tjcross
2013-07-26, 07:09 PM
Hey Guys, this is a class I made a few months back and I find it interesting, however due to the raise dead spell being a lot stronger than I expected this class can easily become OP with DM supervision.
I use a Class Generation kit to keep my classes balanced, as is obvious this class is heavily devoted to dealing with undead and utilizing their own when physical combat is to be done.
Edited thanks to Cheiromancers' verbal concern
Also concerning the construction kit I do use Rumkin just because it's fairly easy to wrap my head around.
The Deadite
Hitdie: d6 [10]
Weapon Proficiency:Simple+ Scythe[11]
Armor Proficiency: None
Class Skills: 11 [11]
Concentration, Craft, Decipher Script, Diplomacy, Handle Animal, Heal, Knowledge [Death and undead.], Knowledge [Religion], Proffesion,Search, Sense Motive, Spellcraft
Skills/level: 4+int [34]
Attack Progression: Low[10]
Save Progression: Fort: High, Reflex: Low, Will:High. [28]
Important Stat: Wisdom
Point total: 102
Restriction: A Deadite will never under any circumstance raise a body as undead without the permission of the body's soul. They will always spend atleast one round to talk to the previous occupant of the body and ask their question. A body raised without permission gains no bonuses from the Deadite's abilities.[weak restriction -4]
A Deadite can NOT be chaotic or evil. A deadite lives his life with a great deal of respect for the dead and those whom are hurt by loss. Aswell they are so accustomed to rituals that they always have some value of law within them. A Chaotic Deadite loses all powers, and Evil deadite can not level any further. [Major [chaotic] Moderate [evil] Restriction -14]
Restriction points: -4
[89pt]
Spellcaster Abilities
Deadites are allowed to cast spells from the Death, Healing and Destruction domains. [27 total spells small]
At 20th level they have 6/6/6/6/6/5/5/5/5 total spells castable use Clerics spell progression including domain spell as a generic spell slot.
They must focus their energies each day to prepare spells.
Reduced learning.
[cp = abc+s/p x tpm + ak x MM]
= 5 + 50 * [1*0.45*0.8]
Spell ability cost:29
[128pt]
Special Abilities
1st Level [32pt]
Speak with Dead: Deadites have spent so much time with the dead that they have the ability to speak to the recently dead as per the Speak with dead spell however the caster is always considered to have the same alignment as the corpse. They can do this once per day/level. [4pt]
Turn and Rebuke undead: Deadites know well the powers that can control the undead. Through their practice they can choose whether to Turn/Destroy or Rebuke/Command undead as a cleric of the same level. They use Wisdom rather than Charisma for this ability.[16pt]
Ritual of Peace: Deadites have the inherant ability to bring a body to eternal rest through ritualistic preparation of the bodies. A Deadite preforming this ritual on a body will stop the body from being raised as an undead and gives the body a ten percent chance of surviving a proper ressurection. The cost of the ritual is a hundred gold per body plus fifty gold per hit-die of the being in life. The ritual takes five minutes plus an additional minute per body in the ritual. This involves chanting, burning of incense and massaging oils into the body or soaking the bones depending on how bad the decay is. As well the ritual slows any further decay by 90% and lengthens the limit of resurrection by ten fold Example: A body that can only has one day left to be ressurected, the ritual will allow a ten day window rather than just one day. [8pt]
Caring hands: Deadites work with the dead but also know how to heal the living. Their hands are stable even under the worst scenarios and their knowledge of medicines is extensive. They get a +4 to heal checks and may use healing to tend undead creatures or to prepare dead bodies for a burial. A successful heal check will double time it takes for a body to decay. [4pt]
2nd Level[8pt]
Undead Favour: A Deadites respect for the undead comes through with their motions and tone of voice. If they do not attack non-sentient undead will not attack them attack them, Sentient undead will treat them like a friend and as long as the Deadite do not act as a threat the sentient undead will not do anything about them. When conversing with an undead the Deadite is considered to have a charisma of 18 or at +2 of their current charisma, whichever is higher. Please note this only applies to the Deadite and not the party.[8pt]
3rd Level[8pt]
Sense Undead: As the Deadite has gone through their existance learning more of death, life and undeath the Deadite has gained the power to detect undeath with ease. With a round of concentration they can cast the “Detect Undead” spell at will. [8pt]
4th level[4pt]
Death's Aura: The Deadite has spent so much time around the dead that they seem to radiate a feeling of danger and hopelessness. When they wish to they gain a +4 to any intimidation roll against a person who is not commonly around the dead. Immune subjects are grave-tenders, necromancers and the like.[4pt]
5th
Resist undead: The deadite has gained a strong resistant against the undeads abilties, they get a +2 against all saves against undead ability or necromancy spell.
