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====Class Features====

All of the following are class features of the Noble.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Nobles are proficient with all simple weapons and martial weapons, and with all light and medium armors, and with all shields.

'''{{Anchor|Lap of Luxury}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' Nobles are the epitome of high society, and most are at absolute minimum very well off, to more often than not completely filthy rich. Noble characters start game play with the ability to have 1 loyal follower as a personal attendant with 1/2 as many commoner levels as the Noble has character levels. This attendant always has maximum ranks for their level in Handle Animal and Heal. The attendant cooks food, helps bath and runs errands for the Noble, tends to his horse, and does whatever is requested of him to the best of his ability. However despite his unwavering loyalty to the Noble, the attendant is not a slave and nor can he be treated as such. Further more, the attendant will rarely ever do anything that is blatantly humiliating, and will never enter combat for the Noble. The attendant will rarely if ever do anything that would inherently or likely put their life or health in danger and often wont enter dungeons, but might wait outside one for the Noble to return. Gross mistreatment of the attendant will result in the attendant returning to the Noble's home town or his own whichever is more appropriate. If the attendant leaves from mistreatment the Noble's reputation is tarnished and he cannot recruit another attendant. He must seek out the original attendant and make amends in order to have an attendant. Only if an attendant is killed in the line of duty or voluntarily retires due to severe injury or old age may a Noble find a different attendant.

Aside from his starting money, the Noble also begins play with a selection of gifts and family heirlooms from their family including 1 Masterwork weapon, 1 suit of Masterwork Armor, a noble's outfit, 1 explorers outfit and 1 travelers outfit, as well as an embroidered scabbard and cloak. The Noble and his attendant each start with a Light Warhorse. The Noble's Warhorse comes with barding and military saddle and the attendant's Warhorse has a riding saddle with no barding. If the Noble ever knowingly or purposely sells or attempts to trade or barter ANY of these starting gifts from his family for profit, he immediately lose all class features and progression potential until he repurchases or barters for these gifts back. This restriction does not apply to if he no longer needs the items and sends them home via Currier or has his attendant run them home, nor does it apply to items left in storage at home or if the items are stolen, legitimately lost or accidently destroyed. There are no penalties if the horses are killed in the line of duty. Any lost or stolen items including retired horses are not replaced by this ability.

'''{{Anchor|Natural Speaker}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' The Noble grows up always being taught the proper ways to speak and express their thoughts. Nobles tend to have excellent vocabularies and are able to articulately express themselves. Nobles gain a competency bonus on all Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather Information, Intimidate, Preform (Oratory) and Sense Motive checks equal to their Noble level. Beginning with once per day at 1st level, the Noble may make a reroll on any failed Charisma check or Charisma related skill check. The number of times per day that a Noble can attempt a reroll on a failed check increases to twice per day at third level and 3 times per day at fifth level. The Noble must always take the result the reroll even if it is worse than the original role.

'''{{Anchor|Confident Grace}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 2nd level, a Noble has such a captivating personality and is so extraordinarily graceful and dignified that his opponents are nearly mesmerized by his presence and charm, and find it difficult to act normally against him during combat. As such a Noble gains a bonus equal to his Charisma bonus (if any) as a deflection bonus to his AC and on all saving throws.

'''{{Anchor|Mesmerizing Delivery}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' A Noble's communication skills are so good, that he can distract creatures around him with his compelling speech and witticisms. To do this a Noble must simply make a diplomacy check as he begins speaking. Each creature within a 30 feet of the Noble who can both hear and understand the Noble are considered to be affected by this ability. Each creature within range of this ability makes an opposed Diplomacy check or Will save. Any creature who fails this opposed check receives a penalty on all Listen, Sense Motive, and Spot checks equal to the Noble's class level (starting at a -2 on Listen Sense Motive and Spot checks at 2nd level) for so long as the Noble continues speaking for up to a maximum of 20 minutes.

'''{{Anchor|Folklore}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' By 3rd level, a Noble has had countless conversations with thousands of people from all walks of life on numerous subjects. The amount of random stray knowledge that comes up from time to time is astounding, and the Noble rarely forgets any of it. As a free action, he may make a special knowledge check with a bonus equal to his Character level plus his Intelligence modifier. This ability otherwise functions exactly like a bardic knowledge check for bards. To see whether he knows any relevant information about local notable people, legendary items, or noteworthy places. If the Noble has 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (history) or he gains a +2 synergy bonus on this check.

