Warlock

Thoughts: The flavor of the warlock was one of my absolute favorites of 4e, and unlike some of the other classes I have addressed here I thought that the mechanics captured the flavor quite well. My one grudge was that you had to choose your pact at level 1 and then it remained for the rest of the game. Luckily, stances are a perfect method for implementing stances.

1. Class Traits
2. Class Features
   1. Prime Shot
   2. Shadow Walk
   3. Dread Seizure
   4. Patronage
      1. Soul Debt
      2. Blood Debt
3. Powers
   1. At-Will
   2. Curses
4. Leveling
   1. Heroic

Class Traits

Role: Striker. Your attack powers are highly damaging and often weaken or hamper the target in some way. You can elude attacks by flying, teleporting, or turning invisible.
Power Source: Varies. You gain your magical power from a pact you forge with a powerful, supernatural force or an unnamed entity.
Key Abilities: Charisma, Constitution, Intelligence

Armor Proficiencies: Cloth, leather.
Weapon Proficiencies: Simple melee, simple ranged.
Implement Proficiencies: Rods, wands, daggers

Bonus to Defense: +1 Reflex, +1 Will.

Hit Points at 1st Level: 12+ Constitution Score.
Hit Points per Level Gained: 5
Healing Surges per Day: 6+ Constitution Modifier.

Trained Skills: From the class skills list below, choose 4 trained skills at 1st level.

Class Features

Prime Shot

If none of your allies are nearer to your target than you are, you receive a +1 bonus to ranged attack rolls against that target.

Shadow Walk

On your turn, if you move at least 3 squares away from where you started your turn, you gain concealment until the end of your next turn.

Dread Seizure

You can incapacitate a target with a whisper.

Dread Seizure	Warlock Attack
Flavor
Encounter * Arcane, Implement
Standard Action	Melee 1 or Ranged 5
Target: One creature
Attack: MBA or RBA
Hit: The target is dazed (save ends) or weakened (save ends). Aftereffect: The target is dazed or weakened until the end of your next turn. Level 11: You may choose to stun the target until the end of your next turn instead of dazing or weakening it.
Miss: The target is dazed or weakened until the end of your next turn. Level 21: You may choose for the target to be stunned until the end of your next turn or until it takes damage, whichever comes first, instead of dazing or weakening it.

Patronage

Warlocks gain access to their powers by striking dangerous bargains with powerful forces. All warlocks must pay a price for that power. Choose one:

Soul Debt

The price you pay for power is your soul. The power of your spells is determined by your ability to negotiate with and please your eldritch masters. You gain training in diplomacy, and you can use your charisma modifier to determine the attack and damage modifiers of any powers with the implement keyword that you learned by multiclassing.

Blood Debt

You pay the price of your power in the physical realm. Each time you cast an arcane spell, your body is racked by physical agony. The power of your spells is determined by your ability to channel that pain. You gain training in endurance. When using a power with the implement keyword that you learned through multiclassing, you can use your constitution modifier to determine the attack and damage modifiers to the rolls.

Powers

At-Will

Eldritch Blast	Warlock Basic Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Implement, Arcane, Necrotic, Psychic
Standard Action	Ranged 10
Target: One creature Level 11: You can choose to target two creatures. If you do so you take a -2 penalty to each attack roll.
Attack: CHA vs Will
Hit: 1d10 necrotic and psychic damage. Level 21: 2d10 necrotic and psychic damage.

Hideous Blow	Warlock Basic Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Weapon, Arcane, Necrotic, Varies
Standard Action	Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: CON vs Reflex Level 11: If you are also wielding a weapon in your offhand, you can attack with both weapons, but you take a -2 penalty to both attack rolls.
Hit: 1[w]+CON necrotic and fire or necrotic and cold damage (your choice). Level 21: Increase to 2[w]+CON

Curses

You can curse one enemy per round. When a creature cursed by you dies, its soul is consigned to the supernatural patron of your choice, granting you powerful abilities that vary depending on to whom you condemn the target’s soul.

If a creature under one of your curses has died since the beginning of the encounter or the last time you used that curse, you can use the boon associated with that curse. You cannot use a boon if you have not recently condemned a soul to that patron.

Once per round, when you hit a cursed target, you deal 1d6 extra damage per tier of the same types as the triggering damage.