6th level[6pt]
Empowered Undead: All undead commanded by a Deadite gain an additional hit-die. The hit die limit of control does not count this bonus hit die. If the creature only gets a fraction of a hit die then add the hit die to the the group of such creatures equal to one hit die rather than the individual creature. Example: a creature has ¼ hit die. A group of four would gain an extra hit die. Damage to the swarm is taken from the extra hit die first before individual creatures begin getting harmed.[4pt]
Death's Shroud: The Deadite has spent so much time working with the dead that they may take on the aura of the dead. Sense life spells will not detect them however a Sense Undead spell will. [2pt]
7th[2pt]
Extra Turning: The Deadite has gained the strength and knowledge to use his turning and rebuking abilities an extra four times a day as per the Extra Turning perk. [2pt]
8th [2pt]
Embalmed: The Deadite has spent so much time working with the undead that they have tapped into the secrets of embalming. By applying these secrets to themselves they gain a +1 to constitution.[2pt]
9th [4pt]
Bone throwing: The deadite has spent so much time working with the undead that they have learned the technique of divination through bone tossing. Twice per day they may bone throw to cast one of the following spells [4pt]:
Identify
Detect Secret Doors
Clairaudience/Clairvoyance
Scrying
10th[2pt]
Empowered Turning: The deadites specialization in the undead has caused them to know just how to affect the undead. The Deadite now turns/destroys/rebukes and controls undead as if they were one level higher [1pt]
Improved Resist undead: The deadite has become more powerful in warding off the undead and gain a further +2 to undead abilities and necromantic spells [4pt]
11th[3pt]
True Undeath: The Deadite has learned the true craft of raising the dead. A body raised by a deadite of this level will never rot, infact if the organs are intact they will seem to be alive though they still give off no heat and a doctors eye given time would see that the undead is in deed dead rather than a sickly mute. [1pt]
Detect Life: The Deadite has moved through the world enough that he has grasped the energy of the dying rather than just the dead. They can now at will see this aura just as they can sense dead. [2pt]
12th
Life Eater: The Deadite has learned from the undead well and now hold the ability to attack a foe's constitution. Instead of attacking they can choose to attempt a touch attack and if they hit that drain 1d6+half wisdom modifier of constitution fortitude save for half equal to 10+half level + wisdom modifier from their target temporary and four times the constitution damaged temporary hitpoints. [2pt]
Empower Undead: All undead commanded by a Deadite gain an additional hit-die. The hit die limit of control does not count this bonus hit die. If the creature only gets a fraction of a hit die then add the hit die to the the group of such creatures equal to one hit die rather than the individual creature. Example: a creature has ¼ hit die. A group of four would gain an extra hit die. Damage to the swarm is taken from the extra hit die first before individual creatures begin getting harmed.[2pt]
13th
Enhanced bone throwing: The Deadite gains an additional 2 throws. [2pt]
14th
Extra Turning: The Deadite has improved even further in their turning or rebuking of the undead and gain an additional four turns/rebukes a day.[1]
15th
Improved resist undead: The Deadite gains a further +2 verses undead abilities and necromantic spells.
