Min/Max Boards

New general feats added (Shadow Avatar, Fragmentation, Meditative Hum), classes were combed over, feats were combed over.

Plenty of monsters have the option to choose from open lists of spells for SLAs. Something like this opens up abuses in such cases. Might be a good idea to put in a clause preventing this being used with such options.

Got any examples? The second feat requires at least 12 uses per day as your base number, and I can't think of any monster class with an SLA that can be used that many times but is still problematic.

At any rate, give it a few modifications and toss it back toward me. Sooner or later we'll figure out a version that achieves the target effect and is more mechanically balanced.

Zeno Teleport is limited in needing a creature as an "anchor point". Going through walls fits as the Blind Dead of the first film often suddenly pop up behind corners they shouldn't have been able to reach.
Maybe I should limit the line of effect on low levels and move unrestricted teleportation up to level 4 or 5.

Ah, that'd just be a clarification then. Emphasis added to the confusing part:

"Zeno Teleport: (Su) Blind Dead mover very slowly and deliberate, but at times when no one is paying attention to them, they can cover scarily wide distances. As an immediate action, at the end of the turn of another creature, the Blind Dead may choose to teleport to the spot at half the distance between itself and the creature within 100'/HD. Alternatively, it can teleport to any spot within 30'."

Which I took to mean "It can just jump 30 feet whenever it wants, no questions asked." Which...may actually be necessary. A Blind Dead working alone is functionally Crippled when there isn't anything within its Blindsense range, which is significantly smaller than the range it can teleport in. It can't "See" anything to teleport to so it can only move at 5 movespeed, and it can't see things just outside that range so it can't try to approach anything that would let it move via teleportation. It literally cannot function until an ally or enemies or civilian enters its "vision" range even if there is a fight going on in every direction at the edge of its "Teleport" range.

Even in a group it's still problematic for a Front-Line Paladin type to not be able to approach enemies until the enemies choose to get into Medium range for spellcasters of the Blind Undead's level. Which means for the first few rounds of a fight with a mage tossing Long range spells someone delicate on the Blind Undead's team like the Mage or the Scout or the Mage's Familiar (which can die and grant the mage delicious penalties that they will surely appreciate) needs to bridge any gaps between the two groups. A normal Fighter or Paladin would be Running/Charging/Flying/Riding toward the enemies.

Blindsight at level 5 is 80 feet, Blindsense is 160 feet. Unadorned Medium range is 150 feet. Zeno Teleport range at level 5 is 500 feet, more than 3 times the range where it can detect creatures.

Following that, Blindsight at level 20 is 155 feet, Blindsense is 310 feet. Unadorned Medium range is 300 feet. Zeno Teleport range at level 20 is 2000 feet, more than 6 times the range where it can detect creatures and almost matching Long range.

So...maybe allow it to Listen as a Move Action to temporarily expand the Blindsense range? Or revamp their normal movement to include teleporting:

Move speed 0, but can teleport X distance (Blindsight range, maybe?) as a move action. Maybe replace the level 3 Aura with Zeno Teleport and just drop the aura completely?
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Besides that, what happens when someone casts Fly on the Blind Undead? Haste or Longstrider or it takes the Dash feet or Monk levels or Barbarian levels? There are plenty of ways to get a better movement speed or more movement speed or different movespeeds in core D&D, let alone in the level of play that would have a teleporting-ganking swordmaster ghoul. The quick and dirty solution to the limited teleport range is to just ride a horse like a normal paladin while your teleporting horse follows you. Which...I don't think was your intention, but it's hilarious to imagine.

"Gee Bill, your party lets you have TWO horses?"

Zeno basically functions as the Pounce special ability with the added benefit of bypassing walls+doors; it's a huge power boost that needs a lot of key terms to be added in like "Line of Effect" or "Line of Sight" and so on. I'm not saying you shouldn't have this ability at all and I'm not saying it can't be a level 1 ability, but you need to beat this ability into a Game-Mechanics Friendly form with clear limitations other than the range for people to be able to use this in their games.

Natural Armor = Strength Mod-> This is hefty Natural Armor for a class that gets full access to Armor+Shields. For most monsters its one, or the other, or both at a reduced level; would you consider using Wisdom as the key stat instead of Strength? Cha wouldn't really be appropriate since Cha is the Blind Dead's second most important stat, what with it being a Paladin.