The Faerie Queen’s Curse	Warlock Stance
You curse the target in the name of the Queen of the Faeries.
At-Will * Arcane, Hex
Minor Action	Melee Touch or Ranged 10
Target: One creature
Effect: Whenever you hit the target with a basic attack, you are invisible until you attack or until the beginning of your next turn. If at least one creature has died while under this curse since the beginning of the encounter or the last time you used the boon associated with this curse, you can use the boon associated with this curse before the end of the encounter.
The Faerie Queen’s Boon	Warlock Utility
Flavor
At-Will * Arcane, Hex
Free Action	Personal
Effect: You teleport up to your INT modifier squares for each target who died while under the Faerie Queen’s curse since the beginning of the encounter or the last time you used this boon, whichever was more recent.

The Sorcerer King’s Curse	Warlock Stance
You curse the target in the name of the Sorcerer King, the ageless king of magic.
At-Will * Arcane, Hex
Minor Action	Melee Touch or Ranged 10
Target: One creature
Effect: Whenever you hit the target with a basic attack, the target gains vulnerable 5 to untyped damage until the beginning of your next turn. If at least one creature has died while under this curse since the beginning of the encounter or the last time you used the boon associated with this curse, you can use the boon associated with this curse before the end of the encounter.
The Sorcerer King’s Boon	Warlock Utility
Flavor
At-Will * Arcane, Hex, Varies
No Action	Personal
Trigger: You hit an enemy who is cursed by you.
Effect: You deal an extra +1d8 damage of the same type as the triggering damage for each creature who died while under the Sorcerer King’s curse since the beginning of the encounter or the last time you used this boon, whichever was most recent.

The Elder God’s Curse	Warlock Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Arcane, Hex, Implement
Minor Action	Melee Touch or Ranged 10
Target: One creature
Effect: Whenever you hit the target, the target takes 1d6+INT radiant damage the first time it voluntarily moves closer to you before the start of your next turn. If at least one creature has died while under this curse since the beginning of the encounter or the last time you used the boon associated with this curse, you can use the boon associated with this curse before the end of the encounter.
The Elder God’s Boon	Warlock Utility
Flavor
At-Will * Arcane, Hex
No Action	Personal
Trigger: You make a 1d20 roll.
Effect: You gain +1 to the triggering roll for each creature who died while under the Elder God’s curse since the beginning of the encounter or the last time you used this boon, whichever was most recent.

The Dark One’s Curse	Warlock Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Arcane, Hex
Minor Action	Melee Touch or Ranged 10
Target: One creature
Effect: Whenever you hit the target, you gain temporary hitpoints equal to your intelligence modifier. If at least one creature has died while under this curse since the beginning of the encounter or the last time you used the boon associated with this curse, you can use the boon associated with this curse before the end of the encounter.
The Dark One’s Boon	Warlock Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Arcane, Hex, Implement, Fire
Immediate Interrupt	Melee Touch or Ranged 10
Trigger: You are attacked by an enemy.
Target: The triggering creature.
Attack: CHA or CON vs Fortitude
Hit: The triggering attack deals half damage.
Effect: You deal 1d6+INT fire damage for each creature who died while under the Dark One’s curse since the beginning of the encounter or the last time you used this boon, whichever was most recent. Level 11: Increase to 1d8+INT for each creature. Level 21: Increase to 1d12+INT for each creature.

Leveling

Heroic

Level 1

Gain class features, basic attacks, and one pact.

Level 3

Gain an additional pact.

Level 5

Gain an additional use of Dread Seizure.

Level 7

Gain an additional pact.

Level 9

Gain an additional use of Dread Seizure.

Druid

Thoughts: The druid has always been a kind of mess to me. The problem with the class is that it is trying to be every nature guy at once. Animals, elements, and plants all fall under the druid's auspice. 4e started the necessary process of teasing out the druid's myriad concepts into distinct classes that were generally better at representing each archetype, but in my opinion it didn't go far enough. I've given what I call "environmental control" entirely over to the warden, meaning weather, plants, and firmament, leaving the druid free to specialize completely in the animal realm.

Unfortunately, the 4e druid utterly failed to capture the sense of a shapeshifter in my opinion. Whether in animal form or casting a spell, you just make an implement attack against a non-AC defense. The difference between beast form attacks and magic spells was nothing more than range. I have tried to remedy that by giving the druid actual weapons and making his attacks target AC.

