Entropist

The great majority of kineticists have stable power sources to draw from, whether they dedicate themselves to a single element or spread their abilities amongst several at once. For some who revere the powers of Chaos and Entropy however, their power can be granted by a more capricious source. Entropists’ elemental powers prove incredibly unpredictable, even to themselves. The erkunae people of Erkus combine elemental skills with the power of Chaos, as do others that emulate them.

Alignment: Entropists are typically just as fickle as their powers are, leaning toward chaotic, but some are neutral, simply not concerned with how their power manifests. The random nature of an entropist’s kinetic powers seems to be stifled by more rigid personalities; as such, an entropist cannot be lawful. If an entropist’s alignment ever changes to lawful, they can no longer gain kineticist levels and lose all supernatural and spell-like abilities granted through class features until their alignment is returned to an acceptable one.

Class Skills

The entropist does not gain specific class skills based on their chosen elements (see Planar Array) but gains Knowledge (planes) as a class skill.

This alters the kineticist’s class skills.

Planar Array (Ex)

At 1st level, rather than choosing one element, the entropist must choose a group of four elements known as an array. The choices include:

• Elemental Array – Air, Earth, Fire, Water
• Esoteric Array – Aether, Light, Time, Void
• Material Array – Poison, Sound, Viscera, Wood

This determines what wild talents they can learn as well as what elements are available for their shuffling focus and favored focus abilities. At the GM’s discretion, they or the player can instead choose four elements for an array, assigning each to a number 1-4 for the purpose of shuffling focus. Choosing an array also grants the entropist an attuned heirloom, typically a striking piece of jewelry, exotic weapon or bizarre tri-dimensional device.

The attuned heirloom contains all of the entropist’s wild talents, and they cannot access them without it. If the attuned heirloom is lost or destroyed, the entropist must seek out a new heirloom, spending one week’s time and 500 gp per entropist level in the process. This new heirloom contains a number of 1st level wild talents equal to the entropist’s Constitution modifier in addition to any bonus wild talents gained based on the entropist’s level.

Wild Talents

Unlike most kineticists, entropists learn a great multitude of infusion and utility wild talents, but do not necessarily have access to them all at once. Entropists can learn and prepare wild talents in much the same manner as an arcanist might learn and prepare spells.

To prepare and use wild talents, the entropist must have a Constitution score of at least 10 + the wild talent’s level, and the wild talent must be either universal or an element within their chosen array. They can prepare one wild talent of each wild talent level they can access based on their entropist level. In addition, starting at 3rd level, they can prepare additional wild talents if they have high Constitution (refer to Table: Ability Modifiers and Bonus Spells). However, no matter what their level or Constitution modifier, they can never have more than three wild talent slots of each wild talent level unless they’ve gained additional slots from the Extra Talent Slots feat.

To prepare any utility wild talent that has a prerequisite, they must also prepare its prerequisite wild talent or, if the prerequisite is a basic utility or defense wild talent, have access to it through an entropist class ability, a utility wild talent, or a feat. Infusions can be prepared even if their prerequisites are not (for example, flurry of blasts can be prepared without needing to prepare extended range). Utility wild talents can be prepared and benefited from even if the entropist does not have access to the wild talent’s element (for example, an entropist who prepares wings of air gains its benefits even if they are not an aerokineticist), but infusions can still only be used with their associated blasts. Both infusions and utility wild talents share the same pool of slots per day.

Wild talents can be prepared in any slot of their level or higher; if a utility wild talent is prepared in a higher-level slot, the wild talent’s save DCs receive a competence bonus equal to the slot’s level minus the wild talent’s level (for example, a 1st level wild talent prepared in a 3rd level slot receives a +2 competence bonus to its DCs); they do not gain this bonus if they possess the Adaptive Utility feat or if they are a legendary kineticist.

The entropist can also choose to leave a wild talent slot empty, but this provides them with no benefit. They cannot prepare the same wild talent in multiple slots.

Unlike other wild talents, basic utility and defense wild talents, as well as utility wild talents that could be selected in the place of a basic utility wild talent (such as glass cannon) do not need to be prepared in this way; whether temporarily or permanently available to the entropist, they can always access them, much like how psychic casters can access knacks.

An entropist can know any number of wild talents.

They must choose and prepare their wild talents by getting 8 hours of sleep and meditating for 1 hour with their attuned heirloom. While meditating, they select which wild talents they have access to that day. For the purpose of prestige classes that gain spells per day, the entropist is treated as a psychic spellcaster, using this class feature in place of spells per day.

Starting Wild Talents: An entropist begins play with an attuned heirloom which contains three 1st-level wild talents of their choice. They also learn additional 1stlevel wild talents equal to their Constitution modifier.

Basic utility wild talents cannot be learned this way.

