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== Researcher == 

'''Abilities:''' [[Intelligence]] fuels both skills and class features, while [[Dexterity]] and [[Constitution]] keep you alive in the face of danger.

'''Races:''' Any.

'''Alignment:''' Any.

'''[[SRD:Race Descriptions#Starting Age|Starting Age]]:''' As [[wizard]].

{| class="zebra d20"
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<div>{{Anchor|Table: The Researcher}}</div>
Hit Die: d4
|-
! rowspan="2" | Level
! rowspan="2" | [[BAB|Base<br/>Attack Bonus]]
! colspan="3" | [[SRD:Saving Throw|Saving Throw]]s
! rowspan="2" | Special
! colspan="6" | [[#Spells|Spells per Day]]
|-
! [[SRD:Saving Throw#Fortitude|Fort]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Reflex|Ref]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Will|Will]]
! 0 || 1<sup>st</sup> || 2<sup>nd</sup> || 3<sup>rd</sup> || 4<sup>th</sup> || 5<sup>th</sup> 
|-
|1st||class="left" | +0 || +0 || +0 || +2
| class="left" | Lore, Scribe Scroll
|2||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|2nd||class="left" | +1 || +0 || +0 || +3
| class="left" | Skill Expertise
|3||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|3rd||class="left" | +1 || +1 || +1 || +3
| class="left" | 
|3||0||—||—||—||—
|-
|4th||class="left" | +2 || +1 || +1 || +4
| class="left" | 
|4||1||—||—||—||—
|-
|5th||class="left" | +2 || +1 || +1 || +4
| class="left" | Skill Expertise
|4||2||—||—||—||—
|-
|6th||class="left" | +3 || +2 || +2 || +5
| class="left" | 
|4||3||0||—||—||—
|-
|7th||class="left" | +3 || +2 || +2 || +5
| class="left" | 
|4||3||1||—||—||—
|-
|8th||class="left" | +4 || +2 || +2 || +6
| class="left" | Skill Expertise
|4||4||2||—||—||—
|-
|9th||class="left" | +4 || +3 || +3 || +6
| class="left" | 
|4||4||3||0||—||—
|-
|10th||class="left" | +5 || +3 || +3 || +7
| class="left" | 
|4||4||3||1||—||—
|-
|11th||class="left" | +5 || +3 || +3 || +7
| class="left" | Skill Expertise
|4||4||4||2||—||—
|-
|12th||class="left" | +6 || +4 || +4 || +8
| class="left" | 
|4||4||4||3||0||—
|-
|13th||class="left" | +6 || +4 || +4 || +8
| class="left" | 
|4||4||4||3||1||—
|-
|14th||class="left" | +7 || +4 || +4 || +9
| class="left" | Skill Expertise
|4||4||4||4||2||—
|-
|15th||class="left" | +7 || +5 || +5 || +9
| class="left" | 
|4||4||4||4||3||0
|-
|16th||class="left" | +8 || +5 || +5 || +10
| class="left" | 
|4||4||4||4||3||1
|-
|17th||class="left" | +8 || +5 || +5 || +10
| class="left" | Skill Expertise
|4||4||4||4||4||2
|-
|18th||class="left" | +9 || +6 || +6 || +11
| class="left" | 
|4||4||4||4||4||3
|-
|19th||class="left" | +9 || +6 || +6 || +11
| class="left" | Hypercognition
|4||4||4||4||4||3
|-
|20th||class="left" | +10 || +6 || +6 || +12
| class="left" | Improved Skill Expertise
|4||4||4||4||4||4
|- class="noalt"
| colspan="42" class="skill" |
'''Class Skills ([[Skill Points::6]] + [[SRD:Intelligence|Int]] modifier per level, &times;4 at 1st level)'''<br/>
{{3.5e Skills|Appraise, 
Autohypnosis, 
Concentration, 
Craft, 
Decipher Script, 
Disable Device, 
Forgery, 
Heal, 
Knowledge (all knowledges taken seperately), 
Listen, 
Profession, 
Search, 
Speak Language, 
Spellcraft, 
Spot}}
|}


===Class Features===

All of the following are class features of the Researcher.