16th
Death's Hand: The Deadite has learned well from the undead. Once per day they may instead of attacking make a touch attack against an opponent. If they hit they will drain a level from the target permanently unless the level is recovered through normal means such as a wish spell. [2]
17th
Enhanced bone throwing: The deadite gains an additional 2 throws [2pt]
18th
Empower Undead: All undead commanded by a Deadite gain an additional hit-die. The hit die limit of control does not count this bonus hit die. If the creature only gets a fraction of a hit die then add the hit die to the the group of such creatures equal to one hit die rather than the individual creature. Example: a creature has ¼ hit die. A group of four would gain an extra hit die. Damage to the swarm is taken from the extra hit die first before individual creatures begin getting harmed.[2pt]
19th
20th
Transcend: The Deadite sheds their mortal form and become undead themselves. Their form is up to them but they are treated as undead for all spells. However they can not be turned or rebuked. Usually a Good Deadite will normally appear completely normal, not rotting or decaying. A Neutral Deadite is hard to tell what they will choose though common choices seem to be robed zombies and skeletons. Any undead template chosen requires DM approval and if approved the DM can chose to add any expense to a ritual to become the undead form.[2pt]
Empowered Turning: The Deadite has become incredibly skilled in turning or rebuking undead and gains a further +1 to their level when using their turning or rebuking abilities [1pt]
Total Points: 215
Lore
Alignments: All Deadites are either of good or neutral alignments. Good Deadites wish to bring peace to the world by aiding the dead in accepting their fate, and helping the living to accept the death of loved ones. Neutral Deadites merely wish to aid in the balance of life and death.
Religion: A deadite can worship any neutral or good god and Neutral Deadites can choose to worship Nerull. Most choose to worship Wee Jas due to her connection with death and her neutrality.
The Deadites view of Death: Deadites do not fear death but see it as the next step in a cosmic life. All things die and to attempt immortality is foolish. Deadites are not immune to rage or sorrow brought from unjust death but a natural death will usually bring a small bit of joy to a deadite as the dead died peacefully.
Enemies of the Deadite: The main enemy of the deadite is the necromancer. Deadites see Necromancers as not only gravely disrespectful of the dead but also of the balance. The Deadite sees the Necromancer as a plague of misery and sorrow and will stop at nothing to track down and kill necromancers. They will Never align themselves with a necromancer no matter the sway. This doesn't only apply to necromancers, anyone who uses a create undead spell on an unwilling corpse will be considered a necromancer in the Deadites eyes.
Quote: “Peace be with you brother, SO JUST DIE ALREADY!!!”-Liam Ditch
Notable Deadites
Liam Ditch- Raider of the Necron Fortress
Edgeworth Grim- Wandering grave-digger.
Deadites in adventures: Deadites are not commonly set up to adventure, however some find that their area is well and move on to bring balance and peace to other areas. The main exception is dealing with necromancers. A necromancer threat will cause any nearby Deadite to drop their duties to go after it.
I use a Class Generation kit to keep my classes balanced, as is obvious this class is heavily devoted to dealing with undead and utilizing their own when physical combat is to be done.
Edited thanks to Cheiromancers' verbal concern
Also concerning the construction kit I do use Rumkin just because it's fairly easy to wrap my head around.
The Deadite
Hitdie: d6 [10]
Weapon Proficiency:Simple+ Scythe[11]
Armor Proficiency: None
Class Skills: 11 [11]
Concentration, Craft, Decipher Script, Diplomacy, Handle Animal, Heal, Knowledge [Death and undead.], Knowledge [Religion], Proffesion,Search, Sense Motive, Spellcraft
Skills/level: 4+int [34]
Attack Progression: Low[10]
Save Progression: Fort: High, Reflex: Low, Will:High. [28]
Important Stat: Wisdom
Point total: 102
Restriction: A Deadite will never under any circumstance raise a body as undead without the permission of the body's soul. They will always spend atleast one round to talk to the previous occupant of the body and ask their question. A body raised without permission gains no bonuses from the Deadite's abilities.[weak restriction -4]
A Deadite can NOT be chaotic or evil. A deadite lives his life with a great deal of respect for the dead and those whom are hurt by loss. Aswell they are so accustomed to rituals that they always have some value of law within them. A Chaotic Deadite loses all powers, and Evil deadite can not level any further. [Major [chaotic] Moderate [evil] Restriction -14]
Restriction points: -4
[89pt]
Spellcaster Abilities
Deadites are allowed to cast spells from the Death, Healing and Destruction domains. [27 total spells small]
At 20th level they have 6/6/6/6/6/5/5/5/5 total spells castable use Clerics spell progression including domain spell as a generic spell slot.
They must focus their energies each day to prepare spells.
Reduced learning.
