Black Sky (3.5e Campaign Setting)/Character Options

Character Options

Skills

Remember, that in Black Sky, the following rules apply:

• Condensed Skills
• Simplified Skills

Feats

Remember that in Black Sky, you get more feats than normal. See the new level-dependent benefits rules for more information on this.

To make all the available feat options easier to locate, they have been collected here.

Name	Prerequisite(s)	Summary
A Feast Unknown	You must have consumed the rapidly cooling flesh of an intelligent mortal creature. Must be evil.	You have partaken of the feast most foul and count yourself a king among the ghouls.
Abode of Earth	(Earth) Subtype, Burrow speed, Character level 3+	You are at home within the earth.
Adept Flyer	(Air) subtype, Fly speed, Character level 5+	You are a natural flyer.
Agony Caress	Character level 3	Your touch is Torturous
Apprenticeship	None	New Mentor Types for the Lower Planes.
Aquafiend	None	You like the water.
Artificer	Arcana 4+ ranks, Caster Level 6	You are a true master of spell trigger magic items.
Attune Domain	Caster Level 1, Must follow a god or philosophy consistent with the chosen domain.	You incorporate the workings of a divine domain into your magic.
Attune Sphere	Caster level 1, must have bled from a wound inflicted by a fiend with access to the chosen sphere.	You incorporate the workings of a fiendish sphere into your magic.
Attune Sphere, Book of Elements	Caster level 1, must conduct a ritual using a piece of an elemental with access to the chosen sphere.	You incorporate the workings of an elemental sphere into your magic.
Binding Growth	Wood Elemental Creature (e.g., Psuedoelemental Being (Wood) feat)	You grow on people.
Blood Painter	Caster Level 5, Spellcraft 4 ranks	By painting magical diagrams out of your own blood, you can spontaneously cast spells using only your own life energy. This is especial use to casters who prepare spells, or to casters who have run out of spells.
Blood War Sorcerer	Blood War Squaddie, caster level 5, must have fought in the Blood war for one year	As a battle magician in the blood War, you’ve learned killing arts that would amaze common spellcasters.
Blood War Squaddie	Knowledge (The Planes) 2, must have fought in the Blood War for one year.	Due to your time during the Blood War, you’ve been tainted, honed, and hardened by the horrors you’ve seen.
Body Assemblage	Caster Level 1+, Ability to cast 1st level spells of the Necromancy school	The discarded husks of life are nothing more than a building material to you.
Boneblade Master	Craft (Alchemy) 4 ranks, Craft (Scrimshaw) 4 ranks	You have mastered the alchemic processes needed to create boneblades, as well as their use in combat.
Breath Weapon	Character level 6	You have a magical breath weapon.
Breath of the Elements	Resistance 20+ or immunity to an energy type.	You have a breath weapon.
Broker of the Infernal	Knowledge (The Planes) 10, must be able to cast a spell of the [Calling] subtype	Due to the study of the Infernal laws, you have learned to harness the powers of True Names in your summoning magic.
Burn	(Fire) Subtype	You're hot. You're on fire. You like to burn things.
Carrier	Must have one level of a Fiend class.	You are a carrier of a dangerous disease, though you are immune to its effects.
Celestial Ancestry	None	One of your recent ancestors mated with a celestial creature, and now the blood of some Upper Planar creature flows in your veins. This gives you some benefits.
Child Necromancer	Caster Level 1+, Must know at least one necromancy spell of each level you can cast	An obsession with death and experimentation with necromancy early in your childhood perverted your body and blossoming magical talent. As a result, your body never aged past childhood, and you are an adult in a child’s body, magically powerful but physically weak.
Constricting Fiend	Character level 6	Your legs merge into a long tail, and you gain the ability to squeeze the life from your foes.
Control Spawn	None	Your victims serve you eternally in death.
Craft of the Soulstealer	Three or more item creation feats, caster level 6	By studying stolen souls, you have learned to fully tap their power for your magical creations.
Deep Breath	Dragon Race, Breath Weapon, Character level 8+	You can take a deep breath to make a very destructive breath weapon
