The Arcanist
Ironically, someone just came out with a character class that
has the same basic idea while I started work on this on
3/02/03.
This is a character class that is somewhere between a sorcerer
and a wizard. While these spellcasters use spell slots, the
arcanist uses mana points (they're like the psion's power
The Arcanist
By Mike Tomchuck [mailto:Necrotix4@aol.com]
Throughout the multiverse, there are many different types of
energy that people have learned to use and master. The monk
harnesses Ki energy for his exceptional abilities, and halflings
use the power of luck for many of their racial traits. Clerics use
divine energy from their gods to cast their spells, while sorcerers
and wizards put arcane energies to their own use. The arcanist
utilizes mana, energy drawn from the lands he calls home. Using
mana is like directly manipulating arcane energies and shaping
them to your will, much as a sorcerer does, but with a refined
discipline and understanding of the process. Their power
partially comes from inborn talent, partially from study, and
partially from their surroundings.
Adventures: Most arcanists adventure to improve their abilities
and gain more arcane knowledge. They travel to sample the
mana of other lands, and to research and study the behavior of it.
Mana fascinates those touched by it, and they will pursue more
knowledge of it, testing all of its limits. Knowledge is power, but
the arcanist's own natural talent manifests that power.
Many good arcanists seek to prove themselves in society or even
to other spell casters and spread the knowledge of their
alternative spell casting style to help benefit society. Evil ones
often have a particular lust for destruction and enslavement of
those who they see as below them, (which is almost everyone.)
Characteristics: Arcanists cast spells though direct
manipulation of the raw energy that powers spells. They usually
have an inborn talent for this, but may have acquired it or
improved it through meditation, practice, and study. Their magic
is both intuitive, and somewhat logical. They know fewer spells
than wizards, but more than sorcerers. They can cast spells less
often than sorcerers, but do not have spell slots. They learn spells
faster than wizards, and don't need to prepare them ahead of
time. Arcanists do not need a spellbook, though they can actually
learn spells from one. However, they do specialise in certain
colours of magic, (schools) so are limited to their spell selection,
though not as much as the wizard.
Arcanists study magic much of the time, but don't need to put in
nearly as much time and effort as wizards, so they have some
time to learn about the arts of war. They are proficient with
simple weapons.
Alignment: Most arcanists consider magic to be as much a
science as an art. They know the importance of discipline and
creativity, and most try to use them together. If experience with
mana teaches anything, it's the importance of balance, so
arcanists favour neutrality.
Religion: Many Arcanists warship Boccob, god of magic, whose
pentagon symbol they believe represents the five colours of
magic: white, blue, black, red, and green. Evil arcanists, or ones
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points) to cast his spells. I played Magic the Gathering before I
played D&D, and this is a character class that I adapted from that
game into the 3rd edition D&D rules. To play this class, you don't
really need to know how to play Magic, but it might help you to
understand certain aspects of this character class.
whose primary colour is black, worship Wee Jas, goddess of
death magic; or Nerull, god of death. Worshipers of Nerull
believe that the black mana symbol, a dark skull, it taken from
Nerull's symbol. Some arcanists warship other deities, or none at
all, since many are self taught and prefer to focus on their studies
and practice their skills.
Background: Like sorcerers, most arcanists discover their odd
talents around puberty or even much later in life. Their first
spells aren't really spells, just uncontrolled discharges of mana
that are often dangerous or startling. These discharges usually
only happen when the person gets very homesick from being
away for a long time. Some young arcanists eventually learn to
harness and control this strange power on their own, and find a
practical use for it, but most try to find a wizard's academy or
someone to help and teach them. Some people discover mana by
accident, through meditative techniques or in the case of
someone wanting to study to be a wizard. They go to an academy
to learn the arts of magic. They are smart, stubborn, and
determined to learn, but it just doesn't come to them. Some give
up, but some just want to learn it so bad that they eventually find
a different route to casting spells. They usually find this
alternative method by thinking of home during meditation.
Suddenly they have tapped into an energy reservoir that few have
even theorized existed. They have tapped their first mana from
the land. After this point, some stay at the school, and some
leave after being criticized by those other wizards that don't
understand how they are able to do it, since they cannot do it
themselves. Some arcanists that already discovered how to tap
mana to a degree, come to academies to study and learn about
