Punks are students of the streets: part unloved urchins, part acrobats, and part heralds of things to come. They are most at home in the hustle and bustle of major metropolises where the power of the “Spirit of Civilization” can be strongest felt. They are chosen from among the countless huddled masses who possess a certain skill set to champion the causes of Spirit of Civilization. The Spirit is a formed entity made from the concepts of progress, change, industry, discovery, and community.
Their chosen few, the punks, are typically destitute and fighting a battle they cannot possibly hope to win alone. Some start out as beggars, drunks, or vagrants; while others are given the power as young orphans or disenfranchised youths.
Regardless of where they come from, they always have a touch of destiny about them after their interaction with the Spirit of Civilization. They find themselves in the middle of social unrest, wars, power struggles, criminal enterprises, and many other things they would not typically be inclined to just serendipitously find themselves in the middle of. There are hundreds of these agents in the world, and the Spirit of Civilization guides them, pulling cosmic strings behind the scenes to bring about its own ends.
There is a second kind of punk. These are the ones who train to become one, making themselves the perfect candidate for the Spirit of Civilization to manipulate. These are typically found in quasi-religious orders in large (mostly human) cities. Externally, they look like vagrant camps, but they are actually skilled warriors fighting for revolution and social change in the world.
Role: Punks are extremely adept and unconventional fighters. The way they fight has a desperation to it akin to an enraged barbarian but with a creative and opportunistic nature not unlike a rogue. Unlike both of those classes, however, punks can move in unique and interesting ways as part of their typical combat style. They are aerial acrobatic specialists, and as such, punks favor hooked swords, whips, and other weapons that can be used to aid in their acrobatic movement styles.
On the flip-side, punks have supernatural abilities related to their connection to the Spirit of Civilization. As avatars of this inherently chaos-aligned, universal, metaphysical force, they possess chaotic supernatural abilities designed to hinder their foes.
These two aspects combine to make them oddball, acrobatic, front line combatants that specialize in debilitating their opponents.
Alignment: Any chaotic
Hit Dice: d10
Starting Wealth: 1d6 × 10 gp (average 35 gp.). In addition, each character begins play with an outfit worth 10 gp or less.
Class Skills: The class’s class skills are Acrobatics (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (Local) (Int), Perception (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Stealth (Dex), Survival (Wis), and Swim (Str).
Skill Ranks Per Level: 4 + Int modifier
Class Features[]
| Level | Base Attack Bonus | Fort Save | Ref Save | Will Save | Special | Movement Speed Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +1 | +0 | +2 | +0 | Countercultural hero, gravity gain | +0 ft. |
| 2nd | +2 | +0 | +3 | +0 | Chaotic beats, cityscape runner | +0 ft. |
| 3rd | +3 | +1 | +3 | +1 | Aerial antics, gravity gain, lifestyle choice | +0 ft. |
| 4th | +4 | +1 | +4 | +1 | Devil city parkour, stunt | +0 ft. |
| 5th | +5 | +1 | +4 | +1 | No fear, skyhook | +0 ft. |
| 6th | +6/+1 | +2 | +5 | +2 | Extreme acrobatics, freestyle, springboard | +10 ft. |
| 7th | +7/+2 | +2 | +5 | +2 | Lifestyle choice | +10 ft. |
| 8th | +8/+3 | +2 | +6 | +2 | Stall, stunt | +10 ft. |
| 9th | +9/+4 | +3 | +6 | +3 | No fear | +10 ft. |
| 10th | +10/+5 | +3 | +7 | +3 | Extreme acrobatics, freestyle | +15 ft. |
| 11th | +11/+6/+1 | +3 | +7 | +3 | Lifestyle choice | +15 ft. |
| 12th | +12/+7/+2 | +4 | +8 | +4 | Stunt | +15 ft. |
| 13th | +13/+8/+3 | +4 | +8 | +4 | Improved aerial antics (1/ turn) | +15 ft. |
| 14th | +14/+9/+4 | +4 | +9 | +4 | Extreme acrobatics, freestyle | +20 ft. |
| 15th | +15/+10/+5 | +5 | +9 | +5 | Lifestyle choice | +20 ft. |
| 16th | +16/+11/+6/+1 | +5 | +10 | +5 | Stunt | +20 ft. |
| 17th | +17/+12/+7/+2 | +5 | +10 | +5 | Improved aerial antics (2/ turn), improved devil city parkour | +20 ft. |
| 18th | +18/+13/+8/+3 | +6 | +11 | +6 | Extreme acrobatics, freestyle | +25 ft. |
| 19th | +19/+14/+9/+4 | +6 | +11 | +6 | Lifestyle choice | +25 ft. |
| 20th | +20/+15/+10/+5 | +6 | +12 | +6 | Freefall, stunt | +25 ft. |
The following are the class features of the punk.
