GM Gluttony's The Mother's Maw

Game Master Jigamorphic

Init +2; Senses Perception +6
stats
str 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
dex 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
con 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9 (11, 9+2 race mod)
wis 18 (focus)
int 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
cha 8 (foible)
skillpoints per level 8 skills Knowledge (geography) (Int), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Perception (since this is pathfinder and we don't have a listening skill perception instead of listening 4 ranks for purposes of prestige class?) (Wis), survival (Wis), heal (Wis) Spellcraft (Int) and Swim (Str).
Feats Self-Sufficient, skill focus (survival)
lauguages common, druidic and Sylvan.
DEFENSE, AC 12, fort 3+, reflex 2+, will 6+,hp 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

OFFENSE
just unarmed strike currently.
spells prepared orisons (I believe four correct me if im wrong) Create water, Guidance, Know Direction and Purify Food and Drink. level 1 spells Obscuring Mist, Entangle, Longstrider
Domain spell 1st—hydraulic push

Swamp Domain (no animal companion)

Granted Powers: The sour-sweet depths of bogs, marshes, and swamps are your places of power.

Natural Healing (Su): You can channel energy (as a cleric of your druid level) a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Charisma modifier, but only to heal animals, plants, and vermin. You may reduce the number of dice healed to cure ability damage (your choice) to all affected creatures, curing 1 point of ability damage for each d6 that the channel energy is reduced. You can take other feats to add to this ability, such as Extra Channel, but not feats that alter this ability, such as Elemental Channel and Alignment Channel.

Growing up, his city was protected by the soldiers of Mitra. His own father a servant to the paladins. His mother also serving the priestesses of Mitra. As a little boy they had enough to live comfortably and he and his little sister Fiari would run care free every day. He told her he would always protect her, when they grew up he would become a paladin and she a priestess of Mitra, spreading the word to every land together. They would play pretend, defeating evil witches, vampires, liches and more as they adventured. Nothing could stop them.

One unfortunate day, his dreams came to life, he found a cursed dagger and was inflicted with a terrible disease. He wasted away and was near death for months. But he refused to die, clinging to the smallest thread of life as his parents and sister prayed to Mitra for his deliverance. One month later it seemed Mitra had finally granted their request and Vladst was on his feet and energetic as ever. He had a terrible secret though. It was not Mitra who had allowed him to recover but Urgathoa. He had kept the dagger secretly for it had promised power. Little did he know the price, thinking he could get away from his promise. The agents of darkness would not let him rest, and he was never his happy self ever again. He might have recovered and asked for help but his will to live was too strong and he feared for his life every day. He made the final decision one day when his sister found him with the cursed dagger. In a moment of surprise he lashed out not knowing it was her. Killing her with a slash to the neck. He couldn't stop the blood in time.

Leaving her body he ran, and he felt a strange power fill him, revulsed at the fact that it felt so good. He was hunted for weeks until found by others of the Urgathoan cult. There he several years, being accepted as one of them, his childhood dreams dead. Scared every day that he would be found, but not wanting to show this weakness, he served and brought several into the fold with him, killing those who refused and threatened to reveal him.

Alas, information was leaked and their group was found and raided by none other than Sir Balin of Karfeld himself. Vladst was arrested for his heresy against Mitra. “Mitra may forgive you yet for your lies. Talingarde will not,” were the last words Balin had spoken to him.

Skilled Humans gain an additional skill rank at first level and one additional rank whenever they gain a level.

Sneak Attack The rogue's attack deals extra damage anytime her target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the rogue flanks her target. This extra damage is 1d6 at 1st level, and increases by 1d6 every two rogue levels thereafter. Should the rogue score a critical hit with a sneak attack, this extra damage is not multiplied. Ranged attacks can count as sneak attacks only if the target is within 30 feet. With a weapon that deals nonlethal damage (like a sap, whip, or an unarmed strike), a rogue can make a sneak attack that deals nonlethal damage instead of lethal damage. She cannot use a weapon that deals lethal damage to deal nonlethal damage in a sneak attack, not even with the usual –4 penalty. The rogue must be able to see the target well enough to pick out a vital spot and must be able to reach such a spot. A rogue cannot sneak attack while striking a creature with concealment.

Trap Finding A rogue adds 1/2 her level to Perception skill checks made to locate traps and to Disable Device skill checks (minimum +1). A rogue can use Disable Device to disarm magic traps.

Two-Weapon Fighting Attack penalties reduced to -2/-2

Weapon Finesse With a light weapon, elven curve blade, rapier, whip, or spiked chain made for a creature of your size category, you may use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on attack rolls. If you carry a shield, its armor check penalty applies to your attack rolls.

Reactionary +2 trait bonus to initiative.

Heresy You have denied the supremacy of Mitra and been condemned for it. For this to be a crime, you were not content to keep your heresy to yourself. You tried to sway others. Likely you were captured by the famed witch hunter Sir Balin of Karfeld. The last thing he said to you was: “Mitra may forgive you yet for your lies. Talingarde will not.” If only you could get a chance at revenge!

