Snowblade (3.5e Prestige Class)

Snowblade

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Contents 1 Snowblade 1.1 Becoming a Snowblade 1.1.1 Class Features 1.1.2 Ex-Snowblades 1.2 Campaign Information 1.2.1 Playing a Snowblade 1.2.2 Snowblades in the World 1.2.3 Snowblade Lore 1.2.4 Snowblades in the Game

[edit] Snowblade

“	My heart is as cold as the steel I wield...	”
—Kdhêkend, Valen Snowblade, Snowblade's Journal

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In the cold north, many warriors become fueled by bitter hatred. Their bitterness causes their blades to become chilled with a cold fury.

[edit] Becoming a Snowblade

Entry Requirements

Alignment:	Snowblades cannot be good. Any non-good alignment is accepted.
Base Attack Bonus:	Snowblades must have at least a +4 attack bonus.
Feats:	Snowblades must have the Combat Reflexes feat.

Table: The Snowblade

Hit Die: d12

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+1	+2	+0	+0	Chill Blade, Bond of Hatred
2nd	+2	+3	+0	+0	Howl of Winds
3rd	+2	+3	+1	+1	Skirmish +1d6
4th	+3	+4	+1	+1	Hatred's Aura
5th	+4	+4	+1	+1	Freezing Blade, Base Land Speed +10ft.
6th	+5	+5	+2	+2	Skirmish +2d6
7th	+6	+5	+2	+2	Cold Fury
8th	+7	+6	+2	+2	Flames to Ice
9th	+8	+6	+3	+3	Skirmish +3d6
10th	+9	+7	+3	+3	Blast of Anguish, Icecold Blade, Base Land Speed +10ft.
Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level) Climb(Str), Hide(Dex), Intimidate(Cha), Jump(Str), Knowledge(Geography)(Int), Knowledge(Nature)(Int), Listen(Wis), Move Sliently(Dex), Search .

Table: The Epic Snowblade

Level	Special
11th	Epic Toughness
12th	Skirmish +4d6
13th
14th	Bonus Feat
15th	Skirmish +5d6, Base Land Speed +10ft.
16th
17th
18th	Bonus Feat, Skirmish +6d6
19th
20th	Bonus Feat, Base Land Speed +10ft.

[edit] Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Snowblade.

Chill Blade (Ex): Snowblades gain +2d6 cold damage to each attack.

Bond of Hatred (Ex): Your hatred for something binds you to become more angry and fierce than what you used to be. You get -1 to Charisma and +1 to Strength. You also get +2 to all Intimidate checks.

Howl of Winds (Sp): A 2nd level Snowblade may blast an area with a tremendous cacophony. Every creature in the area takes 1d6/HD points of sonic damage and must succeed on a Fortitude save to avoid being stunned for 1 round. Caster level is equal to the Snowblade's character level.

Skirmish>:(Ex) At 3rd level, a Snowblade relies on mobility to deal extra damage. They deal an extra 1d6 points of damage on all attacks they make during any round in which they move at least 10 feet. The extra damage applies only to attacks taken during the Snowblade’s turn. This extra damage increases to 2d6 at 6th level and increases by 1d6 every 4 levels thereafter (2d6 at 6th, 3d6 at 9th, etc.) and the Snowblade only applies the extra damage for ranged weapons if the target is within 30 feet.

Hatred's Aura (Su): At 4th level, a Snowblade learns to tap into his deep rage, and emanate a dark aura. When using Hatred's Aura, you gain -3 to Cha, +3 to Str and +1 to Con and Int. You also get a +7 bonus to Intimidate checks.

Freezing Blade (Ex): At the 5th level, a Snowblade gets another +3d6 cold damage to every attack. This stacks with the effects of Chilling Blade and other effects.

Cold Fury (Su): At the 7th level, a Snowblade can tap into some of the deepest depths of his chilling rage. When using Cold Fury, you gain +30ft. to your Base Land Speed; -5 Cha, +5 Str, +1 Con and Int; +1d6 cold damage to every attack; and +12 to Intimidate checks.

Flames to Ice (Sp): Once per day, a level 8 Snowblade can make a Fortitude save to see if he can negate the effects of a fire based spell. The Fortitude save is equal to the spell's save DC.

Blast of Anguish (Sp): At 10th level, a Snowblade can get release his anger in a devastating blaze of fire, ice and screaming. It does 6d6 cold damage, 6d6 fire damage and 6d6 sonic damage to all creatures in a 40ft. radius. You take 2d6 from discharge, and become dazed for 1d4 rounds. Blast of Anguish cannot be used for 2d4 hours afterward. Only creatures on the outside of the radius get a Reflex saving throw, upon a successful throw, they take half damage. The DC for Blast of Anguish is 10 + half the Snowblade's Character level.

Icecold Blade(Ex): At the 10th level, a Snowblade gets another +3d6 cold damage to every attack. This stacks with the effects of Chilling Blade, Freezing Blade and other effects.

Epic Toughness: At 11th level and every 10 levels afterward, the

Base Land Speed Increases: A Snowblade adds 10ft. to his Base Land Speed every five levels.

Bonus Feats: The epic Snowblade gains a bonus feat (selected from the list of epic fighter or epic ranger feats) every 4 levels after level 10.

[edit] Ex-Snowblades

If a Snowblade's alignment changes to good,

[edit] Campaign Information

[edit] Playing a Snowblade

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[edit] Snowblades in the World

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[edit] Snowblade Lore

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

Knowledge (Geography or Local)

DC	Result
11	<-not so common knowledge->.
16	<-rare information->.
21	<-very rare information->.
26	<-information so obscure that members of this class might not even know it->.

[edit] Snowblades in the Game

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