The result is likely my most radical departure from the core 4e class. Stripped of non-animal-themed abilities, my druid's strengths come from coordination with his minions and savage attacks in his wildshape form. He is not a healer or a ranged caster. He is a feral melee monster.

1. Class Traits
2. Class Features
   1. Will of the Pack
   2. Wildshape
   3. Natural Weapons
   4. Primal Aspect
      1. Predator Druid
      2. Guardian Druid
   5. Summoning
3. New Keywords
   1. Formations
   2. Creature
   3. Beast Form
4. Powers
   1. At-Will Attacks
   2. Wild Shapes
5. Summons
6. Leveling
   1. Heroic

Class Traits

Role: Controller.
Power Source: Primal. You have gained your powers through a careful study of and communion with the natural world.
Key Abilities: Wisdom, Dexterity, Constitution

Armor Proficiencies: Cloth
Weapon Proficiencies: Simple melee, simple ranged.
Implement Proficiencies: Staff, Totem

Bonus to Defense: +1 Reflex, +1 Will.

Hit Points at 1st Level: 12+ Constitution Score.
Hit Points per Level Gained: 5
Healing Surges per Day: 7+ Constitution Modifier.

Trained Skills: Nature. From the class skills list below, choose 3 more trained skills at 1st level.

Class Features

Will of the Pack

The beast allies you summon are not random creatures from the forest, but specific individuals with whom you have forged a powerful bond. Because of their relationship with you, they stand ready to be teleported into battle at a moment’s notice.

You share a psychic link with your beast companions. Although you can sense strong emotions such as fear and anger from them at a great distance, you do not see through their eyes and they cannot communicate detailed or complex thoughts to you.

You use this psychic link to commune with the beasts’ primal spirit. The efficiency of this communication – and the effectiveness of your beast allies in combat – depends on patience, clarity, and focus. You use wisdom to determine the attack roll and damage modifier of any attacks made by your summoned allies.

Wildshape

You gain the wildshape power.

Wild Shape
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Polymorph, Implement
Minor Action	Personal
Effect: You change from your humanoid form to beast form or vice versa. When you change from beast form back to your humanoid form, you can shift 1 square. While you are in beast form, you are considered proficient in your natural weapons as both weapons for the purpose of weapon attacks, but you cannot use implement attacks. You choose a specific form whenever you use wild shape to change into beast form. The beast form is an outward expression of the druid’s bestial soul, not a mimicry of natural beasts, and so is unlikely to trick anyone with even a passing familiarity with local fauna. However, some druids are able to master evocations that allow them to transform into more convincing natural or fey creatures. You can use the properties and the powers of implements as well as magic items that you wear, but not the properties or the powers of weapons or the powers of wondrous items. While equipment is part of your beast form, it cannot be removed, and anything in a container that is part of your beast form is inaccessible.
Special: You can use this ability only once per round.

Natural Weapons

While you are in beast form, you gain a beast form weapon depending on your form. You can use this weapon to make melee attacks with the weapon keyword. Your creature weapons have the same properties as a druid implement you were wielding when you transformed.

Choose your natural weapon when you use wildshape to change into your beast form. If you wish to wield a different natural weapon, you will have to revert to your humanoid form and then use wildshape again.

Name	Type	Proficiency	Damage	Properties	Special
Claws, teeth	Light Blade	+3	1d6	Off Hand	You may use this weapon to satisfy one handed weapon and dual-wielding requirements for powers and feats.
Tusks, horns	Heavy Blade	+2	1d8	Brutal 1	You may use this weapon to satisfy either one-handed or two-handed weapon requirements.
Limbs, trunks, hooves	Club	+2	2d4	Reach 1	You may use this weapon to satisfy two-handed weapon requirements.

Primal Aspect

Choose one:

Predator Druid

You gain +1 speed and proficiency with leather and hide armors. In addition, you can use dexterity to determine your attack and damage when making melee attacks in beast form.