A successful folklore check will not reveal the powers of a magic item, but it may give a hint as to its general function. A Noble may not take 10 or take 20 on this check; this sort of knowledge is essentially random. The DM can determine the Difficulty Class of the check by referring to the table below. Folklore counts as the Bardic Knowledge class feature for the purposes of qualifying for prestige classes, feats and use of any magical items.

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<div>{{Anchor|Table: Folklore}}</div>
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![[SRD:DC|DC]] !! align="left" | Type of [[SRD:Knowledge Skill|Knowledge]] !! align="left" | Example
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|10 || align="left" | Common, known by at least<br/> a substantial minority<br/> of the local population. || align="left" | A local mayors reputation for<br/> drinking; common legends<br/> about a powerful place of mystery.
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|20 || align="left" | Uncommon but available,<br/> known by only a few people<br/> in the area. || align="left" | A local priests shady past;<br/> legends about a powerful<br/> magic item.
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|25 || align="left" | Obscure, known by few,<br/> hard to come by. || align="left" | A knights family history;<br/> legends about a minor place<br/> of mystery or magic item.
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|30 || align="left" | Extremely obscure, known<br/> by very few, possibly forgotten<br/> by most who once knew it,<br/> possibly known only by those<br/> who don't understand the<br/> significance of the knowledge. || align="left" | A mighty wizard's childhood<br/> nickname; the history of a<br/> petty magic item.
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'''{{Anchor|Sense the Truth}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' A Noble having a conversation notices and senses things that others just dont pick up on. The Noble notices what word choices someone uses, the tone, pitch, delivery of their words, eye contact, even involuntary muscle movements in the brow and lips that take place in fractions of a single second. All of these things do not go unnoticed by the Noble. Through these, the Noble has gained a special insight into people’s ability to lie or tell the truth. Any time a Noble makes Sense Motive check and the result is 20 or higher, the Noble may produce an effect identical to a discern lies as the spell cast by a cleric of the Noble’s total character level with a DC of 10 + the Noble’s Charisma modifier + ½ the Noble's character level. The Noble may cause this effect any and every time he makes a DC 20 or higher Sense Motive check.

'''{{Anchor|Confident Strike}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 4th level, a Noble years of classes in fencing, the nuances of combat, strategy and anatomy as well as his supreme confidence in his own abilities in combat allow him to move more assuredly and without hesitation allowing him to place his attacks where they deal greater damage. A Noble applies his Charisma bonus (if any) as a bonus on attack and damage rolls (in addition to any Strength bonus he may have) with any weapon with which he is proficient. Targets immune to sneak attacks or critical hits are immune to the Noble's Confident Strike. A Noble cannot use this ability when carrying a heavy load.

'''{{Anchor|Clever Trickery}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' If a creature attempts and fails to successfully lie to a Noble using the Bluff skill, A Noble can then cleverly maneuver the conversation to confuse the target or trick him into letting slip a vital clue. After succeeding on his own Sense Motive check, if a Noble can then engage the target in conversation for at least 1 minute, at the end of this time, he can make a Diplomacy check opposed by the target's Bluff check. If the Noble succeeds, the target inadvertently provides information that reveals his lie and the reason behind it.

'''{{Anchor|Privileged Upbringing}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' Having grown up in such a strict and well learnt environment has allowed the Noble to become exceptionally good at picking up and learning new information. At 5th level a Noble has reached the pinnacle of all of their teachings and long studious lessons on etiquette and public speaking. Starting at 5th level a Noble may always take 10 on all Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather Information and Sense Motive checks even if stress or other distractions would normally prevent this. In addition a Noble may choose any 2 skills in the game and these skills are forever more, always considered to be class skills for the Noble. Also furthermore, a Noble may have maximum ranks in any skill equal to his level +4 (instead of his normal level +3). Meaning that a 5th level Noble / 1st level Fighter character has class ranks of 10 and cross class skills can have 5 ranks. The Noble also gains a number of bonus skill points equal to his character level.
Allowed Alignments	Any Nonchaotic +
Article Balance	Moderate +
Author	The-Marksman +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Good +
Class Ability Progression	Minor +
Fortitude Save Progression	Poor +
Identifier	3.5e Class +
Length	5 +
Minimum Level	1 +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Reflex Save Progression	Poor +
Summary	As a Noble you have lavish but incredibly strict upbringing to ensure that you start life with the skills and tools to make sure that you won't soil the family name. After all, they only want "what's best for you". +
Title	Noble +
Will Save Progression	Good +