NeoExodus Classes of NeoExodus - Covenant Purifier.pdf - NeoExodus - sororita

LPJ9706

classes of NeoExodus:

covenant

Purif ier

Written By Owen K.C. Stephens

Requires the use of the Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook, Third Edition, published by

Wizards of the Coast, Inc. This product utilizes updated material from the v.3.5 revision.

classes of NeoExodus: Caneus High Guard

The Covenant Purifier is a zealot dedicated to serving

the Sanguine Covenant in the task of making the

world a freer, safer place. He does this by carrying

out purifications – missions to kill ( or rarely just

capture ) heretics and infidels. While the Covenant has

many knights and warriors to serve in open battle, the

Purifier is a silent warrior who reaches foes that can

only be struck through stealth and shadow.

rangers, and a few are clerics ordained as covenant

priests, or monks sworn to the Sanguine Covenant’s

service. While developing the special attacks of

the Purifiers is always part of the physical training,

different backgrounds may lead to training in martial

weapons, combat spellcasting, disguise, stealth and

even seduction if the Purifier’s experience in such

areas is lacking.

Purifiers have formal garb when taking rest in a

Covenant temple, but conceal their identity much of

their other time. A secret identity may be taken as a

soldier, minor priest, merchant, or even criminal or

prostitute. No deception is considered too base or

embarrassing to a Purifier – their pride comes only in

service, and their glory will come only in the afterlife.

This attitude bring much scorn from those outside the

Sanguine Covenant, and even some within it, but it

also means people of the world know anyone, from

traveling merchants to local fishmongers or their own

mistresses, could be a Purifier.

This is combined with religious training of an inten-

sity normally reserved for ordained priests. Because

Purifiers may be asked to undertake actions that

would seem immoral, even evil, for others it is neces-

sary to indoctrinate them into the religious and moral

justifications for such acts. Purifiers must love those

they kill, not hate them. And because of their great

love, they must end the lives of heretics and fallen

men, to prevent them from further damaging their

souls with unholy acts and thoughts. Since it is very

difficult for men to judge other men, the Purifiers are

taught to trust the judgement of Sanguine Covenant

priests. It is the priests who decide which heretics

must die and which may be saved. The Purifiers are

simply tools of this judgement.

In addition to deception, Purifiers train in speed and

dire, painful strikes. Once they get close to a target,

Purifiers strike harshly and quickly to kill or disable

prey with as few blows as possible. A Purifier may not

be the most dangerous foe in open battle, but many

warlords and warlocks have been brought low by their

deadly daggers in the dark.

To ensure the Purifiers are ready to suffer the conse-

quences of failed missions, and to help test their

loyalty to the Covenant, the training includes tests

that would be considered inhuman if carried out on

anyone who didn’t volunteer for such treatment. In

fact a prospective Purifier always witnesses others

undergoing such tests before being subjected himself,

to ensure he truly wishes to fulfill the holy role of

the Purifier. Those who undergo all these tests can

remember the feel of them for the rest of their lives,

and easily identify others who have done so.

Combat

A Covenant Purifier is, first and foremost, an assassin.

As a result, they do not excel at field combat, major

army engagements or even one-one-one duels.

However, through stealth and cunning a Purifier can

make an impact on a battle if he has allies, and can

generally avoid most other conflicts ( so to come back

and fight when the situation favors him ). If forced to

operate in the open, a Purifier seeks foes likely to fall

easily to his deadly strike, but still critical to the foe’s

victory. Enemy healers, spellcasters, and engineers

are often targeted. Failing that, stealth and speed may

allow the Purifier to set fire to enemy supplies, or

create confusion to delay reinforcements.

Requirements

To qualify to become a Covenant Purifier, a character

must fulfil all the following criteria.

Feats: Quick Draw, Stealthy

Skills: Bluff +8, Hide +8, Knowledge ( religion ) +4,

Move Silently +8

Special: At least 1d6 of “precision” damage ( typically

sneak attack, but other forms of precision damage

measured in dice may be used instead ).

training

Purifiers are trained to do whatever must be done to

accomplish their assigned purifications. How to best

accomplish this often depends on the background of

the Purifier. While nearly all have some training as

sneaks and rogues, many have trained as fighters or

Must be trained by Covenant Purifier. Must not be

able to cast any spell unless also ordained by the

Sanguine Covenant ( and even then only spells specifi-

cally approved by the Covenant ). A Purifier who gains

such spellcasting ability must immediately choose

Page 2

classes of NeoExodus: Caneus High Guard

caneus high guard

Base

Attack Fort Ref Will

Level Bonus Save Save Save Special

1 +0 +0 +2 +2 Deadly blow I, shared wounds

2 +1 +1 +3 +3 Stinging strike, pure focus +1

3 +2 +1 +3 +3 Sneak attack +1d6

4 +3 +1 +4 +4 Devotions, swift death I

5 +3 +2 +4 +4 Deadly blow II

6 +4 +2 +5 +5 Sneak attack +2d6, pure focus +2

7 +5 +2 +5 +5 Special ability

8 +6 +3 +6 +6 Devotions, swift death II

9 +6 +3 +6 +6 Sneak attack +3d6

10 +7 +3 +7 +7 Deadly blow III, pure focus +3

to forgo such ability, or lose all special abilities as a

Purifier.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Covenant Purifiers are proficient with all simple and

martial weapons and with light and medium armor

and bucklers.

