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Untapped Classes

Worldthought Adjuncts

Author: Jeremy Smith, Shane O’Connor

Editor: Jeremy Smith

Design / Layout: Jeremy Smith

Interior Illustrations: Rick Hershey, V. Shane

Cover Illustration: John Milner

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Untapped Classes: Worldthought Adjuncts

Worldthought Adjuncts

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

To qualify to become an initiate of the worldthought,

a character must fulﬁll the following criteria.

Base Attack: +3.

Skills: Knowledge (psionics) 8 ranks, Psicraft 4

ranks.

Feats: Detect Network*.

Psionics: Power point reserve.

Special: Must have been a member of a

worldthought network for at least six months.

As society minds developed, bringing more

individuals into worldthought networks, there

evolved individuals with the ability to manipulate

these networks, even if they themselves were

not society minds. These worldthought adjuncts

learned how to make use of the mental connections

in a variety of ways. Those who sought to further

enhance the network came to be known as Initiates

of the Worldthought, while those who discerned

ways to subvert, attack, or even destroy these

worldthought networks came to be known as

Isolated Minds.

CLASS SKILLS

The initiate of the worldthought’s class skills are

Bluff, Concentration, Craft (any), Diplomacy,

Gather Information, Knowledge (psionics),

Psicraft, and Sense Motive.

Skill Points per Level: 4 + Int modiﬁer

Initiates of the

Worldthought

“Please, let me share my thoughts with yours.”

The ability of a society mind to join members into

a worldthought network serves to unite disjointed

minds into a single collective, allowing the society

mind to share abilities over the network as needed

or desired. Some individuals have learned to do

this to another’s network, harnessing the power of

another’s worldthought network. These initiates

of the worldthought are often actively sought out

by society minds to have as members of their own

worldthought networks.

CLASS FEATURES

The initiate of the worldthought specializes in ways

to augment and manipulate a worldthought network

without causing a disruption in the connection. All

of the following are class features of the initiate of

the worldthought.

Weapon and Armor Proﬁciency: Initiates of the

worldthought gain no additional weapon or armor

proﬁciencies.

Manifesting : At every level indicated, the

character gains additional power points per day and

access to new powers as if she had also gained a

level in whatever manifesting class she belonged to

before she added the prestige class. She does not,

however, gain any other beneﬁt a character of that

class would have gained (bonus feats, metapsionic

or item creation feats, and so on). This essentially

means that she adds the level of initiate of the

worldthought to the level of whatever manifesting

class the character has, and then determines power

points per day, powers known, and manifester level

accordingly.

If a character had more than one manifesting class

BECOMING AN INITIATE OF THE

WORLDTHOUGHT

An unusual path for most, becoming an initiate

of the worldthought can seem an unusual choice.

Exclusively for those who have been a part of a

worldthought network, the mantle of the initiate

of the worldthought suits a broad spectrum of

individuals; indeed, psions, psychic warriors, even

some soulknives and rogues with psionic ability

might choose to learn the way of the initiate of the

worldthought, if they are almost always a member

of a worldthought network.

Untapped Classes: Worldthought Adjuncts

before she became an initiate of the worldthought,

she must decide to which class she adds the new

level of initiate of the worldthought for the purpose

of determining power points per day, powers

known, and manifester level.

Harmonic Member (Su): An initiate of the

worldthought’s mere presence within a worldthought

network improves the network. An initiate of the

worldthought does not count against the total

number of members a worldthought network may

contain. In addition, so long as the initiate of the

worldthought is in the worldthought network, the

creator of the network gains the Sheltered Soul feat

(detailed below).

Worldthought Powers (Su): An initiate of the

worldthought is aware of the status of a network

she is a part of and can, roughly, sense the presence

of each member, although beyond telling if such a

creature is still a member, this has no mechanical

beneﬁt. An initiate of the worldthought can manifest

certain powers through the worldthought network.

If a psionic power speciﬁes one or more willing

targets (or is harmless) and has a range greater

than personal, she can manifest this power on a

member of her network regardless of the range of

the actual power. All other non-range restrictions

still apply. She may also manifest any power with

the Network descriptor this way, regardless of their

actual ranges or targets. If she is capable of casting

spells, any compatible spell with a range greater

than touch can also be used through the network.

Anchor Network (Su): At 2 nd level, an initiate of

the worldthought is able to support a worldthought

network should something happen to its creator.

If the creator of a worldthought network is no

longer able to sustain the network (e.g. by running

out of power points, dying, etc.) the initiate of the

worldthought automatically maintains it.

So long as the initiate of the worldthought has a

power point reserve, the network does not collapse.

