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Undead Dragon Slayer
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Undead Dragon Slayer (template)
What flesh is visible is grey and rotted.
An undead dragon slayer is a horrifying creature returned from death to destroy dragons. Its armor glows with supernatural color – inspired by the dragon type the slayer hates most.
Most undead dragon slayers are called back from the grave by necromantic magic. Though it retains its own mind and agenda, it must obey the commands of the summoner – at least until its task is complete or it somehow wins its freedom. A small number af dragon slayers actually will themselves back from the dead. These individuals have the utmost faith in their cause, an undying hatred of dragons, and a supernatural strength of will. No matter which type of undead dragon slayer is encountered, all seek to destroy dragons and those who would offer aid to them. An undead dragon slayer might be found in the company of skeleton warriors or dracoliches.
While a slayer does not eat, it must slay dragons to replenish the energy that keeps him animated. Killing a dragon provides an undead dragon slayer with enough energy to last one month for every Hit Die the dragon had. If it does not replenish its energy within one week of the moment its last meal fades, it loses strength and must return to the sleep of the dead.
Creating an Undead Dragon Slayer
“Undead Dragon Slayer” is an acquired template that can be added to any humanoid creature (referred to hereafter as the base creature) that has a base attack bonus of +9 or higher or a caster level of 9th or higher.
An undead dragon slayer has all the base creature’s statistics and special abilities except as noted here.
Size and Type: The creature’s type changes to undead. Do not recalculate base attack bonus, saves, or skill points. Size is unchanged.
Hit Dice: Increase all current and future Hit Dice to d12s.
Armor Class: An undead dragon slayer has a +6 natural armor bonus or the base creature’s natural armor bonus, whichever is better.
Special Attacks: An undead dragon slayer retains the base creature's special attacks and gains those described below. Save DCs are equal to 10 + 1/2 undead dragon slayer's HD + undead dragon slayer's Cha modifier unless otherwise noted.
Anti-Dragon Casting (Ex): Undead dragon slayers gain a bonus equal to half their favored enemy bonus on caster level checks to overcome the spell resistance of dragons (this does not stack with other bonuses, such as from Spell Penetration) as well as the effects of Spell Focus for all spells cast against dragons. At caster level 17th, an undead dragon slayer also gains the effects of Greater Spell Focus for all spells cast against dragons.
Favored Enemy (Dragon) (Ex): Undead dragon slayers have dragons as favored enemies, as per the ranger class ability. The bonus is equal to the maximum bonus achieved by a ranger of the dragon slayer's HD. An undead dragon slayers ability does not stack with any other favored enemy ability.
Weapon Throwing (Ex): Undead dragon slayers can throw any weapon as an attack against a dragon. The attack does not take any penalties for being an improvised weapon but instead gains a +1 racial attack bonus.
Special Qualities: An undead dragon slayer retains all the base creature’s special qualities and gains those described below.
Breath Evasion (Ex): The undead dragon slayer gains evasion (as the rogue class feature) against breath weapons. If the slayer has evasion from another source, its breath evasion becomes improved evasion against breath weapons.
Damage Reduction (Su): An undead dragon slayer has damage reduction x/x. Its natural weapons are treated as x weapons for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.
Dragon Defense (Ex): Undead dragon slayers gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC and a +1 bonus to Reflex saves against attacks made by dragons.
Immunity to Turning and Rebuking (Ex): An undead dragon slayer cannot be turned, rebuked, commanded, or destroyed by the turn/rebuke undead class feature.
Spell Resistance (Ex): An undead dragon slayer has spell resistance equal to its CR + 13.
Unholy Toughness (Ex): An undead dragon slayer gains a bonus to its hit points equal to its Charisma modifier × its Hit Dice.
Additional Special Abilities
An undead dragon slayer may select [any 4?] of the following special abilities. [+1 special ability for every X points of BAB/caster level it gains about 9?]
