THE STITCHER

By triggering a series of subtle self modifications, you enter a stance that allows you to utilize your anatomical knowledge to maximize the lethality of your attacks. As long as you're in this stance, you deal bonus Precision damage equal to half your Int mod on all strikes you make. If the target is off guard, you instead deal your full int mod as bonus damage. However, due to your heightened senses, you become more vulnerable to certain stimuli, and take a -2 circumstance penalty to saves against Visual or Auditory effects. Additionally, when you take this action, you may also Command The Experiment, and The Experiment gains access to the Support Action so long as you're in this Stance

You channel life energy between two creatures in range, taking from one to bolster another. If the first target is willing, it takes 1d6 Void damage, or is healed for 1d6 if it is an Undead. An unwilling target may make a basic fort save against the damage. If the first target takes damage, the second target is healed equal to that amount.

Heightened (+1): The damage, and healing for Undead, increases by 1d6

You send a surge of energy into The Experiment, overcharging its magical components to increase its power. On it's first Strike each round, The Experiment deals bonus Electric damage equal to twice the number of the Strikes's damage Dice. If The Experiment is the Swarm Template, this bonus instead applies to its first Swarm Assault action of the round.

You conjure a necromantic syringe that infuses the target with sedating magic. Make a ranged spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d4 Spirit damage and becomes enfeebled 1 and Clumsy 1. At the end of each of their turns, they may make a DC7 flat check, ending the Enfeebled and Clumsy conditions caused by this spell on a success.

Heightened (+1): The Damage Increases by 1d4

You temporarily bind your senses to The Experiments. For the duration, as long as The Experiment is within 1000 feet of you, you may command The Experiment telepathically, and you may spend an action with the concentrate trait to use The Experiments senses instead of yours. While doing so, you When you do, you lose all sensory information from your own body. You may return to your own senses at any time with a single action with the concentrate trait without ending this effect.

Heightened (3rd Level): Creatures who are below half health take a -2 circumstance penalty to this save Heightened (5th level): Creatures below half health treat the results of their roll as one degree of success lower, instead of taking a -2 circumstance penalty

You call forth a massive claw of bones about your hand, which you clamp down around your foe. Make a melee spell attack on your target. On a hit, the target takes 1d12 slashing damage, and takes a 10 foot penalty to its speed until the end of its next turn. On a critical hit, you deal double damage and the target is instead restrained until the end of its next turn.

Heightened (+1): Increase the damage by 1d12

You transform into a bolt of lightning before teleporting to an empty space you can see within range. Upon arrival, Each creature in a 10 foot emanation around the targeted space, as well as in a line between the targeted space and your starting point takes 3d12 Electric damage.

You conjure deathly armor around yourself or an ally. For the duration, Target creature gains a +2 status bonus to AC, and gains resistance 4 to Physical and Void damage. Heightened (6th): The Resistances are increased by 4, and the AC bonus becomes +3

The Experiment becomes Huge, gaining the effects of a 4th rank Enlarge Spell. Additionally, it gains temp HP equal to your level + your Int mod

You reach out and draw forth the latent Bio-electricity of creatures in the area, amplifying them with your Magic. Each creature in the Area takes 4d12 Electric damage. If the creature is living, it takes a bonus 2d12 Void damage. If the creature is Dead or Undead, it becomes Stunned 1 if it failed the save, Stunned 3 if it critically failed.

Heightened (+1): The Electric Damage increases by 1d12

The target returns to life with the effects of Raise Dead, except it still has the wounded condition it had before dying, increased by 1 (or wounded 1 if it wasn't wounded before dying). Additionally, the target becomes immune to Defy Death for 2 weeks.

Heightened (+1): The maximum level of the creature increases by 2.

You've crafted the Experiment with enhanced mental capacities to aid you in menial tasks. While The Experiment isn't cognizant enough to use tools itself, it can pass them to you when you need them. If The Experiment is wearing a set of tools and is within 5 feet of you, you may use those tools as if you're wearing them. If you have the Modern Prometheus Feature, the Experiment may use these tools normally.

