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{{Author
|author_name=Ganteka Future
|date_created=16 February 2017
|status=Tentative Completion
|balance=Very High
}}
{{3.5e Class Data
|summary=A monstrous progression class for becoming a [[Pale Maiden (3.5e Monster)|pale maiden]].
|length=4
|minlevel=2
|bab=Moderate
|fort=Poor
|ref=Poor
|will=Good
|ability=Other
|progression=Other
|align=lg, ng, cg, ln, n, cn, le, ne, ce
}}

==Pale Maiden==

This class is a means of slowly creating a [[Pale Maiden (3.5e Monster)|pale maiden]] while retaining the features and abilities of the base creature. Males are pale squires.

===Making a Pale Maiden===

While not particularly physically imposing, pale maidens are mentally resilient. They're primary role is divination and communication, with the ability to deal status penalties and sonic damage. Many of their abilities rely on Charisma. As a note, the final result of taking this class is different than the basic pale maiden monster entry.

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|+ style="font-size: larger; white-space: nowrap;" | Entry Requirements
|-
! Race:
| [[Racial Restrictions::Any living]].
|-
! Skills:
| 4 ranks [[SRD:Knowledge Skill|Knowledge (Dungeoneering)]] or [[SRD:Knowledge Skill|Knowledge (Religion)]].
|-
! Special:
| Exposure to the experimentations of [[Pale Maiden (3.5e Monster)|pale maidens]] or cultists of [[Mezmorrias (3.5e Vestige)|Mezmorrias]]. Additionally, only up to half of a character's levels can be in this class at a time.
|} 

{| class="zebra d20"
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<div>{{Anchor|Table: The Pale Maiden}}</div>
Hit Die: d6
|-
! rowspan="2" | Level
! rowspan="2" | [[BAB|Base<br/>Attack Bonus]]
! colspan="3" | [[SRD:Saving Throw|Saving Throws]]
! rowspan="2" | Special
! rowspan="2" | [[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Spell-Like|Spell-Like Abilities]]
|-
! [[SRD:Saving Throw#Fortitude|Fort]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Reflex|Ref]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Will|Will]]
|- 
|1st|| class="left" | +0 || +0 || +0 || +2
| class="left" | [[#Aberrant Form|Aberrant Form]], [[#Flood of Thought|Flood of Thought]], [[#Gibbering|Gibbering]], [[#Horrid Wail|Horrid Wail]], [[#Partial Advancement|Partial Advancement]], [[#Sad Cry|Sad Cry]], [[#Skill's Muse|Skill's Muse]]
| class="left" | ''[[SRD:Sending|sending]]'', [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard action]] 5 round cooldown
|-
|2nd|| class="left" | +1 || +0 || +0 || +3
| class="left" |  [[#Bonus Feat|Bonus Feat]], [[#Force Armor|Force Armor]], [[#Hover Focus|Hover Focus]], [[#Nonlethal Conversion|Nonlethal Conversion]]
| class="left" | ''[[SRD:Message|message]]'', [[SRD:Swift Actions|swift action]]
|- 
|3rd|| class="left" | +2 || +1 || +1 || +3
| class="left" | [[#3rd Eye Ratnagarbha|3rd Eye Ratnagarbha]], [[#Arcane Sight|Arcane Sight]], [[#Vital Tenacity|Vital Tenacity]]
| class="left" | ''[[SRD:Clairaudience/Clairvoyance|clairaudience/clairvoyance]]'', [[SRD:Full-Round Actions|full-round action]]
|- 
|4th|| class="left" | +3 || +1 || +1 || +4
| class="left" | [[#Bonus Feat|Bonus Feat]], [[#Sound Breaker|Sound Breaker]] 
| class="left" | ''[[SRD:Divination|divination]]'', [[SRD:Full-Round Actions|full-round action]] 3/day
|- class="noalt"
| colspan="42" class="skill" |
'''Class Skills ([[Skill Points::4]] + [[SRD:Intelligence|Int]] or [[SRD:Charisma|Cha]] modifier per level)'''<br/>
{{3.5e Skills|Appraise, 
Autohypnosis, 
Balance, 
Bluff, 
Climb, 
Concentration, 
Craft, 
Decipher Script, 
Diplomacy, 
Disable Device, 
Disguise, 
Escape Artist, 
Forgery, 
Gather Information, 
Handle Animal, 
Heal, 
Hide, 
Intimidate, 
Jump, 
Knowledge, 
Listen, 
Move Silently, 
Open Lock, 
Perform, 
Profession, 
Psicraft, 
Ride, 
Search, 
Sense Motive, 
Sleight of Hand, 
Spellcraft, 
Spot, 
Survival, 
Swim, 
Truespeak, 
Tumble, 
Use Magic Device, 
Use Psionic Device, 
Use Rope}}<br/>''Homebrew Class Skills:'' {{Property Link|Skill|Knowledge Xeno (3.5e Skill)|Knowledge Xeno}} ([[SRD:Intelligence|Int]]).
|}

====Class Features====

All of the following are class features of the pale maiden.