Anti-Paladin: it seems a level 5 Blind Dead that takes 1 level of Paladin gains the Spells known+Spells per day of a level 6 Paladin. Most monster classes are nitpicky about this kind of thing, allowing CLs to stack but not Spell related things.

Is the mount just there to allow the Blind Dead to Zeno Teleport twice per round?

While the intention was to build a Paladin synergistic Undead, it looks a lot more like it's a Ruby Knight Vindicator entry method that needs a few levels of Tyrant/Slaughter Paladin (Blackguard is actually much more synergistic) to get in.

Movement Speed & Zeno Teleport: In theory this is a nifty trick, but this is awkward mechanically and I think this is the only instance of At-Will teleportation at level 1 among all of the monster classes; usually that's reserved for level 4 or higher.

Can the Blind dead bring party members? Enemies Familiars? Clothing? Weapons//Objects that it can carry? Buildings//Objects that it CAN'T carry?
Abusable feats *Sun School's Flash of Sunset
*Telflammar Shadowlord

Deadly touch: The DC formula uses "Paladin Level" instead of "Blind Dead Level", so the DC would only ever be (10 + Cha mod) until it multiclasses into Paladin.

Aura of Loud Step: So what does this actually do? If it's a method of detecting sneaky people, the Blind Dead has Blindsense and Blindsight which would do the job better. It actually serves to warn enemies that there is a hostile presence targeting them if it's a sneaky enemy with a high will save, because succeeding on a saving throw alerts you to there being a hostile effect but doesn't tell you what the hostile effect was or where it came from.

Also, why is the Aura of Loud Step dc based off Wisdom and not Charisma?

Alrighty, I finally got around it fixing everything. All Yokai Classes scale off of HD and their respective ability modifiers; there is no more 'Yokai Level" based scaling.

The Yokai feats were brought in line a bit more and are as follows.

Greater Vicious Yokai: Pounce for Natural weapons only
Vicious Daiyokai: Natural weapons are treated as Two Handed weapons when it would be beneficial.

Greater Serene Yokai: Domain deals Sonic OR Force damage, as opposed to just dealing sonic damage.
Serene Daiyokai: Domain can now deal Sonic, Force, or Divine damage.

Greater Tyrant Yokai: SR (10+HD) raise or lower as free action.
Tyrant Daiyokai: Level check (1d20+HD) to resist being moved. Uses the forced-movement effect's DC or (11+enemy HD) if the ability doesnt have a DC. DC is 20 for natural phenomenon, 25 for magical phenomenon, and 30 for Supernatural phenomenon.

Greater Covetous Yokai: spend 1 hour congealing a Slime ball that grants Fast Healing for (Covetous Int Mod) rounds.
Covetous Daiyokai: the Share Spells familiar ability for Slime Spirits.

Greater Progenitor Yokai: Gain Alertness when Saimyosho are nearby
Progenitor Daiyokai: Gain All Around Vision

Greater Ravenous Yokai: Immune to ingested poison, and can digest anything for sustenance.
Ravenous Daiyokai: Destroy wealth or creatures to improve the size and capacity of a stomach.

Greater Mirage Yokai: Mirage Warriors are incorporeal if that would be beneficial.
Mirage Daiyokai: Mirage Warriors are Ethereal if that would be beneficial.
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@Corvus
Domain has been fixed and expanded.

The feats have been brought to a much lower power level; now they're good options, but not the ONLY option

A wizard or spellcaster going into Tyrant Yokai would be pretty interesting. Clarified Devastating Strike a single melee attack to put a tighter leash on some of the weird combos. At any rate, I removed the "Single Handedly" clause and clarified that it must only make a large contribution to a group victory.

Level Checks have been clarified: For Forbid enemies roll (1d20+their HD) vs DC (10+ Tyrand HD/2) because its a passive ability. Dismiss is a strength check against DC (10+ Tyrant HD) because its an active ability. Eminence is another passive ability so enemies roll (1d20+HD) vs the Tyrant Yokai's DC of (10+Tyrant HD/2).

Forbid+devastating is a bit of anti-synergy, but I like the way it works. The Tyrant approaches enemies; enemies don't approach the tyrant. Those who get inside its range are slapped back out unless they prove themselves worthy of going toe to toe with it.

Unassailable has been changed to make the Tyrant immune to being Flanked and Flatfooted.

