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Air Elemental



CLASS
Hit Die: d8

AIR ELEMENTAL

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will	Special
1st	+0	+0	+2	+0	Body of Air, Whirlwind, Air Mastery
2nd	+1	+0	+3	+0	Bonus Feat, +1 Dex
3rd	+2	+1	+3	+1	Growth, Dancing Wind, +1 Dex
4th	+3	+1	+4	+1	Immaterial, Wake, +1 Dex
5th	+3	+1	+4	+1	Bonus Feat, Zephyr, +1 Dex
6th	+4	+2	+5	+2	Hurricane Shroud
7th	+5	+2	+5	+2	Force of Nature/Wind Reach, +1 Dex
8th	+6	+2	+6	+2	Bonus Feat, Reaving Whirlwind,+1 Dex
9th	+6	+3	+6	+3	Tempest Breath/Suffocate, +1 Dex
10th	+7	+3	+7	+3	Roaring Winds/Whispering Winds, +1 Dex
11th	+8	+3	+7	+3	Bonus Feat, Elder Elemental

Class Skills: (2 + Int. Mod.) x4 at first level. The Air Elemental's class skills are Escape Artist, Hide, Jump, Move Silently.

Class Features
Proficiencies: An Elemental is proficient with its own natural weapons.

Body of Air: At first level, the Elemental loses all racial bonuses, traits, and abilities and gains elemental traits.


The Air Elemental is a small Elemental that grows quickly. Early in life the elemental cannot yet fly, but it can hover up to 5ft. off the ground, along the ground at a speed of 40ft. Despite being made of wind, air elementals are, for the most part, solid and can wear equipment, use weapons, and manipulate objects normally. Air elementals have the Air subtype.

The Elemental possesses a single slam attack which deals damage according to its size. 1d4 when small, 1d6 when medium, 2d6 when large, 2d8 when huge. It counts as an humanoid for equipment slots.

Finally, an Air Elemental gains a bonus to it’s armor class in the form of a natural armor bonus equal to its constitution modifier.

Whirlwind (Su): The Elemental can transform itself into a whirlwind once every 10 minutes and remain in that form for up to 2 round for every HD it has. In this form, the Elemental can move along a surface at its ground speed and at 5th level the Elemental may move through the air at its fly speed. Equipment keeps working as normal, floating inside the whirlwind, and is just as hard to remove as if the air elemental was in his normal form. The whirlwind is 5 feet wide at the base, up to 30 feet wide at the top, and up to 50 feet tall, depending on the Elemental’s size. The Elemental controls the exact height, but it must be at least 10 feet. The elemental’s movement while in whirlwind form does not provoke attacks of opportunity, even if the Elemental enters the space another creature occupies. Another creature might be caught in the whirlwind if it touches or enters the whirlwind, or if the Elemental moves into or through the creature’s space. Creatures one or more size categories smaller than the Elemental might take damage when caught in the whirlwind (see table for details) and may be lifted into the air. An affected creature must succeed on a Reflex save when it comes into contact with the whirlwind or take the indicated damage. It must also succeed on a second Reflex save or be picked up bodily and held suspended in the powerful winds, automatically taking the indicated damage each round. The elemental may not carry any number of creatures or objects which would exceed its heavy load. A creature that can fly is allowed a Reflex save each round to escape the whirlwind. The creature still takes damage but can leave if the save is successful. The DC for saves against the whirlwind’s effects is 10 + 1/2 the Elemental's HD + The Elemental's Dex mod. Creatures trapped in the whirlwind cannot move except to go where the Elemental carries them or to escape the whirlwind. Creatures caught in the whirlwind can otherwise act normally, but must succeed on a Concentration check (DC 15 + 2*spell level) to cast a spell. Creatures caught in the whirlwind take a -4 penalty to Dexterity and a -2 penalty on attack rolls. The Elemental can have only as many creatures trapped inside the whirlwind at one time as will fit inside the whirlwind’s volume. The Elemental can eject any carried creatures whenever it wishes, depositing them wherever the whirlwind happens to be. A summoned Elemental always ejects trapped creatures before returning to its home plane. If the whirlwind’s base touches the ground, it creates a swirling cloud of debris. This cloud is centered on the Elemental and has a diameter equal to half the whirlwind’s height. The cloud obscures all vision, including darkvision, beyond 5 feet. Creatures 5 feet away have concealment, while those farther away have total concealment. Those caught in the cloud must succeed on a Concentration check (DC 15 + 2*spell level) to cast a spell. An Elemental in whirlwind form cannot make slam attacks and does not threaten the area around it.

Whirlwind Statistics

HD	Damage	Height
1-3	1d4	10ft.-20ft.
4-6	1d6	10ft.-30ft.
7-9	1d8	10ft.-40ft.
10-12	2d6	10ft.-50ft.
13-15	2d8	10ft.-60ft.
16-20	2d10	10ft.-60ft.

Air Mastery (Ex): Airborne creatures take a -1 penalty on attack and damage rolls against an air elemental.

Ability Increases: An Air Elemental receives a bonus to its dexterity score at every level except 1st, 6th, and, 11th. At 10th level these bonuses total at +8 Dex.

Bonus Feats: At second level, the Elemental gains Weapon Finesse as a bonus feat. At 5th level, the Elemental gains Mobility as a bonus feat. At 8th level, the Elemental gains Flyby Attack as a bonus feat. At 11th level the Elemental gains Improved Flyby Attack as a bonus feat. The Elemental gains the feats whether or not the Elemental meets the prerequisites. If the Elemental already possesses one of these feats whenever he receives it from the class, he instead choose another feat from the following list. He must meet all prerequisites for the replacement feat.

Growth: An elemental grows quickly after its birth. At 3rd level, the elemental gains the ability to spend a standard action to grow to medium size.  It may remain this size for as long as it wishes and may also return to small size at anytime it wishes by spending another standard action. At 7th level, this ability expands allowing to elemental to assume large size. The elemental still changes size as a standard action but the elemental may only change by one size category on any given turn. So, for example, an elemental wishing to change from small to large would need two turns. One to achieve medium size and then another to grow to large. Finally, at 11th level, the elemental gains the ability to assume huge size.

Dancing Wind (Ex): Once per round in any round the Elemental is adjacent to an enemy, the Elemental may, as a free action, move a number of squares equal to its dexterity modifier provided that the square moved to is also adjacent to the same enemy. This movement does not provoke an attack of opportunity from the adjacent enemy, but it does provoke an attack from any enemies who threaten either the original square or the square the Elemental moves to. When the Elemental moves he is still considered to be occupying the original square for the purpose of flanking. An Elemental may do this an number of times per encounter equal to its dexterity modifier. An Elemental cannot use this ability when wearing any armor heaver than light armor or when carrying any more than a light load.

Immaterial (Ex): It is difficult to harm the wind and equally difficult to harm an Air Elemental. At 4th level, the Elemental gains DR/- equal to 1/2 its HD.

Zephyr (Ex): At 5th level, the Elemental may fly at a speed of (5 x HD)ft, with perfect maneuverability. An Elemental cannot fly when wearing any armor heaver than light armor or when carrying any more than a light load.

Wake (Ex): An Air Elemental in motion can clear paths through the battlefield with the sheer force of its own movement. At 6th level in any turn in which a whenever an Elemental charges, all creatures adjacent to any square the Air Elemental moved through must make a balance check DC (10 + 1/2 the Air Elemental's HD + the Air Elementals Dexterity modifier) or be knocked prone. Airborne creatures are rendered unable to move from their position for 1 round(even those flying by magic means). The air elemental can also now charge over other creatures, but still provokes attacks of oportunity  normally.