'''Weapon and Armor Proficiency:''' A pale maiden gains no further proficiencies.

'''[[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Spell-Like|Spell-Like Abilities]]:''' At 1st: ''[[SRD:Sending|sending]]'', [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard action]], 5 round cooldown before reuse. At 2nd: ''[[SRD:Message|message]]'', [[SRD:Swift Actions|swift action]]. At 3rd: ''[[SRD:Clairaudience/Clairvoyance|clairaudience/clairvoyance]]'', [[SRD:Full-Round Actions|full-round action]]. At 4th: ''[[SRD:Divination|divination]]'', [[SRD:Full-Round Actions|full-round action]] 3/day. Caster level equal to HD. Save DCs are Charisma-based.

'''{{Anchor|Aberrant Form}}:''' At 1st level, a pale maiden's biology begins to change. If living, she becomes an [[SRD:Aberration Type|aberration]], gaining the Augmented subtype for her previous type. She no longer has a maximum age and doesn't die of old age. She retains any previous bonuses and penalties from aging. She gains [[SRD:Darkvision|darkvision]] out to 60 feet. If she already had darkvision, the range increases by 60 feet.

'''{{Anchor|Flood of Thought}} {{Su}}:''' At 1st level, a pale maiden may touch a willing creature and communicate telepathically with it for as long as she maintains contact, allowing silent communication between them, so long as the creature has at least 3 [[SRD:Intelligence|Intelligence]]. Alternatively, as a melee touch attack, she may empty a deluge of telepathic thought into a creature. The target becomes [[SRD:Staggered|staggered]] for 1 round and must make a [[SRD:Will|Will]] save or suffer a –10 penalty to its [[SRD:Wisdom|Wisdom]], which lasts for 1 minute or can be shrugged off as a [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard action]]. The penalty overlaps with itself. The save DC is 10 + 1/2 her HD + her Charisma modifier.

'''{{Anchor|Gibbering}} {{Su}}:''' At 1st level, she may emit a gibbering as a [[SRD:Swift Actions|swift action]]. All creatures within a 60-foot cone must succeed on a [[SRD:Will|Will]] save or be affected as though by a ''[[SRD:Confusion|confusion]]'' spell for 1 round. This is a [Sonic] mind-affecting compulsion effect. A creature that successfully saves cannot be affected by another pale maiden's gibbering for that round. The save DC is 10 + 1/2 her HD + her Charisma modifier. Pale maidens are naturally resistant to this ability.

'''{{Anchor|Horrid Wail}} {{Ex}}:''' At 1st level, a pale-maiden can belt out a horrid cacophony as a [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard action]]. All creatures within a 60-foot cone take 1d8 [Sonic] damage plus an additional 1d8 every odd HD. Pale-maidens are naturally resistant to this attack. A [[SRD:Fortitude|Fortitude]] save reduces the damage by half. The save DC is 10 + 1/2 her HD + her Charisma modifier.

'''{{Anchor|Partial Advancement}}:''' At 1st level, the pale maiden gives advancement to pre-existing class features for a chosen class, such as sneak attack, bardic songs per day (but not bardic music known), caster level (but not spells known), and initiator level (but not new maneuvers). It does not grant new class features, nor does it grant spells per day, spells known, or similar abilities.

'''{{Anchor|Sad Cry}} {{Ex}}:''' At 1st level, a pale maiden can cry out a mournful lamentation in a 60-foot cone as a [[SRD:Swift Actions|swift action]]. All creatures caught within suffer a −1 morale penalty on attacks, saves, skills, ability DCs and ability checks unless they succeed a Will save (DC 10 + 1/2 her HD + her Charisma modifier). To be affected, a target must be able to hear her cry and lasts for 1 round. Sad Cry is an extraordinary mind-affecting ability. Pale maidens are naturally resistant to this attack. This penalty overlaps with that of other sad cries.

At 4 HD (and every 4 HD after) this morale penalty increases by 1, to −5 at 16 HD.

'''{{Anchor|Skill's Muse}}:''' A pale maiden may use her [[SRD:Charisma|Charisma]] instead of her [[SRD:Intelligence|Intelligence]] to determine the number of skill points she gains from her pale maiden levels.

'''{{Anchor|Bonus Feat}}:''' At 2nd level, a pale maiden gains either: [[SRD:Ability Focus|Ability Focus]], [[SRD:Great Fortitude|Great Fortitude]], [[SRD:Iron Will|Iron Will]], [[SRD:Lightning Reflexes|Lightning Reflexes]], [[Vestigial Arms (3.5e Feat)|Vestigial Arms]] or [[SRD:Weapon Finesse|Weapon Finesse]] as a bonus feat. She may choose a second feat from the list at 4th level.