Guardian Druid

When wearing cloth or no armor, you can add your constitution modifier to your AC in addition to your dexterity. You gain the Summon Phoenix evocation:

Summon Phoenix			Guardian Utility
Flavor
At-Will * Summon, Primal, Fire, Implement
Minor Action			Personal
Effect: You summon a tiny phoenix in a square adjacent to you.
Special: You can only have one phoenix at a time. Summoning a second one destroys any previously summoned phoenixes.
Phoenix			Tiny Magical Beast
Speed: 1, Fly 7			Normal Vision
Weapon	Type	Prof.	Dam.	Prop.	Special
Phoenix Talons, Beak	Light Blade	+2	1d6	--	Always deals fire damage
Phoenix Strike			Guardian Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Summon, Creature, Fire, Primal
Standard Action			Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: MBA
Hit: Slide the target 1 square.
Phoenix Sacrifice			Guardian Utility
Flavor
At-Will * Summon, Healing, Primal
Immediate Interrupt			Ranged 5
Trigger: One of your summoned creatures is reduced to 0 hitpoints or fewer
Target: The triggering creature
Effect: You lose a healing surge and the Phoenix is destroyed. The target does not die and is healed to your surge value.

Summoning

Druids can summon beast allies to the battlefield to assist them.

Summon Beast Ally	Druid Utility
Flavor
Encounter * Summon, Primal
Standard Action	Personal
Effect: Summon a beast ally in a square or squares adjacent to you. The summoned creature may use its special attack as a free action.

New Keywords

Formations

Some of your attacks have a range of Formation followed by a number. In order to use these attacks, you and one of your beast allies must be able to reach the target in the specified number of movement squares. In other words, the target must be in a close burst of that size of both you and your ally. Unless otherwise noted, only one of you makes the attack.

Creature

Powers with the Creature keyword require natural weapons to execute, either your own or those of your summoned beast allies. Natural weapons have the properties and enhancement bonus of the druid implement you currently wield (if performed by a summoned creature), or used to transform into your wildshape (if performed by yourself). Creature weapons contribute only their proficiency bonus, type, damage die, properties to the attack.

If an attack has the Beast Form keyword, it can only be executed by a druid in beast form. If an attack is part of a summoned creature's stat block, only that creature can execute the attack. Otherwise, creature attacks can be used by the druid while in beast form or given as a command to your beast allies. If the attack is given as a command, for the purposes of this attack text within the power block that refers to “you” instead refers to the beast ally executing the attack.

Beast Form

Powers with the Beast Form keyword can only be used by you in beast form.

Powers

At-Will Attacks

Savage Rend	Druid Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Creature, Primal, Beast Form
Standard Action	Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: MBA
Hit: Choose one of the following effects: The target is slowed until the end of your next turn. Push the target a number of squares equal to your constitution modifier. You grab the target. Shift a number of squares equal to your dexterity modifier, pulling the target with you.

Pounce	Druid Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Creature, Primal, Formation
Standard Action	Formation 1
Target: One creature
Attack: MBA
Hit: You can choose to forego all damage. If you do so, the target falls prone.
Effect: You and your ally each shift 1 square.

Herding Instinct	Druid Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Creature, Primal, Formation
Standard Action	Personal
Effect: You can use the herding instinct attack before the end of your next turn
Herding Instinct Attack	Druid Attack
Opportunity Action	Formation 3
Trigger: A creature in the formation moves without shifting
Target: The triggering creature
Effect: You or your beast ally shifts to the nearest square adjacent to the target.
Attack: MBA
Effect: The target is slowed until the end of your next turn.

Call of the Beast	Druid Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Implement, Charm, Primal, Psychic
Standard Action	Area Burst 1 in 10
Target: Each enemy in burst
Attack: WIS vs Will
Hit: 1d6 psychic damage and the target cannot gain combat advantage until the end of your next turn. In addition, it is marked by its nearest enemy until the end of your next turn. If the target makes any attack that does not include the creature marking it, or if the target does not attack the creature marking it on its next available opportunity, the target takes 1d6 + WIS psychic damage. If the creature takes this damage, the mark ends. Level 21: 2d6 psychic damage, and 2d6 + WIS psychic damage if the target violates the mark.

Wild Shapes

Swarm Shape			Druid Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Polymorph, Beast Form, Implement
Free Action			Personal
Trigger: You transform into your beast form.
Effect: You transform into a swarm of tiny creatures such as small birds or insects. While in this form: You reduce all damage dealt to you by melee or ranged weapon attacks by your Constitution modifier. Enemies adjacent to you grant combat advantage to you and all your allies. You can enter spaces occupied by your enemies, and remain there as long as you remain in this form. You gain a fly speed equal to half your speed, with an altitude limit of 1. Your walking speed is reduced to 1. You have a reach of 0 and can only use the creature weapon below.
Weapon	Type	Prof.	Damage	Properties
Stingers, mandibles, beaks, talons	Light Blade	+2	1d6	The damage type of all weapon attacks you make yielding this weapon may be converted to poison damage.

