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==Necroblade==

The necroblade class is a gish class, combing the power of necromancy spells, raising and improving the undead and a fair bit of sheer martial prowess. While their melee capacities are not quite up to the dedicated melee combatants, the necroblade make up for it through minions, sheer hardiness and the powerful dark art of necromancy.  

===Making a Necroblade===

'''Abilities:''' [[Intelligence]] is paramount for a necroblade, [[strength]] also greatly aid their melee attack which is another big part of the class.

'''Races:''' Any races can be necroblade, although races with a bonus to intelligence make for potent necroblade. 

'''Alignment:''' Any.

'''Starting Gold:''' As wizard.

'''[[SRD:Race Descriptions#Starting Age|Starting Age]]:''' Complex.

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|special16=[[#Adamantine Salt Bath|Adamantine Salt Bath]] {{!!}} ∞ {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 3 {{!!}} 1
|special17= {{!!}} ∞ {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 3 {{!!}} 2
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|special19={{!!}} ∞ {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 3
|special20=[[#Undead Apotheosis|Full Undead Apotheosis]] {{!!}} ∞ {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4 {{!!}} 4
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Climb, 
Concentration, 
Craft, 
Decipher Script, 
Hide, 
Intimidate, 
Jump, 
Knowledge, 
Listen,
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Perform, 
Profession, 
Ride, 
Search, 
Sense Motive, 
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Spot, 
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Tumble 
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====Class Features====

All of the following are class features of the Necroblade.

'''Weapon and Armor Proficiency:''' A necroblade is proficient with all simple and martial weapons as well as light armor. A necroblade can cast bard spells while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. However, like any other arcane spellcaster, a necroblade wearing medium or heavy armor or using a shield incurs a chance of arcane spell failure if the spell in question has a somatic component (most do). A multiclass necroblade still incurs the normal arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from other classes.

'''{{Anchor|Spells}}:''' A necroblade cast arcane spell spontaneously, they do not need to prepare spells.  

To learn or cast a spell, a necroblade must have a [[intelligence]] score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a necroblade’s spell is 10 + 1/2 HDs + the necroblade’s [[intelligence]] modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a necroblade can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. His base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The Necroblade. In addition, he receives bonus spells per day if he has a high [[intelligence]] score.

A necroblade’s selection of spells is extremely limited. A necroblade begins play knowing all yours 0-level spells and two 1st-level spells of your choice. At each new necroblade level, he gains two new spells of any level he can cast. These new spells can be common spells chosen from the necroblade spell list, or they can be unusual spells that the necroblade has gained some understanding of by study. The necroblade can’t use this method of spell acquisition to learn spells at a faster rate, however.

Necroblades choose their spells from the following list:

0&mdash; [[SRD:Deathwatch|''deathwatch'']], [[Detect Alignment (3.5e Spell)|''detect alignment'']], [[SRD:Detect Poison|''detect poison'']], [[SRD:Detect Magic|''detect magic'']], [[SRD:Detect Undead|''detect undead'']], [[SRD:Disrupt Undead|''disrupt undead'']], [[SRD:Gentle Repose|''gentle repose'']] 

1st&mdash; [[Ancestral Weapon (3.5e Spell)|''ancestral weapon'']], [[Bone Spurs (3.5e Spell)|''bone spurs'']], [[Creeping Darkness (3.5e Spell)|''creeping darkness'']], [[SRD:Chill Touch|''chill touch'']], [[Corpse Puppet (3.5e Spell)|''corpse puppet'']], [[SRD:Enlarge Person|''enlarge undead'']], [[Erzebet's Skull Bomb (3.5e Spell)|''Erzebet's skull bomb'']], [[Inflict Wounds (3.5e Spell)|''inflict wound'']]

2nd&mdash; [[SRD:Animate Dead|''animate dead'']], [[Black Blood Chains (3.5e Spell)|''black blood chains'']], [[Bone Shape (3.5e Spell)|''bone shape'']], [[SRD:Command Undead|''command undead'']], [[Corpse Patrol (3.5e Spell)|''corpse patrol'']], [[SRD:Desecrate|''desecrate'']], [[SRD:Ghoul Touch|''ghoul's touch'']], [[SRD:Halt Undead|''halt undead'']], [[SRD:Phantom Steed|''phantom steed'']], [[SRD:Vampiric Touch|vampiric touch]], [[Voodoo Doll (3.5e Spell)|''voodoo doll'']]

