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Hit Die: d6

Class Skills: The scholar’s class skills are Appraise (Int), Bluff (Cha), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disable Device (Dex), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Fly (Dex), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (all) (Int), Linguistics (Int), Perception (Wis), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spellcraft (Int), Stealth (Dex), Survival (Wis), and Use Magic Device (Cha).

Skill Ranks Per Level: 8 + Int modifier.

Proficiencies: Scholars are proficient with simple weapons, as well as light armor and bucklers.

1st Level

Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Reflex Save	Will Save	Combat Talents
+0	+0	+2	+2	0

Combat Training

Scholars may combine combat spheres and talents to create powerful martial techniques. They use Intelligence as their practitioner modifier.

Talents

A scholar gains the Alchemy Sphere and Scout Sphere as bonus combat talents at 1st level.

In addition she gains an additional Alchemy talent, an additional Scout talent, and a third talent which may be either an Alchemy or Scout talent.

Default: Pick the formulae package with the Salve talent for the Alchemy sphere, as well as the Improved Acid Flask and Improved Flash Powder talents for your Alchemy talent and optional talent.

Pick Target Weakness as your Scout talent.

Careful Packer

The scholar knows that being prepared for any eventuality with a variety of useful tools is essential to success.

Starting at 1st level, her talents for organization allow her to treat the storage space of any backpack, pouch, or similar container as though it were twice its normal size, and she uses her Intelligence score in place of her Strength score when determining her carrying capacity.

Medical Training (Ex)

The scholar may use her Intelligence modifier in place of her Wisdom modifier as her associated ability score modifier with the Heal skill.

In addition, the scholar may expend one use of a healer’s kit and make a special DC 15 Heal check on an ally as a standard action that provokes an attack of opportunity; if this check is successful, the ally recovers 1 hit point +1 for each point by which the scholar exceeds the DC.

If the scholar has at least 5 ranks in the Heal skill, she may instead use this ability to restore 1 point of ability damage +1 point for every 5 points by which she exceeds this ability’s DC.

The scholar can only attempt to heal a particular creature with this ability a number of times per day equal to her Intelligence bonus (minimum 1). Attempting to heal a creature but failing to meet the DC of this ability still counts towards this daily total.

Staff Mastery

You can wield a quarterstaff as a one-handed weapon or as a reach weapon. At the start of your turn, you decide whether or not you are going to wield the quarterstaff as a one-handed weapon, two-handed weapon double weapon, or two-handed reach weapon. When you wield it as a one-handed weapon, your other hand is free. You cannot use a staff as a double weapon if you are wielding it as a reach weapon or a one-handed weapon.

In your hands, a quarterstaff is treated as a trip weapon.

If you possess the Spear Dancer talent as well, a quarterstaff is treated as a finesse weapon in your hand, and you may wield a quarterstaff as a one-handed reach weapon. Additionally, spears and polearms gain the trip weapon special feature in your hands.

Feats

The scholar gains no extra feats on first level.

Default: Pick Skill Focus(Craft(alchemy)) as your level 1 feat.

Equipment

Starting Gold: 175 gold pieces

Gear Packages:

morningstar, buckler, heavy crossbow w. 10 bolts, studded leather armor and 7 gold pieces or
spear, 5 javelins, leather lamellar armor and 29 gold pieces, or
quarterstaff, light crossbow w. 10 bolts, leather lamellar cuirass and 44 gold pieces, or
dagger, sling, healer's kit and 94 gold pieces

and a traveler's outfit, a backpack, a belt pouch, and a portable alchemist's lab.

Use 6 gold pieces if you wish to purchase a Trail Package.

Use 15 gold pieces if you wish to purchase a Dungeoneering Package.

Use 4 gold pieces if you wish to purchase a Scrivener's Kit.

