New Bard Kit proposal - the Gallant
Funkave
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While reading through the The Complete Bard's Handbook (2E rulebook) I found a kit which I have never seen recreated by modders and which could bridge the gap between a bard and paladin: the Gallant.
Several other kits do the same and I enjoy more the experience of playing single class that multi (i.e. Stalker as ranger/thief, Swashbuckler as fighter/thief, Blade instead of FMT etc..)
So, based on the information from the handbook, I would like to see a kit with these characteristics:
Advantages:
- May achieve Mastery (three slots) in spears.
- may achieve Specialization (two slots) in long sword and bastard sword.
- Gains Essence of purity as innate passive ability (at lvl X?).
ESSENCE OF PURITY: Because Gallants are so infused with love, beauty, and the aspirations of a romantic, they seem to hang onto life when others would allow it to slip away. Thus, Gallants gain a bonus of 1 hit point each level (in addition to any Constitution bonuses). Furthermore, if a Gallant fails a saving throw that will result in his death, the saving throw is
re-rolled for a second chance.
- Gains Code of the Gallant as innate ability (at lvl X?).
CODE OF THE GALLANT: Gallants all live by a code of ethics that has slowly evolved over the years. If a Gallant is true to this code, he gains an inner confidence and peace that results in a +2 bonus that can be applied to either his attack roll, damage roll, Armor Class, or saving throw each round.
Disadvantages
- Bard song does not improve with levels.
- Must be of Neutral Good alignment
- May not Pick Pockets
- Has only half the normal Lore value
- (- X spell slots per lvl?)
Unfortunately I am not a modder but I will probably try to learn the basics and create this kit by myself.
I have no idea however if a double save against Death can be implementer, and how to organize the code of the Gallant ability (maybe one ability for each saving throw?) Ideas on HLAs?
Several other kits do the same and I enjoy more the experience of playing single class that multi (i.e. Stalker as ranger/thief, Swashbuckler as fighter/thief, Blade instead of FMT etc..)
So, based on the information from the handbook, I would like to see a kit with these characteristics:
Advantages:
- May achieve Mastery (three slots) in spears.
- may achieve Specialization (two slots) in long sword and bastard sword.
- Gains Essence of purity as innate passive ability (at lvl X?).
ESSENCE OF PURITY: Because Gallants are so infused with love, beauty, and the aspirations of a romantic, they seem to hang onto life when others would allow it to slip away. Thus, Gallants gain a bonus of 1 hit point each level (in addition to any Constitution bonuses). Furthermore, if a Gallant fails a saving throw that will result in his death, the saving throw is
re-rolled for a second chance.
- Gains Code of the Gallant as innate ability (at lvl X?).
CODE OF THE GALLANT: Gallants all live by a code of ethics that has slowly evolved over the years. If a Gallant is true to this code, he gains an inner confidence and peace that results in a +2 bonus that can be applied to either his attack roll, damage roll, Armor Class, or saving throw each round.
Disadvantages
- Bard song does not improve with levels.
- Must be of Neutral Good alignment
- May not Pick Pockets
- Has only half the normal Lore value
- (- X spell slots per lvl?)
Unfortunately I am not a modder but I will probably try to learn the basics and create this kit by myself.
I have no idea however if a double save against Death can be implementer, and how to organize the code of the Gallant ability (maybe one ability for each saving throw?) Ideas on HLAs?
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I'd like to see this kit get made if only because I like Bard and Paladins and need a good excuse to play a spear-focused character.
Kaigen, I agree nearly everything you said. And to be honest I was exactly thinking about the same HLAs, one from a paladin class and one from a fighter, power attack seems very good. And this is in line with rogue re-balancing spirit, where Blades and Swashbucklers get whirlwind.
What if Essence of Purity would just be a +1 HP bonus and a growing save against Death bonus?
Moreover your idea of adapting the Aid spell for Code of the Gallant, and making it improving at certain levels, seems good enough.
I think this is all very doable!
"Weapon Proficiencies: Gallants must select the jousting lance for use in tournaments.
Being the romantic fighters that they are, it is important that Gallants always keep their weapons
in perfect order and well polished."
Imho I would stick a bit more to the PnP idea, but I understand you point. Bonuses to hit and damage, but penalties to spell casting (like casting time, or no necromancy: I imagine the guy focused on saving the princess, magic requires too much concentration eheh) or maybe a penalty to AC whenever Code of the Gallant is active?
Feel free to include it in you SoB mod, which I am already using it by the way, exept the proficiencies overhaul which I find it a bit too much of a modification, but hey it's just me.
Keep up with your incredible work!
Lore must be modified via spl in the clab in both versions I believe
Personally, I consider it a failure of bgee that there are some things you can't do in bgee--eg remove critical hit protection from helmets; implement a version of 3e concentration to keep spells after being hit--that you can do in vanilla /rant
Wait, what were we talking about?
Edit: @subtledoctor I just tried to install the stand alone kit on my BGEE install (renaming SoB.tp2 to gallant.tp2) and I got "Sys_error("SoB/lib/fl#add_kit_ee.tpa: No such file or directory")."