Weapon and Armor Proficiencies[]
The punk is proficient with all simple weapons, hooked axe, shang gou, whips, all one-handed firearms, and light armor (not medium, heavy, or with any shields).
Countercultural Hero (Ex)[]
Given the vagrant beginnings of the punk and the punk’s countercultural mission, he gains an aura of chaos. The power of the punk’s aura of chaos (see the detect chaos spell) is equal to his punk level.
Gravity Gain (Ex)[]
At 1st level, the punk gains a circumstance bonus to his melee damage rolls based on how far above his enemy he is. The punk may only make an attack delivered after falling or jumping from a higher surface. He converts any falling damage he would normally take to additional damage on a single attack roll.
For every 10 feet the punk has fallen, he does an additional +1d6 damage. He may only roll a number of d6 dice equal to half his punk level (minimum of 1). For every additional 10 feet that a punk would fall he gains a +1 bonus on the damage roll for falls up to 200 feet. There is no further increase for falls above 200 feet. In addition, the punk of 3rd level or higher never takes falling damage from heights 10 feet per punk level or lower.
Example: The 4th level punk falls 30 feet and would normally take 3d6 damage. If he hits with his long sword, he would deal 1d8 (from his longsword) + 2d6 (from rolled falling damage) + 1 (from the extra falling damage) + his Strength modifier. Remember, the maximum fall damage a creature can take is 20d6.
| Because there is no “rules as written” definitive answer to how far a character falls in a given round, we will define it for the purpose of this class. If we apply a bit of physics to the question, the answer is about 575 feet for the first round he falls. The second round and every round thereafter, He falls 1,050 feet. The numbers are rounded for the sake of ease of use. |
Cityscape Runner (Ex)[]
At 2nd level, the punk gains a competence bonus on any Acrobatics checks and on Survival checks in urban environments equal to 1/2 his punk level.
Chaotic Beats (Sp)[]
At 2nd level, the punk gains the ability to use ghost sound as a spell-like ability at will so long as he uses it to produce music he finds appealing. He uses his punk level as his caster level.
Aerial Antics (Su)[]
At 3rd level, each time the punk successfully scores a hit with a melee attack against an opponent, he has the option to launch himself 5 feet into the air after the attack. If this moves the punk outside of the reach of his weapon, his attack ends.
Lifestyle Choices[]
At 3rd level, the punk’s lifestyle is affected by the training he has embarked upon. By allowing a little more of the Spirit of Civilization into his heart, the Spirit rewards the punk with supernatural gifts. At 3rd level and every 4 levels thereafter, the punk gains a lifestyle choice from the list below.
(Punk Lifestyle Choices can be found here)
Devil City Parkour (Ex)[]
At 4th level, as part of a move action, the punk can redirect his movement off a solid object that can support his weight (a wall, a refuse bin, a tree, etc) and continue the rest of his movement in a straight line (up, diagonal, etc). The punk must have at least 5 feet of movement before contacting the object in question.
Example: The punk is 10 feet from a wall. He has a move speed of 40 feet. He can move 10 feet, until he gets to the wall, and then travel the remainder of his movement speed (30 feet) straight upwards. He can also move at an angle if he wishes.
Stunt (Ex)[]
At 4th level and every 4 levels thereafter, the punk learns how to execute one of the following stunts or other aerial acrobatic maneuver while he is in the air. Any time the punk gains jumps or otherwise moves 5 feet upward, he can benefit from one stunt he knows how to perform. The punk can only benefit from one stunt at a time and never gain a benefit from this class feature more than once per turn.
- Charge: The punk may charge vertically so long as he begins his turn on the ground. He may count falling straight down as if he was charging if he wishes.
- Dive: The punk may target the ground where he lands with a melee attack that automatically hits. If he deals damage equal to or greater than the hardness of the surface he lands on, he can dig a hole 5 feet deep as part of the action of landing. This impact crater can be used to provide him with cover or the like.
