Feats

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RIPOSTE: the feat is from the video game Asheron’s Call 2 and was converted in Dragon Magazine 304 (later reprinted in Dragon Compendium). The article explicitly states that the feats presented are available to characters from Dereth (the setting of Asheron’s Call 2). So yeah, you want to play a character from that setting? Fine, you can take the feat.



KARMIC STRIKE: the feat is also called ai uchi and is from Oriental Adventures (later reprinted in Complete Warrior). It is listed as a martial arts feat in that book. It is a maneuver taught to samurai in real world feudal Japan to ensure mutual death. It is also part of the martial art kendo. Gaining access to this feat for non-Oriental Adventures characters should not be easy.



ROBILAR’S GAMBIT: even though this feat originated in Greyhawk, it, like many Greyhawk spells, has spread far and wide. It is also the most balanced of the three feats and has high entry requirements. It is also a stance, so couldn’t be used with other stances. The penalties it gives are against anyone who strikes at you, the implication being that this applies to all attacks, including ranged and touch attacks. NOTE: If you find this feat overpowered (and I’d wait until I saw it used in game), then apply the following: since the trigger is when an opponent swings, any attack that doesn’t involve swinging doesn’t provoke (but still gains the bonuses vs you).



Also, RAW states that what counts as a single trigger for AoO is broad, not narrow. In other words, you’d only get one AoO against an opponent with multiple attacks, and you only provoke once while moving with a creature’s large threatened area (we messed up on that one).



In summary, one of these feats is basically impossible to get, another is hard to find a teacher for, and the last is actually very balanced when you remember what constitutes a single AoO trigger.

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So the only change ATM is to skill focus feats, you get your +2 and when you get 10 ranks in skill get another +2 for a total +4.

Same with weapon focus +1 and extra +2 when have +10 BAB

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So here is a table I and my GM use to figure out tech levels of societies. Now in D20 future it says that it assigned one tech level across the board but that is never the case, so this should give you an idea about where races are based on the tech you find out or know they have.
Tech Levels -4 (Stone Age), -3 (Bronze/Iron Ages), -2 (Middle Ages), -1 (Age of Reason), 0 (Industrial Age), 1 (Information Age), 2 (Fusion Age), 3 (Gravity Age), 4 (Energy Age), 5+ (Pure fiction…)

