Sorcerer (Graatel)

Graatel

Sorcerer (Graatel)

Making a Graatel Sorcerer

Alignment: Any.

Starting Age: Simple.

Table: The Sorcerer (Graatel)

Hit Die: d6

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special	Spell Points
		Fort	Ref	Will		Base Points	Maximum Spell Point Expenditure	Maximum Spell Level
1st	+0	+0	+2	+2	Summon Familiar	4	3	1
2nd	+1	+0	+3	+3		7	4	1
3rd	+1	+1	+3	+3		13	6	1
4th	+2	+1	+4	+4		18	7	2
5th	+2	+1	+4	+4		28	9	2
6th	+3	+2	+5	+5	Bonus Feat	38	10	3
7th	+3	+2	+5	+5		50	12	3
8th	+4	+2	+6	+6		62	13	4
9th	+4	+3	+6	+6		80	15	4
10th	+5	+3	+7	+7		96	16	5
11th	+5	+3	+7	+7		114	18	5
12th	+6/+1	+4	+8	+8	Bonus Feat	130	19	6
13th	+6/+1	+4	+8	+8		148	21	6
14th	+7/+2	+4	+9	+9		164	22	7
15th	+7/+2	+5	+9	+9		182	23	7
16th	+8/+3	+5	+10	+10		198	25	8
17th	+8/+3	+5	+10	+10		216	26	8
18th	+9/+4	+6	+11	+11	Bonus Feat	232	28	9
19th	+9/+4	+6	+11	+11		248	29	9
20th	+10/+5	+6	+12	+12		275	30	9
Class Skills (2 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level) Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Knowledge (arcana) (Int), Profession (Wis), Spellcraft (Int).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the sorcerer.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Sorcerers are proficient with all simple weapons. They are not proficient with any type of armor or shield. Armor of any type interferes with a sorcerer’s gestures, which can cause his spells with somatic components to fail.

Spells: A sorcerer casts arcane spells which are drawn primarily from the sorcerer/wizard spell list. He can cast any spell he knows without preparing it ahead of time, the way a wizard or a cleric must (see below).

To learn or cast a spell, a sorcerer must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a sorcerer’s spell is 10 + the spell level + the sorcerer’s Charisma modifier.

All spellcasters are limited by three factors when casting spells: maximum spell level known, current spell points and maximum spell point expenditure. Base spell points, maximum spell level and maximum spell point expenditure are all found in the Table: The Sorcerer (Graatel) above. Spellcasters do receive additional spell points based on high ability scores (Charisma for the sorcerer) and these values can be found in the Graatel Source Book.

A sorcerer’s selection of spells is limited. A sorcerer begins play knowing four 0-level spells and two 1st-level spells of your choice. At each new sorcerer level one or more new spells are gained as indicated on Table: Sorcerer (Graatel) Spells Known. (the number of spells a sorcerer knows is not affected by his Charisma score; the numbers on Table: Sorcerer (Graatel) Spells Known are fixed.) These new spells can be common spells chosen from the sorcerer/wizard spell list, or they can be unusual spells that the sorcerer has gained some understanding of by study. The sorcerer can’t use this method of spell acquisition to learn spells at a faster rate, however.

A Graatel Sorcerer is able to learn new magic at the expense of spells already known. With one week of study (or when gaining enough experience to increase in level) the sorcerer may exchange one spell per spell level with another spell they do not know. The access they previously held with the old spells ceases to exist, and the new spells are considered to be part of their spell list. The swapped spell must be of the same spell level, and cannot be swapped for either a higher or lower spell slot.

Unlike a wizard or a cleric, a sorcerer need not prepare his spells in advance. He can cast any spell he knows at any time, assuming he has not yet used up his spell points. He does not have to decide ahead of time which spells he’ll cast.

Table: Sorcerer (Graatel) Spells Known

Level	Spells Known
	0	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1st	5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	6	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	6	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4th	6	4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5th	7	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6th	7	5	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
7th	7	5	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
8th	7	6	3	2	1	—	—	—	—	—
9th	8	6	4	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
10th	8	7	4	3	2	1	—	—	—	—
11th	8	7	5	4	3	2	—	—	—	—
12th	8	7	5	4	3	2	1	—	—	—
13th	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	—	—	—
14th	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	—	—
15th	9	7	7	6	5	4	3	2	—	—
16th	9	7	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	—
17th	9	7	7	7	6	5	4	3	2	—
18th	9	7	7	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
19th	9	7	7	7	7	6	5	4	3	2
20th	9	7	7	7	7	6	5	4	3	3

Familiar: A sorcerer can obtain a familiar (see below). Doing so takes 24 hours and uses up magical materials that cost 100 gp. A familiar is a magical beast that resembles a small animal and is unusually tough and intelligent. The creature serves as a companion and servant.

