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The Explorer
		Charting
Level	Special	Grit	Max Grade	Knacks	Skills
1	Mapmaking	2	Basic	1	4
2	Cartography	2	Basic	1	6
3		3	Lesser	1	7
4	Cartography	3	Lesser	1	8
5		4	Lesser	2	10
6	Cartography	4	Lesser	2	11
7		5	Lesser	2	12
8	Cartography	5	Expert	2	14
9		6	Expert	2	15
10	Explorer Talent	7	Expert	2	16
11		7	Expert	3	18
12	Explorer Talent	8	Expert	3	19
13		8	Greater	3	20
14	Explorer Talent	8	Greater	3	22
15		9	Greater	3	23
16	Explorer Talent	9	Greater	3	24
17		10	Greater	3	26
18	Explorer Talent	10	Master	3	27
19		11	Master	3	28
20	Explorer Talent	11	Master	3	30

 

Explorer

Trish, iconic explorer

"There's a whole lot out there to see."

There are plenty of places to explore in the worlds of Trinity: ancient ruins lost to the ravages of time; desolate lands that haven't seen a sentient face in ages; and many other secrets. Exploring these out-of-the-way places requires a surprisingly large skill set, and some choose to specialize on improving those skills, becoming explorers in the process. Everything from the logistics of planning a foray to the search for hidden passages is within the explorer's purview, and - since the world is a dangerous place - many also know their way around a weapon, even if aren't particularly graceful with one, and explorers who survive their expeditions often become an incredibly hardy lot. Explorers are as likely to find work as the scout for an adventuring party as they are to band together and hire a mercenary to deal with anything dangerous on their travels.

Game Rule Information

Thieves have the following game statistics.

Force Alignment: None.

Force Resistances: None.

Abilities: Dexterity, Bravery, and Luck are all important here.

Hit Points at 1st Level: 15 + Con score.

Hit Points at Each Additional Level: 9 + Con modifier.

Healing Surges: 10 + Con modifier.

Starting Age: Simple.

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the explorer.

Proficiencies

Weapons: Any four.

Armor: Cloth, leather.

Implements: Kits.

Skills

Explorers are experts, and as such make use of skills, specific ways that they can interact with the world that they have learned through training and experience in their particular field.

To use skills, explorers must expend grit, which they regain slowly while resting.

 

Explorer Knacks
Knack	Primary Ability	Description
Archaeology	Per	Seekers of hidden treasure, forgotten tomes, and lost secrets, archaeologists know how to find even the most well-hidden objects.
Infiltration	Brv	Students of stealth, infiltrators know how to avoid confrontations and can spot deadly traps in dangerous environs.
Pathfinding	Int	Able cartographers and seemingly able to draw maps in their heads, pathfinders specialize in traveling quickly from one place to another.

 

Skills are completely mundane in nature, representing only an individual's honed senses and experience. Skills are divided into knacks, which represent particular areas of expertise in the given expert's field. The grit cost and minimum primary ability needed to use a skill are indicated on the table to the right.

Maneuver Stats by Grade
Grade	Minimum Primary Ability	Grit Cost
Basic	10	1
Lesser	12	2
Expert	14	3
Greater	16	5
Master	18	8

The explorer has a maximum amount of grit, based upon his class level. You gain a bonus to this amount equal to the highest of your Perception, Intelligence, and Bravery modifiers; this bonus is limited to half your class level, rounded down.

After a long rest, you automatically regain all grit.

During a short rest, you can spend a healing surge to regain 1 grit. You can only spend one healing surge per short rest in this manner.

To use a skill, you must expend some amount of grit, the amount required is determined by the grade of the skill.

The explorer begins with four known skills. He gains knowledge of additional skills each level, as per the class table, above. At fourth level and every four levels after, he can trade out up to two skills for new skills from any knack he can access, of any grade he can access.

If you would gain access to a knack, you can choose to instead gain a bonus feat, which must be a feat for which you qualify. If you would gain access to a knack and already have access to three knacks, you gain a bonus feat instead.

The explorer's key ability for his exploration checks is the primary ability for the skill in question.

Skills

The following is the explorer skill list, ordered by knack, then by grade.

Archaeology Knack

The field of archaeology, in the sense that explorers use it, is focused on finding what you were not meant to find. Archaeologist explorers excel at finding the hidden treasure, secret passages, and lost tomes that often elude adventurers. However, their process is slow and methodical; in addition, their attention to detail can sometimes make them miss obvious dangers. As such, while archaeologist explorers get many skills related to finding hidden details, they are often less adept at fully exploring a site, and get no training in noticing traps or denizens of the dark.

 

Archaeology Basic Skills
Skill Name	Effect
Basic Detail Sense	Make an exploration check against the current zone. If you hit, you determine the presence of hidden details.
First Sense	Make an exploration check against the current zone with a -4 power penalty. If you hit, you make no progress, but you uncover a hidden detail.

 

Infiltration Knack

Infiltration Basic Skills
Skill Name	Effect
Basic Danger Sense	In response to a hazard check, gain a +2 power bonus to defenses against it.
Basic Scrutiny	Make an exploration check against the current zone. If you hit, you learn one zone encounter.
Basic Stealth	Make an exploration check against the current zone. If you hit, you gain potency 4 stealth while in the zone.
Get Back!	In response to a creature encounter, gain a +4 power bonus on the exploration check made to determine the encounter type.

 

Pathfinding Knack

Pathfinding Basic Skills
Skill Name	Effect
Basic Examination	Make an exploration check. If you hit, you gain a +1 power bonus to the potency of your exploration.
Basic Search	Make an exploration check with a +2 power bonus.
Basic Skim	Make two exploration checks, each with a -2 power penalty.

 

Feats

The following are a selection of feats that are relevant to explorers.

 

SCOUT [Job]
You know a few things about getting along on the road.
Prerequisites: No levels in explorer.
Benefit: You gain access to a single explorer knack, and learn two explorer tricks of your choice from that knack. Your expertise die is d2.
Special: If you take a level in explorer, you must immediately retrain this feat; the new feat cannot be a [Job] feat.

 

Design Notes

Second expert class.