[table=9,26][R=1,1]Tech Level [R=2,1]One [R=3,1]Two [R=4,1]Three [R=5,1]Four [R=6,1]Five [R=7,1]Six [R=8,1] Seven [R=9,1] Eight
[R=1,2]Industry
Automation, Mining, Effectiveness [R=2,2]Automated [Factory]; Asteroid Mining [R=3,2]Pollution Control [Processor]; Some Robots [Robo-Mining]; Shipyard stations [R=4,2]Artificial Gravity [Planetary Generator]; Terraforming; Atmospheric Cleaning [Renewer]; Radiation Shields; Full recycling [Recyclotron]; Material scanners [R=5,2]Fully Robotic; Nanites; Androids; Core Mining [Deep]; Matter reconfiguration [Core Waste Dumps][R=6,2]Paradise Planet [Pleasure Dome]; Robots replace workers universally; Bioharvesting, Stellar construction [Gaia Transformation] [R=9,2]Ring
 [R=8,2] Dimensional construction
[R=1,3]Science Computing scale [R=2,3][Research] Laboratories; Computers [R=3,3]Alien Research; Full standardization; Science ship [Scout Lab][R=4,3]Synaptic processors; Dream recording [Planetary Supercomputer][R=5,3]Intelligence Enhancement [Heightened]; Androids; Fully Automated Research Centres [Autolab]; Central University [Astro]; Neural computer interface; Holocrystals[R=6,3] Cybernet [R=8,3] Interdimensional Mindlink [R=9,3] Sending discoveries back in time
[R=1,4]Food Quantity and Quality[R=2,4]Hydroponics [Farm]; Automated[R=3,4]Soil Enrichment [R=4,4]Terraforming; Weather Control; Underground Farms [Subterranean] [R=5,4]Replicators; Androids [R=6,4]Paradise Planet [Pleasure Dome], Universal Foods [Biomorphic Fungi]; Ecosystem Control [Gaia Transformation] [R=7,4]Mobile worlds; Self-harvesting; [R=8,4] Ringworld [R=9,4] Dyson sphere
[R=1,5]People Growth, health, and density[R=2,5]Freighters; Biodomes [-spheres]; Vertical cities[R=3,5]Cloning [Centre]; Basic cybernetics; Cryogenics [R=4,5]Terraforming; Planet Construction [Artifical]; Microbiotics; Hostile environment cities [R=5,5]Space and mobile cities; Regeneration; Uploading; Reanimation [R=6,5]Paradise Planet [Pleasure Dome]; Univeral Antidotes; Advanced Dense Cities [Planning], [Gaia Transformation] [R=7,5]Mobile worlds; Rejuvenation [Evolutionary Mutation] [R=8,5]Ringworld; Transdimensional space [R=9,5] Dyson sphere
[R=1,6]Morale Entertainment [R=2,6]Some; Universal translator [R=3,6]Alien Management; Alien Psychology [Xeno][R=4,6]Holographic Entertainment [Simulator]; Alien embassy [R=6,6]Holodecks [Virtual Reality Network]; Pleasure Planets [Pleasure Dome] [R=7,6]Dream control [R=8,6] Dream manifestation 
[R=1,7]Range Maximum possible[R=2,7]Basic [Standard, Extended][R=3,7]Deuterium[R=4,7][Iridium][R=6,7] [Uridium][R=8,7][Thorium] [R=9,7][Dimensional Portal]
[R=1,8]Speed Routine [R=2,8]Nuclear; Solar sail [R=3,8]Fusion; Poor ion; Intertial Dampening [Stabilizer]; Highest pre-FTL; Impulse [Augmented] [R=4,8]Good ion [Drive]; Sails; Induction; Jump Gate; Basic FTL; Photon [R=5,8]Anti-Matter; Singularity; Quantum; Warp[R=6,8] Hyper; Ship short teleporter; Inertia Nullifier; Folding; Jump drive; Transwarp [R=5,8] Interphased Drive; Stargate; Ship long teleporter [Subspace] [Inertial Nullifier] [R=8,8]Planet teleporter [R=9,8]Time travel; Galactic movement
 [R=1,9]Ships Size[R=2,9]20 to 100 m[R=3,9]Up to 300 m [Battle Pods] [R=4,9]Up to 600 m [Titan Construction][R=5,9]Up to 2 km [Megafluxers] [R=6,9]Up to 25 km [R=7,9] Up to 5,000 km [Doom Star Construction][R=9,9] Up to 2 million km [R=9,9] Over 2 million km
[R=1,10]Stations Can fight ship of same size ,Comm Maximum possible[R=2,10]Basic, including unarmed [Star Base]
Radio; Poor laser [R=3,10][Battle Station] Tachyon; Good laser [R=4,10]Subspace; Massive arrays [R=5,10]Quadrant [R=6,10][Star Fortress] Galactic; Hyperwave [space]; Ansible [R=7,10] Intergalactic [R=8,10]Ringworld (larger, poorly armed) Dimensional [R=9,10] Temporal
[R=1,11]Spying Offensive [R=2,11]Any[R=3,11]Any[R=4,11]Any[R=5,11]45°[R=6,11]45°
[R=1,12]Orbital Can fight ship of same size[R=2,12]Double[R=3,12]Double[R=4,12]Double[R=5,12]Double[R=6,12]Double
[R=1,13]Stealth Hiding, Beam Deflection[R=2,13]0[R=3,13]0[R=4,13]500 ft.[R=5,13]1,000 ft.[R=6,13]2,500 ft.
[R=1,14]Trade Exchange and Monetary System[R=2,14]+8[R=3,14]+6[R=4,14]+4[R=5,14]+2[R=6,14]+0
[R=1,15]Scanners Range and Detail[R=2,15]Radar; Infrared [Space][R=3,15]Tachyon; Laser; Electromagnetic; Neutron [R=4,15]Mass detector; Spectroanalysis [R=5,15]Multiphase; Detailed lifeform in limited area[R=6,15]Detailed lifeform over entire planet [Sensors]
[R=1,17]Marines All non-ship [R=2,17]Early lasers [Rifle]; Army Bases; [Sapce] Academies [Barracks, Fusion [R=3,17]Automated security [Stations]; Early power armour; Anti-grav [Harness]; Shipboard marines common [Troop Pod]; Ablative; Robots; Hackers; Neutron guns [R=4,17]Mecha [Battleoids]; Improved power armour; Early personal shields and energy blades [Shield]; boarding shuttles [Assault]; Cyborgs [Tractor Beam] [R=5,17]Phasors or plasma weapons; Advanced personal shields and energy blades; Neural gun; Transporters; Psionics [R=6,17]Undefeatable self-destruct; transport disk; Disintegrator; Living metal [R=7,17] Singularity [R=8,17] One-way stasis field; Transdimensional space; starbreaker drones [R=9,17]Time Guardians
[R=1,18]Targeting Computers; Weakness Analysis [R=2,18]Any computer assistance [Electronic, Optronic][R=3,18]Battle computers [Scanner] [R=4,18]Positronics, sophisticated AI[R=5,18]Cybertronics; Structural analyzer; quantum [R=6,18]Moleculatronics; Finds weakest point [Achilles Unit][R=7,18]Hyper intelligent ships [R=8,18] Black hole computation [R=9,18]CTC processor
[R=1,19]Armour Inpenetrability [R=2,19] Damage control; Titanium; heavy or reinforced [R=3,19]Automated repair [Advanced Damage Control, Unit]; Ceramic/metal hybrids; Deflective [R=4,19] Ablative; Nanite [Zortrium] [R=5,19] No weak points; Neutronium [R=6,19] Adamant [R=7,19] Energy Negation (including inertia), Selective Stasis [Xentronium] [R=9,19] Condensate spaceflaw
[R=1,20]Shields Blocks weapons at least once [R=2,20] Pre-force fields; [R=3,20]Basic [Class I] [R=4,20] Improved; shield augmenting [Capacitor, Class III][R=5,20] Multi-phase; Anti-anti-shield [Hard]; Energy absorbtion [Class V] [R=6,20] [Class VII] [R=7,20] [Class X][R=9,20] 
[R=1,21]Counters Against missiles
[R=1,22]Bombs Attacking planets
[R=1,23]Torpedoes Pure energy but not beam, or similar, physics-based
[R=1,24]Ballistics Accelerated mass, or ship-to-ship melee
[R=1,25]Beams Focused energy
[R=1,26]Missiles Physical projectile, can be jammed or shot down, often chemistry-based
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