The harsh treatment of training leaves scars on the

Purifier, though most are not visible. The Purifier

loses 2 hit points from his maximum, as if he had

rolled 2 less on his last hit die. This is a one-time loss

that cannot be cured, and it remains even if

Deadly Blow - Ex

A Purifier is taught to cause the most trauma possible

when making an attack, striking not just to deal

damage but to overwhelm a foe’s stamina with a

well-placed attack that is painful as well as damaging.

Thus, the chance a Purifier’s attack can cause imme-

diate death from trauma is increased.

Class Information

The following information pertains to the Covenant

Purifier prestige class.

Hit Dice

A Covenant Purifier gains 1d8 plus Constitution modi-

fier hit points per level.

A foe’s massive damage threshold is 5 lower against

your attacks than normal. As most creatures have a

massive damage threshold of 50, against you it is only

45. Additionally, the DC of a Fortitude save against

a massive damage blow you deal is increased by 1.

Thus, if you deal 45 or more points of damage in a

single blow to a foe, it must make a DC 16 Fortitude

save or be killed regardless of its remaining hit points.

Creatures normally immune to death by massive

damage ( such as undead ) are still immune to your

massive damage blows.

Class Skills

The Covenant Purifier’s class skills ( and the key

ability for each skill ) are Balance ( Dex ), Bluff ( Cha ),

Climb ( Str ), Craft ( Int ), Diplomacy ( Cha ), Disable

Device ( Dex ), Disguise ( Cha ), Escape Artist ( Dex ),

Forgery ( Int ), Gather Information ( Cha ), Heal ( Wis ),

Hide ( Dex ), Jump ( Str ), Knowledge ( architecture &

engineering; dungeoneering; local; religion; each

taken separately )( Int ), Listen ( Wis ), Move Silently

( Dex ), Open Lock ( Dex ), Search ( Int ), Sense Motive

( Wis ), Sleight of Hand ( Dex ), Spellcraft ( Int ), Spot

( Wis ), Swim ( Str ), and Tumble ( Dex ).

This ability continues to improve as you gain Purifier

levels. At 5th level foes’ massive damage threshold

against your attacks is 10 lower and the Fortitude save

DC 2 higher ( normally 40 hit points and DC 17 ). At

10th level foes’ massive damage threshold against

your attacks is 15 lower and the Fortitude save DC 3

higher ( normally 35 hit points and DC 17 ).

Skill Points at Each Level: 6 + Int modifier.

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Covenant

Purifier.

To take best advantage of this ability Purifiers often

take Power Attack, possibly in conjunction with

Damage Finesse and Full Thrust. This allows a

Page 3

classes of NeoExodus: Caneus High Guard

surprise strike, made when a foe is flat-footed, to

stack the benefits of sneak attack and power attack

( to improve the chances to exceeding a foe’s massive

damage threshold ). For example, Kialee is an 18 Dex

rogue 5/Purifier 6 who has only managed to sneak a

+1 flaming dagger into her targets presence, though

she has done so while he is unarmed and unsus-

pecting. With Damage Finesse, Full Thrust, Power

Attack and Quick Draw, she can whip out her dagger

and make a single attack in the surprise round, using

Power Attack to subtract 6 from her attack ( depending

on surprise and lack of armor to hit ) and add +12 to

her damage, which becomes 1d4+17+5d6+1d6 for an

average of 40 hit points, forcing her target to make a

DC 17 Fort save or die.

bonus to all Balance, Bluff, Climb, Disable Device,

Disguise, Gather Information, Hide, Jump, Listen,

Move Silently, Open Lock, Search, Spot and Tumble

checks as long as you maintain your pursuit. You may

undertake side-treks if necessary ( especially if they

seem likely to lead you to your ultimate goal ), but

if you go 24 hours without taking at least one direct

step toward killing or capturing your target, you lose

your skill bonus until 24 hours after you renew active

efforts.

This bonus increases to +2 at 6th level, and +3 at 10th

level.

Sneak Attack - Ex

As trained killers, Purifiers gain additional sneak

attack damage ( or additional dice of some other form

of precision damage, if a different but similar ability

was used to qualify for this prestige class ). You gain

+1 sneak attack die at 3rd, 6th, and 9th level.

Your deadly blow ability is considered a special

attack. As such, it qualifies for the Ability Focus

feat, which would increase the DC of Fortitude saves

against your massive damage blows by +2.

Shared Wounds - Ex

A Purifier can instinctively detect others who went

through the same brutal training he did.

Devotions

Purifiers know they are faithful servants of the

Sanguine Covenant, and learn much of the litur-

gies of the covenant and roles of the priesthood.

As faithful, dedicated servants, at 4th level they are

offered the opportunity to be ordained as cantors. This

makes them sworn, divine servants of the Sanguine

Covenant, but not full priests.

