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===Becoming a Soul of Erebos===

Most of the souls of Erebos are incarnates, but other meldshapers may be attracted by these class, especially if not interested in melee combat. The most important characteristics for a soul of Erebos are Constitution and Wisdom, as for any good meldshaper. Beside those, the class offers a good combination of skills, especially toward stealth approach, so Dexterity and Intelligence are welcome. Charisma may be useful for a party face, while Strength may be overlooked.

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! Alignment:
| Any chaotic.
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! Race:
| [[Racial Restrictions::Tiefling]].
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! Skills:
| [[Concentration]] 4 ranks, [[Knowledge]] (the planes) 4 ranks.
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! Meldshaping: 
| Meldshaper level 4th.
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! Special:
| Other races may qualify, but they require [[Knowledge]] (the planes) 8 ranks.
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<p>Hit Die: d6</p>
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! rowspan="2" | Level
! rowspan="2" | [[BAB|Base<br/>Attack Bonus]]
! colspan="3" | [[SRD:Saving Throw|Saving Throw]]s
! rowspan="2" | Special
! rowspan="2" | [[#Meldshaping|Meldshaping]]
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! [[SRD:Saving Throw#Fortitude|Fort]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Reflex|Ref]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Will|Will]]
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| 1st || +0 || +0 || +2 || +2
| class="left" | [[#Shadowsoul|Shadowsoul +1]], [[#Vessel of the Dark Chaos|Vessel of the Dark Chaos]]
| class="left" | +1 level of existing meldshaping class
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| 2nd || +1 || +0 || +3 || +3
| class="left" | [[#Dark Expanded Soulmeld Capacity|Dark Expanded Soulmeld Capacity +1/+2]]
| class="left" | +1 level of existing meldshaping class
|- 
| 3rd || +1 || +1 || +3 || +3
| class="left" | [[#Comforting Shadow|Comforting Shadow]], [[#Shadowsoul|Shadowsoul +2]]
| class="left" | +1 level of existing meldshaping class
|- 
| 4th || +2 || +1 || +4 || +4
| class="left" | [[#Adaptation to Erebos|Adaptation to Erebos]]
| class="left" | +1 level of existing meldshaping class
|- 
| 5th || +2 || +1 || +4 || +4
| class="left" | [[#Shadow Chakra|Shadow Chakra]], [[#Shadowsoul|Shadowsoul +3]]
| class="left" | +1 level of existing meldshaping class
|- class="noalt"
| colspan="42" class="skill" |
'''Class Skills ([[Skill Points::6]] + [[SRD:Intelligence|Int]] modifier per level.)'''<br/>
{{3.5e Skills|Bluff,  
Concentration, 
Craft, 
Decipher Script, 
Diplomacy, 
Disable Device, 
Disguise, 
Escape Artist, 
Forgery, 
Gather Information,   
Hide,  
Intimidate,  
Knowledge (arcana),
Knowledge (religion),
Knowledge (the planes),  
Move Silently, 
Open Lock, 
Profession,  
Sense Motive, 
Sleight of Hand,  
Spellcraft, 
Spot}}
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====Class Features====

All of the following are class features of the soul of Erebos.

'''{{Anchor|Meldshaping}}:''' At each soul of Erebos level, you increase your meldshaper level, the number of soulmelds you can shape, the number of chakra binds you can create, new tiers of chakra binds and your essentia pool as if you had gained a level in a meldshaping class to which you belonged prior to gaining the sapphire hierarch level. If you had more than one meldshaping class before becoming a soul of erebos, you must decide to which class to add each level for the purpose of determining your essentia pool, meldshaper level, and the number of soulmelds and chakra binds available.

'''{{Anchor|Shadowsoul}}:''' At 1st level you increase the DC of every soulmeld with the [[SRD:Chaotic Effect|Chaos]] or [[SRD:Darkness Effect|Darkness]] descriptor you use by 1. It increases to +2 at 3rd level and to +3 at 5th level. A soulmeld with both the descriptor gains the bonus as if it had just one. 

In addition you gain 1 extra essentia point from your shadow, 2 when in shadowy illumination and 3 in total darkness (these extra points don't stack with each other). These are called shadowpoints.

