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The Merchant Class by Taron Pounds PDF
The Merchant's Place in the Party
The merchant a high-support spellcaster that helps the party stay equipped and rewards players that enjoy solving problems using the equipment they have on-hand rather than spellcasting and skill checks. The class creates characters with the playstyle of a:
• Midline Support with spells and features that manipulate the abilities and overall power of other creatures.
• Supplier that gives the party guaranteed access to both mundane and magical items on-the-go.
• Dungeoneer and Face, equipped for the perils of adventuring with a large arsenal of on-demand items.
Awesome NPCs!
While this class was first and foremost designed to be a Player Character option, its high support playstyle and unique Portable Storefront feature can be used to create NPCs the party is sure to want to keep around. Allow your players to truly shine by:
• Subsidizing the expensive material components and spell slots of your casters with the Merchant's value-based magic
• Allow them to customize enchantments on their magic items with the Blacksmith, keep them healthy and buffed with the Apothecary, or build a new addition to their base with the Architect!
• Give them a way to shop on the road!
Statblocks for merchant NPCs are provided at the end of the class for examples of how to create such NPCs!
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