Revision as of 23:24, 5 May 2015

Learner

Troi, iconic learner

"Experience is the best teacher."

The petrifying gaze of a basilisk, the lightning breath of a dragon, the soul-draining touch of the undead: these powers are to be feared, most certainly. Some, however, would believe that the best way to fight fire is with fire, and so seek out ways to gain these powers - not through study or research, but through watching those who wield them. This is the way of the learner.

It is impossible to say what a learner is capable of. An individual learner may learn dozens - if not hundreds - of abilities over the course of her lifetime, as varied in power and application as the creatures that walk the world. Calling upon the power of the Blue to enhance her memory and ability to replicate the powers of monsters, the learner is a powerful ally and unpredictable foe.

However, to gain access to these abilities, the learner must see them in action - and that means a life of adventure and danger. As such, learners also train themselves in the arts martial, to acquire the skills needed to do battle with the creatures from which they wish to glean new knowledge. For the budding learner, this also means that they are able to function in an adventuring troupe with minimal fuss; while they are not as well-versed in the ways of combat as true warriors, they are able to hold their own, and once the learner has acquired a stable of useful memes, they can combine their memetics and maneuvers to deadly effect.

Game Rule Information

Learners have the following game statistics.

Force Alignment: Blue.

Force Resistances: TO 5 + level, CO 5 + level.

Abilities: Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma are all equally important to a learner. She gains bonus active meme slots based on her Wisdom, bonus memory based on her Intelligence, and additional belief-space based upon her Charisma.

Hit Die: d8.

Class Skills: The learner’s class skills are Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Handle Animal (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (all) (Int), Martial Lore (Int), Memecraft (Int), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Spot (Wis), and Sense Motive (Wis).

Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.

Alignment: Any.

Starting Age: Moderate.

Starting Gold: 4d4 x 10gp.

Favored By: Vesuvan.

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the learner.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Learners are proficient with all simple weapons, all one-handed martial weapons, light and medium armor, and all shields save tower shields.

Learner: Combat Styles
Class	Availability
Archer
Defender
Einhander
Executioner
Falconer
Karateka
Lancer
Unfettered
Warlord

Combat Style: At first level, the learner chooses a particular combat style. Once selected, the learner cannot change their decision.

• Archer: Any learner can select this style. A learner's max aim tokens equals one-half his learner level + 3 (rounded down), and gains bonus aim tokens based on his Intelligence.
• Defender: Any learner can select this style. A learner's max armor tokens equals one-half his learner level + 1 (rounded down), and gains bonus armor tokens based on his Wisdom.
• Einhander: Any learner can select this style. A learner can have a number of maneuvers readied equal to the amount on the class table, above.
• Executioner: Any learner can select this style. But don't do that right now, we don't know how they work yet.
• Lancer: Any learner can select this style. A learner can have a number of maneuvers readied equal to the amount on the class table, above.
• Warlord: Any learner can select this style. A learner can have a number of maneuvers readied equal to the amount on the class table, above. Your Command Bonus is equal to one-half what it would be for a warlord of your learner level.

Bestial Lore: Learners are well-versed in the nature of monstrosities. She can make a special bestial lore check with a bonus equal to her learner level + her Intelligence modifier to determine if she knows anything about a particular creature. Making such a check is a swift action.

You can gain the normal information about the creature with this check, but also can gain access to more "meta" information that others would usually not be able to glean (for instance, if you succeed on the check by a significant margin, you can directly examine and explain the creature's stat block).

If your result is at least 10 + one-half the creature's HD, the creature - and all other creatures of the same kind nearby - gains the assayed status in regards to you for the remainder of the encounter. If you fail to grant this status to a creature, that creature is immune to the status for the remainder of the encounter.

You gain a +2 synergy bonus on this check if you have at least 5 ranks in the Knowledge skill relevant to the target's creature type.

Memory Surge (Bl): The learner has a reserve of powerful self-memory that she can use for a variety of effects. At each rank of memory surge, she gains one daily use of this resource. You regain your full allotment of memory surge after a night's rest.