Learning New Wild Talents: Each level they select one new wild talent of a level up to 1/2 their entropist level, and this wild talent is infused into their attuned heirloom. They do not need to meet prerequisites involving basic utility or defense wild talents, but can only choose universal wild talents or those of elements within their array, and must meet any other prerequisites; they cannot learn basic utility wild talents in this manner. At any time they can learn a new wild talent for which they qualify by meditating over another entropist’s attuned heirloom or a crystal of elemental knowledge which contains the wild talent, being taught by any kineticist who possesses the wild talent, or spending time within an elemental saturation, otherwise using the same rules as those they learn upon gaining levels. If none of these methods is available, they can choose to meditate over their attuned heirloom for eight hours per level of the wild talent they wish to learn (these do not need to be consecutive, but cannot include hours spent resting or preparing wild talents), as well as spending 300 gp per level of the wild talent on components to help them focus on their elements.

This alters and replaces infusions and utility wild talents.

Shuffling Focus (Ex)

Each day, the entropist’s attuned heirloom becomes aligned to a random element in their chosen array; the heirloom floods their body with power, allowing them temporary access to a single simple kinetic blast of their choice belonging to that element, as well as temporarily granting them that element’s basic utility wild talent. Wild talents of the same element as their shuffling focus receive a +1 bonus to their DCs and caster levels, while those that are not of their shuffling focus or favored focus elements receive a -1 penalty to DCs and caster levels (minimum caster level 1st). Universal wild talents receive neither a bonus nor a penalty in this fashion.

They must roll a d4, using the table below to determine their shuffling focus for the day (or using the numbers assigned to the elements chosen for their array if allowed to create a custom array for themselves):

1. Air (Elemental Array), Aether (Esoteric Array), or Poison (Material Array)
2. Earth (Elemental Array), Light (Esoteric Array), or Sound (Material Array)
3. Fire (Elemental Array), Time (Esoteric Array), or Viscera (Material Array)
4. Water (Elemental Array), Void (Esoteric Array), or Wood (Material Array)

This replaces elemental focus and alters kinetic blast.

Mutable Defense (Su)

Starting at 2nd level, when an entropist’s shuffling focus element is chosen, they gain temporary access to that element’s defense wild talent as well. Entropists cannot take the expanded defense wild talent.

This alters elemental defense.

Favored Focus (Ex)

At 7th level, the entropist has adapted to their powers well enough to choose one they favor, and is capable of accessing their powers in this element at any time. They select one element from their array, permanently learning a single simple blast and the basic utility and defense wild talents of that element, and receive a permanent +1 bonus to DCs and caster levels on wild talents of this element. They cannot replace a basic utility wild talent gained this way with another utility wild talent. In addition, they can access the simple blast and basic utility wild talent this grants even if they’ve lost their attuned heirloom, but treat themselves as a kineticist 1/5 their entropist level to determine their effects until the attuned heirloom is replaced.

When their shuffling focus element is determined, if it is a different element than their favored focus, they gain temporary access to any composite blasts with the blast they choose for it and the blast provided by their favored focus as prerequisites, as well as any composite blast for which a blast they know and expanded element (any) would be prerequisites (such as aetheric boost).

Their shuffling focus element’s bonuses to DCs and caster levels increase to +2.

If their shuffling focus and favored focus are the same element, they instead gain temporary access to the composite blast that would require that element as both their primary and expanded element, as well as gaining access to both simple blasts for that element should more than one be available and any composite blasts for which a blast they possess and expanded element (any) would be prerequisites. Their defense wild talent is treated as if they’d accepted 1 burn per 6 entropist levels to improve it (up to 3 at 18th), and they receive a +3 bonus to the DCs and caster levels of this element’s wild talents (not stacking with their favored focus element’s normal +1 bonus) and increase the penalty to DCs and caster levels of other elements to -2.

At 15th level, the entropist gains a second favored focus element and permanently gains any composite blasts they would qualify for with the two blasts they have permanent access to alongside the normal benefits this class feature grants. They cannot select the same element as they chose at 7th level, and do not suffer the -2 penalty for one of these elements if their shuffling focus is the same as the other element (but still suffer this penalty on elements they cannot access). Any composite blasts gained this way can be accessed if the entropist loses their attuned heirloom, but are treated as if from a kineticist 1/5 the entropist’s level until the attuned heirloom is replaced.

This replaces expanded element.

Bend Fate (Sp)

At 9th level, the entropist learns to sacrifice a little of their power to subtly guide the fates to bend to their will. When rolling to determine their shuffling focus element, the entropist can choose to reroll the result once per day. If they choose to reroll, however, they cannot prepare wild talents at the highest level at which they could normally prepare them, and they must take the result of the second roll to determine their shuffling element even if it is the same as the first. At 17th level, they can instead choose their element from any within their array, making themselves unable to prepare wild talents at the two highest levels at which they could normally prepare them (this decision can be made whether or not they have already used bend fate to reroll). If they use the ability this way, they cannot select the same element they had as their shuffling element the previous day unless they give up the ability to prepare wild talents at the third-from-highest level they normally could prepare as well.

This replaces metakinesis (maximize) and metakinesis (twice).

