The Strong Hero

Ability: Strength

Hit Die: 1d8

Action Points: Strong heroes gain a number of action points equal to 5 + one-half their character level, rounded down, at 1st level and every time they attain a new level in this class.

Class Skills: The Strong hero�s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are:

Climb (Str), Craft (structural) (Int), Handle Animal (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (current events, popular culture, streetwise, tactics) (Int), Profession (Wis), Read/Write Language (none), Repair (Int), Speak Language (none), and Swim (Str).

Also, the starting occupation selected can provide additional class skills to choose from.

Starting Feats
In addition to the two feats all characters get at 1st level, a Strong hero begins play with the Simple Weapons Proficiency feat.

Extreme Effort Talent Tree
A Strong hero can push him or herself to make an extreme effort. The effort must relate either to a Strength check or a Strength-based skill check. You must decide to use this ability before making the check.

Extreme Effort : The effort requires a full-round action and provides a +2 bonus on the check.

Improved Extreme Effort : The effort requires a full-round action and provides a +2 bonus that stacks with the bonus provided by extreme effort (+4 total).

Prerequisite: Extreme effort.

Advanced Extreme Effort : The effort requires a full-round action and provides a +2 bonus that stacks with the bonuses provided by extreme effort and improved extreme effort (+6 total).

Prerequisites: Extreme effort, improved extreme effort.

Ignore Hardness Talent Tree
The Strong hero has an innate talent for finding weaknesses in objects. This allows a Strong hero to ignore some of an object�s hardness when making a melee attack to break it.

Ignore Hardness : The Strong hero ignores 2 points of an object�s hardness.

Improved Ignore Hardness : The Strong hero ignores 2 additional points of an object�s hardness (for a total of 4).

Prerequisite: Ignore hardness.

Advanced Ignore Hardness : The Strong hero ignores 2 additional points of an object�s hardness (for a total of 6).

Prerequisites: Ignore hardness, improved ignore hardness.

Melee Smash Talent Tree
The Strong hero has an innate talent that increases melee damage.

Melee Smash : The Strong hero receives a +1 bonus on melee damage.

Improved Melee Smash : The Strong hero receives an additional +1 bonus on melee damage (+2 total).

Prerequisite: Melee smash.

Advanced Melee Smash : The Strong hero receives an additional +1 bonus on melee damage (+3 total).

Prerequisites: Melee smash, improved melee smash.

Bonus Feats
At 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, and 10th level, the Strong hero gains a bonus feat.

Recommended Feats below:

Animal Affinity, Archaic Weapons Proficiency, Athletic, Blind-Fight, Brawl, Cleave, Combat Martial Arts, Combat Reflexes, Great Cleave, Improved Brawl, Improved Combat Martial Arts, Power Attack, Weapon Focus.