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Note: This prestige class was partially inspired by the Knight of the Chalice from Defenders of the Faith. There will be more flavour text later. The organization the exalted hunter of Amon-Kea is a member of, the Exalted, will also receive more detail later. Here is a very, very brief outline:
The Exalted are celestials, half-celestials, and similar creatures devoted to the destruction of fiends. The organization is run by three powerful angels, called the Triumvirate, who intend to continue the war against evil abandoned by Heaven.
Amon-Kea is the citadel of the Exalted. Located alongside the northern edge of the Black Canyon, the citadel houses more than two thousand creatures, including the Triumvirate and the private chambers of the exalted hunters.
Derhaculx is the fiend responsible for breaking the Divine Pact. He revealed to the mortals that their souls are destined to the Void after death, not the planar domains of their divine patrons. The Exalted saw it fit to punish Derhaculx, and subsoquently captured him. He was condemned to torture and mutilation at the hands of the Exalted. His blood has been drained from his body, and sees use as a way of testing candidates for the exalted hunter prestige class. The fiend's inherent magical nature coupled with a ring of regeneration allows him to live, horrible wounds and pain he suffers every day and night.
Exalted Hunter of Amon-Kea (Exh)
An elite member of the Exalted charged with the quest to slay fiends primarily in Khanesh, but also in other planes. Reflecting the discriminatory decree of the Triumvirate, only members of the Exalted who are human may aspire to become exalted hunters. The Triumvirate has also decreed that these humans must be descendants of celestials, for only creatures blessed with celestial blood are fit to become celestials (or so the Triumvirate believes). These celestial qualities are gained as the exalted hunter advance in the prestige class and become more powerful. There are never more than twenty-five exalted hunters at any given time and they usually prefer to work alone. Even the most powerful and vile fiend quiver at the thought of doing battle with an exalted hunter of Amon-Kea.
Hit Die: d10.
REQUIREMENTS
To qualify to become an Exalted Hunter of Amon-Kea, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.
Alignment: Any nonevil.
Race: Human.
Base Attack Bonus: +8.
Feats: Celestial Blood, Toughness.
Knowledge (fiends): 10 ranks.
Knowledge (the planes): 5 ranks.
Special: The character must already be a member of the Exalted. In addition, the character must survive three initiation rites. He must survive one day in Hell alone equiped only with the gear he can carry himself. Secondly, he must bathe in the vile blood of Derhaculx which requires two successful saving throws: A DC 15 Foritude save and a DC 10 Will save. If the Fortitude save fails, the character dies. If the Will save fails, the character's alignment changes to Chaotic Evil. In the event of an alignment change, the Exalted will attack and presumably slay the character, as he bathes naked without any gear and equipment. The last initiation rite is to drink from the sacrificial chalice blood of each of the Triumvirate. If the character has any ill intentions regarding his call as an exalted hunter, in the sense that he plans to abuse his powers and responsabilities in any way, drinking from the chalice will slay him. When slain in this manner, a character can never be raised or ressurected.
CLASS SKILLS
The exalted hunter of Amon-Kea's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Gather Information (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Jump(Str), Knowledge (Fiends), Knowledge (religion), Knowledge (The planes), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), and Swim (Str). See chapter 4: Skills in the Player's Handbook for skill descriptions.
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
CLASS FEATURES
All of the following are class features of the exalted hunter of Amon-Kea prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Exalted hunters of Amon-Kea are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with all types of armor, and with shields.
Fiendslaying: Exalted hunters of Amon-Kea gain a number of special benefits in combat with fiends. A 1st-level exalted hunter gets a +1 competence bonus on attack rolls against fiends. On a successful attack, he deals an additional 1d6 points of damage due to his expertise in combating these creatures. These bonuses increase as the exalted hunter advances in level, as shown below.
A 1st-level exalted hunter's +1 competence bonus also applies to Intimidate, Listen, Sense Motive, and Spot checks when he uses these skills against fiends. He gets the same bonus on Will saving throws against attacks from demons, and to opposed ability checks he makes against demons.
These bonuses stack with the ranger's favored enemy bonus.
Discern Fiend (Sp): As discern location but only capable of scrying the location of a fiend. The exalted hunter does not need to have seen the creature or possess some item that once belonged to it, though he still needs to know the fiend's name. The exalted hunter can use this spell-like ability at will. This is how exalted hunters can trace the fiends they hunt relentlessly across the multiverse.
Celestial Metamorphisis I: The exalted hunter of Amon-Kea grows to become more like an celestial as he advances in the prestige class. Celestial metamorphisis I heralds certain changes to the exalted hunter's appereance: His hair turns to silver and his eyes to gold. The exalted hunter gains low-light vision and darkvision 60 feet.
Celestial Metamorphisis II: The exalted hunter's skin changes colour to emerald green, copper red, or snow white. He gains immunity petrification and electricity resistance 10.
Celestial Metamorphisis III: The exalted hunter grows white, feathery wings, allowing him to fly at his normal speed with an average maneuverability.
Celestial Apotheosis: At 10th level, the exalted hunter completes his metamorphisis and transcends his mortal form to become a celestial creature. His type changes to "outsider", which means (among other things) that he is no longer affected by spells that specifically target humanoids, such as charm person, but he can be hedged out by a magic circle against good spell. The exalted hunter gains immunity to poison and acid, as well as cold resistance 10. Also, his being radiates a faint light which acts as a magic circle against evil as cast by a sorceror of the exalted hunter's class-level. This effect can be dispelled, but the exalted hunter can create it again durings its next turn as a free action. This is a supernatural ability. Finally, the exalted hunter gains damage reduction 20/+1.
Base Attack Bonus: As Fighter.
Fortitude Save: Good.
Reflex Save: Poor.
Will Save: Poor.
1st-level: Fiendslaying +1/+1d6.
2nd-level: Discern Fiend.
3rd-level: Fiendslaying +2/+2d6.
4th-level: Celestial metamorphisis I.
5th-level: Fiendslaying +3/+3d6.
6th-level: Celestial metamorphisis II.
7th-level: Fiendslaying +4/+4d6.
8th-level: Celestial metamorphisis III.
9th-level: Fienslaying +5/+5d6
10th-level: Celestial apotheosis.
How does it look? Weak, balanced, too powerful? Unoriginal, original, outlandish? What do you think?
The Exalted are celestials, half-celestials, and similar creatures devoted to the destruction of fiends. The organization is run by three powerful angels, called the Triumvirate, who intend to continue the war against evil abandoned by Heaven.
Amon-Kea is the citadel of the Exalted. Located alongside the northern edge of the Black Canyon, the citadel houses more than two thousand creatures, including the Triumvirate and the private chambers of the exalted hunters.
Derhaculx is the fiend responsible for breaking the Divine Pact. He revealed to the mortals that their souls are destined to the Void after death, not the planar domains of their divine patrons. The Exalted saw it fit to punish Derhaculx, and subsoquently captured him. He was condemned to torture and mutilation at the hands of the Exalted. His blood has been drained from his body, and sees use as a way of testing candidates for the exalted hunter prestige class. The fiend's inherent magical nature coupled with a ring of regeneration allows him to live, horrible wounds and pain he suffers every day and night.
Exalted Hunter of Amon-Kea (Exh)
An elite member of the Exalted charged with the quest to slay fiends primarily in Khanesh, but also in other planes. Reflecting the discriminatory decree of the Triumvirate, only members of the Exalted who are human may aspire to become exalted hunters. The Triumvirate has also decreed that these humans must be descendants of celestials, for only creatures blessed with celestial blood are fit to become celestials (or so the Triumvirate believes). These celestial qualities are gained as the exalted hunter advance in the prestige class and become more powerful. There are never more than twenty-five exalted hunters at any given time and they usually prefer to work alone. Even the most powerful and vile fiend quiver at the thought of doing battle with an exalted hunter of Amon-Kea.
Hit Die: d10.
REQUIREMENTS
To qualify to become an Exalted Hunter of Amon-Kea, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.
Alignment: Any nonevil.
Race: Human.
Base Attack Bonus: +8.
Feats: Celestial Blood, Toughness.
Knowledge (fiends): 10 ranks.
Knowledge (the planes): 5 ranks.
Special: The character must already be a member of the Exalted. In addition, the character must survive three initiation rites. He must survive one day in Hell alone equiped only with the gear he can carry himself. Secondly, he must bathe in the vile blood of Derhaculx which requires two successful saving throws: A DC 15 Foritude save and a DC 10 Will save. If the Fortitude save fails, the character dies. If the Will save fails, the character's alignment changes to Chaotic Evil. In the event of an alignment change, the Exalted will attack and presumably slay the character, as he bathes naked without any gear and equipment. The last initiation rite is to drink from the sacrificial chalice blood of each of the Triumvirate. If the character has any ill intentions regarding his call as an exalted hunter, in the sense that he plans to abuse his powers and responsabilities in any way, drinking from the chalice will slay him. When slain in this manner, a character can never be raised or ressurected.
CLASS SKILLS
The exalted hunter of Amon-Kea's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Gather Information (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Jump(Str), Knowledge (Fiends), Knowledge (religion), Knowledge (The planes), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), and Swim (Str). See chapter 4: Skills in the Player's Handbook for skill descriptions.
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
CLASS FEATURES
All of the following are class features of the exalted hunter of Amon-Kea prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Exalted hunters of Amon-Kea are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with all types of armor, and with shields.
Fiendslaying: Exalted hunters of Amon-Kea gain a number of special benefits in combat with fiends. A 1st-level exalted hunter gets a +1 competence bonus on attack rolls against fiends. On a successful attack, he deals an additional 1d6 points of damage due to his expertise in combating these creatures. These bonuses increase as the exalted hunter advances in level, as shown below.
A 1st-level exalted hunter's +1 competence bonus also applies to Intimidate, Listen, Sense Motive, and Spot checks when he uses these skills against fiends. He gets the same bonus on Will saving throws against attacks from demons, and to opposed ability checks he makes against demons.
These bonuses stack with the ranger's favored enemy bonus.
Discern Fiend (Sp): As discern location but only capable of scrying the location of a fiend. The exalted hunter does not need to have seen the creature or possess some item that once belonged to it, though he still needs to know the fiend's name. The exalted hunter can use this spell-like ability at will. This is how exalted hunters can trace the fiends they hunt relentlessly across the multiverse.
Celestial Metamorphisis I: The exalted hunter of Amon-Kea grows to become more like an celestial as he advances in the prestige class. Celestial metamorphisis I heralds certain changes to the exalted hunter's appereance: His hair turns to silver and his eyes to gold. The exalted hunter gains low-light vision and darkvision 60 feet.
Celestial Metamorphisis II: The exalted hunter's skin changes colour to emerald green, copper red, or snow white. He gains immunity petrification and electricity resistance 10.
Celestial Metamorphisis III: The exalted hunter grows white, feathery wings, allowing him to fly at his normal speed with an average maneuverability.
Celestial Apotheosis: At 10th level, the exalted hunter completes his metamorphisis and transcends his mortal form to become a celestial creature. His type changes to "outsider", which means (among other things) that he is no longer affected by spells that specifically target humanoids, such as charm person, but he can be hedged out by a magic circle against good spell. The exalted hunter gains immunity to poison and acid, as well as cold resistance 10. Also, his being radiates a faint light which acts as a magic circle against evil as cast by a sorceror of the exalted hunter's class-level. This effect can be dispelled, but the exalted hunter can create it again durings its next turn as a free action. This is a supernatural ability. Finally, the exalted hunter gains damage reduction 20/+1.
Base Attack Bonus: As Fighter.
Fortitude Save: Good.
Reflex Save: Poor.
Will Save: Poor.
1st-level: Fiendslaying +1/+1d6.
2nd-level: Discern Fiend.
3rd-level: Fiendslaying +2/+2d6.
4th-level: Celestial metamorphisis I.
5th-level: Fiendslaying +3/+3d6.
6th-level: Celestial metamorphisis II.
7th-level: Fiendslaying +4/+4d6.
8th-level: Celestial metamorphisis III.
9th-level: Fienslaying +5/+5d6
10th-level: Celestial apotheosis.
How does it look? Weak, balanced, too powerful? Unoriginal, original, outlandish? What do you think?
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