Campaign Design - Prestige Class: Servant of Seþra

Servant of Seþra (adapted from the Book of Vile Darkness)

The servant of Seþra is a liar, a cheat, and a thief. She is more likely to kill a paladin while he sleeps than face him in direct combat. She uses deceit and trickery to get what she was, betraying even her family or closest friends to achieve her goals. Her abilities make her an astute prevaricator and and a sneaky backstabber, but she can wield her mistresses powerful influence with everything from demons to snakes if she needs to.

Hit Die: d6.
Luck Die: d6.

Requirements
To become a servant of Seþra, one must meet the following criteria:

• Alignment: Any evil.
• Skills: Bluff 10+ ranks, Diplomacy 4+ ranks, Gather Information 4+ ranks.
• Feats: Servant of Darkness.
• Special: Must have Seþra as their patron deity.
• Special: The sect of Seþra initiates new servants in a terrible ritual that involves the sacrifice of an intelligent being. The ritual must take place in the home of the sacrificial being.

Class Skills

• The servant of Seþra's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Appraise (Int), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disable Device (Int), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Gather Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Innuendo (Wis), Jump (Str), Knowledge: Religion (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Open Lock (Dex), Profession; Any (all skills taken individually) (Wis), Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spot (Wis), and Use Magic Device (Cha).
• Note: Because the Three Worlds campaign uses the Skills by Character house rule, the list of class skills given here is only included for the sake of completeness, and is not used by characters in the campaign setting.
• Skill Points at each level: 6 + Intelligence modifier.

Class Features
All of the following are class features of the servant of Seþra prestige class.

• Base Attack Bonus: Average. A servant of Seþra gains +¾ base attack bonus per class level.


• Base Fortitude Save Bonus: Poor. A servant of Seþra gains +¹⁄₃ base Fortitude save bonus per class level.


• Base Reflex Save Bonus: Good. A servant of Seþra gains a +½ base Reflex save bonus per class level.


• Base Will Save Bonus: Good. A servant of Seþra gains a +½ base Will save bonus per class level.


• Weapon and Armor Proficiencies: Servants of Seþra are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, all light armors, but not shields.


• Tongue of Demons (Ex): A servant of Seþra can speak with eloquence and believability, even when telling bald faced lies, by using her cunning as well as her charm. When making Bluff checks, a servant of Seþra adds her Intelligence modifier as well as her Charisma modifier to determine her check result.


• Sneak Attack: If a servant of Seþra of 2^nd level of higher can catch an opponent when he is unable to defend himself effectively from her attack, she can strike a vital spot for extra damage.
  
  
  
  The servant’s attack deals extra damage any time her target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to Armor Class (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the servant flanks her target. This extra damage is +1d6 at 2^nd level, and it increases by +1d6 every three servant levels thereafter. Should the servant score a critical hit with a sneak attack, this extra damage is not multiplied.
  
  
  
  Ranged attacks can count as sneak attacks only if the target is within 30 feet.
  
  
  
  With a sap (blackjack) or an unarmed strike, a servant can make a sneak attack that deals nonlethal damage instead of lethal damage. She cannot use a weapon that deals lethal damage to deal nonlethal damage in a sneak attack, not even with the usual -4 penalty.
  
  
  
  A servant can sneak attack only living creatures with discernible anatomies - undead, constructs, oozes, plants, and incorporeal creatures lack vital areas to attack. Any creature that is immune to critical hits is not vulnerable to sneak attacks. The servant must be able to see the target well enough to pick out a vital spot and must be able to reach such a spot. A servant cannot sneak attack while striking a creature with concealment or striking the limbs of a creature whose vitals are beyond reach.
  
  
  
  If a servant of Seþra gets a sneak attack bonus from another source (such as rogue levels) the bonuses to damage stack.


• Suggestion (Sp): Once per day, a 3^rd level servant of Seþra can produce an effect identical to that of a suggestion spell. The save DC to resist the servant's entreaties is 10 + the servant's class level + the servant's Charisma bonus.


• Summon Vrock (Sp): A 5^th level servant of Seþra can summon one vrock demon once per day. This functions as a summon monster spell cast by a 15^th level caster.


• Gutsnake (Sp): Once per day a 6^th level servant of Seþra can produce an effect identical to that of a gutsnake spell cast by a 15^th level sorcerer.


• Beguiling Nature (Sp): Every other day, a 7^th level servant of Seþra can produce an effect identical to the mass charm spell, with a Will save DC of 10 + the servant's class level + the servant's Charisma bonus.


• Summon Marilith (Sp): A 9^th level servant of Seþra can summon one marilith demon once per day. This functions as a summon monster spell cast by a 15^th level caster.


• Queen of Lies (Ex): A 10^th level servant of Seþra gains a +4 inherent bonus to Charisma.

Servant of Seþra

Level	Special
1st	Tongue of demons
2nd	Sneak attack +1d6
3rd	Suggestion
4th	Summon vrock
5th	Sneak attack +2d6
6th	Gutsnake
7th	Beguiling nature
8th	Sneak attack +3d6
9th	Summon marilith
10th	Queen of lies

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