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2009-10-28, 11:46 AM
PEACH!
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Dragon Knights of the Arcane
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Vrash Cerene, a dragonborn Dragon Knight of the Arcane
The chosen children of Bahamut are the metallic dragons and their power is one of mighty forms and powerful magic. Those who follow the ways of the Platinum Dragon and have the blood of his children in their veins may join an old tradition of dragon-blooded warrior-mages who use the gifts of their forefathers to do battle with the enemies of Bahamut and all that is profane. These warrior-mages, known as the Dragon Knights of the Arcane, are devoted followers of the Platinum Dragon and they seek to use their gifts for the service of all under dragonkind. A loosely organized group, nearly all operate as independent knight-errants who take on squires from time to time to teach them their ways.
All dragon knights have the ability to spontaneously cast arcane magic, drawing predominantly from the ranks of multiclass sorcerer/paladins. Other combinations may exist, but they are as rare as mercy from a red dragon. Many of draconic blood, be they half-dragons, dragon descended, or dragonborn find that these skills complement the natural gifts that the Platinum Dragon has given them.
Hit die: d8
Requirements
Alignment: Lawful good.
BAB: +3
Skills: Concentration 8 ranks, Knowledge (arcana) 6 ranks, Knowledge (religion) 4 ranks.
Feats: Devoted Mage (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7153576&postcount=11), Draconic Heritage (any metallic), Mounted Combat
Spellcasting: Ability to spontaneously cast 1st level arcane spells.
Special: Must possess the divine grace class feature, must possess the summon familiar class feature, must worship Bahamut.
Dragon Knight of the Arcane
{table=head]Level|BAB|Fort|Ref|Will|Special|Spells Per Day
1st|
+1|
+2|
+0|
+2|Devoted of Bahamut, call draconic charger|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
2nd|
+2|
+3|
+0|
+3|Smite evil 1/day|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
3rd|
+3|
+3|
+1|
+3|Draconic feat|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
4th|
+4|
+4|
+1|
+4|Armored mage (light)|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
5th|
+5|
+4|
+1|
+4|Dragonbane smite|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
6th|
+6|
+5|
+2|
+5|Bonus feat|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
7th|
+7|
+5|
+2|
+5|Smite evil 2/day|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
8th|
+8|
+6|
+2|
+6|Draconic feat|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
9th|
+9|
+6|
+3|
+6|Armored mage (medium)|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
10th|
+10|
+7|
+3|
+7|Draconic ascendancy, wrath of the Platinum Dragon|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting[/table]
Class Skills: Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (arcana) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), and Spellcraft (Int).
Skill-Points per level: 2 + Intelligence modifier
Class Features:
Weapon and Armor Proficiencies: The Dragon Knight of the Arcane gains no additional weapon or armor proficiencies.
Devoted of Bahamut (Ex): Upon becoming a Dragon Knight of the Arcane, the new dragon knight gains some of the many blessings of dragonkind. He may add his Dragon Knight of the Arcane levels to his paladin level to determine his lay on hands ability, and he uses his sorcerer caster level to determine his caster level for his paladin spells. Due to possessing both levels in paladin and sorcerer (with the Devoted Mage feat), he may add levels from all three classes (dragon knight, sorcerer, and paladin) to the damage of his smite evil abilities.
Spells per Day: When a new dragon knight level is gained, the character gains new spells per day as if he had also gained a level in his sorcerer spellcasting class he belonged to before he added the prestige class and his paladin spellcasting class he belonged to previously. He does not, however, gain any of this benefit a character of that class would have gained. This essentially means that he adds the level of dragon knight to his levels in both sorcerer and paladin, and then determines spells per day and caster level accordingly. If the character could not cast spells as a paladin, continue to add levels of Dragon Knight of the Arcane to his paladin level to determine his paladin spellcasting abilities.
Call Draconic Charger (Sp): At 1st level, the dragon knight may dismiss his familiar (at no XP penalty) and if he does he gains the ability to summon a mount from Bahamut’s celestial realm. This mount functions as a paladin’s warhorse as if he were a paladin with a level equal to his total paladin, sorcerer, and dragon knight levels. This mount, as it is blessed with the Platinum Dragon’s power, is granted the draconic template with a blood line equivalent to the same type as the dragon knight. At 5th level, this is upgraded to the half-dragon template. If the dragon knight does not dismiss his familiar, he does not gain this class feature until he chooses to do so.
