Samhain Spooker (3.5e Class)

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A class specialized in spooky magic, summoning minions, and wearing those minions like costumes 20

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Samhain Spooker

The Samhain Spooker is a magic user that is particularly themed around summoning monsters, being able to wear those monsters like a costume, and using spooky magic. They draw their power from the powers of harvest, night, nightmares, and revelry, and use many spells that are entirely normal, but have strange manifestations involving candy and creepy crawlers. Note-- Samhain is pronounced saw-in or sow-win

Making a Samhain Spooker

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Abilities: Charisma is the most important ability for a Samhain Spooker, as their magic is Charisma based. When they have to wade into combat, they're likely to do so in Eidolon Form, which replaces everything but their mental ability scores.

Races: Most, if not all, races can call on the magic of the Harvest Festival Revel, but the class is particularly attractive to races that are already a bit spooky, outside the norm, or inherently tied to the spirits of harvest and nightmares.

Alignment: Any. They are seldom good, but it's not impossible or forbidden.

Starting Gold: 4d4×10 gp (100 gp).

Starting Age: As rogue.

Table: The Samhain Spooker

Hit Die: d8

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special	Spells per Day
		Fort	Ref	Will		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1st	+0	+0	+0	+2	Candle Eyes, Spellcasting, Eidolon Form, Summon Minion I, Tricks and Treats	1	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+1	+0	+0	+3	Spooky Companion, Minion Form, Relentless Spooks	2	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	+1	+1	+1	+3	Summon Minion II, Bag of Spooks	3	—	—	—	—	—
4th	+2	+1	+1	+4	Bonus Feat	3	1	—	—	—	—
5th	+2	+1	+1	+4	Summon Minion III	4	2	—	—	—	—
6th	+3	+2	+2	+5		4	3	1	—	—	—
7th	+3	+2	+2	+5	Summon Minion IV	4	3	2	—	—	—
8th	+4	+2	+2	+6	Bonus Feat	4	4	3	1	—	—
9th	+4	+3	+3	+6	Summon Minion V	5	4	3	2	—	—
10th	+5	+3	+3	+7		5	4	4	3	1	—
11th	+5	+3	+3	+7	Summon Minion VI	5	4	4	3	2	—
12th	+6	+4	+4	+8	Bonus Feat	5	5	4	4	3	1
13th	+6	+4	+4	+8	Summon Minion VII	5	5	4	4	3	2
14th	+7	+4	+4	+9		5	5	5	4	4	3
15th	+7	+5	+5	+9	Summon Minion VIII	5	5	5	4	4	3
16th	+8	+5	+5	+10	Bonus Feat	5	5	5	5	4	4
17th	+8	+5	+5	+10	Summon Minion IX	5	5	5	5	4	4
18th	+9	+6	+6	+11		5	5	5	5	5	4
19th	+9	+6	+6	+11	Hordes of Minions	5	5	5	5	5	4
20th	+10	+6	+6	+12	Bonus Feat	5	5	5	5	5	5
Class Skills (8 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level) Appraise (Int), Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Disable Device (Int), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (Arcana) (Dungeoneering) (History) (Nature) (Psionics) (Religion) (The Planes) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Open Lock (Dex), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis), Tumble (Dex), Use Magic Device (Cha). Class Features All of the following are class features of the <-class name->. Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Samhain Spookers are proficient in all simple weapons, all axes and hammers, tridents, scythes, and all whips and chains. They are proficient in all light armor, as well as any armor that is primarily made from hide, leather, or otherwise made from a living creature (such as chitin). Spells: A Samhain Spooker casts arcane spells drawn from the Samhain Spooker spell list. They can cast any spell they know without preparing it ahead of time, assuming they have not yet used up their allotment of spells per day for the spell’s level. To learn or cast a spell, a Samhain Spooker must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a summoner’s spell is 10 + half hit die + the summoner’s Charisma modifier. A Samhain Spooker can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level each day. Their base daily spell allotment is given on Table: Samhain Spooker. In addition, they receive bonus spells per day if they have a high Charisma score (see Table: Ability Modifiers and Bonus Spells). A Samhain Spooker’s selection of spells is extremely limited. A Samhain Spooker begins play knowing four 0-level spells and two 1st-level spells of their choice. At each new Samhain Spooker level, they gain one or more new spells as indicated on Table: Samhain Spooker Spells Known. (Unlike spells per day, the number of spells a Samhain Spooker knows is not affected by their Charisma score. The numbers on Table: Samhain Spooker Spells Known are fixed.) Upon reaching 4th level, and at every second Samhain Spooker level thereafter (6th, 8th, and so on), a Samhain Spooker can choose to learn a new spell in place of one they already know. In effect, the Samhain Spooker “loses” the old spell in exchange for the new one. The new spell’s level must be the same as that of the spell being exchanged, and it must be at least one level lower than the highest-level