You've augmented the Experiments defensive traits. The Experiment gains +1 AC.

You've given The Experiment a new appendage better suited to grasping and clinging. The Experiment gains a Grasping Limb Unarmed Melee attack that deals 1d6 (B, P, or S, chosen when you take this augment), and has the Reach and Grapple traits. If you also have the Ogre's Fist Augment, when you successfully Strike with the Grasping Limb, the target becomes Grabbed.

You've made The Experiment particularly bulky and strong. It's Unarmed strikes gain the Shove trait, and The Experiment gains a +1 circumstance bonus to athletics checks to Shove, Trip or Grapple. If you have the Titanic Frame Augment, increase this bonus to +2

You've crafted The Experiment to be slightly more nimble and swift than normal. The Experiment's Speed increases by 5 feet.

Whenever the Experiment successfully Grapples or Grabs a creature, it deals bludgeoning damage equal to its Str Mod to them

Whenever The Experiment successfully Shoves or knocks a creature Prone, that creature takes 5 foot penalty to its movement until the end of its next turn

The Experiment strikes with such force it leaves it's targets reeling. Whenever it successfully hits and deals damage to a creature with a Melee Strike, that creature must succeed on a Fort Save against your Stitcher class DC, or take a -1 circumstance penalty to its AC until the start of its next turn. On a critical failure, it is instead off guard until the start of its next turn.

By further enhancing the musculature of The Experiment, you make it far stronger than it would appear. The Experiment counts as one size larger when making checks to Grapple, Shove, or Trip.

You've improved the limbs of the experiment, allowing it to find purchase even in trying situations. The Experiment ignores non-magical difficult terrain.

You empower The Experiment's hands to make them weightier and more impactful. Whenever The Experiment makes a successful strike with a Fist or Brawling weapon, it may use a Free Action to immediately Trip or Shove the target. This free action uses the same multi-attack penalty as the triggering Strike.

When The Experiment has a creature Grabbed or Restrained, it can attempt to move while dragging the creature with it. If The Experiment takes the Stride action, the grabbed or restrained creature makes a Fort Save against The Experiment's Athletics DC. On a critical success, the creature is no longer grabbed or restrained by The Experiment. On a success, The Experiment's move speed is reduced by 5 feet, and treats all spaces as difficult terrain for this Stride, and the required creature is forced to move with it. On a failure, the Experiment treats all spaces as difficult terrain and the required creature is forced to move with it. On a critical failure, The Experiment can move freely, and the required creature is forced to move with it.

Whenever an effect would impose the Grabbed, Restrained, or Prone conditions, or subject Forced Movement on a creature within The Experiment's reach, the affected creature gets a +2 circumstance bonus to its save or to its DC against the triggering effect.

You've further enhanced The Experiment's raw power with Adamantine alloy implantations. The Experiment's Weapon and Unarmed Strikes treat any object they hit as if it had half as much Hardness as usual, and count as Adamantine for the purpose of weaknesses and resistances.

You've attached a specialized limb or organ for ranged combat. The Experiment gains a ranged unarmed attack that deals 1d4 bludgeoning, piercing, Electric, Poison, or acid damage (you choose when you pick this Augment). The attack has the propulsive trait and a range increment of 30 feet. If you use the Savage Striker augment to boost the Damage Die of this strike, the Range Increment additionally becomes 40 feet.

You've further augmented The Experiment's predatory instincts and hunting ability. The Experiment automatically succeeds when Aiding survival checks to Track. If you have the Enhanced Senses Augment, The Experiment instead automatically Critically Succeeds when Aiding survival checks to Track.

You've upgraded The Experiment to take better advantage of your foes' distractions. Its Unarmed attacks gain the Backstabber trait.

The Experiment is especially savage in its follow-up of your attacks. The DC to recover from the Persistent Bleed Damage inflicted by its Support Action or Rip and Tear is increased by 2.

