My previous attempt didn't seem to be generating any real interest, so I am trying a different approach, and have reduced the PrC to a five level PrC that jumps right to the important features.
Hopefully this is of more interest than the more complex ten level PrC.
Deathless Nemesis Prestige Class.
Prerequisites: Restless Soul template, BA +5.
Feats: Avenge my death, Wrath from Beyond.
BA +1 per level.
Saves ?
1st level: Tenacious Soul (Ex): A Deathless one’s existence is fueled by its undying hatred for the creature it holds responsible for it's murder. As long as this creature exists, the deathless nemesis exists. If the creature is killed, the deathless one immediately drops to the ground and is destroyed as well. Note that a living murderer who becomes an undead creature does not trigger the deathless one's death. If a murderer is brought back to life after dying (or later becomes an undead creature), the deathless returns to life as well. You gain regeneration equal to 2 plus your Constitution modifier. Fire and alignment-based effects deal normal damage to you. In addition, you continue to fight when others would succumb to pain and injury, you continue to fight without penalty if you are disabled or dying, when your hit point total drops below 0, you automatically stabilize.
2nd Level: Reason to hate (Su): A Deathless one's driving goal is to confront its murderers and slay them. When you are engaged in battle with an opponent you know has killed you (subject to DM Adjudication) or its allies, you gain a +1 moral bonus on all Bluff, Perception, Sense motive, Attack rolls, Weapon damage rolls, CM checks, and saving throws.
This bonus increases by +1 per level of Deathless Nemesis to a maximum of +5 at 5th level.
3rd Level: Sense Murderer (Su): A Deathless one can use locate creature (CL 20th) 1/ day, but only against the being/s that murdered it. Against its murderer, a Deathless Nemesis has true seeing and discern lies in effect at all times (CL 20th); these abilities cannot be dispelled.
4th Level: Resilient Spirit (Su): At 4th level, a Deathless Nemesis gains Damage Reduction X/good where X is equal to half your total character level.
5th Level: Eternal Nemesis (Su):The deathless return to the land of the living follows the same rules as outlined in the Restless soul template, but retains it's full hit points, and suffers no negative levels or constitution drain.
In addition you gain a +4 morale bonus on saves against all ability drain, death spells , death effects, energy drain, and any negative energy effects, including channeled negative energy. The Deathless is granted a save to negate such effects even if one is not normally allowed.
This does not remove negative levels that the Deathless Nemesis has already gained.
Better ?
Worse ?
Shut up we are not interested ? ;)
What is the restless soul template?
Instead of saying you stabilize when your hp is below 0, since undead can't bleed out, just say something along the lines of "unlike most undead you are not destroyed when you hp drops to 0 or below".
My question is when/if can the Restless Soul die if it does not die at 0 HP.
This actually seems better as a template instead of a PrC
PS: Reading over it, it seems that the creature returns to life. If so then I understand the Tenacious Soul ability means it never gains the dying condition.
PS2: It is too focused even for a PrC. Once the murderer is dead so is any reason to play the class, since a lot of its class abilities revolve around revenge. I still like it better as a template.
What is the restless soul template?
Look here restlessSoulsOrWhyStopPlayingJustBecuaseYourDead.
Instead of saying you stabilize when your hp is below 0, since undead can't bleed out, just say something along the lines of "unlike most undead you are not destroyed when you hp drops to 0 or below".
My question is when/if can the Restless Soul die if it does not die at 0 HP.
Restless Souls are not undead....at least technically ;)
This actually seems better as a template instead of a PrC
Well....it's a PrC for a being with a template (shrugs)
PS: Reading over it, it seems that the creature returns to life. If so then I understand the Tenacious Soul ability means it never gains the dying condition.
PS2: It is too focused even for a PrC. Once the murderer is dead so is any reason to play the class, since a lot of its class abilities revolve around revenge. I still like it better as a template.
The Restless Soul is a template that allows you to come back to life after dying, at the expense of permanent negative levels....the PrC is meant to slowly mitigate those effects, as well as make the character a bit more like the Revenant monster.
Think the Crow ;)