Tarnished Archetype - Elden Ring Homebrew
Reaching out to the center of the Venn diagram of Pathfinder fans and From Software fans to see what you all think of my Tarnished archetype!
I'm not sure if this has been done before, but I thought it would be fun to make a themed archetype as the first piece of a potential Lands Between homebrew setting. My vision when making this was that someone could use it to run an Elden Ring-themed campaign, with each player taking this as a free archetype.
The mechanics don't totally line up of course, but it was a fun challenge to see which pieces of the FromSoft experience could be adapted into PF2e. I decided to leave any build-specific mechanics (sorcery/incantations, talisman effects, weapon enchantments) to be filled in by Pathfinder's existing feats and items, so this just introduces the build-agnostic parts of the game experience, like flasks, summoning Torrent, dodge rolls, and spirit summoning.
My only major pain point was the decision to remove the Flask of Wondrous Physick, which is complex enough that I think could be its own whole archetype akin to Soulforger. Sadly it was outside the scope of this project. Maybe if I expand on the concept more it'll become a new wand-like magic item players can acquire.
The Great Runes are especially wacky and untested, I was mostly just having fun adapting them as best I could. For the time being I opted to give the feat the Mythic tag, mainly because it felt cool but partly to excuse the potentially over-tuned design.
This isn't the final version, I'm still looking for feedback from both PF2e fans and Elden Ring fans.
EDIT: The Harmonize Self focus spell granted by the dedication has been changed to Lay on Hands instead.