Anti-Dragon Evocation (Sp): X times per day, an undead dragon slayer may alter any evocation spell they cast so that it does an extra 50% of force damage against dragons. For example, a caster level 10 fireball does 10d6 hp of fire damage, plus an additional 5d6 points of force damage to dragons. Anti-dragon force damage stacks with Metamagic feats that increase a spell's damage: e.g. a CL 12 Empowered flame strike would do (12d6 increased by 50%) fire damage, plus an additional 9d6 force damage to dragons.
Bind Wings (Su): Once per day, an undead dragon slayer may spend a full attack action to make a single attack imbued with the ability to bind a dragon's wings. If the attack hits a creature with the dragon subtype, bands of force wrap around the dragon, preventing flight for 1d6 rounds. If the dragon is in flight at the time that this ability takes effect, the dragon falls immediately, taking falling damage (unless prevented by a feather fall spell or similar ability). The bands of force are immune to damage and cannot be burst by Strength checks, but they can be destroyed by any effect that can destroy a wall of force. A bound dragon may escape with a successful Escape Artist check (DC equals 10 + undead dragon slayer's HD + undead dragon slayer's Cha modifier).
Dazzling Display (Su): As a standard action or part of a full attack action, an undead dragon slayer may make a series of complicated motions with its weapons which befuddles any dragon that sees it. Any dragon within x feet that can see the slayer must make a Fortitude save or become dazzled for X rounds. In addition, the dragon must make a Concentration check at XX DC to cast any spell, use a spell-like ability, or maintain a spell that requires Concentration. If the dazzling display is part of a full attack action, all attacks take a -2 attack penalty.
Improved Breath Evasion (Ex): The undead dragon slayer gains improved evasion (as the rogue class feature) against breath weapons.
Improved Dazzling Display (Su): ???.
Improved Dragon Defense (Ex): The undead dragon slayer gains an additional +2 dodge bonus to AC and a +1 bonus to Reflex saves against attacks made by dragons, which stacks with Dragon Defense.
Improved Weapon Throwing (Ex): An undead dragon slayer can throw any weapon as an attack against a dragon. The attack does not take any penalties for being an improvised weapon but instead gains a +4 racial attack bonus and does additional damage equal to 1d6 plus 1d6 per 2 HD of the undead dragon slayer. The attack bonus does not stack with that gained from the Weapon Throwing ability.
Scry Dragon (Sp): X times per day, the Undead Dragon Slayer can modify any divination spell so it is especially effective against dragons. The spell gains a +1 bonus on caster level checks to overcome a dragon's spell resistance and its range increases by 100%. These adjustments stack with spell augmentations from other sources, such as the Spell Penetration or Enlarge Spell metamagic feats.
A spell modified by scry dragon is only capable of detecting dragons. Thus a modified detect evil spell is able to detect evil dragons to a 120 ft. range, but cannot detect evil creatures that are not dragons. Scry Dragon can only modify divination spells that are capable of detecting dragons or phenomena of a draconic nature. It could not modify locate object (since dragons are not objects), but could modify detect undead or detect thought (to detect an undead dragon or a dragon's thoughts).
Smite Dragon (Su): Once per day, an undead dragon slayer may attempt to smite a dragon with one normal melee attack. She adds her Charisma bonus (if any) to her attack roll and deals 1 extra point of damage per HD. If the paladin accidentally smites a non-dragon, the smite has no effect, but the ability is still used up for that day.
Transmute Dragon (Sp): As Enchant Dragon (see above), except it alters a Transmutation spell, such as reduce person, so it affect dragons.
True Strike (Sp): The undead dragon slayer may use true strike once per day as a move action on any attack against a dragon.
Abilities: Increase from the base creature as follows: Str +6, Dex +4, Int +2, Wis +2, Cha +4. Being undead, an undead dragon slayer has no Constitution score.
Skills: x.
Feats: Undead dragon slayers gain x as a bonus feat, assuming the base creature doesn’t already have it.
Organization: Solitary or x.
Challenge Rating: Same as the base creature +x.
Treasure: x.
Alignment: Any nongood.
Advancement: By character class.