As a swift action on your turn, you can spend one use of memory surge to immediately recharge one meme.

As an immediate action, when you would be able to learn a meme due to your Method ability, you can spend one use of memory surge to automatically learn the meme, without making a check.

As a swift action on your turn, you can cause the assayed status on a single target (and all nearby creatures of the same kind) within 60 feet, even if you had already failed to grant it to that creature earlier in the encounter.

Learner Secret: At 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th levels, the learner unlocks a secret of the Blue, improving her abilities in some fashion. Choose one of the following abilities; unless otherwise noted, each ability can only be taken once.

• Chicanery (Me): When you successfully grant the assayed status, you become a font of knowledge of how to interact with such creatures to your advantage. You and all allies gain a +2 insight bonus on skill checks made against creatures with the assayed condition, plus an additional +2 insight bonus for every five memeticist levels you have.
• Improved Draw (Me): When you use the Draw ability, the temporary active meme benefits from an amount of temporary memory equal to half your memeticist level, rounded down. (Prerequisites: Draw, Memeticist level 6th+)
• Improved Lancelet (Me): The range of your Lancelet ability is now 120 feet. (Prerequisites: Lancelet, Memeticist level 6th+)
• Improved Observation (Bl): You can use Observation as a move action, rather than a standard. (Prerequisites: Observation, Memeticist level 6th+)
• Lucubration (Me): When you successfully grant the assayed status, you become a font of knowledge of how best to defeat such creatures. You and all allies gain a +1 insight bonus on attack rolls against creatures with the assayed condition, plus an additional +1 insight bonus for every five memeticist levels you have.
• Moxie (Me): When you successfully grant the assayed status, you become a font of knowledge of how best to avoid the creature's abilities. You and all allies gain a +1 insight bonus on saving throws against against racial abilities from creatures with the assayed condition, plus an additional +1 insight bonus for every five memeticist levels you have.
• Puissance (Me): When you successfully grant the assayed status, you become a font of knowledge of how to bring such creatures down. You and all allies gain a +2 insight bonus on damage rolls against creatures with the assayed condition, plus an additional +2 insight bonus for every five memeticist levels you have.
• Resistance (Bl): You gain a +4 insight bonus on saving throws against status effects. You can take this ability multiple times; its effect stacks.
• Tenacity (Me): When you successfully grant the assayed status, you become a font of knowledge of how to dodge such creature's attacks. You and all allies gain a +1 insight bonus to AC against attacks from creatures with the assayed condition, plus an additional +1 insight bonus for every five memeticist levels you have.

Learner Talent: As a learner progresses in her training, she gains access to new and unusual applications of the Blue. At 10th level, and every two levels thereafter, she gains access to one of the following abilities.

• Absorb (Bl): When the learner learns a meme via draw, she may temporarily deny the creature the use of its ability. If the creature fails a Fortitude save (DC 10 + memeticist level + learner's Cha mod), it loses access to the ability the learner learned for 1 round/memeticist level. (Prerequisites: Draw)
  • Soak (Bl): If the learner is the target of an ability, she may attempt to learn it, as though she had used draw to do so. If she does so and successfully learns the meme, the ability is negated as though countered. This talent only works on abilities the learner has not yet learned. (Prerequisites: Draw, Absorb)