2nd Level

Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Reflex Save	Will Save	Combat Talents
+1	+0	+3	+3	+1 (1 total)

Flashbangs

The scholar learns how to create unstable preparations using various salts and minerals that she can hurl at a creature as a ranged touch attack with a range of 30 ft. + 10 ft. per class level, dealing 1d4 bludgeoning, slashing, and piercing damage, and forcing the target to succeed on a Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 the scholar’s class level + her Intelligence modifier) or be deafened and dazzled for 1d4 rounds; in addition, whenever a creature fails their saving throw against one of the scholar’s flashbangs, she may recover her martial focus as an immediate action.

Preparing and throwing a flashbang is a standard action.

If the scholar has at least 5 ranks in the Craft (alchemy) skill, the target takes 1d8 bludgeoning and piercing damage and is instead blinded and deafened for 1d4+1 rounds on a failed Fortitude saving throw.

Some material impositions grant secondary effects that have the [explosive] descriptor; these impositions allow the scholar to expend her martial focus when using a flashbang to add additional effects as described in their entry. You can only add one [explosive] to a given flashbang.

Scholar's Knack

The scholar gains a scholar’s knack. Unless otherwise noted, all scholar’s knacks are extraordinary abilities.

Default: Pick the Cunning Attacker knack.

Talents

You gain a single martial talent.

Default: Pick the Snap Toss alchemy talent.

3rd Level

Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Reflex Save	Will Save	Combat Talents
+1	+1	+3	+3	+0 (1 total)

Material Imposition

The scholar has learned that certain mundane materials, plants, or even creatures, properly utilized, can have unusual effects on magical energies. The scholar learns one material imposition.

Default: Pick the Silver material imposition.

Feats

The scholar gains no extra feats on third level.

Default: Pick Extra Combat Talent as your third level feat, and use it to get the Armor Training equipment talent.

4th Level

Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Reflex Save	Will Save	Combat Talents
+2	+1	+4	+4	+1 (2 total)

Scholar's Knack

The scholar gains another scholar’s knack.

Default: Pick the Trick Arrows knack.

Talents

You gain a single martial talents.

Default: Pick the Panacea Alchemy talent.

5th Level

Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Reflex Save	Will Save	Combat Talents
+2	+1	+4	+4	+0 (2 total)

Advanced medical training

The scholar’s research has taught her advanced medical techniques for treating certain ailments; the scholar may expend 5 uses of a healer’s kit as a standard action that provokes attacks of opportunity and make a DC 20 Heal check to cure any one of the following conditions affecting a creature: blindness, deafness, paralysis, or poison.

For each 10 points by which the scholar exceeds the DC of this check, she may cure an additional condition from the list that the target is suffering as part of the same check.

The scholar can only attempt to heal a particular creature with this ability a number of times per day equal to her Intelligence bonus (minimum 1). Attempting to heal a creature but failing to meet the DC of this ability still counts towards this daily total.

In addition, the scholar increases healing done by the hit point healing option of the medical training class feature to 2 hit points +2 for each point by which the scholar exceeds the DC, and may activate it as a move action.

Material Imposition

Learn another material imposition.

Default: Pick the Salt material imposition.

6th Level

Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Reflex Save	Will Save	Combat Talents
+3	+2	+5	+5	+1 (3 total)

Scholar's Knack

The scholar gains another scholar’s knack.

Default: Pick the Rapid Alchemy knack.

Talents

You gain a single martial talent.

Default: Pick the Controlled Rupture alchemy talent.

Feats

The scholar gains no extra feats on sixth level.

Default: Pick Master Alchemist as your sixth level feat.

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Scholar

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Contents

1st Level

Combat Training

Talents

Careful Packer

Medical Training (Ex)

Staff Mastery

Feats

Equipment

2nd Level

Flashbangs

Scholar's Knack

Talents

3rd Level

Material Imposition

Feats

4th Level

Scholar's Knack

Talents

5th Level

Advanced medical training

Material Imposition

6th Level

Scholar's Knack

Talents

Feats

COPYRIGHT NOTICE