NeoSeraphi
2011-06-14, 02:10 PM
The Sword of Heaven
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"I'm here to end this. Not as a man of the church. Not as a soldier. Not as a paladin or an angel, no. I am here to kill you, as the Sword of Heironeous Himself!"- A Sword of Heironeous, to the high priest of Hextor
A sword of heaven is a warrior who has chosen to fight for his god, in the name of his god. Paladins and clerics are most likely to become swords of heaven, though some monks who seeks true enlightenment may believe they will find it in heaven as well.
Races: Humans are the most likely to choose the path of the angel, as they are the race that desires power more than any other. Aside from humans, gnomes and half-orcs are both likely to become angels as well. The discipline and structure of a warrior's life often appeals to the more mature gnomes who wish to escape their prankster brethren, and the path of righteous fury for half-orc paladins often inevitably leads to becoming a more direct servant of their gods. Dwarves rarely if ever join the fleets of swords of heavens; due to their natural attachment to the earth, the idea of flight seems rather silly to them.
Prerequisites:
Type: Must not be Outsider
Alignment: Any good
Skills: Knowledge (The Planes) 8 Ranks, Knowledge (Religion) 8 Ranks
Languages: Celestial
Other: BAB +4, Proficient with all simple and martial weapons
Special: Must have a Patron Deity that is Good-Aligned
Hit Dice: d8
Class Skills: The Sword of Heaven's class skills are Balance, Concentration, Craft, Decipher Script, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Gather Information, Jump, Knowledge (The Planes), Knowledge (Religion), Listen, Move Silently, Perform (Sing), Profession, Sense Motive, and Spot
Skill Points: 6+Int mod
The Sword of Heaven
{table=head]Level|Base Attack<br>Bonus|Fort Save|Ref Save|Will Save|Special
1st|
+1|
+0|
+0|
+2|Smite Evil, Divine Sight
2nd|
+2|
+0|
+0|
+3|Divine Speech
3rd|
+3|
+1|
+1|
+3|Divine Resistance
4th|
+4|
+1|
+1|
+4|Divine Guidance
5th|
+5|
+1|
+1|
+4|Protection Aura
6th|
+6|
+2|
+2|
+5|Angelic Blessing
7th|
+7|
+2|
+2|
+5|Divine Understanding
8th|
+8|
+2|
+2|
+6|Divine Immunity
9th|
+9|
+3|
+3|
+6|Angelic Wings
10th|
+10|
+3|
+3|
+7|Heavenly Ascension[/table]
Class Features
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A Sword of Heaven receives no additional proficiencies.
Smite Evil (Ex): A Sword of Heaven gains the ability to turn his blade into a weapon of divine power. Against an evil opponent, the sword of heaven automatically adds his Charisma modifier to his attack rolls, and twice his class level to his weapon damage. (This applies to all melee, ranged, and natural attacks, but not to weaponlike spells or psionic powers)
Divine Sight (Ex): A Sword of Heaven is blessed by his god to allow for justice to be delivered at all hours of the day. The sword of heaven gains Darkvision out to 60', and low-light vision.
Divine Speech (Su): A Sword of Heaven knows that the main reason there is so much violence in the world is because of poor communication and works to correct that. Starting at 2nd level, the sword of heaven may speak to and understand any creature that has a language, as if under a continuous tongues spell. If this ability is suppressed, it immediately reactivates as soon as the suppression wears off, with no action required by the sword of heaven.
Divine Resistance (Ex): A Sword of Heaven is able to shrug off elemental attacks, though not to the degree that the evil extraplanar beings devils and demons are. Starting at 3rd level, the Sword of Heaven receives resistance to fire and electricity 10 that stacks with any other resistance.
Divine Guidance (Ex): A Sword of Heaven is able to use his force of personality as his strength, rather than simply supplementing it. Starting at 4th level, a Sword of Heaven may add his Charisma modifier to all attack rolls, melee/composite damage rolls, initiative checks, and opposed Strength checks such as bull rush and grapple, instead of his Strength/Dexterity modifier. (This stacks with his Smite Evil ability, so when making attack rolls against evil creatures, he adds twice his Charisma modifier instead of his Charisma + Strength/Dexterity modifier)
Protective Aura (Su): A Sword of Heaven is a weapon that his deity uses to fight evil, and at 5th level, the god provides him with a powerful shield. Against attacks made or effects created by evil creatures, this ability provides a +4 deflection bonus to AC and a +4 resistance bonus on saving throws to anyone within 20 feet of the angel. Otherwise, it functions as a magic circle against evil effect and a lesser globe of invulnerability, both with a radius of 20 feet (caster level equals character level). This aura can be dispelled, but the angel can create it again as a free action on its next turn.
Angelic Blessing (Ex): By 6th level, the sword of heaven's body has already started to adapt to his divine changes. He receives a +4 racial bonus on all saving throws versus poison.
