The gypsy brings to mind many things, a traveller with strange and mysterious customs.

Adventures: Gypsies see adventures as oppurtunities to learn. They practice their many skills and abilities, and they especially relish the oppurtunity to enter a long-forgotten tomb, to dicover ancient works of magic, to decipher old tomes, to travel to strange places, to encounter exoitc creatures, and to learn new stories.

Characteristics: A gypsy brings forth magic from his soul, not from a book. She can cast only a small number of rituals or spells, but she can cast them without selecting or preparing them in advance. Her magic emphasizes charms and divinations over the more dramatic evocation spells that wizards use. In addition the gypsy has a number of special abilities to read the fortunes of those she encounters, through cards, palm-reading or other such means. Gypsies have some of the skills that rogues have, although they are not as focused on skill mastery. Gypsies listen to tales as well as tell them, so they have a vast knowledge of local events and noteworthy events.

Alignment: Gypsies are wanderers, guided by whim and intuition rather than law. The spontaneous talent, magic, and lifestyle are incompatible with a lawful alignment.

Religion: Gypsies tend to revere spirits as well as the moon goddess Selune or the goddess of good luck Tymora. Elven gypsies tend to worship the elven god Corellon. Gypsies given to larceny or other chaotic pursuits often follow the god Mask.

Background: A gypsy usually learns his skills by being adopted by a gypsy clan. Many gypsies were once runaways or orphans, befriended by gypsy bands who became their family and mentors.

Races: Gypsies must be human or half-elven. Humans take well to the wandering life and adapt easily to new lands and customs. A gypsy's wandering ways suits many half-elves, who often feel like strangers even when at home.

Other Classes: A gypsy works well with companions of other classes. She often serves as the spokesperson of the party, using her social skills for the party's benefit. In a party without a wizard or sorcerer, the gypsy relies on her magic. In a party without a rogue, she uses her skills. A gypsy is often curios about the ways of more dedicated or focused adventurers, often trying to pick up pointers.

Requirements:

• Race: Human or half-elf.
• Alignment: Any nonlawful.
• Feats: Dodge, Skill Focus (perform).
• Perform: 8 ranks.
• Gather Information: 4 ranks.
• Bluff: 4 ranks.
• Special: Must be adopted into Gypsy tribe.

Game Rule Information:

Abilities:

• Charisma can be important in being able to control some of the gypsy special abilities. It determines how powerful a spell the gypsy can cast, how many spells the gypsy can do per day, and how hard the spells are to resist.
• Dexterity affects many gypsy skills and provides the lightely armored gypsy extra protection.
• Intelligence is important for many of the gypsy's skills and gaining extra skills.

Hit Die: d6

Class Skills:

• Strength Skills: Climb, Jump, Swim
• Dexterity Skills: Balance, Escape Artist, Hide, Move Silently, Pick Pocket, Ride, Tumble
• Constitution Skills: Concentration
• Intelligence Skills: Alchemy, Appraise, Craft, Decipher Script, Knowledge, Scry, Spellcraft
• Wisdom Skills: Intuit Direction, Listen, Profession, Sense Motive, Wilderness Lore
• Charisma Skills: Animal Empathy, Bluff, Diplomacy, Disguise, Handle Animal, Gather Information, Perform, Use Magic Device
• Speak Language

Class Features:

• Weapons and Armor Proficiency: A gypsy is proficient with all simple weapons. Additionally she is proficient with one of the following weapons: sap, scimitar, shortsword, or whip. Gypsies are proficient with light armor, medium armor, and shields. Note that armor check penalties for armor heavier than leather apply to the skills Balance, Climb, Escape Artist, Hide, Jump, Move Silently, Pick Pocket, and Tumble. Also swim checks suffer a -1 penalty for every 5 lbs of equipment carried. Like any other arcane spellcaster, a gypsy can cast spells well wearing armor or using a shield, but suffers a chance of spell failure if the spell in question has a somatic component (most do).
• Improved Knife Fighting: When wearing light or no armor, the Gypsy gains Ambidexterity and 2-Weapon fighting as long as she is using knives or daggers in both hands.
• Bonus Language: A Gypsy learns the secret Gypsy language for free.
• Wild Talent: A unusually high number of gypsies have a random psionic wild talent.
• Fortune Telling: By using palm reading, tarot cards, tea leaves, or similar device, the gypsy can use a augury spell once per day. The gypsy may also use palm reading to tell if a person is sick or addicted, alignment, emotional state, possessed, recognize sign of evil (ie vamps, werebeasts, demon shape shifter), age within 2d4 years, sense magic potential and strength, and general level.
• Bardic Knowledge: A gypsy picks up stray knowledge while wandering the land and learning stories from other gypsies. A gypsy may make a special bardic knowledge check with a bonus equal to her level + intelligence modifier to see if she has learned some relavent information about local notable people, legendary items, or noteworthy places. This check will nto reveal the powers of a magic item but it may give a hint as to its general function. The gypsy may not take 10 or 20 on this check, the information is essentially random. Below is a idea of the Difficulty Class.