Devil Preparation	Character Level 10, Must have eaten the flesh of a Devil or Demon	By learning dark culinary techniques, you have learned to consume the flesh of devils, demons, and other infernals, absorbing their taint and some of their power.
Devour the Soul	Must have one level of a Fiend class	As a fiend, you gain nourishment from devouring souls.
Dominions of the Infernal	Must have the signature summon ability of the great Fiendish Houses, must have a Leadership score	When you call, armies of those you have defeated are forced to answer in service.
Double Strike	Base Attack Bonus +4 or higher, one Slam natural weapon.	You can strike twice as fast.
Drench	(Water) Subtype	Your body puts out fires.
Drowning Grasp	(Water) Subtype, Character level 3+	You drown your enemies in your watery embrace.
Element-Binding Craft	Three or more Item Creation feats, ability to cast Lesser Planar Binding.	You have found the secrets to force an elemental into a magic item and steal its power.
Elemental Aura	Character level 7, must have a subtype granting immunity to a form of elemental damage	Your close relationship with primal elemental forces has manifested in a damaging aura.
Elemental Avatar	Hardiness of the Elements	You gain the full Elemental type.
Elemental Resistance	None	Your elemental heritage gives you the ability to resist energy attacks.
Elemental Whirlwind	(Air) Subtype, Character Level 5+	You gain the signature ability of Air Elementals to transform into a Whirlwind.
Enervating Touch	None	Your undead nature allows you to drain the life out of living victims.
Essence Gourmand	Devour the Soul, must have one level of a Fiend class	Even among soul-eating fiends, you are an accomplished eater.
Evil Eye	Character Level 3	"Go ahead. Try it. I dare you."
Exotic Dragon	Dragon Race	You are not a usual kind of dragon, and have a weird breath weapon.
Extra Arms	Character level 6 (per extra pair)	You have more arms than normal.
Extra Arms, Book of Elements	Character level 9+	You have more arms than normal.
Extra Legs	None	You are quadrupedal.
Extra Summons	Must have the signature summon ability of the great Fiendish Houses	You may use your Fiend Summoning ability two extra times each day.
Facial Lance	Beast Type or Celestial Type or Dragon Type	You have a lance sticking out of your face. The sharp end is away from you, which works out pretty nicely.
Fairy Eater	A Feast Unknown, Must have consumed the flesh of a creature with the fey type	By consuming the flesh of fairies, you have absorbed a fraction of their magic.
Feed the Dark Gods	Any two Necromantic feats, Character Level 7, 10 ranks in Knowledge (Religion)	You have attracted the attention of dark gods and demon lords, and they are willing to grant dark life to your creations in exchange for pain and power.
Fiend Cabalist	Caster level 1	You were trained in the mystic arts by a powerful fiend, and your magical power stems from a dark source.
Fiendish Invisibility	Character level 6	You cannot be seen
Ghost Cut Technique	Whispers of the Otherworld	Study of the ephemeral essence of incorporeal undead has taught you combat techniques that transcend the limitations of the flesh.
Hard Freeze	Must have at least one spell-like ability with the [Cold] descriptor.	Your personality chills people to the bone.
Harmless Form	Character level 4	You can assume the likeness of a mortal.
Headbutt	Beast Type or Dragon Type or Elemental Type or Fey Type or Fiend Type	You have a big bony head, or perhaps tough antlers or curled horns, ideal for getting your face in other people's business.
Heavenly Desserts	Character Level 10, Must have eaten the flesh of an Angel, Archon, A Feast Unknown, Eldarin, or Deva	By gorging on the sweet flesh of angels, you have digested a portion of their divine essence.
Heighten Spell-like Ability	None	You can treat your spell-like abilities as more powerful spell effects.
Hellscarred	Must have failed a saving throw to a spell or effect associated with a fiend, cannot be a fiend or have any feats with the [Fiend] subtype	Having had your mind or body twisted by the essence of a fiend, you have gained some sensitivity and immunity to their power.
Horn Gore	Magical Beast Type or Dragon Type or Outsider (Evil) Type	You're hornyhorned and bullish.
Huge Size	Character level 10	Your size increases to Huge
Huge Size, Book of Elements	Character level 10	Your size increases to Huge
