Editing Archivist (section)

==Indexing the Multiverse==
Despite being a divine caster the Archivist has no special healing powers. Sure, they can heal, but they must use their daily slots. Instead, they get DARK KNOWLEDGE. Being students of Lore Man Was Not Meant To Learn, they become experts on aberrations, elementals, magical beasts, outsiders and undead (and [[Dragon]]s and Constructs or Fey and Giants as well, if you take the proper feats). They can use this knowledge to shout hints at their party to better [[Angry Marines|kick those fucks in the balls]]:

* Tactics: The party gets bonuses on their attack rolls to better kick those fucks in the balls.
* Puissance: The party gets bonuses on their saving throws to those fucks kicking ''them'' in the balls.
* Foe: The party gets 1[[d6]] bonus damage when they kick a single one of those fucks in the balls.
* Dread Secret: The Archivist says a terrible secret (likely balls-related) about the target so that it becomes dazzled, dazed or stunned, allowing for that fuck to be better kicked in the balls.
* Foreknowledge: The party gets bonuses to their AC, allowing them to better defend themselves against being kicked in the balls by one of those fucks attacking them.

The Archivist starts out with being able to do use Tactics three times a day, eventually unlocking all of them and becoming able to use these powers nine times per day. This check is made on a DC15 Knowledge (Arcana, Dungeoneering, Nature, Religion or The Planes) check: if they pass the power works. If they pass these checks with a 25+ or a 35+ these powers become more potent: bonuses go from +1 to +2 or +3 or the effects become more serious. As the Archivist levels they four times gain a +2 bonus on any of their knoweldge checks, and a +2 Decipher Script bonus the first time. They also get a one-time +2 bonus on saves agains the school of Enchantment for some reason, and an extra feat at levels 10 and 20 for a skill or spell focus or a metamagic- or item creation feat.

But that's not what you're here for. The main feature of the Archivist is that it's a divine spellcaster who can learn their spells independently and record them in a spellbook, much like a [[Wizard]]. They gain a good deal of spells per day too: 4 level 0 and 5 for all the remaining levels for a massive repertoire of 49 spells per day before any bonuses from their attributes. [[INT]] is by far the most important stat for the Archivist: it improves their [[skills]] and their spellcasting at the same time. Make sure to take the Academic Priest feat from Legend of the Twins (an obscure [[Dragonlance]] book) that allows Divine casters to use their INT instead of their WIS for bonus spells to become SAD.

The Archivist is unique in that they learn their spells (aside from the one they get from leveling up) from external sources, much like the [[Erudite]] does, but instead of learning from the minds or treasures of their enemies, they learn from scrolls and other written sources. This means that the Archivist has to personally dig into long-forgotten tombs, dungeons and other Places Man Was Not Meant To Go and copy whatever he finds (according to the regular rules regarding copying spells from other sources; have fun hanging upside down from your ankles for 24+ hours while you copy the text written on the side of a tunnel going straight down into the [[Underdark]]).