Shaper of Auracite

Hit Die

d8

Alignment

Any

Starting Wealth

4d6 x 10 gp (average 140 gp.) In addition, each character begins play with an outfit worth 10 gp or less.

Class Skills for the Shaper of Auracite

Appraise (Int)
Craft (Int)
Diplomacy (Cha)
Disable Device (Dex)
Knowledge (arcana) (Int)
Knowledge (dungeoneering) (Int)
Knowledge (engineering) (Int)
Knowledge (religion) (Int)
Perception (Wis)
Profession (Wis)
Sleight of Hand (Dex)
Spellcraft (Int)
Use Magic Device (Cha)

Skill Ranks per level

4 + Int modifier

Class Features

All the following are class features of the Shaper of Auracite class:

Craft Anywhere (Ex)

At 6th level, the Inventor Shaper learns to continue her work, even in strange environments.

The Shaper may dedicate time to crafting, up to 8 hours a day, even while adventuring.

The hours dedicated to crafting count towards days crafted, 8 hours counts as 1 day of progress, anything less counts towards the next full day.
So if the Shaper dedicates 3 hours one day, and 5 hours the next, the total progress she makes is equal to one full day of work.

This assumes the standard Pathfinder crafting rules, adjust as necessary for altered crafting rules.

A Growing Core

As the Shaper of Auracite grows stronger, her shard of the Auracite Core grows larger, allowing the Shaper to produce stronger Auracite.

At 7th level, the DC to dispell the Shaper’s Auracite increase by 1.
The DC increase becomes 2 at 10th level, 3 at 13th level, 4 at 16th level and 5 at 19th level.

At 13th level, when in a place where magical effects do not function, such as an anti-magic zone, the Shaper may attempt a DC 25 caster level check.
On a successful check, her Auracite objects are not destroyed by the anti-magic zone, but any magical properties are suppressed.
On an unsuccessful check the Shaper’s objects are destroyed as normal.

Even on a successful check the Shaper may not form new objects while within the anti-magic zone, only maintain those she has already made.

Improving Touch

At 11th level, the Shaper learns to utilise Auracite to impart short term improvements to items.

As a standard action, the Shaper may expend at least 1 AP and touch an object to apply a valid improvement to that object for 1 round per Shaper level.

The improvements the Shaper may apply depends on the type of item the Shaper is improving, and are listed in the following tables.

An item may benefit from multiple improvements, but multiple uses of the same improvements do not stack.

Any improvements applied to an item count as a separate spell effect and may be dispelled as normal.

Expert Crafter (Ex)

At 12th level, the Shaper has reached a level of skill which allow her to craft exceptionally quickly, becoming able to craft items, including magical items, in half the normal amount of time.
This ability only works for crafting items using the Craft skill, not for the Shaper's class abilities, such as Shape Auracite.

Additionally, the Shaper’s skill has reached a point where she never ruins her materials, even if she fails her Craft DC by 5 or more.

Reshape Auracite (Su)

At 12th level, the Shaper learns how to reshape the Auracite of her objects into a new form

As a standard action, the Shaper may expend 1 AP to reshape an object created from Auracite, changing the object into a different object with the same size. So a Medium object can be changed into another Medium object, but not a Large or Small object.

The Shaper may need to roll Craft to determine if she can create the new form, determined by the DM.

In addition this ability allows the Shaper to repair damage done to a Auracite object, restoring up to half the object's hit points with one use of this ability.

Using this ability allows the Shaper to restore damage done to a Auracite object or reshape the object, but not both with one use.

Augmented Flesh (Su)

At 15th level, the Shaper learns to utilize her Auracite to augment her physical form.

By expending a number of AP, the Shaper applies a temporary bonus to herself.
The various bonuses the Shaper may apply to herself and their associated cost is described below.
The duration of a bonus is 1 round per level.

• Healthy: AP cost: 1 -- 5. Grant the Shaper temporary hit points equal to her Constitution modifier times AP used.

• Strengthen: AP cost: 1 -- 10. Grant the Shaper an enhancement bonus to a single ability score equal to half AP used.

• Resilient: AP cost: 1 -- 10. Grant the Shaper an enhancement bonus to her natural armor equal to half AP used.