Hurricane Shroud (Ex): The swirling air of the Elemental’s body can rip projectiles right out of the air. At 6th level, the Elemental gains a miss chance which applies to all ranged attacks except those from spells such as a lighting bolt or fireball spell that don't demand an attack roll, or projectiles sized for creatures more than one size category larger than the Elemental. This miss chance is equal to (2.5 x The Air Elemental’s HD)% (rounded down). Any ranged attack that fails to affect the Elemental due to this ability is immediately drawn into the Elementals body and begins to encircle it adding to the debris. Additionally, once per round as a free action, the Elemental can fire any projectile is has absorbed in this way at any opponent within 30ft. as if it were thrown or fired from the appropriate weapon by the Elemental (therefore using the elementals attack bonus and not the original attacker's.) The ammunition retains any magical properties that it possessed when it was fired. The elemental may only hold ammunition drawn into itself in this way for a number of rounds equal to its dexterity modifier, any longer than this and the ammunition is ejected harmlessly from its body or destroyed by other pieces of debris, in either case the ammunition is destroyed.

At 7th level, an Air Elemental may choose from the two following abilities:

Force of Nature (Su): The slam of the Air Elemental can bring with the power of gale force winds. At 7th level, Whenever Elemental makes a successful attack with his slam, he may choose to drop the damage die by one step in order to force the target to make a Reflex save (DC = 10 + damage dealt.) If the target fails then he is knocked back 5 feet for every point of the Air Elemental's dexterity modifier. If the target is stopped before he reaches the distance he would have been pushed, he takes damage equal to 1d6/10ft remaining. Creatures larger than the Air Elemental get a +4 circumstantial bonus to the save for every category larger than the Air Elemental that the creature is. Alternatively, the creature gets a -4 for every category smaller it is.

Wind Reach (Su): The Air Elemental can control the air around it, allowing him to manipulate creatures and objects around it as a standard action. This ability functions identically to the Greater Mage Hand spell with a caster level equal to the elemental's HD and is usable at will. At 12 HD, the spell this ability replicates  the Telekinesis spell with CL equal to HD and any saves are 10+1/2 HD+Dex mod.


Reaving Whirlwind: At 8th level, the Air elemental adds his Dex mod to Whirlwind damage.

At 9th level the elemental chooses from the two following abilities:

Tempest Breath (Su): At 9th level, an Elemental gains a breath weapon which can be used once every 1d4+1 rounds as a standard action. This attack takes the form of a 60ft. cone, all creatures within the cone must make a Reflex save or be moved back a number of squares equal the Elementals constitution modifier. The DC for this effect is 10 + ½ the Elemental’s HD + the Elemental’s constitution modifier. If the target fails the save by more than 5, he is also knocked prone (airborne creatures unable to move for 1 round).

Suffocate (Su): At 9th Level, the elemental can draw the very air from the a creatures lungs. As a full-round action the elemental can attempt to suffocate an adjacent creature. The creature must succeed on a fortitude save (DC = 10 + 1/2 Air elementals HD + the Elementals constitution modifier) or have the oxygen pulled from its body, immediately dropping to 0 hp. On the following round, the elemental can spend another full-round action to continue this treatment. If it does do, the target drops to -1 hp and is dying. On the third round, if the elemental spends another full-round action to continue suffocating the target, the creature gets one final fortitude save. If the creature fails, it suffocates and dies. Using this ability does not wake a sleeping target and can be an effective means of assassination, especially to make it appear as if the target had died of natural causes. If the target suceeds on any of the saves, the air elemental must restart the process, but the target is still left on its previous condition (if it was in negatives, failing the first save won't get them back to 0 HP).

At 10th level the elemental chooses one of the two following abilities:

Roaring Winds (Su): Air Elementals are the embodiment and masters of the element of wind. At 10th level, an Air Elemental can as a, standard action that does provoke an attack of opportunity, can summon a mighty gale and fill an area with violent winds that make doing anything very difficult. The area of this effect extends outward 5ft for every HD the elemental possesses from the square the elemental initiated the ability in and does not move. To begin, any creature within the area must succeed of a will save each turn to ignore the violent storm or become flat-footed. Sonic effects or any ability which relies on sound to function (such as the harpy’s captivating song and most forms of blindsight and blindsense) do not as long as they are within the effects area. If any creature attempts to cast a spell while in the area they must first succeed on a concentration or the attempt fails, though the spell or spell slot remains unspent. The winds filling the area also kicks up dust and debris; so much so that all creatures within the area are considered to have concealment. Lastly, the violent turbulence within the area makes ranged attacks especially difficult. All ranged attack suffer a -4 circumstantial penalty when fire within or through the area. The Air Elemental is immune to all penalties and effects from this ability and can act normally in all way while in its area. The DC of the saves and checks this ability imposes are 10 +1/2 the Elemental’s HD + the Elementals Dexterity Modifier. The Elemental can create this effect once an encounter and this ability last one round for each HD the elemental possesses. The Air Elemental can also exclude any number of allies he wishes from the negatve effects.


Whispering Winds (Ex): At 10th level, the elemental can take the form of a gentle breeze. In this form, the wind elemental gains the incorporeal subtype. The elementals movement produces no noise and is treated as if within the area of a silence spell. Additionally, the elemental becomes completely invisible, and treated as if under the effects of a greater invisibility spell. The elemental may stay in this form for as long as it wishes, and assuming this form or returning to its regular form is a standard action.

Elder Elemental (Su): At 11th level, The Air Elemental has grown to its full strength and is considered to be amongst the grandest of its kind. The Elemental receives a +4 bonus to all bluff, diplomacy, and intimidation check regarding creatures with the air subtype. Additionally, the Elemental can call the air to its aid. The Air Elemental can use summon monster V once a day for every 4 HD it possesses but may only us it to summon air elementals. At 13th level, and every two levels thereafter, the Air Elemental may use this ability to cast the next highest level summon monster spell to the maximum of summon monster IX at 19th level.

COMMENTS

Contributed by AustontheGreat1 from GITP

Aeon, Pleroma


HD:d8

Level	Bab	Fort	Ref	Will	Feature
1	+1	+ 0	+0	+2	Pleroma body, Void Soul, Flux Power, Envisaging, Disrupting Touch
2	+2	+ 0	+0	+3	Aeon, +1 Wis
3	+3	+ 1	+1	+3	+1 Con
4	+4	+ 1	+1	+4	Void Essence
5	+5	+ 1	+1	+4	Extension of All
6	+6	+ 2	+2	+5	Disregard the Earth
7	+7	+ 2	+2	+5	+1 Cha
8	+8	+ 2	+2	+6	Void Form
9	+9	+ 3	+3	+6	+1 Wis
10	+10	+3	+3	+7	Growth
11	+11	+3	+3	+7	+1 Con, +1 Cha
12	+12	+4	+4	+8	Void Sight, +1 Wis
13	+13	+4	+4	+8	+1 Con, +1 Cha
14	+14	+4	+4	+9	Sphere of creation, Sphere of Oblivion
15	+15	+5	+5	+9	Opposition Mastery, +1 Wis
16	+16	+5	+5	+10	Advanced Sphere of Creation, Advanced Sphere of Oblivion
17	+17	+5	+5	+10	Creation from Destruction, +1 Con
18	+18	+6	+6	+11	Greater Sphere of Creation, Greater Sphere of Oblivion
19	+19	+6	+6	+11	Balance the Scales, +1 Cha
20	+20	+6	+6	+12	Eternal Cycle, +1 Wis, +1 Con +1 Cha

Skills:4+int modifier per level, quadruple at 1st level,  class skills are Appraise, Bluff,  Heal, Hide, Intimidate, Knowledge (any), Listen, Sense Motive, Spellcraft, Spot,  Use Magic Device.

Proficiencies: A Pleroma isn't proficient with any kind of weapon besides its disrupting touch.


