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Class Features The following are class features of the dispassionate watcher of Chronepsis prestige class. Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A dispassionate watcher gains no proficiency with any weapons, armor, or shields. Divine Conversion: At 1st level, a dispassionate watcher loses any effective sorcerer level it had previously gained by virtue of its age and draconic variety. Its effective divine spellcasting level increases by the number of sorcerer levels it sacrificed. These effective levels apply only to the dragon’s spellcasting, not to other class abilities (such as turning undead). For example, a very old amethyst dragon/1st-level cleric adopts the dispassionate watcher of Chronepsis prestige class. Its sorcerer caster level of 11th converts into eleven effective cleric levels, giving the dragon the spellcasting ability of a 12th-level cleric.
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The draconic deity of fate, death, and judgment, Chronepsis is silent, unconcerned, and dispassionate. Most dragons respect him, but few revere him or serve him as clerics because of his neutral alignment. Chromatic and metallic dragons are almost always too committed to philosophical extremes to become clerics of Chronepsis, and their passionate adherence to their alignment means they have little interest in the detached attitude of the watchers. Most dispassionate watchers are gem dragons, brown dragons, fang dragons, song dragons, dragon turtles, or wyverns. True to their name, dispassionate watchers of Chronepsis remain aloof from the events of the world around them, taking the role of observers rather than active participants. They are excellent sources of information and advice, and dragons often appeal to them to judge disputes and complaints. They typically make their lairs in areas that other dragons use as graveyards, embodying their deity’s aspect as a god of death and keeping the graves safe from robbers and defilers. Hit Die: d8.
Class Skills The dispassionate watcher’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Knowledge (all skills, taken individually) (Int), and Spellcraft (Int). See Chapter 4: Skills in the Player’s Handbook for skill descriptions. Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier.
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DISPASSIONATE WATCHER OF CHRONEPSIS
Domain: Knowledge (or able to cast at least three Knowledge domain spells as arcane spells).
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blasphemy, contagion, desecrate, destruction, horrid wilting, unhallow, unholy aura, unholy blight. Skill Point Increase: At 2nd level, and again at 10th level, a disciple of Ashardalon gains a pool of bonus skill points equal to the number of dragon Hit Dice it possesses. This pool represents a gradual transition from being a creature of the dragon type (with 6 skill points per HD) to being an outsider (with 8 skill points per HD). These bonus skill points are in addition to the skill points gained at every level, and are not modified by the dragon’s Intelligence score. Ability Increase: Every three levels, a disciple of Ashardalon’s ability scores increase automatically. At 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th level, its Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence all increase by 1 point. At 6th and 12th level, its Constitution and Charisma also increase by 1 point. By 12th level, a disciple of Ashardalon has the ability score adjustments of the half-fiend template. Poison Immunity (Ex): A disciple of Ashardalon of 6th level or higher is immune to all forms of poison. Natural Armor Increase (Ex): At 7th level, a disciple of Ashardalon’s natural armor bonus improves by 1. Fiendish Perfection (Ex): At 12th level, a disciple of Ashardalon’s bond with its demonic spirit is complete and perfect. The dragon now has the half-fiend template and becomes an outsider rather than a dragon.
A dispassionate watcher of Chronepsis
Requirements To qualify to become a dispassionate watcher, a dragon must fulfill all the following criteria. Race: Any dragon. Alignment: Any neutral. Skills: Knowledge (any two) 20 ranks. Spells: Able to cast divine spells.
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