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A B OOK OF P RESTIGE C LASSES

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table of contents

Chapter 1 - Prestige Classes

Page 1

Algorites

Page 2

Anam’Glac

Page 4

Blighted Slayer

Page 7

Bokor

Page 9

Bone Archer

Page 11

Bounty Hunter

Page 13

Brotherhood of the Golden Blossom

Page 16

Children of the Snake

Page 18

Chosen Warlord

Page 21

Circle of the Lute

Page 23

Collegiate Bard

Page 25

Corpulent

Page 27

Dark Heart

Page 29

Dark Minstrel

Page 31

Dirty Monk

Page 34

Earthbound

Page 36

Elite Cavalry

Page 38

Feral Ravager

Page 39

Forge Singer

Page 41

Imperial Crossbowman

Page 44

Initiates of Cordun

Page 46

Knight Channeler

Page 48

Longbowman

Page 50

Lord of Sorcery

Page 52

The Lotahm

Page 54

Mad Tailor

Page 56

Military Archer

Page 60

Mind Thief

Page 62

New Treant

Page 64

Order of Cordun

Page 66

Pale Riders

Page 68

Phalanx

Page 69

Practical One

Page 71

Prophet

Page 73

Psychopyretic

Page 74

Raserei

Page 76

Riders of the Duras

Page 78

Sacred Paladin

Page 80

Siege Mage

Page 82

Sniper

Page 84

The Society of Heavenly Movements

Page 85

Swashbuckler

Page 88

Tainted Warlock

Page 90

Timer

Page 92

Tribal Berserker

Page 94

Troll Hunter

Page 96

Two-Fisted Sorcerers of T’Arg

Page 98

Venomous

Page 99

Weapon Cult Paragon

Page 101

Zombie Master

Page 103

Chapter 2 - Spells

Page 105

New Spell Lists

Page 105

Clerical Domains

Page 105

Spells (alphabetical)

Page 107

Chapter 3 - Simple Blight Magic

Page 111

Chapter 4 - Psionic Devices of the Duan’Khat

Page 112

Metafragments

Page 112

Dawn Spheres

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chapter one

prestige classes

Some classes use unusual level progressions throughout this

book, being 5, 7 and 12 level prestige classes. Here is the basis

by which we build the level progressions for our prestige classes.

Welcome to the compiled edition of Librum Equitis - literally "the

book of cavaliers". This chapter is the core of the book, 50 pres-

tige classes handcrafted from the finest d20 components and

playtested to a hard edge for use in your fantasy d20 campaigns.

These classes include all the classes included in the original elec-

tronic editions of Librum Equitis volumes 1 and 2 , as well as the

additional class found in the print edition of Librum Equitis volume

1 . We’ve also included several classes from Thee Compleat

Librum ov Gar’Udok’s Necromantic Artes including a class only

found in the print edition of said book, Necromancer’s Legacy .

Finally we have included several new classes that appear here for

the first time.

Three level prestige classes are minor specializations, almost

always directly tied to another character class or social function, or

employment. They do not define a character, and are most often

taken to specialize in a single aspect of a class ability or a tangent

from a normal class training.

Five level prestige classes are generally used for "professional"

prestige classes - those attached to employment, training and mil-

itary service. Persons of very high level will normally not define

themselves by a prestige class of this scale, and thus it cannot

make up a majority of his experience levels due to its small span

of levels.

More than likely, not all the prestige classes will be incorporated

into an existing or new campaign. Others will easily find a home in

any campaign, while others may require some amount of contor-

tion to fit in. Many classes make reference to organizations, cults

and societies that are fairly campaign-specific. These can be

changed to organizations already in a campaign world, while other

GMs may find that there are niches these organizations can easi-

ly fill. Remember that the campaign world you run your games in

is yours to mold and work, and with a little work, prestige classes

appropriate for most organizations, cults, cabals and guilds can be

made from the 40 classes published so far in these volumes.

Seven level prestige classes are the middle ground between 5

and 10 level classes. More than a pass-time or a sub-class, these

classes still do not completely redefine the character who takes it.

Ten level prestige classes are generally used for "subclass" pres-

tige classes. These are prestige classes that can be used to rede-

fine a character. A high level character in one of these classes may

well define himself more by his prestige class than his primary

class.

Feel free to tweak the classes a little for your campaign. Do you

have a very religious gnomish nation with a large badlands area?

Take the Riders of Duras, rename them to the Tarvin Zephyrs, give

them Knowledge (religion) as a class skill and change the racial

requirements to gnomes and half-gnomes. Add some text about

the mounted patrols of the Tarvin Zephyrs upon their trained war-

dogs and you are done.

Prestige classes with more than 10 levels are seen as career

moves that are as final as becoming a paladin or monk in most

game worlds - these are decisions not taken lightly that will lead

the character down his own path to power, with little left of his orig-

inal class or classes when he gets there.