Excellence has been adjusted to grant immunity to Precision damage and Critical Hits.
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General adjustment: the feats have been tweaked. I'll comb them down later, but the new version should be usable.

Serene Yokai:
-Domain has been adjusted.
-no activating action for Selfless or Intercept, they're usable when Domain is active
--adjusted the language away from "mystical"
-clarified and rewrote Reflect Torment. It's now and active ability, competing with the Serene Yokai's AC and Saves boosting action.
-Liberate has a CL cap of Serene Level + Wis Mod, so I'm not especially worried about it not keeping up.

Tyrant
-adjusted to be a level check
-would you mind clarifying?
-/- Moved Improved Uncanny to level 3 and granted SR at level 6

Covetous
-opened Sooth up to just be "attacks"
-adjusted Slime Stasis
-adjusted all slime creation DCs and CR limits.
-Recall...hm, No limits for how often you can do it atm, but I did increase the time it takes to recall something.
-adjusted Rejuvenate.

Progenitor
Spiders are vile little creatures that aren't worthy of being called arachnids alongside scorpion-bros.

Vicious
-chase was adjusted. It didnt really need a Movespeed most in the first place so that was dropped.
-If you have any suggestions for diluting this one I'm all ears. I've thinned down a few abilities, but this is still a distinctly awesome class for melee-dps types and pouncers.

Ravenous
-fixed proficiencies and moved abilities around a little
Bulky is Temporary Health and Corpulent is a normal size increase.
-I might end up putting the anti-antimelee stuff into the Greater Ravenous Feat instead of Vile damage, but I'm still fiddling with ideas.
-clarified what happens when expelled from a digestion dimension
-Increased the Skill points, but I'm not sure about it needing a good will save. I might just be biased from budgeting the save progressions for each class against the others, though.

Mirage
-Clarified Mirage Warrior
-adjusted the incorporeal and Ethereal abilities
-clarified that fake supernatural abilities act like Major Image.

Ravenous Yokai: Implacable hunter-gatherers.
 

Prerequisites:
A 'Bite' Natural Weapon
OR
A minimum of 75 HP
OR
The 'Baciferrous Being' feat
OR
At least 8 ranks in 'Survival'

Primary Ability Score: Constitution
HD: d12

Level	BAB	Fort	Reflex	Will	Special
1st	+1	+2	+0	+0	Enlightenment, Eat, (Deep) Stomach
2nd	+2	+2	+0	+0	Tasty Treat, Gnaw
3rd	+3	+3	+1	+1	Bulky, Taste Test
4th	+4	+3	+1	+1	(Second) Stomach, Hearty Snack
5th	+5	+4	+1	+1	Devour, Large Meal
6th	+6	+4	+2	+2	Corpulent, Big Supper
7th	+7	+5	+2	+2	(Bottomless) Stomach, Feast

Skill Points: 4 + Int modifier per level.

Class Skills: Appraise, Balance, Climb, Craft, Handle Animal, Heal, Knowledge (each taken individually), Jump, Listen, Profession, Search, Sense Motive, Spot, Survival, Swim, and Tumble.

Proficiencies: Ravenous Yokai are proficient with their own natural weapons, with all types of armor (heavy, medium, and light), and with shields (except tower shields)

LVL 1:
Enlightenment(EX): The Ravenous Yokai's type changes to Fey; do not recalculate Base Attack Bonus, Saves, or Skill Points. Ravenous Yokai levels stack with other Classes and Racial Hit Dice when determining the DC of Hit Dice based abilities and when determining the Caster Level of spells and spell-like abilities, but do not grant an increase in Spells Known or Spells per Day. Half of any levels in other Yokai classes count toward the Ravenous Yokai's Effective Level when determining the strength of Ravenous Yokai class abilities, but do not grant access to new Ravenous Yokai class abilities.

Eat (EX): The Ravenous Yokai gains a primary Bite attack that deals (2d6 + Strength Modifier) damage for Medium sized Ravenous Yokai. Should the Ravenous Yokai gain another Bite attack, or possess a Bite Attack from another source, it increases the damage of the better Bite Attack by 1 damage die.

(Deep) Stomach (SU): The Ravenous Yokai’s Stomach becomes a stable pocket dimension; a cube with an edge length of (Ravenous HD/4) feet and a maximum capacity of (Ravenous HD) pounds of material. After the Ravenous Yokai's death its Deep Stomach can be removed, and functions as a Type 1 Bag of Holding with the Deep Stomach's internal capacity.