• Skilled: AP cost: 1 -- 5. Grant the Shaper a circumstance bonus equal to AP used to any three skills that use physical ability scores, such as Climb or Swim.

• Celerity: AP cost: 5. Grant the Shaper the benefits of the Haste spell.

• Protected: AP cost: 1 -- 10. Grant the Shaper a spell resistance equal to AP used + Shaper's Intelligence modifier.

Using this ability is risky. When applying a bonus to herself the Shaper must make a Fortitude save DC 25 or take 10d4 points of non-lethal damage and negating the bonus, as their body cannot cope with the changes imparted by the Auracite.

Peerless Knowledge

At 18th level, the Shaper may make a Craft check instead of a Knowledge check to learn about items the Shaper physically examines.

Additionally, the duration of the Shaper's Improving Touch ability increases to 1 min/level.

Master Crafter

At 19th level, the duration of the Shaper's Shape Auracite ability becomes 1 day/level.

Additionally, the Shaper may craft items in one quarter the normal time rather than half, when she has access to a workshop she has spent at least a week familiarising herself with.

A Grown Core

The Shaper’s shard of the Auracite Core has grown into a full Auracite Core, albeit a smaller one than the Great Forger’s, granting the Shaper greater control over her Auracite.

At 20th level, the Shaper’s Auracite Core grant her the following benefits:

Investing AP no longer requires an increase in the time to use the ability and she no longer need to touch an object to absorb AP from it. The Shaper may now absorb Invested AP from objects within 15 feet.

Skilled Forging (Su)

At 5th level, a path of the blade Shaper's skill with forming weaponry allows her greater ease and with more power.
She may now form her Auracite Blade as a free action.
This ability counts as the Quick Draw feat for prerequisites and requirements.

The Shaper learns to create her weapons with more power.
At 5th level, and every odd level thereafter the Auracite Blade gains a cumulative +1 enhancement bonus that the Shaper may spend on an actual enhancement bonus or a weapon special ability.

At 5th level, the Shaper's maximum enhancement bonus is +1, this increases to +2 at 8th level, +3 at 11th level, +4 at 14th level and finally +5 at 17th level.

The Shaper may (and must, when her total enhancement is higher than her maximum bonus) apply any special ability from the following table instead of an enhancement bonus, as long as she meets the level requirements.

The Shaper can choose any combination of weapon special abilities and/or enhancement bonus that does not exceed the total available to her, but she must assign at least a +1 enhancement bonus before assigning any special abilities.

The following table denotes the weapon special abilities that can be applied to an Auracite Blade, the enhancement bonus required and the required level needed to learn the weapon special ability.

However, the Shaper does not automatically gain knowledge of the weapon special abilities she can apply to her blades. She must first absorb the desired weapon special ability from a magic weapon in a 1 hour long ritual, draining the magic from the magic item. This can be done while resting.

At the end of the ritual, the Shaper absorbs the weapon special abilities of the item, making the item a non-magical masterwork weapon, and learns to apply said abilities to her Auracite Blade. The Shaper cannot affect an artefact or sentient item with this ritual.

Path of the Constructor

It is said that when the Great Forger was in need of extra hands she made the very first Constructs, animated Auracite of so far unmatched ability and detail.
A Shaper who decides to follow the path of the constructor seeks to emulate this myth and forge her own helping hands.

Upon choosing this path the Shaper learns the following ability, as well as additional abilities as shown on Table 1:

Overcharge Construction (Sp)

At 13th level, the Shaper has learned to make her constructs in such a way that they last significantly longer, increasing their duration to 1 min/level.

In addition, the Shaper learns to dramatically increase the power of her constructs at the expense of reducing their lifetime.

As a standard action, the Shaper may expend AP up to half her Shaper level to infuse a touched Auracite Construct with greater power.

This grants the construct a bonus to all rolls the construct makes equal to the number of AP expended.

However, at the end of the round the overcharged construct is destroyed.

Armor:

Passive configuration that allows the shroud to protect the Shaper.

• A shroud with the armor configuration provides the Shaper with a +2 deflection bonus to AC.

The armor shroud entails no armor check penalty, arcane spell failure chance or speed reduction.

Attack:

Active configuration that allows the Shaper to attack using her shroud.

• A shroud with the Attack configuration allows the Shaper to make an attack using her shroud.

