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Avatar Of Desire
This a prestige class I am working on that is based on the Thrall of Malcanthet that appears in Dragon 353.
James Jacobs was the author of that article (and I did check with him before posting this).
The intent is to make a prestige class for servants of a good aligned (unnamed) Goddess of Love who opposes Malcanthet. The class is still being tweaked, so the following is a work in progress. Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated.
Due to the fact that I am ripping ideas from the Thrall of Malcanthet prestige class, I won't be repeating everying that appeared in that issue, otherwise you have no reason to buy the magazine:)
Note: Amongst the servants of the deity will be succubi that have been redeemed from their dark ways.
Avatar of Desire Prestige Class
Requirements:
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Gender: Female
Skills: As Thrall of Malcanthet
Feats: Persuasive, Spell Focus(Enchantment)
Class Features
Weapon and Armour Proficiency: Long Bow & Short bow
Note: Bows seem appropriate for a love goddess.
Spells per day: Same as Thrall of Malcanthet
Sacred Beauty(Su): Same as the Profane Beauty class feature of the Thrall of Malcanthet.
Telepathic Gaze(Ex): Same as the class feature of the Thrall of Malcanthet.
Stunning Glance(Su):Once per day, the Avatar can choose a single opponent within 30' of them and give them a suggestive wink. If they fail a Will save (DC 10+Avatar levels+CHA bonus) they are stunned for 1d4 rounds.
Note: This replaced the Betrayal class ability of the Thrall of Malcanthet.
Distraction(Ex): Beginning at 3rd level the character can flash a smile that distracts an opponent within 30' who can see them. At 6th level they can do this twice per day and at 9th level three times per day.
If the character fails a Will save (DC 10+Avatar levels+CHA bonus) then he is considered Flat Footed for the next round.
Note: This replaced the Thrall of Malcanthet's Sneak attack.
Charming Voice(Su): Same as the class feature of the Thrall of Malcanthet
Chaste Beauty: Same as Sinners beauty class feature of the Thrall of Malcanthet
Energising Kiss(Su): As Draining Kiss is rather an evil ability, Energising Kiss seemed more approriate.
The subject gains +1 to Attacks, Saves, Skill checks and Ability checks for 1 hour. They also gain 5 temporary Hit Points. Although the ability may be used three times per day, multiple uses on the same subject do not stack.
Reflect Enchantment: Same as the class feature of the Thrall of Malcanthet
Persuasive Voice(Su): Dominate Monster sounds more evil, so I thought that Suggestion (Mass) might be more appropriate, but affecting only creatures of the same type. This ability may be used once per day.
Angelic Form(Su):
Same ability increases as Succubus Form (the deity is served by 'good succubi')
Damage Reduction 10/Cold Iron or Evil
Immunity to Poison and Electricity (Angels are Immune to Acid, Cold and Petrification, so may use two of those immunities instead)
Resist Acid 10, Cold 10, Fire 10(these will obviously change if the immunities do)
Spell Resistance 18
While in Angelic From, Energising Kiss can be used at will, but no more than once per subject.
Note: Not sure if this is too powerful as an ability. It would be if the effects stacked with multiple uses, but they don't.
So, post your comments and suggestions please.
PrCs usually do not grant weapon or armor proficiencies. I'd make the proficiency with the bow a prereq instead. As a side note, I think associating bows with love stems from Cupid (ancient Greek mythology). Cultures not familiar with Cupid probably would not associate the bow with love.
You might want to add that the stunning glance is a gaze attack and that it is a enchantment (compulsion) effect, or at least that it's a mind-affecting ability.
Does Distration render the opponent effectively flat-footed against everyone's attacks? Usually abilities like this only work for the character who made the target flat-footed (cf. feinting). A powerful ability, but ironically your good version of the PrC loses the sneak attack progression, so it is not very useful for the character herself.
Energising kiss is not that powerful, even if you can use it at will. There are many spells and abilities that produce similar effects such as inspire courage or bless. Why not make it a morale bonus, btw?
And one more comment: Your PrC is in no way related to the RPG superstar contest, so this thread will probably be moved as soon as a mod spots it.
And one more comment: Your PrC is in no way related to the RPG superstar contest, so this thread will probably be moved as soon as a mod spots it.
Oops. Did not mean it to be in in superstar thread. Sorry!
Just meant to add to General Discussion. I'd delete it if I could...
And Thrall of Malcanthet adds weapon proficiences (Scourge and Whip), which is why I adapted it to bows. And Greek mythology is what I had in mind, as the myths are fun to read.