You've trained The Experiment to use its enhanced senses to aid you on the battlefield. When The Experiment successfully finds an opponent with the Seek action, it may Point Out that creature as a free action, and The Experiment's allies always understand as long as they can hear it.

You've further enhanced the Experiments lethality against unaware targets. The Experiment deals 1d4 bonus precision damage against off guard targets. This increases to 2d4 when you gain the Experiment 3.0 feature.

The Experiment gains a +2 bonus checks to Sneak or Hide, and can move 5 more feet when it Sneaks.

The Experiments olfactory organs are further improved, giving it Precise Scent within 30 feet, and imprecise scent out to 60 feet.

You've made adjustments to The Experiments' already impressive offensive features. Increase the Damage dice of one The Experiments Unarmed Strikes by one step.

You've crafted The Experiment to be slightly more nimble and swift than normal. The Experiment's Speed increases by 5 feet.

You've hit upon a unique improvement to the Experiment's stealth capabilities. Once per day, when The Experiment would successfully Hide, it can choose to become Invisible for 1d4 rounds. This Invisibility ends immediately after The Experiment takes any hostile action.

You've invented, obtained, or otherwise devised a new, specialized organ for the Experiment, emulating the mighty Dragon's breath. Choose a 30 foot cone or a 60 foot Line, and one of Cold, Fire, Electric, Poison, Void, or Acid. The Experiment gains the following activity, using the chosen Area and Damage type, and gaining the trait matching the damage type.

Evocation Each creature in the area takes 1d8 damage per level The Experiment has (Basic Reflex Save against your Stitcher DC). Necrodragon Breath cannot be used again for 10 minutes.

You've improved The Experiment's biting and gripping force. Whenever it successfully makes a Jaw Strike and deals damage, choose one: The Experiment deals 2 bonus Damage, or the target becomes Grabbed.

You increase The Experiment's lethality and aggression. The Experiment's Unarmed Strikes deal 2 bonus damage to creatures that are below half health.

By adding extra plating or carapace, with extra sharp protrusions, you enhance both the offensive and defensive abilities of The Experiment. The Experiment gains +1 AC, and whenever an enemy hits The experiment with a Non-reach melee attack, the attacker takes 1d4 piercing damage. If you have the Vengeful Armor Augment, increase this damage to 1d6.

The Experiment is particularly suited to defend those around it. While using the Support Action, if an enemy suffering the circumstance penalty succeeds with its attack, the target gains Resistance to the attack's damage equal to half The Experiment's level (minimum of 1).

You've created the Experiment to be violently defensive of its wards. When The Experiment attacks a creature that damaged one of The Experiments allies on its last turn, The Experiment gains a +1 circumstance bonus to damage

You've inundated The Experiment against elemental energies. Choose one from Cold, Fire, Electricity, Void, or Vitality. The Experiment gains Resistance equal to Half its level against the chosen type. You may take this augment multiple times, choosing a different damage type each time.

You've made your Experiment even stouter and harder to kill than normal. It's HP becomes 12 per level, and it gains a +1 to Fort Saves.

You give The Experiment uniquely shaped plating to help avert area effects. The Experiment gains resistance equal to it's Con Mod to Splash and Area Damage.

The Experiment is modified to better diffuse element energies. Choose one from Cold, Fire, Electricity, Vitality, or Void. When The Experiment takes damage of that type, all creatures adjacent to it take 2 splash damage of that type. If you have the Elemental Shielding augment for the same type, the splash damage is instead the same as the Resistance. You may take this augment multiple times, choosing a different damage type each time.

You improve The Experiments swiping limbs. Its Swipe strike gains Reach, as well as your choice of Sweep or Forceful.

You've enhanced The Experiment against magical threats in particular. The Experiment gains a +2 circumstance bonus to saves against spells or magical effects.

You've crafted The Experiment in such a way as to evoke soothing memories and comfort. As long as you are within 15 feet of The Experiment, you gain a +2 bonus to saves against Emotion and Fear effects. Additionally, The Experiment gains a +1 to those same saves.

