View source for Class: Gambler

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|width="10%"|'''Level'''
|width="30%" align="left"|'''Special'''
|width="12%"|''Deck Size''
|width="12%"|''Max Hand Size''
|width="12%"|''Max Grade''
|width="12%"|''Idioms''
|width="12%"|''Whims Known''
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|1 || align="left"|Gamble || 6 || 2 || Subtle || 1 || 3
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
|2 || align="left"|Card Trick || 7 || 2 || Subtle || 1 || 4
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|3 || align="left"|&nbsp; || 8 || 2 || Subtle || 2 || 5
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|4 || align="left"|Card Trick || 8 || 2 || Subtle || 2 || 6
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|5 || align="left"|&nbsp; || 9 || 3 || Lesser || 2 || 7
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
|6 || align="left"|Card Trick || 10 || 3 || Lesser || 2 || 8
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|7 || align="left"|&nbsp; || 10 || 3 || Lesser || 3 || 9
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
|8 || align="left"|Card Trick || 11 || 3 || Lesser || 3 || 11
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|9 || align="left"|&nbsp; || 12 || 3 || Lesser || 3 || 12
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
|10 || align="left"|Gambler Talent || 12 || 4 || Greater || 3 || 13
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|11 || align="left"|&nbsp; || 13 || 4 || Greater || 4 || 14
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|12 || align="left"|Gambler Talent || 14 || 4 || Greater || 4 || 15
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|13 ||  align="left"|&nbsp; || 14 || 4 || Greater || 4 || 16
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|14 || align="left"|Gambler Talent || 15 || 5 || Greater || 4 || 17
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|15 || align="left"|&nbsp; || 16 || 5 || Greater || 5 || 19
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
|16 || align="left"|Gambler Talent || 16 || 5 || Greater || 5 || 20
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|17 || align="left"|&nbsp; || 17 || 5 || Overwhelming || 5 || 21
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
|18 || align="left"|Gambler Talent || 18 || 5 || Overwhelming || 5 || 22
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|19 || align="left"|&nbsp; || 19 || 6 || Overwhelming || 6 || 23
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
|20 || align="left"|Gambler Talent || 19 || 6 || Overwhelming || 6 || 24
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=Gambler=
[[Image:Gambler_new.jpg|thumb|375px|right|Amaryllis, iconic gambler]]
: '' "Life may be a gamble... but no worries. I've got loaded dice." ''

The nature of Chaos is such that those with a predisposition towards gambling look favorably upon it. Sometimes, a gambler finds herself not just a common gambler, but a gambler in the Chaotic sense, gifted with the ability to tap into the powers of uncertainty. Their knack for throwing dice or playing cards becomes translated into gambling with the very mechanics of the universe.

==Game Rule Information==
Gamblers have the following game statistics.

'''[[ The_Forces#Force_Alignment | Force Alignment]]:''' Chaos.

'''[[ The_Forces#Force_Resistance | Force Resistances]]:''' UO 5 + level, TO 5 + level.

'''Abilities:''' Luck is the most important ability for a gambler, while Bravery is also useful.

'''Hit Points at 1st Level:''' 5 + Con score.

'''Hit Points at Each Additional Level:''' 5 + Con modifier.

'''Healing Surges:''' 6 + Con modifier.

'''Defenses:''' Fort +0; Ref +4; Will +2; Det +2.

'''Starting Age:''' Simple.

==Class Features==
All of the following are class features of the gambler.

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'''Weapons:''' Any three.

'''Armor:''' Light, mystic.

'''Implements:''' Coins, [[D20_Mechanic:_Implements#Dice|Dice]].

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The gambler's ability to call upon Chaos is known as ''anarchy''. Individual abilities of Chaos are known as ''whims'' and are grouped into ''idioms'', which are particular applications of Chaotic power.

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|width="10%"|'''Idiom'''
|width="90%" align="left"|'''Description'''
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|Discord || align="left"|Where there is disharmony, there is chaos - and so you sow the seeds of distrust and danger.
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
|Dynamics || align="left"|It's said that all of existence is governed not just by physics, but by something even greater. This idiom teaches you how to twist, bend, and eventually break those rules.
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|Entropy || align="left"|All good things must end, and you know how to manipulate that process.
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
|Freedom || align="left"|You seek to become unshackled from the rules not just of society, but of reality itself.
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|Random || align="left"|To be unpredictable is to be powerful... or whatever else suits your fancy at this moment.
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
|Uncertainty || align="left"|True knowledge is impossible, and you manipulate that notion to its breaking point.
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As events occur around the gambler, some of them ''trigger'' her Chaotic abilities. A gambler has a number of ''triggers'' equal to the number of ''idioms'' she would have access to at her class level, even if she has access to fewer or more ''idioms''. You select ''triggers'' from the trigger lists of ''idioms'' you can access; you can change your ''trigger'' selection with a ''short rest''.

