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to 30 feet Enemies in the aura take a penalty to their attacks and spell save DCs equal to the hero’s Charisma modifier This overlaps and does not stack with similar effects (such as from other generational heroes) In addition, an enemy that enters or begins its turn in the hero’s aura must attempt a Will save (DC 10 + half the hero’s level + his Charisma modifier) or be frightened for 1d4 rounds Once a creature saves against this effect, it becomes immune to the same hero’s fear effect for 24 hours, but still suffers the penalty to attacks and spell save DCs This is a mind-affecting fear effect Hero Talents 52 The following hero talents can be chosen by generational heroes Unless otherwise noted, a hero talent can only be chosen once, and the save DC of any talent is always 10 + half the hero’s level + his Charisma modifier) Spell effects created by a hero talent treat the hero’s caster level as his generational hero level Bomb Discovery* (Su): A generational hero with this talent can choose one alchemist’s discovery that augments the bomb class feature The hero treats his generational hero level as his effective alchemist level when qualifying for a discovery This talent can be chosen more than once Book of Ancients (Ex): A generational hero with this talent adds Linguistics and Spellcraft to his list of class skills He gains a bonus equal to his generational hero level to Spellcraft checks and to Linguistics checks made to translate text Boomerang (Su): A generational hero with this talent is able to conjure a magical boomerang that he can throw at enemies, temporarily dazing them As a standard action, the hero throws his boomerang up to 60 feet at an enemy If he succeeds with a ranged touch attack, the enemy takes bludgeoning damage equal to the hero’s Charisma modifier and is dazed for round A successful Reflex save negates the daze Bracelet of Power (Su): A generational hero with this talent doubles his lifting and carrying capacity He also ignores up to points of an object’s hardness when attempting to damage it Grappling Hook (Su): A generational hero with this talent can create a magical grappling hook as a standard action The grappling hook counts as a piercing weapon with 10-foot reach that deals 1d6 damage (for a medium creature) with a successful attack and deals x3 damage on a successful critical hit The hook can also extend out to 30 feet, puncture a solid surface (such as a wall or ceiling) and pull the hero to that location as a standard action The hero will not fall while he continues to hold the grappling hook in at least hand Invisibility Cloak (Sp): A generational hero with this talent can cast invisibility up to three times each day The hero must be at least 5th level before choosing this talent Mystical Instrument (Sp): A generational hero with this talent can summon a special instrument as a swift action that affords him greater control over his musical abilities He can this up to times each day When played the instrument can be used to create one of the following spell effects, then disappears Call animal, calm animals, charm animal, entangle, faerie fire, gust of wind, jump, longstrider, or whispering lore The hero must have the music adept brand of heroism to choose this talent Ring of Ages (Su): A generational hero with this talent gains the ability to cast each of the following spells once per day Anticipate peril, blurred movement, darting duplicate, and true strike Rod of Seasons (Sp): A generational hero with this talent gains the ability to cast each of the following spells once per day Goodberry, scorching ray, snowball, and windy escape The hero must be at least 5th level before choosing this talent Tower Shield (Ex): A generational hero with this talent gains proficiency with tower shields and does not take the –2 penalty to attack rolls while using a tower shield Whirling Strike (Ex): A generational hero with this talent only takes a –2 penalty total to additional attacks made with a melee weapon as a result of a high attack bonus, but only when he attacks a different creature with each attack The hero must be at least 7th level and have a base attack bonus of at least +6 before choosing this talent Advanced Hero Talents Advanced Boomerang (Su): This advanced talent allows a generational hero to throw a magical, adamantine boomerang in a line up to 120 feet as a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity Each enemy in the line takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage per generational hero levels and is staggered for round A successful Reflex save deals half damage and negates the stagger This advanced talent can be chosen twice The second time, the hero can throw the boomerang above in a burst, centered on him, that hits each enemy within 30 feet A generational hero must have the boomerang hero talent to choose this advanced talent Advanced Grappling Hook (Su): This advanced talent allows a generational hero to pull enemies and items toward him with his grappling hook His grappling hook attack now extends out to 30 feet and deals x4 damage on a successful critical hit In addition, the hero gains the Improved Drag feat, but only when using his grappling hook He treats the unoccupied space that is between him and his target and adjacent to the target as his original space when dragging in this way Finally, the hero can also use the grappling hook to pull unattended items within 30 feet to him as a standard action A generational hero must have the grappling hook hero talent to choose this advanced talent Aether Magic (Sp): This advanced talent allows the hero to deal 5d6 cold damage to each enemy within 30 feet of him as a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity A successful Reflex save deals half damage instead The hero can use this ability once per day for each advanced talent he possesses This advanced talent can be taken twice The second time, the hero deals 1d6 cold damage per generational hero levels to enemies within 30 feet and enemies that fail their Reflex save are slowed for round