'''Weapon and Armor Proficiency:''' Researchers are proficient with the club, dagger, heavy crossbow, light crossbow, and quarterstaff, but not with any type of armor or shield. Armor of any type interferes with a researcher's movements, which can cause her spells with somatic components to fail.

'''{{Anchor|Spells}}:''' Researchers cast arcane spells like a [[wizard]], preparing them from a spellbook ahead of time.  To learn, prepare, or cast a spell, the researcher must have an [[Intelligence]] score equal to at least 10 + the spell level.  The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a researcher's spell is 10 + the spell level + the researcher's [[Intelligence]] modifier.  Like other spellcasters, a researcher can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day.  Her base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The Researcher.  In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high [[Intelligence]] score.

Researchers choose their spells from the following list:

0&mdash;''[[SRD:Arcane Mark|arcane mark]], [[SRD:Detect Magic|detect magic]], [[SRD:Detect Poison|detect poison]], [[SRD:Guidance|guidance]], [[SRD:Know Direction|know direction]], [[SRD:Mage Hand|mage hand]], [[SRD:Mending|mending]], [[SRD:Prestidigitation|prestidigitation]], [[SRD:Read Magic|read magic]]''

1st&mdash;''[[SRD:Alarm|alarm]], [[SRD:Comprehend Languages|comprehend languages]], [[SRD:Detect Animals or Plants|detect animals or plants]], [[SRD:Detect Undead|detect undead]], [[SRD:Endure Elements|endure elements]], [[SRD:Identify|identify]], [[SRD:Mage Armor|mage armor]], [[SRD:Magic Aura|magic aura]], [[SRD:Shield|shield]], [[SRD:Speak with Animals|speak with animals]], [[SRD:Sanctuary|sanctuary]], [[SRD:Unseen Servant|unseen servant]]''

2nd&mdash;''[[SRD:Arcane Lock|arcane lock]], [[SRD:Augury|augury]], [[SRD:Chill Metal|chill metal]], [[SRD:Continual Flame|continual flame]], [[SRD:Darkvision|darkvision]], [[SRD:Delay Poison|delay poison]], [[SRD:Detect Thoughts|detect thoughts]], [[SRD:Dispel Magic|dispel magic]], [[SRD:Fox's Cunning|fox's cunning]], [[SRD:Heat Metal|heat metal]], [[SRD:Knock|knock]], [[SRD:Lesser Restoration|lesser restoration]], [[SRD:Locate Object|locate object]], [[SRD:Magic Mouth|magic mouth]], [[SRD:Owl's Wisdom|owl's wisdom]], [[SRD:Pyrotechnics|pyrotechnics]], [[SRD:Resist Energy|resist energy]], [[SRD:See Invisibility|see invisibility]], [[SRD:Spectral Hand|spectral hand]], [[SRD:Status|status]], [[SRD:Whispering Wind|whispering wind]]''

3rd&mdash;''[[SRD:Arcane Sight|arcane sight]], [[SRD:Clairaudience/Clairvoyance|clairaudience/clairvoyance]], [[SRD:Contagion|contagion]], [[SRD:Gentle Repose|gentle repose]], [[SRD:Glyph of Warding|glyph of warding]], [[SRD:Illusory Script|illusory script]], [[SRD:Magic Circle against Evil|magic circle against chaos/evil/good/law]], [[SRD:Neutralize Poison|neutralize poison]], [[SRD:Nondetection|nondetection]], [[SRD:Protection from Energy|protection from energy]], [[SRD:Quench|quench]], [[SRD:Remove Disease|remove disease]], [[SRD:Secret Page|secret page]], [[SRD:Sepia Snake Sigil|sepia snake sigil]], [[SRD:Shrink Item|shrink item]], [[SRD:Speak with Plants|speak with plants]], [[SRD:Tiny Hut|tiny hut]], [[SRD:Tongues|tongues]], [[SRD:Wind Wall|wind wall]]''

