Planescape Campaign
Dustmen Prestige Class

Deathwalker

  • Within the deepest bowels of the Mortuary, Factol Skall sets the agenda of the Dustmen. Though the Dead attempt, like any other faction, to sway individuals to their beliefs, many common Cagers, especially among the wealthy, simply ignore or even scoff them. These fools are trapped within a prison called life, and must be shown that to embrace death is to embrace the light of Truth.
  • The Deathwalkers are the hand-picked minions of Factol Skall designed for one purpose: enlightenment. These revelations do not come from speeches, pamphlets, or books, however, but often from the edge of a blade. The Deathwalkers are selected to punish those that transgress the interests of the Dead.
  • Few know of this group even within the ranks of the Dead. Only members of the Third Circle and above have even heard of these dark agents, often dismissing rumors of those crossing the Dustmen suddenly finding their way into the corpse wagon as mere superstition. Surely some of it is. But thanks to Deathwalkers, much of it is not.
  • Most of the Deathwalkers come from the ranks of rogues or assassins. Though they do not have to be evil, most are.
  • To qualify to become a Deathwalker, a character must fulfill the following criteria:
  • Alignment: Any non-good.
  • Abilities: Sneak Attack +4d6, Death Attack.
  • Skills: Hide, Move Silently, Disguise, Craft (Poison Making) 10+ ranks.
  • Feats: Skill Focus (Craft: Poison Making).
  • Special: Member of the Dustmen.

    • Class Level
    BAB
    Fort Save
    Ref Save
    Will Save
    Special, Spells per day
    1
    +1
    +0
    +1
    +0
    Sneak Attack +1d6
    2
    +2
    +0
    +2
    +0
    Slaying Dagger I
    3
    +3
    +1
    +2
    +1
    Sneak Attack +2d6
    4
    +4
    +1
    +3
    +1
    Improved Evasion
    5
    +5
    +1
    +3
    +1
    Sneak Attack +3d6
    6
    +6
    +2
    +4
    +2
    Greater Sneak Attack
    7
    +7
    +2
    +4
    +2
    Sneak Attack +4d6
    8
    +8
    +2
    +5
    +2
    Slaying Dagger II
    9
    +9
    +3
    +5
    +3
    Sneak Attack +5d6
    10
    +10
    +3
    +6
    +3
    Greater Death Attack

  • The following skills are considered class skills for a Deathwalker.
  • Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Disable Device (Int), Escape Artist (Dex), Forgery (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Open Lock (Dex), Profession (Wis), Search (Wis), Sense Motive (Cha), Spot (Wis), Tumble (Dex), Use Rope (Dex).
  • Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Intelligence Bonus.
  • All of the following are features of the Deathwalker prestige class.
  • Hit Die: d6
  • Weapon and Armor Proficiency: None.
  • Sneak Attack (Ex): As the rogue ability.
  • Greater Sneak Attack (Su): The character can hit for extra damage against characters normally immune to it. This ability penetrates innate immunity to sneak attacks (such as undead) and fortification armor or similar magic, but not uncanny dodge or abilities that avoid the sneak attack situation as a whole.
  • Slaying Dagger (Sp): The Deathwalkers can imbue his melee weapon with the ability to cast slay living upon impact. He can do this 1/day. The DC from the spell is 15 + charisma modifier. At 8th level, he can also imbue destruction into his weapon 1/day, with a DC = to 17 + charisma modifier.
  • Improved Evasion (Ex): As the standard ability.
  • Greater Death Attack (Ex): The Deathwalkers has refined his abilities to kill. Instead of having to study his opponent for three rounds before attempting a death attack, he may automatically make one such attack against any given opponent regardless of observation time (DC 15 + Int modifier). After he has used this ability, it cannot be used again on the same opponent until the next encounter (if the victim was fortunate enough to survive), but the character can use his death attack ability as many times as wanted. It otherwise follows the standard rules of the death attack.

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