A note on formatting - Just as in the prior volumes that this book

is compiled from, classes are formatted such that each class

begins on a new page. This results in some amount of white space

on some pages, but it also allows for easier printing of the prestige

classes you want to use in your campaigns without printing out

chunks of other prestige classes also. We obviously don’t use this

formatting style for the print editions of Librum Equitis, but when

buying PDFs you aren’t paying per page, but for content.

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appetites, the whole order of the Algor was sacrificed to the

beasts. Those Algorites that survived the night of cold hell struck

back, slaying the magi and closing the gate.

But the remnants of that cold night of hell still haunts the lands.

There are still demons and half-demonic things crawling through

the white arctic snows. And the Algorites, now in their sixth gener-

ation, still hunt these beasts and defend the people of the lands

against them. Some Algorites see themselves as noble defenders,

helpers of those not blessed by the rites of frost that they have

undergone. Others are indeed as cold as their enemies, pos-

sessed and driven hunters who only seek the destruction of the

ice-spawned horrors.

Most Algorites are rangers and barbarians, with a few hardy war-

riors also chosen to defend the lands. Few spellcasters are suf-

fered within their ranks, as there is still bitterness that they were

betrayed by the very magi who gave the Algorites the rites of frost

and their powers.

Hit Die : 1d10

Algorites

Trudging through the hip-deep snow by moonlight was comfort-

ing. The moon lit up the white expanses clearly for miles around,

affording them a sense of security that they were lacking during

the snow-blind days. I could feel the moisture of my breath freez-

ing into the many scarves wrapped about my head, and see the

mist it created sparkle in the crisp night air, the moon just peeking

over the snow bank to our right.

Then the snowbank exploded like a thousand tiny jewels in the

night. Something huge and blue-white came hurtling out of the

snow, leathery wings making a snapping noise like a flag in the

arctic wind. Whatever the beast was, it disappeared into a cloud of

powdered snow, with a hideous crunching sound of bones snap-

ping as it crashed down upon Moerus, the rogue who had been

watching our back through this frozen land. I reached for my scim-

itar, barely able to feel the steel hilt through my heavy gloves.

Beside me, Angelia nocked an arrow to her elven longbow, some-

how already in her hands and ready. As my blade cleared the

sheath, her first arrow went flying into the settling cloud of snow, a

trail of ice crystals behind it.

And the beast came flying out, her arrow jammed into its shoul-

der. Angelia loosed a second arrow at it as it blocked out the glow

of the moon, wings unfurled again like those of a bat, and then it

hurtled down upon her, burying her under its weight in the thick

snow. Jarred into action, I rushed towards the blue-white beast

with scimitar overhead, nearly sliding over the snow that seconds

before I had been trudging through. Into the cloud of thrown snow,

my blade dug deep into the beast's flank, drawing its attention

momentarily from Angelia. Not that she needed the help - her bow

was already aside, and she had already scored home with at least

one of her punch-daggers. As the beast turned its head to me, I

snapped forwards once again, feeling the strength of the ice

around me driving my blade home, at the same moment as

Angelia slammed her left-hand blade into its chest with the sound

of shattering ice.

Requirements

To qualify to become an Algorite (Agt), a character must fulfill all

the following criteria.

Alignment : Any non-evil

Base Attack Bonus : 6+

Base Fortitude Save : 6+

Feats : Endurance, Track

Knowledge (nature) : 5 ranks

Wilderness Lore : 8 ranks

Special : Be chosen by the Algorites to take the Rites of Frost.

Class Skills

The Algorite's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are

Balance (Dex), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Intimidate (Cha), Intuit

Direction (Wis), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Knowledge (planes)

(Int), Listen (Wis), Spot (Wis), and Wilderness Lore (Wis). See

Chapter 4: Skills in Core Rulebook 1 for skill descriptions.

Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.

Class Features

All of the following are features of the Algorite prestige class.

The Algorites are a secret society of arctic adventurers and

rangers who fight with the strength of the ice about them. Once the

Algorites were the defenders of an order of sorcerers and wizards

based in the northlands, enchanted and enhanced by their icy

magics and eldritch runes. But these same magi betrayed the trust

of the Algorites, crafting a gate of ice through which the coldests

parts of the abyss could be reached. And from these recesses of

the planes came ice demons ferocious and vile, and to satisfy their

Weapon and Armor Proficiency : The Algorite is proficient with

all simple and martial weapons and with light and medium armor,

but not with shields. Note that armor check penalties for armor

heavier than leather apply to the skills Balance, Climb, Escape

Artist, Hide, Jump, Move Silently, Pick Pockets and Tumble.

Table 1-1: Algorite Level Advancement

Class

Attack

Fort

Ref

Will

Level

Bonus

Save

Special

Icy Footing, Cold Strike 1/day

Favored Enemy

Cold Strength 1/day, Frozen Step

Hard as Ice 1/day

Cold Strike 2/day

Cold Strength 2/day

Favored Enemy

Cold Subtype, Hard as Ice 2/day

Cold Strength 3/day

+10

Cold Strike 3/day

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