tinker

Ability Descriptions

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A tinker is proficient with all simple weapons

Bonus Feats: A tinker receives a bonus feat in addition to those gained by virtue of level or race as indicated

on the table. The feats must be chosen from the following:

Avoid Technological Mishap

Build Firearms

Build Siege Weapons

Build Small Devices

Build Teamwork

Build Vehicles

Consummate Machinist

Delay Malfunction

Emergency Repair

Technological Weaponry

Vehicle Proficiency

Scavenge (Ex): Tinkers can often find whatever they need out of random piles of spare parts and carry an

astonishing variety of gadgets wherever they go. If a tinker needs to build something on the fly he can

make a roll to build whatever he needs at +10 DC. The tinker makes a search check to locate the parts

and a Craft (Technological Device) check to build items.

A Tinker adds the listed bonus to scavenge checks. A successful check means the tinker has the

necessary items to build the gadget and can jury-rig it in a tenth the time. Due to the slipshod nature and

wild improvisation in construction this way the gadget will only last for a number of uses equal to the

tinker's level or for a number of hours of continued use equal to the tinker's level.

Bomb Bouncing (Ex): A tinker perfects an improved bomb throwing technique. When throwing a grenade-like

weapon he imparts a spin to the throw that doubles the thrown object's range increment

Evasion (Ex): A tinker can avoid even magical and unusual attacks with great agility. If the ranger is subjected

to any effect allowing a reflex saving throw he takes no damage on a passed save and normal damage on

a failed save. This benefit is lost if the tinker wears armor heavier than light or is otherwise rendered

helpless.

Coolness Under Fire (Ex): The tinker can take 10 on any roll that involves operating or building a mechanical

device when circumstances would otherwise prevent it. This ability does not apply to attack rolls, however.

This ability can be used a number of times per day as listed on the table.

Fire Resistance (Ex): The tinker has become so used to working with intense heat, steam, and explosions

due to mishaps and the like that he gains fire resistance as listed. Each time the tinker is subjected to such

damage (whether natural or magical) that damage is reduced by 5 poitns before being applied to the

tinker's hit points. This resistance only absorbs damage.

Improved Evasion (Ex): The tinker's evasion ability improves. He still takes no damage on a successful

saving throw against attacks such as a fireball or exploding invention, but henceforth he takes only half

damage on a failed save. A helpless tinker does not gain the benefit of improved evasion.

Tinker Bonus Feats

The following feats may be chosen by a tinker as one of his bonus feats, though they are open to all characters as well

Avoid Technological Mishap [Technology]

Prerequisite: Skill Focus (Use Technological Device)

Benefit: When using a technological device you treat its Malfunction Rating as 1 less than it actuall is

(to a minimum of 1).

Build Firearms [Technology]

Benefit: You get a +2 bonus on Craft (Technological Device) checks when crafting a firearm. Your

technological limit when crafting a firearm is increased by 2.

Special: Once per week instead of making the usual attack roll you may declare an automatic critical

threat using a firearm that you have built. You must still roll to confirm the critical as normal.

Build Siege Weapons [Technology]

Benefit: You get a +2 bonus on Craft (Technological Device) checks when building catapults,

cannons, mortars, and other siege weapons. Your technological limit for building these

weapons is increased by 2.

Special: You may make a Craft (Technological Device) check to sabotage any technological device or

weapon larger than medium. The DC for the check is equal to the DC to creat the item. If you

succeed the item becomes useless until repaired. If you succeed by 5 or more you can rig the

item to suffer a catastrophic malfunction the next time it is used, destroying the item and

endangering whoever is using it (at the DM's discretion).

Build Small Devices [Technology]

Prerequisite: Dex 13

Benefit: You get a +2 bonus on Craft (Technological Device) checks when building a device of Tiny,

Diminuitive, or Fine size. Your technological limit for building such devices is increased by 2.

Special: You can build devices taht are easily concealed or disguised as other objects. If you choose

to coneal or disguise a device, then any character trying to find it must make a spot check. Any

character trying to discover what the device does must make a Use Technological Device check.

The DC of these checks is equal to 10 + your Craft (Technological Device) skill modifier.

Build Teamwork [Technology]

Benefit: When you are assisted in a Craft check by at least 3 other people who each have at least 1

rank in a craft skill the result of a successful Craft check is doubled. This feat has no effect on

an unsuccessful Craft check.

Build Vehicles [Technology]

Benefit: You get a +2 bonus on Craft (Technological Device) and Use Technological Device checks

when building or using a vehicle. Your technological limit for building vehicles is increased by 2.

Special: Once per day for 1d6 minutes you may double the speed of a vehicle you are driving. When

this period is over you may extend it for 1 additional minute by making a DC 20 Use

Technological device check. You may continue to expend teh period each minute by making

another Use Technological Device check. Each subsequent check increases the DC by 1, and

the first failure returns the vehicle's speed to normally

Consummate Machinist [Technology]

Prerequisite: Build Firearms, Build Siege Weapons, Build Small Devices, Build Vehicles

Benefit: Your technological limit for building technological devices is increased by 2. This increase

stacks with the bonuses provided by the prerequisite feats.

Delay Malfunction [Technology]

Benefit: When a device malfunctions you may make a DC 15 Craft (Technological Device) check. If

you succeed the device operates normally for 1d3 rounds, giving you a chance to finish the job

you are doing, make an emergency repair, or get clear before it blows up. If you roll a natural 20

on the check the malfunction is completely averted. You cannot try again for any specific

malfunction even after a successful use of this feat.

Emergency Repair [Technology]

Prerequisite: WIS 13, Delay Malfunction

Benefit: As a full-round action you may make a DC 20 Craft (Mechanical Object) check to repair a

malfunctioning or broken technological device. If you succeed at the check the device does not

destroy itself or endanger its user due to the malfunction. Instead, it operates normally for 1

hour and then ceases functioning until it can undergo normal repaires.

If you roll a natural 20 on the check the item is completely and permanently repaired.

Technological Weaponry [Technology]

Prerequisite: Use Technological Device 6 ranks

Benefit: You can use any technological device with which you are familiar as a weapon, even those

that were not designed as such. You rake gears across opponents' faces, crack their knees with

extending iron spikes, vent boiling steam at them, and otherwise use the device to your fiendish

advantage. You are considered proficient with all devices used as weapons in this way. The

damage type is piercing, slashing, or fire depending on the device. Specific damage amounts

are up to the DM, but they are generally based on the device's size as shown here

Fine - 1d2

Diminuitive - 1d3

Tiny - 1d4

Small - 1d6

Medium - 1d8

Large - 2d6

Huge - 2d8

Gargantuan - 3d6

Colossal - 3d8

You can only use a device in this way if it is one size category larger or smaller than you.

However, you can use a piece of a larger device (such as venting steam from a pipe on a steam

engine) as a weapon. You can use any give device as a weapon of the same size category it

actually is or any size category smaller.

Using a device as a weapon requires a Use Technological Device check against a DC +2

higher than normal. The malfunctioning rating applies to your attack roll.

Vehicle Proficiency [Technology]

Benefit: Choose a specialty: land vehicles, water vehicles, or air vehicles. You may operate a vehicle

of the appropriate type by making a Use Technological Device check.

Normal: Character who operate a vehicle without the appropriate proficiency suffer a -4 penalty to the

Use Technological Device check.

Special: You can gain this feat multiple times. Each time you take this feat it applies to a different

specialty.