'''{{Anchor|Vessel of the Dark Chaos}} {{Su}}:''' Starting from the 1st level you may invest essentia points into this class feature. You may invest up to 5 points as a swift action, and remove them whenever you please. When essentia points are invested in this feature you may form, as a move action, one dark orb per essentia invested from shadows. These orbs remain until you remove essentia or until you throw them. You may throw them as ranged touch attack with range of 30 feet + 10 feet (9 meters +3 meters) per two essentia points invested. You may throw one orb as a swift action, up to three as a move action or up to five as a standard action. You may divide the orbs against multiple targets or hit the same target with multiple orbs. Each orb inflicts 1d8 of damage and is treated as a [[SRD:Chaotic Effect|Chaos]] and [[SRD:Darkness Effect|Darkness]] effect. In addition, enemies hit must make a Will save (DC is 10 + essentia points invested + Wisdom modifier + number of dark orbs hitting the same target) or receive a -3 penalty to attacks, saves and skill rolls that lasts one round per each dark orb hitting (multiple uses in different rounds don't stack and multiple orbs hitting the same target in one round don't require multiple saves).

Treat this feature as a soulmeld whenever beneficial (such as to benefit from the ''shadowsoul'' feature). Your meldshaper level is your caster level for any purpose.

You may never shape soulmelds with the [[SRD:Light Effect|Light]] descriptor.

'''{{Anchor|Dark Expanded Soulmeld Capacity}} {{Ex}}:''' At 2nd level your soulmelds capacity increases by 1 while in shadowy illumination and by 2 in complete darkness. You may not use this feature in natural or magical daylight, eventually removing the added essentia points. This expanded capacity stacks with other similar features.

'''{{Anchor|Comforting Shadow}} {{Su}}:''' By 3rd level you gain the ability to rest quicker and more effectively. Once per day you may invest essentia in this feature to  quicken by one hour per essentia point invested the time to sleep or rest you would need to regain health, fatigueness or exhaustion and to shape your soulmelds. In addition you may quicken the time needed to regain hit points and cure ability damage or burn. Per every two essentia points invested in this feature your time sleeping or resting count as if you slept or rested one additional time (so with two points invested you would regain double the normal hit points and ability damage). You may invest essentia (up to 5 points) in this feature at any time, but those points remain invested for 24 hours.

'''{{Anchor|Adaptation to Erebos}} {{Ex}}:''' By level 4th you gain [[SRD:Energy Resistance|cold resistance]] 5, or your existing resistance increases by 5. You also gain +4 on saving throws against effects with the [[SRD:Chaotic Effect|Chaos]] or [[SRD:Darkness Effect|Darkness]] descriptors, and you avoid any harmful planar effect of the [[Plane of Shadow]] and of the Limbo.

'''{{Anchor|Shadow Chakra}}:''' At level 5th you may shape an additional soulmeld, above your normal limit, which you may bound to your special shadow chakra. You may treat this chakra as any other chakra you may bind, for that soulmeld, even if you have already bound a soulmeld to the same chakra. This soulmeld gains the [[SRD:Darkness Effect|Darkness]] descriptor, if it still hasn't it.

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====Ex-Souls of Erebos====

Those who become non-chaotic lose access to their class feature (except for the meldshaping progression) and may not advance in the class, until they return chaotic.

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'''Sample Encounter:''' Eleutheria of Erebos is a tiefling incarnate, with dark blue skin and blonde hair, lacking the typical horns and demonic tail. She traces her heritage directly to some fiend on Erebos, or to the Shadow itself. She's travelling the planes in search for an answer and to locate Erebos, the elusive plane. Incindentally, she accumulates pages and pages of knowledge, as her librarian godfather taught her to, while adventuring, and with particular love for tales of heroes and myths which she reads for long before sleeping.