Accessing this Deep Stomach requires a Fullround Action (or a Standard action should the Ravenous Yokai possess the Quick Draw Feat).

LVL 2:
Tasty Treat (EX): On a successful Bite attack the Ravenous Yokai gains Temporary Hit Points equal to the half the damage dealt by its Bite Attack. These Temporary Hit Points last 1 Minute.

Upon accessing a Stomach dimension the Ravenous Yokai may destroy items or currency held within to heal itself for (Total GP Value/25) hit points, using the lesser of the item's GP market value and the item's appraised value.

Gnaw (EX): The Ravenous Yokai may use the higher of (Strength Modifier) or (Constitution Modifier) for Combat Maneuvers and Attack rolls with Natural Weapons. The Ravenous Yokai's Bite Attack is now treated as the most beneficial combination of Piercing, Slashing, Bludgeoning, Acid and Desiccating damage.

LVL 3:
Bulky (EX): Half of the excess healing received by the Ravenous Yokai is now converted into Temporary Hit Points up to a Maximum of (Ravenous Maximum HP/4). These Temporary Hit Points expire One Minute after the Ravenous Yokai becomes even slightly hungry; typically this occurs 4 hour after either eating half of its daily food intake or after Digesting a creature smaller than Medium, 24 hours after Digesting a Medium creature, and an additional 12 hours later for each size category the digested prey was larger than Medium.

Taste Test (EX): The Ravenous Yokai's Tongue becomes more flexible and tensile granting the Ravenous Yokai a Tongue Attack Secondary Natural weapon with 15 feet of reach; Ravenous Yokai larger than Medium gain an additional 15 feet of reach with this Tongue for every size category they are larger than Medium. This Tongue deals no damage but may be used to perform Ranged Touch Attacks, Melee Touch Attacks, and Combat Maneuvers. When using its Tongue to Grapple an opponent the Ravenous Yokai does not count as Grappled, but it may not use it's Tongue for other purposes at that time.

The Ravenous Yokai is never obstructed from using Bite Attacks by its tongue, which molds itself into the gaps between the Ravenous Yokai's teeth.

LVL 4:
(Second) Stomach (SU): The Ravenous Yokai gains a larger Stomach pocket dimension; a cube with an edge length of (Ravenous HD/2) feet and a maximum capacity of (Ravenous HD * 5) pounds of material. After the Ravenous Yokai's death its Second Stomach can be removed, and functions as a Type 2 Bag of Holding with the Second Stomach's internal capacity.

Accessing the Second Stomach requires a Fullround Action (or a Standard action should the Ravenous Yokai possess the Quick Draw Feat) and accessing the Deep Stomach now requires a Standard Action (or a Move action should the Ravenous Yokai possess the Quick Draw Feat)

Hearty Snack (EX): The Ravenous Yokai now deals (Constitution Modifier) additional damage with its Bite attacks. The Ravenous Yokai's Bite Attack is now treated as the most beneficial combination of Piercing, Slashing, Bludgeoning, Acid, Desiccating and Force damage.

LVL 5:
Devour (SU): While Grappling an opponent of its own size or smaller the Ravenous Yokai may directly swallow that opponent into a temporary Digestion Dimension with a successful Grapple Check. The Ravenous Yokai may automatically subject Devoured opponents in its Digestion Dimension to its Bite attack each round, but the Ravenous Yokai is no longer considered grappled and may use its Bite and Tongue attacks normally; it may not, however, Devour another opponent until the first is either digested or expelled.

A Devoured creature can cut its way out by destroying the subtle boundaries of the Digestion Dimension to escape to a square of its choosing adjacent to the Ravenous Yokai; these boundaries have an AC of (10 + Ravenous Constitution Modifier), (Ravenous Maximum HP/5) Hit Points, and any Temporary HP the Ravenous Yokai has at the moment the Digestion Dimension was created. Digestion Dimensions also benefit from any Regeneration or Fast Healing the Ravenous Yokai possesses and have the same Damage Reduction and resistances as the Ravenous Yokai, but do not benefit from the Ravenous Yokai's healing from other sources.

Should a creature die within a Digestion Dimension its possessions are shunted into one of the Ravenous Yokai’s Stomachs or expelled into an adjacent square as the Ravenous Yokai prefers, and the body is immediately digested healing the Ravenous Yokai for Half the Maximum Hit Points of that digested opponent.