their power. Most often they are turned away, as young sorcerers
are, by jealous wizards that don't understand their way of using
magic, since it took them years of painstaking study. Once most
arcanists learn more about how mana works, they often think of
wizards as ignorant (ironically) because they don't know why
magic works, just that it does, and how to work it. There are
actually a rare few academies that teach magic exclusively by
tapping mana.
Arcanists are much like sorcerers when it comes to working in a
group. It really depends on their alignment how they will work
together with others on any given adventure.
Races: Most arcanists are humans or elves. Humans are known
for trying new things, and elves meditate every day of their very
long life, sometimes discovering new things. However, the
ability to discover mana by different meditative techniques is
possible in any of the common races.
The brutal humanoids and other creatures from the savage lands
have been known to use the "alternative method" of casting
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spells. Usually orcish witch doctors and certain kobolds have
discovered the mana inherent in their lands.
Other Classes: Most arcanists are on their own and get along
best with members of the self-taught classes like monks, druids,
and sorcerers. Some arcanists are ex-monks that have discovered
mana through meditation and energy focus. Arcanists and some
sorcerers often dislike wizards because they were shunned by
them when they sought out help in learning magic and using
their powers. Arcanists cast the same spells as wizards and
sorcerers, but in a different way. Just as sorcerers cast spells
differently than wizards, arcanists use what you might call "the
third option." In an adventuring party, they often take the role
that a wizard would, since they are brainier, but less charismatic
than sorcerers, and many adventuring groups find any strong
spellcaster extremely useful on their journeys.
Game Rule Information
Arcanists have the following game statistics.
Abilities: Intelligence determines how powerful a spell an
arcanist can cast, how much mana he has access to, and how hard
those spells are to resist. To cast a spell, an arcanist must have an
intelligence score of 10 + the spell's level and enough mana to
pay the casting cost of the spell, which is equal to 1 + the spell's
level. An arcanist gets bonus mana based on intelligence. The
Difficulty Class of a saving throw against an arcanist's spell is 10
+ the spell's level + the arcanist's intelligence modifier. Like
wizards and sorcerers, an arcanist benefits from high Dexterity
and Constitution scores.
Alignment: Any, but neutrality in respect to law and chaos is
favoured.
Hit Die: d4.
Class Skills
The arcanist's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are
Alchemy (Int), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Knowledge
(arcana) (Int), Profession (Wis), Scry (Int, exclusive skill), and
Spellcraft (Int). See Chapter 4: Skills in the Player's Handbook
for skill descriptions.
Skill Points at 1st level: (2 + Int modifier) x 4.
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier.
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the arcanist.
Weapon and Armour Proficiency: Arcanists are proficient
with all simple weapons. They are not proficient with any type of
armour, nor with shields. Armour of any type interferes with an
arcanist's arcane gestures, which can cause his spells to fail (if
those spell have somatic components). Note that armour check
penalties for armour heavier than leather apply to the skills
Balance, Climb, Escape Artist, Hide, Jump, Move Silently, Pick
Pocket, and Tumble. Also, Swim checks suffer a -1 penalty for
every 5 pounds of armour and equipment carried.
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Spells: An arcanist casts arcane spells, the same type of spells
available to sorcerers and wizards. An arcanist's selection of
spells is very limited, but not quite as much as the sorcerer's.
Your arcanist begins play knowing five 0-level spells (also called
cantrips) and three 1st-level spells of your choice, depending on
which colours (schools) you have chosen for your arcanist to
specialise in. (This will be covered later). At each level, the
arcanist gains one or more new spells, as indicated on Table 3-
17b: The Arcanist. This table was taken and modified from table
3-17: Sorcerer Spells Known, and Table 3-16: The Sorcerer, on
page 49 in the Player's Handbook. (Note: The number of spells
an arcanist knows is not affected by his Intelligence bonus, if
any; the numbers on table 3-17b are fixed. However, the arcanist
does get bonus mana from a high intelligence score, just as a
sorcerer or wizard would get bonus spells from their key ability.)
These spells can be common spells chosen from the sorcerer and
wizard spell list (page 168 in the Player's Handbook), or they can
be unusual spells that the arcanist has gained some understanding
of by study. For example, like the sorcerer, an arcanist with a
scroll or spellbook detailing an unusual arcane spell (one not on
the sorcerer/wizard spell list) could select that spell as one of his
new spells for achieving a new level, provided the spell is the
right level. In any case, the arcanist can't learn spells at a faster
