Need help making a Custum Prestige class

Q-Ball

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Hey all

As of late ive been thinking about making my own prestige class ...

Now that i have made the base lines clear i decided to post it ... Its not done completely but i hope that some ppl will like the idea and is willing to help me design this prestige class to my liking (an others)

SO here the obasic ive been thinking about ...

Class name - Suicidalist

Description

The suicidalist are people who do not value live as much as they should. They Draw upon the unholy powers of the dead. They are hired men who are usually hired for spying and or assasination. They do this is a matter that is uniek.

By the mention of a suicidalist people often get scared because there is no knowing who he or she is and when he orshe wil plan a hit. Suicidalist are often a last resort for armies who need desperatly search for the advantage over the enemy.

When a suicidalist is cornered it can do drastic thing like commiting suicide and by doing so it often wipes out whole villages.

General IDEA

When a suicidalist reaches 0 or les hitpoints the body he is in disintegrates. He will go into a spritit form. Form that point on he has one whole day to find a fresh corps and inhabit that one.
If he fails to reach that corpse within 24 hours he wil lose one hitpoint per hour hes in spirit form. He doesnt regain hitpoints while being a spirit.

While in spirit form he is unable to comunicate with the living. He can only be seen with a See invisibility spell ( and others with similar effects )

When in spirit form he can only be dealt damage by a + 2 sword or better. Other weapons get a damage reduction of 25.

When he vacates a new body he must make a saving throw vs Will or lose all regelection of what had happened to him (see table 1.1). He also gains new stats at the DM's Disgretion. this will modify his hp and other stats.

Table 1.1

If failing his save is 10 or more he forgets everything and only knows he has mystical powers which wil regain in time. Make a willsave ever week.
Make a succesfull saving throw of dc 25 with a plus 1 every week.
In this state he will regain one skill every week as well. At the players discression. ( the other skills are considert waisted for the time being). he doesnt know what mission he was doing when he left his body nor who his friends are.

If failing with 5 to 9 He knows d6 of his skills randomly determined by a d? roll.(where ? is the number of skills originally known). he doesnt know what mission he was doing when he left his body nor who his friends are

If failing by 1 to 4 He knows all of his skills though he doesnt know what mission he was doing when he left his body nor who his friends are.

On throwing a will save of 10 or higher than the required DC He wil require one of the skills the person had whose body he is inheriting. (for example when inhabiting a farmer he might get the Knowledge Farming skill).

Hit Dice - d4

Requirements

To qualify as a Suicidalist a character must fulfill the following criteria :

Alignment : Anything but Good

Knowledge arcana : at least 7 ranks
Knowledge religion : at least 7 ranks (mainly for sacraficial rites)
????? : help please :)

Must be able to cast the 2 nd lvl spell gasious form.

Class Skills : Any id's ???

SKill points each lvl : 4 + Int Modifyer

Level - Att Bonus - Fort - Ref - Will

1 - 0 - +1 - 0 - + 2
2 - 1 - +2 - 0 - + 2
3 - 1 - +3 - 0 - + 2
4 - 2 - +3 - +1 - + 2
5 - 2 - +3 - +1 - + 3
6 - 3 - +4 - +1 - + 3
7 - 3 - +4 - +1 - + 4
8 - 4 - +4 - +2 - + 4
9 - 4 - +5 - +2 - + 4
10 - 5 - +6 - +3 - + 5


Gaining skills at leveling up :

At level 1: Minor Sacrificial Rites : By inflikting 1 hp of damage upon himself the suicidalist is able to do 1 d4 damage to opponent. (can be used 3 times per combat round)

At level 2:

At level 3: Suicidalist gains the ability to communicate with the living in one single language (one he already knew)

At level 4:
At level 5:
At level 6:
At level 7:
At level 8:
At level 9:
At level10:

Its getting late so im gonna go sleep now .. but I kinda need your help in skills and abilities and stuff ... so if you have any ideas please post them ...

Grtz

Q-Ball
 
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Well, I'd say for such a class one prerequisite could have been Self-Mutilation to the point of Terminal Injury (i.e. -9 HP) or death. So a cleric with either powerful heal spells or a raise dead spell will need to be on hand.

You could have an unusual spell system, such as Divine spells that take from your HP rather than spell memorisation.

e.g. to cast a spell will cost 1/(11-spell level)HP, and the HP cannot be retrieved through magical healing, but rather are restored when the suicidalist prays to his deity.


At high level he could get an ability like "Spontaneous Explosion" that kills himself and causes massive damage to surrounding creatures. Obviously, a ressurection spel or somesuch will be needed after this.:)
 

Heya,

Hmmz... though the hp thingie is really cool i thik the switch is to big from becomming a wiz/sorc to a suicidalist. being able to cast 3 fireballs studied for and then paying it with youre hp ??

Its a good id though :) .... love it alot ... but it should change alot more then ...


The selfmutilation to the point of Terminal Injury (i.e. -9 HP) or death - part is really cool ... Im gonna implement that for sure :) ..

Though since you are the only one who has replyed im thinking that i should do it myself again ... Thnx for your reply .. it is much apresiated !! :)

Grtz Q
 

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