Prowling Shape	Druid Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Polymorph, Beast Form, Implement
Free Action	Personal
Trigger: You transform into your beast form.
Effect: While in this form: You gain a +5 bonus to stealth checks. You can move up to your speed without taking a penalty to stealth checks. Moving any farther incurs the normal penalty. You gain a +4 bonus to initiative. Melee attacks against enemies you flank with your allies deal an extra 1d8 damage. Level 21: 2d8 damage.

Hunting Shape	Druid Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Polymorph, Beast Form, Implement
Free Action	Personal
Trigger: You transform into your beast form.
Effect: While in this form: You gain blindsense 5. You gain +5 to checks to track any creature or creature type you have previously encountered. You deal +2 damage per tier to prone targets. Increase the range of your formation attacks by 1.

Stampeding Shape	Druid Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Polymorph, Beast Form, Implement
Free Action	Personal
Trigger: You transform into your beast form.
Effect: While in this form: You gain a +2 bonus to speed when charging. On a successful charge attack against a creature one size larger than you or smaller, you can continue your movement through the target’s square. If you do so, the target falls prone when you leave its square. You gain +4 to your defenses against the target’s opportunity attacks triggered by this movement. You gain +2 to your fortitude defense.

Climbing Shape	Druid Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Polymorph, Beast Form, Implement
Free Action	Personal
Trigger: You transform into your beast form.
Effect: While in this form: You gain +5 to athletics checks to climb or jump. You do not grant combat advantage while climbing. Targets grabbed by you are restrained instead of immobilized.

Summons

You can summon the following creatures. Each creature has a special attack that only it can execute.

These creatures represent broad archetypes. Although they are named for families of animals, they may resemble any creature the player chooses.

Wolf			Medium Natural Beast
Speed: 7			Low-Light Vision
Weapon	Type	Prof.	Dam.	Prop.	Special
Bite	Light Blade	+3	1d8	--	You can use this weapon to satisfy one handed weapon properties.
Pack Mentality			Druid Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Creature, Primal, Formation
Move Action			Personal
Effect: You and your wolf companion execute an at-will formation attack that you know.

Cat			Medium Natural Beast
Speed: 6			Low-Light Vision
Weapon	Type	Prof.	Dam.	Prop.	Special
Claws	Light Blade	+3	1d6	Off-hand	You can use this weapon to satisfy one-handed weapon or dual wielding requirements
Distracting Strike			Druid Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Creature, Primal
Standard Action			Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: MBA
Hit: The target takes -2 to attacks until the end of your next turn.
Effect: The attacker shifts two squares.

Boar			Medium Natural Beast
Speed: 6			Dark Vision
Weapon	Type	Prof.	Dam.	Prop.	Special
Tusks	Heavy Blade	+2	1d8	Brutal 1	You can use this weapon to satisfy one-handed weapon requirements.
Trample Strike			Druid Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Creature, Primal
Move Action			Formation 1
Target: One creature
Effect: If the target moves more than two squares away from the attacker on its next turn, the attacker can charge the target as an immediate reaction.

Horse			Large Natural Beast
Speed:10			Normal Vision
Weapon	Type	Prof.	Dam.	Prop.	Special
Hooves	Club	+2	1d10	--	--
Special: The horse may be ridden by the druid or any ally to whom the druid grants permission. The horse may not be ridden by any creature against the druid's will. If mounted against the druid's will, the horse can be unsummoned instantly with no action.
Kick			Druid Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Creature, Primal
Move Action			Formation 1
Target: One creature
Attack: MBA
Hit: If you are flanked, you may repeat the attack against a different target who is flanking you.

Leveling

Heroic

Level 1

You gain class features, at-wills, and one wild shape.

Level 3

You gain an additional wildshape.

Level 5

You gain an additional use of Summon Beast Ally.

Level 7

You gain an additional wildshape.

You gain the Spirit Rend power:

Spirit Rend	Druid Utility
Flavor
Encounter * Primal
Special	Personal
Effect: You or one of your summoned companions may make an attack with the Creature keyword. Make the attack roll against the target's lowest defense instead of AC.