rate due to this means. It simply allows the arcanist to
occasionally select spells that aren't found on the sorcerer and
wizard spell list.
Mana Pool Bonus: Calculate your bonus mana, (½ character
level x Int mod) rounded down, and add this number to your
mana pool. This is otherwise identical to a sorcerer's or wizard's
bonus spells from a high Charisma or Intelligence score.
An arcanist casts spells by paying their casting cost, which is 1 +
the spell level in mana (mana cost). The Difficulty Class for
saving throws against arcanist spells is 10 + the spell's level (not
the casting cost) + the arcanist's Intelligence modifier. The
arcanist casts spells right on the spot just like the sorcerer, and
has no need to prepare spells ahead of time. Arcanists may not
cast more than 4 of a single spell in one day, even if they are
modified by metamagic feats to be a different level, but may cast
8 or more spells of the same level per day, as long as they are not
the same spell, and only if he has the mana to pay for them. For
example, Bob the Arcanist is 10th level and he knows 5 third
level spells. Two of the five third level spells he knows are
Fireball and Lightning bolt. Bob has 50 mana left and he wants
to blow up some orcs that are advancing on him. He can cast
Fireball 4 times and lightning bolt 4 times, (he has a lot of time
before the orcs catch up on him), but he can't cast Fireball 8
times or Lightning Bolt 8 times. Casting a total of 8 third level
spells would use up 32 mana (4 x (3 + 1) + 4 x ( 3 + 1)) and Bob
would have 18 mana left in his mana pool after the orcs are
reduced to smouldering bones and ashes. (Yes, this is overkill.)
A sorcerer of the same level could only cast 3 or 4 Fireballs or 3
or 4 lightning bolts, but he wouldn't use up most of his spell slots
like the arcanist. A sorcerer could however, use up the rest of his
higher spell slots to cast more Fireballs, but compared to the
arcanist, this is less efficient because you're wasting a higher
level spell slot that could have been used for a higher level spell.
Familiar: The arcanist may summon a familiar starting at 1st
level just as a sorcerer or wizard can. (The same rules apply).
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Bonus Feats: The arcanist gets one bonus feat at 2nd level, and
every four levels after that. A bonus feat must be a metamagic
feat, an item creation feat, or a metamana feat. (Metamana feats
are only available to the arcanist.)
Mana vs. Spell Slots: For the arcanist, mana replaces the spell
slots that a wizard or sorcerer would have, thus you can spend
lower level spell slots as mana points to pay for additional higher
level spell slots instead, or vice versa, but more efficiently for the
latter. This works much like the psion's power points (see the
Psionics Handbook) but uses a different number system. (The
arcanist has less points, but spells are cheaper to use than psionic
abilities.) This flexibility is not without a price, however. This
distribution system is only ¾ of what it would actually be if you
multiplied each spell slot of the wizard's spells per day table
numbers by 1 + the spell's level and added them together
according to character level. The amount of bonus mana is
figured differently than bonus spells, but it's still pretty accurate
for an intelligence modifier of +1 to +6. The arcanist's mana pool
refills every time he rests and meditates for at least 8 hours, just
like the sorcerer or wizard regains spell slots after rest. (The
same rules apply.) The Mana Pool: Your mana pool is your
reservoir of magical energy from which you draw from to cast
spells. Mana is energy that does not come from you directly, it
comes from the land. It comes from where you call home and
places that you are very familiar with. As you advance in level,
you are able to tap more mana more efficiently from more lands.
All of your total mana reserves do not have to reside in only one
spot. Many people feel at home in multiple places, or some
people have no one spot that they call home. Note: If your
homeland or most of the lands that you are familiar with become
significantly destroyed or horrifically polluted, you may lose
some mana points from your mana pool or even a level, until the
land is restored. (DM's discretion.) When you rest for at least 8
hours, you give your lands time to rest and recover, so they
"recharge" and your mana pool fills back up. When you tap mana
from the land to cast your spells, it doesn't cause any harm to the
land in any way, regardless of how much you tap from it.
Arcanists have a close relationship to the land that they use to
power their magic, and as a result, they are sensitive to
disturbances in certain energy fields, such as an anti-magic field,
dead magic zone, holy or unholy spots, or similar areas.
Interestingly, some gems can be tapped for mana the same way
lands can, and "refill" at the same rate. To use them, they must
be with you or you have to be wearing them as some form of
jewellery. (Usually a ring or necklace.) Also, when certain
objects are sacrificed, they can add to your mana pool as a one
time effect. In other words, they are temporary mana boosts.
Mana Burn: If you fail a Concentration check while casting a
spell for any reason, you automatically lose the spell (and the
mana) and suffer damage equal to the amount of mana spent on
