Fantastic Adventures: First Draft of The Scout Class
Here’s the Scout, the third non-caster class for Fantastic Adventures (see Fantastic Adventures: Initial Thoughts on Classes for more info). I posted the first draft of the Fighter and the Hunter earlier in the week.
Like the hunter, the scout is a good warrior. While he is not in the same class as the fighter, he is still quite competent in combat. A scout starts with a +2 Combat Bonus and advances at +1 per two levels until his Combat Bonus is +8. This is about the rate of advancement for fighters in Microlite74. Hunters can use any weapon and wear any armor. They have special wilderness survival and stealth related skills that allow them to scout ahead of a military unit (or exploration party). In many ways they are a mashup of a ranger and a thief, but without some of the specific thieving abilities like pickpocket.
The material that follows is Open Game Content under the OGL. Note that this is a very early draft and will likely change (perhaps completely if it does not work out in playtest). I’m trying a different table format and this one seems to translate from Word to Blogger better. As with the drafts of the fighter and hunter classes, this is an early draft and has not even been really proofread.
Comments are welcome, of course.
The Scout
Scout Advancement Table
Level
|
Exp. Points
|
Hit Dice
|
Combat Bonus
|
Use Magic
|
Saving Throw
|
1
|
0
|
1d6
|
+2
|
12+
|
14
|
2
|
2,000
|
2d6
|
+2
|
12+
|
13
|
3
|
4,000
|
3d6
|
+3
|
12+
|
12
|
4
|
8,000
|
4d6
|
+3
|
11+
|
11
|
5
|
16,000
|
5d6
|
+4
|
11+
|
10
|
6
|
32,000
|
6d6
|
+4
|
11+
|
9
|
7
|
64,000
|
7d6
|
+5
|
10+
|
8
|
8
|
128,000
|
8d6
|
+5
|
10+
|
7
|
9
|
256,000
|
9d6
|
+6
|
10+
|
6
|
10
|
512,000
|
9d6+2
|
+6
|
9+
|
5
|
11
|
1,024,000
|
9d6+4
|
+7
|
9+
|
5
|
12
|
1,536,000
|
9d6+6
|
+7
|
9+
|
5
|
13
|
2,048,000
|
9d6+8
|
+8
|
8+
|
4
|
14
|
2,560,000
|
9d6+10
|
+8
|
8+
|
4
|
Scout Class Abilities
Level
|
Wilderness Survival
|
Climb Sheer Surfaces
|
Open Locks
|
Disarm Traps
|
Move Silently
|
Hide in Shadows
|
1
|
9+
|
11+
|
17+
|
18+
|
16+
|
18+
|
2
|
9+
|
11+
|
16+
|
17+
|
15+
|
17+
|
3
|
8+
|
10+
|
15+
|
16+
|
14+
|
16+
|
4
|
8+
|
10+
|
14+
|
15+
|
13+
|
15+
|
5
|
7+
|
9+
|
13+
|
14+
|
12+
|
14+
|
6
|
7+
|
9+
|
12+
|
13+
|
11+
|
13+
|
7
|
6+
|
8+
|
11+
|
12+
|
10+
|
12+
|
8
|
6+
|
8+
|
10+
|
11+
|
9+
|
11+
|
9
|
5+
|
7+
|
9+
|
10+
|
8+
|
10+
|
10
|
5+
|
7+
|
8+
|
9+
|
7+
|
9+
|
11
|
4+
|
6+
|
7+
|
8+
|
6+
|
8+
|
12
|
4+
|
6+
|
6+
|
7+
|
5+
|
7+
|
13
|
3+
|
5+
|
5+
|
6+
|
4+
|
6+
|
14
|
2+
|
4+
|
3+
|
4+
|
3+
|
5+
|