3rd&mdash; [[SRD:Bestow Curse|''bestow curse'']], [[Detect Survivors (3.5e Spell)|''detect survivor'']], [[SRD:Enervation|''enervation'']], [[Flying Deathscythes (3.5e Spell)|''flying deathscythes'']], [[Gravehorde (3.5e Spell)|''gravehorde'']], [[Sadist's Silence (3.5e Spell)|''sadist's silence'']]

4th&mdash; [[Absorb Undead (3.5e Spell)|''absorb undead'']], [[Animate Graft (3.5e Spell)|''animate graft'']], [[Bonetitan Frame (3.5e Spell)|''bonetitan frame'']], [[SRD:Create Undead|''create undead'']], [[Consumptive Field (3.5e Spell)|''consumptive field'']], [[Greater Vampiric Touch (3.5e Spell)|''vampiric touch, greater'']], [[Force Mortality (3.5e Spell)|''force mortality'']], [[SRD:Magic Jar|''magic jar'']], [[Sasha's Skull Servant (3.5e Spell)|''sasha's skull servant'']], [[Second Coming (3.5e Spell)|''second coming'']]

5th&mdash; [[Blood Jorum (3.5e Spell)|''blood jorum'']], [[SRD:Create Greater Undead|''create greater undead'']], [[SRD:Control Undead|''control undead'']], [[Dead King's Dance (3.5e Spell)|''dead king's dance'']], [[Haunting Death Curse (3.5e Spell)|''haunting death curse'']], [[Rien's Rotting Touch (3.5e Spell)|''Rien's rotting touch'']], [[Freeze Blood (3.5e Spell)|''freeze blood'']], [[Sasha's Skeleton Crew (3.5e Spell)|''Sasha's skeleton crew'']], [[SRD:Unhallow|''unhallow'']]

6th&mdash; [[Consumptive Field, Greater (3.5e Spell)|''consumptive field, greater'']], [[Devour Soul (3.5e Spell)|''devour soul'']], [[SRD:Energy Drain (Spell)|''energy drain'']], [[Evil Within (3.5e Spell)|''evil within'']], [[Skull Cough (3.5e Spell)|''skull cough'']], [[Shadows of the Mage-Lords (3.5e Spell)|''shadow of the mage-lords'']], [[Steal Life (3.5e Spell)|''steal life'']], [[Zombie Apocalypse (3.5e Spell)|''zombie apocalypse'']]

'''{{Anchor|Cantrips}}:''' Necroblades can cast their cantrips at will. 

'''{{Anchor|Rebuke Undead}} {{Su}}:''' Necroblades can rebuke undead as a [[SRD:Cleric|cleric]] of their class level, they may use their [[intelligence]] instead of their [[charisma]] for the purpose of rebuking.

'''{{Anchor|Skeleton Minion}}''' A 1st level level necroblade can summon a [[Publication:Unearthed Arcana/Necromancer Variants|skeleton minion]]. She do not need to pay any gold in material components for summoning her skeleton minion.

'''{{Anchor|Tomb-Tainted Soul}}:''' At 1st level a necroblade gain the Tomb-Tainted Soul<sup>LM</sup> feat as a bonus feat.

'''{{Anchor|Iron Bindings}} {{Ex}}:''' A 2nd level necroblade has learned how to use iron binding and leather straps to make his undead much hardier, any corporeal undead he create (including his skeleton minion) have extra hit point as a [[SRD:Construct|construct]] of their size category.

'''{{Anchor|Salt Bath}} {{Ex}}:'''A 3rd level necroblade has mastered the art of salt bath, making any corporeal undead he create (including his skeletal minion) hardier, granting them DR/Bludgeoning equal to his [[intelligence]] modifier (this DR stack with the natural DR of undead but no other source). 

'''{{Anchor|Unholy Channeling}} {{Su}}:''' A 3rd level necroblade add 1d6 points of negative energy dame to all his melee attacks, he add an additional point of negative damage at each odd level thereafter. At the necroblade's option this damage may not heal undead.

Additionally beginning at 3rd level, you can use a standard action to cast any touch spell of the necromancy school you know and deliver the spell through your weapon with a melee attack. Casting a spell in this manner does not provoke attacks of opportunity. The spell must have a casting time of 1 standard action or less. If the melee attack is successful, the attack deals damage normally; then the effect of the spell is resolved.