The Shaper’s attack bonus using the shroud is the Shaper’s BaB plus her Intelligence modifier and the attack deals 1d6+Intelligence modifier (for a Medium Shaper, adjust for size as needed) points of bludgeoning, piercing or slashing damage, chosen when granting the configuration.

The Shaper may make full attacks using an Attack shroud.

Camouflage:

Passive configuration that allows the Shaper to change the colour of the shroud to better blend in with her surroundings.

• A shroud with the camouflage configuration provides the Shaper with a +1 enhancement bonus to stealth for as long as the shroud retains the Camouflage configuration.

Hands:

Active configuration that allows the Shaper to use the shroud as additional hands.

• This configuration functions similar to the Mage Hand spell, except the range is 10 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels, the Shaper is not limited to one hand, the weight limit is up to 5 lbs per 2 Shaper levels, and magical objects may be targeted.

Shield:

Passive configuration that allows the shroud to protect the Shaper.

• A shroud with the shield configuration provides the Shaper with a +1 shield bonus to AC.

The shield shroud entails no armor check penalty, arcane spell failure chance or speed reduction, but may not be used for shield bashing.

Body Reinforcement:

Passive and Active configuration that allows the shroud to augment the physical capabilities of the Shaper.

• A shroud with the body reinforcement configuration provides the Shaper with one of the following options, chosen when the shroud gains the configuration:

• The Shaper gains a +2 enhancement bonus to either Strength, Dexterity or Constitution, chosen when the shroud gains the configuration. This is a passive effect.

• As a standard action the Shaper may expend 1 AP to increase her carrying capacity, as if she cast Ant Haul on herself, except the duration is 2 min/level or until the shroud gains another configuration, whichever is sooner. This is an active effect.

Defending:

Passive configuration that allows the shroud to protect the Shaper by absorbing physical damage.

• A shroud with the defending configuration provides the Shaper with a damage reduction of 5/bludgeoning.

Impale:

Active configuration that allows the Shaper to strike multiple targets using her shroud.

• A shroud with the impale configuration allows the Shaper to make a single attack roll against each creature or object in a 10 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels line, starting with the closest target.

The Shaper’s attack bonus using the shroud is the Shaper’s BaB plus her Intelligence modifier and the attack deals 1d6+Intelligence modifier (for a Medium Shaper, adjust for size as needed) points of piercing damage.

Calculate the damage against each target struck, starting from the closest. For every target after the first, reduce the damage dealt by 2. If the attack strikes a target but fails to deal damage to that target the attack fails to penetrate and doesn’t continue.

Movement:

Passive configuration that allows the shroud to augment the Shaper’s movement capabilities.

• A shroud with the movement configuration provides the Shaper with one of the following options, chosen when the shroud gains the configuration:

• The Shaper gains a +2 competence bonus on Acrobatics checks.

• The Shaper gains a +2 competence bonus on Climb checks.

• The Shaper gains a Swim speed equal to half her speed, and all the benefits of having a swim speed. The Shaper does not gain the ability to breath water from this configuration.

• The Shaper gains an enhancement bonus of +10 feet to her base speed.

Wings:

Active configuration that allows the shroud to slow the fall of the Shaper.

• A shroud with the wings configuration allows the Shaper to, as a swift action, expend 1 AP to reduce any falling damage the Shaper would take that round to one quarter, and the Shaper may glide up to 5 feet in any horizontal direction for every 1 foot she falls at a speed of 60 feet per round.

The Shaper cannot use this configuration to actually gain height, merely coast in other directions as she falls.
If subjected to a strong wind or any other effect that causes the Shaper to rise she can take advantage of it in order to increase the distance she can glide.

Efficient Shroud

At 9th level, the Shaper learns to be more efficient with her Auracite, allowing for a stronger shroud.

The cost of creating and configuring the Auracite shroud increases to 3 and the Shaper may now create her shroud and change its configuration as a standard action.

Certain configurations become more potent:

The AC bonus provided by the Armor and Shield configurations as well as the stealth bonus from the Camouflage configuration increase by 1.

The Attack configuration gains a +2 enhancement bonus, the Impale configuration gains a +1 enhancement bonus, the enhancement bonus provided by the Body Reinforcement configuration increase by 1.

