Normal Persion Version 1

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The Normal Person (NP) class works differently from adventuring
classes. Normals do not gain experience from killing things and taking
their stuff. Instead, experience is gained through practice, and
through advancement of their fields. Many of the standard adventuring
bonuses are not granted to Normalss, but their skills can far exceed
those of adventurers, and they rise in level much more quickly. The
purpose of this class is to allow for the existence of NPCs that have
no combat ability, and yet are masters of their fields.

Normal Person (NP)
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Experience: NPs require half as much experience to go up in level
as adventurers.

Skills: An NP can select five class skills related to his field. For
each five ranks in a Profession skill, the NP may select one
additional class skill. The NP gains 8+INT skill points per level,
and has a maximum rank of 5+level for class skills, and level/2 for
cross-class skills.

Feats: A NP gains a feat once every six levels, instead of once every
three.

Abilities: An NP gains an ability score bonus once every eight levels
instead of once every four.

Skill Focus: An NP gains a bonus Skill Focus feat at level 1, and every
five levels. Unlike normal Skill Focus, this feat stacks with itself.
The NP may forgo a bonus feat and instead select two additional class
skills.

HP: An NP has a hit die of d4. Hit points and their associated CON
adjustment are gained at first level, and at every five levels.


                    Class  CC
    BaB  F   R   W  Skill Skill Special
    --- --- --- --- ----- ----- ------------------------
1   +0  +0  +0  +0    6     0   Skill Focus, HP
2   +0  +0  +0  +0    7     1
3   +0  +1  +1  +1    8     1
4   +1  +1  +1  +1    9     2
5   +1  +1  +1  +1   10     2   Skill Focus, HP
6   +1  +2  +2  +2   11     3   Level-based feat
7   +1  +2  +2  +2   12     3
8   +2  +2  +2  +2   13     4   Level-based ability bonus
9   +2  +3  +3  +3   14     4
10  +2  +3  +3  +3   15     5   Skill Focus, HP
11  +2  +3  +3  +3   16     5
12  +3  +4  +4  +4   17     6   Level-based feat
13  +3  +4  +4  +4   18     6
14  +3  +4  +4  +4   19     7
15  +3  +5  +5  +5   20     7   Skill Focus, HP
16  +4  +5  +5  +5   21     8   Level-based ability bonus
17  +4  +5  +5  +5   22     8
18  +4  +6  +6  +6   23     9   Level-based feat
19  +4  +6  +6  +6   24     9
20  +5  +6  +6  +6   25    10   Skill Focus, HP


CR: An NP has a CR equal to one quarter his level.

Epic NPs: No matter how many levels an NP gains, he is not considered
an epic character, and does not have access to epic feats. However,
saves peak at +6 (level 20), and BaB peaks at +10 (level 43).

Becoming an adventurer: A character with NP levels may advance as an
adventurer, starting the experience chart at level 1, as follows:
* NP experience cannot be applied towards Adventuring levels, and
  Adventurers do not gain experience by advancing their fields.
* Adventurers use their own skill-limit rules.
* As an adventurer, the character requires 75% of the experience to go
  up in level, until his adventurer level equals his NP level (so in
  total, 125% of the normal experience is needed).
* BaB and saves do not improve until the Adventurer values exceed the
  NP values. For example, a Normal20/Fighter5 has +5 BaB. At the next
  Fighter level, the BaB rises to +6.
* At any level where a feat or ability bonus was gained, the adventurer
  does not gain an additional one.
* At any level where HP was gained, the adventurer does not roll hit
  points.
* Skill points are not gained at all until the levels match, though at
  each level, two skill points may be removed from a rarely-used skill
  and redistributed into skills of the player's choice.

Becoming a Normal Person: A character with adventuring levels may
advance as an NP, starting the experience chart at level 1, as follows:
* Adventuring experience cannot be applied towards NP levels, and NPs
  do not gain experience by adventuring.
* As an NP, the character requires 25% of the experience to go up in
  level, until his NP level equals his adventurer level (so in total,
  125% of the normal experience is needed).
* The NP does not advance in BaB, saves, hit points, ability scores
  or feats until the levels match.
* If the NP has more skill points per level than the adventuring class,
  the NP gains the difference at each level. Additionally, two skill
  points per level may be removed from a rarely-used skill and placed
  into skills of the player's choice.