As long as The Experiment is below half health, it has Fast Healing equal to its level + your Int mod. This Fast Healing cannot bring it above half its max health.

When The Experiment uses Bellowing Challenge, it gains temp Hp equal to its Level + your Int mod as long as at least one enemy fails their save.

You've made The Experiments defensive features more imposing and dangerous. The Experiment gains Resistance 5 to all damage types except Adamantine, and whenever a creature would Strike it, The Experiment gains a +2 status bonus to damage on its next Swipe before the end of its next turn.

You've honed The Experiment's wild instincts, making it more dangerous the more danger its in. When the Experiment is below half health, it gains +1 bonus to damage on all unarmed strikes.

By tweaking the limbs and feet of The Experiment, You've given it a more hydrodynamic form. The Experiment gains a swim speed of 30 feet.

You've tweaked the musculature and frame of the Experiment to better support weight. Increase its bulk limit by 2. Additionally, The Experiment gains a +2 circumstance bonus to athletics checks to Shove or pull.

Inspired by the particularly magnificent appearance of creatures such as Stags and Unicorns, you've given The Experiment grandiose horns or antlers. The Experiment gains a Gore Unarmed Melee attack that deals 1d8 P, and gains a +1 status bonus to damage if The Experiment moved at least 10 feet on the action before the attack

You've added carefully positioned plating or arcane generators to The Experiment, that engage while mounted. While Mounted on the Experiment, you and The Experiment gain +1 ac. If The Experiment has the Shielded Step Augment, this bonus is increased to +2 while taking any Move Action.

You've improved the limbs of the experiment, allowing it to find purchase even in trying situations. The Experiment ignores non-magical difficult terrain. If The Experiment has the Shielded Step Augment, it also is immune to Hazardous Terrain for the first 5 feet of any move action.

Tinkering with the feet and limbs of the Experiment have given it purchase even on vertical surfaces. The Experiment gains a Climb speed of 30 feet.

Whether you add new limbs, modified feet, or even mechanical augmentation, The Experiment can now Dig like the best of them. The Experiment gains a Burrow Speed of 30 feet.

The Experiment has been further improved for safety of movement. The first 5 feet of any Stride, Burrow, Climb, Fly or Swim action The Experiment takes will not provoke reactions.

When you use The Experiment's Support action, and push a creature, that creature must make a Fort Save against your Class DC or be knocked prone

You've built The Experiment to better take advantage of its momentum while on the move. Whenever the Experiment Strides, Climbs, Swims, or Flies, it gains a 5 foot bonus to its speeds if it only moves in a straight line.

You affix wings, boosters, or runes to repel gravity to The Experiment, giving it a new level of freedom and Mobility. It gains a Fly speed of 30 feet.

You've made The Experiment faster, as well as increased its maneuverability. Increase all its speeds by 5 feet, and if The Experiment would provoke a Reaction during a Move action, the reacting creature must make a DC 5 flat check. On a failure, The Experiment does not provoke the reaction. If The Experiment has the Shielded Step augment, the reacting creature instead makes a DC 7 flat check.

You make changes to The Experiment's feet, or add attachments to it that can be used to tear up the earth or drop caltrop-like impediments. When The Experiment Strides, Burrows, Climbs, or Flies, you may choose to leave a trail of Difficult Terrain in the path of its movement. This Difficult terrain lasts for one minute or until a creature spends at least 2 interact actions to clear it. Once you use this augment, you cannot use it again for 10 minutes.

You've turned The Experiment into the ultimate warhorse, a wall against which all foes break. The Experiment gains Resistance 10 to all physical damage.

By adjusting the arcane essences of the Experiment, you attune it to new elements. Choose one from Cold, Fire, Electric, Acid, or Poison. Change the damage of Swarm Assault to the chosen type, and give The Experiment the corresponding trait. Additionally, The Experiment gains resistance to the chosen type equal to half its level.