The damage reduction provided by the Defending configuration increase by 1 and becomes /magic, the weight limit of the Hands configuration increase by 1 to 6 lbs per 2 Shaper levels and the Wings configuration now remove all falling damage while used.

Additionally, the Shaper adds the following to the list of configurations she may add to her shroud, some of which are improved versions of previous configurations but count as separate configurations:

Improved Movement:

Passive configuration that allows the shroud to further augment the Shaper’s movement capabilities.

• A shroud with the improved movement configuration provides the Shaper with one of the following options, chosen when the shroud gains the configuration:

• The Shaper gains a climb speed equal to half her normal speed and all the benefits of having a natural climb speed.

• The Shaper gains the ability to burrow at a speed of 15 feet (or 10 feet if she wears medium or heavy armor, or if she carries a medium or heavy load) through sand, loose soil, or gravel, or at a speed of 5 feet through stone.
  The Shaper may not charge or run while burrowing. Loose material collapses behind the Shaper 1 round after she leaves the area.
  This configuration does not give the Shaper the ability to breathe underground.

Improved Wings:

Passive configuration that allows the Shaper to fly using her shroud.

• A shroud with the improved wings configuration allows the Shaper to fly as per the Fly spell, except the duration is the same as the duration of the spell or until the shroud gains another configuration, whichever is sooner and if the duration expires while the Shaper is still aloft the Shaper does not fall slowly.

Kinetic Feedback:

Passive configuration that allows the shroud to damage weapons that strike the Shaper.

• A shroud with the kinetic feedback configuration functions as the Kinetic Reverberation spell with the Shaper as the target of the spell, except the duration is the same as the duration of the spell or until the shroud gains another configuration, whichever is sooner.

Thorns:

Passive configuration that allows the shroud to damage those that strike the Shaper.

• A shroud with the thorns configuration functions as the Thorn Body spell, except the duration is the same as the duration of the spell or until the shroud gains another configuration, whichever is sooner.

Effortless Shroud

At 13th level, the Shaper’s connection and skill with her shroud improves, allowing her to form her shroud with nary a thought, as well as surpassing previous limitations.

The cost of creating and configuring the Auracite shroud increases to 4, the Shaper may now create her shroud and change its configuration as a move action.

In addition when applying a configuration she may now instead choose two configurations, one active and one passive to apply to her shroud, gaining the benefits of both. However the Shaper must provide the AP for both configurations separately.

Certain configurations become more potent:

The AC bonus provided by the Armor and Shield configurations as well as the stealth bonus from the Camouflage configuration increase by 1.

The Attack configuration gains a +3 enhancement bonus, the Impale configuration gains a +2 enhancement bonus, the enhancement bonus provided by the Body Reinforcement configuration increase by 1, the damage reduction provided by the Defending configuration increase by 1 and becomes /Shaper’s alignment. The Grab configuration gains a +1 to its grapple checks and damage dealt, the competence bonus provided by the Movement configuration as well as the DC to save against the Kinetic Feedback configuration increase by 1, the speed bonus provided by the Movement configuration increase by 10 feet, and the weight limit of the Hands configuration increase by 1, to 7 lbs per 2 Shaper levels.

Overcharged Shroud

At 15th level, the Shaper learns to surpass some of the limitations of her shroud, but greatly reduces the efficiency of the shroud while doing so.

The cost of creating and configuring the Auracite shroud increases to 5 and the Shaper may now create her shroud and change its configuration as a swift action.

Certain configurations become more potent, as follows:

The AC bonus provided by the Armor and Shield configurations as well as the stealth bonus from the Camouflage configuration increase by 1.

The Attack configuration gains a +4 enhancement bonus, the Impale configuration gains a +3 enhancement bonus, the enhancement bonus provided by the Body Reinforcement configuration, as well as the damage reduction provided by the Defending configuration increase by 1. The Grab configuration gains a +2 to its grapple checks and damage dealt, the competence bonus provided by the Movement configuration as well as the DC to save against the Kinetic Feedback configuration increase by 1, the speed bonus provided by the Movement configuration increase by 10 feet, and the weight limit of the Hands configuration increase by 1, to 8 lbs per 2 Shaper levels.

