Occultist Unified Tradition for Champions/Legends of the Spheres & (New) Exit

The occultist is not a skilled class but, like the arcanist, it is so entwined with the idea of using magic items that the Artifice and Spellhacking spheres seem made just for him. So maybe he’s the real psychic factotum class?

Occultist

Occultists are experts in the use of any type of magic items in combat or to cast spells.

Magic Type: Psychic
Casting Ability Modifier: Intelligence

Bonus Combat Talents:

Equipment: Craftsman

Dual-Wielding Sphere

Scoundrel Sphere

Variable: Occultists gain either the Barroom sphere (with the Teetotaler drawback) or one talent of their choice from the Equipment sphere.

Bonus Magic Talents: Mana sphere, any one other sphere of the occultist’s choice.

Drawbacks: Emotional Casting, Rigorous Concentration
Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per three levels in casting classes.

Bonus Skill Talents:

Automatic Trade Talents: Archaeologist, Artisan.

Trade Talent Class Skills: Appraise, Disable Device, Disguise, Knowledge (engineering), KnowledgeR (history), Sleight of Hand, Spellcraft, Use Magic Device.

Automatic Skill Sphere: Spellhacking sphere.

Adroit Trade Talents: Historian, Medium.

Trade Talent Class Skills: Diplomacy, Fly, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (planes), KnowledgeR (religion), Linguistics.

R Sense Motive in place of redundant Knowledge (history), Knowledge (nature) in place of redundant Knowledge (religion).

Adroit Bonus Skill Talents: Artifice sphere or the Spellhacking sphere (Repurpose Activated Item talent).

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Plus, here’s an odd thing I found by chance while checking my author profile on DrivethruRPG. Some years ago I wrote some contributions for an Italian supplement for Shadow of the Demon Lord and I had pretty much forgot about it after that because the publisher didn’t contact me again… now I found that apparently the supplement has been translated into English and published on DrivethruRPG without me knowing anything. So I have something else to put in my author page and didn’t expect it. Enjoy, if you like, Death and Decay: Creature Codex for Shadow of the Demon Lord.