Ravaged By Abaddon (3.5e Racial Paragon Class)

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Ravaged By Abaddon

Abaddon rarely chooses to grant his blessings - he is a destroyer, not a creator. However, he also understands that good tools are sometimes needed, even if it means creating a little, in order to destroy more. Those that become ravaged by Abaddon tend to be destructive and hateful creatures already, and this transformation makes them even more so.

Making a Ravaged By Abaddon

Ravaged by Abaddon are good at one thing - destruction.

Abilities: Charisma is an important ability score for this class, as many of its abilities depend on it. A high Dexterity and Constitution aren't amiss either.

Races: Only outsiders can become ravaged by Abaddon.

Alignment: Only chaotic evil creatures can become ravaged by Abaddon.

Table: The Ravaged By Abaddon

Hit Die: d8

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special	Spellcasting or Bonus Feat
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+1	+2	+2	+2	Abyssal power, scion of destruction, smite 3/day	+1 spellcasting level/bonus feat
2nd	+2	+3	+3	+3	+2 Strength, ravage form, smite 5/day	+1 spellcasting level/bonus feat
Class Skills (8 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level) Appraise (Int), Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Decipher Script (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (Int) (arcana, dungeoneering, geography, history, nature, nobility and royalty, religion, the planes), Listen (Wis) Sense Motive (Wis), Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis), , Use Magic Device (Cha).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the ravaged by Abaddon.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Ravaged by Abaddon become proficient in scimitars. They gain no additional armour or shield proficiencies.

Spellcasting or Bonus Feat: When a ravaged by Abaddon gains their first class level, they can choose to either advance spellcasting or not to. If they choose to advance spellcasting, gaining a level in ravaged by Abaddon counts as gaining a level in their previous class for the purposes of spells known and spells per day. If they had multiple classes capable of casting spells, they choose which one is advanced in this manner.

If they choose not to advance spellcasting, they gain a bonus feat at each level of ravaged by Abaddon. They must meet all the prerequisites for a feat to take it. Once this choice is made, it cannot be changed, and remains constant no matter how many levels of ravaged by Abaddon are taken.

Abyssal Power (Su): The mighty power of the Abyss flows through a ravaged by Abaddon. If they have any spell-like abilities or spells, their caster level always equals their character level (or CR), and any DCs for these spells or spell-like abilities is worked out as if it were a supernatural ability (10 + 1/2 the ravaged by Abaddon's character level or CR + the appropriate ability score modifier).

Scion of Destruction: A ravaged by Abaddon gains a close connection to the powers of destruction. This has different effects depending on whether the ravaged by Abaddon is a spellcaster or not.

If the ravaged by Abaddon is not a spellcaster, they gain the following spell-like abilities at the designated character level (or CR), each useable once per day. If their character level or CR exceeds the minimum character level or CR of the spell-like ability by 2 or 3, then they may use that ability 3/day instead, and if it exceeds the minimum character level or CR of the spell-like ability by 4 or more, they may use it at-will. These abilities have Charisma-based DCs and a caster level equal to the ravaged by Abaddon's character level (or CR).

Spell-Like Abilities Gained By Ravaged By Abaddon

Minimum Character Level	Spell-Like Ability Gained	Equivalent Spell Level
1	Spiritual weapon	1st
3	Greater magic weapon	2nd
5	Magic vestment	3rd
7	Blade barrier	4th
9	Power word blind	5th
11	Power word stun	6th
13	Power word kill	7th
15	Symbol of death	8th
17	Supernova	9th

If the ravaged by Abaddon is a spellcaster, they add all of the above spells to their class list, and learn them when they reach the marked character level (or CR). They cast them as they would normally cast spells from their class. If the ravaged by Abaddon had multiple spellcasting classes, apply this to all of them.

Smite (Su): A ravaged by Abaddon can bring its disdain down on its enemies. For any attack, spell or spell-like ability that requires an attack roll and deals hit point damage, the ravaged by Abaddon can declare it to be a smite. This adds the ravaged by Abaddon's Charisma modifier (if positive) to the attack roll, and its character level (or CR) to the damage roll. Additionally, this causes the ability to ignore any DR or hardness that the target of the attack, spell or spell-like ability possessed.

Note that for spells or abilities that make multiple attack rolls, this applies to only one of them. A ravaged by Abaddon can use this ability three times per day. At 2nd level, this ability can be used 5/day.

Ravage Form (Sp): As a full-round action, a 2nd level ravaged by Abaddon may bestow Abaddon's ravage on a creature eligible to gain a level. That creature gains its first level in the ravaged by Abaddon racial paragon class. If the ravaged by Abaddon attempts to ravage an unwilling creature, it receives a Will save to resist (Charisma-based DC).

Ex-Ravaged By Abaddon

Those who cease being chaotic and evil while being ravaged by Abaddon are in for a grim fate indeed - Abaddon doesn't tolerate treachery well. However, before their inevitable and utter destruction, they lose access to any spells, spell-like abilities and supernatural abilities from this class, and cannot continue to advance in it. They may atone if they want to continue advancing and get their powers back (although it's questionable whether Abaddon would want them back at that point).

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