the spell divided by 2. Working with mana can be dangerous,
and you pay the price when the flow is interrupted.
Choosing a Colour: The arcanist chooses schools of magic to
specialise in much as the wizard does, but follows a different set
of rules. For the arcanist, the eight schools of magic are now
divided into the five colours of magic. Obviously, some colours
include more than one school. The five colours of magic are:
White, Blue, Black, Red, and Green. See figure 1-1: The Colour
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Wheel. The eight schools of magic fit into the colours of magic
as follows: Abjuration (White), Divination (White or Blue),
Enchantment (Blue), Illusion (Blue), Necromancy (Black),
Evocation (Red), Conjuration (Green), and Transmutation
(Green). The colours of magic also have symbols, and some of
those symbols resemble those of some of the gods. White's
symbol looks like a white sun, kind of like Pelor's symbol. Blue's
symbol is a single blue rain drop. Black's is a dark skull that
resembles the symbol of Nerull. Red's symbol is a curving
fireball. Last but not least, Green's symbol is a green silhouette
of a large tree that is kind of shaped like Obad-Hai.
Figure 1-1: The Colour Wheel
White
Green Blue
Red Black
When you create an arcanist character, you must choose your
primary colour and up to two secondary colours. Many arcanists
warship the god of their corresponding primary colour, or at least
one of their secondary colours. Your secondary colours must be
allied with your primary colour or you can't choose that/those
colour(s). On the colour wheel, your primary colour has one ally
to the right of it, and one to the left of it. Its enemy colours are
opposite of it. For example, if you choose white as your primary
colour, you may learn spells of the white, green, or blue colour
schools, because green and blue are white's allied colours. (They
are right next to white on the colour wheel). You are prohibited
from learning spells that are from the black or red schools, (only
2, Evocation and Necromancy), since black and red are opposite
from white on the colour wheel, and therefore are enemy colours
of white. Naturally, your primary colour’s allied colours will be
enemy colours, (green is an enemy of blue in the example), but
this makes no difference in your spell school selection, and has
no impact on game play. (Just ignore that fact.)
Choosing a Race: The common races live in a variety of different
lands, (terrain types) and arcanists from these lands specialise in
different colours of magic. Table 1-2: Common Arcanists shows
what races favour what colour of magic.
Table 1-2: Common Arcanists
In the following list is the primary or secondary colours
associated with each race.
Halfling White
Gnome Blue
Dwarf Red
Half-Orc Red
Elf Green
Drow Red or Black
Half-Elf(nonDrow) Any
Human Any
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Class Abilities
Arcanists have a few, (and interesting) class abilities that are
usable once or more times per day. See table 1-3: Arcanist class
abilities.
Dispel Own: At 3rd level, the arcanist can voluntarily end any
spell he has cast before the duration would normally expire.
Doing so requires a partial action. He cannot dispel others' spells
by using this ability. This is a spell-like ability.
Mana Shield: Beginning at 4th level, the arcanist can activate
Mana Shield once per day as a partial action. Once activated,
whenever the arcanist would take damage, (except from mana
burn,) that damage is subtracted from their mana pool instead of
their hit points. This ability lasts for 1 minute/2 levels. If your
mana pool reaches 0 before the duration expires, the effect ends
and any remaining damage is dealt normally. You may use this
ability 1 additional time per day every three levels after 4th (7th,
10th, 13th, etc.) at a max of 6 times per day at level 19. You can
voluntarily end this effect prematurely if you desire, perhaps to
not burn up all your mana. (It still counts as a use per day.) At
9th level, you may use this ability on someone else instead of
yourself, but it counts as one of your uses per day. Any damage
that character would take is deduced from your mana pool
normally, until it reaches 0 and then that character takes the
damage. You may only have one mana shield in effect at a time.
This is a spell-like ability.
Greater Counterspelling: Beginning at 5th level, the arcanist is
able to counter any arcane spell he sees being cast (up to 400 ft)
by succeeding in a Spellcraft check (DC 15 + the spell's level) to
identify the spell and paying one plus the spell's level in mana.
This ability replaces normal counterspelling, but you still need to
ready an action to use it. The DC is reduced by 2 if the spell's
school is part of the arcanist's primary colour. Redirection:
Beginning at 11th level, the arcanist may redirect the target of
any arcane spell he sees being cast (up to 400 ft.) by succeeding
in a Spellcraft check (DC 15 + the spell's level) to identify the
spell and paying 2 + twice the level of the spell in mana. The DC
is reduced by 2 if the spell's school is part of the arcanist's
primary colour. You need to ready an action to use this ability.
You may use this ability a number of times per day equal to your
Intelligence modifier.

