Elurindel
2006-02-07, 07:35 PM
To love someone is life's greatest joy. To have that joy ripped from you is its greatest pain, to the extent, where some few, tormented individuals epitomise the emotion, to the point where it takes magical form. These are those individuals. Most Heartbroken are loners by nature, and almost always have turned to evil, in a numb-minded, overpowering wave of grief and spite, to cause the same sort of pain ti feels to all around it.
Pre-requisites:
Knowledge (arcana) 8 ranks
Alignment: Any Evil
Special: The character must have lost their love somehow, be it a break up, or death.
Hit Dice: D8
BAB: +1 per level
Skill Points: 2+Int Modifier
Class Skills: Bluff (Cha), Diplomacy (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Listen (Wis) Move Silently (Dex) and Spot (Wis)
Special Abilities.
1. Manifestation: This is where the beginnings of the Heartbroken's power begins to show. Hir body is wracked with an aura of cold, unstoppable grief, and shi begins to almost take comfort in it.
A 1st level Heartbroken gains resistance to Cold 5, and exudes an aura that brings the temperature down by 10 degrees celsius to everyone within 5ft. In addition, shi may exist comfortably in cold conditions, as per Endure Elements, but without the heat.
However, a heartbroken also permanently suffers from Crushing Despair, as per the spell.
2. Spread of Misery, 10ft. : At 2nd level, the aura of the Heartbroken is noticeable from a small distance, and more powers begin to manifest themselves. The Crushing Despair the Heartbroken feels affects all creatures within 10ft (DC to resist = 10+Heartbroken level+Cha modifier). The creature is also able to cast Love's Pain, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to 6+Heartbroken levels.
3.Greater Manifestation: A Heartbroken by this time has lost all hope of ever puling itself out of the grief that it feels, and seeks only to spread it, under the slightest provocation. The effects of the Crushing Despair upon it double to a -2 penalty (This includes those within range of its aura), its cold resistance goes to 10, and the character must succeed on a DC 14 Will save to resist the temptation to attack any intelligent creatures that are obviously acting as a couple within range of its sense.
4. Spread of Misery 20ft. The range of the Heartbroken's aura increases to 20ft.
5. Epitome of Despair and Destruction:
The Heartbroken becomes a wreck of its former self, seeking only to strangle the happiness from all of life. Its hope in all things solid in life deteriorates, to the point where even its possessions reflect this, and not even the dreadest cold penetrates its hide, and physical pain serves only to reinforce its fervent belief in hopelessness.
The Heartbroken becomes immune to cold, and its aura radiates a temperature of 0 degrees.
Any damage inflicted upon the Heartbroken is treated as if shi were under the effects of a Masochism spell. The extra effects wear off 10 rounds after the damage was inflicted.
In addition, every object in the Heartbroken's inventory begins to feel the effects of the endless misery, and each week spent in the possession of Heartbroken causes it to lose a point of hardness, to the point where the item simply falls apart at 0 points. Magic items get a fortitude saving throw against this effects, equal to their caster level, DC = 10+Heartbroken Level+cha modifier.
Coins do not suffer this effects until they are used to buy something. By which point, they will crumble within weeks of the other party receiving them.
Mending cast upon objects damaged in this way gain a point of hardness back.
Ok, this is my first try at a prestige class, so please be nice. What do you think? (I recently split up with somebody, and the way I feel right now inspired this)
Pre-requisites:
Knowledge (arcana) 8 ranks
Alignment: Any Evil
Special: The character must have lost their love somehow, be it a break up, or death.
Hit Dice: D8
BAB: +1 per level
Skill Points: 2+Int Modifier
Class Skills: Bluff (Cha), Diplomacy (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Listen (Wis) Move Silently (Dex) and Spot (Wis)
Special Abilities.
1. Manifestation: This is where the beginnings of the Heartbroken's power begins to show. Hir body is wracked with an aura of cold, unstoppable grief, and shi begins to almost take comfort in it.
A 1st level Heartbroken gains resistance to Cold 5, and exudes an aura that brings the temperature down by 10 degrees celsius to everyone within 5ft. In addition, shi may exist comfortably in cold conditions, as per Endure Elements, but without the heat.
However, a heartbroken also permanently suffers from Crushing Despair, as per the spell.
2. Spread of Misery, 10ft. : At 2nd level, the aura of the Heartbroken is noticeable from a small distance, and more powers begin to manifest themselves. The Crushing Despair the Heartbroken feels affects all creatures within 10ft (DC to resist = 10+Heartbroken level+Cha modifier). The creature is also able to cast Love's Pain, as per the spell, with a caster level equal to 6+Heartbroken levels.
3.Greater Manifestation: A Heartbroken by this time has lost all hope of ever puling itself out of the grief that it feels, and seeks only to spread it, under the slightest provocation. The effects of the Crushing Despair upon it double to a -2 penalty (This includes those within range of its aura), its cold resistance goes to 10, and the character must succeed on a DC 14 Will save to resist the temptation to attack any intelligent creatures that are obviously acting as a couple within range of its sense.
4. Spread of Misery 20ft. The range of the Heartbroken's aura increases to 20ft.
5. Epitome of Despair and Destruction:
The Heartbroken becomes a wreck of its former self, seeking only to strangle the happiness from all of life. Its hope in all things solid in life deteriorates, to the point where even its possessions reflect this, and not even the dreadest cold penetrates its hide, and physical pain serves only to reinforce its fervent belief in hopelessness.
The Heartbroken becomes immune to cold, and its aura radiates a temperature of 0 degrees.
Any damage inflicted upon the Heartbroken is treated as if shi were under the effects of a Masochism spell. The extra effects wear off 10 rounds after the damage was inflicted.
In addition, every object in the Heartbroken's inventory begins to feel the effects of the endless misery, and each week spent in the possession of Heartbroken causes it to lose a point of hardness, to the point where the item simply falls apart at 0 points. Magic items get a fortitude saving throw against this effects, equal to their caster level, DC = 10+Heartbroken Level+cha modifier.
Coins do not suffer this effects until they are used to buy something. By which point, they will crumble within weeks of the other party receiving them.
Mending cast upon objects damaged in this way gain a point of hardness back.
Ok, this is my first try at a prestige class, so please be nice. What do you think? (I recently split up with somebody, and the way I feel right now inspired this)