Publication:Book of Vile Darkness

Book of Vile Darkness

System: Dungeons and Dragons 3e  Abbreviation: BoVD, BV  Author: Monte Cook  Publisher: Wizards of the Coast  Item Code: 881610000  Publication Date: October 2002  Format: Hardcover  Page Count: 192  ISBN-10: 0-7869-0672-3  Price: $32.95 ; C$45.95

Product Blurb This sourcebook for the Dungeons & Dragons game is intended for mature audiences and provides a Dungeon Master with unflinching access to subject matter that will broaden any campaign. Included in a detailed look at the nature of evil and the complex challenge of confronting the many dilemmas found within its deepest shadows. Along with wicked spells, wondrous items, and artifacts, Book of Vile Darkness also provides descriptions and statistics for a host of abominable monsters, archdevils, and demon princes to pit againt the noblest of heroes. This text is quoted from promotion material. Text and images are copyrighted by the original publisher.

Feats

Feats

Name	Page	Description
Boost Spell Resistance	47	By making a deal with an evil power, the character makes himself even more resistant to magic.
Boost Spell-Like Ability	47	One of the creature's spell-like abilities is harder to resist than it otherwise would be.
Corrupt Spell	47	The character can transform one of her spells into a thing of evil due to a deal she makes with an evil power.
Corrupt Spell-Like Ability	48	One of the creature's spell-like abilities is powered by evil. A dark pact provides the creature with unholy energy.
Dark Speech	48	The character learns a smattering of the language of truly dark power.
Deformity (Clawed Hands)	48	Because of intentional self-mutilation, the character has deformed arms and hands ending in sharp claws.
Deformity (Eyes)	48	The character has either drilled a hole in her forehead trying to add a third eye, or she has supernaturally scarred one of her regular eyes.
Deformity (Face)	48	Because of intentional self-mutilation, the character has a hideous face.
Deformity (Gaunt)	48	Through intentional starvation and macabre operations, the character is grossly underweight.
Deformity (Obese)	48	Through intentional gorging and general gluttony, the character is obese.
Disciple of Darkness	49	The character formally supplicates himself to an archdevil.
Empower Spell-Like Ability	49	The creature can use a spell-like ability with greater effect.
Evil Brand	49	The character is physically marked forever as a servant of an evil power or as a villain.
Lichloved	49	By repeatedly committing perverted sex acts with the undead, the character gains dread powers.
Malign Spell Focus	49	The character's spells that have the evil descriptor are more potent than normal due to a deal she makes with an evil power.
Mortalbane	49	The creature can make a spell-like ability particularly deadly to mortals.
Poison Immunity	49	After prolonged exposure to a poison or toxin, the character has rendered himself immune to it.
Quicken Spell-Like Ability	49	The creature can use a spell-like ability with a moment's thought.
Sacrificial Mastery	50	The character is skilled at offering living sacrifices to evil gods or fiends.
Thrall to Demon	50	The character formally supplicates himself to a demon prince.
Verminfriend	50	Vermin regard the character better than they would normally.
Vile Ki Strike	50	The character can focus evil power into his unarmed strike.
Vile Martial Strike	50	The character can focus evil power in her weapon blows.
Vile Natural Attack	50	The character can focus evil power into his natural attacks.
Violate Spell	50	The character can transform one of his spells into an evil spell, and the wounds the spell inflicts are tainted with the foulest evil.
Violate Spell-Like Ability	50	The creature's spell-like abilities are particularly tainted with evil.
Willing Deformity	50	Through scarification, self-mutilation, and supplication to dark power, the character intentionally mars her own body.

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