Level 9

You gain an additional use of Summon Beast Ally.

Leveling

Heroic

Level 1

Gain 5 cantrips, 2 at-wills, and 2 wizard daily attack spells for your spellbook.

Level 3

Gain the arcanist class feature associated with one of your implements. Gain an additional daily attack power for your spell book.

Level 5

Gain a second use per encounter of the Wizard's Spellbook power.

Level 7

Once per encounter, you can attune one implement as a free action. Gain an additional daily attack spell for your spell book.

Level 9

Gain a third use per encounter of the Wizard's Spellbook power.

What is this?

See other classes in the series.

Seeker

Thoughts: The 4e seeker suffers from no unifying theme, in my opinion. Aside from using ranged weapons to attack, his abilities are no different from those that might be possessed by a druid or wizard. OK, I thought, so let's make his weapons the focus of his mechanics. Clearly there should be a reason that the seeker uses this unique method of spell delivery. I also made him connect to the most basic of spirits. These are not the spirits of animals or plants, they are the spirits of those spirits' desires. The seeker consults spirits of hunger, fear, and desire in the same way that the druid can talk to a horse. However there is inherent danger in consulting with spirits so alien.

1. Class Traits
2. Class Features
   • Inevitable Shot
   • Speak With Spirits
   • Seeker’s Bond
     • Blood Bond Seeker
     • Spirit Bond Seeker
3. Powers
   • At-Will
   • Spirit Infusions
4. Leveling
   1. Heroic

Class Traits

Role: Controller
Power Source: Primal
Key Abilities: Wisdom, Strength, Dexterity

Armor Proficiencies: Cloth, leather.
Weapon Proficiencies: Simple melee, simple ranged, military ranged.
Bonus to Defense: +1 Reflex, +1 Will.

Hit Points at 1st Level: 12+ Constitution Score.
Hit Points per Level Gained: 5
Healing Surges: 7+ Constitution Modifier.

Trained Skills: Nature plus any 3 class skills.

Class skills:

• Acrobatics (Dex)
• Athletics (Str)
• Endurance (Con)
• Heal (Wis), Insight (Wis)
• Intimidate (Cha)
• Nature (Wis)
• Perception (Wis)
• Stealth (Dex)

Class Features

Inevitable Shot

You gain the Inevitable Shot evocation.

Inevitable Shot	Seeker Attack
Disobeying your hands, the spirit who animates your weapon leaps to the nearest target instead.
At-Will * Primal, Weapon
Free Action	Area Burst 1 centered on target Special: This attack never triggers opportunity attacks.
Trigger: You miss with a basic attack on your turn, or you use a Seeker’s Bond
Target: One creature in the burst who was not a target of the original attack, or one creature who triggered your Seeker’s Bond
Effect: Make a ranged basic attack or use an attack with the Inevitable keyword against a creature adjacent to the target of that attack. Determine line of sight and line of effect from the target of the triggering attack.

Speak With Spirits

You gain the Speak with Spirits evocation.

Speak with Spirits	Seeker Utility
You commune with the spirits, letting them guide your words and actions.
Encounter * Primal
Minor Action	Personal
Effect: During this turn, you gain a bonus to skill checks equal to your Wisdom modifier.

Seeker’s Bond

Choose one:

Blood Bond Seeker

You gain either the Bow Expertise or Crossbow Expertise feat.

You gain the Encaging Spirits power.

Encaging Spirits	Blood Bond Feature
Flavor
At-Will * Primal
Immediate Reaction	Melee 1
Trigger: You take damage from a melee attack
Target: The triggering attacker
Effect: Teleport a number of squares equal to your wisdom modifier, and you may use your inevitable shot power using the target’s square as the origin.

Spirit Bond Seeker

You gain the Weapon Expertise feat.

You gain proficiency with hide armor. You also gain the Spirits’ Rebuke power.

Spirits’ Rebuke	Spirit Bond Feature
Flavor
At-Will * Primal
Immediate Reaction	Melee Weapon
Trigger: You take damage from a melee attack
Target: The triggering attacker
Effect: Make a melee basic attack against the target or use your inevitable shot power against it and push the target one square.

Powers

At-Will Attacks

Gain these at level 1

Guardian Harrier	Seeker Attack
Your spirit weapon transforms into a spectral hawk that attacks your enemy’s eyes, driving him away.
At-Will * Primal, Weapon
Standard Action	Ranged or Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: MBA or RBA
Hit: Push the target a number of squares equal to your wisdom modifier.