Features:

Pleroma Body:The Pleroma loses all other racial bonus and gains outsider traits (basically darkvision 60 foot). It is a medium sized outsider which floats just above ground at a speed of 30 feet per round. For now it cannot raise more than a couple of feet in the air. It cannot speak, but it possesses a special kind of telepathy (see Envisaging ).

In addition it gains a bonus to nat armor equal to its Con modifier.
 
Void Soul: The Pleroma casts spells as if it was a cleric of the same Pleroma level, except that it doesn't know any spells from the cleric spell list. Instead it gains three domains (instead of two) and can use all its spell slots for domain spells,  not only its domain slots. At least two of the domains must be of opposite philosophies, like creation and destruction, good and evil, law and chaos. It uses its Pleroma level for any domain special power. If the Pleroma multiclasses into cleric or a prc that advances divine spellcasting, it may choose to keep increasing this spellcasting instead of normal cleric spellcasting (doesn't gain any extra domains from cleric, but does from prcs). Cleric/prc levels stack for domain abilities.

Flux Power:The Pleroma is a living embodiment of the balance between creation and destruction, and this allows it several special powers besides its spellcasting. At the pointed levels in the table he can use the respective spells as SLAs a certain number of times per day. Some of those spells are always active and although they can be dispelled the Pleroma can recreate them in its own turn as a free action. The Pleroma can also turn those abilities off out of his own will and reactivate them as a free action when needed(only on its own turn).

Save DC against the SLAs and always active abilities is 10+1/2HD+Cha mod.


Envisaging: Aeons communicate wordlessly, almost incomprehensibly. Caring little for the wants and desires of other creatures, they have no need to engage in exchanges of dialogue. Instead, aeons mentally scan beings for their thoughts and intentions, and then retaliate with flashes of psychic projections that emit a single concept in response to whatever the other being was thinking. The flash is usually a combination of a visual and aural stimulation, which displays how the aeon perceives future events might work out. For instance, an aeon seeking to raze a city communicates this concept to non-aeons by sending them a vivid image of the city crumbling to ash. An aeon’s envisaging functions as a non-verbal form of telepathy. Aeons cannot read the thoughts of any creature immune to mind-affecting effects. This ability has a range of 40 feet plus 5 feet per 2 HD.

Envisaging can also fulfill vocal components for spells, in which case they resonate inside the mind of all within reach of the Pleroma.

Disrupting Touch: As a standard action or at the end of a charge, the Pleroma may make a touch attack dealing 1d8 damage per HD from positive or negative energy, depending upon which type of energy would harm the creature touched. A Pleroma’s touch never heals damage.

Aeon: at 2nd level the Pleroma's darkvision increases to 120 feet, and gains  resistance to Cold plus a bonus on saves against poison both equal to its HD, and then resistance to fire and electricity equal to half its HD.

Ability Score Increase: The Pleroma gains +1 to
Wis at levels 2, 9, 12, 15, 20
Con at levels 3, 11, 13, 17, 20
Cha at levels 7, 11, 13, 19, 20

For a total of +5 Wis, +5 Con, +5 Cha at level 20

Void Essence: At 4th level the Pleroma gains Fast healing equal to half its HD and SR equal to 11+HD. it may rise or lower its SR at any time as a free action.

Extension of All: At 5th level, through an aeon’s connection to the multiverse, it gains access to strange and abstruse knowledge that filters through all existence. Much of the knowledge is timeless, comprised of events long past, present, and potentially even those yet to come. The Pleroma gains a racial bonus equal to half their HD on all Knowledge skill checks. This same connection also binds it to other aeons. As a result, it can communicate with other aeons freely, over great distances as if using telepathy. This ability also works across planes, albeit less effectively, allowing the communication of vague impressions or feelings, not specific details or sights. Due to the vast scope of the aeon race’s multiplanar concerns, though, even the most dire reports of a single aeon rarely inspire dramatic or immediate action. This is an extraordinary ability.

Disregard the Earth:At 6th level the Pleroma's base speed is doubled, and can now rise as high as it wants, counting as flight with perfect maneuverability.

Void Form: Though aeons aren’t incorporeal, their forms are only a semi-tangible manifestation of something greater. At 8th level a Pleroma’s void form grants it a deflection bonus equal to 1/4 its Hit Dice, plus immunity to criticals.

Growth:At 10th level the Pleroma grows one size category.

Void Sight: At 12th level the Pleroma gains Blindsight with range 20 feet plus 5 feet per HD.

Sphere of Creation: At 14th level once per day per 2 HD, the Pleroma can manifest a 2-foot-diameter sphere of white energy that hovers above its left hand as a standard action. By concentrating as a swift action, the pleroma can control this sphere, causing it to fly slowly at a speed of 10 feet per round. The sphere can travel in any direction, but must remain within 300 feet of the pleroma or it immediately dissipates. Wherever the sphere travels, it leaves behind a 5-foot-wide path of new non-valuable matter, creating  new terrain (such as swamp, tundra, desert, or forest) that counts as hard terrain and provides cover. It may even create terrain in mid-air, in which case it floats naturally. Any creature that comes in a square trough which the sphere passes must make a DC 10+1/2 HD+Con modifier Reflex save or be entangled and fixed in place into the new terrain unless the Pleroma wishes otherwise. Trapped creatures may attempt to get out as a fullround action by succeeding on a new Reflex save with the same DC. Creatures that save are pushed to the nearest unoccupied location adjacent to the newly created terrain. The sphere is highly unstable and only lasts 1d4 minutes before exploding with a blinding flash.

No more than one such sphere at a time (including the greater version).

Sphere of Oblivion: At 14th level once per day per 2 HD, the Pleroma the Pleroma can manifest a 2-foot-diameter sphere of complete and utter darkness that hovers above its right hand as a standard action. The sphere is an empty void similar to a sphere of annihilation. Any creature (living or nonliving) that is in the same square as the sphere automatically takes 1d6 damage per HD, Fort save DC 10+1/2HD+Con mod for half damage. Larger objects (such as ships or buildings) and area spells (like black tentacles and wall of force) are destroyed at a rate of one 10-foot cube per round of contact with the sphere. Magic objects are allowed a Fort save with the same DC as before. Lasting spell effects are automatically dispelled.  By concentrating as a swift action, the Pleroma can control this sphere, causing it to fly slowly at a speed of 10 feet per round. The sphere can travel in any direction, but must remain within 300 feet of the Pleroma or it immediately dissipates. The sphere is highly unstable and only lasts 1d4 minutes before harmlessly imploding upon itself. No creature or magic object can be affected by a Sphere of Oblivion more than once per round.

No more than one such sphere at a time (including the greater version).

Opposition Mastery: At 15th level, if the Pleroma has both a Sphere of Oblivion and a Sphere of Creation out at the same time, it may concentrate on both as a single swift action. This also works for the greater version.

Advanced Sphere of Creation: At 16th level, when using its Minor Sphere of creation, the Pleroma may choose for it to leave behind a 10-foot-square wall composed of a single natural non-valuable substance (such as clay, wood, or stone) instead of creating new terrain. Plus now when the sphere explodes  all creatures other than the Pleroma within 30 feet of the flash must make a DC 10+1/2 HD+ Con modifier Fortitude save or be permanently blinded.

Advanced Sphere of Oblivion: At 16th level, the Pleroma may hurl the sphere as a ranged touch attack (with a 10-foot range increment) against a single creature. When thrown in this manner, the creature hit must succeed on a Fort save with DC 10+1/2 HD+Con mod or be utterly destroyed as touched by an actual sphere of annihilation. The sphere of oblivion implodes immediately after the attack is resolved,

Creation from Destruction: At 17th level the Pleroma may summon a sphere of oblivion and a sphere of creation as a full-round action. This also works for the greater versions. It must still spend ability uses as normal.

Greater Sphere of Creation: At 18th level the Pleroma may choose to spend three uses of Sphere of Creation to produce a much stronger version. Any existing matter, either living or nonliving that is in the same square as the greater sphere must make a DC 10+1/2 HD+Con mod Fortitude save or be absorbed and incorporated into the new substance (only freedom, miracle, or wish can rescue creatures so trapped). Even if they save they must still succeed on the Reflex roll or be left entangled and fixed into place of the normal version. No more than 1 check per round.

Greater Sphere of Oblivion: At 18th level  the Pleroma may choose to spend three uses of Sphere of Creation to produce a much stronger version. Any creature that is on the same square as the sphere must succeed on a DC 10+12HD+Con mod Fortitude save or be sucked into the sphere and destroyed, after which nothing short of pure direct divine intervention (miracle and wish aren't enough) may restore them. Even if they suceed on this fortitude save they're still affected by the base damaging ability of the Sphere of Oblivion. No more than 1 check per round.

Balance the Scales: At 19th level a number of times per day equal to their Cha mod, the Pleroma may spontaneously cast any spell it knows by sacrificing a prepared spell of the same level or higher.

Eternal Cycle:Everything that begins must come to an end, but also everything that falls may yet rise again. At 20th level, 1/day if it has both greater Creation and greater Oblivion spheres summoned, as a full-round action, the Pleroma may fuse them in any space adjacent to itself and hope for the best. Roll a 1d100 and consult the following table.

1d100 Roll	Result
1-20	Negation
21-40	Omni Sphere
41-60	Out of Control
61-80	Big Bang
81-95	Void Ascension
96-100	Aeon Gate

Negation-The spheres disapear in a quite epic scene above any possible words description, but otherwise nothing pratical happens.

Omni Sphere-The spheres fuse themselves into the mighty Omni Sphere! Its radius is 20 feet and can work as either or both a Greater Sphere of Oblivion and Greater Sphere of Creation, Pleroma's choice and can be moved up to 300 feet per round instead of just 10 feet. It creates/destroys 40 feet cubes of matter instead of 10 feet cubes, and the Pleroma adds either his Wis or Cha mod to the DCs, whichever's higher. The omni sphere only lasts 1d4 rounds.

Out of Control-As Omni sphere, but the result is too powerful for the Pleroma to control! The omni sphere acts on its own at the end of each of the Pleroma's rounds, as if it was Insane. Treat a result of 1-10 as going after the Pleroma and a result of 11-20 as trying to pass over as many creatures as it can in a single round. It moves at a speed of 300 feet and doesn't disapear if it leaves the Pleroma's  control range.

Big Bang-The spheres anihilate each other in a reality-shaking explosion. All within 30 feet of the Pleroma takes 2d8 damage per HD that bypasses all regeneration, a reflex save DC 10+HD+Con mod Reflex save reduces this damage by half. A new plane of random characteristics is started at the center of the explosion, but it immediatily separates itself from the current plane.

The Pleroma itself has a 50% chance of being sucked to this new plane of existence, but if it fails this chance, the explosive energy destroys it.

Void Ascension-The spheres fuse themselves with Pleroma, which grows to gargantuan size as its power swells beyond all imagination. All damage is healed and all harmfull conditions removed. The Pleroma can also instantly apply any known metamagics to its spells for free whitout increased casting time, and the DCs and CLs of its spells and SLAs are all increased by 2. This state only lasts 1d4 rounds, after which the Pleroma returns to normal.

Aeon Gate-The fusion of the spheres opens a rift in reality that spwans 1d4 Pleromas adjacent to you with level equal to your HD and elite array of stats. They follow your orders for 1 hour and then leave.


Comments

Aboleth


HD:d8

Level	Bab	Fort	Ref	Will	Feature
1	+ 0	+0	+0	+2	Aboleth body, Amphibious, Memory of the eons, Mysteryous Mind, +1 Str, +1 Int
2	+ 1	+ 0	+0	+3	Ancient Mind, Mucus Cloud, +1 Con, +1 Cha
3	+ 1	+ 1	+ 1	+3	Growth, Overwhelming intellect, +1 Str, +1 Int
4	+ 2	+ 1	+1	+4	Deep Mind, +1 Con, +1 Cha
5	+ 2	+ 1	+1	+4	Slime, +1 Str, +1 Int
6	+ 3	+ 2	+2	+5	Growth, Enslave, +1 Con, +1 Cha
7	+ 3	+ 2	+2	+5	Eternal Mind, +1 Con, +1 Str, +1 Cha, +1 Int

Skills: 6+int modifier per level, quadruple at 1st level.The Aboleth’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Diplomacy(Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (Eons) (Int), Listen (Wis), Psicraft(Int), Sense Motive, Spellcraft, and Spot (Wis).

Proficiencies:only it's own natural attacks.

Features:
Aboleth body(Ex): At 1st level, the Aboleth loses all other racial bonus and gets aberration traits(darkvision 60 feet, basicaly). He's a medium sized aberration creature with base speed 20 foot and a swim speed triple of it's base speed. It has two natural tentacle attacks dealing 1d4+Str damage each. The Aboleth grows one extra tentacle as a natural attack for each 3 HD it possesses (3 tentacles with 3 HD, 4 tentacles with 6 HD, 5 tentacles with 9 HD, ect). The Aboleth takes no penalty for attacking with all his tentacles in a full attack.

The Aboleth also gets a Nat armor bonus equal to his Int or Cha modifier, whichever is higher. Whenever the Aboleth permanently grows one size category it's Natural Armor increases by 1.

The Aboleth has no limbs capable of fine manipulation, but can use his tentacles for somatic components of spells.


Amphibious(Ex): The Aboleth can breathe underwater permanently and doesn't take any penalty for acting underwater.

Memory of the eons(Ex):Aboleths have the impressive racial trait of inheriting their ancestors' memories. An Aboleth can only take ranks in Knowledge (eons), but that skill counts as any other knowledge skill (like Religion, Arcana, History) for all purposes, including synergy bonus, qualifying for prerequisites and finding out information.

In addition, an Aboleth who multiclasses for an arcane or psionic class can count his Aboleth levels as levels of that class for purposes of CL/ML and for the purposes of learning new spells/powers and getting new spell slots/power points. So for example, a Aboleth 3 who took 1 level of sorcerer could choose to have CL 4, get 3 2nd level spell slots, 1 1st level spell slot, 1 2nd level spell known and 1 0th level spell known. He wouldn't get the spell known and spell slots of a sorcerer 3 however. He would get the familiar ability, but Aboleth levels wouldn't count for it.

Mysterious Mind(Su):The Aboleth can use hypnotic pattern 2/day as a SLA for each HD it has. Save DC is 10+1/2HD+Cha mod.

Ability Increase(Ex):The Aboleth gains +1 Str and +1 Int at levels 1, 3, 5, 7 and +1 to Con and Cha at levels 2, 4, 6 and 7 for +4 Str, +4 Con, +4 Int and +4 Cha at level 7.

Ancient Mind(Su):The Aboleth can now use Illusory Wall and Mirage Arcana as SLAs 1/day for each HD it has, save DCs are 10+1/2HD+Cha mod.

Mucus Cloud (Ex):While underwater, an Aboleth can surround itself with a viscous cloud of mucus roughly 1 foot thick. Any creature coming into contact with and inhaling this substance (ending turn adjacent or grappling with the Aboleth) must succeed on a DC 10+1/2HD+Con modifier Fortitude save or lose the ability to breathe air for the next 3 hours. An affected creature suffocates in 2d6 minutes if removed from the water. Renewed contact with the mucus cloud and failing another Fortitude save continues the effect for another 3 hours.

If an Aboleth leaves water the mucus cloud lasts 1 minute per HD after which it dries and becomes useless. Taking a full body "bath" renews the mucus assuming there's available water to fully cover the Aboleth.

Aboleths are immune to this ability.

Growth:At 3rd and 6th levels the Aboleth grows one size category, notice it is a long creature.

If all Aboleth levels were taken, it grows another size category at 11 HD and 16 HD.

Overwhelming intellect:At 3rd level the Aboleth's brain gets stronger the bigger it is. It receives +1 CL at all it's SLAs and spells for each size category it is bigger than medium, and opponents take a -1 penalty on saves against the Aboleth's spells and SLAs for each size category they're smaller than him.

Deep Mind:At 4th level the Aboleth can now use Persistent Image and Programmed image as SLAs 1/day for each HD it has, save DCs are 10+1/2HD+Cha mod.

Slime (Ex):A blow from an Aboleth’s tentacle can cause a terrible affliction. A creature hit by a tentacle must succeed on a DC 10+1/2HD+Con mod Fortitude save or begin to transform over the next 1d4+1 rounds, the skin gradually becoming a clear, slimy membrane. An afflicted creature must remain moistened with cool, fresh water or take 1d4 points of damage every round as it dries (this damage always overcomes regeneration). The slime reduces the creature’s natural armor bonus by an amount equal to the Aboleth's Con modifier (this can result in negative natural armor).

A remove disease spell cast before the transformation is complete will restore an afflicted creature to normal. Afterward, however, only a heal or mass heal spell can reverse the affliction.

Enslave(Su):1/day per 2 HD, an Aboleth can attempt to enslave any one living creature within 5 feet for each 2 HD it has as a standard action. The target must succeed on a DC 10+1/2HD+Cha mod Will save or be affected as though by a dominate person spell (caster level equal to HD). An enslaved creature obeys the Aboleth’s telepathic commands until freed by remove curse, and can attempt a new Will save every 24 hours to break free. The control is also broken if the Aboleth dies or travels more than 1 mile from its slave.

Eternal Mind (Su): The Aboleth can now use Project Image and Veil as SLAs 1/day for every HD it has. In addition now True Seeing and similar effects that would automatically pierce illusions only work against the Aboleth's spells and SLAs if the user is within 10 feet of the illusion itself.



Comments:

Aasimar


HD:d8

Level	Bab	Fort	Ref	Will	Feature
1	+ 1	+2	+0	+2	Holy Body, Lightbringer, +1 Wis, +1 Cha OR +2 Wis OR +2 Cha

Skills: 4+int modifier, quadruple at 1st level. Class skills are  Apraise, Balance, Climb, Craft, Concentration, Diplomacy, Disguise, Heal, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge (Any), Listen, Perform, Profession, Sense Motive, Spellcraft, Spot, Survival..

Proficiencies: Aasimar are proficient with simple and martial weapons and light armor.

Features
Holy Body:At 1st level an Aasimar loses all racial bonuses it had and gains outsider traits (basically darkvision 60 foot) plus the Native subtype. It is an outsider(native) with base speed 30 ft.

An Aasimar gains a bonus on Spot and Listen checks equal to his HD  and resistance to acid, cold and electrecity equal to half his HD.

Lightbringer: 1/day per HD the Aasimar can use Daylight as a SLA. If he uses his daylight on his weapon, it can add his Cha to to Hit and Damage rolls with that weapon for the duration of the SLA.

As it grows stronger, an Aasimar learns how to use his power in more powerfull ways. All of the following abilities, unless otherwise noticed, are activated as a swift action, cost a certain number of Daylight SLA uses and last 1 round. In adition, whenever one of the abilities below is used the Aasimar's main weapon/holy symbol/eyes glows intensily as if made of pure light, imposing a -40 penalty on hide checks and providing illumination as a daylight spell for the duration.



Ability increase: The Aasimar gains either +1 to Wis and +1 to Cha, or +2 Wis, or +2 Cha.



Comments:

So you want to make your own monster classes? Here's the general guidelines I use for myself.

Monster classes building guidelines.


0-Put your monster class into a post of his own, statistics spoilered, spoilered comments below and a non-spoilered picture above everything, monster name in bold and size 4. Put the abilitiy descriptions by order they're gained and their names italized, the monster HD, skills and class features should be bolded.

1-Number of levels of the class=CR of the monster (or CR increase on case of template-classes). This is as simple as it gets. If the monster is epic CR then you can cut it down to 20 levels. If the monster is less than CR 20 and you feel inspired then you can do some extra levels for some kind of "paragon" or "lord" monster with completely custom abilities.

2-If it's not an undead or construct, then ignore the basic monster saves, skills, proefeciencies and Bab progression. The monster class will have those based on the extra abilities they have. The more and/or better abilities, the worst saves/skills/Bab/proefeciencies the monster should have.

2a-If it's an undead or construct, no good fort or ref saves, 2+int skill points per level and no class skills. This is for balancing the powerfull traits of those creature types. In adition, constructs get average Bab and bad will saves and undeads get bad Bab and good will saves. That's because that it's easier to buff an undead but there's also several anti-undead spells that target will, and vice-versa.

3-Monster classes remove any base race advantages at first level. Template classes do not. Take in acount this so 1st level of the monster class can be better than 1st level of most classes because you're sacrificing your race, roughly worth two-three feats.

4-For Nat armor, base it on Con modifier. The default is Nat armor=Con modifier. Stronger monsters can have something like X+Con modifier (keep X low tough), or half Con modifier for "softer" monsters. Undeads and constructs should base it on Str. For "smart" or "spellcaster" monsters you may make the Nat armor based on a mental score instead, or replace it by a deflection/insight bonus based on a mental score.

5-Ability score increases shouldn't be more than +1 to any score in any level. You may take exceptions to this at 1st level in certain cases. No ability score penalties unless you have a very really good reason.

5a-Speaking of wich, try to base each monster class in two stats, three at max. Don't go around giving bonus to every one of the six stats, players really don't need it and it clogs up the class. If you feel like a monster should be smart but has no actual Int-based abilities  it's preferable to simply give it skill points than Int boosts.

5b-Extra scores should only be used if the monster is gaining minor abilities or has bad base statistics (low Bab, saves, no proefeciencies, no hands), or yet only can rely on basic attacks to damage oponents.

6-Break down the monster abilities into separate groups, figure out the levels on wich it would be fair for them to be available to a player, then distribute them trough the monster levels so you gain something nice at every one.

6a-Flying should only come at 4th level, unless you're an handless monster whitout ranged attacks whatsoever. Growth can come online as early at level 3, but it's preferable at 4th level or higher.

6b-Melees deserve nice things. Casters deserve bad things. DR should be equal to half your HD (except for really tough monsters like the iron golem, and even then it should become available at higher level), and SR should be 11+HD, or 15+HD for monsters that are really suposed to be anti-casters like the Rakasha.

7-Make sure that at least half the monster abilities scale with HD. SLAs saves should always be 10+1/2 HD stat and the monster should gain more uses when it gains more HD. Yes, HD, not monster levels.

7a-Try to put sinergies with other classes, like the ogre mage's ability to gain extra caster level and higher level spells when it. And again make several (but not all) of the abilities scale with HD and not necessarily monster class level (except for the strongest abilities).

Do not however put synergies with classes not available on the srd.

7b-At-will SLAs just in special cases. Even tough most monsters have them, at-will is considerably stronger on the hands of a player that will live for more than 5 rounds. Please don't make every single SLA of the monster at-will. You can put a couple effects or iconic SLAs, but think carefully, does the player really needs them? Wouldn't it be best to give some custom ability instead?

The exception to the above rule it's for epic play. Monsters who reach lv 21 or higher can have all their  SLAs at-will as the power level is considerably increased at that point.

7c-It's however ok to allow certain SLAs to auto-upgrade to stronger versions when the player reaches a certain HD. The prime example of this is Dispel Magic upgrading to Greater dispel magic at 11 HD, and Summon monster X becoming X+1 every other level. This should only be used for SLAs that become considerably weaker after a certain level. Dispel magic for example is caped at +10 CL so it stops growing after you reach 10 HD.

8-Compare with base classes. I'm trying to aim at around sorceror-warblade power level around here. If you see anything that you think would curbstomp a wizard, please slap me.

8a-Compare with other monsters here of the same type/role. Gloom is the base "roguish" monster for example.

9-If a certain monster has several versions (like the diferent age categories of each dragon), then it's ok to combine them all on the same class, but try that abilities of each "stage" of the monster are gained at the apropriate level/CR. For example, the dragon classes grow at the levels corresponding at the CRs the. On the other hand, the dragons get their best SLAs pre-epic because they wouldn't be much usefull if only gained at epic levels.

10-Faster than linear progression. Each levels should give more than the last one, even if just a little.

10a-Don't be afraid to make custom abilities if the original monster doesn't have enough to fill all levels (check out the giants as the prime example of this)! Keep them creative, in theme for the monster and fun, not necessarily powerfull. One simple idea is to allow the monster to partially ignore immunity to his main combat tactic.

10b-On the same vein, monsters with really powerfull abilities should receive custom penalties, that are reduced as the character grows. The ghost, being undead and ethereal must carry his body around. The vampire must drink blood to fuel his powers. The Medusa's gaze starts weak and then improves untill it reaces full power.

11-Sizes smaller than small or bigger than medium offer too many advantages (despite their penalties) for first level. Because of that monsters either start medium or small, and then they grow up to their full size over the levels. Since it makes considerably less sense to shrink, starting as tiny or smaller is possible with a custom penalty like the Imp.

12-Make sure your monster class can be played with just core books and material easily available on the web like the srd and public wotc articles. If you want to include non-core spells/feats or similar, make instead custom abilities. You may still include splatbook material as alternate class features.

Introduction
As you may know, 3.5 allows you to play monsters as PCs, but with a cost: LA and RHD.

However, most monsters out there weren't designed for player use, and end up with fat LAs to keep the players away from powerfull abilities like greater teleport at will.

Plus, monsters with higher HD than CR also aren't very usefull for players.

And then, the players have to deal with many of their monster abilities don't improving with leveling up.

In this thread, I'll pick up popular monsters and re-design them to be useable by players, so that they can play any monster with CR X by level X. I'll acomplish this by:
-Adjusting RHD to always match the player's level to don't punish/reward them against level dependant abilities.
-Reducing huge ability bonus and natural armor.
-Making monster special abilities level dependant so they keep increasing.
-Cut down most abuseable abilities to keep the power level in check. No stuff like teleport at will at level 5.

Since a lot of this classes change your size, I'm posting a table here to show exactly what you get when you change size.

FAQ:
Do I need to take those classes at 1st level?
Yes, unless you go for the monster templates, wich are mostly treated as Prcs which you can take when you meet the pre-reqs.

What languages do monsters know?
Common plus any language specific to their race plus one extra language per point of Int bonus.


No ability penalties?
Nope. In some cases as appropriate, but used sparingly.


Do I need to take all the levels or can I just take what I want and then go to other class?
Just like a normal class, you can leave a monster class at any level up and then even come back later if you wish. You aren't suposed to mix diferent monster classes togheter however. Do it at your own risk. I created a couple feats here that allow you to multiclass between monster classes.

I see a lot of abilities based on HD. Do they count extra HD such as the ones from Bardic Inspiration?
No. Count only your class HD  (both monster and any other class levels you took) for any ability that is based on HD, not from any other source such as a bard's song.


What's my starting size with a monster class?
Normally described on the start of the class, otherwise medium sized.

What's this lose all racial bonus thingy?
Basicaly, these classes count as both initial race and class, so you can't be an human/ogre mage. You're just an ogre mage.

I want to play a spellcaster monster!
Monsters that cast as "class X" like the dragon and Rakshasa will stack their spellcasting with the respective classes.

Other monsters like the mind flayer don't actualy cast as "class X", but if they multiclass to certain caster classes they gain powerful bonus. Notice however this only works towards actual base classes that grant spellcasting, not prestige classes that grant spellcasting out of nowhere like ur-priest and chamaleon.

If it isn't clear for you what spell slots you gain with those monsters, here's some tables with the main progressions laid down for you
In the cases where the table shows zero spell slots, the character still gains bonus spells for high mental stats as usual for the class.

 If you want a dragon that casts as a full sorceror, I point you for the fact that not even WOTC dragons cast as a full sorceror.

In alternative, take just one level of monster and then go fullcaster. Or polymorph yourself.

What's the Caster Level for the SLAs?
Unless otherwise specified, the Caster level for any SLAs is equal to your total HD.

What's the Starting Gold for 1st level monsters?
100 GP for simplification's sake. Enough to take care of basic gear, whitout being overpowered.

I don't want to grow!
If a monster class would make you grow but you would rather stay in your previous size, you may instead simply gain a +2 to a physical stat of your choice. This includes changeable growths like the elemental classes have, but once done the decision is permanent.

Do I need to buy new equipment when I permanently grow?
No, the character is assumed to be able to convert all its normally worn equipment to the new size with 8 hours of work/meditation/simple stretching, depending on the exact nature of the monster.

When not otherwise specified, is natural weapon damage given for a medium-sized creature or for a creature of the size the monster is assumed to have achieved? For instance, if you gain a trample attack at 10th level but grew one size at 8th level. Is it assumed the monster grew, even if the player took the option to not grow and instead took the +2 to a physical ability score?
Natural weapon damage given in a monster class assume that the monster grew whenever possible by the class.

Growth modifiers

I combined two monster classes with gestalt/monster hybrid and now I'm suposed to grow beyond colossal! What happens?
Your character's space and reach increase by 10 feet, height is doubled, its natural armor increases by an extra 1, its natural weapons increase one die size, gain an extra +4 on grapple/bullrush/trip and similar maneuvers that care about size.

Ability X says I can re-roll in Y situation. Can I re-roll all I want?
Of course not. You get just one re-roll per event.

Do long creatures get bigger carryng capacity as horses do?
Yes.

What counts as fine manipulation?
Wielding weapons/shields, somatic components for spells, crafting, professions such as smithing, using scrolls/wands/staffs, thief's tools, healing kits, disguise kits, fueling a lamp, etc.

I want to use Empower Spell-Like Ability/Extend Supernatural Ability/Polymorph, is my Class Feature Extraordinary/Supernatural/Spell-Like/Natural/Untyped?
Many Class Features were not appropriately marked, I regret nothing since I'm not being paid for this. Unless noted otherwise follow this order.
-Polymorph/Shapechange/similar automatically fail to replicate any monster class abilities.
-If it says it's a SLA, it counts as a SLA.
-If the present players (DM not included) all agree that the ability should be Ex/Su/Natural, then it is so.
-If no agreement is reached (or there's only one present player), a 1d3 is rolled, with 1 meaning the ability is Ex, 2 is Su, 3 is Natural.

What are the favored classes for each monster race?
Unless pointed out otherwise, each monster race can pick any one class to be their favored one, and the monster levels themselves count as their favored class too.

Why are outsiders/X not proficient with all martial weapons?
-Because it just doesn't make much sense something like an Hellhound should automatically know how to use bows. Unless otherwise noticed, a monster class only gains the proficiencies on their description. This includes that monster classes have no proficiency with any armor or shield unless explicitly stated otherwise in their own entry.

Can I use those monster classes, as a DM, and get roughly 1 CR per level or should I use the monster instead? Should I use plain 10-11 or elite array? Is it desirable to mix those monstruous classes for he players in conjunction with the monster in the manuals to start with?

-Yes, the end result should still be roughly 1 CR per level using the Elite Array. I frequently use monster classes from the DM's side. It is also fine to still use regular monsters straight from the books, I've had other people comment on how they use the "normal" monsters for regular expendable mooks and then use the monster classes for handcrafting more customized opponents. Another nice thing is allowing to make "lesser" versions of stronger monsters. In the other hand remaking all monsters for a campaign is a bit of work.

The one thing that should not be mixed is regular monster stats and monster class in the same individual monster, in particular since all the HD-based effects may go bonkers as many book monsters get to have a lot more HD than their CR.

Is outsider X an extraplanar outsider or native outsider?
-Unless otherwise noted in the entry, outsider monster classes count as extraplanar outsiders.

I'm in a gestalt game or multiclassed and now I'm adding an ability score twice to the same ability for some huge bonus!
-Unless otherwise noted in the entry, you can only add an ability score once to attack/AC/saves/skills even if you have multiple class abilities that would allow you to do so. If each ability granted a bonus of different type (like Deflection and Natural AC), then you can pick which one to benefit from but once this choice is made it cannot be changed.

And here's two classic D&D monsters as example, the red dragon and troll:

Red dragon




HD:d12

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will	Feature
1	+1	+2	+0	+2	Red Dragon body, Fire Breath, +1 Str
2	+2	+3	+0	+3	Keen senses, Arcane Blood
3	+3	+3	+1	+3	Blindsense 60 feet, Str+1, Con+1
4	+4	+4	+1	+4	Wings, +1 Con
5	+5	+4	+1	+4	Tail slap, Growth
6	+6	+5	+2	+5	Sugestion, +1 Cha
7	+7	+5	+2	+5	+1 Str, +1 Con, Firey Arcana
8	+8	+6	+2	+5	Locate Object,  +1 Cha
9	+9	+6	+3	+6	+1 str, +1 con, Greed
10	+10	+7	+3	+7	Fire Lord, +1 Cha
11	+11	+7	+3	+7	Arcane Skin, +1 Str
12	+12	+8	+4	+8	Iron Scales, +1 Con, +1 Cha
13	+13	+8	+4	+8	Growth, Crush, Frightful presence, +1 Str
14	+14	+9	+4	+9	Hellfire, +1 Str, +1 Con
15	+15	+9	+5	+9	Burn, +1 Cha
16	+16	+10	+5	+10	Firey Arcana, +1 str, +1 con
17	+17	+10	+5	+10	Revenge, +1 Cha
18	+18	+11	+6	+11	Find the Path, +1 str, +1 Con
19	+19	+11	+6	+11	Wrath, +1 Str, +1 Cha
20	+20	+12	+6	+12	Growth, Tail sweep, Discern location

2 Skill points+int per level, quadruple at 1st level. Class skills: Concentration, climb, jump, spot, listen, apraise, intimidate, Knowledge(any), Search, Spellcraft.

Proficiencies: a red dragon isn't proefecient with any armor or weapons, besides his own natural weapons.


Features:
Dragon Body: The red dragon loses all other racial bonuses, and gains Dragon traits, fire subtype, bite 1d8 damage+Str mod, 2 claws attack for 1d6 +1/2 Str mod damage each and 40 base speed, medium size. The Red dragon has wings, but they're too weak to do anything for now. His claws are capable of fine manipulation and can be used for somatic components of spellcasting or anything else a human hand could do.

The red dragon also gets a natural armor bonus of 2+Con modifier. Whenever the red dragon grows one size category, his natural armor increases by a further 1.


The red dragon has immunity to fire, but takes 50% more damage from cold attacks.

Fire Breath:The red dragon can fire a cone of 30 feet dealing 1d6 fire damage/HD with DC ref of 10+1/2 HD+Con modifier for half every 1d4 turns. Cone increases by 5 feet with each extra HD the player takes from here.

Arcane Blood:A red dragon receives spells known and spells per day as a sorceror of 2/3 his level, but he has CL equal to his HD.
If he multiclasses as a sorceror, the casting stacks.

Dragon level	Sorceror casting
1	-
2	1
3	2
4	2
5	3
6	4
7	4
8	5
9	6
10	6
11	7
12	8
13	8
14	9
15	10
16	10
17	11
18	12
19	12
20	13

If a dragon takes a casting prc, it may choose to advance his casting as that of a sorceror. So a dragon 10/loremaster 10 would cast as a 16th level sorceror.


Ability score increase: The red dragon ability scores increase by the shown amount.

Level	Total bonus gained
1	+1 Str
3	+2 Str, +1 Con
4	+2 Str, +2 Con
6	+2 Str, +2 Con, +1 Cha
7	+3 Str, +3 Con, +1 Cha
8	+3 Str, +3 Con, +2 Cha
9	+4 Str, +4 Con, +2 Cha
10	+4 Str, +4 Con, +3 Cha
11	+5 Str, +4 Con, +3 Cha
12	+5 Str, +5 Con, +4 Cha
12	+6 Str, +5 Con, +4 Cha
14	+7 Str, +6 Con, +4 Cha
15	+7 Str, +6 Con, +5 Cha
16	+8 Str, +7 Con, +5 Cha
17	+8 Str, +7 Con, +6 Cha
18	+9 Str, +8 Con, +6 Cha
19	+10 Str, +8 Con, +7 Cha

NOTE:this table presents the TOTAL bonus gained for ease of keeping count! Don't add the values from diferent levels!

Keen senses:At 2nd level the red dragon sees four times as well as a human in shadowy illumination and twice as well in normal light. It also has darkvision  out to 120 feet.

Blindsense:as the normal ability, range 60 feet.


Wings:At 4th level the red dragon becomes able to fly at the speed of 10 feet per HD, with poor maneuverability. The maneuverability doesn't increase naturaly, but players can take the Savage Species feat that increases it by two steps(stackable). Each wing can also be now used to deliver a natural atack dealing 1d4+1/2 str mod damage.

Growth:At 5th level the red dragon grows to large size.
                At 13th level the red dragon grows to huge size.
                At 20th level the red dragon grows to gargantuan size.

His AC, bonus to hit, base damage, grapple and skills change acordingly, but he doesn't get any ability score bonus or penalties.

Tail slap:The red dragon can now make a tail slap attack dealing 1d8 +1,5 str modifier damage (already taking in acount large size).

Red dragon SLAs:At 6th level the red dragon can use Sugestion as a SLA 1/day per 3 HD it has.

At 8th level it can use locate object as a SLA 1/day per 4 HD it has.

Save DCs are 10+1/2 HD+Cha mod.

Firey Arcana: At 7th and 16th level the red dragon adds one  spell with the fire descriptor of a level he can cast to his list of spells known.

Greed:At 9th level a red dragon can instantly discern the monetary value of any objects in his view. He can also memorize the number and type of each item and notice if anything is missing or added to that group of items with a new glance.

Fire Lord:At 10th level a red dragon casts spells with the [Fire] descriptor at +2 caster level and ignores any limit on caster level on such spells.


Arcane skin: At 11th level the red dragon gains SR equal to his HD+11.

Iron Scales: At 12th level the red dragon gains DR/magic equal to half his HD.

Crush: At 13th level the dragon can make a crush attack dealing 2d8 damage base, already taking in acount huge size

Frightful presence:The ability takes effect automatically whenever the dragon attacks, charges, or flies overhead. Enemies within a radius of 30 feet × half the dragon's level are subject to the effect if they have fewer HD than the dragon. A potentially affected enemy that succeeds on a Will save (DC 10 + ½ dragon’s HD + dragon’s Cha modifier) remains immune to that dragon’s frightful presence for 24 hours. On a failure, enemies with 4 or less HD become panicked  for 4d6 rounds and those with 5 or more HD become shaken for 4d6 rounds. Dragons ignore the frightful presence of other dragons.

Hellfire: At 14th level the red dragon's flame burns hotter than anyone can measure. The red dragon's breath weapon ignores fire resistance from any target equal to his own HD. If a creature is immune to fire, it instead counts as having Fire Resistance 30 (that's then reduced by the red dragon's HD).

Burn:At 15th level, as a free action a number of times per day equal to his Cha mod, the Red Dragon can make his breath weapon persist and keep dealing damage on the same area. This lasts for a number of rounds equal to the dragon's HD, but deals 1 less damage dice for every turn that passes.

Revenge: At 17th level, whenever the red dragon is damaged or hindered in any way by an oponent, he automatically knows that oponent's location for 1 round. If the red dragon can't actually see this oponent then he still counts as having total concealment against the red dragon.


Find the path:At 18th level the red dragon can now use find the path as a SLA 1/day for each 5HD it has.

Wrath:At 19th level, 1/day per 6 HD, the red dragon can enter a state of pure destructive rage as a free action. He gains a bonus on attack and damage rolls, to Str, Con and Cha equal to 1/3 his HD. This rage lasts 3+(enanched) Con mod rounds, after wich the Red Dragon is exhausted.


Tail sweep:This special attack allows a dragon of at least Gargantuan size to sweep with its tail as a standard action. The sweep affects a half-circle with a radius of 30 feet (or 40 feet for a Colossal dragon), extending from an intersection on the edge of the dragon’s space in any direction. Creatures within the swept area are affected if they are four or more size categories smaller than the dragon. A tail sweep automatically deals 2d6 plus 1½ times the dragon’s Strength bonus (round down). Affected creatures can attempt Reflex saves to take half damage (DC equal to that of the dragon’s breath weapon).

Discern location:the red dragon can now use discern location as a SLA 1/day for each 5HD it has.


Personal coments:

Troll

HD:d8

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will	Feature
1	+0	+2	+0	+0	Troll body, Reckless Assault, Shrug it off, Str+1, Con+1
2	+1	+3	+0	+0	Scent, Hunter Leap, Str+1, Con+1
3	+2	+3	+1	+1	Rend, Lunging Throw Str+1, Con+1
4	+3	+4	+1	+1	Regeneration, Tear Trough, Str+1, Con+1
5	+3	+4	+1	+1	Growth , Overrun, Str+1, Con+1

Skills: 2+int modifier per level, quadruple at first level. Class skills: spot, listen, climb, jump, swim, knowledge(nature, geography, war), handle animal, intimidate.

Proficiencies: all simple weapons and his own natural weapons.

Features:
Troll body: the troll loses all other racial bonuses, and gains giant traits(basically low light vision), a base speed of 30 feet, two claw attacks dealing 1d4+Str mod each and one bite attack dealing 1d4+1/2 Str mod damage . He also gains a natural armor bonus equal to his own Con modifier.

Reckless Assault:Trolls are infamous for throwing themselves at their oponents while trusting their own toughness to endure whenever the oponent throws back at them. Whenever the troll charges or full attacks, he may make an extra claw or bite attack at his highest attack bonus, but causes an attack of oportunity from their oponent. If this attack of oportunity misses, the troll may make a new bite or claw attack, provoking a new attack of oportunity, and so on. The troll cannot gain a number of bonus attacks bigger than his own HD this way, neither those extra attakcs can trigger Rend when the troll gets the ability (they're just too reckless to set up a good tearing!)

Shrug it off: At first level a troll's regeneration still isn't fully developed, but they're already able to quickly recover with mere seconds of rest. As a standard action, a number of times per day equal to his Con modifier, the Troll may heal itself for an amount of HP equal to HDxCon modifier.

At 3 HD, this ability automatically triggers should the Troll be droped below 0 HP.

Ability score increase:a troll gains +1 Str and +1 Con for each level in this class.

Scent:At 2nd level, a Troll gains the scent extraordinary ability, as the standard SRD ability.

Hunter Leap: At 2nd level, a Troll performing a charge can choose to fling itself trough the air. It can only move up to his speed (instead of twice), but counts as flying for all purposes, so ignores dificult terrain and can leap over a chasm, or reach flying targets. If it finishes it's charge on the air, then it falls back on the ground and takes damage as apropriate.


Lunging Throw: After centuries of running after agile preys while being too lazy to run faster themselves, trolls developed a natural talent for usinng thrown weapons to slow down their oponents. At 3rd level, if the Troll moves at least 10 feet on the direction of a target and then hits it with a thrown weapon, it must make a reflex save with DC 10+1/2HD+Str mod or be unable to move for 1 round (it can still attack/use items/cast, just not move). If the hit oponent was flying, it drops 10 feet for every point it failed the save. If this makes it hit the ground, it takes falling damage as apropriate.

Rend:At 3rd level, if a troll hits with both claw attacks, it latches onto the opponent’s body and tears the flesh. This attack automatically deals an additional 2d6+1,5 Str modifier points of damage.

Regeneration: At 4th level the Troll gains regeneration equal to half his HD. Fire and acid deal normal damage to a troll. If a troll loses a limb or body part, the lost portion regrows in 3d6 minutes. The creature can reattach the severed member instantly by holding it to the stump.

Tear trough:At 4th level, as the Troll's regeneration awakens, it becomes even more reckless, allowing him to suffer grievous injuries in order to push trough traps and hazards at any cost. Whenever the troll would roll a save, it may deal Claw damage to itself as an immediate action and add half the self-inflicted damage as an Insight bonus on that save.

Growth:At 5th level the troll grows one size category.

Overrun: 1/day for every 2 HD it has, the Troll may push it's body to the limits. As a fullround action, it can move up to twice it's speed, ignoring hard terrain and even moving over oponents, while delivering one claw attack to every oponent he passes trough (no more than one attack per oponent), or alternatively full attack one single oponent at any time during the move. The troll causes attacks of oportunity as normal for moving, but in the turn this ability is used, and for a number of turns equal to his Con modifier afterwards, he automatically heals an amount of HP equal to his HD every time it's damaged (except if the source of damage is fire or acid).

Skraag: When taking this class, you may choose to be a skraag, an aquatic troll. In that case at 1st level your base speed is just 20 foot but you gain a swim speed equal to twice your base speed, and your regeneration only works when you're sugmerged in water.

Comments:

Scholar

“The events of this night shall be mine to devour!”-Keine Kamishirasawa, master Scholar

Scholars are those who dedicate their lifes not only to the pursuit of knowledge, but also to its spreading. And manipulation. The mind of mortals is short and flawed, and thus those who write the history books can literally reshape reality as it's their words that will be perceived as "truth" in the future.

Unlike spellcasters, scholars believe in healthy balanced training of the mind and body, practising martial arts to help them prevail in an ignorant world filled with violent fools, and even developed their own particular fighting style, Plain History. This style focus on literally using knowledge as power, filling their oponents with doubts, finding their weak points, advising allies and even channeling old almost-forgoten powers.

MAKING A SCHOLAR
Abilities: Intelligence is the key ability for Plain History and also the knowledge skills you need to suceed. Constitution bolsters your HP and helps you stay in Mythical Form longer. Dexterity may come in handy as you're wearing light armor.
Races: Humans with their natural curiosity make for the most part of scholars, but otherwise no race shows special preference for this class.
Alignment: Scholars can be of any alignment, but they usually tend more to the lawful and good spectrums. Evil scholars spread unrest by fabricating rumors and conspiracies, while chaotic scholars openly challenge traditions and tabus.
Starting Gold: 4d4x10 (100gp)
Starting Age: Young