Table The Arcanist

Level Base Attack Fort Ref Will Mana Special
Bonus Save Save Save Pool*
1 +0 +0 +0 +2 4 Summon Familiar
2 +1 +0 +0 +3 6 Bonus Feat
3 +1 +1 +1 +3 8 Dispel Own
4 +2 +1 +1 +4 11 Mana Shield 1/day
5 +2 +1 +1 +4 15 Greater Counterspelling
6 +3 +2 +2 +5 20 Bonus Feat
7 +3 +2 +2 +5 26 Mana Shield 2/day
8 +4 +2 +2 +6 32
9 +4 +3 +3 +6 39 Mana Shield Other
10 +5 +3 +3 +7 47 Mana Shield 3/day, Bonus Feat
11 +5 +3 +3 +7 56 Redirection
12 +6/+1 +4 +4 +8 65
13 +6/+1 +4 +4 +8 75 Mana Shield 4/day
14 +7/+2 +4 +4 +9 86 Bonus Feat
15 +7/+2 +5 +5 +9 98
16 +8/+3 +5 +5 +10 110 Mana Shield 5/day
17 +8/+3 +5 +5 +10 123
18 +9/+4 +6 +6 +11 137 Bonus Feat
19 +9/+4 +6 +6 +11 151 Mana Shield 6/day
20 +10/+5 +6 +6 +12 165

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Table 2 Spells Per Day

Class Spells per Day
Level 0th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1 5 3 - - - - - - - -
2 6 4 - - - - - - - -
3 7 5 - - - - - - - -
4 8 5 2 - - - - - - -
5 8 6 3 - - - - - - -
6 9 6 4 2 - - - - - -
7 9 7 5 3 - - - - -
8 10 7 5 4 2 - - - - -
9 10 7 6 5 3 - - - - -
10 11 7 6 5 4 2 - - - -
11 11 7 7 6 5 3 - - - -
12 11 7 7 6 5 4 2 - - -
13 11 7 7 6 6 5 3 - - -
14 11 7 7 6 6 5 4 2 - -
15 11 7 7 6 6 6 5 3 - -
16 11 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 2 -
17 11 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 -
18 11 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 2
19 11 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 3
20 11 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4

MetaMagic Feats
When you use a MetaMagic feat, however many higher level
spell slots it would take to use it, that's how much extra mana
you have to pay to use that feat. If you combine two or more
MetaMagic feats, the extra mana cost is cumulative. Using a
MetaMagic feat still causes the spell to take a full round action to
cast, unless you're using Quicken Spell, of course.
MetaMana Feats
As arcanists learn more about mana and the world around them,
they acquire some interesting ways of modifying their spells and
manipulating mana. For example, to cast a Silenced spell, that
would take up a spell slot one level higher than the actual spell
level, but for the arcanist, casting a Silenced spell would cost 1
additional mana instead.
X Factor
You may pay extra mana to add extra dice to spell effects.
Prerequisite: Int 15+, Empower Spell
Benefit: When you cast a spell that uses dice to determine a
numerical effect, (such as Fireball, Lightning Bolt, Bull's
Strength, etc) you may pay 1 extra mana for 1 additional die
added to the effect, up to a maximum of 10 extra mana for 10
extra dice. For example, Dave is a 5th level arcanist that wants to
cast fireball and have it do more damage dice. Normally, since
he's 5th level, it would do 5d6 damage, but he wants to X Factor
it for 2, for two additional dice of damage. The Fireball would
now do 7d6 damage and cost 6 mana instead of 4. When you use
this feat, the spell level is unchanged, only the casting cost is
higher. Using this feat is a full round action. A spell enhanced by
the X factor feat may not be further enhanced by the Maximise
Spell feat or the Intensify Spell feat, though it may be further
enhanced by the Empower Spell feat.
Absorb Spell
You may absorb opponents' spells to refill your mana pool.
Prerequisite: Any non-evil alignment.
Benefit: Once per round, you may forgo a saving throw to avoid
the effects of an opponent's spell and absorb twice the spell level
as mana points into your mana pool instead of the spell affecting
you. You have a 60% + 5% per +1 of Intelligence mod chance of
success, otherwise you suffer the full effects of the spell. This
otherwise works like absorbing spell levels with Spellfire. Any
mana points over your maximum limit is temporary extra mana
that must be spent within one minute or you take damage equal
to one half of that amount (rounded up) as mana burn.
Normal: Without an Absorb feat, the only way to refill your
mana pool is to rest for at least 8 hours.
Absorb Soul
You can absorb the souls of newly deceased creatures to refill
your mana pool.
Prerequisite: Evil alignment, black as primary colour.