[cp = abc+s/p x tpm + ak x MM]
= 5 + 50 * [1*0.45*0.8]
Spell ability cost:29
[128pt]
Special Abilities
1st Level [32pt]
Speak with Dead: Deadites have spent so much time with the dead that they have the ability to speak to the recently dead as per the Speak with dead spell however the caster is always considered to have the same alignment as the corpse. They can do this once per day/level. [4pt]
Turn and Rebuke undead: Deadites know well the powers that can control the undead. Through their practice they can choose whether to Turn/Destroy or Rebuke/Command undead as a cleric of the same level. They use Wisdom rather than Charisma for this ability.[16pt]
Ritual of Peace: Deadites have the inherant ability to bring a body to eternal rest through ritualistic preparation of the bodies. A Deadite preforming this ritual on a body will stop the body from being raised as an undead and gives the body a ten percent chance of surviving a proper ressurection. The cost of the ritual is a hundred gold per body plus fifty gold per hit-die of the being in life. The ritual takes five minutes plus an additional minute per body in the ritual. This involves chanting, burning of incense and massaging oils into the body or soaking the bones depending on how bad the decay is. As well the ritual slows any further decay by 90% and lengthens the limit of resurrection by ten fold Example: A body that can only has one day left to be ressurected, the ritual will allow a ten day window rather than just one day. [8pt]
Caring hands: Deadites work with the dead but also know how to heal the living. Their hands are stable even under the worst scenarios and their knowledge of medicines is extensive. They get a +4 to heal checks and may use healing to tend undead creatures or to prepare dead bodies for a burial. A successful heal check will double time it takes for a body to decay. [4pt]
2nd Level[8pt]
Undead Favour: A Deadites respect for the undead comes through with their motions and tone of voice. If they do not attack non-sentient undead will not attack them attack them, Sentient undead will treat them like a friend and as long as the Deadite do not act as a threat the sentient undead will not do anything about them. When conversing with an undead the Deadite is considered to have a charisma of 18 or at +2 of their current charisma, whichever is higher. Please note this only applies to the Deadite and not the party.[8pt]
3rd Level[8pt]
Sense Undead: As the Deadite has gone through their existance learning more of death, life and undeath the Deadite has gained the power to detect undeath with ease. With a round of concentration they can cast the “Detect Undead” spell at will. [8pt]
4th level[4pt]
Death's Aura: The Deadite has spent so much time around the dead that they seem to radiate a feeling of danger and hopelessness. When they wish to they gain a +4 to any intimidation roll against a person who is not commonly around the dead. Immune subjects are grave-tenders, necromancers and the like.[4pt]
5th
Resist undead: The deadite has gained a strong resistant against the undeads abilties, they get a +2 against all saves against undead ability or necromancy spell.
6th level[6pt]
Empowered Undead: All undead commanded by a Deadite gain an additional hit-die. The hit die limit of control does not count this bonus hit die. If the creature only gets a fraction of a hit die then add the hit die to the the group of such creatures equal to one hit die rather than the individual creature. Example: a creature has ¼ hit die. A group of four would gain an extra hit die. Damage to the swarm is taken from the extra hit die first before individual creatures begin getting harmed.[4pt]
Death's Shroud: The Deadite has spent so much time working with the dead that they may take on the aura of the dead. Sense life spells will not detect them however a Sense Undead spell will. [2pt]
7th[2pt]
Extra Turning: The Deadite has gained the strength and knowledge to use his turning and rebuking abilities an extra four times a day as per the Extra Turning perk. [2pt]
8th [2pt]
Embalmed: The Deadite has spent so much time working with the undead that they have tapped into the secrets of embalming. By applying these secrets to themselves they gain a +1 to constitution.[2pt]
9th [4pt]
Bone throwing: The deadite has spent so much time working with the undead that they have learned the technique of divination through bone tossing. Twice per day they may bone throw to cast one of the following spells [4pt]:
Identify
Detect Secret Doors
Clairaudience/Clairvoyance
Scrying
10th[2pt]
Empowered Turning: The deadites specialization in the undead has caused them to know just how to affect the undead. The Deadite now turns/destroys/rebukes and controls undead as if they were one level higher [1pt]
Improved Resist undead: The deadite has become more powerful in warding off the undead and gain a further +2 to undead abilities and necromantic spells [4pt]
11th[3pt]