'''{{Anchor|Force Armor}} {{Su}}:''' At 2nd level, a pale maiden gains the [[Mage Armor (3.5e Feat)|Mage Armor]] feat, counting her HD total as her total spellcasting class levels for the scaling benefits of the feat. If she already possesses this feat or later gains it, she counts her HD+2 as her total.

'''{{Anchor|Hover Focus}}:''' At 2nd level, a pale maiden gains a [[Hover (3.5e Creature Ability)|hover]] speed (perfect) of 30 feet. To use this ability, the pale maiden must use a polished silver disc as a material focus as a platform for her body. The focus costs 125 gp and weighs 25 pounds and are about four feet across (for a Medium pale maiden). [[SRD:Mithral|Mithral]] may be substituted for silver as an improved focus, costing 6,250 gp and weighing 12.5 pounds, improving her hover speed to 40 feet. The disc may be enchanted as if it were footwear, applying changes to her hover speed instead of land speed where applicable.

'''{{Anchor|Nonlethal Conversion}} {{Ex}}:''' At 2nd level, a pale maiden converts 1 HP per HD of the damage dealt to her into nonlethal damage. She recovers 1 point of nonlethal damage per minute.

'''{{Anchor|3rd Eye Ratnagarbha}}:''' At 3rd level, she has attained enough power to grow a round green gem which emerges from her forehead. As long as she possesses it, she gains a +4 resistance bonus on saves against [[SRD:Illusion School|illusions]] and the benefits of the [[Light Sleeper (3.5e Feat)|Light Sleeper]] feat. If removed, a new ratnagarbha can be grown if she is bathed in magical tinctures costing 2,000 gp. The new gem reappears a week later.

'''{{Anchor|Arcane Sight}}:''' At 3rd level, a pale maiden gains ''[[SRD:Arcane Sight|arcane sight]]'' as a [[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|supernatural ability]] (she may turn it off and on as a non-action). Additionally, she is now immune to [[SRD:Gaze|gazes]].

'''{{Anchor|Vital Tenacity}}:''' At 3rd level, she automatically stabilizes while [[SRD:Dying|dying]] and gains [[SRD:Fast Healing|fast healing]] equal to her [[SRD:Constitution|Con]] modifier until she's raised to 1 HP, restoring an equal amount of lethal and [[SRD:Nonlethal Damage|nonlethal damage]] each round.

'''{{Anchor|Sound Breaker}} {{Su}}:''' At 4th level, as a [[SRD:Standard Actions|standard action]], a pale maiden can loose a piercing lance of maddening sound as a ranged touch attack with a range of 100 feet + 10 feet per HD. If the lance strikes an area of ''[[SRD:Silence|silence]]'', she may make an opposed check (1d20 + 1/2 her HD + her Charisma modifier) against the DC of the spell. If she wins, the area of ''[[SRD:Silence|silence]]'' is shattered and creatures within are dealt 2d6 [Sonic] damage per her HD and are [[SRD:Dazed|dazed]] for 1 round. A creature struck directly by the sound lance is dealt 2d6 [Sonic] damage per her HD and is [[SRD:Staggered|staggered]] and [[Immobilized (3.5e Condition)|immobilized]] for 1 round. A [[SRD:Fortitude|Fortitude]] save negates the [[SRD:Staggered|staggering]] and [[Immobilized (3.5e Condition)|immobilizing]] effects. The save DC is 10 + 1/2 her HD + her Charisma modifier. She must wait 1d4 rounds before this ability is ready to use again.


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Article Balance	Very High +
Author	Ganteka Future +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Moderate +
Class Ability	Other +
Class Ability Progression	Other +
Fortitude Save Progression	Poor +
Identifier	3.5e Prestige Class +
Length	4 +
Minimum Level	2 +
Racial Restrictions	Any living +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Reflex Save Progression	Poor +
Skill	Appraise +, Autohypnosis +, Balance +, Bluff +, Climb +, Concentration +, Craft +, Decipher Script +, Diplomacy +, Disable Device +, Disguise +, Escape Artist +, Forgery +, Gather Information +, Handle Animal +, Heal +, Hide +, Intimidate +, Jump +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Move Silently +, Open Lock +, Perform +, Profession +, Psicraft +, Ride +, Search +, Sense Motive +, Sleight of Hand +, Spellcraft +, Spot +, Survival +, Swim +, Truespeak +, Tumble +, Use Magic Device +, Use Psionic Device +, Use Rope + and Knowledge Xeno +
Skill Points	4 +
Summary	A monstrous progression class for becoming a pale maiden. +
Title	Pale Maiden +
Will Save Progression	Good +