In addition the Shaper learns to overcharge her shroud’s current configuration.

An overcharged configuration gains a new effect depending on the configuration, but at the end of the round the shroud is destroyed.

The following are the effects the configurations gain when overcharged:

• Armor and Shield: AC bonus counts against Touch attacks and incorporeal creatures.

• Attack: Attack counts as a melee Touch attack and may target incorporeal creatures.

• Camouflage: Gain Invisibility as per the Invisibility spell.

• Hands: Weight limit is determined by the Carrying Capacity of the Shaper, but using her Intelligence rather than her Strength.

• Body Reinforcement: Enhancement bonus may be applied to Strength, Dexterity and Constitution with the same use of the configuration.

• Defending: The damage reduction provided becomes /-.

• Impale: Damage dealt increases to 3d6+Shaper’s Intelligence mod.

• Movement: The Shaper may move through threatened squares without provoking attack of opportunity.

• Wings: The Shaper may carry a number of Medium sized creatures up to her Intelligence modifier while gliding.

• Blocking: The shroud may block targeted magical attacks, but not area of effect attacks.

• Grab: The Shaper may target and grapple as many targets as the Shaper has attacks per round.

• Improved Movement: The Shaper may burrow through man-made materials such as concrete, but leaves behind a tunnel.

• Improved Wings: Flight speed increases to 100 and manoeuvrability increases to perfect.

• Kinetic Feedback: The configuration now also applies against natural and unarmed attacks .

• Thorns: Increase damage dealt to 3d6 for melee weapons, and 6d6 for grapples.

Shaper Techniques

The following are the various techniques a Shaper may choose, provided she meets the requirements. Unless stated otherwise a technique may only be chosen once, and once made the choice may not be changed.

Auracite Body

Prerequisite: Overcharged Improvement.
The Shaper who gains this technique learns a safer, more efficient way to use her Overcharged Improvement ability.

By increasing the cost of Overcharged Improvement to 15 AP, the Shaper is able to grant herself the Healthy, Strengthen, Resilient and Protected improvements with one use of Overcharged Improvement.

She still needs to make a Fortitude save, but only one.
However on a failed save, she takes 15d6 rather than the standard amount of damage.
Other than as stated above Overcharged Improvement functions as normal when using this technique.

Auracite Platform (Sp)

Prerequisite: Shaper level 5.
The Shaper learns how to create a platform that allows her to traverse places she normally may not.

The Shaper may, as a standard action, expend 2 AP to form a platform with a duration of 1 min/level.
The Shaper may move the platform using a free action mental command at a speed of 30 feet.

The platform may not support more than one creature at a time.
The platform may not be larger than the Shaper’s space, 5 feet for Medium Shapers, 10 feet for Large etc, but does not have to be in the shape of one continuous platform.

As part of the casting action the Shaper chooses either the Body Equilibrium power or the Spider Climb spell.
The platform allows the Shaper to emulate the chosen power or spell effect using the platform, for example by sticking to the platform and sticking the platform to a wall in order to climb the wall.

Alternatively she may, as an immediate action, expend 5 AP to form a platform that allows her to emulate the Feather Fall spell, with a duration of 1 round/lvl.

Auracite Tasker

Prerequisite: Path of the Constructor, Advanced Constructs feat.
The Shaper learns additional ways for her to use a Utility Auracite Construct.

The Shaper can create a specialised utility Auracite Construct called an Auracite Tasker that, in addition to the normal abilities offered by a utility Auracite Construct, can be reshaped to grant additional capability depending on its level.

Reshaping an Auracite Tasker requires a successful Craft check with a DC of 10+ twice the constructs level. Reshaping an Auracite Construct into an Auracite Tasker is the same action as creating the original construct.
The Shaper may create a construct directly as an Auracite Tasker but doing so increases the AP cost by 1.

A 2nd or higher level Auracite Tasker can be shaped into a quadruped.
This results in an increase in its speed to 50 feet, +4 CMD against Trip and the tasker can be ridden if the character riding weighs less than the tasker’s carrying capacity.
Additionally, in this form it is easier to strap bags or crates to the tasker or use it to pull a cart.
However, it loses the ability to manipulate objects since it has no arms or hands.

Taskers of 3rd level or higher that has been shaped into a quadruped can also have a single set of arms added so as to manipulate objects as normal.

