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technology originate. Spirans and dwarves are the next most likely
races, as both co-opted the knowledge from the despicable goblins.
Few other races find this class appealing.
Other Classes
Technologists have little use for the superstitions of prophets,
wizards, clerics, and other spellcasters. They believe the divine
will manifests in their superior craft. Their derision generally
extends to any who rely on spells to augment their natural
talents. Fighters, barbarians, and other martial classes have their
uses, although usually as guards or servants. No technologist,
though, is above relying on a rogue to acquire the necessary
components for their next project, whether attained legitimately
or criminally.
Game Rule Information
Technologists have the following game statistics.
Abilities: Technologists need a high Intelligence score for nearly
all of their class features. Dexterity is also useful to supplement the
fact that they don’t oen wear armor. Like arcane spellcasters, a
technologist also benefits from a high Constitution
Alignment: Any.
Hit Die: d6.
Class Skills
The technologist’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are
Appraise (Int), Concentration (Con), Cra (Int), Disable Device
(Int), Knowledge (architecture and engineering) (Int), Knowledge
(technology) (Int)*, Open Lock (Dex), Profession (Wis), Search (Int),
and Use Magic Device (Cha). See Chapter Four: Skills in the PHB
for skill descriptions. *See Chapter Ten: Skills & Feats in this book
for a description of this new class skill.
Skill Points at 1st Level: (4 + Int modifier) x 4.
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier.
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the technologist.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency
The technologist is proficient with all simple weapons and light
armor, but not with shields.
Expert Crafter (Ex)
Technologists are skilled in taking things apart and puing them
back together again. At 1st level, technologists gain a +2 insight
bonus to all Cra and Disable Device checks.
Gadgets (Ex)
The hallmark of the technologist’s skill is his ability to construct
interesting, useful, and sometimes strange devices. Gadgets are
similar to spells in that they allow the technologist to create amazing
effects. What differentiates these effects from spells, however, is that
they are technologically developed. In short, the technologist builds
a device (this is up to the player) that occupies a normal magic item
space (cloak, helmet, etc.) and generates a quasi-magical effect.
The technologist begins play with one 0-level gadget (see
Chapter Twelve: Magic for a complete list of gadget effects).
The technologist can use any gadget three times per day. The
Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a technologist’s gadget
is 10 + the gadget level + the technologist’s Intelligence modifier.
The technologist’s caster level for these effects equals his class
level. The technologist does not get bonus gadgets for a high
Intelligence modifier, and the numbers of gadgets on Table 8–6:
The Technologist are fixed.
Chapter Eight: Character Classes
As the technologist gains levels, he can expand the number
of his gadgets as indicated on Table 8–6: The Technologist. The
technologist does not automatically gain the gadget; he must
construct it. The slots on the table reflect the minimum level at
which the technologist may build a new device.
To construct a gadget, the technologist must Cra it using a
relevant Cra (technology). The gadget has a price in gp equal to the
level of the gadget x 400 (0-level gadgets count as 1/2 level), and the
technologist must pay half (not a third) this price in raw materials
before making Cra checks. The Cra DC to make the gadget equals
20 + the gadget level. See Chapter Ten: Skills & Feats in this book
and Chapter Four: Skills in the PHB for details on the Cra skill.
The constructed gadget can look like anything the technologist
desires, but its appearance should reflect its nature. For example,
a gadget replicating the effects of bull’s strength may be a pair of
hydraulic-powered gloves, or another offering levitation may be
a set of pulley-driven fans, pushing the technologist into the air.
Regardless of the gadget and its effects, each gadget can have just
one function.
A gadget has a hardness equal to 1d6 + the technologist’s
Intelligence modifier, and a number of hit points equal to 5 times the
gadget level (with 0-level equal to 1/2 level).
For example, Megriz, a Witch Hill goblin, advances to 2nd level.
He gains the capacity to build an additional 0-level gadget. The
gadget costs 200 gp (1/2 times 400 gp = 200 gp). He wants to work
on his device while adventuring, so he tracks his progress by the
day. He follows the steps as outlined in the Cra skill (as described
in the PHB).
1. The gadget costs 2,000 sp.
2. The gadget has a DC of 20.
3. He pays 1,000 sp in raw materials (half of the price).
4. He makes a Cra (technology) check representing one week’s
work. If the check succeeds, he multiplies his check result by
the DC. If the result × the DC equals the price of the item in
sp, then he completes the item. (If the result × the DC equals
double or triple the price of the item in silver pieces, then he
completes the task in one-half or one-third of the time. Other
multiples of the DC reduce the time in the same manner.) If
the result × the DC doesn’t equal the price, then it represents
the progress he’s made this week. The result is recorded and
he makes a new Cra check for the next week. Each week, he
makes more progress until his total reaches the price of the
item in silver pieces. If he fails the check by 4 or less, he makes
no progress in the week. If he fails by 5 or more, he ruins half
the raw materials and has to pay half the original raw material
cost again. A technologist may take 10 on these rolls.
Natural Alchemist (Ex)
In general, technologists disdain magic, seeing it as a crutch for the
mind. Given their distaste for sorcery, technologists look to other
means to create alchemical items. Through innovative chemical
compounds and solutions, technologists learn to replicate the
alchemical items normally reserved for spellcasters. Technologists
of 2nd level or higher may manufacture alchemical items without
having to have a level in a spellcasting class.
Dismantling Strike (Ex)
A 3rd-level technologist knows just where to strike to break an
object or animated object. If a technologist studies a construct or
object for 1 round and then makes an aack with a melee weapon
that successfully deals damage, his aack deals an additional
+1d6 points of damage. While studying his target, the technologist
can take no other action, fixed as he is by his scrutiny. This bonus
damage increases by +1d6 at 7th level, and every four levels