D20r:Viz-Jaq'taar

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** Unarmed Strike damage progression.

** Mage Slayer.

** Disable Device 4 ranks ''or'' Open Lock 4 ranks.

** Hide 8 ranks.

** Move Silently 8 ranks.

The Bound's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Autohypnosis (Wis), Balance (Dex), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Disable Device (Int), Escape Artist (Dex), Hide (Dex), Jump (Str), Knowledge (Arcana) (Int), Knowledge (History) (Int), Knowledge (Local) (Int), Knowledge (Psionics) (Int), Listen (Wis), Martial Lore (Int), Move Silently (Int), Open Lock (Dex), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis), Swim (Str), and Tumble (Dex).

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===== ''Maneuvers Known'' =====

At 1st level and each odd level thereafter, the Viz-Jaq'taar may learn a single maneuver from the Diamond Mind, Shadow Hand, or Sleeping Goddess disciplines.

===== ''Maneuvers Readied'' =====

At 1st, 7th, and 10th level, the Viz-Jaq'taar can ready another Maneuver each time she readies Maneuvers.

At 2nd and 10th level, the Viz-Jaq'taar may learn a Stance from the Diamond Mind, Shadow Hand, and Sleeping Goddess disciplines.

===== ''Ascetic Assassin'' =====

A Viz-Jaq'taar may add her full Monk level, instead of half her Monk level, to determine her Initiator Level. Her Viz-Jaq'taar levels also stack with her Monk levels for determining her Unarmed Strike damage, Fast Movement, and Chakra, though she gains no additional Strikes as a result of her Viz-Jaq'taar levels.

All Viz-Jaq'taar are Psionic; they have learned the Chakra they use is very similar to the Power Points used by Manifesters. Chakra and Power Points may be converted to and from each other at-will at a 1 Chakra to 2 Power Point ratio. Doing so is a Free action that may be taken even when it is not the Viz-Jaq'taar's turn.

 

The Viz-Jaq'taar may choose to receive bonus Power Points due to a high Wisdom score ''instead of'' bonus Chakra. Her Manifester Level for the purpose of determining how many Power Points she receives is equal to her Viz-Jaq'taar level. Her Manifester Level for the purpose of determining how many Power Points she may expend when using her class features that require Power Point expenditure is equal to her Initiator Level.

 

The Viz-Jaq'taar excels at stalking spellcasters, and so needs to be able to handle their spells. The tenets of the Order strictly forbid the Mage Slayers from gaining any magic of their own, to eliminate the possibility of corruption, and instead they hone their minds and bodies to the task. Whenever she recognizes a spell being cast through use of her Spellcraft skill, she may, as an Immediate Action, expend an number of Power Points equal to half the Spell's level (rounded up) to counterspell it as if she had used a Dispel effect. Her caster level for the opposed check is her initiator level + 5, and she has no cap on this check.

 

The Viz-Jaq'taar may also replace her Intelligence modifier with her Wisdom modifier on Spellcraft checks, if doing so would be beneficial to her.

Beginning at 2nd level, the Viz-Jaq'taar gains access to her signature weaponry - magical sentinels known simply as Traps. Each Trap is part astral construct, part arcane router. The Order of Mage Slayers has a unique technique whereby the Viz-Jaq'taar can create these constructs with innate arcane ability, despite having no spellcasting of their own. It is through the use of these Traps that they bring their own magic to bear against their targets. She may use a number of Traps per encounter equal to half her class level, as listed in Table 1: The Viz-Jaq'taar. The statblock for traps is given [[#Viz-Jaq'taar Trap Statblock|below]].

Each Trap may placed in any square within 60 ft. of the Viz-Jaq'taar as a Swift action so long as she is Psionically Focused, and lasts long enough to make as many automated attacks as listed in each Trap's description. Creating a Trap is effectively like manifesting a Power - it costs Power Points, and can be augmented by spending more. However, creating a Trap does not provoke attacks of opportunity, and never requires Concentration checks.

Traps are Psionically connected to the Viz-Jaq'taar, and know who her friends and who her foes are; Traps will only attack foes. They will automatically attack the nearest foe to their own location, and will do so as rapidly as possible until they run out of attacks, at which point they disintegrate. Any active Traps will fall apart if the Viz-Jaq'taar expends or otherwise loses her Psionic Focus.

===== ''Wake of Fire'' =====

This Trap channels Arcana from the Elemental Plane of Fire to create waves of flame that jet towards foes.  

'''Power Point Cost:''' 5 Power Points

* '''Attacks:''' 5/trap

* '''Range:''' 30 ft.

* '''Area:''' Cone-shaped Burst

* '''Duration:''' Instantaneous

Deals 5d6 Fire damage to all within the area. The DC of any Concentration checks caused by this damage is raised by 2.

:''Augmentation''

:For every 2 extra Power Points spent on this Trap, the Reflex save DC increases by 1, the Trap attacks once more before disintegrating, and the DC of Concentration checks the Trap causes is increased by 1.

This Trap uses arcano-electric energy to disrupt spellcasting and the like within the area.

 

 

:For every 2 extra Power Points spent on this Trap, the Reflex save DC increases by 1 and the Trap may make one additional attack before disintegrating.

