Hammerlord (3.5e Prestige Class)

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A warrior with a huge hammer and know how to use it. 5

Hammerlord

“	God damn! That Wei Yu girl is blunter than my hammer...	”
—Livi, Human Hammerlord

Hammerlords are masters of the gigas hammer, a terribly huge weapon that clearly compensate for something. Still hammerlords are feared on the battlefield because they can pretty much crush anyone with what is essentially a car on a stick.

Becoming a Hammerlord

Entry Requirements  

Base Attack Bonus:	+4.
Feats:	Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Gigas Hammer), Weapon Focus (Gigas Hammer), Improved Bull Rush, Cleave.

Table: The Hammerlord

Hit Die: d12

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+1	+2	+0	+0	Formidable Strength, Master of the Hammer
2nd	+2	+3	+0	+0	Hammerlord Blow +1d6
3rd	+3	+3	+1	+1	Overwhelming Blow
4th	+4	+4	+1	+1	Hammerlord Blow +2d6, Overwhelming Smash
5th	+5	+4	+1	+1	Render Flat
6th	+6/+1	+5	+2	+2	Hammerlord Blow +3d6, Super Sweep
7th	+7/+2	+5	+2	+2	Strong Grip
8th	+8/+3	+6	+2	+2	Crushing Trample, Hammerlord Blow +4d6
9th	+9/+4	+6	+3	+3	Burst of Speed
10th	+10/+5	+7	+3	+3	Smashing Flurry, Hammerlord Blow +5d6
Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level) Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Gather Information (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Listen (Wis), Martial Lore (Int), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Speak Language (None), Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis), Swim (Str), Use Rope (Dex).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Hammerlord.

Formidable Strength (Ex): Carrying such a huge hammer all the time made the Hammerlord quite strong, he may now wield his gigas hammer without penalty no matter his strength score and he count as having a strength eight point higher for the purpose of calculating his carrying capacity.

Master of the Hammer (Ex): A hammerlord is quite good with his tool of trade, the Gigas Hammer, so much that he may always count his gigas hammer as having the ghosttouch and impact enchantment. Additionally once per encounter he may cast Greater Might Wallop on his gigas hammer as a swift action with a caster level equal to his character level, however the duration is only 3 round.

Hammerlord Strike (Ex): A 2nd level Hammerlord inflict more damage with his gigas hammer. At 2nd level he deal an additional 1d6 damage to all attacks made with a gigas hammer. the damage dealt by his gigas hammer increase by one d6 at 4th and each even level thereafter.

Overwhelming Blow (Ex): A 3rd level Hammerlord gain the overwhelming blow feat as a bonus feat, he does not need to meet the prerequisites.

Overwhelming Smash (Ex): A 4th level Hammerlord may now make a smash attack as he use overwhelming blow.

Render Flat (Ex): A 5th level Hammerlord may make an especially vicious attack against immobilized, stunned, staggered or helpless creatures. If he make a smash attack against such creature it is automatically a confirmed critical hit if the attack hit. If a creature is slain by render flat it is squished in a bloody fashion leaving all squares the creature occupied plus each square within the creature's natural reach slippery difficult terrain.

Super Sweep (Ex): A 6th level Hammerlord may now make an attack against any number of square within his reach when he make a sweep attack with his gigas hammer.

Strong Grip (Ex): A 7th level Hammerlord gain the strong grip feat as a bonus feat, he does not need to meet the prerequisites.

Crushing Trample (Ex): A 8th level Hammerlord make any creature he trample with his gigas hammer prone.

Burst of Speed (Ex): A 9th level Hammerlord gain the burst of speed feat as a bonus feat, he does not need to meet the prerequisites.

Smashing Flurry (Ex): A 10th level Hammerlord may now make a smash attack with his gigas hammer as an attack action (he cannot do so in conjunction with overwhelming smash).

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