Full Array (Sp)

At 20th level, the entropist loses one less level of wild talents they can prepare when using their bend fate ability (they lose no wild talent slots for rerolling, lose only the highest level of slots when they choose a different element than they had the previous day without rolling, and lose only the two highest levels of slots if they choose the same element as the previous day without rolling). They can choose to accept 3 burn when using their bend fate ability to choose an element without rolling; if they do so, they can choose any element, even if it is not within their array, without losing the ability to prepare wild talents. In addition, they permanently gain access to array blast.

This replaces omnikinesis.

Anarchic Mutation

Though entropists are known to have a chaotic source of power, only a few are born with the mindset to truly embrace the nature of their abilities.

Restrictions: Must use the entropist archetype and must be chaotic.

Benefit(s): At 7th level, rather than selecting a favored element, an entropist with this mutation selects a second planar array which does not include elements of the array they already possess, assigning its elements to the numbers 5-8. When they roll for their shuffling element, they instead roll 2d8 to determine two shuffling focus elements, gaining the benefits as if they possessed the elements they rolled for as a primary and an expanded element (choosing which is considered primary if they are different). At 15th they select a third planar array which cannot share elements with either array they already possess, assigning its elements to the numbers 9-12, and they roll 3d12 to determine three shuffling focus elements, gaining the benefits as if one was their primary element and the other two were expanded elements (if at least two shuffling elements are the same element, it is considered their primary element; otherwise they choose which is considered primary). In addition, an entropist with this mutation learns one additional wild talent per level beginning at 7th level, and two additional wild talents per level beginning at 15th level.

Drawback: An entropist with this mutation does not gain the favored focus class feature, and cannot select the Narrow Array or Wide Array feats. They can prepare one less wild talent per wild talent level per day. Aside from the shuffling focus element they choose as their primary element, all non-universal wild talents must be prepared as if they were 2 spell levels higher than their actual level, but are otherwise treated as being their actual level. Their array blast is only considered to be of their shuffling focus elements, is only associated with those elements’ infusions, and they select three damage types for it to deal rather than four, which must be among those that can be dealt by simple blasts of their shuffling focus elements.

Array Blast

Element(s): varies (see text); Type composite blast (Sp); Level –; Burn 4; Aura varies (see text)

Prerequisite(s) entropist 20

Blast Type varies (see text); Damage varies (see text)

You have fully explored your array’s elements, and can combined them into a perfect storm of kinetic power.

You choose any four damage types that simple blasts in your array (even those you don’t possess) can deal, and this blast deals 10d6 damage of each type. You cannot choose the same type of damage multiple times unless there are three or fewer combined types of damage amongst simple blasts within their array’s elements, in which case you must choose all possible types before duplicating types. Force, sonic, and untyped damage is reduced to 10d4 each, and untyped damage is nonlethal.

This blast is only considered an energy blast if all types chosen are also energy types (in which case it has an aura of evocation [chaotic]); otherwise, it’s a physical blast, and deals an additional +1 damage per damage die (and has an aura of conjuration (creation) [chaotic]). This blast is counted as all four elements in your array, and is associated with infusions from all of those elements.

Entropists may learn the following unique feats:

Extra Wild Talent Slot

Prerequisite(s): Entropist 5, Con 17.

Benefit(s): You gain two additional slots in which you can prepare wild talents. These cannot be applied to the highest level of wild talent you can prepare, and you can never have more slots of one level available than you have of a lower level.

Special: This feat can be taken multiple times. Its effects stack.

Narrow Array

Prerequisite(s): Entropist 1, shuffling focus class feature.

Benefit(s): Choose one element in your array. Whenever you roll for shuffling focus or use your bend fate ability, reroll any dice that would give you the element chosen for this feat. You cannot choose this element for favored focus and cannot select it if you normally would be able to with your bend fate ability, but you can still learn wild talents of the chosen element as normal.

Special: This feat must be taken at 1st entropist level, and cannot be taken if you possess Wide Array or the anarchic mutation.

Spontaneous Talent

Prerequisite(s): Entropist 5.

Benefit(s): A number of times per day equal to your Constitution modifier, you can temporarily fill a wild talent slot that’s been left open, gaining access to a utility wild talent or infusion you know up to the level of the chosen slot for 1 minute. You can only spontaneously gain one wild talent at a time. This cannot be used to fill slots to which you don’t have access (such as by having too low a Constitution score or having used the bend fate class feature). This is a free action, but can only be performed once per minute.

Wide Array

Prerequisite(s): Entropist 1, shuffling focus class feature.

Benefit(s): Choose two elements not in your elemental array, assigning the number 5 to one and 6 to the other.

Whenever you roll for shuffling focus or reroll using your bend fate ability, roll d6s instead of d4s and apply the elements you’ve assigned to 5 or 6 for such rolls, and you can select these elements if you use bend fate to select an element without rolling. This feat does not allow you to learn wild talents outside of your array except for universal wild talents.

Special: This feat must be taken at entropist level 1, and cannot be taken if you possess Narrow Array or the anarchic mutation.

Entropists can manifest the following unique mutation: