BLACKDIRGE
Adventurer
The Ravenous of Laogzed
The power of hunger can be absolute, a gnawing devotion to gluttonous indulgence that can twist the mind and the body. To some the power of hunger and the act of devouring is the ultimate assertion of ones will upon another. Hunger taken to its most vile extreme has produced a new order of beings, devoted only to the ever-present insistence of their own twisted appetites. These foul individuals are known as the Ravenous of Laogzed.
Originally a perverse sect of troglodytes who in honor of their disgusting patron deity, Laogzed, the devourer, adopted a new dogma that centered around strengthening ones own power by consuming the flesh of others. The bodies of these twisted Troglodytes became bloated and foul and soon they attracted the attention and the favor of Laogzed acquiring horrible powers in the process. It is said that the Ravenous of Laogzed can eat anything, including their own bodies to power their unholy gifts. Laogzed’s favor, however, came with a terrible price. No longer could the Ravenous find sustenance from anything other than the freshly slain corpse of a sentient being. Without the flesh of intelligent creatures to fuel their ungainly bodies the Ravenous quickly degenerate and die.
Recently the cult of the ravenous had spread from beyond the subterranean realm of the troglodytes to the world at large. Gluttonous creatures everywhere are beginning to hear the call of Laogzed and the foul deity, not usually known for its ambition, is slowly adding to the number of its followers. Humans and dwarves seem to be the most common of the standard races to adopt the ways of the Ravenous as the greed inherent in the two races makes them likely candidates for gluttony. Most of the Ravenous are drawn from the ranks of fighters and barbarians as their combat abilities are only complimented by the gifts of hunger. Former spellcasters are rare as are rogues as the former loses the ability to advance their magical studies and the grotesque obesity of the Ravenous tends to impede the abilities of the latter.
Hit Die: d10
Requirements
To be come a Ravenous of Laogzed a character must fulfill all of the following criteria.
Alignment: Any Evil
Base Attack Bonus: +6
Feats: Thrall to Demon (Laogzed), Willing Deformity, Deformity (Obesity), Great Fortitude
Knowledge (Religion): 3 ranks
Craft (Cooking): 8 ranks
Special: To become a Ravenous of Laogzed a character must kill and consume the entire body of a sentient humanoid.
Class Skills
The Ravenous of Laogzed’s class skills (and the key ability for each) are Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Disguise (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Listen (Wis), Search (Int), Spot (Wis) and Wilderness Lore (Wis).
Skill points at each level: 2 + Int modifier
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the Ravenous of Laogzed prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The Ravenous of Laogzed gains no additional proficiency in weapon and armor.
Meat is Murder: On becoming one of the ravenous of Laogzed the character loses the ability to draw sustenance form anything but the flesh of a recently slain sentient creature. The Ravenous must devour at least a creature of small size per day to maintain his massive girth and special powers. A Ravenous that fails to meet these criteria loses one constitution point per day until he satisfies his perverse hunger.
Curse of the Ravenous I: At 1st level and every three levels after the Ravenous of Laogzed undergo a hideous transformation. At 1st level the change is not completely evident as most of the changes occur inside the body. The characters stomach grows to quadruple its normal size to allow for the intake of greater quantities of food and his digestive fluid become much stronger to allow the consumption of bone and other normally inedible substances. At this level the ravenous will appear “pot bellied” and his flesh will began to take on a sickly greenish hue.
Curse of the Ravenous II: At 5th level the Ravenous begins to take on the appearance of his vile patron Laogzed. The characters skin begins to constantly ooze a thick caustic substance allowing the ravenous to inflict an extra 1d6 acid damage with any unarmed attacks. In addition the slime is so thick that it adds a +1 natural armor bonus to the Ravenous’s armor class. A sickening stench of decay and offal surround the ravenous at all times now and due to this and his now horrendous form he receives a –2 circumstance penalty to Charisma.
Curse of the Ravenous III: At 9th level the Ravenous of Laogzed’s again undergoes a monumental physical change, doubling in size and developing a thick scaly skin. The character’s size increases one step with all appropriate bonuses and penalties and his scales add another +2 natural armor bonus. Most of this size increase is due to layer upon layer of fat and the now bloated clumsy form of the ravenous suffers a 10 ft reduction in speed as well as a -2 penalty to dexterity; the penalty to dexterity is in addition to the dexterity penalty incurred from increasing a size category.
Maw of Laogzed: The jaws of most humanoids are not designed for the bone cracking, flesh-gulping work that a Ravenous of Laogzed must undertake. So the devotees of hunger develop an ever-growing maw lined with sharp flesh shearing teeth, to better suit their gluttony. At 1st level and every odd level after the Ravenous of Laogzed’s mouth widens and expands to allow him to rip chunks of flesh from his victims and gulp them down. At 1st level he gains a bite attack for 1d4 point of damage that increases one die step every other level.
Autophagia: There is power in flesh and the Ravenous of Laogzed learn to harness this power at an early stage, even if the flesh must come from their own bodies. At 2nd level the ravenous may bite off and devour a chunk of his own flesh as a standard action and enter into a berserk fury identical to a barbarian's rage ability. The rage lasts for 4 + the Ravenous’s new constitution modifier. Using this ability inflicts 1d6 points of damage on the Ravenous and he may use the ability 1/day at 2nd level and one additional time at 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th.
Necrophagia: Continuing to learn the powers locked with the flesh of all beings the Ravenous may consume the flesh of an undead creature to take on some its characteristics for a short time. The flesh must come from a recent “slain” corporeal undead and the Ravenous must consume at least half of the corpse. After the undead flesh has been eaten the ravenous gains all the immunities described under the undead monster type. The immunities last for 1 hour per ravenous level. The ravenous gains this power at 6th level.
Vile Bile: At 8th level the Ravenous gains the ability to make a truly revolting and deadly attack. When pressed the ravenous can spew forth the contents of his cavernous stomach in a disgusting stream of bile and half-digested flesh. The stream is 15 feet long and inflicts 1d4 points of damage per Ravenous level to anything in it path. What’s worse the caustic vomitus gives off a nauseating carrion stench that acts as a stinking cloud spell centered on the Ravenous. The stench lasts for 1 round per Ravenous level and has no effect on the Ravenous himself. The Ravenous of Laogzed can use his vile bile attack once 1/day.
Omniphagia: At 10th level the ravenous can literally eat anything. Metal, wood, even highly dangerous substances like acid or alchemist’s fire cause the Ravenous no discomfort. The power of hunger has gone well beyond the confines of flesh now, and the Ravenous may draw upon the very essence of any thing he eats. The Ravenous may take on the characteristics of any type of creature now just as he did at 5th level with the Necrophagia power. If for instance, the ravenous were to devour at least half of the corpse of a dretch, he would gain the benefits normally associated with tanar’ri and outsiders; in fact the Ravenous’s own subtype would change to “outsider” for one hour per Ravenous level. With the exception of undead this power only works on living creatures. A Ravenous might eat a golem but he would not take on the charachteristics of a construct.
Base
Attack Fort Ref Will
Level Bonus Save Save Save Special
1st +1 +2 +0 +0 Meat is Murder, Maw of Laogzed
(1d4), Curse of the Ravenous
2nd +2 +3 +0 +0 Autophagia
3rd +3 +3 +1 +1 Maw of Laogzed (1d6)
4th +4 +4 +1 +1
5th +5 +4 +1 +1 Maw of Laogzed (1d8), Curse of the Ravenous II
6th +6 +5 +2 +2 Necrophagia
7th +7 +5 +2 +2 Maw of Laogzed (2d6)
8th +8 +6 +2 +2
9th +9 +6 +3 +3 Maw of Laogzed (2d8), Curse of the Ravenous III
10th +10 +7 +3 +3 Omniphagia
Special Abilities by Level:
1st: Meat is Murder, Maw of Laogzed(1d4), Curse of the Ravenous
2nd: Autophagia
3rd: Maw of Laogzed (1d6)
4th: None
5th: Maw of Laogzed (1d8), Curse of the Ravenous II
6th: Necrophagia
7th: Maw of Laogzed (2d6)
8th: Vile Bile
9th: Maw of Laogzed (2d8), Curse of the Ravenous III
10th: Omniphagia
The power of hunger can be absolute, a gnawing devotion to gluttonous indulgence that can twist the mind and the body. To some the power of hunger and the act of devouring is the ultimate assertion of ones will upon another. Hunger taken to its most vile extreme has produced a new order of beings, devoted only to the ever-present insistence of their own twisted appetites. These foul individuals are known as the Ravenous of Laogzed.
Originally a perverse sect of troglodytes who in honor of their disgusting patron deity, Laogzed, the devourer, adopted a new dogma that centered around strengthening ones own power by consuming the flesh of others. The bodies of these twisted Troglodytes became bloated and foul and soon they attracted the attention and the favor of Laogzed acquiring horrible powers in the process. It is said that the Ravenous of Laogzed can eat anything, including their own bodies to power their unholy gifts. Laogzed’s favor, however, came with a terrible price. No longer could the Ravenous find sustenance from anything other than the freshly slain corpse of a sentient being. Without the flesh of intelligent creatures to fuel their ungainly bodies the Ravenous quickly degenerate and die.
Recently the cult of the ravenous had spread from beyond the subterranean realm of the troglodytes to the world at large. Gluttonous creatures everywhere are beginning to hear the call of Laogzed and the foul deity, not usually known for its ambition, is slowly adding to the number of its followers. Humans and dwarves seem to be the most common of the standard races to adopt the ways of the Ravenous as the greed inherent in the two races makes them likely candidates for gluttony. Most of the Ravenous are drawn from the ranks of fighters and barbarians as their combat abilities are only complimented by the gifts of hunger. Former spellcasters are rare as are rogues as the former loses the ability to advance their magical studies and the grotesque obesity of the Ravenous tends to impede the abilities of the latter.
Hit Die: d10
Requirements
To be come a Ravenous of Laogzed a character must fulfill all of the following criteria.
Alignment: Any Evil
Base Attack Bonus: +6
Feats: Thrall to Demon (Laogzed), Willing Deformity, Deformity (Obesity), Great Fortitude
Knowledge (Religion): 3 ranks
Craft (Cooking): 8 ranks
Special: To become a Ravenous of Laogzed a character must kill and consume the entire body of a sentient humanoid.
Class Skills
The Ravenous of Laogzed’s class skills (and the key ability for each) are Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Disguise (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Listen (Wis), Search (Int), Spot (Wis) and Wilderness Lore (Wis).
Skill points at each level: 2 + Int modifier
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the Ravenous of Laogzed prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The Ravenous of Laogzed gains no additional proficiency in weapon and armor.
Meat is Murder: On becoming one of the ravenous of Laogzed the character loses the ability to draw sustenance form anything but the flesh of a recently slain sentient creature. The Ravenous must devour at least a creature of small size per day to maintain his massive girth and special powers. A Ravenous that fails to meet these criteria loses one constitution point per day until he satisfies his perverse hunger.
Curse of the Ravenous I: At 1st level and every three levels after the Ravenous of Laogzed undergo a hideous transformation. At 1st level the change is not completely evident as most of the changes occur inside the body. The characters stomach grows to quadruple its normal size to allow for the intake of greater quantities of food and his digestive fluid become much stronger to allow the consumption of bone and other normally inedible substances. At this level the ravenous will appear “pot bellied” and his flesh will began to take on a sickly greenish hue.
Curse of the Ravenous II: At 5th level the Ravenous begins to take on the appearance of his vile patron Laogzed. The characters skin begins to constantly ooze a thick caustic substance allowing the ravenous to inflict an extra 1d6 acid damage with any unarmed attacks. In addition the slime is so thick that it adds a +1 natural armor bonus to the Ravenous’s armor class. A sickening stench of decay and offal surround the ravenous at all times now and due to this and his now horrendous form he receives a –2 circumstance penalty to Charisma.
Curse of the Ravenous III: At 9th level the Ravenous of Laogzed’s again undergoes a monumental physical change, doubling in size and developing a thick scaly skin. The character’s size increases one step with all appropriate bonuses and penalties and his scales add another +2 natural armor bonus. Most of this size increase is due to layer upon layer of fat and the now bloated clumsy form of the ravenous suffers a 10 ft reduction in speed as well as a -2 penalty to dexterity; the penalty to dexterity is in addition to the dexterity penalty incurred from increasing a size category.
Maw of Laogzed: The jaws of most humanoids are not designed for the bone cracking, flesh-gulping work that a Ravenous of Laogzed must undertake. So the devotees of hunger develop an ever-growing maw lined with sharp flesh shearing teeth, to better suit their gluttony. At 1st level and every odd level after the Ravenous of Laogzed’s mouth widens and expands to allow him to rip chunks of flesh from his victims and gulp them down. At 1st level he gains a bite attack for 1d4 point of damage that increases one die step every other level.
Autophagia: There is power in flesh and the Ravenous of Laogzed learn to harness this power at an early stage, even if the flesh must come from their own bodies. At 2nd level the ravenous may bite off and devour a chunk of his own flesh as a standard action and enter into a berserk fury identical to a barbarian's rage ability. The rage lasts for 4 + the Ravenous’s new constitution modifier. Using this ability inflicts 1d6 points of damage on the Ravenous and he may use the ability 1/day at 2nd level and one additional time at 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th.
Necrophagia: Continuing to learn the powers locked with the flesh of all beings the Ravenous may consume the flesh of an undead creature to take on some its characteristics for a short time. The flesh must come from a recent “slain” corporeal undead and the Ravenous must consume at least half of the corpse. After the undead flesh has been eaten the ravenous gains all the immunities described under the undead monster type. The immunities last for 1 hour per ravenous level. The ravenous gains this power at 6th level.
Vile Bile: At 8th level the Ravenous gains the ability to make a truly revolting and deadly attack. When pressed the ravenous can spew forth the contents of his cavernous stomach in a disgusting stream of bile and half-digested flesh. The stream is 15 feet long and inflicts 1d4 points of damage per Ravenous level to anything in it path. What’s worse the caustic vomitus gives off a nauseating carrion stench that acts as a stinking cloud spell centered on the Ravenous. The stench lasts for 1 round per Ravenous level and has no effect on the Ravenous himself. The Ravenous of Laogzed can use his vile bile attack once 1/day.
Omniphagia: At 10th level the ravenous can literally eat anything. Metal, wood, even highly dangerous substances like acid or alchemist’s fire cause the Ravenous no discomfort. The power of hunger has gone well beyond the confines of flesh now, and the Ravenous may draw upon the very essence of any thing he eats. The Ravenous may take on the characteristics of any type of creature now just as he did at 5th level with the Necrophagia power. If for instance, the ravenous were to devour at least half of the corpse of a dretch, he would gain the benefits normally associated with tanar’ri and outsiders; in fact the Ravenous’s own subtype would change to “outsider” for one hour per Ravenous level. With the exception of undead this power only works on living creatures. A Ravenous might eat a golem but he would not take on the charachteristics of a construct.
Base
Attack Fort Ref Will
Level Bonus Save Save Save Special
1st +1 +2 +0 +0 Meat is Murder, Maw of Laogzed
(1d4), Curse of the Ravenous
2nd +2 +3 +0 +0 Autophagia
3rd +3 +3 +1 +1 Maw of Laogzed (1d6)
4th +4 +4 +1 +1
5th +5 +4 +1 +1 Maw of Laogzed (1d8), Curse of the Ravenous II
6th +6 +5 +2 +2 Necrophagia
7th +7 +5 +2 +2 Maw of Laogzed (2d6)
8th +8 +6 +2 +2
9th +9 +6 +3 +3 Maw of Laogzed (2d8), Curse of the Ravenous III
10th +10 +7 +3 +3 Omniphagia
Special Abilities by Level:
1st: Meat is Murder, Maw of Laogzed(1d4), Curse of the Ravenous
2nd: Autophagia
3rd: Maw of Laogzed (1d6)
4th: None
5th: Maw of Laogzed (1d8), Curse of the Ravenous II
6th: Necrophagia
7th: Maw of Laogzed (2d6)
8th: Vile Bile
9th: Maw of Laogzed (2d8), Curse of the Ravenous III
10th: Omniphagia
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