Smite Evil (Ex): Once per day at 2nd level, a dragon knight may attempt to smite evil with one normal melee attack. He adds his Charisma bonus (if any) to his attack roll and deals 1 extra point of damage per dragon knight level. If the dragon knight accidentally smites a creature that is not evil, the smite has no effect, but the ability is still used up for that day. He gains an additional use of this ability at 7th level.
Draconic Feat: At 3rd level, the dragon knight embraces his draconic heritage further, gaining a bonus Draconic feat. He gains an additional bonus Draconic feat at 8th level.
Armored Mage (Ex): At 4th level, the dragon knight gains the ability to cast his sorcerer spells in light armor without suffering arcane spell failure. At 9th level this ability improves to include medium armor (or heavy armor if the character has the Battlecaster feat).
Dragonbane Smite (Su): As a devout servant of the Platinum Dragon, Bahamut gifts his followers with the ability to more easily defeat his ancient and enternal foe and her dark progeny. Whenever making a smite evil against an evil dragon or dragonspawn, you deal an additional 1d6 points of damage per two Dragon Knight of the Arcane levels to evil foes of the dragon type or any dragonspawn of Tiamat.
Bonus feat: At 6th level, the dragon knight may select any metamagic or draconic feat as a bonus feat.
Draconic Ascendancy (Su): At 10th level, the dragon knight has become blessed in the eyes of the Platinum Dragon, and his dragon blood awakens fully, granting him the dragon type (with any and all benefits and penalties associated with it). In appearance, he takes the form of something akin to a dragonborn. Should the dragon knight have additional racial hit dice, recalculate hit points, saves, base attack bonus, and skills in accordance to the character's new type.
Wrath of the Platinum Dragon (Ex): The pinnacle of the dragon knight’s training, he learns how to use his draconic abilities in harmony with his martial talent. The dragon knight may elect to quicken a spell or use his Draconic Breath feat (if he possess it) or breath weapon as part of a full attack action. He may use this a number of times per day equal to 1 + his Constitution modifier.
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Adaptation: This class could be used in conjunction with either the Blackguard class or the variant evil paladin classes described in the Unearthed Arcana book for this class to work as elite champions of the evil dragon goddess Tiamat. Another adaptation would be to change the requirement from divine grace to indomitable soul and change the advancement of paladin spellcasting to the advancement of crusader maneuvers.
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Dragon Knights of the Arcane
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cZvu50zKf7A/SmnmCjeakfI/AAAAAAAAAHA/XifdLhgx-K0/s400/dragonborn_paladin_final.jpg
Vrash Cerene, a dragonborn Dragon Knight of the Arcane
The chosen children of Bahamut are the metallic dragons and their power is one of mighty forms and powerful magic. Those who follow the ways of the Platinum Dragon and have the blood of his children in their veins may join an old tradition of dragon-blooded warrior-mages who use the gifts of their forefathers to do battle with the enemies of Bahamut and all that is profane. These warrior-mages, known as the Dragon Knights of the Arcane, are devoted followers of the Platinum Dragon and they seek to use their gifts for the service of all under dragonkind. A loosely organized group, nearly all operate as independent knight-errants who take on squires from time to time to teach them their ways.
All dragon knights have the ability to spontaneously cast arcane magic, drawing predominantly from the ranks of multiclass sorcerer/paladins. Other combinations may exist, but they are as rare as mercy from a red dragon. Many of draconic blood, be they half-dragons, dragon descended, or dragonborn find that these skills complement the natural gifts that the Platinum Dragon has given them.
Hit die: d8
Requirements
Alignment: Lawful good.
BAB: +3
Skills: Concentration 8 ranks, Knowledge (arcana) 6 ranks, Knowledge (religion) 4 ranks.
Feats: Devoted Mage (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7153576&postcount=11), Draconic Heritage (any metallic), Mounted Combat
Spellcasting: Ability to spontaneously cast 1st level arcane spells.
Special: Must possess the divine grace class feature, must possess the summon familiar class feature, must worship Bahamut.
Dragon Knight of the Arcane
{table=head]Level|BAB|Fort|Ref|Will|Special|Spells Per Day
1st|
+1|
+2|
+0|
+2|Devoted of Bahamut, call draconic charger|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
2nd|
+2|
+3|
+0|
+3|Smite evil 1/day|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
3rd|
+3|
+3|
+1|
+3|Draconic feat|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
4th|
+4|
+4|
+1|
+4|Armored mage (light)|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
5th|
+5|
+4|
+1|
+4|Dragonbane smite|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
6th|
+6|
+5|
+2|
+5|Bonus feat|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
7th|
+7|
+5|
+2|
+5|Smite evil 2/day|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
8th|
+8|
+6|
+2|
+6|Draconic feat|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
9th|
+9|
+6|
+3|
+6|Armored mage (medium)|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting
10th|
+10|
+7|
+3|
+7|Draconic ascendancy, wrath of the Platinum Dragon|+1 existing paladin spellcasting/+1 existing sorcerer spellcasting[/table]
Class Skills: Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (arcana) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), and Spellcraft (Int).
