PRESTIGE CLASSES
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her approximate depth underground as naturally as a human can sense which way is up. Speak with Animals (Sp): Once per day, a gnome-bonded stoneblessed can use speak with animals, as the spell cast by a 1st-level druid. Toughness: A goliath-bonded stoneblessed emulates the resilience of the goliath tribesfolk and gains Toughness as a bonus feat. Table 5–13: The Stoneblessed Base Attack Fort Ref Will Level Bonus Save Save Save 1st +0 +2 +0 +0 2nd +1 +3 +0 +0 3rd +2 +3 +1 +1
Special Stonebond Racial battle technique Stoneborn
SAMPLE STONEBLESSED Luirik Keenears Neaulakia the Stoneblessed: Female grimlock barbarian 2/stoneblessed 3; CR 6; Medium monstrous humanoid; HD 2d8+8 plus 2d12+8 plus 3d8+12 plus 3; hp 70; Init +2; Spd 40 ft.; AC 21, touch 12, flat-footed 21; Base Atk +6; Grp +12; Atk +14 melee (1d12+10/×3, +1 greataxe); Full Atk +14/+9 melee (1d12+10/×3, +1 greataxe); SA racial battle technique, rage 1/day; SQ blindsight 40 ft., fast movement, immunities, scent, stonebond, stoneborn, uncanny dodge; AL N; SV Fort +12, Ref +8, Will +5; Str 22, Dex 15, Con 18, Int 10, Wis 8, Cha 6. Skills and Feats: Appraise +2, Climb +9, Craft (stoneworking) +7, Hide +4 (+14 in mountains or underground), Jump +10, Listen +4, Sense Motive +1, Speak Language (Gol-Kaa, Terran), Spot +3; Alertness, Dodge, ToughnessB , TrackB , Weapon Focus (greataxe). Racial Battle Technique (Ex): Luirik has a +4 dodge bonus to AC and a +1 bonus on attack rolls against giants. Rage (Ex): Once per day, Luirik can enter a state of fierce rage that lasts for 8 rounds. The following changes are in effect as long as she rages: hp 84; AC 19, touch 10, flat-footed 19; Grp +14; Atk +16 melee (1d12+13/×3, +1 greataxe); Full Atk +16/+11 melee (1d12+13/×3, +1 greataxe); SV Fort +14, Will +7; Str 26, Con 22; Climb +11, Jump +12. At the end of her rage, Luirik is fatigued for the duration of the encounter. Blindsight (Ex): Luirik can sense all foes within 40 feet as a sighted creature would. Beyond that range, all creatures have total concealment. She is susceptible to sound- and scent-based attacks and is affected normally by loud noises, sonic spells, and overpowering odors. Negating Luirik’s sense of smell or hearing reduces the ability to normal Blind-Fight (as the feat). If both these senses are negated, she is effectively blinded.
Immunities: Luirik is immune to gaze attacks, visual effects, illusions, and other attack forms that rely on sight. Scent (Ex): Can detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell. Stonebond (Ex): Balance (Dex), Diplomacy (Cha), Knowledge (geography) (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), and Survival (Wis) are class skills for Luirik. She can engage in accelerated climbing (climbing half her speed as a move action) without taking the –5 penalty on the Climb check. Stoneborn (Ex): Luirik is considered a goliath for all effects related to race. She has Toughness as a bonus feat. Uncanny Dodge (Ex): Luirik can react to danger before her senses would normally allow her to do so. She retains her Dexterity bonus to Armor Class even when caught flatfooted. Possessions: +1 chain shirt, +1 greataxe, gauntlets of ogre power, cloak of resistance +2, potion of cure moderate wounds, potion of jump, 150 gp.
STONEDEATH ASSASSIN For as long as the two ancient races have existed, dwarves and goblins have fought. They share an affinity for underground living, but dwarves live for honor and craft, while goblins and their kin practice brutality and spread strife. Through the many wars that the two races have waged against one another, their stone citadels and underground strongholds have given the stout and honorable dwarves a tremendous advantage. Although the goblinoids easily outnumber the dwarves, their swarming hordes cannot overcome strong stone walls and carefully trapped corridors. Through the years, the smartest and cruelest among the goblinkin began to train in earnest to overcome these strongholds, striving to turn the dwarves’ affinity for stone into a weakness rather than a strength. The best of these creatures developed their own affinity with stone, and they began to infiltrate dwarf strongholds, disarming traps, weakening gates, and assassinating dwarf leaders just as they were trying to organize their people to repel a goblin invasion. Most stonedeath assassins are hobgoblin rogues or rangers, but bugbears and even exceptional goblins have been known to undertake stonedeath training. NPC stonedeath assassins are usually found sneaking their way through dwarven defenses—if they’re found at all. Often they merely leave bearded corpses in their wake. Even when they’re not on missions for their goblinoid masters, stonedeath assassins like to hunt dwarves for sport, dwarven mining operations being a favorite hunting ground. A stonedeath assassin sometimes lurks in the tunnels of a dwarven mine for days, picking off miners one by one until
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