Carnage Zealot (3.5e Prestige Class)

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Carnage Zealot

“	When the streets run red with blood, my souls will be at rest.	”
—Validim Hranonke, Half-Orc Werewolf Vampire Carnage Zealot

Carnage Zealots combine incarnum and martial maneuvers into a single bloody mess.

Becoming a Carnage Zealot

Carnage Zealots blend essentia and the martial arts, both of which are types of magic most often used by fighterlike characters. Thus it would be reasonable to assume that Carnage Zealots are best when they're in a stabbing or shooting situation.

Entry Requirements

Base Attack Bonus:	+5.
Soulmelds:	3.
Maneuvers:	Know at least one 2nd level Maneuver.

Table: The Carnage Zealot

Hit Die: d10

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special	Meldshaping		Maneuvers
		Fort	Ref	Will		Soulmelds	Essentia	Maneuvers Known	Stances Known
1st	+1	+2	+2	+2	New Discipline, New Soulmeld Access	0	1	1	0
2nd	+2	+3	+3	+3	Soulscorching Recovery	1	2	1	0
3rd	+3	+3	+3	+3	Swift Efficiency	1	3	2	0
4th	+4	+4	+4	+4	Soul Stab Combination	2	3	2	1
Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level. Autohypnosis (Wis), Balance (Dex), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Jump (Str), Knowledge (Int), Martial Lore (Int), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spellcraft (Int), Swim (Str), Tumble (Dex).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Carnage Zealot.

Meldshaping: You can shape 1 more Soulmeld per day at levels 2 and 4. Your personal pool of essentia increases by 1 point at every level except 4. For effects that measure your Meldshaping level, Carnage Zealot levels count fully towards that total.

Maneuvers: You learn 1 new maneuver at levels 1 and 3 from any level of maneuver available to you. You also learn 1 new stance at level 4. Maneuvers learned in this way are treated as maneuvers learned for one of your previous initiating classes, and are chosen from the same disciplines (but see New Discipline below). For effects that measure your Initiator level, Carnage Zealot levels count fully towards that total.

New Discipline: You gain access to the Essential Cut Discipline for all of your classes: whenever you gain a new maneuver or stance, you may also choose from Essential Cut as well as any other discipline you could normally have chosen from. If you already had access to that discipline through Martial Study, you may choose a new discipline, maneuver, and class skill to gain from that feat instead.

New Soulmeld Access: You can shape soulmelds from the Carnage Zealot list.

Soulscorching Recovery (Su): At level 2, whenever you expend a maneuver, you may inflict 1 point of Essentia damage on yourself in order to instantly recover that maneuver. If you are immune to the Essentia damage, this ability fails to work.

Swift Efficiency: At level 3, whenever you use a swift action to activate a Boost or Stance, you may also redistribute your Essentia as though you had used your swift action to do that instead.

Soul Stab Combo: At level 4, you gain the ability to multiclass between meldshaping and initiating classes with ease. Whenever you gain a level in a class that advances your initiator or meldshaper level, it advances both. Soul Stab Combo does not apply to levels you have already gained.

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