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! width="50%"|Grade
! width="50%"|Minimum Luck
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| Subtle || 10
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
| Lesser || 13
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| Greater || 16
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
| Overwhelming || 20
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| Inconceivable || 23
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To access her powers, a gambler builds a ''deck'' out of the ''whims'' to which she has access. You can have up to four copies of the same ''whim'' in your ''deck'', but the number of ''whims'' in the ''deck'' must precisely match the number on the class table, above, for your level. You can change out the ''whims'' in your ''deck'' with a ''long rest''. ''Whims'' are placed in a ''deck'' in a random order.

When a ''trigger'' occurs - when you are ''triggered'' - you must draw the indicated number of ''whims'' from your ''deck''; the exception is if you (and only you) decide to use a reaction instead, which forfeits your ''draw''. At the end of each of your turns, if you have more ''whims'' than your ''max hand size'', you must ''discard whims'' until you have a number of ''whims'' equal to your ''max hand size''. Discarded ''whims'' go into your ''discard pile''.

If at any time your ''deck'' is empty, you ''reshuffle:'' refill your ''deck'' with all whims from your ''discard pile'' at random.

When you ''effect'' a ''whim'', you remove it from your ''hand'' and put it in your ''discard pile''. If you have not been ''triggered'' within the last five minutes, you automatically ''discard'' your entire ''hand'' and ''reshuffle''.

To use any given ''whim'', the gambler must meet its minimum Luck score, per the table on the right.

When not in a combat or stressful situation, the gambler can use any ''whim'' in her ''deck'' with a few moments' worth of "screwing around." 

The gambler begins with three known ''whims''. She gains knowledge of additional ''whims'' each level, as per the class table, above. At fourth level and every four levels after, she can trade out up to two ''whims'' for new ''whims'' from any ''idiom'' she can access.

The gambler's key ability for her ''chaotic attacks'' is her Luck.

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As a gambler, it is in your nature to gamble; but now, you can do so with far more than just dice.

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! width="50%"|Gamble Value
! width="50%"|Bonus
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| 1 - 3 || +0
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
| 4 - 6 || +1
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| 7 - 8 || +2
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
| 9 || +3
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| 10 || +4
|-style="background:#D3C0B2;"
| 11 || +5
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| 12+ || ''bust''
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As a standard action, you can ''discard'' a ''whim'' to use this ability. If you do, you select a trait from the list below, and roll 1d6, consulting the table on the right. You and all allies within Medium range (100 feet) gain the bonus as a feat bonus to the chosen trait.

While this ability is active, at the beginning of each of your turns, you can choose to ''hit''. If you do, roll 1d6 again and add it to the original result, consulting the table on the right; the bonus changes appropriately. If the result of your ''gamble'' is greater than 11, you ''bust'': the effect ends, and you suffer a -2 feat penalty to the chosen trait until you take a ''short rest''.

If you choose not to ''hit'', that ''gamble'' value is instead reduced by 1. If a ''gamble'' is reduced to 0, it ends.

You can have any number of ''gambles'' operating at the same time.

The available traits that you can grant a bonus to via ''gamble'' are as follows:

* ''physical attack'' rolls
* ''force attack'' rolls
* ''armor check'' rolls
* Fortitude defense
* Reflex defense
* Will defense
* Determination defense

Note that some class features may also grant you additional traits that you can modify with ''gamble''.

=Design Notes=
Chaos alt caster, extra mechanics are kinda support-y. Inspiration [http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2kzv9?Gambler-Base-Class-10 here].

Full rebuild, t20 v4.

'''Oct 6, 2017:''' Pondering this - along with other adepts. I'm thinking that instead of a static mechanic here, have a set of potential "gambles" the gambler can use, with different effects. So "blackjack" - the default, here - would be just one option, but it would be the only one that gives buffs.

Others might be... say, "roulette," on a d12. Might be a status effect deal - the less likely you are to get the range you pick, the stronger the status effect you can pick.

Hmm... yeah, I think that might be a solid plan.

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