Monsterslayer (3.5e Class)

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In the mist of creation the mortal races were often food for monsters, so it was not long before a mortal picked up a stick, sharpened it and started killing monsters to carve a safe place for civilication to exsist.

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Monsterslayer

<-general description->.

Making a Monsterslayer

Monsterslayers are a hybrid between ranger and fighter.

Abilities: Strenght and or dexterity are often the primary ability of the slayer becaus it helps with hiting and dealing damage, inteligence help with Secret of Steel and constitution helps the slayer survive.

Races: All humanoid races have slayers but they are more normal among the martial minded races.

Alignment: Any, Good alligned slayers use their abilities to protect and help were evil just do it for power, greed and bloodlust.

Starting Gold: 6d4 x 10 gp (avarage 150 gp)

Starting Age: "Moderate" "As fighter"

Table: The Monsterslayer

Hit Die: d10

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+1	+2	+0	+0	Dark Avenger +2, March for Revenge
2nd	+2	+3	+0	+0	Secret of Steel, The Oath
3rd	+3	+3	+1	+1	Revelation
4th	+4	+4	+1	+1	Courage
5th	+5	+4	+1	+1	Dark Avenger +4
6th	+6/+1	+5	+2	+2	Secret of Steel
7th	+7/+2	+5	+2	+2	The Oath
8th	+8/+3	+6	+2	+2	Revelation
9th	+9/+4	+6	+3	+3	Black Arrows
10th	+10/+5	+7	+3	+3	Dark Avenger +6
11th	+11/+6/+1	+7	+3	+3	Secret of Steel
12th	+12/+7/+2	+8	+4	+4	The Oath
13th	+13/+8/+3	+8	+4	+4	Revelation
14th	+14/+9/+4	+9	+4	+4	Armor of the Gods
15th	+15/+10/+5	+9	+5	+5	Dark Avenger +8
16th	+16/+11/+6/+1	+10	+5	+5	Secret of Steel
17th	+17/+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+5	The Oath
18th	+18/+13/+8/+3	+11	+6	+6	Revelation
19th	+19/+14/+9/+4	+11	+6	+6	The Warrior's Prayer
20th	+20/+15/+10/+5	+12	+6	+6	Dark Avenger +10, Blood of My Enemies
Class Skills (6 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level) Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis), Swim (Str).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Monsterslayer.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Monsterslayers are proficient with all simple and martial weapons. Monsterslayers are also proficient with light, medium and heavy armor, and with shields, including tower shields.

Dark Avenger (Ex): At 1st level, a monsterslayer may select a type of creature from among those given on Table: Dark Avenger. The monsterslayer gains a +2 bonus on Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, and Survival checks when using these skills against creatures of this type. Likewise, he gets a +2 bonus on weapon damage rolls against such creatures.

At 5th level and every five levels thereafter (10th, 15th, and 20th level), this bonus increases by 2.

Table: Dark Avenger

Type	Type
Aberration	Magical beast
Construct	Monstrous humanoid
Dragon	Ooze
Elemental	Outsider
Giant	Undead

March for Revenge (Ex): A monsterslayer gains Track as a bonus feat and her speed is never slowed for wearing medium or heavy armor or when carrying a medium or heavy load (unlike other creatures, whose speed is reduced in such situations).

Secret of Steel (Ex): At 2nd level, a monsterslayer select secret of steel from the list below. A monsterslayer can use any secret of steel she knows, She only use secret of steel a number of times per battle equal to 3 + her Intelligence modifier (minimun 1).

At 6th level and every five levels thereafter (11th and 17th level) the monsterslayer picks a new secret of steel she knows and can use.

The Oath (Ex): At 2nd level, a monsterslayer gains the ability to call the slayers Oath on a creature that she have Dark Avenger bonus against.

The Oath is activ until the monsterslayer or the creature is dead, if the monsterslayer have to many oaths active she can't gain any more levels in monsterslayer, see Ex-Monsterslayers.

At 3nd level the monsterhunter select a Oath bonus from among those given on Table: Oath Bonus, this bonus she gains against any creature she have called The Oath on.

At 7th level and every five levels thereafter (12th and 17th level) the monsterslayer choses a ekstra oath bonus and applies them all against any creature she have called The Oath on.

Table: Oath Bonus

Oath	Bonus
I will stand my ground!	something something
I will not rest!	something something
You will not se me comming!	something something
I will teach you pain and fear!	something something
We are destinied to fight!	something something
One of us is gonna die!	something something
Pride	something something

Revelation (Ex): At 3rd level, a monsterslayer learns a revelation from among those given on Table: Revelation

At 8th level and every five levels thereafter (13th and 18th level) the monsterslayer gains a new Revelation from the table.

Table: Revelation

Revelation	Bonus
Lust	something something
Gluttony	something something
Greed	something something
Sloth	something something
Wrath	something something
Envy	something something
Pride	something something

Courage (Ex): Beginning at 4th level, a monsterslayer is immune to fear (magical or otherwise).

Black Arrows (Ex): At 9th level the monsterslayer can use her Secret of Steel on ranged attacks to.

Armor of the Gods (Ex):

The Warrior's Prayer (Ex):

Blood of My Enemies (Ex):

Ex-Monsterslayers

A Monsterslayer who have as many active Oaths as her levels in Monsterslayer can't take any more levels in Monsterslayer before she have killed some of them so she have less active Oaths then her levels in monsterslayer.

Monsterslayer in the World

“	I am Ripper... Tearer... Slasher... Gouger. I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength... and Lust... and Power! I AM BEOWULF!	”
—Beowulf, Human Monsterslayer

Daily Life: There is not room for much normal life for a Monsterslayer, most of the time is traveling to the next monster, studing the next monster, fighting monsters, slaying monster, being celebrated a hero and sometimes grandet land, titels and marriage for it.

Notables: Beowulf, Bowen, Hercules, Cadmus, Perseus, Ragnar Lodbrok, Maui, Thor and Gilgamesh.

Organizations: Monsterslayers can often work with other classes but their need to be the best at what they do often makes bad at working with other monsterslayers.

NPC Reactions: If unknown and untestet people wil often scorn a person calling herself a monsterslayer but if known for slaying deeds the monsterslayer will most often be meet with fear and awe and called upon when danger comes.

Monsterslayers Lore

Characters with ranks in Knowledge History can research Monsterslayers to learn more about them. When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.

<-the appropriate skills->

DC	Result
5	Monsterslayers kill monsters.
10	They have studied monsters so that they can use special attacks to remove the monsters abilities.
15	When a monster i killed by a great monsterslayer it can't be brought back in any way because the slayer eats its soul.
20	Here one can get specific information about a Monsterslayer

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