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creature (including the dragon itself ). The shield blocks incoming attacks, but creatures inside the shield can still attack out through the shield.
UNHOLY RAVAGER OF TIAMAT
CHAPTER 2:
The goddess of evil dragons and of conquest, Tiamat claims some allegiance from every evil dragon. Those who devote themselves entirely to her cause, however, are among the most fearsome forces of evil in the world, living embodiments of her destructive power. Unholy ravagers of Tiamat are dragon clerics that hope to attain a sliver of their deity’s mighty power while aspiring to none of Tiamat’s subtlety and sophistication. Unholy ravagers live only to destroy, and when they set their minds on destruction, no stone is left standing on another when they are finished. Unholy ravagers of Tiamat are usually blue or green dragons with some levels of cleric. Though red dragons are born with a strong hereditary predisposition to chaos, a number of them stray from that alignment and end up as neutral evil unholy ravagers. An unholy ravager typically works alone, but may drive marauding hordes of kobolds, lizardfolk, or hobgoblins ahead of itself to soften up the opposition—or lull its foes into overconfidence. Hit Die: d10.
A DM’S GUIDE TO DRAGONS
has no effect but it is still used up for that day. A sacred warder can smite any creature of the dragon type that has an evil alignment. At 6th level, a sacred warder may smite evil dragons twice per day, and at 10th level it can do so three times per day. Spellcasting: From 2nd level on, when a new sacred warder level is gained, the dragon gains new spells per day as if it had also gained a level in a divine spellcasting class it belonged to before it added the prestige class. It does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained (an improved chance of turning or rebuking undead, wild shape, and so on). This essentially means that the dragon adds the level of sacred warder to the level of whatever divine spellcasting class the dragon has, then determines spells per day and caster level accordingly. If the dragon had more than one divine spellcasting class before becoming a sacred warder, the dragon must decide to which class it adds each level of sacred warder for the purpose of determining spells per day. A very old gold dragon/1st-level cleric/2nd-level sacred warder has the spellcasting ability of a 15th-level cleric: 13 from divine conversion of its sorcerer spellcasting levels, 1 from its single cleric level, and 1 from its two levels in the prestige class. If a dragon advances an age category after taking levels in this class, the added levels of spellcasting ability are added to its effective divine spellcasting level. If the very old gold dragon in the example above lives to be ancient, its spellcasting level would increase by 2, so it would cast spells as a 17th-level cleric. Aura of Courage (Ex): At 3rd level, a sacred warder becomes immune to fear effects. In addition, the dragon’s frightful presence ability alters so that it inspires allies as well as striking terror into enemies. Allies within the radius of the dragon’s aura (30 feet × its age category) are unaffected by the dragon’s frightful presence and receive a morale bonus on their saving throws against fear equal to the dragon’s class level + its Cha modifier. Allies within the aura cannot be panicked by an evil dragon’s frightful presence, regardless of their Hit Dice. Enemies within the aura are affected normally by the dragon’s frightful presence. Sacred Shield (Su): At 7th level, a sacred warder gains the ability to surround itself with a protective aura that lasts 10 minutes and protects the dragon’s body and equipment from attacks. The shield absorbs 10 points of damage per class level. Once the shield absorbs that much damage, it collapses. The damage can be from any source—weapons, spells, any energy type, and so on. Damage the dragon would not take anyway (fire damage against a gold dragon, for example, or weapon damage blocked by the dragon’s damage reduction) does not count against the damage absorbed by the shield. The dragon can use this ability three times per day. Area Sacred Shield (Su): At 12th level, a sacred warder of Bahamut can extend its sacred shield to protect an area with a radius of 30 feet. The dragon can place the barrier anywhere within its line of sight, and can choose to make it mobile with respect to an unattended object or willing
Requirements To qualify to become an unholy ravager of Tiamat, a dragon must fulfill all the following criteria. Race: Any dragon. Alignment: Lawful evil or neutral evil. Base Attack Bonus: +15. Feats: Maximize Breath, Recover Breath, Tempest Breath. Spells: Able to cast divine spells. Domain: Destruction. Class Skills The unholy ravager’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (arcana) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Spellcraft (Int), Survival (Wis), and Swim (Str). See Chapter 4: Skills in the Player’s Handbook for skill descriptions. Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier. Class Features The following are class features of the unholy ravager of Tiamat prestige class. Weapon and Armor Proficiency: An unholy ravager gains no proficiency with any weapons, armor, or shields. Divine Conversion: At 1st level, an unholy ravager 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, allowing the dragon to cast cleric spells much more effectively. These effective levels apply only to the dragon’s spellcasting, not to other class abilities (such as turning undead or wild shape).
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