Evil Eye: The evil eye is a gaze attack similar to the eyebite spell, but retaining the gaze power for only 1 round. The DC of this effect is 10 + one half gypsy's level + the gypsy's Charisma modifier (+2 to DC if the gypsy is female). This is a supernatural ability that takes a free action to do.
Charm: Charmed for 1 day/ level, Will save negates.
Fear: Flees for 1d4 rounds, refuses to face you for 10 minutes/ level, Will save negates.
Sicken: Stricken (one half speed, no Dex bonuses, -2 attack rolls) for 10 minutes/ level, Fort negates.
Sleep: Falls asleep for 10 minutes/ level, Will save negates.
Allure of the Gypsies: Certain Gypsy songs and dances are very alluring and can have a powerful influence over those who willingly listen or take part. If it is to effect unwilling participants then at least three gypsies must take part in the effect. These performances take at least 10d10 minutes. The effect of such performances can be identical to any one spell of the enchantment school as determined by the dance. However, at least one of the main performers must have the spell to be desired. The spells effects are determined by the elegible peformers level as if she actually casr the desired spell.
Spells: A gypsy casts arcane spells from the gypsy spell list below. She casts these spells without needing to memorize them beforehand or keep a spellbook. Gypsies receive bonus spells for high Charisma, and to cast a spell, the gypsy must have a Charisma score at least equal to 10 + the level of the spell. The Difficulty Class of a saving throw against a gypsy's spell is 10 + the ritual's level + the gypsy's Charisma modifier.

Gypsy Spells

0-Level Gypsy Spells (Cantrips)

• Arcane Mark
• Cure Minor Wounds
• Dancing Lights
• Daze
• Detect Magic
• Detect Poison
• Flare
• Guidance
• Know Direction
• Mending
• Open/Close
• Prestidigiation
• Read Magic
• Resistance

1st-Level Gypsy Spells

• Alarm
• Animal Friendship
• Augury
• Cause Fear
• Change Self
• Charm Person
• Command
• Comprehend Languages
• Cure Light Wounds
• Detect Chaos/Evil/Good/Law
• Detect Secret Doors
• Detect Undead
• Doom
• Hypnotism
• Identify
• Leomund's Trap
• Locate Object
• Magic Weapon
• Message
• Obscure Object
• Nystul's Magical Aura
• Nystul's Undetectable Aura
• Protection from Chaos/Evil/Good/Law
• Sleep
• True Strike
• Ventriliquism

2nd-Level Gypsy Spells

• Animal Trance
• Blindness/Deafness
• Bull's Strength
• Calm Emotions
• Cat's Grace
• Cure Moderate Wounds
• Darkvision
• Delay Poison
• Detect Thoughts
• Enthrall
• Glitterdust
• Hold Person
• Hypnotic Pattern
• Leomund's Tiny Hut
• Lessor Restoration
• Misdirection
• Knock
• Pyrotechnics
• Scare
• See Invisibility
• Speak with Animals
• Suggestion
• Tasha's Hideous Laughter
• Tongues
• Undetectable Alignment
• Whispering Wind

3rd-Level Gypsy Spells

• Bestow Curse
• Charm Monster
• Clauraudience
• Clairvoyance
• Confusion
• Cure Serious Wounds
• Dispel Magic
• Emotion
• Fear
• Glyph of Warding
• Greater Magic Weapon
• Haste
• Keen Edge
• Leomund's Secure Shelter
• Lesser Geas
• Magic Circle against Chaos/Evil/Good/Law
• Magic Vestment
• Nondetection
• Remove Blindness/Deafness
• Remove Curse
• Remove Disease
• Scrying
• Secret Page
• Sepia Snake Sigil
• Slow
• Speak with Dead

4th-Level Gypsy Spells

• Analyze Dweomer
• Arcane Eye
• Break Enchantment
• Cure Critical Wounds
• Detect Scrying
• Discern Lies
• Dismissal
• Divination
• Dominate Person
• Feeblemind
• Hold Monster
• Improved Invisibility
• Legend Lore
• Leomund's Secret Chest
• Locate Creature
• Mind Fog
• Modify Memory
• Neutralize Poison
• Restoration
• Sending

5th-Level Gypsy Spells

• Contact Other Plane
• Control Weather
• Dream
• False Vision
• Find the Path
• Greater Command
• Greater Dispelling
• Healing Circle
• Mark of Justice
• Nightmare
• True Seeing
• Vision

6th-Level Gypsy Spells

• Banishment
• Control Weather
• Geas/Quest
• Greater Glyph of Warding
• Greater Scrying
• Insanity
• Mass Suggestion
• Plane Shift
• Repulsion