2d6 + Pri Trait fire damage. This damage may not be taken more than once per turn.
Special: This attack applies slayer damage. If any effect doubles the damage dice of this ability, note that it also applies to the damage from the zone.

SM4) Blink, Sp
Keyword: Ethereal, Illusion
Standard
Personal
Effect: Until ENT, all attack rolls that have roll a natural odd number automatically miss you. If an attacker is either ethereal or can see invisible creatures, only rolls of natural 1, 5, 9, 13, 17 automatically miss you. If an attacker is both ethereal and can see invisible creatures, this ability has no effect on it. If an attack that deals half-damage on a miss misses you due to this ability and the attacker/attack is not ethereal, you take only half the damage from it. Note that an implement untyped attack, being force, is considered ethereal, and any attack that ignores the insubstantial quality.
Sustain Move: You expend a Rank 2 or higher ability, and the effect lasts until ENT.

SM4) Greater Invisibility, Sp
Keyword: Illusion
Standard
Burst 1 (Self or 1 Ally)
Effect: Target becomes invisible until ENT.
Sustain Move: You expend a Rank 2 or higher ability, and the effect lasts until ENT.

SM4) Mass Fly, Sp
Standard
Burst 5 (Sec Trait creatures)
Effect: The target must be either your ally or yourself, to benefit from this. Until ENT, the target gains a fly speed equal to its usual speed plus your Sec Trait. Whenever the target makes an attack roll while more than 1 square above a surface he can stand on, he must make a saving throw or fall prone after the attack is resolved.
Sustain Standard: This effect remains until ENT. Note as usual for sustain, the targets must be within the usual casting range for this ability. You may expend a Rank 3 or higher ability to Sustain Swift instead.

SM4) With This Sword (Magus, Kensai) Ex
Swift
Personal (one wielded weapon)
Effect: Choose a magic item property that is no more than your level, and/or two magic item properties that are no more than half your level. The properties must be appropriate for the target weapon, which must be a sword (and not a thrown weapon). They may not be Rare (unless the GM specifically allows), and must be decided either before the adventure, or after the adventure briefing.
Until ENT, target weapon gains those properties (if they are two properties or a Rare property, it counts as that of an item half your level for the purposes of magnitude) in addition to its usual magic item properties, and also gains half Sec Trait bonus to attack rolls or damage rolls (you decide) and ignores all resistance and immunities.
Sustain Swift: The effect lasts until ENT, and you may change whether the bonus applies to attack rolls or damage rolls. You may sustain this ability half Sec Trait number of times. You may expend a Rank 3 or higher ability to sustain as a free action instead of a swift action, and such a sustain does not count to your half Sec Trait limit of Sustains.
Special: You must designate the target sword when you gain this ability, and this is done by naming the weapon. Note that the weapon gains fame as maximum permitted by your level, even if your character is otherwise not very well-known. You may not designate a different target weapon unless the previous weapon is either destroyed or otherwise lost to you. For clarity, the weapon does not have the properties from this ability when wielded by someone other than you.

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REMARKS
Limited Wish is a Generalist spell, in which case you choose one keyword. The prerequisites for the rank 4 spell follows that keyword.

SM4) Limited Wish, Sp
Free
Personal
Effect: You may use a Rank 3 or lower Signature ability which has the spell keyword, and the wordings of the spell must be available, unless the GM specifically waives this for the attempt. The spell takes its usual action to cast, and obeys the usual restrictions and timings. You can only apply Metamagic to the spell if you know the spell and have met/unlocked the Metamagic requirements for it.
Alternatively, you may forgo all of the above to apply any one of below as a swift action :
- choose one creature within twice Sec Trait squares of you. All magical effects on that creature immediately ends ; note this does not stop re-activations of such effects.
- choose one magical effect that is in existence on yourself or any of your allies. That effect immediately ends for yourself and all your allies; if it is a zone on its own, it also ends.
- grant yourself and all your allies within Sec Trait squares of you half Sec Trait ability bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls until ENT
- cause enemies that you have hit during this turn to take half Sec Trait penalty to attack rolls and all defenses until ENT
Special: Limited Wish does not affect Signature abilities of Solo enemies ( a relative term ) that are also considered Archdevil / Demon Lord / Demi-God or higher status. After you have Limited Wish, you may spend 6 UP to unlock Wish. Doing so counts as unlocking a Mastery/Metamagic option, if you do not already have one. Using Wish counts as using Limited Wish with 2 WP. Essentially the two spells are a single SM4 ability with two separate entries.

SM4) Wish, Sp
Free
Personal
Prerequisite: You must have Limited Wish unexpended, and must spend 2 WP to cast Wish. Doing so also expends your Limited Wish. Essentially the two spells are a single SM4 ability with two separate entries.
Effect: You may use a Rank 4 or lower Signature ability which has the spell keyword, and the wordings of the spell must be available, unless the GM specifically waives this for the attempt. The spell takes its usual action to cast, and obeys the usual restrictions and timings. You can only apply Metamagic to the spell if you know the spell and have met/unlocked the Metamagic requirements for it.
Alternatively, you may forgo all of the above to apply any one of below as a swift action :
- end all unfavourable magical effects within twice Sec Trait squares of you, whether they are buffs on enemies, or debuffs on yourself or your allies, or zones. If there is any ambiguity, you decide. note this does not stop the re-activation of such effects.
- grant yourself and all your allies within Sec Trait squares of you Sec Trait ability bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls until ENT
- cause enemies that you have hit during this turn to take Sec Trait penalty to attack rolls and all defenses until ENT
- you may reverse one death (or equivalent effects such as being petrified) that has occurred since the end of your previous turn. You must have line of effect to the square the creature(s) occupied when it died, and the square must be within twice Sec Trait squares of you, but otherwise it works even if no body remains. The creature(s) that died instead returns back to life, stable but unconscious. Until it is healed, it dies if it takes 1 damage, and is exactly one failed death saving throw away from death. Note that if a creature had any equipment destroyed by its death, the equipment is not restored by bringing it back to life, but you can forgo bringing the creature back to life to instead restore the destroyed equipment.
Instead of any of the above, you may spend 10 minutes to cast this spell as a buff, and if so until you Rest, you gain a +2 bonus to one Trait, and also to one component Stat (and all related skills) of your choice. This improvement may turn your Sec Trait into your Pri Trait. This improvement cannot bring your Trait to more than 10, and no more than 1 above your Trait Cap. If your Trait is 7, 8 or 9, the Trait only improves by +1. This is considered a magical Supernatural buff (rather than a Spell buff), and if dispelled, it is instead suppressed for 5 minutes, but use of Limited Wish or other Rank 4 effects can end this buff permanently.
Special: Wish does not affect Signature abilities of Solo enemies ( a relative term ) that are also considered Archdevil / Demon Lord / Demi-God or higher status, nor can it restore life to those slain by such foes. To restore life, the target's soul must be willing and able to return back. An undead creature cannot be restored back to undeath by this ability, a creature that is returned to its own plane cannot be recalled by this ability.