summoner spell they can cast. A Samhain Spooker may swap out only a single spell at any given level and must choose whether or not to swap the spell at the same time that they gain new spells known for the level. Samhain Spookers choose their spells from the following list: 0—acid splash, arcane mark, caltrops², cure minor wounds¹, dancing lights, daze, detect magic¹, electric jolt², ember, ghost sounds, ghostharp², inflict minor wounds¹, launch item², mage hand, mending, message, no light ³, open/close, prestidigitation¹, read magic, resistance, stick², summon undead servant¹ 1st—ant haul, appraising touch², babau slime², barbed chains, black bag³, blurred movement, burning hands, cause fear, corrosive touch, cure light wounds¹, darklight³, detect secret doors, detect undead, disguise self, dispel magic, ebon eyes², enlarge person, entangle, expeditious retreat, extract drug³, glue seal, goodberry¹, grease, greater floating disc, greater mage hand², inflict light wounds¹, instant locksmith², instant search², jump, lesser bamf, lesser orb of [energy]², lighten object, long arm, mage armor, magic missile, mount, net of shadows², obscuring mist, pocket conjuration, ray of enfeeblement, ray of sickening, reduce person, silent image, summon minor undead¹, summon monster I¹, summon nature’s ally I¹, summon undead I¹, tongue tendrils³, unseen servant (may be visible at Samhain Spooker’s option), ventriloquism, wall of smoke² 2nd—alter self, animal’s trait (catchall for cat’s grace et al), bamf, barkskin, blur, bonefiddle², cloud of bewilderment², command undead, contact entity I, continual flame, create pit, cure moderate wounds¹, darkbolt², dark whispers, darkness, desecrate, disguise undead², entice gift², fangs of the vampire king², fog cloud, ghost wolf, glide, glitterdust, haste, hideous laughter, inflict moderate wounds¹, inky cloud², invisibility, knock, lesser evolution surge (casts on self), malevolent miasma², minor image, misdirection, produce flame, pyrotechnics, scare, see invisibility, shatter, spectral hand, spider climb, summon monster II¹, summon nature’s ally II¹, summon swarm¹, summon undead II¹, web, web shelter, whispering wind 3rd—arcane sight, assume form, bestow curse, blacklight, claws of darkness², contact entity II, cure serious wounds¹, deft digits, eyes of the zombie³, girallon’s blessing², greater insect spies, greater mage armor², inflict serious wounds¹, insect scouts and spies, mad monkeys, major image, minor creation, phantom steed, rain of frogs, servant horde², shadow binding², skull watch², spiked pit, stinking cloud, summon minor undead horde¹, summon monster III¹, summon nature’s ally III¹, summon undead III¹, swarm of fangs, tongues, undead torch², vampiric touch 4th—animate dead, arcane eye, baleful polymorph, black tentacles, charm monster, crushing despair, cure critical wounds¹, damning darkness³, dancing chains³, dimension door, evolution surge, explosive cascade², fear, fire trap, greater assume appearance, greater invisibility, hallucinatory terrain, inflict critical wounds¹, liquid pain³, locate creature, orb of [energy]², phantasmal killer, sending, shadow conjuration, shadow invasion, shadow well², shout, solid fog, summon minor undead horde¹, summon monster IV¹, summon nature’s ally IV¹, summon undead IV¹, summon undead horde I¹ 5th—animal growth, blight, call dretch horde¹³, call lemure horde¹³, call nightmare³, cloudkill, contact entity III, greater bamf, greater evolution surge, insect plague, lesser planar binding, mage’s faithful hound, magic jar, major creation, mass cure light wounds¹, mass inflict light wounds¹, master’s mutation, mirage arcana, night’s caress², nightmare, nightstalker’s transformation², permanency, persistent image, possession, prying eyes, release the hounds, roaming pit, secret chest, seeming, shadow evocation, shadow form², shadowfade², soul shackles³, spiritwall³, summon infernal host, summon monster V¹, summon nature’s ally V¹, summon undead V¹, summon undead horde II¹, summon undead legion I¹, teleport, true seeing, wall of limbs², wall of ooze³ 6th—alert bebilith³, analyze dweomer, contact entity IV, create undead, creeping doom, discern location, eyebite, greater teleport, kiss of the vampire², legend lore, mass cure moderate wounds¹, mass inflict moderate wounds¹, mislead, permanent image, planar binding, programmed image, shadow walk, summon laborers, summon monster VI¹, summon nature’s ally VI¹, summon undead VI¹, summon undead horde III¹, summon undead legion II¹, symbol of fear, true seeing, veil ¹ These spells are always known to the Samhain Spooker for free ² Spell Compendium ³ Book of Vile Darkness Table: Samhain Spooker Spells Known Level Spells Known 0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 1st 4 2 — — — — — 2nd 5 3 — — — — — 3rd 6 4 — — — — — 4th 6 4 2 — — — — 5th 6 4 3 — — — — 6th 6 4 4 2 — — — 7th 6 5 4 3 — — — 8th 6 5 4 4 2 — — 9th 6 5 4 4 3 — — 10th 6 5 5 4 4 2 — 11th 6 6 5 4 4 3 — 12th 6 6 5 5 4 4 2 13th 