The Demented One
2006-07-23, 09:03 PM
Hollowmouth Prolocuter
Hollowmouth Prolocuters are truenamers who turn their talents to the art of necromancy. Though the two arts generally share no common ground, the prolocuters have discovered a ritual that allows one to speak the names of the dead with a force unimaginable to others. It is not very complicated: one must simply sever his tongue, burn it, and bury the ashes beneath a stone marked with the last syllabe of his truename.
Hit Die: d6.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Hollowmouth Prolocuter, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.
Alignment: Any non-good
Skills: Knowledge (Arcana) 12 ranks, Knowledge (Religion) 12 ranks, Truespeak 12 ranks
Utterances: Able to speak 3rd level utterances of any lexicon.
Special: Must ritually sever your tongue as described above, permanently losing your ability to speak. Regaining your tongue causes you to not meet this requirement.
Class Skills
The Hollowmouth Prolocuter’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (Arcana) (Int), Knowledge (Religion) (Int), Speak Language (–), Perform (Oratory) (Cha), Truespeak, Use Magic Device.
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
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Class Features
All the following are class features of the Hollowmouth Prolocuter prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Hollowmouth Prolocuter gain no additional weapon or armor proficiencies.
Utterances
At all levels except 1st, 5th, and 10th, the character gains new utterances known and truespeaker level as if he had also attained a level in any one utterance-using class he belonged to before he added the prestige class. He does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of either class would have gained.
Rebuke Undead (Su)
A Hollowmouth Prolocuter may rebuke undead as a cleric of his class level.
Truespeach Synergy (Su)
Whenever a Hollowmouth Prolocuter rebukes undead, he may make a Truespeak check. He gains an enhancement bonus on his turning damage roll equal to the check result divided by 10.
Hollow Speach (Ex)
A Hollowmouth Prolocuter learns to use truespeach bereft of his tongue. Though he cannot speak normally, he may use the Truespeak skill without hindrance.
Truespeach Reanimation (Su)
A 2nd level Hollowmouth Prolocuter may use truespeach to rename a corpse into an undead. Doing so is a standard action, and requires him to place an obsidian carving of a tongue, worth 25 gp per HD of the creature to be animated, in the corpse’s mouth. The corpse is raised as either a skeleton or zombie under the control of the prolocuter. The prolocuter may not control more undead in this one than twice the number of ranks he has in Truespeak. The DC to reanimate a creature is equal to 15 plus the CR of the undead to be created. The law of resistance applies to this ability.
At higher levels, a Hollowmouth Prolocuter may raise other forms of undead. Doing so, however, requires him to know the personal truename of the creature to be reanimated. If animating a creature this way, the tongue figurine used must be worth 50 gp, rather than 25 gp, per HD of the creature.
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Word of Profanity (Su)
A 4th level Hollowmouth Prolocuter may corrupt an area with truespeach. By making a DC 25 Truespeak check, he may defile an area, as the desecrate spell, with caster level equal to his class level. By taking a -5 penalty on his check, he may increase the power of the corruption, causing the area to be unhallowed, as the spell, rather than desecrated. The law of resistance applies to this ability.
Recitation of Self’s Destruction (Su)
A 6th level Hollowmouth Prolocuter may speak his own truename with a particular inflection to temporarily convince the universe he is dead. This is treated as a recitation. If he successfully speaks the recitation, for 10 min./level, his type changes to undead and he loses his Constitution score. The law of resistance applies to this ability.
Recitation of the Ghost’s Shape (Su)
An 8th level Hollowmouth Prolocuter may speak his own truename with a particular inflection to make it seem to the universe as if he was bodiless. This is treated as a recitation. If he successfully speaks the recitation, for 1 round/class level, he becomes bodiless and gains the incorporeal subtype. All of his gear becomes incorporeal along with him. The law of resistance applies to this ability.
Phylactery of the Name (Su)
A 10th level Hollowmouth Prolocuter transfers a portion of his personal truename into what is known as a phylactery of the name, gaining a sort of pseudo-undeath. The phylactery of the name is an obsidian carving of a tongue. The prolocuter does not create it physically, but rather speaks it into existence. If the prolocuter dies while his phylactery still exists, the prolocuter’s body is recreated at the location of the phylactery, and his soul returned to it. If the prolocuter’s phylactery is destroyed, he may never speak another one into existence.
"Fallen" Prolocuters
A Hollowmouth Prolocuter who, for any reason, regains his tongue, loses all of his class features. However, regaining them is not hard--he simply has to once again ritualistically sever his tongue.
