Phoenix Striker (3.5e Prestige Class)

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A phoenix striker is a melee-oriented combatant using great speed and fire at her advantages. 4 Other Other

Phoenix Striker

“	Show me a move!	”
—Captain Firebird, Human Phoenix Striker

Phoenix Strikers are extremely fast skirmishers with the ability to use fire magic backing off their powerful melee abilities. A phoenix striker can move faster than most other combatants, weather cold and fire assault and use the tremendously powerful phoenix strike, the signature move of the phoenix strikers. In combat a phoenix strike use their superior mobility and firepower to sow discord and devastation in their enemies's ranks.

Becoming a Phoenix Striker

Entry Requirements  

Base Attack Bonus:	+4.
Feats:	Mobility, Run.
Special:	Must be able to use abilities with the [fire] descriptor; either maneuvers, spells, supernatural, maneuver-like, or spell-like abilities.

Table: The Phoenix Striker

Hit Die: d10

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+1	+2	+2	+0	Fire Core, Incredible Speed, Martial Advancement
2nd	+2	+3	+3	+0	Phoenix Strike, Smoking Hot
3rd	+3	+3	+3	+1	Explosive Combustion, Rocket Charger
4th	+4	+4	+4	+1	Exploding Strike
5th	+5	+4	+4	+1	Blazing Turbo, Fiery Ascension
Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level) Balance (Dex), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Listen (Wis), Martial Lore (Int), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Speak Language (None), Spot (Wis), Swim (Str).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Phoenix Striker.

Fire Core (Ex): A 1st level phoenix striker's inner heat provide her protection against both fire and cold, gain cold and fire resistance equal to twice her character levels.

Incredible Speed (Ex): At 2nd level phoenix strike base land speed increase by 10' per class level. Additionally she can can run up walls and other surfaces provided she end her movement on a horizontal surface which can support her.

Martial Advancement (Ex): A phoenix striker advance a character's previous martial abilities. She choose a class and advanced the class's abilities which scale with class level. This ability do not advances spellcasting. This ability do not grant any additional class abilities.

Phoenix Strike (Su): At 2nd level a phoenix strike can shroud her next melee attack with burning flames and the power of an explosion. As a swift action the phoenix strike make her next melee attack deal an additional 10 fire damages per class level and 5 additional fire damages per non-phoenix striker class level. If the attack hit the phoenix striker's turn immediately end she is staggered until the end of her next turn. If the attack miss the phoenix striker's turn immediately end but there is no further penalties. This bonus damage and is not multiplied on a critical hit.

A phoenix striker may only use her phoenix strike once every 5 rounds.

Smoking Hot (Su): A 2nd phoenix striker add her class level in bonus fire damage on all melee attacks she make and to creatures striking her with non-reach weapons. When she come into contact with water it evaporate rapidly, spells with the [water] descriptor used against her are dampened by her half class level. If she is submerged in liquid she immediately evaporate the water in her square and all adjacent square at the start of her turn, creating an obscuring mist centered on her covering the area she evaporated. She may resume or suppress this ability as a free action.

Explosive Combustion (Ex): At 3rd level a phoenix striker gain the Improved Bull Rush feat as a bonus feat. If she successfully strikes a foe with a Phoenix Strike, the explosion allow her to make a free Bull Rush against that opponent and she do not move alongside it.

Rocket Charger (Su): At 3rd level a phoenix striker can channel her inner fire behind her to boost at tremendous speed and charge with great force. Whenever she run or charge her speed is tripled, additionally whenever she make a charge attack, she may attack and immediately make a bull rush against the target. If successful, she do not have to move with the target, as it blast it away with explosive force.

Exploding Strike (Su): A 4th level phoenix striker gain a new use of her phoenix strike, after she used her swift action to declare a phoenix strike she may as a full-round action make a single normal or charge attack. If the attack hit the phoenix striker's attack cause an explosion identical to the fireball spell centered on either the creature or square she struck in additional to the phoenix strike's normal effects. Neither her nor the struck creature are affected or damaged by the explosion. This ability is often to take out large groups of creatures or as a fiery ground pound.

The caster level of the fireball is the phoenix strike's base attack bonus and the saving throws are charisma-based.

Blazing Turbo (Su): At 5th level, when the phoenix striker use her rocket charger her speed increase even more. Instead of being tripled her speed is multiplied by ten. During this movement she become so fast that she is invisible (this is not an illusion effect) until she stop moving. If she use this ability as a part of a run action, her speed triple each round she run in a row, until the tenth round where she reach her top speed.

Fiery Ascension (Ex): At 5th level the phoenix striker become immune to cold and fire damage.

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