Grappling Spirits	Seeker Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Weapon
Standard Action	Ranged Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: RBA
Hit: The target is slowed until the end of your next turn.

Elemental Spirits	Seeker Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Weapon, Varies
Standard Action	Ranged Weapon
Target: One enemy in range
Attack: RBA
Hit: The target and all adjacent creatures take additional cold, lightning, fire, or acid damage equal to your wisdom modifier. The attack also gains that keyword.

Thorn Cloud	Seeker Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Weapon, Poison, Zone
Standard Action	Area Burst 1 within weapon range
Target: Each target in range
Attack: Wisdom vs. Fortitude
Hit: 1[w]+WIS poison damage. Increase to 2[w]+WIS at 21st level
Effect: The burst creates a zone that lasts until the end of your next turn. Any creature who enters or starts its turn in the burst takes -2 to attack rolls. Poison resistance higher than 5/10/15 prevents this effect.

Spirit Infusions

Seekers conjure the spirits of primal forces and trap them within their weapons. A seeker's weapon is usually hand-crafted by himself or an ancestor, and requires blessings from a shaman and adornment with magical fetishes. Once properly complete, the weapon can be animated by a spirit and becomes a comfortable temporary home for that spirit as long as it is fed by blood sacrifice. The seeker who conjured the spirit can then activate special properties of the weapon. In a sense, seeker weapons are living creatures that the seeker is bonded to. However spirits are capricious, and may abandon their home to manifest physically on the battlefield and claim their own victims. The spirits usually turn on the seeker's enemies first, but they have been known to attack indiscriminately as well. Binding spirits is dangerous work.

Bind Spirit of Mischief	Seeker Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Minor	Personal
Target: One ranged weapon
Effect: Until you release the spirit, whenever you hit with a weapon attack with this weapon, teleport yourself and the target one square.
Release Spirit of Mischief	Seeker Attack
Flavor
Encounter * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Free Action	Personal
Trigger: You use Inevitable Shot or a Spirit Bond power
Attack: WIS vs Will
Hit: The target is dazed (save ends).
Effect: The target becomes confused and paranoid. Until the end of the encounter: The target takes opportunity attacks against allies as well as enemies. The target cannot refuse to make any opportunity attack. Any burst or blast attacks that the target can use that normally targets all enemies or all allies in range instead target all creatures in range.
Standard Action: If the target is dazed (by any effect), it makes a basic attack against a target of your choice.
Move Action: Slide the target up to half its speed.

Bind Spirit of Gloaming	Seeker Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Minor Action	Personal
Target: One ranged weapon
Effect: Until you release the spirit, each time you hit a target with a weapon attack with this weapon the target grants combat advantage to your allies until the end of your next turn.
Release Spirit of Gloaming	Seeker Attack
Flavor
Encounter * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Free Action	Close Burst 2
Trigger: You use your inevitable shot power or a seeker’s bond power
Effect: You create a zone of spectral swarming bats in a burst 1 centered on the target. The zone is difficult terrain for all creatures, including flying creatures. Your enemies grant combat advantage while within the zone. The zone lasts until the end of the encounter. If a creature within the zone performs any action that would trigger an opportunity attack from an adjacent creature, you may make a ranged basic attack against it as an opportunity action.
Move Action: Move the zone 4 squares.

Bind Spirit of Corruption	Seeker Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Minor Action	Personal
Target: One ranged weapon
Effect: Until you release the spirit, each time you hit a target with a ranged basic attack with this weapon the target of the attack takes a penalty to damage equal to your wisdom modifier until the end of your next turn.
Unleash Spirit of Corruption	Seeker Attack
Flavor
Encounter * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Free Action	Close Burst 1
Trigger: You use your inevitable shot power or a seeker’s bond power
Effect: You create a zone of infectious disease that lasts until the end of the encounter. While within the zone, enemies are weakened and have vulnerable 5 to untyped damage.
Move Action: Increase the size of the zone by 1.