• Arithmetic Overflow (Bl): As a move action, you can spend one use of memory surge and choose a meme. Until you next use that meme or until the end of the current encounter, the amount of memory you can allocate to that meme is unlimited.
• Buffer Overflow (Bl): As a move action, you can spend one use of memory surge. You gain temporary memory equal to one-half your memeticist level, rounded down, which lasts for 1 round/memeticist level. While you have more memory allocated than your normal maximum memory, memory that is locked becomes unlocked with recharge 6 or the value of the meme to which it is allocated, whichever is higher (thus, it is possible for a meme to recharge, but the memory that was allocated to it to still be locked). If a meme would recharge but the memory allocated to it does not unlock, that memory is freed from that meme.
• Cache Flush (Bl): As a standard action, you can spend one use of memory surge. You can flush a number of active meme slots equal to your Intelligence modifier, and fill the now-empty slots with other memes of your choice. Any memory that was allocated to those memes is now freed; all memory that was locked to them now becomes unlocked with recharge 6.
• Countermeme (Me): When the learner is targeted by, or in the area affected by, a creature's ability from which she could learn a meme, and she has that meme as one of her active memes that is not currently in use and is recharged, she can use that meme as an immediate action in response to the creature's ability, countering it. Doing so counts as using the meme, and thus it must recharge, but it begins doing so immediately as though its duration were instantaneous. (Prerequisites: Lancelet)
  • Disable (Bl): When the learner learns a talent via lancelet, she may temporarily deny the creature the use of its ability. If the creature fails a Will save (DC 10 + memeticist level + learner's Cha mod), it loses access to the ability the learner learned for 1 round/memeticist level. This effect counts as a status ailment. (Prerequisites: Lancelet, Countermeme)
• Deep Secret: You gain an additional ability from the Learner Secret list of your choice. You can take this talent multiple times.
• Draw Mastery: The temporary active meme you gain when using draw benefits from memory equal to one-half your memeticist level, rounded down. This memory cannot be reallocated nor removed from the meme. (Prerequisites: Draw, Memeticist level 12th+)
• Expanded Methods: You can choose an additional method of learning that you do not currently have access to. You can take this talent twice.
• Forked Process (Bl): As a standard action, you can spend one use of memory surge. Half of the memory locked to a meme that is currently active, rounded down, becomes unlocked; the meme continues to function as though it had its original memory allocation.
  • Ghost Process (Bl): As a standard action, you can spend two uses of memory surge. All of the memory locked to a meme that is currently active becomes unlocked; the meme continues to function as though it had its original memory allocation. (Prerequisites: Forked Process)
• Hot Swap (Bl): As a standard action, you can spend one use of memory surge. You can reallocate your belief-space among your active memes, as though you had gotten a night's rest.
• Immunity (Bl): Choose a status ailment other than dead. You are now immune to that status ailment.
• Lancelet Mastery: When you mark a creature with lancelet, all creatures of the same kind with the assayed status in regards to you also become marked. (Prerequisites: Lancelet, Memeticist level 12th+)
• Observation Mastery: You are considered to be benefiting from your observation ability at all times, to a distance of 5 feet per 2 memeticist levels. You can still use a move action to observe creatures at a greater distance than that. (Prerequisites: Observation, Memeticist level 12th+)
• Overclock Memory (Bl): As a swift action, you can spend one use of memory surge. For 1 round/memeticist level, you add 1 to your recharge die.
• Peep (Bl): Requires the Observation method. As a standard action, you may attempt to learn information about a creature with Close range. When you use your bestial lore ability, you gain awareness of the creature as though you had used status, which lasts until the end of the encounter. (Prerequisites: Observation)
  • Scan (Bl): Requires the Peep ability. When you use your bestial lore ability, you learn additional information about a creature, as though you had used the creature loresight meme with memory invested equal to your memeticist level. (Prerequisites: Observation, Peep)
• Power Surge: You gain one additional use of memory surge per day. You can take this talent multiple times.
• Segmentation Fault (Bl): As a standard action, you can spend one use of memory surge. You gain a bonus active meme slot, filled with a meme with the [Learnable] descriptor that you do not know, which is flushed and lost when you next use that meme or until the end of the current encounter. The maximum amount of memory you can allocate to that meme is equal to one-half your normal amount, rounded down. When you use the meme, the memory locked to it becomes unlocked with recharge 6.
• Feat: The learner may select a bonus feat in place of a talent.

Maneuver List

The following is the learner maneuver list.

Regardless of the learner's chosen combat style, the harrier adds these maneuvers to his maneuver list.

In addition to being martial maneuvers, and subject to the rules that apply to those abilities, these abilities are also considered Blue-aligned. As such, they allow for BO, and cannot be used in an area in which memetic effects cannot function.