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 14th 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 15th 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 16th 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 17th 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 18th 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 19th 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 20th 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 Candle Eyes (Su): The eyes (and mouth) of the Samhain Spooker glow in whatever color they choose at all times, unless suppressed. This duplicates the effects of the psionic power my light. Additionally, they may use detect magic at will, and replicate detect poison or identify at will with a 1 minute ritual. Eidolon Form (Su): The main ability of the Samhain Spooker is the ability to conjure a spectral being that is some nebulous, spooky thing drawn from nightmares and the dark places of the world. However, unlike a summoner, the Samhain Spooker does not have an eidolon minion, but instead something like an eidolon costume. Eidolon Forms are built like the summoner’s Eidolon, but they are not summoned in a 1 minute ritual, and the Samhain Spooker has multiple Eidolon Forms they can choose from. A Samhain Spooker begins play with two Eidolon Forms which are built exactly like the Summoner’s Eidolon, they just give the Samhain Spooker two options to choose from in combat. The effects of taking on Eidolon Form are exactly the same as the Monster Channeler’s Channel Monster ability, with two key exceptions– The Samhain Summoner retains their mental ability scores, and they are a single creature, not some weird half-assed possession thing. Taking on an Eidolon Form requires a Full Round action at first level. At 3rd level, it becomes a Standard Action, then a Move at 6th, a Swift at 9th, a Free at 12th, and an Immediate action at 15th level. The Samhain Spooker gains a new Eidolon build at 4th level, and another every even level thereafter until they have seven forms at level 12. Summon Minion (Sp): Starting at 1st level, a samhain spooker can use a small subset of summoning effects as spell-like abilities a number of times per day equal to 3 + their Charisma modifier. Drawing upon this ability uses up the same power as the samhain spooker uses to call their eidolon form. As a result, they can only use this ability when their eidolon form is not active. They can use this spell as a spell-like ability that retains the casting time of the normal spell and the creatures remain for 1 minute per level (instead of 1 round per level). At 3rd level, and every 2 levels thereafter, the power of this ability increases by one spell level, allowing them to summon more powerful creatures, the usable spells are as follows-- 1- summon minor undead, summon monster I, summon nature's ally II, summon undead I* 3- summon monster I, summon nature's ally II, summon undead II*, summon swarm 5- summon minor undead horde*, summon monster III, summon nature's ally III, summon undead III* 7- summon minor undead legion*, summon monster IV, summon nature's ally IV, summon undead IV*, summon undead horde I* 9- summon monster V, summon nature's ally V, summon undead V*, summon undead horde II*, summon undead legion I* 11- summon monster VI, summon nature's ally VI, summon undead VI*, summon undead horde III*, summon undead legion II* 13- summon monster VII, summon nature's ally VII, summon undead VII*, summon minor undead army*, summon undead horde II*, summon undead legion I* 15- summon monster VIII, summon nature's ally VIII, summon undead VIII*, summon undead army I*, summon undead horde IV*, summon undead legion III* 17- summon monster IX, summon nature's ally IX, summon undead IX*, summon undead army II*, summon undead horde V*, summon undead legion IV* * From Flaming Crab's Summon Undead book for Pathfinder A samhain spooker cannot have more than one such effect active in this way at one time. If this ability is used again, any existing such effect immediately ends. These spells are considered to be part of their spell list for the purposes of spell trigger and spell completion items, and are always known to the samhain spooker for free. In addition, they can expend uses of this ability to fulfill the construction requirements of any magic item they create, so long as they can use this ability to cast the required spell. Tricks and Treats (Sp): The samhain spooker is primarily known for their monsters and spooky magic, but they also embrace the tradition of gathering and handing out treats to their friends and tricks to their enemies (or vice versa, whatever, I’m not your mom). A samhain spooker’s cantrips are not expended when used, and they always know goodberry and the Cure and Inflict spells appropriate to their spell levels usable per day. When a samhain spooker casts goodberry or a cure spell, they conjure a handful of candy that embodies the effect, when they cast an inflict spell, they conjure