Divine Understanding (Ex): A Sword of Heaven will use any means necessary to defend his ideals. At 7th level, the sword of heaven receives proficiency with all exotic weapons (Exotic Shields are not treated as Exotic Weapons unless they may be used to perform a shield bash). Additionally, he no longer receives a penalty for using an improvised weapon.
Divine Immunity (Ex): A Sword of Heaven is a celestial being, and his body rejects elements in the same way that the angels do. Starting at 8th level, a sword of heaven is immune to acid, cold, and petrification effects.
Angelic Wings (Ex): At 9th level, the Sword of Heaven's physical transformation begins, and he grows a set of feathery wings which grant him a +10 racial bonus on Jump checks, as well as a flight speed equal to twice his land speed (if he is Medium or smaller) or triple his land speed (if he is Large or Larger) with good maneuverability. A Sword of Heaven receives the Fly-By Attack feat as a bonus feat, ignoring the prerequisites.
Heavenly Ascension (Ex): At 10th level, the Sword of Heaven is a true angel. His type changes to Outsider(Angel, Extraplanar, and Good), and his home plane becomes the plane of his patron deity. He gains DR 10/Evil and any weapon he wields is treated as if it were good-aligned for the purposes of overcoming Damage Reduction. His hit dice all become d8s and he must reroll any non-d8 HD from class levels he already had. His Skill Points become 8+Int per level (x4 at first level) and he retroactively gains any unused skill points he had in lower skill point classes, which he must spend immediately. His Base Attack Bonus is recalculated as equal to his character level, and all his saving throws are recalculated as being equal to half his character level +2. Any HD or class levels he would gain are treated as Outsider Racial HD whenever it would benefit him, and they are treated as having Full BAB, all good saves, and 8+Int Skill Points per level. Additionally, Knowledge (The Planes) and Knowledge (Religion) are always considered class skills for him. From now on, his character level is also treated as Outsider Racial HD whenever it would be beneficial to him (Such as for determining his saving throw bonus against the dismissal spell).
Code of Conduct: If a Sword of Heaven ever commits an evil act, he loses all class features immediately, his wings shrink into his back and his original type and stats return (if he had reached tenth level). If this was done under magical compulsion, he may seek atonement from his church, and after atoning and receiving an atonement spell from a cleric, he may gain all his class features back.
If a Sword of Heaven willingly commits an evil act, or his alignment changes to nongood, or he willingly stops worshipping his Patron Deity, he immediately and irrevocably loses all his class features, and his BAB for this class is recalculated as if it was Poor (1/2 his class level instead of his full class level). He may also never take levels of Sword of Heaven again. (If he manages to make up with his god and receive atonement from the god himself or from his highest level cleric, he may regain these class features)
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"I'm here to end this. Not as a man of the church. Not as a soldier. Not as a paladin or an angel, no. I am here to kill you, as the Sword of Heironeous Himself!"- A Sword of Heironeous, to the high priest of Hextor
A sword of heaven is a warrior who has chosen to fight for his god, in the name of his god. Paladins and clerics are most likely to become swords of heaven, though some monks who seeks true enlightenment may believe they will find it in heaven as well.
Races: Humans are the most likely to choose the path of the angel, as they are the race that desires power more than any other. Aside from humans, gnomes and half-orcs are both likely to become angels as well. The discipline and structure of a warrior's life often appeals to the more mature gnomes who wish to escape their prankster brethren, and the path of righteous fury for half-orc paladins often inevitably leads to becoming a more direct servant of their gods. Dwarves rarely if ever join the fleets of swords of heavens; due to their natural attachment to the earth, the idea of flight seems rather silly to them.
Prerequisites:
Type: Must not be Outsider
Alignment: Any good
Skills: Knowledge (The Planes) 8 Ranks, Knowledge (Religion) 8 Ranks
Languages: Celestial
Other: BAB +4, Proficient with all simple and martial weapons
Special: Must have a Patron Deity that is Good-Aligned
Hit Dice: d8
Class Skills: The Sword of Heaven's class skills are Balance, Concentration, Craft, Decipher Script, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Gather Information, Jump, Knowledge (The Planes), Knowledge (Religion), Listen, Move Silently, Perform (Sing), Profession, Sense Motive, and Spot
Skill Points: 6+Int mod
The Sword of Heaven
{table=head]Level|Base Attack<br>Bonus|Fort Save|Ref Save|Will Save|Special
1st|
+1|
+0|
+0|
+2|Smite Evil, Divine Sight
2nd|
+2|
+0|
+0|
+3|Divine Speech
3rd|
+3|
+1|
+1|
+3|Divine Resistance
4th|
+4|
+1|
+1|
+4|Divine Guidance
5th|
+5|
+1|
+1|
+4|Protection Aura
6th|
+6|
+2|
+2|
+5|Angelic Blessing
7th|
+7|
+2|
+2|
+5|Divine Understanding
8th|
+8|
+2|
+2|
+6|Divine Immunity
9th|
+9|
+3|
+3|
+6|Angelic Wings
10th|
+10|
+3|
+3|
+7|Heavenly Ascension[/table]
Class Features
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A Sword of Heaven receives no additional proficiencies.