Skill-Points per level: 2 + Intelligence modifier
Class Features:
Weapon and Armor Proficiencies: The Dragon Knight of the Arcane gains no additional weapon or armor proficiencies.
Devoted of Bahamut (Ex): Upon becoming a Dragon Knight of the Arcane, the new dragon knight gains some of the many blessings of dragonkind. He may add his Dragon Knight of the Arcane levels to his paladin level to determine his lay on hands ability, and he uses his sorcerer caster level to determine his caster level for his paladin spells. Due to possessing both levels in paladin and sorcerer (with the Devoted Mage feat), he may add levels from all three classes (dragon knight, sorcerer, and paladin) to the damage of his smite evil abilities.
Spells per Day: When a new dragon knight level is gained, the character gains new spells per day as if he had also gained a level in his sorcerer spellcasting class he belonged to before he added the prestige class and his paladin spellcasting class he belonged to previously. He does not, however, gain any of this benefit a character of that class would have gained. This essentially means that he adds the level of dragon knight to his levels in both sorcerer and paladin, and then determines spells per day and caster level accordingly. If the character could not cast spells as a paladin, continue to add levels of Dragon Knight of the Arcane to his paladin level to determine his paladin spellcasting abilities.
Call Draconic Charger (Sp): At 1st level, the dragon knight may dismiss his familiar (at no XP penalty) and if he does he gains the ability to summon a mount from Bahamut’s celestial realm. This mount functions as a paladin’s warhorse as if he were a paladin with a level equal to his total paladin, sorcerer, and dragon knight levels. This mount, as it is blessed with the Platinum Dragon’s power, is granted the draconic template with a blood line equivalent to the same type as the dragon knight. At 5th level, this is upgraded to the half-dragon template. If the dragon knight does not dismiss his familiar, he does not gain this class feature until he chooses to do so.
Smite Evil (Ex): Once per day at 2nd level, a dragon knight may attempt to smite evil with one normal melee attack. He adds his Charisma bonus (if any) to his attack roll and deals 1 extra point of damage per dragon knight level. If the dragon knight accidentally smites a creature that is not evil, the smite has no effect, but the ability is still used up for that day. He gains an additional use of this ability at 7th level.
Draconic Feat: At 3rd level, the dragon knight embraces his draconic heritage further, gaining a bonus Draconic feat. He gains an additional bonus Draconic feat at 8th level.
Armored Mage (Ex): At 4th level, the dragon knight gains the ability to cast his sorcerer spells in light armor without suffering arcane spell failure. At 9th level this ability improves to include medium armor (or heavy armor if the character has the Battlecaster feat).
Dragonbane Smite (Su): As a devout servant of the Platinum Dragon, Bahamut gifts his followers with the ability to more easily defeat his ancient and enternal foe and her dark progeny. Whenever making a smite evil against an evil dragon or dragonspawn, you deal an additional 1d6 points of damage per two Dragon Knight of the Arcane levels to evil foes of the dragon type or any dragonspawn of Tiamat.
Bonus feat: At 6th level, the dragon knight may select any metamagic or draconic feat as a bonus feat.
Draconic Ascendancy (Su): At 10th level, the dragon knight has become blessed in the eyes of the Platinum Dragon, and his dragon blood awakens fully, granting him the dragon type (with any and all benefits and penalties associated with it). In appearance, he takes the form of something akin to a dragonborn. Should the dragon knight have additional racial hit dice, recalculate hit points, saves, base attack bonus, and skills in accordance to the character's new type.
Wrath of the Platinum Dragon (Ex): The pinnacle of the dragon knight’s training, he learns how to use his draconic abilities in harmony with his martial talent. The dragon knight may elect to quicken a spell or use his Draconic Breath feat (if he possess it) or breath weapon as part of a full attack action. He may use this a number of times per day equal to 1 + his Constitution modifier.
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Adaptation: This class could be used in conjunction with either the Blackguard class or the variant evil paladin classes described in the Unearthed Arcana book for this class to work as elite champions of the evil dragon goddess Tiamat. Another adaptation would be to change the requirement from divine grace to indomitable soul and change the advancement of paladin spellcasting to the advancement of crusader maneuvers.