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{{Stat Block 2
|summary=A shadow tiefling incarnate that melds the shadows of Erebos with its own soul to create soulmelds of darkness and chaos.
|name=[[Eleutheria of Erebos (3.5e NPC)|Eleutheria of Erebos]] |cr=11
|sex=Female |race=[[Shadow Tiefling (3.5e Race)|Shadow Tiefling]]
|clvl=Incarnate 7, Soul of Erebos 3
|al=CN |size=Medium |type=[[SRD:Outsider|Outsider]] |subtype=[[SRD:Native_Subtype|Native]] and Incarnum
|init=+7 |sens=darkvision 60 ft. |listen=+6 |spot=+11
|spd=30 ft. |fly=30 ft. (average maneuverability)
|hd=10d6+40 |hp=70 
|ac=26 |acmods= +7 armor, +2 shield (soulmeld), +5 Dex, +2 deflection |touch=17 |flat=21
|resist=energy resistance 5 to cold|sr=21 against divination
|bab=+4 |grp=+6
|melee1=[[shortspear]] +6 (1d6 + 2) |ranged1=[[SRD:Heavy Crossbow|heavy crossbow]] soulbound +14 (1d10 + 3/+7, 120 ft.) |ranged2=[[SRD:Light Crossbow|light crossbow]] soulbound +12 (1d8 + 1/+5, 80ft.) |ranged3= three dark orbs +12 (touch attack, 1d8 (+4), 40 ft.), Will save DC 20 + number of orbs against same enemy, -3 penalty to attacks, saves and skill rolls that lasts one round per each dark orb hitting
|atkop= <!-- attack options such as flurry of blows or Power Attack -->
|space=5 ft. |reach=5 ft.
|sa=Cold Aura, Vessel of the Dark Chaos
|sq=Aura (chaotic), Chakra Binds (crown, feet, hands, arms, brow, shoulders) Comforting Shadow, Dark Expanded Soulmeld Capacity, Detect Opposition, Expanded Soulmeld Capacity +1, Immunity to Charm spells, Incarnum Radiance 1/day, Non-detection (SR 10 + meldshaper level against divination), Rapid Meldshaping 1/day, Shadowsoul
|str=12 |dex=20 |con=18 |int=15 |wis=23 |cha=10
|fort=+13 |ref=+13 |will=+16 |othsav= +4 against [[SRD:Darkness|darkness]] and [[SRD:Light Effect|light]] effect
|skills=[[Bluff]] +15, [[Concentration]] +13, [[Craft]] (calligraphy) +3, [[Decipher Script]] +7, [[Diplomacy]] +9, [[Disable Device]] +3, [[Disguise]] +2, [[Escape Artist]] +8, [[Forgery]] +1, [[Gather Information]] +4, [[Hide]] +16/+18, [[Intimidate]] +4, [[Knowledge]] (arcana) +10, [[Knowledge]] (religion) +9, [[Knowledge]] (the planes) +11, [[Move Silently]] +15/+17, [[Open Lock]] +6, [[Perform]] +4, [[Profession]] (librarian) +7, [[Sense Motive]] +11, [[Sleight of Hand]] +9, [[Spellcraft]] +9, [[Spot]] +11
|feats=Intensify Darkness<ref>Drow of the Underdark</ref>, [[Point Blank Shot (3.5e Feat)|Point Blank Shot]] (flaw: [[Light Vulnerability (3.5e Flaw)|Light Vulnerability]]), [[Incarnum Ammunition (3.5e Feat)]] (flaw: [[Scientific Curiosity (3.5e Flaw)|Scientific Curiosity]]), Fiendish Bloodline<ref>Races of Faerun</ref>, Outsider Wings<ref>Races of Faerun</ref>, Mindsight<ref>Lords of Madness</ref>
|lang=Common, Abyssal, Draconic, Elven, Dwarven, Halfling, Gnome (last two from skill points)
|cg=''[[SRD:Heavy Crossbow|''heavy crossbow'']] soulbound +1'', ''[[SRD:Light Crossbow|''light crossbow'']] soulbound +1'', ''[[shortspear]]''
|poss=''[[mithral]]'' [[Light Plate (3.5e Equipment)|''perfect light plate]] +2'', [[SRD:Gloves of Dexterity|''gloves of dexterity +2'']], [[SRD:Ioun Stone|''incandescent blue ioun stone'']], [[SRD:Ring of Protection|''ring of protection +2'']]. Treasure: 765 gp
|san1= Aura (chaotic) |sad1= As the aura of a cleric, power equal to meldshaper level.
|san2= ''[[bane]]'' 1/day |sad2= Spell-like ability from Fiendish Heritage.
|san3= ''Cold Aura'' |sad3= Inflicts 2d6 of cold damage to adjacent enemies, overcoming cold resistance.
|san4=''[[darkness]]'' 2/day |sad4= Racial spell-like ability, caster level is character level.
|san5= [[SRD:Deeper Darkness|''deeper darkness'']] |sad5=Spell-like ability, full-round action, using one ''darkness'' use (from Intensify Darkness), caster level is character level.
|san6= ''Detect opposition'' |sad6= As the spell ''[[detect evil]]'', but detects lawful creatures, at will, caster level is character level.
|san7= ''Hide in Plain SIght'' |sad7= You may make [[Hide]] checks when observed in darkness or adjacent to it.
|san8= ''Incarnum Radiance'' 1/day |sad8= 20-foot increase to base land speed, lasts 3 + Constitution modifier rounds. Also gain 20% [[SRD:Concealment|concealment]] while in area of at least shadowy illumination. Supernatural ability from the Tiefling Incarnate Racial Substitution Levels<ref>Magic of Incarnum</ref>.
|san9= ''[[SRD: Protection from Law|protection from law]]'' 3/day<ref>(from Fiendish Heritage: it would be ''protection from good'', but I feel it fits better like this)</ref> |sad9= Spell-like ability from Fiendish Heritage, caster level is character level.
|san10= ''See in Darkness'' |sad10= While soulmeld is shaped on the brow chakra, gain ability to see normally in magical darkness. Supernatural ability from the Tiefling Incarnate Racial Substitution Levels<ref>Magic of Incarnum</ref>.
|san11= ''[[SRD:Telepathy|Telepathy]] |sad11= Gain ''telepathy'' ability as long as a soulmeld is bound to crown chakra. Supernatural ability from the Tiefling Incarnate Racial Substitution Levels<ref>Magic of Incarnum</ref>.
|san12= ''Vessel of the Dark Chaos'' |sad12= You may invest up to 5 points as a swift action, and remove them whenever you please. When essentia points are invested in this feature you may form, as a move action, one dark orb per essentia invested from shadows. These orbs remain until you remove essentia or until you throw them. You may throw them as ranged touch attack with range of 30 feet + 10 feet (9 meters +3 meters) per two essentia points invested. You may throw one orb as a swift action, up to three as a move action or up to five as a standard action. You may divide the orbs against multiple targets or hit the same target with multiple orbs. Each orb inflicts 1d8 of damage and is treated as a [[SRD:Chaotic Effect|Chaos]] and [[SRD:Darkness Effect|Darkness]] effect. In addition, enemies hit must make a Will save (DC is 10 + essentia points invested + Wisdom modifier + number of dark orbs hitting the same target) or receive a -3 penalty to attacks, saves and skill rolls that lasts one round per each dark orb hitting (multiple uses in different rounds don't stack and multiple orbs hitting the same target in one round don't require multiple saves).
|san14=Shadow Receptacle|sad14=A shadow tiefling may invest, once per day, essentia points into its ''darkness'' ability (with the same maximum of essentia invested as a soulmeld, plus any bonus). This way they gain an extra use of ''darkness'' per each essentia point invested. Anything that may allow it to reinvest essentia may not give extra uses beyond those already invested. 
|san15=Saves bonus and penalty|sad15=+2 saves against [[Darkness]] effects, -2 against [[Light]] effects.
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====Favourite Soulmelds<ref>Magic of Incarnum</ref>:====