Hollowmouth Prolocuters are truenamers who turn their talents to the art of necromancy. Though the two arts generally share no common ground, the prolocuters have discovered a ritual that allows one to speak the names of the dead with a force unimaginable to others. It is not very complicated: one must simply sever his tongue, burn it, and bury the ashes beneath a stone marked with the last syllabe of his truename.
Hit Die: d6.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Hollowmouth Prolocuter, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.
Alignment: Any non-good
Skills: Knowledge (Arcana) 12 ranks, Knowledge (Religion) 12 ranks, Truespeak 12 ranks
Utterances: Able to speak 3rd level utterances of any lexicon.
Special: Must ritually sever your tongue as described above, permanently losing your ability to speak. Regaining your tongue causes you to not meet this requirement.
Class Skills
The Hollowmouth Prolocuter’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (Arcana) (Int), Knowledge (Religion) (Int), Speak Language (–), Perform (Oratory) (Cha), Truespeak, Use Magic Device.
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
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Class Features
All the following are class features of the Hollowmouth Prolocuter prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Hollowmouth Prolocuter gain no additional weapon or armor proficiencies.
Utterances
At all levels except 1st, 5th, and 10th, the character gains new utterances known and truespeaker level as if he had also attained a level in any one utterance-using class he belonged to before he added the prestige class. He does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of either class would have gained.
Rebuke Undead (Su)
A Hollowmouth Prolocuter may rebuke undead as a cleric of his class level.
Truespeach Synergy (Su)
Whenever a Hollowmouth Prolocuter rebukes undead, he may make a Truespeak check. He gains an enhancement bonus on his turning damage roll equal to the check result divided by 10.
Hollow Speach (Ex)
A Hollowmouth Prolocuter learns to use truespeach bereft of his tongue. Though he cannot speak normally, he may use the Truespeak skill without hindrance.
Truespeach Reanimation (Su)
A 2nd level Hollowmouth Prolocuter may use truespeach to rename a corpse into an undead. Doing so is a standard action, and requires him to place an obsidian carving of a tongue, worth 25 gp per HD of the creature to be animated, in the corpse’s mouth. The corpse is raised as either a skeleton or zombie under the control of the prolocuter. The prolocuter may not control more undead in this one than twice the number of ranks he has in Truespeak. The DC to reanimate a creature is equal to 15 plus the CR of the undead to be created. The law of resistance applies to this ability.
At higher levels, a Hollowmouth Prolocuter may raise other forms of undead. Doing so, however, requires him to know the personal truename of the creature to be reanimated. If animating a creature this way, the tongue figurine used must be worth 50 gp, rather than 25 gp, per HD of the creature.
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Word of Profanity (Su)
A 4th level Hollowmouth Prolocuter may corrupt an area with truespeach. By making a DC 25 Truespeak check, he may defile an area, as the desecrate spell, with caster level equal to his class level. By taking a -5 penalty on his check, he may increase the power of the corruption, causing the area to be unhallowed, as the spell, rather than desecrated. The law of resistance applies to this ability.
Recitation of Self’s Destruction (Su)
A 6th level Hollowmouth Prolocuter may speak his own truename with a particular inflection to temporarily convince the universe he is dead. This is treated as a recitation. If he successfully speaks the recitation, for 10 min./level, his type changes to undead and he loses his Constitution score. The law of resistance applies to this ability.
Recitation of the Ghost’s Shape (Su)
An 8th level Hollowmouth Prolocuter may speak his own truename with a particular inflection to make it seem to the universe as if he was bodiless. This is treated as a recitation. If he successfully speaks the recitation, for 1 round/class level, he becomes bodiless and gains the incorporeal subtype. All of his gear becomes incorporeal along with him. The law of resistance applies to this ability.
Phylactery of the Name (Su)
A 10th level Hollowmouth Prolocuter transfers a portion of his personal truename into what is known as a phylactery of the name, gaining a sort of pseudo-undeath. The phylactery of the name is an obsidian carving of a tongue. The prolocuter does not create it physically, but rather speaks it into existence. If the prolocuter dies while his phylactery still exists, the prolocuter’s body is recreated at the location of the phylactery, and his soul returned to it. If the prolocuter’s phylactery is destroyed, he may never speak another one into existence.
"Fallen" Prolocuters
A Hollowmouth Prolocuter who, for any reason, regains his tongue, loses all of his class features. However, regaining them is not hard--he simply has to once again ritualistically sever his tongue.