Holden has had a very bad session. He was essentially dead for a minute there, and in the worst way possible. Now Khord has saved him... But to what end?
I certainly am not going to keep Holden as a Cleric. All of this started as a crisis of faith. I think I will create a custom class for him based on the vibe of The Islands of Purple-Haunted Putrescence. So here is what I am thinking:
Voidwarped
Prime Requisite: Wisdom
Experience Bonus: 5% for Wis 13-15, 10% for Wisdom 16-18
Hit Dice: 1d6 per level up to 9th level
Armor: Any, Shields Allowed
Weapons: Any
Attacks as: Cleric
Transformed by exposure to the void between worlds, the Voidwarped are a conduit for alien powers that bend reality itself. They come at a cost, however, as these powers corrupt from within causing Hideous mutations.
Lvl | XP | Special | Death/Poison | Wands | Paralysis | Breath | Spell |
1 | 0 | Void Powers | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 |
2 | 2,200 | Mutations |
3 | 4,400 |
|
4 | 8,800 |
| 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 |
5 | 17,000 |
|
6 | 35,000 |
|
7 | 70,000 |
| 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
8 | 140,000 |
|
9 | 270,000 |
|
10 | 400,000 |
| 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
11 | 530,000 |
|
12 | 660,000 |
|
13 | 800,000 |
| 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
14 | 1,000,000 | Apotheosis |
Void Powers
At first level, roll randomly for 2 Void Powers. At every odd-numbered level thereafter, roll a Save vs. Breath. If the saving throw fails, gain another randomly rolled power.
Void Powersd20 |
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1 | Grasp of the Void | You may Conjure a tentacle from a point in space within 40' to attack a single target. It has AC 4 and hit points equal to your level. It attacks as directed as if you were making a Ranged attack against the target. It deals 1d6 damage and coils around a hit target. That target takes an automatic d6 damage each round unless it succeeds a Strength test to break free. If a target is reduced to 0hp, the tentacle pulls the being through a portal to another dimensions. |
2 | Mind Blast | You may focus on an enemy, trying to warp their brain chemistry. Roll 1d4 every round. Once you roll three 4s without having spent around doing any other action, the target's head explodes. |
3 | Warp Step | You are capable of short-range teleport action to any location you can see within 40' of you. This costs 1d6 hp to use. |
4 | Alien Hive | You have a hive of insectoid alien beings living in your flesh. You may spend 1d6 hp to exude them in an area around you. You are not hurt by their attacks. They will return to you after 2d4 rounds. |
5 | Coccoon | You may cause a spherical shell of resinous creep to spread from where your feet touch the ground into a 15' hemisphere. It is warm inside, and you may create an orifice that can allow man-sized creatures to enter. The shell has AC 4 and 20hp per level. It collapses into a pink sludge if you move outside of the shell. The shell takes 1 turn to grow. |
6 | ESP | You may cast ESP by expending 1d6 hp. |
7 | Telepathy | You gain the ability to communicate telepathic Lally. |
8 | Portal Reach | You may open tiny portals and reach through to manipulate anything you can see within 39 feet. |
9 | Infect | You may grant one random void power and inflict 2 random mutations on a creature permanently. This ability takes 6 hours to use and the target must be willing or helpless. |
10 | Call the Hounds | You summon 1d6 Ooze-like monsters - the Hounds of Tinda'alos to attack a target. They will hunt the target relentlessly for one hour per level. This power inflicts 3d6 damage to you. Use the statistics of a blink dog for the Hounds. |
12 | Warp Feeder | You may distend you jaw and attempt to consume an object no more than 4'×4'×4'. Living creatures get a save vs. Death. If you succeed they are transported to another dimension. You may vomit them out again at any time and find them unchanged, but after 2d6 days the devoured object is gone. You may only have one object consumed at a timr. |
12 | Star-Speaker | You may cast Contact Outer Plane once per werk |
13 | Spore Breath | You may exhale spores in a 20' cone. All creatures in the area of effect must Save vs. Poison or fall asleep. They become diseased and may not regain lost hit points until cured by an Alchemist or affected by Cure Disease. Using this ability costs 1d4 hit points. |
14 | Entropic Field | You create a field of times pace distortion around you, giving you an AC 2 against Ranged Attacks and a +4 to saves vs. Breath for 1 turn per level. It costs 1d4 hit points to activate. |
15 | Corrosive | You may cause one touched object to rot, rust, and crumble. It costs 1d6 hp to so, and may be no larger than a door. |
16 | Eyes of Stars | Your haunted gaze can act like a hold person spell once per day. |
17 | Flesh Weaver | You can stitch and sculpt the tissue of others. You may heal 2d4 hit points to any creature but yourself. You take 1d4 hit points doing this. If you have a full day you may perform surgery on a target, raising their Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution by 1 each at the cost of a permanentoss of 1d4+1 Wisdom. You may only perform surgery for a given creature once. |
18 | Tentacles | You may sprout whip-like tentacles from your arms and shoulders. These are treated like reach weapons and deal 1d6 damage. On an attack roll natural 20, enemies must Save vs. Death or have their head torn off. |
19 | Breathless | The character does not need to breathe and takes no damage from cold. |
20 | Dragon Tongue | You may speak to alien monsters, a be rations, and elementals as if affected by tongues. You gain a +3 bonus on NPC reaction tests when dealing with such creatures. |
Mutations
At second level, roll randomly for a mutation. At every even-numbered level thereafter, roll a Save vs. Breath. If the saving throw succeed, gain another randomly rolled mutation.
