Ritual Expert [PrC]

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Ritual Expert

Requirements
Base Attack Bonus: +3
Skills: Knowledge (Arcana) 4 ranks or Knowledge (Religion) 4 ranks, Spellcraft 4 ranks, any 3 other skills 8 ranks each
Special: Ability to cast a minor ritual

HD: d6

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will	Rituals	Special
1	+0	+0	+2	+2	3	Ritual casting (minor, least)
2	+1	+0	+3	+3	3	Ritual awareness +1
3	+2	+1	+3	+3	4	Bonus skill trick
4	+3	+1	+4	+4	5	Ritual casting (lesser)
5	+3	+1	+4	+4	5	Enduring ritual, ritual awareness +2
6	+4	+2	+5	+5	6	Bonus skill trick, evasion
7	+5	+2	+5	+5	7	Ritual casting (greater)
8	+6	+2	+6	+6	7	Ritual awareness +3
9	+6	+3	+6	+6	8	Bonus skill trick
10	+7	+3	+7	+7	9	Ritual bond

Skills: The Ritual Expert's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Appraise (Int), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disable Device (Int), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Forgery (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (all skills, taken individually) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Open Lock (Dex), Profession (Wis), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spot (Wis), Spellcraft (Int), Swim (Str), Tumble (Dex), Use Magic Device (Cha), and Use Rope (Dex).
Skill points per level: 6 + Int

Class Features

   Weapon and Armor Proficiency: You are proficient with simple weapons and one martial weapon of your choice, as well as light armor and light shields.

   Ritual casting: You gain the ability to cast rituals, which are magical effects similar to a spells.  You can cast a ritual at any time, any number of times per day; after casting, the ritual remains "charged" until you decide to discharge it with an act of will (as a free action, unless otherwise specified), at which point the ritual takes effect.  In this way, a you can store up ritual charges until they are needed.  A ritual that is not discharged within 24 hours of its casting fades away with no effect.  The duration of your ritual effects is equal to 1 round per class level, and the caster level of your rituals is equal to your class level.
   Rituals come in five flavors: minor, least, lesser, greater, and advanced.  Casting any ritual requires you to draw a diagram on a flat, solid surface with a piece of chalk or charcoal; it also requires a drop of your blood (which deals 1 point of damage for any ritual stronger than a minor ritual), and chanted words (a ritual cannot be cast while under the effect of a silence spell, for example).  The length of time it takes to cast a ritual depends on its strength: a minor ritual takes 1 minute, a least ritual takes 5 minutes, a lesser ritual takes 10 minutes, a greater ritual takes 15 minutes, and an advanced ritual takes 30 minutes to cast.  Rituals cannot be counterspelled and are not subject to spell resistance, though they may be dispelled; you may charge the same ritual more than once.
   You begin by knowing every general minor ritual; you can have a number of minor rituals equal to your Intelligence modifier charged at any one time.  You also learn how to cast least rituals, and you know every general least ritual, as well as the least rituals on your class list, below.  At 4th level, you learn to cast lesser rituals, and at 7th level you learn to cast greater rituals, learning all general and class rituals of the appropriate grade when you gain access to them.
   For rituals stronger than minor, you can have a number of them charged at any time as shown on the table above, and you gain bonus ritual charges equal to half of your Intelligence modifier, rounded down.  When you reach 4th level and gain access to lesser rituals, you cannot cast a lesser ritual unless you have at least one more least ritual than lesser rituals already charged.  For example, a 4th-level ritual mage with one least ritual and one lesser ritual charged must cast a second least ritual before casting a second lesser ritual.  At 7th level, when you learn how to cast greater rituals, you cannot cast a greater ritual unless you have at least one more least ritual and one more lesser ritual than greater rituals already charged.  For example, a 7th-level ritualist with one each least, lesser, and greater rituals charged could not cast another greater ritual until she cast at least one more least and one more lesser ritual.

   Ritual awareness: Starting at 2nd level, your senses are heightened by the charged magic of your rituals.  You gain a +1 bonus to initiative checks and reflex saves for each ritual you have charged at any time.  The bonus increases by +1 at 5th level, and again at 8th level.

   Bonus skill trick: At 3rd, 6th, and 9th level, you learn a bonus skill trick of your choice for which you meet the prerequisites.  These do not count against the normal limit of skill tricks you can learn.

   Enduring ritual: At 5th level, whenever you discharge a ritual the effects last for 2 rounds per class level.