The initiate does not gain any additional ability

to manipulate the network, and the range of the

network becomes centered on her. If the network

members were able to use cooperative healing and

telepathy through the network, they are able to do

so while the initiate of the worldthought maintains

it. The total number of members the network may

support remains what it was when the creator of

the network maintained it (plus the initiate of the

worldthought’s shared burden ability; see below);

no new members may be added to the network

while the initiate is maintaining it (unless she uses

the expand network ability; see below). Once the

original creator of the network is able to sustain the

network again, they may automatically do so as a

standard action that does not provoke an attack of

opportunity once they are within network range of

the initiate of the worldthought.

Shared Burden (Su): More talented initiates of

the worldthought have discovered how to aid the

director of the network. Starting at 2 nd level, any

worldthought network of which the initiate of the

worldthought is a member can have a number of

additional members equal to the initiate of the

worldthought’s Wisdom modiﬁer (minimum 1).

Expand Network (Su): At 3 rd level, an initiate

of the worldthought is able to add members to her

worldthought network on behalf of its creator. As

a standard action, the initiate of the worldthought

may add a willing creature within line of sight to

any network she is a part of; the target is treated in

all ways as a normal member of the worldthought

network from then on. If the initiate of the

worldthought is a member of multiple worldthought

networks, she must choose which network to add the

creature to when using this power. The network’s

creator is automatically aware of when the initiate

of the worldthought adds a member in this way.

Echo of the Worldthought (Su): Once an initiate

of the worldthought has achieved 3 rd level, she is

able to form a type of “satellite network,” separate

from any worldthought network she may already

TABLE 1: INITIATE OF THE WORLDTHOUGHT

HD: d6

Base

Attack Bonus

Fort

Save

Ref

Save

Will

Save Special

Level

Manifesting

+0 +0 +2 Harmonic member, worldthought powers -

+0 +0 +3 Anchor network, shared burden +1

+1 level of existing class

+1 +1 +3 Expand network, echo of the

worldthought

+1 level of existing class

Untapped Classes: Worldthought Adjuncts

be a part of. The satellite network functions exactly

as a 3 rd -level society mind’s worldthought network

class ability, and the initiate is treated as having the

cooperative healing and telepathy class abilities

as a society mind for their satellite network. The

range of this network is 30 feet from the initiate

of the worldthought, and it may only have up to

three members (not counting the initiate of the

worldthought herself, who is always considered

to be a member of her own satellite network); she

may not use her share burden ability to add more

members to her satellite network.

worldthought network, the other members who

share that network with you are all valuable

resources upon which you can draw. As you go

on, you may join multiple networks, thereby

markedly increasing the pool of allies you have

at your disposal. Initiates of the worldthought are

very valuable to society minds, and so you should

always have someone at your back, willing to

support you.

INITIATES OF THE WORLD-

THOUGHT IN THE WORLD

“I knew she was different the moment she joined

us. Most minds passively accept being in a network,

drawing upon it when needed, but her’s seemed

to rejoice at the connection and eagerly lent her

strength to us all. It was like expecting to

be greeted with a handshake and instead

receiving a warm embrace.”

Jaieth, human society mind

PLAYING AN INITIATE OF THE

WORLDTHOUGHT

As an initiate of the worldthought, you support

your support system. You always make sure

to stay within your worldthought network if

at all possible, as you strengthen and stabi-

lize it. Should something ever happen to

your society mind, you’re there to hold

the network together.

Initiates of the worldthought are

second only to society minds for how

invested they are in a worldthought

network. They tend to think of the

good of the network as a whole,

and venture out to ﬁnd new people

who would make a good addition to

the network. Eventually, they grow

so invested that they are able to form a

pseudo-network of their own, acting as an

auxiliary.

Combat

Your abilities as an initi-

ate of the worldthought

are of little use in a battle.

However, you have the pow-

er to channel beneﬁcial powers

through your worldthought net-

work to aid your allies in a ﬁght.

Beyond that, your role in combat

is largely deﬁned by your other

abilities.

Organization

Virtually all initiates of the

worldthought are part of a

worldthought network at any

given time, meaning that

they all belong to a de

facto organization.

Many take the Sub-

network feat, and

become mem-

bers of multiple

networks at

once, helping

to create mas-

sive networks

Advancement

As an initiate of the

worldthought, you play a

support role within your

worldthought network. As

such, it may be useful to

take some powers that can

be used through your net-

work, particularly bufﬁng

and healing powers.

Resources

As a valued member of a

Kareena is deadly with a sword, but is also able to join

her companions in a worldthought network

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