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Sorrow Blade

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Author(s):	Archangel
Date Created:	1/26/08
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[edit] Sorrow Blade

The result of losing someone special can leave a wound, the Sorrow Blade lets this wound change him into an antisocial and depressed killing machine. As he advances further into this new form he becomes the enemy of any who have emotions other than sorrow.

[edit] Prerequisites

Alignment: Neutral Evil Or Chaotic Evil

Base Attack Bonus: +5

Base Save Bonuses: Will: +7

Skills: Concentration 8 ranks, Craft (weaponsmithing) 7 ranks, Jump 7 ranks, Perform (dance) 10 ranks.

Weapon Proficiency: The character must be proficient in the use of the longsword.

Special: The character must have witnessed the loss of a spouse, child, or ally that was not resurrected.

Table: The Sorrow Blade

Hit Die: d8

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special
1st	+0	+ 1	+1	+0	Aura of sorrow
2nd	+1	+2	+2	+1	no ablilities
3rd	+2	+3	+2	+2	Dance of hate
4th	+3	+4	+3	+3	Darkvision
5th	+4	+4	+4	+3	My left hand knows only pain
6th	+5	+5	+4	+4	Dance of dread
7th	+6/+1	+5	+5	+4	Blade of sorrow
8th	+7/+2	+6	+5	+5	The mind of misery
9th	+8/+3	+6	+6	+5	Dance of death
10th	+9/+4	+7	+6	+6	My right hand knows only death
Class Skills 4 + Int modifier per level) Concentration(Con), Craft(weaponsmithing)(Int), Perform (dance)(Dex), Search(Int), Spot(Wis), Tumble(Dex)

[edit] Class Features

All the following are class features of the Sorrow Blade:

Armor and Weapons Proficiency: The sorrow blade gains no proficiency in Armor or shields and losses all weapons proficiencies except for the proficiency with the longsword.

Aura of sorrow(Su): An air of gloom always surrounds the Sorrow Blade, all animals will stay up to 10ft. away from the Sorrow Blade and all enemies attacking or targeting him take a -2 penalty on all rolls.

Dance of hate(Ex): Once per two Sorrow Blade per day, the Sorrow Blade can make a Perform(dance) check of DC 20 to do a dance that causes all non-combatants viewing him to grow angry and attack his nearest enemy.

Darkvision(Su): At 4th level the Sorrow Blade is considered to always have Darkvision active.

My left hand knows only pain(Ex): At 5th level the Sorrow Blade gains the ability to channel all of his suffering and emotional pain into a melee touch attack against one living creature that results in the target being crippled with pain for 1d6+5 rounds during which time the affected creature can take no actions. Any attempts to fix this condition immediately fail.

Dance of dread(Su): At 6th level the Sorrow Blade may 4/day may make a Perform(dance) check of DC 25 to cause all living creatures viewing him to take a -5 penalty on attack rolls and saves for 2d8+3 rounds

Blade of sorrow(Ex): At 7th level a small portion of the spirit of sorrow embeds itself into a longsword crafted by the Sorrow Blade alone giving it the unholy, keen, icy burst, and wounding qualities (these abilities do not stack with previous qualities of the same name).

The mind of misery(Ex): At 8th level any person trying to read the Sorrow Blades thoughts must make a DC 30 will save or see their own past and future losses and deaths ending in their own death, which results in a loss of 1 point of wisdom.

Dance of death(Ex): At 9th level the Sorrow Blade May make a Perform(dance) check of DC 37 to cause all living creatures looking at his dance to to automatically be subjected to finger of death (DC 25).

My right hand knows only death(Ex): At 10th level the misery of having killed others condenses into the Sorrow Blades right hand giving him the ability to make 2d6+1 seventh level fighter human skeletons rise from the ground in front of him by placing his hand upon it as a full round action. These skeletons obey the Sorrow Blade's mental commands without fail and can not be rebuked, commanded, or controlled by any third party.

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