True Undeath: The Deadite has learned the true craft of raising the dead. A body raised by a deadite of this level will never rot, infact if the organs are intact they will seem to be alive though they still give off no heat and a doctors eye given time would see that the undead is in deed dead rather than a sickly mute. [1pt]
Detect Life: The Deadite has moved through the world enough that he has grasped the energy of the dying rather than just the dead. They can now at will see this aura just as they can sense dead. [2pt]
12th
Life Eater: The Deadite has learned from the undead well and now hold the ability to attack a foe's constitution. Instead of attacking they can choose to attempt a touch attack and if they hit that drain 1d6+half wisdom modifier of constitution fortitude save for half equal to 10+half level + wisdom modifier from their target temporary and four times the constitution damaged temporary hitpoints. [2pt]
Empower Undead: All undead commanded by a Deadite gain an additional hit-die. The hit die limit of control does not count this bonus hit die. If the creature only gets a fraction of a hit die then add the hit die to the the group of such creatures equal to one hit die rather than the individual creature. Example: a creature has ¼ hit die. A group of four would gain an extra hit die. Damage to the swarm is taken from the extra hit die first before individual creatures begin getting harmed.[2pt]
13th
Enhanced bone throwing: The Deadite gains an additional 2 throws. [2pt]
14th
Extra Turning: The Deadite has improved even further in their turning or rebuking of the undead and gain an additional four turns/rebukes a day.[1]
15th
Improved resist undead: The Deadite gains a further +2 verses undead abilities and necromantic spells.
16th
Death's Hand: The Deadite has learned well from the undead. Once per day they may instead of attacking make a touch attack against an opponent. If they hit they will drain a level from the target permanently unless the level is recovered through normal means such as a wish spell. [2]
17th
Enhanced bone throwing: The deadite gains an additional 2 throws [2pt]
18th
Empower Undead: All undead commanded by a Deadite gain an additional hit-die. The hit die limit of control does not count this bonus hit die. If the creature only gets a fraction of a hit die then add the hit die to the the group of such creatures equal to one hit die rather than the individual creature. Example: a creature has ¼ hit die. A group of four would gain an extra hit die. Damage to the swarm is taken from the extra hit die first before individual creatures begin getting harmed.[2pt]
19th
20th
Transcend: The Deadite sheds their mortal form and become undead themselves. Their form is up to them but they are treated as undead for all spells. However they can not be turned or rebuked. Usually a Good Deadite will normally appear completely normal, not rotting or decaying. A Neutral Deadite is hard to tell what they will choose though common choices seem to be robed zombies and skeletons. Any undead template chosen requires DM approval and if approved the DM can chose to add any expense to a ritual to become the undead form.[2pt]
Empowered Turning: The Deadite has become incredibly skilled in turning or rebuking undead and gains a further +1 to their level when using their turning or rebuking abilities [1pt]
Total Points: 215
Lore
Alignments: All Deadites are either of good or neutral alignments. Good Deadites wish to bring peace to the world by aiding the dead in accepting their fate, and helping the living to accept the death of loved ones. Neutral Deadites merely wish to aid in the balance of life and death.
Religion: A deadite can worship any neutral or good god and Neutral Deadites can choose to worship Nerull. Most choose to worship Wee Jas due to her connection with death and her neutrality.
The Deadites view of Death: Deadites do not fear death but see it as the next step in a cosmic life. All things die and to attempt immortality is foolish. Deadites are not immune to rage or sorrow brought from unjust death but a natural death will usually bring a small bit of joy to a deadite as the dead died peacefully.
Enemies of the Deadite: The main enemy of the deadite is the necromancer. Deadites see Necromancers as not only gravely disrespectful of the dead but also of the balance. The Deadite sees the Necromancer as a plague of misery and sorrow and will stop at nothing to track down and kill necromancers. They will Never align themselves with a necromancer no matter the sway. This doesn't only apply to necromancers, anyone who uses a create undead spell on an unwilling corpse will be considered a necromancer in the Deadites eyes.
Quote: “Peace be with you brother, SO JUST DIE ALREADY!!!”-Liam Ditch
Notable Deadites
Liam Ditch- Raider of the Necron Fortress
Edgeworth Grim- Wandering grave-digger.
Deadites in adventures: Deadites are not commonly set up to adventure, however some find that their area is well and move on to bring balance and peace to other areas. The main exception is dealing with necromancers. A necromancer threat will cause any nearby Deadite to drop their duties to go after it.