Dragon Disciple Traditions For the Spheres System: Casting, Martial, or Unified

These traditions can be used either as single parts by pure casters/martial characters, or as a whole by hybrid characters.

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Dragon Disciple Casting Tradition

Dragon disciples are casters that claim a draconic pact or ancestor in their familiar story. 

Magic Type: Arcane

Casting Ability Modifier: Charisma

Drawbacks: Somatic Casting (alternate), Verbal Casting, Energy Focus [Destruction], Limited Warp [requires chosen element, Warp], Focused Weather [Weather]

Boon: +1 spell point at 1st level, +1 per 3 levels in casting classes.

Dragon Disciple Martial Tradition

Dragon disciples are warriors that claim a draconic pact or ancestor in their familiar story.

Bonus Talents:

Alchemy Sphere (formulae package)

Barroom Sphere: Alchemical Dragon

Variable: Dragon disciples gain one talent of their choice from the Alchemy, Barroom, or Equipment sphere.

Dragon Disciple Unified Tradition

Dragon disciples are casters that claim a draconic pact or ancestor in their familiar story. They can be pure casters or warriors and only use the relative part of this tradition, or combine both and use the whole of it. 

Magic Type: Arcane

Casting Ability Modifier: Charisma

Bonus Combat Talents:

Alchemy Sphere (formulae package)

Barroom Sphere: Alchemical Dragon

Variable: Dragon disciples gain one talent of their choice from the Alchemy, Barroom, or Equipment sphere.

Bonus Magic Talents: Destruction sphere, either the Nature sphere or one other talent of their choice from the Destruction sphere.

Drawbacks: Somatic Casting (alternate), Verbal Casting, Energy Focus [Destruction], Limited Warp [requires chosen element, Warp], Focused Weather [Weather]

Boon: +1 spell point at 1st level, +1 per 3 levels in casting classes.

Kineticist Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

A kineticist is not an arcane caster and so she had not a casting tradition in Spheres rules, but well, she “can” replace her talents with sphere powers.

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Kineticist

Kineticists who replace their elemental blasts and wild talents with magic talents specialize in creating elements and destroy things through elements.

Magic Type: Psychic

Casting Ability Modifier: Constitution

Bonus Talents: Destruction sphere, Nature sphere.

Drawbacks: Consciousness Linked, Emotional Casting

Boon: Overcharge

Shifter Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

Shifters don’t cast spells in Pathfinder 1E, but a Spheres shifter definitely should.

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Shifter

Magic Type: Divine
Casting Ability Modifier: Charisma
Drawbacks: Consciousness Linked; Animal Shaman (Mind), Lycanthropic (Alteration)
Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per 6 levels in casting classes.

Omdura Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

 Another minor class needing some love. And to think about it, not only Spheres love…

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Omdura

Magic Type: Divine

Casting Ability Modifier: Charisma

Bonus Magic Talents: Fate sphere, Protection sphere (Shared Aegis)

Drawbacks: Focus Casting, Verbal Casting; Aligned Combatant (Destruction), Aligned Protection (Protection)

Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per three levels in casting classes.

Vampire Hunter Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

 Even minor, usually-overlooked classes deserve some Spheres love. (And this is just the beginning…)

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Vampire Hunter

Magic Type: Divine
Casting Ability Modifier: Wisdom

Bonus Magic Talents: Fate sphere, Divine Force

Drawbacks: Focus Casting, Verbal Casting
Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per three levels in casting classes.

Rage Prophet Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

Another arcane class deserving traditions of its own.

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Rage Prophet

Magic Type: Divine

Casting Ability Modifier: Charisma

Bonus Magic Talents: Divination sphere, Fate sphere

Drawback: Verbal Casting

Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per six levels in casting classes.

Cabalist Vigilante Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

Like a witch, but not quite.

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Vigilante, Cabalist

Magic Type: Arcane

Casting Ability Modifier: Intelligence

Bonus Magic Talents: Blood sphere, Death sphere.

Drawbacks: Material Casting, Prepared Caster, Somatic Casting, Verbal Casting

Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per one and a half levels in casting classes.

Avenging Beast Vigilante Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

Latest casting tradition for a vigilante archetype, but we still haven’t seen the last of this class.

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Vigilante, Avenging Beast

Magic Type: Divine

Casting Ability Modifier: Wisdom

Bonus Magic Talents: Alteration Sphere, Nature Sphere

Drawbacks: Focus Casting, Verbal Casting; Animal Shaman (Mind)

Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per three levels in casting classes.