The sorcerer chooses the kind of familiar he gets. As the sorcerer advances in level, his familiar also increases in power.

A slain or dismissed familiar cannot be replaced for a year and day. A slain familiar can be raised from the dead just as a character can be, and it does not lose a level or a Consitution point when this happy event occurs.

A character with more than one class that grants a familiar may have only one familiar at a time.

Bonus Feat: A Graatel sorcerer receives a bonus feat at levels 6, 12 and 18. These feats are chosen from the [Magic] feats located in the Feats Revamped Sourcebook.

Arcane Spells and Armor

Familiars

A familiar is a normal animal that gains new powers and becomes a magical beast when summoned to service by a sorcerer or wizard. It retains the appearance, Hit Dice, base attack bonus, base save bonuses, skills, and feats of the normal animal it once was, but it is treated as a magical beast instead of an animal for the purpose of any effect that depends on its type. Only a normal, unmodified animal may become a familiar. An animal companion cannot also function as a familiar.

A familiar also grants special abilities to its master (a sorcerer or wizard), as given on the table below. These special abilities apply only when the master and familiar are within 1 mile of each other.

Levels of different classes that are entitled to familiars stack for the purpose of determining any familiar abilities that depend on the master’s level.

Familiar	Special
Bat	Master gains a +3 bonus on Listen checks
Cat	Master gains a +3 bonus on Move Silently checks
Hawk	Master gains a +3 bonus on Spot checks in bright light
Lizard	Master gains a +3 bonus on Climb checks
Owl	Master gains a +3 bonus on Spot checks in shadows
Rat	Master gains a +2 bonus on Fortitude saves
Raven1	Master gains a +3 bonus on Appraise checks
Snake2	Master gains a +3 bonus on Bluff checks
Toad	Master gains +3 hit points
Weasel	Master gains a +2 bonus on Reflex saves
A raven familiar can speak one language of its master's choice as a supernatural ability. Tiny viper.

Familiar Basics: Use the basic statistics for a creature of the familiar’s kind, but make the following changes:

Hit Dice: For the purpose of effects related to number of Hit Dice, use the master’s character level or the familiar’s normal HD total, whichever is higher.

Hit Points: The familiar has one-half the master’s total hit points (not including temporary hit points), rounded down, regardless of its actual Hit Dice.

Attacks: Use the master’s base attack bonus, as calculated from all his classes. Use the familiar’s Dexterity or Strength modifier, whichever is greater, to get the familiar’s melee attack bonus with natural weapons.

Damage equals that of a normal creature of the familiar’s kind.

Saving Throws: For each saving throw, use either the familiar’s base save bonus (Fortitude +2, Reflex +2, Will +0) or the master’s (as calculated from all his classes), whichever is better. The familiar uses its own ability modifiers to saves, and it doesn’t share any of the other bonuses that the master might have on saves.

Skills: For each skill in which either the master or the familiar has ranks, use either the normal skill ranks for an animal of that type or the master’s skill ranks, whichever are better. In either case, the familiar uses its own ability modifiers. Regardless of a familiar’s total skill modifiers, some skills may remain beyond the familiar’s ability to use.

Familiar Ability Descriptions: All familiars have special abilities (or impart abilities to their masters) depending on the master’s combined level in classes that grant familiars, as shown on the table below. The abilities given on the table are cumulative.

Master Class Level	Natural Armor Adj.	Int	Special
1st-2nd	+1	6	Alertness, Improved Evasion, Share Spells, Empathic Link
3rd-4th	+2	7	Deliver Touch Spells
5th-6th	+3	8	Speak with Master
7th-8th	+4	9	Speak with Animals of Its Kind
9th-10th	+5	10
11th-12th	+6	11	Spell Resistance
13th-14th	+7	12	Scry on Familiar
15th-16th	+8	13
17th-18th	+9	14
19th-20th	+10	15

Natural Armor Adj.: The number noted here is an improvement to the familiar’s existing natural armor bonus.