At 13th level, you can cast any necromancy school you know you know as part of a full attack action, and the spell affects each target you hit in melee combat that round. Doing so discharges the spell at the end of the round, in the case of a touch spell that would otherwise last longer than 1 round.

'''{{Anchor|General of the Unlivings}} {{Su}}:''' A 4th level necroblade can control three time his HDs in udeads instead of twice his hit dice. 

'''{{Anchor|Tongue of the Dead}} {{Su}}:''' A 4th level necroblade can speak with mindless undead with perfect ease, replicating the effect of [[SRD:Druid|wild empathy]] as a druid of his level (except for mindless undead only). Additionally he can use [[SRD:Speak with Dead|speak with dead]] as a supernatural ability twice per day. 

'''{{Anchor|Undead Apotheosis}} {{Ex}}:''' At 5th level, the necroblade gains a +4 bonus on all saving throws made to resist ''[[SRD:Sleep|sleep]]'', stun, paralysis, poison, or disease and gains 25% resistance to critical hits, as the light fortification armor special ability and resistance to cold and electricity equal to his class level.

At 10th level, the necroblade gains a +4 bonus on saving throws made to resist ability damage, ability drains, or energy drain.

At 20th level, the necroblade become an undead, gaining the [[SRD:Lich|lich]] template (with no LA). Whenever it would be beneficial he can use his [[intelligence]] score as his [[constitution]] score. He gain all the benefits of of a undead create (iron binding, salt bath and other benefits granted by feat and other abilities).

'''{{Anchor|Necromancer's Altar}} {{Ex}}:''' At 6th level a necroblade may craft a necromancer's altar for 1000 gp and 8 hours of work, he may only a single altar at any time and may create another if his previous altar was destroyed or lost. A necroblade do not need to use material component when animating undeads within 30 feet of his altar. An altar is a large object with 100 hit point, 10 hardness and weight 6 tons. 

'''{{Anchor|Improved Minion}} {{Ex}}:''' A 7th level a necroblade's skeleton minion now use the necroblade's base attack bonus instead of it own if better. Additionally it now retroactively gain feat as if it was a intelligent creature. 

'''{{Anchor|Intelligent Minion}} {{Su}}:''' At 8th level necroblade's skeleton minion now gain all the benefits and bonuses of a [[SRD:Wizard|familiar]] as if you were a wizard of your class level.  

'''{{Anchor|Carnival of the Dead}} {{Ex}}:''' A 9th level necroblade gain a +2 caster level bonus on his necromancy spells while in a graveyard, cemetery or other burial site. If he install for at least 24 hours his necromancer's altar the caster level bonus increase to +4 while in proximity of his altar.

'''{{Anchor|Special Preparation}} {{Su}}:''' A 12th level necroblade can now create ''corpse creatures''<sup>BoVD</sup> with [[SRD:Animate Dead|''animate dead'']], [[SRD:Create Undead|''create undead'']] and [[SRD:Create Greater Undead|''create greater undead'']].

'''{{Anchor|Adamantine Salt Bath}} {{Ex}}:''' At 16th level the DR granted [[#Salt Bath|salt bath]] become adamantine and bludgeoning. 

'''{{Anchor|Violent Animation}} {{Ex}}:''' At 18th level necroblade animate any creatures of his CR or less that he kill with a melee attack or a spell as per [[SRD:Animate Dead|''animate dead'']] with no HD limits. 


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Article Balance	Very High +
Author	Leziad +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Good +
Class Ability	Arcane Spellcasting +
Class Ability Progression	Partial +
Fortitude Save Progression	Good +
Identifier	3.5e Class +
Length	20 +
Minimum Level	1 +
Rating	Unrated +
Reflex Save Progression	Poor +
Skill	Balance +, Climb +, Concentration +, Craft +, Decipher Script +, Hide +, Intimidate +, Jump +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Move Silently +, Perform +, Profession +, Ride +, Search +, Sense Motive +, Speak Language +, Spellcraft +, Spot +, Survival +, Swim + and Tumble +
Skill Points	4 +
Summary	A gish class that use necromancy and animate it foes. +
Title	Necroblade +
Will Save Progression	Good +