The Arcane HPES System
The HPES trees for Arcane-based classes are split into three separate gestalt trees: Great Tome, Archmage, and Lorekeeper. They keep true to the concepts at the core of a bard, warlock, and wizard, but add a little power boost and more roleplay flavor.
Great Tome. The Great Tome HPES tree shows an Arcane player who has dedicated their life to their studies, carrying with them a powerful spellbook into which they keep all their knowledge and magics. However, over time that book itself comes to have a magic of its own.
Archmage. The Archmage HPES tree gives us an Arcane player who has truly mastered combative magic, using their spells and wisdom to rise through the cutthroat ranks of magicracy and take their spot next to the other grand spellslingers of their time.
Lorekeeper. The Lorekeeper HPES tree displays an Arcane player who cannot stay in one place for too long and cannot listen to the same story too often. Constantly on the road and travelling, they keep with them impressive collections of tale, song, and epic which all hold a magic of their own.
- from the publisher's blurb