D&D 3E/3.5 <3.5> Unholy Knight, the Master of Evil

The Unholy Knight. The very hand of the evil gods. The Unholy Knight is often a fallen hero who turns from the holy way to corrupt and destroy for their own corrupt gains.

Hit Dice: d10
Skill Points/Lv: +2
Class Skills: Bluff, Concentration, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge (Religion), Knowledge (Planes), Sense Motive, Spot
Saves: 3 Good

BAB: Full
Casting: 0-5th level Evil/Necromancy descriptor spells based on Charisma. Treated as Arcane, but not subject to Arcane Spell Failure
Proficiencies: Simple and Martial Proficencies, All Armor and Shields

1st Level: 2 Domains from any Evil Deity's Portfolio (can only be evil or vile domains)
2nd Level: Resist Poison (+4 Profane bonus to saves)
3rd Level: Rebuke Undead (as a cleric -2)
4th Level: Unholy Aura (Opposite of Paladin's)
5th Level: Unholy Ally (Choose one Evil monster = ECL -1)
6th Level: Cold Resistance = 1/2 CL
7th Level: Unhallow 1/day
8th Level: Diabolic Strike 1d6 Vile damage (whenever using a melee strike)
9th Level: Electricity Resistance = 1/2 CL
10th Level: History of Evil (see Samurai's Staredown ability)
11th Level: Unhallow 1/encounter
12th Level: Bonus Vile Feat
13th Level: Fire Resistance = 1/2 CL
14th Level: Diabolic Strike 2d6 Vile Damage
15th Level: Finger of Death 3/day
16th Level: Unhallow at will
17th Level: Immunity to Disease
18th Level: Diabolic Strike 3d6 Vile Damage
19th Level: Summon Major Devil or Demon (as a full-round action 1/encounter until dismissed) [Major Devil/Demons are those over 15CR)
20th Level: Death Knight (Unholy Knight gains the Death Knight template)

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So, how's this work on balance?

Fallen hero - will require levels in something else

Evil descriptor spells only seem like a very narrow array of options, but with the Fighter's starting combat suit, I guess it's enough, but if it's arcane, you should remember the ACF issue. Maybe it should have armor progression like the Duskblade's

2 Domains . . . selected from which ?

Unholy Aura - description(?)

Diabolic Strike - detailed description(?) rather than start with an armor type thay could cripple it.

Immunity to Disease - quite meh at this stage of the game

Summon Major Devil or Demon - what counts as major?... duration?... #uses?



Some detailes are missing or incomplete, but in general it seems quite powerful (maybe too powerful).

nonsi256 said:

Fallen hero - will require levels in something else

Evil descriptor spells only seem like a very narrow array of options, but with the Fighter's starting combat suit, I guess it's enough, but if it's arcane, you should remember the ACF issue. Maybe it should have armor progression like the Duskblade's

2 Domains . . . selected from which ?

Unholy Aura - description(?)

Diabolic Strike - detailed description(?) rather than start with an armor type thay could cripple it.

Immunity to Disease - quite meh at this stage of the game

Summon Major Devil or Demon - what counts as major?... duration?... #uses?



Some detailes are missing or incomplete, but in general it seems quite powerful (maybe too powerful).

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Fixed what was missing and needed expansion

2 domains from any Evil deity? So, any 2 domains, except Good.

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What the heck is this for? Because it's too strong to be a PC class, and too jumbled to be a good NPC class. Unless you just want all your villains to be a single class, saving you a lot of build time.

ValhallaGH said:

2 domains from any Evil deity? So, any 2 domains, except Good.

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What the heck is this for? Because it's too strong to be a PC class, and too jumbled to be a good NPC class. Unless you just want all your villains to be a single class, saving you a lot of build time.

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I mean you can only choose Evil/vile domains. That weakens that class feature

and the goal is a nicely powerful (albeit, maybe this is too much) Evil PC class or villain class. The Unholy Knight is meant to be like a powerful Lackey to a powerhouse evil villain or a powerful thrall to an evil Outsider

That's a lot of vile damage.

pawsplay said:

That's a lot of vile damage.

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the idea is that they stay in melee and become a "One-Man Army"