   Evasion: Beginning at 6th level, you gain evasion as the rogue class feature.  If you already have evasion from another source, you instead gain improved evasion.

   Ritual bond: When you reach 10th level, your mastery of ritual casting is complete.  Choose one least ritual that you know; you are constantly under the effect of that ritual.  If your bonded ritual ends for any reason (such as being dispelled, or ending due to the wording of the ritual), it resumes its normal effect after 1d4 minutes.

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Ritual Expert Ritual List

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Expert's Spell Ritual, Least
   This ritual duplicates the effect of one enchantment, illusion, or transmutation spell of 1st level or lower, from any spell list. The spell to be duplicated must have a casting time no greater than one standard action, a duration longer than instantaneous, and must be of personal or fixed range.  The caster level of the spell is equal to your caster level for the ritual, and the duration is determined by the duration of the ritual or the duration of the spell (for the given caster level), whichever is less.  You choose the spell to be duplicated when you cast the ritual.  Discharging this ritual requires a full-round action.  Valid uses for Expert's Spell Ritual, Least

Ritual of Competence, Least
   You gain a +5 competence bonus on all skill checks.

Ritual of Detection, Least
   You can use detect magic and detect secret doors as spell-like abilities at will.

Ritual of Nondetection, Least
   You can use invisibility as a spell-like ability at will, targeting yourself only.

Ritual of Precision, Least
   You gain +2d6 sneak attack damage.

Ritual of Stealth, Least
   You gain a +8 competence bonus to Hide and Move Silently checks.

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Expert's Spell Ritual, Lesser
   This ritual duplicates the effect of one enchantment, illusion, or transmutation spell of 3rd level or lower, from any spell list. The spell to be duplicated must have a casting time no greater than one standard action, a duration longer than instantaneous, and must be of personal or fixed range.  The caster level of the spell is equal to your caster level for the ritual, and the duration is determined by the duration of the ritual or the duration of the spell (for the given caster level), whichever is less.  You choose the spell to be duplicated when you cast the ritual.  Discharging this ritual requires a full-round action.  Valid uses for Expert's Spell Ritual, Lesser

Ritual of Competence, Lesser
   You gain a +10 competence bonus on all skill checks, and can use all skills untrained.

Ritual of Detection, Lesser
   You can use detect magic, detect secret doors, find traps, locate creature, and locate object as spell-like abilities at will.

Ritual of Nondetection, Lesser
   You can use greater invisibility and nondetection as spell-like abilities at will, targeting yourself only.

Ritual of Precision, Lesser
   You gain +4d6 sneak attack damage, and you can make death attacks as an assassin of your class level (including the requirement for 3 rounds of study).

Ritual of Stealth, Lesser
   You gain a +12 competence bonus to Hide and Move Silently checks, and you can use the Hide skill even while being observed.

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Expert's Spell Ritual, Greater
   This ritual duplicates the effect of one enchantment, illusion, or transmutation spell of 5th level or lower, from any spell list. The spell to be duplicated must have a casting time no greater than one standard action, a duration longer than instantaneous, and must be of personal or fixed range.  The caster level of the spell is equal to your caster level for the ritual, and the duration is determined by the duration of the ritual or the duration of the spell (for the given caster level), whichever is less.  You choose the spell to be duplicated when you cast the ritual.  Discharging this ritual requires a full-round action.  Valid uses for Expert's Spell Ritual, Greater

Ritual of Competence, Greater
   You gain a +15 competence bonus on all skill checks, and can use all skills untrained.  In addition, when you cast this ritual choose any one skill; for the duration of this effect you treat that skill as if you have max ranks in it.

Ritual of Detection, Greater
   You can use detect magic, detect secret doors, find the path, find traps, locate creature, locate object, and true seeing (only usable on yourself) as spell-like abilities at will.

Ritual of Nondetection, Greater
   You can use superior invisibility and mind blank as spell-like abilities at will, targeting yourself only.

Ritual of Precision, Greater
   You gain +6d6 sneak attack damage, you can make death attacks as an assassin of your class level (including the requirement for 3 rounds of study), and once per round you can declare one melee or ranged attack you make to be a sneak attack (the target can be no more than 30 feet distant if the attack is a ranged attack). The target loses any Dexterity bonus to AC, but only against that attack.

Ritual of Stealth, Greater
   You gain a +16 competence bonus to Hide and Move Silently checks, you can use the Hide skill even while being observed, and you gain use of the Darkstalker feat.