Magical Child Vigilante Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

 Majokko, pretty soldiers and sentai heroes need a tradition only for them.

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Vigilante, Magical Child

Magic Type: Arcane
Casting Ability Modifier: Charisma

Bonus Magic Talent: Alteration Sphere, Conjuration Sphere.

Drawbacks: Somatic Casting, Verbal Casting
Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per three levels in casting classes.

Zealot Vigilante Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

A sacred vigilante who casts rather in the same way as an inquisitor.

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Vigilante, Zealot

Magic Type: Divine

Casting Ability Modifier: Wisdom

Bonus Magic Talents: Fate Sphere, Protection Sphere.

Drawbacks: Focus Casting, Verbal Casting

Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per three levels in casting classes.

Vigilante Warlock Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

The vigilante is a very diverse class and his different archetypes need different casting and martial traditions, so this one will be a long sub-series…

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Vigilante, Warlock

Magic Type: Arcane

Casting Ability Modifier: Intelligence

Bonus Magic Talents: Destruction sphere, Nature sphere.

Drawbacks: Material Casting, Prepared Caster, Somatic Casting, Verbal Casting

Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per one and a half levels in casting classes.

Ninja Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

 Shinobi are famous for their shadow and illusion magic other than their deceiving arts. Some ninja can use magic talents.

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Ninja

Magic Type: Psychic

Casting Ability Modifier: Intelligence

Drawbacks: Mental Focus, Somatic Casting, Verbal Casting; Lycanthropic (Alteration), Figment Companion (Conjuration), Personal Meld (Dark), Personal Magics (Enhancement), Personal Time (Time), Personal Warp (Warp)

Boons: Drawback Feat (Powerful Focus); +1 spell point, +1 per 6 levels in casting classes

Arcane Trickster Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

After the trade tradition for this prestige class, I give you this one too (the bonus talents are optional).

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Arcane Trickster

Magic Type: Arcane

Casting Ability Modifier: Intelligence

Bonus Magic Talents:

Illusion Sphere: Suppression

Telekinesis Sphere: Telekinetic Tools

Drawbacks: Coy Caster, Skilled Casting (Sleight of Hand), Personal Illusion (Illusion), Passive Telekinesis (Telekinesis)

Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per three levels in casting classes.

Investigator Casting Tradition for Spheres of Power

So I realized that Investigators have not a casting tradition of their own in Spheres of Power. Maybe the authors thought that the Alchemist tradition could do for Investigators too. There are other casting traditions that are similar to one another, though, so I thought I’d fill the hole here.

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Investigator

Magic Type: Arcane

Casting Ability Modifier: Intelligence

Drawbacks: Material Casting, Prepared Casting, Skilled Casting (Craft/Alchemy).

Boon: +1 spell point per level gained in casting classes.

New Spheres of Power casting tradition: Ballerina

This new casting tradition for the Spheres of Power system will be used with my next build. Guess who I’m going to stat this time?

Casting Tradition: Ballerina

A ballerina is similar to a bard, but just uses her charming moves and sway to cast spells.

Drawbacks: Skilled Casting [Perform/Dance], Somatic Casting x2.

Boons: none.

New Caster Tradition: Ballerina

This is a new Spheres of Power casting that I created for the Whirling Seer from the last post.
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Casting Tradition: Ballerina

A ballerina is similar to a bard, but just uses her charming moves and sway to cast spells.

Drawbacks: Skilled Casting [Perform/Dance], Somatic Casting x2).

Boons: none.

New Casting Tradition: Prestidigitation

This new casting tradition was used in my latest build, and it’s great for thieves/mages and con men!
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Prestidigitation

Prestidigitators make exhibitions in streets and theaters, entrancing the audience with their loud magic words and flamboyant gestures. Often they employ simple tricks, but seldom happens that their magic is real.

Drawbacks: Verbal Casting, Somatic Casting.

Boons: Easy Focus

New Caster Tradition: Battlemage

This is the Spheres of Power caster tradition I used with my latest build. It is fit for magi and other characters who use sword and spells together.
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Battlemage Tradition (arcane)

The battlemage tradition is a variant of traditional magic used by magi, that learn to cast spells in light armor. Battlemagi gain 2 spell points for every 3 levels they gain in a casting class.

Drawbacks: Verbal Casting, Material Casting, Prepared Caster, Somatic Casting

Boons: None