Level Adjustment: Same as the base creature +x.
ally appeared in Dragon Magazine #205 (1994).
http://www.enworld.org/forum/genera...-converting-forgotten-realms-monsters-45.html
Undead Dragon Slayer (template)
What flesh is visible is grey and rotted.
An undead dragon slayer is a horrifying creature returned from death to destroy dragons. Its armor glows with supernatural color – inspired by the dragon type the slayer hates most.
Most undead dragon slayers are called back from the grave by necromantic magic. Though it retains its own mind and agenda, it must obey the commands of the summoner – at least until its task is complete or it somehow wins its freedom. A small number af dragon slayers actually will themselves back from the dead. These individuals have the utmost faith in their cause, an undying hatred of dragons, and a supernatural strength of will. No matter which type of undead dragon slayer is encountered, all seek to destroy dragons and those who would offer aid to them. An undead dragon slayer might be found in the company of skeleton warriors or dracoliches.
While a slayer does not eat, it must slay dragons to replenish the energy that keeps him animated. Killing a dragon provides an undead dragon slayer with enough energy to last one month for every Hit Die the dragon had. If it does not replenish its energy within one week of the moment its last meal fades, it loses strength and must return to the sleep of the dead.
Creating an Undead Dragon Slayer
“Undead Dragon Slayer” is an acquired template that can be added to any humanoid creature (referred to hereafter as the base creature) that has a base attack bonus of +9 or higher or a caster level of 9th or higher.
An undead dragon slayer has all the base creature’s statistics and special abilities except as noted here.
Size and Type: The creature’s type changes to undead. Do not recalculate base attack bonus, saves, or skill points. Size is unchanged.
Hit Dice: Increase all current and future Hit Dice to d12s.
Armor Class: An undead dragon slayer has a +6 natural armor bonus or the base creature’s natural armor bonus, whichever is better.
Special Attacks: An undead dragon slayer retains the base creature's special attacks and gains those described below. Save DCs are equal to 10 + 1/2 undead dragon slayer's HD + undead dragon slayer's Cha modifier unless otherwise noted.
Anti-Dragon Casting (Ex): Undead dragon slayers gain a bonus equal to half their favored enemy bonus on caster level checks to overcome the spell resistance of dragons (this does not stack with other bonuses, such as from Spell Penetration) as well as the effects of Spell Focus for all spells cast against dragons. At caster level 17th, an undead dragon slayer also gains the effects of Greater Spell Focus for all spells cast against dragons.
Favored Enemy (Dragon) (Ex): Undead dragon slayers have dragons as favored enemies, as per the ranger class ability. The bonus is equal to the maximum bonus achieved by a ranger of the dragon slayer's HD. An undead dragon slayers ability does not stack with any other favored enemy ability.
Weapon Throwing (Ex): Undead dragon slayers can throw any weapon as an attack against a dragon. The attack does not take any penalties for being an improvised weapon but instead gains a +1 racial attack bonus.
Special Qualities: An undead dragon slayer retains all the base creature’s special qualities and gains those described below.
Breath Evasion (Ex): The undead dragon slayer gains evasion (as the rogue class feature) against breath weapons. If the slayer has evasion from another source, its breath evasion becomes improved evasion against breath weapons.
Damage Reduction (Su): An undead dragon slayer has damage reduction x/x. Its natural weapons are treated as x weapons for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.
Dragon Defense (Ex): Undead dragon slayers gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC and a +1 bonus to Reflex saves against attacks made by dragons.
Immunity to Turning and Rebuking (Ex): An undead dragon slayer cannot be turned, rebuked, commanded, or destroyed by the turn/rebuke undead class feature.
Spell Resistance (Ex): An undead dragon slayer has spell resistance equal to its CR + 13.
Unholy Toughness (Ex): An undead dragon slayer gains a bonus to its hit points equal to its Charisma modifier × its Hit Dice.
Additional Special Abilities
An undead dragon slayer may select [any 4?] of the following special abilities. [+1 special ability for every X points of BAB/caster level it gains about 9?]