- Dive Roll: The punk gains a +4 dodge bonus to his AC against attacks until the end of his turn.
- Falcon Swoop: For the purpose of the gravity gain feature, falcon swoop doubles the distance the punk is considered to have fallen.
- Impact: All creatures adjacent to the square in which the punk lands must make a Reflex save (DC 10 + 1/2 punk level + Dexterity modifier) or be knocked prone.
- Hurricane: If the punk uses a gravity gain attack and uses this stunt, he can give up his extra damage and instead make one melee attack at his highest base attack bonus against each opponent within reach of the square he lands in. He must make a separate attack roll against each opponent.
- Meteor: The punk gains a circumstance bonus on attack rolls equal to 1/4th his punk level.
No Fear (Ex)[]
At 5th level, the punk does not provoke attacks of opportunities when performing
combat maneuvers if he succeeds on a DC 15 Will save. He must make this Will save every time he would provoke an attack of opportunity. At 9th level, this also applies to attacks of opportunity provoked from the punk’s movement but with a DC of 20.
Additionally, at 9th level, the punk automatically passes his no fear checks for attacks of opportunities provoked by combat maneuvers.
Skyhook (Sp)[]
At 5th level, the punk can use glide as a spell-like ability at will using his punk level as his caster level.
Freestyle (Su)[]
At 6th level, the punk gains a +10 foot bonus to his base land speed. At 10th level and every 4 levels thereafter, this bonus to his land speed increases by +5 feet to a maximum of +25 feet at 18th level.
Extreme Acrobatics (Ex)[]
By 6th level, the punk has become uniquely attuned with his urban environment and can execute moves of pure amazement. He may perform certain combat maneuvers, listed below, in new and innovative ways. He selects one benefit from this class feature at 6th level and a new one every 4 levels thereafter.
- Bull Rush: On a successful bull rush attempt, the punk may move his opponent upwards rather than straight back.
- Charge*: The punk who targets a creature with a vertical charge (see the charge stunt) automatically confirms any critical hits delivered as part of the charge.
- Launch: The punk can attempt to make a combat maneuver against a creature after moving 10 feet. If he does so, he gains an additional 10 feet of vertical height off the creature he targeted with this ability. The also allows the punk to use his devil city parkour off creatures he launches off of by making a combat maneuver check as part of the move action he uses to use his devil city parkour. Using this ability provokes an attack of opportunity.
- Overrun: Creatures cannot move out of the punk’s way when he attempts an overrun if the punk has moved at least 20 feet prior to attempting the maneuver. Additionally, the punk may attempt to overrun a creature who is two size categories larger than himself.
- Reposition: The punk can move a creature into an area that is inherently dangerous if he exceeds its CMD by at least 10. If he attempts to reposition a creature into a dangerous square and fails to exceed the creature’s CMB by 10, the punk may choose another non-dangerous square.
*This is not a combat maneuver, but is gained as a result of this class feature.
Springboard (Su)[]
At 6th level, the punk can take a move action to propel himself 5 feet per punk level straight up in the air.
Stall (Ex)[]
At 8th level, if the punk ends his movement in the air at the end of his turn, he remains in the air until the start of his next turn.
Improved Aerial Antics (Ex)[]
At 13th level, the punk who launches himself 5 feet in the air with his aerial antics class feature can move the creature 5 feet into the air as well. This may not occur more than once per turn. At 17th level, he may do this twice per turn.
Improved Devil City Parkour (Ex)[]
At 17th level, when the punk uses his devil city parkour class feature, any additional movement granted by the redirected movement is doubled.
Example: The punk is 10 feet from a wall. He has a move speed of 40 feet. He can move 10 feet, until he gets to the wall, and then travel the remainder of his movement speed (30 feet) x2 straight upwards. This means he can move 60 feet straight upward after hitting the wall. He can also move at an angle if he wishes.
Freefall (Ex)[]
At 20th level, the punk becomes a legend of the streets in his own right. No one, the rockstar from the lowest street beggar to the highest king can hold him back. He gains the ability to act as if he was constantly under the effects of freedom of movement, and when attacking a creature of the lawful alignment with his gravity gain class feature, he always is considered to have fallen from at least 100 feet.