d20 | Mutation |
1 | You become grotesquely tall and slender, you may no longer wear armor, unless it is specifically built for you. |
2 | Your fingers are replaced with tentacles. Tasks involving fine, delicate motions are difficult for you. |
3 | You have a strange, otherworldly scent. Animals are distressed or hostile in your presence. |
4 | Your bones are replaced by rubbery muscle and cartilagenous structures.-1d4 Strength. |
5 | You grow new organs that slowly displace your existing ones. -1d4 Con |
6 | A lumpy, bony hunch appears on your back. -1d4 Dex |
7 | The alien knowledge you have learned vastly changes the way you process information, developing horns full of extra neurons. -1d4 Int |
8 | Your skin becomes infested by Grey and purple creep. -1d4 Cha |
9 | You develop extreme light sensitivity and are at =1 to attacks and saving throws in bright light. |
10 | You develop gelatinous tissue. You need to double your water consumption or be immersed in water or slime 1/day or act as if dehydrated. |
11 | You develop porous chitin patches on your limbs that becomes home to alien fungus and insectoid. You lose - 1 Con but gain +1 AC. |
12 | You develop spines along your limbs and back. Creatures that grapple, coil, engulf, or swallow you take 1d6 damage each round. You lose - 1 dex |
13 | Your limbs gain a coating of thick slime. You take only have damage from heat snd fire. You lose - 1 Cha |
14 | Your limbs gain strange, Alien joint structures. You lose - 1 Str but can slip any bond or escape goiks or grappling automatically. |
15 | Color - shifting skin grants you a 30% chance of hiding if you are unarmored. |
16 | You start reverting to a more ape-like state. You may make two claw Attacks that deal 1d3 damage if you are not armed with a weapon. |
17 | You emit light on phosphorus patches on you skin, you emit light as a candle at all times. |
18 | You gain the ability to sense things at theimens of time and space. You can sense ethereal and invisible creatures, but lose -1 Int |
19 | You gain flowering plant-like growths across your body. Wearing clothes is painful and distracting. |
20 | Your digestive system changes, doubling the amount of food you must eat. |
Higher Experience Levels
A 9th level Voidwarped is called a Voidseeker. They may choose to establish a hidden temple, at which point otherworldly forces will draw others to the Voideseeker's Service.
Land-Owning Voidsekers: Void-Speakers
At 9th level, the Voidwarped character may choose to establish a stronghold in a remote location or dungeon. If they do so they will attract a cult of 1d6 1st Level Voidwarped and 2d4 Normal men with one random mutation and power. These followers have a Morale of 10.
Local abberant and otherworldly monsters will consult with the Void-Speaker on their own inscrutable matters, and will react favorably to them. However, the local lord may send adveurers to attempt to purge the Voidseeker and his cult.
Wandering Voidseekers: Voidwalkers
Voidseekers that choose to wander will often receive visions of lost treasures, strange, monsters, or alien vists, and gain the ability to find the path to the subject of their latest vision at will.
Apotheosis
When a Voidwarped reaches 14th level, or if a mutation causes an ability score to reach 0, they mutate into an alien monster and are no longer payable characters. The GM may choose their form, but here is an example:
Voidspawn
Armor Class: 2
Hit Dice: 14***(L)
Move: Flying: 120' (40')
Attacks: 4 Tentacles
Damage: 2d8
No. Appearing: 1
Save As: C 14
Morale : 11
Treasure Type: A
Alignment: Chaotic
Intelligence : 14
XP Value: 4,500
Monster Type: Monster (Very Rare)
Voudspawn are the remains of humans who have given into total madness after gazing into strange alien vista's. They appear as chitinous human forms embedded in a swarm of floating purple tentacles.
These beings are Madness to behold: any being beholding them must Save vs. Spells or be affected as if by a confusion spell. The psychedelic slime that clings to its flesh requires any creature that hits it with a Melee Attacks must save vs. Poison or become catatonic for 1d3 turns. The Voudspawn may cast the following spells as if they were a 14th level Magic-User: Sleep, Detect Magic, ESP, Mirror Image, Create Air, Dispel Magic, Confusion, Contact Outer Plane, Cloud kill, Feeblemind,
Voudspawn tend to command cults of insane and mutated humanoids that worship as a God and offer it both sacrifice and magical treasures in tribute.
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