Sigil's a strange city, filled with so many different and exotic beings that a normal officer would be overwhelmed in an instant. Harmonium patrols are faced with creatures that can teleport, plane shift, become invisible, or mind control others.e of that a normal patrolman would be out of his league.
To deal with such a eclectic group of magical lawbreakers, the Harmonium has developed a special training program for their career patrolmen, meant to turn the best of them into a peacekeeping force capable of keeping the Cage in some semblance of order.
The Planar Detective is is most often taken by Rogues, who generally make the best detectives (though Fighters serve as the bulk of the Harmonium's police force). However, Harmonium Fighters with only one level in Rogue or who have taken the Cosmopolitan feat to gain access to Gather Information are not uncommon. Likewise, the Spell Penetration and Greater Spell Penetration are attractive to Wizards, who may decide to take a few levels in this class.
To qualify to become a Planar Detective, a character must fulfill the following criteria:
Feats: Seasoned Officer or Subdue Criminal.
Skills: Gather Information 8+ ranks, Intimidate 4+ ranks.
Base Attack Bonus: +4 or greater.
Class Level
BAB
Fort Save
Ref Save
Will Save
Special, Spells per day
1st
2nd
3rd
1
+0
+1
+0
+0
Sense Invisibility
1
-
-
2
+1
+2
+0
+0
Skill Focus, Spell Penetration
1
-
-
3
+2
+2
+1
+1
Track Teleport
2
1
-
4
+3
+3
+1
+1
Skill Focus, Greater Spell Penetration
2
1
-
5
+3
+3
+1
+1
Follow Teleport
3
2
1
The following are class skills for a Planar Detective:
All the following are class features of the Planar Detective prestige class:
Hit Die: d8
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Planar Detective gain proficiency with the sap and mancatcher, if they did not already have them. They gain no other new armor or weapon proficiencies.
Sense Invisibility (Ex): Whenever there is an invisible creature or object within the Planar Detective's line of sight, he may make a Spot check with a DC equal to 10 plus the invisible creature's level/hit dice. If he succeeds, he knows there is an invisible creature nearby, but not it's exact location.
Spell Penetration: At 2nd level, the Planar Detective gains the Spell Penetration feat for free.
Skill Focus: Upon reaching 2nd level, and again at 4th level, the Planar Detective gains the Skill Focus feat for free. He may only apply it to one of the following skills: Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather Information, Intimidate, Listen, Search, Sense Motive, or Spot.
Track Teleport (Su): A Planar Detective may sense the location another teleported to. To do so, the Planar Detective must spend a full round standing approximately where the teleporter teleported from and concentrate. The Planar Detective then gains a vision of where the subject teleported to. This power works with all forms of instantaneous travel, including Teleport Without Error and Planeshift.
Follow Teleport (Su): At 5th level, the Planar Detective gains the ability to follow a suspect that has teleported away. Whenever a creature teleports, the Planar Detective may choose to be automatically teleport along with the caster so long as the Planar Detective is within 5' of the teleporter. This power works with all forms of instantaneous travel, including Teleport Without Error and Planeshift.
Spells per day/ Spells known: Beginning at 1st level, a Planar Detective may cast spells as shown on the above table. These are arcane spells and the Planar Detective prepares and casts them as a wizard, though they know all the spells on the spell list and suffer no arcane spell failure for wearing armor. The Planar Detective's spell list is as follows:
1st - Detect Thoughts, Locate Object, See Invisibility, Comprehend Languages, Command, Detect Magic, Read Magic.
2nd - Speak With Dead, Locate Creature, Hold Person, Find Traps, Tongues.
3rd - Hold Monster, Dimensional Anchor, Invisibility Purge, Dispel Magic, Dictate.