The Ravenous Yokai may expel a Devoured target from a Digestion Dimension as a move action; the expelled target is ejected to a square of the Ravenous Yokai's choosing up to (Ravenous HD * 5) feet away and rendered Prone.

Large Meal (EX): On a Successful Bite Attack the Ravenous Yokai may choose to either Heal for half the damage dealt by the Bite or gain Temporary Hit Points equal to the damage of the Bite.

When destroying items held within one of its Stomachs the Ravenous Yokai now heals itself for (Total GP Value/5) hit points, using the item's GP market value.

LVL 6:
Corpulent (EX): The Ravenous Yokai's physical stature lets it function as if one size category larger whenever it would be beneficial, although its space and reach remain those of a creature of its actual size. The benefits of this ability stacks with all other effects that change the Ravenous Yokai's size or allow the Ravenous Yokai to function as a different size.

Big Supper (EX): On a confirmed Natural 20 with any melee attack the Ravenous Yokai may forgo the damage from the attack to directly Devour the victim.

As a Full Round Action the Ravenous Yokai may ready a Digestion Dimension and adjust its state of mind. As long as the Ravenous Yokai does not take any movement action it's Bite Attacks and Tongue Attacks target Touch AC. Should the Ravenous Yokai strike an opponent with a Bite Attack or a Tongue attack before taking any movement actions the Ravenous Yokai may forfeit any damage dealt to immediately Devour the opponent that was struck.

LVL 7:
(Bottomless) Stomach (SU): The Yokai gains a special Stomach pocket dimension much larger than the others. This Bottomless Stomach is a cube with an edge length of (Ravenous HD) feet and a maximum capacity of (Ravenous HD * 25) pounds of material.

Accessing this stomach requires a Fullround Action (or Standard Action should the Ravenous Yokai possess the Quick Draw Feat); accessing the Second Stomach now requires a Standard Action (or Move Action should the Ravenous Yokai possess the Quick Draw Feat) and accessing the Deep Stomach now requires a Move Action (or a Swift action should the Ravenous Yokai possess the Quick Draw Feat). After the Ravenous Yokai's death its Bottomless Stomach can be removed, and functions as a Type 3 Bag of Holding with the Bottomless Stomach's internal capacity.

Feast (SU): The Ravenous Yokai’s Digestion Dimensions are infinite and boundless. The Ravenous Yokai may now Devour opponents of any size and it may swallow any number of targets at a time; each individual is sent to a separate and distinct Digestion Dimension unless the Ravenous Yokai elects to do otherwise. The Ravenous Yokai's may, as a move action, reset the Temporary HP of any or all of it's Digestion Dimensions to the Ravenous Yokai's current Temporary Health value.

New Feats

Progenitor Yokai: Peerless explorers who rule over immense swaths of land.


Prerequisites:
At least 8 Ranks in 'Craft: Poison'
OR
A Poison Special attack
OR
The 'Saimyosho Sage' feat

Primary Ability Score: Charisma
HD: d6

Level	BAB	Fort	Reflex	Will	Special
1st	+0	+0	+2	+0	Enlightenment, Rebuke Insect, Saimyosho Poison
2nd	+1	+0	+2	+0	Spit Egg, Saimyosho Scout
3rd	+2	+1	+3	+1	Thousand Eyes, Enemy of the Hive
4th	+3	+1	+3	+1	Spit Larva, Convert Corpse
5th	+3	+1	+4	+1	Saimyosho Form, Envenom
6th	+4	+2	+4	+2	Launch Pupae, Infect
7th	+5	+2	+5	+2	Indirect Assault, Miasma

Skill Points: 6 + Int modifier per level.

Class Skills: Balance, Climb, Concentration, Craft, Disguise, Escape Artist, Gather Information, Hide, Jump, Knowledge (All skills taken individually) Listen, Move Silently, Search, Sense Motive, Sleight of Hand, Spot, Swim, Tumble, and Use Rope

Proficiency: Progenitors are proficient with all simple weapons, with their own Natural Weapons, and with Unarmed Strikes. They are not proficient with any armor or shields.

LVL 1:
Enlightenment(EX): The Progenitor Yokai's type changes to Fey; do not recalculate Base Attack Bonus, Saves, or Skill Points. Progenitor Yokai levels stack with other Classes and Racial Hit Dice when determining the DC of Hit Dice based abilities and when determining the Caster Level of spells and spell-like abilities, but do not grant an increase in Spells Known or Spells per Day. Half of any levels in other Yokai classes count toward the Progenitor Yokai's Effective Level when determining the strength of Progenitor Yokai class abilities, but do not grant access to new Progenitor Yokai class abilities.

Rebuke Insects (SU): The Progenitor Yokai gains the ability to Rebuke and Command ‘Insects’, just as a (HD) level evil cleric can Rebuke Undead except the strength of 'Insect' affected is based off the Combat Rating of the 'Insect' and not it's Hit Dice. ‘Insects’ include Vermin like Spiders, Outsiders like Formian, Aberrations like Drider, and other creatures similar to arthropods. Commanded Insects gain the Saimyosho template listed below.

A Progenitor may attempt to Rebuke Insects a number of times per day equal to (3 + Cha mod). A Progenitor with 5 or more ranks in the Knowledge skill relevant to a specific 'Insect' gains a +2 bonus on turning checks against that 'Insect'. A given insect receives a bonus or penalty to its Effective HD equal to its Intelligence Modifier, or -5 if it is Mindless.


Saimyosho poison (EX): Carefully cultivating many poisonous plants and insects has granted the Progenitor Yokai the ability to produce Saimyosho Poison. All Saimyosho Poisons deals (1d2 Strength and Dexterity and Constitution damage) Initial damage and Secondary damage. The Fort save DC for any Saimyosho Poison produced by a Progenitor, or the Saimyosho that Progenitor cultivates, is equal to (10 + Progenitor's HD/2+ Progenitor's Cha Mod).

Extracting (Injury/Contact/Inhalation) Saimyosho Poison is a Standard Action and this poison expires one minute after being extracted from the Progenitor Yokai. The Progenitor, and all of its Saimyosho, are always immune to the Progenitor’s strain of Saimyosho Poison.

LVL 2:
Spit Egg (EX): Various specialized glands and organs automatically arrange inert insect eggs to function as crossbow bolts within the Progenitor, granting the Progenitor a natural attack that functions and deals damage as Light Crossbow of an appropriate size for it to wield and allowing the Progenitor to reload this natural crossbow as a free action.

The Progenitor may perform iterative or Two Weapon Fighting attacks with Spit egg should it possess the ability to do so with the Crossbows it is imitating. Spit Egg benefits from effects that improve the Crossbow type it is currently mimicking as well as effects that benefit Natural Attacks; the Progenitor may recalibrate Spit Egg to function as any type of Crossbow it is proficient with by concentrating on its body's internal configuration for One Minute. The Progenitor chooses at the start of it’s turn whether Spit Egg is treated as a Manufactured weapon or a Natural weapons when rules would conflict, such as when choosing between using Two Weapon Fighting attacks or Multiattack.

Saimyosho Scout (EX): The Progenitor Yokai’s body is now an environment well suited for rearing basic combat insects called Scout Saimyosho. With Five Minutes of uninterrupted work the Progenitor Yokai can isolate, mutate, and empower a particular insect larva until it finally leaves the Progenitor Yokai’s body as a Scout Saimyosho bearing little resemblance to its original form. A Progenitor can command up to (Pregenitor Level + Cha Bonus) Scout Saimyosho at a time; if this number is exceeded then the Progenitor automatically loses control over the most distant Saimyosho. Uncontrolled Saimyosho remain friendly with their creator, but permanently lose 1 Hit Point each minute until they expire naturally.

Commanding any number of Scout Saimyosho is a free action while they are within Close Range. At Medium Range issuing a command to a single Scout Saimyosho requires a swift action and at Long range issuing a command to a single Scout Saimyosho requires a Move action. Beyond Long Range issuing a command to a Scout Saimyosho requires a Standard Action.

LVL 3:
Thousand Eyes (SU): As a Move action the Progenitor may gather information from a particular Scout under it's control. This ability functions as per the Arcane Eye spell except that it uses the Saimyosho Scout’s statistics and the Progenitor’s Skill Ranks instead of those of a generic magical sensor.

Enemy of the Hive (EX): The Progenitor gains (Progenitor's Cha Mod/2) as a bonus Attack and Damage rolls against enemies suffering from Saimyosho Poison. All of a Progenitor's Saimyosho gain (Progenitor Cha Mod) as a bonus when attacking enemies suffering from Saimyosho Poison.

Saimyosho Poison now deals (1d3 Strength and Dexterity and Constitution Damage) as Initial damage and (1 Strength and Dexterity and Constitution Drain) as secondary damage.

LVL 4:
Spit Larva (EX): Once per round the Progenitor can launch a bloated Saimyosho Larva in place of a normal Spit Egg attack. If this attack hits it deals double damage and the Larva explodes into a 5 ft radius burst of semitransparent Saimyosho Poison (Inhalation) centered on where the attack landed. This cloud of Saimyosho poison lasts until the start of the Progenitor’s next turn.

Convert Corpse (SU): By expending a use of the Rebuke Insect ability as a Fullround action a Progenitor may convert a touched corpse into a large mass of Saimyosho Scouts. Over the course of One Minute the Saimyosho larva devour the corpse and then rapidly pupate into adult Saimyosho Scouts.

Medium sized corpses produces a single Saimyosho Scout, or two Saimyosho Scouts if the creature was either an 'Insect' or poisonous, and larger corpses produce three additional Saimyosho Scout for each size category beyond Medium the creature was when alive.

LVL 5:
Saimyosho form (SU): As a Standard action a Progenitor may assume the appearance of a Saimyosho under its control, as per the Alternate Form special ability. While in this form the Progenitor may also command any of its Saimyosho on the same plane as a free action and it uses the better of it's own statistics of the Saimyosho form's statistics for its Natural Weapons, Natural Armor, Movement moves, and Ability Scores. Although the Progenitor is capable of speech in this form it lacks limbs capable of fine manipulation. Any worn equipment that is not appropriate for this new form to wear is inertly fused into the Progenitor's body; the Progenitor may retrieve an item fused into its body as a Move action or fuse a carried piece of equipment into its body as a Standard Action.

Returning to its normal form is a Move Action.

Envenom (EX): The Progenitor Yokai fully incorporates Saimyosho poison into its own body; The Progenitor’s natural weapons, including its Spit Egg attack, now carry general purpose Saimyosho Poison. Extracting Saimyosho Poison for other uses now only requires a Swift action and this extracted poison lasts for one hour before becoming inert.

Saimyosho Poison now deals (1d4 Strength and Dexterity and Constitution damage) Initial damage and (1d2 Strength and Dexterity and Constitution drain) Secondary damage.

LVL 6:
Infest (EX): As a Swift Action the Progenitor may empower its next Spit Egg attack by expend a use of its Rebuke Insect ability. Should this empowered attack strike the target it deals normal damage and allows a Saimyosho larva to burrow into that foe. For (Progenitor's HD) rounds, or until the larva is removed, the foe takes (Progenitor's Cha Mod) damage at the end of the Progenitor’s turn and is subjected to the secondary damage of Saimyosho Poison with no Save to resist.

The afflicted opponent may remove the larva with a Heal check DC (10 + Progenitor's HD) or by receiving any effect that removes diseases. Should the foe die while Infested in this way the corpse generates Saimyosho Scouts as if the Progenitor used the Convert Corpse ability, but the Saimyosho produced this way mature instantly.

Launch Pupae (EX): The Progenitor doubles the range increment of its Spit Egg attack.

LVL 7:
Miasma (EX): As a Fullround Action the Progenitor may immobilize a Saimyosho Scout, anchoring it to a location and stimulating it to release a cloud of nearly transparent Saimyosho poison. Each round thereafter the Progenitor may maintain the current area of the Miasma as a Move Action or expand the Miasma as a Standard Action, increasing the Radius of the Miasma cloud by 5 feet.

On any round that the Progenitor neither maintains nor expand the Miasma the Miasma instead contracts inward, reducing the radius of the Miasma cloud by 5 feet. A Miasma cloud dissipates instantly upon the demise of its Progenitor or its Saimyosho Scout, or if the immobilized Saimyosho Scout is moved away from the place it was anchored.

Saimyosho Poison now deals (2d3 Strength and Dexterity and Constitution damage) as Initial damage and (1d3 Strength and Dexterity and Constitution drain) as secondary damage. Any creature that dies while afflicted with Saimyosho Poison now produce a single Saimyosho Scout over the course of 1 minute, as per the Convert Corpse Ability.

Indirect Assault (EX): By expending a use of Rebuke Insect as a Standard Action the Progenitor Yokai may perform a Spit Egg Full Attack that uses a Saimyosho Scout as the point of origin. The Progenitor Yokai uses its own statistics and abilities to make the attack, but launches the attacks from the Saimyosho Scout’s current location.

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Tyrant Yokai: Glorious leaders that bend entire battlefields to their will.


Prerequisites:
None

Primary Ability Score: None.
HD: d10

Level	BAB	Fort	Reflex	Will	Special
1st	+1	+2	+2	+2	Enlightenment, Devastating Strike
2nd	+2	+3	+3	+3	Forbid
3rd	+3	+3	+3	+3	Unassailable
4th	+4	+4	+4	+4	Dismiss
5th	+5	+4	+4	+4	Eminence
6th	+6	+5	+5	+5	Excellence
7th	+7	+5	+5	+5	Cataclysmic Strike

Skill Points: 4 + Int modifier per level (x4 at 1st level).

Class Skills: The Tyrant Yokai may choose any ten skills as class skills (Knowledge skills must be selected individually).

Proficiencies: Tyrant Yokai are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with their own Natural Weapons, and with Unarmed Strikes. They are not proficient with any armor or shields.

LVL 1:
Enlightenment(EX): The Tyrant Yokai's type changes to Fey; do not recalculate Base Attack Bonus, Saves, or Skill Points. Tyrant Yokai levels stack with other Classes and Racial Hit Dice when determining the DC of Hit Dice based abilities and when determining the Caster Level of spells and spell-like abilities, but do not grant an increase in Spells Known or Spells per Day. Half of any levels in other Yokai classes count toward the Tyrant Yokai's Effective Class Level when determining the strength of Tyrant Yokai class abilities, but do not grant access to new Tyrant Yokai class abilities.

Devastating Strike (EX): As a Full Attack Action the Tyrant Yokai may perform a single attack at its highest Attack Bonus. This attack, as well as any other attacks made before the start of its next turn, deals double damage.

LVL 2:
Forbid (EX): Upon landing an attack the Tyrant Yokai ‘Checks’ all enemies within a radius of (Tyrant's Level * 5) feet around it, preventing these opponents from approaching until its next turn. Creatures are allowed a Will Save DC (10 + Tyrant's HD), to negate this effect.

LVL 3:
Unassailable (EX): The Tyrant Yokai reduces the HP damage it takes from all sources by (Tyrant's HD/3).

LVL 4:
Dismiss (EX): Opponents struck by the Tyrant Yokai’s Devastating Strike must make a Fortitude Save against DC (10 + Tyrant HD). On a failed save the opponent is knocked (Tyrant's HD * 5) feet away in the direction of the Tyrant Yokai’s choosing, taking (Tyrant's HD) points of Bludgeoning damage in the process.

The Tyrant Yokai may only push the opponent in a straight line and the opponent cannot be moved closer to the Tyrant Yokai than the square it started in. Collision with an object causes Dismiss to deal double damage and leaves the opponent Prone, while collision with a creature renders both creatures Flat Footed until the end of the Tyrant's next turn; in either case the opponent stops in a square adjacent to the obstacle.

LVL 5:
Eminence (EX): Opponents struck by the Tyrant Yokai, or affected by one of its special abilities, must make succeed on a Reflex Save DC (10 + Tyrant's HD), or be considered Flatfooted until they either injure the Tyrant or move (Tyrant's Level * 5) feet away from it.

LVL 6:
Excellence (EX): As a Swift Action the Tyrant Yokai may directly leverage its power against its foes. For the next (Tyrant's HD/6) rounds the Tyrant may replace the DC of an ability, a Level Check, a HD Check, a Skill Check, or an Attack Roll with an Opposed Check. The Tyrant would thus pit its Will Save against nearby foes when using Forbid, or could pit it's Intimidate Check against a foe's Intimidate Check when attempting to demoralize them.

LVL 7:
Cataclysmic Strike (EX): The Tyrant Yokai may now perform a second Devastating Strike at -5 Attack Bonus when performing a Full Attack. It may also perform a single Devastating Strike as a Standard Action, when damaging an opponent with a Grapple Check, or during any action that would normally allow a single attack. Enemies affected by Dismiss are now repositioned after the Tyrant Yokai finishes performing attacks that round.

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