Bind Spirit of Fancy	Seeker Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Minor Action	Personal
Target: One melee weapon
Effect: Until you release the spirit, each time you hit a target with a weapon attack with this weapon the target of the attack has difficulty concentrating. The target cannot make opportunity or immediate actions until the end of your next turn.
Unleash Spirit of Fancy	Seeker Attack
Flavor
Encounter * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Free Action	Close Burst 1
Trigger: You use your inevitable shot power or a seeker’s bond power
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, if the target voluntarily moves more than two spaces in a single action it falls prone at the end of its turn, or the beginning of its next turn if the movement occurred on another creature’s turn. The target cannot make more than one opportunity action per round.

Bind Spirit of the Hunt	Seeker Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Minor Action	Personal
Target: One melee weapon
Effect: Until you release the spirit, each time you hit a target with a ranged basic attack with this weapon the target of the attack cannot benefit from partial cover or concealment until the end of your next turn. The benefit from superior cover or total concealment is unaffected.
Unleash Spirit of the Hunt	Seeker Attack
Flavor
Encounter * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Free Action	Close Burst 1
Trigger: You use your inevitable shot power or a seeker’s bond power
Effect: You conjure a spectral spirit of the hunt in a square adjacent to you. The hunter can be either large size or medium size (your choice), but once summoned it remains the same size until the end of the encounter. At the time of summoning, the hunter makes its attack against the target as a free action. The target then becomes its quarry. The hunter always knows the location of the quarry. If the hunter has line of sight to the quarry, the quarry grants the hunter combat advantage. The quarry does not gain any benefits of cover or concealment from the hunter, although it does gain benefit from total concealment or superior cover. Enemies can attack the hunter. It uses your defenses. If the hunter takes damage equal to your healing surge value, it is destroyed.
Move Action: Slide the hunter up to 10 squares.
Minor Action: Designate a different creature as the hunter’s quarry. The hunter can have only one quarry at a time.
Hunter’s Attack	Seeker Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Weapon
Opportunity Action	Ranged 20
Trigger: The hunter’s quarry voluntarily moves away from the hunter or makes an attack that does not include the hunter as a target while marked by the hunter
Target: The hunter’s quarry
Attack: Wisdom vs Reflex
Hit: The target is immobilized and marked by the hunter until the end of your next turn.
Miss: The target is marked by the hunter until the end of your next turn.
Hunter’s Recovery	Seeker Utility
Flavor
At-Will * Primal
Immediate Reaction	Personal
Trigger: Your spirit of the hunt is dropped to 0 hit points or fewer
Effect: You lose a healing surge. The hunter is not destroyed, and is fully healed.

Bind Spirit of Hunger	Seeker Stance
Flavor
At-Will * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Minor Action	Personal
Target: One melee weapon
Effect: Until you release the spirit, each time you hit a target with a ranged basic attack with this weapon the target of the attack cannot shift until the end of your next turn.
Unleash Spirit of Hunger	Seeker Attack
Flavor
Encounter * Primal, Weapon, Inevitable
Free Action	Close Burst 1
Trigger: You use your inevitable shot power or a seeker’s bond power
Effect: You conjure the spirit of hunger in an unoccupied square in the burst. The spirit makes the following attack as a free action. You can order the spirit to make the attack as a standard action.
Move Action: If the spirit has no creatures swallowed, slide the it up to 5 squares. If it has at least one creature swallowed, slide it up to 2 squares.
Swallow	Seeker Attack
Flavor
At-Will * Primal
Standard Action	Melee 1
Attack: Wisdom + 2 vs. Fortitude Level 11: Increase to Wisdom + 4 Level 21: Increase to Wisdom + 6
Hit: WIS acid damage and the target is swallowed (save ends). While swallowed: The target is pulled into a space the spirit occupies. The target is restrained. The spirit swells to one size category larger than the largest creature it has swallowed Wherever the spirit moves, the target also moves. If the spirit moves into a zone that deals damage, it is destroyed instantly and the target automatically succeeds a save against the swallowed effect. The target takes ongoing 5 acid damage. Level 11: Increase to ongoing 10 acid damage. Level 21: Increase to ongoing 15 acid damage.
Aftereffect: The target shifts to a square adjacent to the spirit and is slowed until the end of its next turn.
Miss: 5+WIS acid damage.

Leveling

Heroic

Level 1

Gain at-wills, features, and two spirit infusions.

Level 3

Gain an additional use of Inevitable Shot

Level 5

Once per round, you can shift one square as a minor action.

Level 7

Gain a third use of inevitable shot.

Level 9

Gain the ability to bind one more spirit per day.