 

 

If, on the Viz-Jaq'taar's turn, there is a target in range, Wake of Inferno will spew a line of fire at the target, dealing 7d6 fire damage in a 60 ft. line in the direction of the nearest target (Reflex save halves). It will continue to launch this flame for the remainder of the round, moving it as necessary to constantly have it aimed at the target nearest to it. Any enemy creature who is within the line at the beginning of their turn takes 7d6 fire damage (again, if they'd already taken damage on the Viz-Jaq'taar's turn) (Reflex save halves). Any creature who takes fire damage from the Wake of Inferno is treated as undergoing continual damage equal to the total damage taken, and may be required to make Concentration checks as a result. The DCs of these Concentration checks is also 2 higher than they would otherwise be for the damage dealt. Every round spent spewing said flames counts as an attack for the Wake of Inferno.

 

:For every additional Power Point spent, the DC of any Concentration checks this Trap causes increases by 3. For every two extra Power Points, the Reflex save DC increases by 1 and the Trap may attack one additional time before disintegrating.

 

The Lightning Sentry is an odd Trap - it does not make attacks on the Viz-Jaq'taar's turn, and has no use for the Standard Action it receives on her turn each round. Instead, it uses its Spell-like Ability to make attacks of opportunity.

 

 

:For every additional Power Point spent on the Lightning Sentry, it deals an additional 1d6 Electricity damage. For every 2 extra Power Points, the Reflex save DC is increased by 1 and the Trap may attack one additional time before disintegrating. For every 3 additional Power Points, the Trap may make an additional attack of opportunity each round.

 

 

 

Unlike most Traps, the Viz-Jaq'taar has some say over which corpse the Death Sentry targets - each turn, she may direct any and all Death Sentries she has spawned to either target the corpse in range with the most enemies around it, or which had the highest HP in life. She may not make different choices for different Death Sentries, however, if she has more than one.

 

:For each extra Power Point, the damage dealt by the Trap is increased by 5% of the target corpse's maximum HP before death. For every 2 addtional Power Points spent on this trap, the Reflex save DC increases by 1, and the Death Sentry may attack one additional time before disintegrating.

 

===== ''Cloak of Shadows'' =====

A 3rd level Viz-Jaq'taar can, as a Swift Action, expend her Psionic Focus and 5 Power Points to cause everyone within 240 ft., including the Viz-Jaq'taar, to lose most sensory perception. For all targets in the area, anything non-adjacent to them has Total Concealment for one round. This ability directly targets creatures' sensory abilities, not simply their minds, and therefore is not Mind-Affecting, and the darkness every one sees and feels is not illusory, so ''True Seeing'' and the like provide no help against it. It also does not restrict itself merely to sight, but to all forms of sensory perception. At the same time, however, anyone outside of the range of the attack is completely unaffected, and can see those within as normal. Pierce Magical Concealment and similar non-spell effects provide immunity to this effect.

 

:For every 2 extra Power Points the Viz-Jaq'taar spends on this ability, it lasts one round longer. The Viz-Jaq'taar cannot use the ability again while it is still on-going, even on a different group of targets, even if she has regained her Psionic Focus.

:By spending an additional 5 Power Points, the Viz-Jaq'taar is treated as if having ''True Sight'' for the duration of the Cloak of Shadows.

At 5th level, the Viz-Jaq'taar gains the ability to lash out at foes with her mind. By expending 9 Power Points, as a Standard Action, the Viz-Jaq'taar may deal 5d10 damage to enemies in a 20 ft. Burst centered within 60 ft. of her. Anyone who takes damage from both this effect and from any other effect during the Viz-Jaq'taar's turn is stunned for the rest of the round.

She may expend her Psionic Focus as a part of this ability. If she does so, all those within the area must make a Will save with a DC of 14 + the Viz-Jaq'taar's Wisdom modifier, or become ''Confused''.

A Viz-Jaq'taar protects her body and mind with her own Psionic energies. At 7th level, the Viz-Jaq'taar is constantly under the effects of ''Freedom of Movement'' and ''Mind Blank'' effects. Furthermore, all Contingencies and similar effects simply do not notice her presence, and she cannot trigger them, either directly or indirectly.

At 9th level, as a Standard Action, the Viz-Jaq'taar may expend her Psionic Focus and 13 Power Points to turn her shadow into a Shadow Master.

This Shadow is a 20% real version of herself that begins in any square adjacent to her, and it may use any Monk class features that the Viz-Jaq'taar herself has, but has no Chakra and cannot use Strikes. It does not gain any benefit from any of the Viz-Jaq'taar's equipment other than any Armor bonus to AC that the Viz-Jaq'taar may have and its attacks are treated as having an enhancement bonus equivalent to that of any Claw-class weapons that the Viz-Jaq'taar uses (it does not gain any special abilities these may have, merely an enhancement bonus equal to the cost of those abilities); this enhancement bonus is capped at +5. It does not get advantage of any feats that the Viz-Jaq'taar has aside from Mage Slayer, and Pierce Magical Protection and Pierce Magical Concealment if she has them. It can create Traps, but these Traps are only Figments and cannot cause any real effects; they are only for confusing or frightening the enemy.

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== Viz-Jaq'taar Trap Statblock ==

* '''Feats:''' Mage Slayer, Scult Spell-like Ability, Transdimensional Spell-like Ability

# The save DC of the Traps' Spell-like Abilities is 10 + the Viz-Jaq'taar's Wisdom modifier at the time of the Trap's creation + half the number of Power Points spent on the Trap (rounded up). The increase in save DC for greater Power Point expenditures is listed in the description of each Trap under ''Augmentation''; this listing is redundant and does not mean that the DC increases by 1 twice, it is merely provided for convenience.