Punishment: Death by burning.

Benefit: You receive a +1 trait bonus on all saving throws against divine spells.

Weapon and Armour Proficiency Rogues are proficient with all simple weapons, plus the hand crossbow, rapier, sap, shortbow, and short sword. They are proficient with light armor, but not with shields.

To become a true vampire requires an investment of five feats – a major expenditure to be sure. However, the rewards of becoming a vampire are viewed by many as being worth the cost of this ascension.

The Bitten

You have been bitten by a vampire and infected with the curse of undeath. As you sicken, your senses heighten and you become profoundly aware that every day, you are changing into something both more and less than mortal. You have only begun your transformation into the living dead.

Prerequisites: You must be bitten by a vampire.

Benefits: You gain darkvision 30 ft. and the alertness feat, however your Constitution score is lowered by two permanently.

The Dying

You are dying. You can feel it in very core of your being. Your mortal blood is failing and the vampiric curse is overtaking you. Soon, you will die and rise again as a vampire.

Prerequisites: The Bitten, 3rd level

Benefits: Your natural armor improves +2, your dark-vision improves to 60 ft., you gain a +2 racial bonus to Perception and you gain the toughness feat. However your Constitution score is again lowered by two permanently, you now cast no shadow and have no reflection in a mirror. Further, in full daylight you are sickened.

The Risen

Vampirism has overtaken you and you have died. However after three days in the ground you have risen from your own death. You are now a fledglingvampire. However, you are still unsure of your powers and only begun to understand the full reprecussions of this dark gift. Still, you are fast as lightning and full of fury. You an barely restrain your thirst for living blood.

Prerequisites: The Bitten, The Dying, 5th level

Benefits: You gain the feats Dodge, Improved Initiative and Lightning Reflexes. Your Dex score is improved by +2. You are now an undead and have no Constitution score. You gain resistance to cold 10 and electricity 10 in addition to all the normal defensive abilities granted by being an undead. You also gain the special attack Blood Drain (as per the vampire template).

However, you must sleep in a coffin every night, you gain the vampiric weaknesses to daylight (this replaces being sickened by daylight) and running water, and if you ever go more than twenty four hours without feeding on living blood you become sickened until you feed. If you are sickened from lack of food and encounter a living creature with blood in their veins, you must make a DC 12 Will save or immediately try to drain their blood. If you succeed at such a save you do not have to check again for one hour.

If reduced to zero hit points, you fall dead, indistinguishable from a normal corpse. You will remain this way until either you are healed by negative energy or fed blood enough to heal you.

The Initiated

You have been a vampire long enough that you are beginning to be able to control your condition. You need to feed less frequently and you have begun to control your form turning into mist or climbing like a spider.

Prerequisites: The Bitten, The Dying, The Risen, 7th level

Benefits: You gain the feat Combat Reflexes. You gain a +4 racial bonus to Bluff, Perception, Sense Motive and Stealth Checks (the Perception bonus replaces the bonus from the Dying feat). You gain the gaseous form and spider climb special qualities of a vampire (see the vampire template). If reduced to zero hit points, you are still sickened if you do not feed but now you need only feed every three days. However, you now recoil from mirrors and strongly presented holy symbols.

True Vampirism

You have mastered your condition of vampirism and
are now a true vampire in every sense.

Prerequisites: The Bitten, the Dying, the Risen, The Initiated, 9th level

Benefits: You gain the full benefit and weaknesses of the vampire template.

Drawbacks

Aversion to sunlight is probably the most famous vampire weakness. Here is a magic item that can help a vampire participate during daylight hours. The Shroud of the Daywalker can help a vampire function during the day time.

The second problem all vampires must face is that they need to have a coffin readily at hand. They sleep within their coffin and must flee to it if reduced to zero hit points. Lugging around a coffin can be quite an obstacle but is likely a surmountable one. No doubt the vampire will either establish a lair or perhaps bring a carriage with them that contains their coffin and shields it from the light of the sun. Minions can be used for guard duty to secure the wagon when the vampire must be away from the coffin. Though not mentioned in the template, in traditional vampire lore, the coffin can be desecrated and rendered unusable by holy water or the blessings of a holy man.

The third disadvantage is one often forgotten about both in roleplaying games and fiction, but is perhaps one of the most interesting. A vampire cannot enter a private home or dwelling unless invited by someone with the authority to invite them in. It means that the vampire PC must find a way to, by trickery or guile, get invited into these places.

There is one more vampiric challenge – the creation of vampire spawn. An endlessly replenishable supply of CR 4 minions can be unbalancing. However, if you read the template carefully, this can be managed. First, the PC vampire can only control twice its hit dice in spawn. Any additional become free-willed vampires. Most newly created free-willed vampires will try to flee their creator and so will be of no use as minions. CR 4 spawn are unlikely to be terribly useful in combat at level 12 plus when the PCs are likely to actually have minions in their midst. What can you can do is allow minion organizations a one-time bonus of +2 to Ruthless checks made after dark after a vampire joins the party.