You have made The Experiment even more aggressive than normal, and it has become loath to release things in its grasp. When a creature critically fails its save against Swarm Assault, they also take 1d4 persistent damage of the same type.

The Experiment is capable of focusing its aggression more towards a single target. When you command The Experiment to take the Swarm Assault action, you may choose one creature affected by it. That creature takes a -2 circumstance penalty to its save, but all other creatures affected gain a +2 circumstance bonus to the save as a result.

You've taught The Experiment to interfere with attempts to hide. When a creature takes damage from The Experiment, until the end of its next turn, it takes a -1 circumstance penalty to checks to Sneak or Hide. Additionally, they cannot benefit from Invisibility as long as they're taking this penalty.

You've taught The Experiment to emulate the Crawling hand, and focus its assaults on the mouth and throat. When a creature takes damage from the Swarm Assault Action, until the end of its next turn, it has difficulty speaking and must spend an extra action to perform any action with the verbal trait.

You've given each individual member of your swarm some way to defy gravity, turning it from a carpet into a proper cloud. Replace The Experiment's climb speed with a 20 foot Fly speed, and The Experiment now fills a cube as tall as it is wide, allowing it to fight hovering or flying creatures.

Whenever a creature that is in Difficult Terrain from The Experiment's Support Action takes damage from a Strike, The Experiment deals damage equal to twice the amount of the triggering attacks Damage Dice, of the same type as the Swarm Assault action.

The Experiment grows more aggressive the more enemies are in its grasp. The Swarm Assault action deals 1 bonus damage for each enemy in its area.

The Experiment's constant shifting and flowing interferes with its foe's footing. Any Enemy of The Experiment's that is sharing a space with it is off guard to The Experiment's allies.

You've honed The Experiments ability to interfere with its foes. When The Experiments Enemies that share a space with it take an action with the Concentrate tag, they must make a DC 10 Flat check or the action is wasted.

Whenever The Experiment uses the Devouring Swarm action, it gains temp hp equal to half the damage dealt to a single target.

You fine tune the swarm's capacity and communication, allowing it to become larger than before. Increase the Experiment's size to Huge.

You increase The Experiment's vigor and aggression. Once per day, when The Experiment takes the Devouring Storm action, you can choose to make the effects last until the start of your next turn. If you do, any Enemy entering the area or starting its turn in it must make the same save or take the damage again.

You increase The Experiments directly offensive traits. Increase the Damage Dice of Swarm Assault by one step. Additionally, when a creature critically fails its save against Swarm Assault, that creature takes an additional 1d8 damage, after the damage has been doubled.

A reinforced shovel with a sharpened spade, serrated on one side, the Tactical Shovel is easily passed off as a tool, gaining a +2 circumstance bonus to deception or stealth checks to do so. Additionally, it's fully functional as a shovel, granting an Item bonus to any athletics checks using it as such equal to its Potency Runes bonus.

You become trained in Crafting and the Stitcher Class DC. You gain the Battle Medicine Skill Feat even if you don't meet the Skill Feat's requirements, and can use your Crafting modifier in place of your Medicine modifier for the Treat Wounds and Battle Medicine actions. Choose an Experimental Template, and you gain an Experiment using that Template. This Experiment cant gain Augments through the Advanced Epiphany feature

You gain a 1st- or 2nd-level stitcher feat of your choice.

You gain the Experiment 1.5 feature. At 8th level, you automatically gain the Experiment 2.0 feature, and at 14th you gain the Experiment 3.0 feature

You gain one stitcher feat. For the purpose of meeting its prerequisites, your stitcher level is equal to half your character level.

You can heighten your Senses to lethal effect. You gain the Surgical Precision Stance action.

You learn to enhance The Experiment. The Experiment gains a Basic Augment of your choice for The Experiment from its Template's list.

You can enhance The Experiment even further. The Experiment gains a Breakthrough Augment of your choice from its Template's list.