eggs, shaving cream, or similar tools of pranking which embodies the effect. These embodied effects act similar to potions or oils, and remain usable for a number of rounds equal to the samhain spooker’s class level, after which point the magic evaporates and the conjured material becomes entirely mundane. The materials conjured this way act as if created by prestidigitation, but explicitly are instantaneous creations, as opposed the ambiguity of the permanency of prestidigitation created items. The samhain spooker also gains Augment Alchemy and Scribe Scroll as bonus feats. At 3rd level, they gain Var. Brew Potion and Brew Restorative Potion As these spell effects are embodied in materials, they can be handed around and thrown. A thrown Trick or Treat has a range increment of 10 ft and is a ranged touch attack. The effect can take effect when it touches the target (whether thrown at or to them), or when it is consumed, at the option of the samhain spooker. Spooky Companion: At 2nd level, the Samhain Spooker is always accompanied by some form of spooky companion. They may choose whether this acts as a familiar, animal companion, skeletal minion, special mount, or the like, and it follows the normal rules for the chosen specific thing, except that it can always speak with its Samhain Spooker master, and always has a minimum intelligence of 3, even if it’s a skeletal minion. For familiars, mounts and animal companions, the appropriate form is generally some form of spooky animal, such as bats, ravens, wolves, spiders, and so on, but horses, goats, and other things not generally seen as “spooky” can be spooky, too. When desired or necessary, the spooky companion can take on a shadowy, indistinct form that lurks in shadows near the Samhain Spooker which is otherwise functionally and mechanically identical to the familiar pocket spell, except for not blocking line of sight, because they’re just in shadows, not a pocket. Finally, at your option, when you gain a Spooky Companion, you may also gain one of the following as a bonus feat– Construct Companion, Shadow Familiar, Stitched-flesh Familiar. You control the aesthetic of what the chosen feat does, so your construct familiar can be a disturbing scarecrow-like thing of wicker and sticks, your stitched-flesh familiar can be skeletal instead of Frankenstein, etc. Minion Form (Su): In addition to their Eidolon Forms, the 2nd level samhain spooker may take on the form of a creature they can summon with Summon Minion. This is always a standard action (it does not reduce as Eidolon Form does over levels), and requires expending one use of the Summon Minion ability. If the samhain spooker has used Summon Minion to summon more than one creature (such as using Summon Monster II to summon multiple monsters from the Summon Monster I list), they may use Minion Form to absorb one of those creaures and take on its form. When the samhain spooker takes on a Minion Form, they take on the full statistics and abilities of the chosen minion, as Polymorph Self, and do not retain any of their normal abilities, except the languages they speak if the chosen minion form is capable of speech. Relentless Spooks: At 2nd level, the samhain spooker gains Serial Killer as a bonus feat, regardless of their actual alignment. Unlike their other feats, they retain this feat in Eidolon Form and Minion Form. Bag of Spooks (Su): At 3rd level, the samhain spooker gains a special magic sack which functions as a permanent black bagBoVD effect. Unlike the normal spell, however, this bag can contain any item created by the samhain spooker (in effect, all items they create whether through mundane or magical crafting are evil), any form of sweets, and anything which involves necromancy, conjuration or illusion magic so long as it does not have the [Good] descriptor. The bag of spooks also provides the samhain spooker with Scaling Bag Full of Knick Knacks as a bonus feat, specifically using the Bag of Spooks as the source of the items and the manifestation of the feat. Any items created with the black bag effect do not count against the limits of the Bag Full of Knick Knacks. Bonus Feat: At 4th level, and again at 8th level and every 4 levels thereafter, you gain a bonus feat chosen from the following options- Aberrant Summoning, Advanced Familiar, Augment Summoning, Beckon the FrozenFrb, Bewitched Summoning, Evolved Companion, Evolved Familiar, Evolved Summon Monster, Fiendish Summoning SpecialistPlaH, Greenbound SummoningLEF, Improved Familiar, Spell Focus/Gtr Spell Focus (Conj, Evo, Illu, Nec or Trans) Hordes of Minions (Sp): At 19th level the samhain spooker reaches the pinnacle of their summoning abilities and may now use Summon Minions to replicate the effects of abyssal armySpC, hellish hordeSpC, hunters of HadesSpC, and zombie apocalypseSummon Undead. The samhain spooker can take on their Eidolon Form while replicating these specific effects through Summon Minion. Back to Main Page → 3.5e Homebrew → Classes → Base Classes