Scholar
Scholars are military tacticians often served as high-ranking officers. Extensive knowledge of ancient martial theory granted them the ability to wield dual schools of magic, between which they would alternate depending on the situation at hand.
Alignment Axis Scholar Types:
Elemental Scholar Types:
Style A / Style B
Style A / Style B
Light Style / Dark Style
Order Style / Chaos Style
Water Style / Earth Style
Earth Style / Lightning Style
Lightning Style / Wind Style
Wind Style / Fire Style
Fire Style / Water Style
Requirements
To qualify to become a scholar,
a character must fulfill all the following criteria.
Have the Goal to take two classes to Combine two Opposing Domains of Magic.(ask a DM for add't information, see chart right for hints)
Skills:
Knowledge (Ninja Lore) 13 ranks.
Knowledge (tactics) 13 Ranks
18 ranks Spread over the 5 chakra skills.
Possess a spell from Each field you're attempting to combine, Rank 3 or higher.
Mode A / Mode B (Su):
Starting at 1st level, as a standard action, a scholar can Switch between modes.
Using Light/Dark style as an example:
You can only use Light Arts or Dark Arts class abilities while in the proper mode.
While in either Light/Dark Arts, you gain the following bonuses/penalties:
+1/-1* damage/healing Die of the Appropriate die depending on what mode they belong to
*decreased to a minimum of 1, if there is only 1 die then it is subject to a -1 per scholar class level to a minimum of 1.
All Buff/Debuff spells gain +1/-1 duration per Scholar Level depending on what mode they belong to
Caster Level of all spells +1/-1 per Scholar Level depending on what mode they belong to
Caster level checks made to overcome Chakra Resistance are increased by 1 per scholar level if they are affiliated with the active mode.
Logical Chakra Consumption
Penury Light Arts / Dark Arts Parsimony
Accession Order Arts / Chaos Arts Ebullience
Water Arts / Earth Arts
Earth Arts / Lightning Arts
Lightning Arts / Wind Arts
Wind Arts / Fire Arts
Fire Arts / Water Arts
Name(chart): At 2nd level, 3 times per day, as a move action, a scholar may reduce the CP cost of her next Mode A spell by 50%.
Name(chart): Also at 2nd level, 3 times per day, as a move action, a scholar may reduce the CP cost of her next Mode B spell by 50%.
Swift Chakra Weaving
Celerity Light Arts / Dark Arts Alacrity
Rapture Order Arts / Chaos Arts Manifestation
Water Arts / Earth Arts
Earth Arts / Lightning Arts
Lightning Arts / Wind Arts
Wind Arts / Fire Arts
Fire Arts / Water Arts
Name(chart): At 3rd level, once per day, a scholar may cast a Mode A spell up to 6th level as a swift action.
Name(chart): Also at 3rd level, once per day, a scholar may cast a Mode B spell up to 6th level as a swift action.
Sublimation (Nei):
At 5th level, 3 times per day, as a swift action, a scholar may activate this ability which lasts 2 rounds per scholar level. Each round, the scholar is drained of 5 HP and gains 4 CP. Once activated, it cannot be stopped and either runs its course, or the caster falls unconscious, which cancels this ability.
Healing
Positive Energy Healing - affected by Light and order Style
Negative Energy Healing - affected by Dark and Chaos Style
Class Restricted Feat:
Additional Axis
If the necessary requirements are met, you may add an additional axis to your mode list, if you already possess one of the axis types in question you gain just the one you are lacking (see elemental chart)
At this point you don't have multiple active modes, just more modes you can be in.
Penalties to magic only apply to your opposite mode, not all modes you possess that are inactive.
if you are in Light mode only dark arts are hindered, other arts be it on law/chaos axis or elemental go dormant.
Adding an Axis adds the Swift chakra weaving and logical chakra consumption ability belonging to that axis.