Epic PrC based on Warcraft 3!

[Dark Wolf 97]

This is the Demon Hunter off WC3 and his fav. weapon crescent blades:

Crescent Blade
Exotic Melee Weapon (double weapon)
Medium Sized
Cost: 1,115 gp
Damage: 1d6/1d6
Critical: 19-20 x2
Range Increment: -
Weight: 10lbs
Type: Slashing

Special: Those proficient with this weapon may effectively use both attacks with one hand, allowing the user four attacks (with normal penalties) when wielding two Crescent Blades.

Please note: I didn’t put a lot of the restrictions on him as WC3 did. But it is still exceptionally hard to get this class, as you must be a Arcane Spellcaster and a 20th Ranger. Also formerly you had to be able to cast Gate and Banishment, feel free to add them if you think the class is too strong.

Demon Hunter
Requirements:
Alignment: Any Chaotic
Race: Any Elf
Base Attack Bonus: +22
Skills: Knowledge (The Abyss) +9 (Demonkind) +13
Feats: Death of Enemies (Demon)
Spells: Ability to cast Arcane spells.
Special: A Ritual blinding that requires one day during which the canadite must defeat a greater Demon in single combat (Balor or above).

Class Skills: A Demon Hunter’s Class Skills are:
Balance, Concentration, Hide, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge (Arcana, The Abyss, Demonkind), Listen, Move Silently, Spellcraft, Survival, Tumble

Bonus Feats: Demon Hunters receive bonus feats at 1st and every 3rd level thereafter (4th, 7th, 10th).
Blinding Speed, Damage Reduction, Devastating Critical,, Epic Prowess, Epic Reflexes, Epic Speed, Epic Spellcasting, Epic Toughness, Epic Weapon Focus, Fast Healing, Improved Combat Casting, Improved Combat Reflexes, Improved Favored Enemy, Improved Spell Resistance, Legendary Tracker, Overwhelming Critical, Penetrate Damage Reduction, Perfect Heath, Perfect Two-Weapon Fighting, Self-Concealment, Superior Initiative, Two-Weapon Rend.

Class Features:

Level Features
1 Blind Sight (100ft), Bonus Feat, Demon hunting +1/1d12
2 Courage of heaven
3 Demon hunting +2/2d12, Lesser Metamorphosis
4 Blind Sight (150ft), Bonus Feat
5 Demon hunting +3/3d12
6 Greater Metamorphosis
7 Blind Sight (200ft), Bonus Feat, Demon hunting +4/4d12
8 Resist Corruption
9 Demon hunting +5/5d12, Final Metamorphosis
10 Blind Sight (250ft), Bonus Feat, Strength of the Abyss


Blind Sight: During the ritual blinding the Demon Hunter gains Blind Sight of 100ft, this later increases.

Demon Hunting: Demon Hunters gain a number of special abilities against demons. They get a bonus on all attack, damage, skill check, and saves rolls against demons, at 1st level this bonus is +1, this increases. They also gain a 1d12 bonus to damage against demons, this increases. On any critical hit the critical multiplier is increased by 2.

Spells: A Demon Hunter casts arcane spells as a Sorcerer (spontaneous, Cha). DC = Spell Level + Cha Modifier + 10.

Courage of Heaven: A Demon Hunter is immune to the Fear effects of Demons.

Lesser Metamorphosis: Once per day, as a standard action, a Demon Hunter may change into a Lesser Demon (stated below). This transformation lasts 5+Wis modifier rounds.

Greater Metamorphosis: Thrice per day, as a standard action, a Demon Hunter may change into a Greater Demon (stated below). This transformation lasts 7+Wis modifier rounds.

Resist Corruption: A Demon Hunter may use spells that summon demons as if they did not have an evil descriptor.

Final Metamorphosis: Six times per day, as a free action, a Demon Hunter may change into a Demon Lord (stated below). This transformation lasts 9+Wis modifier rounds.

Strength of the Abyss: Once per day, as a free action, a Demon Hunter may draw power directly from the Abyss, granting him +20 Str, + 14 Dex, +14 Con (increasing hp per HD), a Demon Hunter using this corrupt power must make a Will Save DC 30 or be Insane as the spell Insanity and shift one alignment toward evil. This last 13+Wis modifier rounds.

Spells per day:
Lvl1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
01 0, -, -, -, -, -
02 1, 0, -, -, -, -
03 1, 1, 0, -, -, -
04 2, 1, 1, 0, -, -
05 2, 2, 1, 1, 0, -
06 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 0
07 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1
08 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1
09 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2
10 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2

Spells:
1 - Alarm, Mage Armor, Change Self, Cause Fear, Jump
2 - Web, Blur, Knock, Consecrate, Undetectable Alignment
3 - Daylight, Deeper Darkness, Dispel Magic, Tongues, Fly, Haste
4 - Lesser Planar Ally, Death Ward, Locate Creature, Polymorph Self
5 - Contact Other Plane, Cone of Cold, Plane Shift
6 - Banishment, Planar Binding, True Seeing, Greater Dispelling

Lesser Stats - Vrock (4 extra HD, mental scores remain the same)
Greater Stats - Balor (8 extra HD, mental scores remain the same)
Final Stats - Infernal (CE with Serge’s Demon Lord template and 12 extra HD, mental scores remain the same)

Demon Hunters are solitary figures of the battered elven society. After years a war and loss with the demons, the brilliant, yet utterly insane Elven Mage Rezalorian Estranbor established the Demon Hunters, a loose orginazation of elves dedicated to the extermination of demonkind. After several years of suceess, Rezalorian himself went evil and , if possible, even more insane, become a terror to the elves, for he knew every weakness of their nation. After a few more years, the majority of the Demon Hunters had fallen to the evil they had strove to fight. With their power the Elven nation of Neirlandor fell, becoming a land of evil, and a staging ground for demonic armies. Now, Demon Hunters have no place in most elven societies, being feared and hated.

Please critique, especially on the type of Demon he changes into and his spell list.

 

[Bean 2.0]

bane of enemies should probably on the requirement list

also epic levels are a tough time to learn a new spell casting class maybe give +1 spell caster levels instead and up the preqs to include more magic abiliities and wilderness lore or whatever the 3.5 skill is called

finally maybe instead of a fixed saving throw DC make it 15 + levels in the demon hunter PrC

thats it for my suggestions

 

[Krug]

Don't see why it needs to be an Epic PrC though..

 

[daTim]

I dont see why this has to be epic either. Instead of the complications of figureing out the new demons transformed stats with extra hit dice, which are probly weaker than the demonhunter was, maybe have it be something like you gain the fiendish or half fiend template once every other level. Sort of a rage thing. Eh, just an idea

 

[med stud]

I think the DH should be epic for the fact that it can defeat armies single- handed, and that it's prescense on a battlefield without a matching hero on the other side will give an auto- win to his army. So logically speaking, this would be an epic PrC, or at least a PrC that starts out at maybe lvl 15 and then goes on into the epics.