* [[Black Mask (3.5e Soulmeld)|Black Mask]], [[Dark Guard (3.5e Soulmeld)|Dark Guard]], Enigma Helm, [[Erebos' Gown (3.5e Soulmeld)|Erebos' Gown]], Mage's Spectacles, Incarnate Avatar, [[Queen's Gambit (3.5e Soulmeld)|Queen's Gambit]], Sighting Gloves, [[Shadow Silk (3.5e Soulmeld)|Shadow Silk]], Theft Gloves.

====Meldshaping:==== 

* soulmelds per day: 6; 

* essentia points: 11 (+1/+2/+3; see ''Shadowsoul'' feature); 

* chakra binds: 3; 

* soulmelds CD: 10 + essentia points invested + Wisdom modifier; see the ''Shadowsoul'' feature.

====Table: Essentia Capacity====

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! rowspan="2" | Character Level
! colspan="2" | Essentia Capacity
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|- class="{{Odd-Even|{{#var:odd}}}}"
|1st-5th|| class="left" | 1
|- class="{{Odd-Even|{{#var:odd}}}}"
|6th-11th|| class="left" | 2
|- class="{{Odd-Even|{{#var:odd}}}}"
|12th-17th|| class="left" | 3 
|- class="{{Odd-Even|{{#var:odd}}}}"
|18th-20th|| class="left" | 4 
|- class="{{Odd-Even|{{#var:odd}}}}"
|}

* ''Expanded Soulmeld Capacity'': +1; see also the ''Dark Expanded Soulmeld Capacity''.

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Article Balance	High +
Author	the bluez in the dungeon +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Poor +
Challenge Rating	11 +
Class Ability Progression	Full +
Fortitude Save Progression	Poor +
Identifier	3.5e Prestige Class +
Length	5 +
Minimum Level	5 +
Name	Eleutheria of Erebos +
Race	Shadow Tiefling +
Racial Restrictions	Tiefling +
Rating	Unrated +
Reflex Save Progression	Good +
Size	Medium +
Skill	Bluff +, Concentration +, Craft +, Decipher Script +, Diplomacy +, Disable Device +, Disguise +, Escape Artist +, Forgery +, Gather Information +, Hide +, Intimidate +, Knowledge +, Move Silently +, Open Lock +, Profession +, Sense Motive +, Sleight of Hand +, Spellcraft + and Spot +
Skill Points	6 +
Summary	Souls of Erebos are meldshapers tied to the dark demiplane of Erebos, which employ the darkness in their souls to enhance soulmelds. + and A shadow tiefling incarnate that melds the shadows of Erebos with its own soul to create soulmelds of darkness and chaos. +
Title	Soul of Erebos +
Type	Outsider +
Will Save Progression	Good +