Master of the Forge Fire (3.5e Class)

Master of Forge Fire

Masters of Forge Fire are blacksmiths that have made a pact with an entity of fire to amplify their work. With this pact they forge weapons of great power and are able to bring out the true capabilities of any weapon.

Making a Master of Forge Fire

Role: Masters of the Forge Fire not only deal solid damage to enemies at close range, they also may support their party members by crafting and maintaining equipment for their party.

Abilities: As front line fighters, Strength and Constitution are important to Master of the Forge Fire. With heavy armor available, Dexterity and Charisma may take a back seat in this build.

Races: Races with deep ties to metalworking are more likely to take this class.

Alignment: Any.

Starting Gold: 4d6 × 10 gp.

Starting Age: Moderate.

Table: The Master of Forge Fire

Hit Die: d10

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special	Power Points/Day	Powers Known	Maximum Power Level Known
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+0	+2	+2	+0	Master Smith,Inner Flames +1d6	—	—	—
2nd	+1	+3	+3	+0	Searing Arc 2/day	—	—	—
3rd	+2	+3	+3	+1		—	—	—
4th	+3	+4	+4	+1	Portable Forge	—	—	—
5th	+3	+4	+4	+1		—	—	—
6th	+4	+5	+5	+2	Inner Flames +2d6	—	—	—
7th	+5	+5	+5	+2	Searing Arc 4/day	—	—	—
8th	+6/+1	+6	+6	+2		—	—	—
9th	+6/+1	+6	+6	+3		—	—	—
10th	+7/+2	+7	+7	+3		—	—	—
11th	+8/+3	+7	+7	+3	Inner Flames +3d6	—	—	—
12th	+9/+4	+8	+8	+4	Searing Arc 6/day	—	—	—
13th	+9/+4	+8	+8	+4		—	—	—
14th	+10/+5	+9	+9	+4		—	—	—
15th	+11/+6/+1	+9	+9	+5		—	—	—
16th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+10	+5	Inner Flames +4d6	—	—	—
17th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+10	+5	Searing Arc 8/day	—	—	—
18th	+13/+8/+3	+11	+11	+6		—	—	—
19th	+14/+9/+4	+11	+11	+6		—	—	—
20th	+15/+10/+5	+12	+12	+6		—	—	—
Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level) Appraise (Int), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Profession (Wis).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Master of Forge Fire.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A Master of Forge Fire is proficient with all simple and martial weapons, and all Hammers, with light and medium armor, and with all shields except tower shields.

Craftsman's Eye: Due to extensive experience in their field, Masters of Forged Fire add their class level to Appraise, Profession: Blacksmith, or Craft checks on metal equipment or items.

Inner Flames: When a Master of Forge Fire wields a metal melee weapon, he is able to channel forge fire through the weapon. On their next damaging strike with this weapon, they deal an additional 1d6 fire damage, increasing with level.

Searing Arc: When the character wields a metal melee weapon that they forged, by focusing forge fire on the tip of the weapon and swinging the weapon the character can make a 20 ft ranged touch attack that would deal their current inner fire damage.

Portable Forge: Masters of Forged Fire can Forge Metal weapons at any medium sized fire.

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