Subjob

Throughout the Final Fantasy series there have been times where characters could take a second job or class or even fulfilled two roles naturally. This optional system attempts to recreate that, but for FFD20. The Sub Job system is similar to the Gestalt system already present in Pathfinder, but is far more limited. You get a **Primary Class** and a **Secondary Class**, or **Subjob**. As you level your primary class, your sub job will level with it, albeit at a reduced pace. This allows players to create unique character concepts, shore up weaknesses in classes, or recreate existing characters from Final Fantasy without some of the balance issues that gestalt can cause.

Included is a quick-reference chart for creating a sub job character, with a more detailed explanation further below.

Choose your **Primary Class**. You gain all the benefits of this class as if you had made a normal character. This class can be multi-classed into other classes other than your subjob, and if you choose to gain a prestige class, the primary class is replaced by the prestige class when leveling.

Typically, your favored class bonus applies to your primary class, but you may apply it to your subjob instead, although it only gains points every subjob level.

Now, choose your **Subjob**. This secondary class will **always** be half the level of your character level, rounded down (minimum level 1). You **only** get the class skills and class features of this class. This includes proficiencies, Limit Breaks and anything else listed under Class Features. You **do not** get the sub job’s BAB or any increases to BAB from class abilities, HD, Skill Points, Saves, or Starting Wealth. If the class is a spellcasting class, you get the MP of the appropriate subjob level; applying your ability score modifier as normal. Your caster level, if you are only a spellcasting class on your subjob, is your subjob level and not your primary class level. Your subjob spell level cannot progress past what you would be able to gain by levels in your subjob (ie, you cannot apply features that increase levels of existing spellcasting classes to your subjob).

Additionally, if a subjob has an “AC bonus” (eg. dancer, monk) or “Stat to saves” feature (eg. paladin, dark knight), the gain from adding another stat to your AC/Saves is limited to your subjob level. Note that this does not include the bonus AC gained outside of adding another stat to AC and CMD. (For example, a Fighter 4/Dancer 2 would only be able to get 2 AC from dancer, assuming they had a charisma modifier of +4.)

Your sub job is capable of helping your primary class qualify for requirements for feats, and prestige classes as if it was your normal class. However, class features that treat your sub job as another class to fulfill feat requirements, (such as fighter training) do not stack with your primary class. Archetype modifications to a class only touch that class, not another class you may be subjobbed with.

Your sub job must remain the same class (ie you cannot multiclass or take levels in a prestige class), but you can retrain it. Your sub job can never be the same as your primary class. If desired, you may pick an archetype of a class as your sub job, but you still cannot choose a class the same as your primary class even if it’s a different archetype.

Class features that two classes share (such as uncanny dodge) stack if there is specific text saying they do as if you had multiclassed normally, up to main character level. Features that do not specifically call out stacking do not stack and accrue at the rate of the faster class.

Any HD change through a subjob does not apply if the main job's HD was already higher or the same than what the subjob would increase it to. All decreases also apply, but in reverse (eg. the decrease only applies if it would lower your HD below what it already is)

Example:

Fighter main, d10

Templar White Mage sub, hd increase from d6 to d8.

* Mainjob HD doesn't increase.

Black Mage main, d6

Templar White Mage sub, hd increase from d6 to d8

* Mainjob HD increases.

**Limitations:** Features from and pertaining to your subjob that refer to ‘character level’ are of the subjob’s level.

**Table: Subjob Level Progression**