Technomancer: Programming Language

At 1st level, choose a programming language that defines your magic style, bonus spells (spell cache), initial magic hack, preferred spellshape, overclock boost, and jailbreak spellshape.

Premier combat language. Bonus spellshape: Signal Boost. Initial magic hack: Thermoelectric Phase Change. Spell cache: supercharge weapon (1st), caustic conversion (2nd), gravity tether (3rd), hydraulic torrent (4th), impaling spike (5th), disintegrate (6th), true target (7th), arctic rift (8th), implosion (9th). Overclock boost (weapon): reduce cover bonus to targets' AC by half the triggering spell's rank, reduce range penalties by 1, gain circumstance bonus to weapon damage equal to spell rank.

Defensive language originating from AbadarCorp heat-sink code. Bonus spellshape: Denial of Safety. Initial magic hack: Energy Sink. Spell cache: protection (1st), resist energy (2nd), haste (3rd), unfettered movement (4th), scouting eye (5th), repulsion (6th), energy aegis (7th), gravity field (8th), foresight (9th). Overclock boost (armor): +1 circumstance bonus to AC until start of your next turn; hostile creatures that touch or damage you with a melee attack take force damage equal to the triggering spell's rank.

Minion-control language derived from minibot compatibility code. Bonus spellshape: Incognito Spell. Initial magic hack: Signal Relay. Spell cache: summon robot (1st), illusory creature (2nd), discharge (3rd), speak with computers (4th), control machine (5th), dominate (6th), wall of steel (7th), phantasmal fleet (8th), telekinetic tantrum (9th). Overclock boost (minion): whenever you Command an overclocked minion, you can also Sustain a spell as a free action.

Hybrid-item compatibility language; high readability. Bonus spellshape: Spell Circuit. Initial magic hack: Dynamic Frequency Scaling. Spell cache: delete (1st), translate (2nd), locate (3rd), creation (4th), truespeech (5th), truesight (6th), contingency (7th), pinpoint (8th), foresight (9th). Overclock boost (spell gem or spell chip): you can Cast a Spell from a spell gem of another tradition as an arcane spell using your spell DC and attack rolls.