4th&mdash;''[[SRD:Animate Dead|animate dead]], [[SRD:Arcane Eye|arcane eye]], [[SRD:Detect Scrying|detect scrying]], [[SRD:Dimensional Anchor|dimensional anchor]], [[SRD:Divination|divination]], [[SRD:Fabricate|fabricate]], [[SRD:Giant Vermin|giant vermin]], [[SRD:Imbue with Spell Ability|imbue with spell ability]], [[SRD:Lesser Globe of Invulnerability|lesser globe of invulnerability]], [[SRD:Locate Creature|locate creature]], [[SRD:Minor Creation|minor creation]], [[SRD:Mnemonic Enhancer|mnemonic enhancer]], [[SRD:Remove Curse|remove curse]], [[SRD:Repel Vermin|repel vermin]], [[SRD:Resilient Sphere|resilient sphere]], [[SRD:Restoration|restoration]], [[SRD:Rusting Grasp|rusting grasp]], [[SRD:Scrying|scrying]], [[SRD:Sending|sending]]''

5th&mdash;''[[SRD:Analyze Dweomer|analyze dweomer]], [[SRD:Animal Growth|animal growth]], [[SRD:Antimagic Field|antimagic field]], [[SRD:Awaken|awaken]], [[SRD:Break Enchantment|break enchantment]], [[SRD:Commune with Nature|commune with nature]], [[SRD:Contact Other Plane|contact other plane]], [[SRD:Dismissal|dismissal]], [[SRD:Globe of Invulnerability|globe of invulnerability]], [[SRD:Greater Dispel Magic|greater dispel magic]], [[SRD:Legend Lore|legend lore]], [[SRD:Mage's Private Sanctum|mage's private sanctum]], [[SRD:Major Creation|major creation]], [[SRD:Permanency|permanency]], [[SRD:Prying Eyes|prying eyes]], [[SRD:Repulsion|repulsion]], [[SRD:Secret Chest|secret chest]], [[SRD:Spellstaff|spellstaff]], [[SRD:Stone Tell|stone tell]], [[SRD:Telepathic Bond|telepathic bond]], [[SRD:True Seeing|true seeing]], [[SRD:Wall of Force|wall of force]]''

'''{{Anchor|Spellbooks}}:''' Researchers use spellbooks identical to a [[wizard]].  A wizard begins play with a spellbook containing all 0-level researcher spells, plus two 1st level spells of your choice. For each point of [[Intelligence]] bonus the researcher has, the spellbook holds one additional 1st-level spell of your choice. At each new researcher level, she gains one new spell of any spell level or levels that she can cast (based on her new researcher level) for her spellbook. At any time, a researcher can also add spells found in other researchers’ spellbooks to her own.

'''{{Anchor|Scribe Scroll}}:''' At 1st level, a researcher gains [[SRD:Scribe Scroll|Scribe Scroll]] as a bonus feat.

'''{{Anchor|Lore}}:''' Researchers gain half their class level (rounded up) as a bonus to all knowledge checks (minimum +1), and they may make Knowledge checks untrained.

'''{{Anchor|Skill Expertise}}:''' The 2nd level researcher may select one skill they have at least 1 rank in.  When rolling this skill, they may roll twice and take the better result.  If taking 10, they may instead take 12 on this skill.  At 5th and every 3 levels beyond, they may select another skill to gain expertise in.

'''''{{Anchor|Hypercognition}}'' {{Sp}}:''' 19th level researchers can solve the impossible in an instant.  As a spell like ability the researcher may benefit from the ''[[SRD:Hypercognition|hypercognition]] power, once per day.

'''{{Anchor|Improved Skill Expertise}}:''' The 20th level researcher may select one skill they have expertise in.  This skill now adds the result of both rolls together into a single roll.  If taking 10, they may now take 15 on this skill.

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Article Balance	Moderate +
Author	Eiji-kun +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Poor +
Class Ability	Prepared Arcane Spellcasting +
Class Ability Progression	Minor +
Fortitude Save Progression	Poor +
Identifier	3.5e NPC Class +
Length	20 +
Minimum Level	0 +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Reflex Save Progression	Poor +
Skill	Appraise +, Autohypnosis +, Concentration +, Craft +, Decipher Script +, Disable Device +, Forgery +, Heal +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Profession +, Search +, Speak Language +, Spellcraft + and Spot +
Skill Points	6 +
Summary	Scientists and other eggheads, not intended for combat. +
Title	Researcher +
Will Save Progression	Good +