Anti-Dragon Evocation (Sp): X times per day, an undead dragon slayer may alter any evocation spell they cast so that it does an extra 50% of force damage against dragons. For example, a caster level 10 fireball does 10d6 hp of fire damage, plus an additional 5d6 points of force damage to dragons. Anti-dragon force damage stacks with Metamagic feats that increase a spell's damage: e.g. a CL 12 Empowered flame strike would do (12d6 increased by 50%) fire damage, plus an additional 9d6 force damage to dragons.
Bind Wings (Su): Once per day, an undead dragon slayer may spend a full attack action to make a single attack imbued with the ability to bind a dragon's wings. If the attack hits a creature with the dragon subtype, bands of force wrap around the dragon, preventing flight for 1d6 rounds. If the dragon is in flight at the time that this ability takes effect, the dragon falls immediately, taking falling damage (unless prevented by a feather fall spell or similar ability). The bands of force are immune to damage and cannot be burst by Strength checks, but they can be destroyed by any effect that can destroy a wall of force. A bound dragon may escape with a successful Escape Artist check (DC equals 10 + undead dragon slayer's HD + undead dragon slayer's Cha modifier).
Dazzling Display (Su): As a standard action or part of a full attack action, an undead dragon slayer may make a series of complicated motions with its weapons which befuddles any dragon that sees it. Any dragon within x feet that can see the slayer must make a Fortitude save or become dazzled for X rounds. In addition, the dragon must make a Concentration check at XX DC to cast any spell, use a spell-like ability, or maintain a spell that requires Concentration. If the dazzling display is part of a full attack action, all attacks take a -2 attack penalty.
Improved Breath Evasion (Ex): The undead dragon slayer gains improved evasion (as the rogue class feature) against breath weapons.
Improved Dazzling Display (Su): ???.
Improved Dragon Defense (Ex): The undead dragon slayer gains an additional +2 dodge bonus to AC and a +1 bonus to Reflex saves against attacks made by dragons, which stacks with Dragon Defense.
Improved Weapon Throwing (Ex): An undead dragon slayer can throw any weapon as an attack against a dragon. The attack does not take any penalties for being an improvised weapon but instead gains a +4 racial attack bonus and does additional damage equal to 1d6 plus 1d6 per 2 HD of the undead dragon slayer. The attack bonus does not stack with that gained from the Weapon Throwing ability.
Scry Dragon (Sp): X times per day, the Undead Dragon Slayer can modify any divination spell so it is especially effective against dragons. The spell gains a +1 bonus on caster level checks to overcome a dragon's spell resistance and its range increases by 100%. These adjustments stack with spell augmentations from other sources, such as the Spell Penetration or Enlarge Spell metamagic feats.
A spell modified by scry dragon is only capable of detecting dragons. Thus a modified detect evil spell is able to detect evil dragons to a 120 ft. range, but cannot detect evil creatures that are not dragons. Scry Dragon can only modify divination spells that are capable of detecting dragons or phenomena of a draconic nature. It could not modify locate object (since dragons are not objects), but could modify detect undead or detect thought (to detect an undead dragon or a dragon's thoughts).
Smite Dragon (Su): Once per day, an undead dragon slayer may attempt to smite a dragon with one normal melee attack. She adds her Charisma bonus (if any) to her attack roll and deals 1 extra point of damage per HD. If the paladin accidentally smites a non-dragon, the smite has no effect, but the ability is still used up for that day.
Transmute Dragon (Sp): As Enchant Dragon (see above), except it alters a Transmutation spell, such as reduce person, so it affect dragons.
True Strike (Sp): The undead dragon slayer may use true strike once per day as a move action on any attack against a dragon.
Abilities: Increase from the base creature as follows: Str +6, Dex +4, Int +2, Wis +2, Cha +4. Being undead, an undead dragon slayer has no Constitution score.
Skills: x.
Feats: Undead dragon slayers gain x as a bonus feat, assuming the base creature doesn’t already have it.
Organization: Solitary or x.
Challenge Rating: Same as the base creature +x.
Treasure: x.
Alignment: Any nongood.
Advancement: By character class.
Level Adjustment: Same as the base creature +x.
ally appeared in Dragon Magazine #205 (1994).
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