Int: The familiar’s Intelligence score.

Alertness (Ex): While a familiar is within arm’s reach, the master gains the Alertness feat.

Improved Evasion (Ex): When subjected to an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for half damage, a familiar takes no damage if it makes a successful saving throw and half damage even if the saving throw fails.

Share Spells: At the master’s option, he may have any spell (but not any spell-like ability) he casts on himself also affect his familiar. The familiar must be within 5 feet at the time of casting to receive the benefit.

If the spell or effect has a duration other than instantaneous, it stops affecting the familiar if it moves farther than 5 feet away and will not affect the familiar again even if it returns to the master before the duration expires. Additionally, the master may cast a spell with a target of “You” on his familiar (as a touch range spell) instead of on himself.

A master and his familiar can share spells even if the spells normally do not affect creatures of the familiar’s type (magical beast).

Empathic Link (Su): The master has an empathic link with his familiar out to a distance of up to 1 mile. The master cannot see through the familiar’s eyes, but they can communicate empathically. Because of the limited nature of the link, only general emotional content can be communicated.

Because of this empathic link, the master has the same connection to an item or place that his familiar does.

Deliver Touch Spells (Su): If the master is 3rd level or higher, a familiar can deliver touch spells for him. If the master and the familiar are in contact at the time the master casts a touch spell, he can designate his familiar as the “toucher.” The familiar can then deliver the touch spell just as the master could. As usual, if the master casts another spell before the touch is delivered, the touch spell dissipates.

Speak with Master (Ex): If the master is 5th level or higher, a familiar and the master can communicate verbally as if they were using a common language. Other creatures do not understand the communication without magical help.

Speak with Animals of Its Kind (Ex): If the master is 7th level or higher, a familiar can communicate with animals of approximately the same kind as itself (including dire varieties): bats with bats, rats with rodents, cats with felines, hawks and owls and ravens with birds, lizards and snakes with reptiles, toads with amphibians, weasels with similar creatures (weasels, minks, polecats, ermines, skunks, wolverines, and badgers). Such communication is limited by the intelligence of the conversing creatures.

Spell Resistance (Ex): If the master is 11th level or higher, a familiar gains spell resistance equal to the master’s level + 5. To affect the familiar with a spell, another spellcaster must get a result on a caster level check (1d20 + caster level) that equals or exceeds the familiar’s spell resistance.

Scry on Familiar (Sp): If the master is 13th level or higher, he may scry on his familiar (as if casting the scrying spell) once per day.

Familiars at Epic Level: Special abilities granted to a familiar continue to grow as the level of its master increases beyond 20th, as shown on Table: Epic Familiar Special Abilities. Even though the table shows advancement only to 42nd level, that is not the limit. The patterns in the table continue infinitely. Familiar special abilities gained at less than 20th level also continue to improve.

Table: Epic Familiar Special Abilities

Master Class Level	Natural Armor Adj.	Int	Special
21st–22nd	+11	16	Familiar Spell
23rd–24th	+12	17
25th–26th	+13	18
27th–28th	+14	19
29th–30th	+15	20
31st–32nd	+16	21	Familiar Spell
33rd–34th	+17	22
35th–36th	+18	23
37th–38th	+19	24
39th–40th	+20	25
41st–42nd	+21	26	Familiar Spell

Familiar Spell: The familiar gains the benefit of the Familiar Spell epic feat for the spell its master chooses.

Epic Sorcerer

Table: The Epic Sorcerer

Hit Die: d6

Level	Special
21st
22nd
23rd	Bonus Feat
24th
25th
26th	Bonus Feat
27th
28th
29th	Bonus Feat
30th
2 + Int modifier skill points per level.

Spells: The sorcerer’s caster level is equal to his or her class level. The sorcerer’s number of spells per day does not increase after 20th level. The sorcerer does not learn additional spells unless he or she selects the Spell Knowledge feat.

Familiar: The sorcerer’s familiar continues to increase in power. Every two levels beyond 20th the familiar’s natural armor and Intelligence each increase by +1. The familiar’s spell resistance is equal to the master’s class level + 5. At 21^st level and again every ten levels higher than 21^st, the familiar gains the benefit of the Familiar Spell epic feat for a spell of its master’s choice.

Bonus Feats: The epic sorcerer gains a bonus feat (selected from the list of epic [Magic] feats) every three levels after 20th.

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