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THRALL BRED
You were spawned in the breeding pits of the mind flayers PICKING A PRESTIGE CLASS

or the beholders. You were bred for unusual strength, hardi- Few heroes make a career out of hunting aberrations—for
ness, and loyalty to your unhuman masters, and you can now long, anyway. Embarking on a crusade to eradicate the aboleth

choose to bestow your loyalty on other worthy masters. or mind flayer threat all too often proves to be the last thing
Prerequisites: Humanoid, Con 13. a hero does. Those who survive are the toughest, smartest,
Benefit: When you are within 30 feet of the individual and most resolute of characters. They rarely succeed in their
you have designated as your special charge, you gain a +1 ultimate goal, but without such heroes to fight thankless

morale bonus on damage rolls and saving throws. If your battles in the darkness, who can say what horrors might creep
into the world above?
special charge is not within 30 feet, or is dead or incapaci-
CHAPTER 9 THE ABERRATION HUNTER tated, you take a –2 morale penalty on damage rolls and larly good at fighting with weapons, whether natural or
Combat-Focused: These prestige classes are particu-
saving throws.
manufactured.
You can designate a special charge only once per month. If
your charge dies or abandons you, you take the morale penalty
Strong Spellcasting: Prestige classes on this list are good
until you have the opportunity to choose a new charge (or
choose to have no special charge at all). choices for spellcasters who want their progress toward higher
levels of magic to be uninterrupted (or nearly so).
Your charge must have more Hit Dice than you. Moderate Spellcasting: This prestige class doesn’t get
top-notch spells quickly, but it has other abilities to make up
WARPED MIND [ABERRANT] for the reduced progress.
Your tainted form has altered the physical nature of your brain, Psionics: This prestige class relies on rules presented in
making you resistant to mental effects and more capable of the Expanded Psionics Handbook.
unleashing the power of your mind on others. Tied to Aberration Secrets: This prestige class often deals
Prerequisite: Aberration Blood. with aberrations to acquire more power and influence.

Benefit: You gain a racial bonus on Will saves against mind- Sneaky: This prestige class relies on skills, stealth, and
affecting spells and abilities equal to one-half the number of guile to be successful. While not combat-oriented or magical
aberrant feats you possess. in nature, it has plenty of special abilities.
You gain 1 psionic power point for each aberrant feat you
possess. Table 9–3: Prestige Class Groupings
Group Prestige Classes
WATERSPAWN [ABERRANT] Combat-Focused Sanctified mind,
topaz guardian
Your abnormal body and heritage has become more pro-
Strong Spellcasting Abolisher, fleshwarper,
nounced. You have prominent fins and are supremely well keeper of the Cerulean Sign,

adapted to the icy deeps. sanctified mind
Prerequisites: Aberration Blood, one other aberrant feat. Moderate Spellcasting Topaz guardian

Benefit: You gain a Swim speed equal to your land speed. Psionics Sanctified mind
This also grants you a +8 racial bonus on Swim checks, the Tied to Aberration Secrets Fleshwarper
Sneaky
Darkrunner
ability to take 10 on any Swim check, and the ability to use
the run action while swimming.
You gain resistance to cold 5. You can breathe air and water ABOLISHER
with equal ease. I have tracked the foul illithid cult for many months now, have waded
through the brainless dead they leave in their wake and the empty
WILD TALENT settlements from which they have recruited their thralls. Yet each
Your mind wakes to a previously unrealized talent for time, they leave behind clues to their weaknesses and hints to their
psionics. goals, and soon indeed I shall be ready to end their lives in the only

Benefit: Your latent power of psionics flares to life, con- way they deserve. When I am done, nothing shall remain, not even
ferring upon you the designation of a psionic character. As the memory of their taint. They shall not haunt the campfire tales of

a psionic character, you gain a reserve of 2 power points and children. It shall be as if they never were.
can take psionic feats, metapsionic feats, and psionic item —Aurah Lirilian, Circle of the True
creation feats (see the Expanded Psionics Handbook). You do
not, however, gain the ability to manifest powers simply by The abolisher is more than merely a devoted servant of the
virtue of having this feat. natural world. She is a crusader against that which taints,
usurps, and replaces the ordered nature of things with alien
desires and monstrous needs. She opposes aberrations with all
her will and might in a constant battle to preserve what is pure
in nature from that which lurks beyond the rim of sanity.
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