Power Sources and Paths

Rules

Power Sources (PS) and Power Paths (PP) replace P2e's Background and Class

Power Sources

The PS presented in this document are Elemental Conduit and Quest for Knowledge.

Elemental Conduit

Select 2 Boosts. One must be Constitution or Charisma.

Choose an elemental plane. You gain the Lore of that plane. You also gain a Cantrip for that element.

Choose 2 Power options. You can choose the same option twice, which only increases your resource pool:

Magical Focus (Focus): After you cast your elemental Cantrip, you gain Focus on you or one target of the spell as a free action.
Absorbtion (Focus): When you take damage of your element or caused by a creature with your elemental trait, you can spend a reaction to gain Focus on you or the target.
Magical Recharge (Energy): Once per minute, after you cast your elemental Cantrip, you recharge 1 Energy as a reaction. You can Empower yourself until the end of your next round with an action that deals 1d4 elemental damage per half level rounded up with a basic reflex save.
Basic Shaping (Material): If you damage or get damaged by a creature with your elemental trait in your reach or take your elemental damage from a source in your reach and you have a free hand, you can create 1 Material as a reaction. You can Transmute simple elemental motes that make a creature "wear" by succeeding with a unarmed melee Strike or a Grapple.

Sympathic Element: You ignore restistance eqal to half your level (min 1) to your element on any target for 1 minute after you Spend a resource (lose Focus or spend Energy). You also do that on any target under the Ongoing effect of your power (that you have Focus or that is affected by your object of power).

Feats

Mixed Connection	Feat 1
You have an additional elemental connection. Choose another element. You gain the Lore skill and Cantrip of that element and can use all your features also with the second element. You have to choose which element to use everytime you use a feature.

Sheltering Element	Feat 1
You learned to control your element so that it can protect. When you use Sympathic Element you can replace its effect with giving the target a +1 status bonus to AC against attacks and attckers with your elemental trait and resistance to that element equal to half your level (min 1).

Quest for Knowledge

Your Power Path choices choose 2 of the following options:

Close Inspection Feature 1

Close Inspection	Feature 1
`Attention` `Source` When you successfully Seek a creature or attempt to Recall Knowledge about a target, you can gain Attention on that target or yourself. You gain the Ranger's Monster Hunter feat. Your Attention pool increases by 1. Your Attention pool increases by 1 again if you choose this option a second time.

Attention Source

When you successfully Seek a creature or attempt to Recall Knowledge about a target, you can gain Attention on that target or yourself. You gain the Ranger's Monster Hunter feat.

Your Attention pool increases by 1. Your Attention pool increases by 1 again if you choose this option a second time.

Knowledge is Power Feature 1

Knowledge is Power	Feature 1
`Focus` `Source` Once per day, when you successfully Track a creature or Gather Information about a creature or location, you gain an additional Focus Point (may exceed your pool size) that lasts for 8 hours. You can only use this focus point in a situation where the creature is present or you are at the researched location. If you succeed at Track or Gather Information for additional creatures later, you do not gain more focus points but you get more situations in which you can spend the gained focus point. You refocus by reading or chatting up on current topics or otherwise investigating them. Your Focus pool increases by 1. Your Focus pool increases by 1 again if you choose this option a second time.

Focus Source

Once per day, when you successfully Track a creature or Gather Information about a creature or location, you gain an additional Focus Point (may exceed your pool size) that lasts for 8 hours. You can only use this focus point in a situation where the creature is present or you are at the researched location.

If you succeed at Track or Gather Information for additional creatures later, you do not gain more focus points but you get more situations in which you can spend the gained focus point.

You refocus by reading or chatting up on current topics or otherwise investigating them.

Your Focus pool increases by 1. Your Focus pool increases by 1 again if you choose this option a second time.

Field Samples Feature 1

Field Samples	Feature 1
`Ingredient` `Source` Your Ingredients are catalogued samples of creatures and objects. Up to 1 minute after you successfully Recall Knowledge about a creature, you can spend an Interact on that creature action to take a sample and refill 1 Ingredient Point. During your daily preparations, you can create up to you pool size of documented sample collections as a Stable Ingredients. Your Ingredient pool increases by 1. Your Ingredient pool increases by 1 again if you choose this option a second time.

Ingredient Source

Your Ingredients are catalogued samples of creatures and objects. Up to 1 minute after you successfully Recall Knowledge about a creature, you can spend an Interact on that creature action to take a sample and refill 1 Ingredient Point.

During your daily preparations, you can create up to you pool size of documented sample collections as a Stable Ingredients.

Your Ingredient pool increases by 1. Your Ingredient pool increases by 1 again if you choose this option a second time.

Power Paths

Brawler

You fight close up and personal. Either with bare hands or melee weapons.

You gain the monk's Powerful Fists feature.

Select 2:

Flurry of Blows Feature 1

Flurry of Blows	Feature 1
`Attention` You gain the monk's Flurry of Blows feature with the following changes: You can also use a weapon that is Agile or Finesse If you have Attention on a target, you can use it against that target If you have attention on yourself, you can use it against any target but lose Attention Select an Attention Source of your power source.

Attention

You gain the monk's Flurry of Blows feature with the following changes:

You can also use a weapon that is Agile or Finesse
If you have Attention on a target, you can use it against that target
If you have attention on yourself, you can use it against any target but lose Attention

Select an Attention Source of your power source.

[A] Into the Fray Feature 1

[A] Into the Fray	Feature 1
`Attention` `Flourish` Stride twice towards the target of your Attention. If you end up adjacent to your target you can lose Attention to Strike your target with a one-handed weapon or an unarmed strike.

Attention Flourish

Stride twice towards the target of your Attention. If you end up adjacent to your target you can lose Attention to Strike your target with a one-handed weapon or an unarmed strike.

[AA] Vicious Blow Feature 1

[AA] Vicious Blow	Feature 1
`Focus` You gain the fighter's Vicious Blow feat. When you use it you can chose to spend one Focus Point to add an additional weapon die.

Focus

You gain the fighter's Vicious Blow feat.

When you use it you can chose to spend one Focus Point to add an additional weapon die.

Trick Maneuver Feature 1

Trick Maneuver	Feature 1
`Ingredient` You can process an Ingredient to add it to your maneuvers. You gain a +2 circumstance bonus to your next Trip, Shove, Disarm, Grapple or Reposition attempt. If you use a Stable Ingredient you can choose one of those maneuver types. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus on all checks for that maneuver for the day.

Ingredient

You can process an Ingredient to add it to your maneuvers. You gain a +2 circumstance bonus to your next Trip, Shove, Disarm, Grapple or Reposition attempt.

If you use a Stable Ingredient you can choose one of those maneuver types. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus on all checks for that maneuver for the day.