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Benefit: When you or an ally kills any living creature except an
elemental, you may attempt to absorb the soul of that creature
into your mana pool to refill it or get temporary extra mana. (See
above for temporary extra mana and mana burn.) You must do
this within the next hour after death or the soul is departed and
cannot be absorbed. To absorb a deceased creature's soul, you
must spend one full round and make a Spellcraft check (DC 10 +
the creature's effective character level) to add to your mana pool
an amount of mana equal to 10 + twice the character's ECL.
(Max of 50 mana.) If you are successful, you take one point of
temporary wisdom damage, and the creature can never be
resurrected, not even by a Wish or Miracle spell. If you use this
ability more than five times per day, there is a cumulative 5%
chance (for every additional use), that you become chaotic evil
or suffer insanity, as the spell. Flip a coin or have the DM
choose. If you become insane, a Restoration spell will undo the
effect, but it is possible to become insane again by using this
feat. (Reset the % chance.) If you were already chaotic evil,
using this feat more than five times per day has no penalty.
Normal: Without an Absorb feat, the only way to refill your
mana pool is to rest for at least 8 hours.
Sacrifice items
You can destroy magic items to refill your mana pool.
Benefit: You may destroy magic items and absorb their magical
energy into your mana pool, thus refilling it or gaining temporary
extra mana. When you destroy a magic item, you add 1% of its
market value (in gold pieces) to your mana pool. If you are over
your maximum limit, you must spend the excess mana within
one minute or take damage equal to one half of the remaining
amount in mana burn. You cannot gain more than 100 mana
points in this way.
Mana Barrier
Your Mana Shield now reduces damage.
Prerequisite: Mana Shield 4/day, caster level 13th.
Benefit: When you have your Mana Shield in effect on yourself,
you gain damage reduction 2/- Activating this feat requires a
partial action and drains 1 mana point per round every round this
feat is in effect. You may end this feat's effect at any time as a
free action. This form of damage reduction is an energy barrier
surrounding you, so it stacks with any damage reduction you
might already have from a class ability or magic items. However,
any damage reduction granted to you that surrounds you in an
energy barrier, such as a spell similar to Mage Armour, does not
stack with Mana Barrier.
Special: You may take this feat multiple times, its effects stack.
Each time you take this feat, your Mana Shield damage reduction
increases by 2. However, the cost of maintaining the shield is
still the same.
Multiclassing
Arcanists may freely multiclass (no XP penalties when counting
arcanist levels) with any class that doesn't cast spells. (Barbarian,
Fighter, Monk, or Rouge.) If your character already has a class
that casts spells, such as a level of sorcerer, wizard, Bard, Druid,
Ranger, or Paladin, you may not multiclass as an arcanist. It is
impossible for a character to use spell slots and mana to cast
spells. If you multiclass as a prestige class that casts spells,
instead of normally adding spell slots and spells per day when
you level up in that prestige class, use table 3-17b as if you
levelled up in the arcanist class to figure out mana and spells
known, for levelling up in the prestige class.

Increased Mana Pool Capacity

You know how to tap more mana from the land.
Prerequisite: Int 18+, caster level 9 or higher.
Benefit: You get +15 mana added to your mana pool. This is not
a one time affect, this is permanent. Every time you rest, your
mana pool refills to 15 more than it would normally. Also, you
only need to rest for 6 hours instead of 8 to refill your mana pool.

Extra Spell Casting

You can cast a total of 6 of a single spell per day instead of 4.
Prerequisite: Int 16+, caster level 3 or higher.
Benefit: You can cast any spell of 5th level or lower a total of 6
times per day instead of 4. This means you can cast 6 Fireballs, 6
Lightning bolts, Mage Armour 6 times, etc, as long as you have
the mana to pay for it. Spells higher than 5th level can still only
be cast up to 4 times per day.
Normal: Without this feat, you are limited to casting a single
spell a total of 4 times per day, regardless of spell level.

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