IGTN/Pseudoelemental Being	Elemental-Bodied	You are a psuedoelemental being, with rare and unique powers.
Ice Trail	Character Level 3+, (Cold) Subtype	You leave a trail of ice where-ever you go.
Improved Exotic Breath Weapon	Exotic Dragon, Character Level 6+	Your breath weapon has the signature effects of dragons of your kind
Infusion of Elemental Essence	None	You have been infused with the power of one of the elemental planes, granting you an affinity for that element and a small degree of magical power.
Large Size	Character level 5	Your size increases to Large.
Large Size, Book of Elements	Character level 5	Your size increases to Large.
Local Style	None	Your fighting style is the paragon of how your race wages war.
Master of the Primordial	Reality Shaper, 18+ ranks in Craft	Your mastery over raw chaos rivals that of the oldest gods, allowing you to shape it into entire planes of existence.
Memories of Death	Must be a native to the Prime Material Plane	You retain your memories perfectly after you are slain and brought back from the dead.
Mental Evolution	Wisdom or Intelligence 14, basic access to a Sphere	Your infernal powers have taken a turn away from your force of personality, and towards your insight, or your knowledge.
Paralyzing Touch	None	The touch of your clawed hand freezes the lifeblood of the hardiest of mortals.
Path of Blood	Character Level 5	You have learned the dark and selfish rites that create vampires, the legendary immortal blood drinkers of the night.
Pincers	None	Two of your hands are converted into pincers.
Poison Sacs	Must have one level of a Fiend class	One of your natural weapons is envenomed.
Primal Armor	None	Your body deflects blows off of itself.
Product of Infernal Dalliance	None	One of your recent ancestors mated with an infernal creature, and now the tainted blood of a Lower Planar creature flows in your veins. Though you can resist the call of your evil heritage, it manifests itself in an inheritance of fiendish power.
Projectile Vomiting, Acid	None	Call an exorcist!
Ravid's Hand	Clockwork Centurion, ability to cast Animate Objects, or connection to the Positive Energy Plane	Objects near you occasionally animate and do what you want
Reality Shaper	Three or more Item Creation feats, caster level 10th+	You can shape primordial chaos into powerful magic items.
Rending Flames	Burn	Your fire isn't just hot, but also solid and sharp.
Sleep of the Ages	Character Level 8, Wrappings of the Ages, You must remove all of your internal organs and place them within canopic jars during a magic ritual	Your mastery of ancient mummification techniques has revealed a secret technique for sleeping away the ages.
Slime Trail	Character level 2	Your body secretes a slick mucus that dries quickly in contact with air, but you've learned to use this to your advantage.
Sphere Focus	Access to at least one Sphere	You can draw on the power of a specific Sphere more easily.
Spider-Fiend	Character level 4	Doing the things a spider can
Spines of Fury	Character level 3	Spines cover your body, and you may fire these spine at your enemies.
Sting of the Scorpion	None	You have a stinger that carries lethal poison.
Stolen Breath	Character level 3	You take people's breath away by force.
Stolen Breath, Book of Elements	Character level 3, one of (Air) Subtype or Drowning Grasp	You take people's breath away by force.
Stoning Gaze	Character level 9	You turn people you view into stone.
Supernatural Virulence	Must have a poisonous natural weapon	Your poison is as much magical as it is biological.
Touch of Shadow	Shadow Elemental Creature (Psuedoelemental Being (Shadow), Shadow Genasi, or similar), Natural weapon, Character Level 3+	Your shadowy touch can bypass armor.
Tremorsense	(Earth) or (Water) Subtype, Character level 6+	Your close connection to your home element gives you Tremorsense.
Webspinner	Spider Fiend	"Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly."
Whispers of the Otherworld	Character Level 4	You have learned the tricks of torturing a soul past the veil of life, and into the shadow of death.
Wings of Evil	Character level 5	You have sinister bat-like wings growing from your back.
Wrappings of the Ages	Character Level 8	The ancient secrets by which unlife can be sustained in mummification have been unearthed.

Flaws

Black Sky doesn't allow flaws. You've got enough options with Tome feats already.

Substitution Levels

To come.