Smite Evil (Ex): A Sword of Heaven gains the ability to turn his blade into a weapon of divine power. Against an evil opponent, the sword of heaven automatically adds his Charisma modifier to his attack rolls, and twice his class level to his weapon damage. (This applies to all melee, ranged, and natural attacks, but not to weaponlike spells or psionic powers)
Divine Sight (Ex): A Sword of Heaven is blessed by his god to allow for justice to be delivered at all hours of the day. The sword of heaven gains Darkvision out to 60', and low-light vision.
Divine Speech (Su): A Sword of Heaven knows that the main reason there is so much violence in the world is because of poor communication and works to correct that. Starting at 2nd level, the sword of heaven may speak to and understand any creature that has a language, as if under a continuous tongues spell. If this ability is suppressed, it immediately reactivates as soon as the suppression wears off, with no action required by the sword of heaven.
Divine Resistance (Ex): A Sword of Heaven is able to shrug off elemental attacks, though not to the degree that the evil extraplanar beings devils and demons are. Starting at 3rd level, the Sword of Heaven receives resistance to fire and electricity 10 that stacks with any other resistance.
Divine Guidance (Ex): A Sword of Heaven is able to use his force of personality as his strength, rather than simply supplementing it. Starting at 4th level, a Sword of Heaven may add his Charisma modifier to all attack rolls, melee/composite damage rolls, initiative checks, and opposed Strength checks such as bull rush and grapple, instead of his Strength/Dexterity modifier. (This stacks with his Smite Evil ability, so when making attack rolls against evil creatures, he adds twice his Charisma modifier instead of his Charisma + Strength/Dexterity modifier)
Protective Aura (Su): A Sword of Heaven is a weapon that his deity uses to fight evil, and at 5th level, the god provides him with a powerful shield. Against attacks made or effects created by evil creatures, this ability provides a +4 deflection bonus to AC and a +4 resistance bonus on saving throws to anyone within 20 feet of the angel. Otherwise, it functions as a magic circle against evil effect and a lesser globe of invulnerability, both with a radius of 20 feet (caster level equals character level). This aura can be dispelled, but the angel can create it again as a free action on its next turn.
Angelic Blessing (Ex): By 6th level, the sword of heaven's body has already started to adapt to his divine changes. He receives a +4 racial bonus on all saving throws versus poison.
Divine Understanding (Ex): A Sword of Heaven will use any means necessary to defend his ideals. At 7th level, the sword of heaven receives proficiency with all exotic weapons (Exotic Shields are not treated as Exotic Weapons unless they may be used to perform a shield bash). Additionally, he no longer receives a penalty for using an improvised weapon.
Divine Immunity (Ex): A Sword of Heaven is a celestial being, and his body rejects elements in the same way that the angels do. Starting at 8th level, a sword of heaven is immune to acid, cold, and petrification effects.
Angelic Wings (Ex): At 9th level, the Sword of Heaven's physical transformation begins, and he grows a set of feathery wings which grant him a +10 racial bonus on Jump checks, as well as a flight speed equal to twice his land speed (if he is Medium or smaller) or triple his land speed (if he is Large or Larger) with good maneuverability. A Sword of Heaven receives the Fly-By Attack feat as a bonus feat, ignoring the prerequisites.
Heavenly Ascension (Ex): At 10th level, the Sword of Heaven is a true angel. His type changes to Outsider(Angel, Extraplanar, and Good), and his home plane becomes the plane of his patron deity. He gains DR 10/Evil and any weapon he wields is treated as if it were good-aligned for the purposes of overcoming Damage Reduction. His hit dice all become d8s and he must reroll any non-d8 HD from class levels he already had. His Skill Points become 8+Int per level (x4 at first level) and he retroactively gains any unused skill points he had in lower skill point classes, which he must spend immediately. His Base Attack Bonus is recalculated as equal to his character level, and all his saving throws are recalculated as being equal to half his character level +2. Any HD or class levels he would gain are treated as Outsider Racial HD whenever it would benefit him, and they are treated as having Full BAB, all good saves, and 8+Int Skill Points per level. Additionally, Knowledge (The Planes) and Knowledge (Religion) are always considered class skills for him. From now on, his character level is also treated as Outsider Racial HD whenever it would be beneficial to him (Such as for determining his saving throw bonus against the dismissal spell).
Code of Conduct: If a Sword of Heaven ever commits an evil act, he loses all class features immediately, his wings shrink into his back and his original type and stats return (if he had reached tenth level). If this was done under magical compulsion, he may seek atonement from his church, and after atoning and receiving an atonement spell from a cleric, he may gain all his class features back.
If a Sword of Heaven willingly commits an evil act, or his alignment changes to nongood, or he willingly stops worshipping his Patron Deity, he immediately and irrevocably loses all his class features, and his BAB for this class is recalculated as if it was Poor (1/2 his class level instead of his full class level). He may also never take levels of Sword of Heaven again. (If he manages to make up with his god and receive atonement from the god himself or from his highest level cleric, he may regain these class features)