You gain a +10 bonus to all Sense Motive checks to

determine if another character is a Purifier ( normally

opposed by the other characters Bluff check ).

Stinging Strike - Ex

Often Purifiers are sent against heretical spellcasters,

and by 2nd level they learn to place blows that hurt

enough to make it difficult for those heretics to focus

enough to cast spells.

If you have been ordained as cantor, at 4th level you

gain minor divine spellcasting ability known as devo-

tions. You select four 0-level cleric spells and two 1st

level cleric spells. You may cast each of these spells

as a cleric once per day, with a caster level equal to

your Purifier class level. At 8th level your devotions

increase by two 0-level spells, one 1st level spell and

one 2nd level spell. You must have a Wisdom of at

least 10 + spell level to be able to cast your devotions,

but you do not gain bonus spells per day or bonus

spells known from a high Wisdom.

Your attacks count as ongoing damage for one round,

for purposes of forcing Concentration checks from

spellcasters ( as if the spellcaster was on fire, or being

damage by m’s acid arrow ). Thus to cast a spell in

the round after you strike him, a spellcaster must

make a Concentration check with a DC of 10 + ½

the damage you dealt in your last attack against him.

However your stinging blow is not quite as effec-

tive as true ongoing damage – the maximum DC of

Concentration checks against it is 10 + your Purifier

level.

If you were a cleric of the Sanguine Covenant prior to

becoming a Purifier, and remain ordained, you simply

gain +1 level of spell ability at 4th and 8th level and

add half your Purifier class level to your caster level

beginning at 4th level. Thus a 4th level cleric/1st level

rogue/4th level Purifier has access to spells as a 5th

level cleric, and a caster level of 6. Such individuals

are rare, but greatly respected by other Purifiers.

Pure Focus - Ex

A Covenant Purifier is driven by religious zeal

as much as training and personal desire. By 2nd

level, this zeal drives the Purifier on whenever he is

assigned to bring in a particular heretic.

A Purifier unwilling to become a cantor, or who

cannot be ordained for whatever reason, instead gains

bonus feats at 4th and 8th level. These feats may be

any the Purifier qualifies for. Once you have taken the

If you are assigned to kill or capture a particular indi-

vidual by a superior in the covenant, you gain a +1

Page 4

classes of NeoExodus: Caneus High Guard

bonus feats, you cannot later gain spellcasting devo-

tions even if you are ordained.

Benefits: If you take an action that would set off a

trap or deadfall, you may immediately make a Spot

check. The Spot DC is equal to the Search DC to find

the trap. If you succeed, you are aware the action you

were about to take would set off a trap. If you beat the

DC by 5 or more, you know the general location of

the trap and gain a +5 bonus to a Search check to find

it.

Swift Death - Ex

Purifiers know heretics have rights too – they deserve

to be killed swiftly so as to end their unholy existence

and the damage it causes their souls. By 4th level this

desire to carry out their violent purification quickly

actually moves a Purifier more swiftly than his less-

driven brethren.

You are also allowed to make a second Listen or

Spot check to be ware of a threat and act in a surprise

round. Only if both checks fail are you unable to act

in the surprise round.

Your base speed increases by +5 ft. and you only take

a -3 penalty to skill checks to move more quickly

using the rules for Balance ( accelerate movement),

Climb (accelerated climbing ), Move Silently ( moving

up to one half your base move ), or Tumble ( acceler-

ated tumbling ). This has no impact on any other skill

checks.

Full Thrust

You can use even light weapons to deliver devastating

blows.

Prerequisites: Str 13, Dex 13, Power Attack

At 8th level your base move bonus increases to +10

ft., and you take no penalty to Balance, climb, Move

Silently or Tumble checks made while moving more

quickly.

Benefit: As a standard action, you may make a single

melee attack with a light weapon and use Power

Attack to decrease your attack bonus and increase

your damage as if it were a 2-handed weapon ( +2

damage for every -1 attack ).

Special Ability - Ex

You gain a special ability, as if you were a rogue of

10th level. If you do not have evasion you may not

select improved evasion. However, you may take

evasion as a special ability.

Normal: You cannot use Power Attack with a light

weapon.

Spring Up

You can recover from being prone without leaving

yourself open to attack.

Feats

The following feats are common among Covenant

Purifiers, though anyone who qualifies for them may

take them.

Prerequisites: Tumble +10

Benefits: You can stand from prone without

provoking attacks of opportunity. This is still a move

action.

Damage Finesse

Your attacks nimbly seek out vulnerable spots on your

foes.

All mechanics on all pages is Open Game Content as

defined by the Open Gaming License. See page 6 for

more information.

Prerequisites: Dex 15, Weapon Finesse

Benefits: You may add your Dexterity bonus, rather

than your Strength bonus, to damage done with a

melee weapon. The melee weapon must be on that can

be used with the Weapon finesse feat. The additional

damage from your Dexterity bonus is considered

precision damage, and does not apply to creatures

immune to sneak attacks or critical hits.

Danger Sense

You have an uncanny knack for sensing danger.

Prerequisites: Trapsense ability, Spot +8

Page 5

NeoExodus Classes of NeoExodus - Covenant Purifier.pdf

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: