Dedicated Hero

Dedicated heroes are wise and insightful, able to determine when those around them may be lying, or pinpoint small details in their surroundings. Dedicated heroes are also able to see through the mind games of others and use the information to their advantage. Dedicated heroes may not be the most charismatic, but they know people better than one would assume at first glance. They are often known as support units who aid others in both investigation, and medical work as well.

Ability: Wisdom

Hit Die: 1d8

Class Skills: The Dedicated hero’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are: Craft (pharmaceutical, visual art, writing) (Int), Gamble (Wis), Investigate (Int), Knowledge (arcane lore, art, behavioral sciences, business, civics, current events, earth and life sciences, history, physical sciences, popular culture, streetwise, tactics, technology, theology and philosophy) (Int), Perception (Wis), Profession (Wis), Linguistics (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Survival (Wis), and Heal (Wis).

Also, the starting occupation selected can provide additional class skills to choose from.

Skill Points at Each Level: 5 + Int modifier.

Starting Feats: In addition to the two feats all characters get at 1st level, a Dedicated hero begins play with the Simple Weapons Proficiency feat.

Table: The Dedicated Hero

Class Features

The following are class features of the Dedicated hero.

Talents

At 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th, and 19th level, the Dedicated hero selects a talent from the following talent trees. Some trees have a set order that must be followed, while others provide a list to choose from. As long as the hero qualifies, he or she can select freely from any and all talent trees. No talent can be selected more than once unless expressly indicated.

·        Combat Maneuver Talent Tree

·        Empathic Talent Tree

·        Healing Talent Tree

·        Insightful Talent Tree

·        Mental Toughness Talent Tree

·        Slippery Mind Talent Tree

·        Special Technique Talent Tree

·        Unarmed Combat Talent Tree

Bonus Feats

At 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, and 10th level, the Dedicated hero gains a bonus feat. This feat must be from this list, and the Dedicated hero must meet any prerequisites.

Bonus Feat list: Advanced Firearms Proficiency, Alertness, Archaic Weapons Proficiency, Attentive, Blind-Fight, Confident, Dead Aim, Deceptive, Defensive Combat Training, Educated, Far Shot, Focused, Gearhead, Iron Will, Improved Iron Will, Medical Expert, Meticulous, Self-Sufficient, Skill Focus, Surgery, Track, Weapon Focus.

Dedicated Capstone (Ex)

Upon reaching 20th level, the Dedicated hero has reached the pinnacle of wisdom and unflinching dedication.

The Dedicated Hero increases all morale bonuses It gains by +2. In addition once per day the Strong Hero can roll twice and combine the d20 rolls on a Wisdom saving throw, Wisdom check, or Wisdom based skill check. If it is possible to critically succeed on the check, if either one is a natural 20, it is treated as a critical, though if one is a natural 1 but the other is not, it is not a critical failure. Finally the Dedicated hero has 1 dedication point. This can be spent at any time during the day to use an ability she possesses that has a limited number of uses one additional time without utilizing any of her resources.