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====Class Features====

All of the following are class features of the Bloodbound.

'''Weapon and Armor Proficiency:''' The Bloodbound gain no new proficiencies with weapons, armors, and shields.

'''{{Anchor|Spellcasting}}:''' The bloodbound continue their training in the arcane arts, and starting at second level, they gain new spells per day, as if they had gained a level in their existing spellcasting class. Note that the bloodbound does not gain any other benefits of this existing spellcasting class. If the character has more than one arcane spellcasting class, the first choice is the wizard class.

'''{{Anchor|Bloodgift}}s ([[Su]]):''' At the first level of this prestige class, the blood which flows through the veins of the bloodbound becomes poisonous. Every time he is hit by a weapon which causes a bleeding wound (doing more than 5 points of damage), his blood splatters to those standing within 5 feet. They take 1d4+1 points of damage at the time the bloodbound is hit. The bloodbound can also coat his weapon in his own blood. This makes for a potent poison that will last for a number of rounds equal to his Constitution modifier, causing an additional 1d4 points of damage. This poisonous blood also gives him a 50% resistance to all poisons.

At the 5th level, the bloodbound gains the power to direct his innate negative energy into his weapon and make more powerful attacks. If the weapon was not magical before, it now counts as a magical +1 weapon. On a successful hit, the dark energy flows through the blood of the bound into the weapon delivering 1d6 points of negative energy damage, +1 for every 2 levels of this prestige class.

At the 8th level, the blood is now as powerful as it gets. The bloodbound gains a spell resistance of 11 + caster level.

'''{{Anchor|Aid Master}} ([[Ex]]):''' The bloodbound is a true servant and every time he [[SRD:Aid Another|Aids Another]] creature of a higher challenge rating than himself he doubles the bonus gained from a successful check.

'''''{{Anchor|Detect Undead}}'' ([[Sp]]):''' Starting at 3rd level, the bloodbound gains the ability to use ''[[SRD:Detect Undead|detect undead]]'' once per day as a spell-like ability. At 6th level this becomes three times per day, and at level 9 the bloodbound can use this ability at will.

'''{{Anchor|Bonus Feat}}:''' At levels 4 and 7, the bloodbound gains a bonus feat. He must meet the pre-requisites of whatever feat he chooses.

'''{{Anchor|Aura of Death}} ([[Su]]):''' Upon reaching the 10th level, the bloodbound now exudes death and gains a +4 competence bonus on all checks involving undead, and he casts necromancy spells at +1 caster level. Any who has the ability to see magical auras, or uses ''[[SRD:Detect Magic|detect magic]]'', will see a faint dark aura around the bloodbound and know that he is strong in necromancy magic.
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[[Category:Prestige Class]]
[[Category:Dread Codex 2]]
Allowed Alignments	Lawful Good +, Lawful Neutral +, Lawful Evil +, Neutral Good +, Neutral +, Neutral Evil +, Chaotic Good +, Chaotic Neutral + and Chaotic Evil +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Moderate +
Class Ability	Arcane Spellcasting +
Class Ability Progression	Minor +
Fortitude Save Progression	Good +
Length	10 +
Minimum Level	5 +
Reflex Save Progression	Poor +
Skill	Climb +, Concentration +, Craft +, Gather Information +, Intimidate +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Profession +, Ride +, Sense Motive + and Spellcraft +
Skill Points	4 +
Summary	Lesser wizard servants of powerful necromancers. +
Title	Bloodbound +
Will Save Progression	Poor +