View source for Specialist Mage (3.5e Class)

===Campaign Information===

====Playing a Specialist Mage====

'''Religion:''' Specialist mages have no more proclivity to religion than your average wizard or sorcerer.

'''Other Classes:''' Wizards may think specialist mages are too focused and do not properly understand magic, but sorcerers, used to a limited list, may be more understanding.  Most other classes don't have a care.

'''Combat:''' The specialist mage is a mage, and the nature of their specialization often determines the type of mage they are.

'''Advancement:''' Any spellcasting friendly prestige classes work well with the specialist mage.

====Specialist Mages in the World====

{{quote|You're a necromancer?  I AM NECROMANCY ITSELF!|orig=Persephone, Human Specialist Mage}}

'''Daily Life:''' Specialist mages often go searching for new and exotic spells in their school, even if they're not on the sorcerer/wizard spell list.

'''Organizations:''' Specialist mages usually can be found in wizardly organization as, well, specialists.

'''NPC Reactions:''' The average man does not know the difference between spell schools, magic is magic.

====Specialist Mage Lore====

Characters with ranks in Knowledge Arcana can research Specialist Mages to learn more about them.  When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.

{| class="zebra d20"
|+ Knowledge Arcana
! DC || class="left" | Result
|- 
| 10 || class="left" | Specialist mages only know a single spell school, but they know it very well.  They can change their spells each day with no spellbook.
|- 
| 15 || class="left" | Specialist mages can pick up spells outside their school, with limitations.  They also gain abilities related to their spell school.
|- 
| 20 || class="left" | Powerful specialist mages may even know some of the stronger spells from any school.  Many may even dip outside of their field.
|- 
| 30 || class="left" | Those that reach this level of success can learn about specific specialist mages, their specialized schools, recent activity, behavior, and lore about them.
|}

====Specialist Mages in the Game====

'''Adaptation:''' This can easily be a divine class, with its restrictions being outside of it's clerical or druidic lists.

'''Sample Encounter:''' The ultimate necromancer is really scary!  Go kill it or something.

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Allowed Alignments	Lawful Good +, Lawful Neutral +, Lawful Evil +, Neutral Good +, Neutral +, Neutral Evil +, Chaotic Good +, Chaotic Neutral + and Chaotic Evil +
Article Balance	Very High +
Author	Eiji-kun +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Poor +
Class Ability	Arcane Spellcasting +
Class Ability Progression	Full +
Fortitude Save Progression	Poor +
Identifier	3.5e Class +
Length	20 +
Minimum Level	0 +
Rating	Unrated +
Reflex Save Progression	Poor +
Skill	Concentration +, Craft +, Knowledge +, Profession + and Spellcraft +
Skill Points	4 +
Summary	A spellcaster who focuses on a single school, and only barely dabbles outside of that school. +
Title	Specialist Mage +
Will Save Progression	Good +