A 3rd or higher level Auracite Tasker can be shaped with an extra set of arms.
These extra arms allow the tasker to perform certain tasks quicker (such as stacking wood). The speed increase is up to the DM.

A 4th or higher level Auracite Tasker can be reshaped so it resembles a two-wheeled object such as a cart.
This cart can be pushed or pulled at a speed of up to 70 feet. Note the tasker cannot move by itself, it has to be pushed or pulled by something else.

Up to two Medium-size creatures/characters can be carried on a Medium wheeled Auracite Tasker if their weight is less than its' carrying capacity.
A Large wheeled Auracite Tasker resembles a four-wheeled cart and can carry four Medium sized creatures/characters if their weight is less than its' carrying capacity.

Taskers of 5th level or higher that have been shaped into a cart can also have a single set of arms added so as to manipulate objects as normal.
An Auracite Tasker cannot have wheels and also be a quadruped.

A 5th or higher level Auracite Tasker can be imbued with a small amount of knowledge granting it the ability to perform tasks as though it has a specific profession or craft skill.

The skill granted is equal to that of the Shaper meaning the Shaper cannot grant a skill she does not herself have.

An Auracite Tasker can only be imbued with a single skill at a time.
For example, a Shaper with the Craft (blacksmithing) skill can create an Auracite Tasker and imbue it with blacksmithing.

Additionally Taskers of 6th or higher level that have been empowered with a profession or craft can have an extra set of arms added so as to perform certain tasks quicker (such as using hammer and anvil). The speed increase is up to the DM.
Taskers that have been empowered with a profession or craft cannot have wheels or be quadrupeds.

Expanded Improvement

Prerequesite: Improving Touch. The Shaper learns to improve more types of items.

Upon gaining this technique the Shaper adds the following to her list of Improving Touch options:

Third Limited Path

Prerequisite: Second Limited Path, Shaper level 20.
The Shaper continues her study of her chosen mythos, continuing on her path.

The Shaper gains the ninth level ability of a path chosen for the Second Limited Path technique, but counts her level as 11 lower for numerical purposes of that ability.
This technique may be chosen multiple times, each time choosing a different path.

Life to Auracite

The Shaper learns to create more Auracite at the expense of her own lifeforce.

As a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity, the Shaper may take 8 lethal damage to generate 1 AP.
For every 8 additional damage she takes she generates 1 additional AP. She cannot create more AP than her Shaper level per use of this technique.

Damage gained from this technique cannot be healed except by completing 8 hours of rest, which heals all damage inflicted by this technique.
The Shaper may not use this technique to raise her AP over her daily maximum.

Precise Shattering (Ex)

Prerequesite: Shattering Blade.
The Shaper learns to be more precise when destroying something.

When the Shaper attempts a Sunder combat maneuver she may first, as a swift action, roll a Craft check relevant to the item she is sundering, for example Craft weaponsmithing for a sword.
The DC is equal to the Craft DC of the item + any enchantment bonuses the item may have. A +1 longsword for instance, would have a DC of 16(15+1).

If the Shaper is successful on her Craft check she knows how to sunder the item in such a way that she can repair it, even without magic.

If the Shaper destroys an item she has identified as above she may choose to allow the item to be repaired as if it was Broken rather than destroyed, but must make the choice before the item is destroyed.

If the Shaper looses sight of the item she must identify it again, and she may only have one item identified at a time.

Spot Weakpoints (Ex)

Prerequesite: Precise Shattering, Shaper level 12.
The Shaper is able to sense where to strike an object for maximum effect.

When making a Shattering Strike against an object the Shaper has identified as per Precise Shattering the Shaper may ignore half the object’s total hardness, rounded down.
Total hardness includes any magical enhancements possessed by the item.

She may use this ability one time per long rest at level 12, twice at level 15 and three times at level 18.

If the Shaper is using an adamantine weapon when using Shattering Strike on an identified item, she instead increases the bonus gained from AP used by +3.
This bonus increases by 1 at levels 15 and 18 for a total of +5.

Additionally, when making a Shattering Strike against an object the Shaper has identified as per Precise Shattering the Shaper may choose to deal lethal damage to the wielder rather than non-lethal.