Pixie
HD:d6
Level BAB Fort Ref Will Feature
1 +0 +0 +2 +2 Pixie Body, Pixie Initiate, Fey Senses, Cha+2, Dex+2, Str-2
2 +1 +0 +2 +3 Sprite Skin, Fey Blood, Int+1
3 +1 +1 +3 +3 Pixie Adept, Cha+1, Dex+1
4 +2 +1 +4 +4 Pixie Finesse, Memory Loss, Int+1
5 +2 +1 +4 +4 Irresistible Dance, Pixie Mage, Cha+1, Dex+1
Skills:6+Int modifier per level, Class skills are Bluff, Concentration, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Sense Motive, Search, Slight of Hand, Spot and Tumble.
Proficiencies: A pixie is proficient with all simple weapons, and with the short sword, shortbow and longbow.
Features:Pixie Body: A pixie loses all other racial bonus and gains fey traits (basically low light vision). It is a small sized fey with base speed of 20 feet.
Pixie Initiate: A pixie becomes adept at casting several spell-like abilities. At level one, a pixie can cast the following SLA's. All SLA save DCs are equal to 10+1/2HD+Cha mod.
Charm Person 1/day per HD. (Upgraded to Charm Monster at 7 HD)
Entangle 1/day per HD.
Sleep 1/day per HD.
Reduce or Enlarge Person 1/day per HD. (Self only)
A pixie's sleep SLA is unique, in that it does not have a HD cap. Instead, it can affect a number of HD equal to the pixie's HD, plus her Cha modifier. In addition, as a full round action, a pixie may fire one sleep arrow from a bow. This sleep arrow uses up one of her daily uses of the sleep SLA, but if it hits, it deals no damage and instead it inflicts the Sleep on the target and the save DC is raised by half of the pixie's HD, and ignores any immunities to it (but oponents with such immunities gain a +5 bonus on their saves).
Fey Senses: At first level, a pixie gains a racial bonus to all Listen, Spot, and Search checks equal to her Pixie level+1/2 other HD.
Ability Changes: A pixie gains Cha +2 at level 1, and +1 at levels 3 and 5, Int +1 at levels 2 and 4, Dex +2 at level 1, and +1 at levels 3 and 5, and Str -2 at level one.
Fey Blood: At 2nd level a pixie receives spells known and spells per day as a sorcerer of 2/3 her level, but she has CL equal to her HD.
In addition, spells from the Air, Healing, and Plant domains are treated as being on the pixie's spell list, but the necromancy school is treated as a barred school, and the pixie may never gain a familiar, even if she multi-classes into a sorcerer.
If she multiclasses as a sorcerer, the casting stacks.
Pixie level Sorcerer casting
1 -
2 1
3 2
4 2
5 3
If a pixie takes a casting prc, it may choose to advance her casting as that of a sorceror. So a pixie 5/loremaster 10 would cast as a 13th level sorceror.
Sprite Skin: At second level, a pixie gains DR/cold iron equal to half her HD, and Spell Resistance equal to 11 + HD. She may raise or drop her SR as a free action at any time even if it isn't her turn.
Pixie Adept: At third level, a pixie is able to cast more spells as SLAs.
Lesser Confusion 1/day per HD. (Upgraded to Confusion at 7 HD)
Detect Good, Evil, Law, Chaos or Thoughts 2/day per HD.
Invisibility 1/day per HD. If she uses it on herself, the duration increases to 24 hours. (Upgraded to Greater Invisibility at 7 HD, by spending two uses she can make the effect last 24 hours on herself only).
Pixie Finesse: At fourth level, a pixie adds her Charisma modifier as a dodge bonus to her AC and gains the feat Weapon Finesse (if she already had it, she may gain another feat for which she meets the prerequisites). She also gains a fly speed of 60 feet (Good). Her maneuverability increases to perfect at level 5.
Memory Loss:At fourth level, as a free action 1/round, the Pixie may empower her next physical attack so that if it strikes a target, it deals no damage and instead forces a DC 10+1/2 HD+Cha mod Will save or lose his memories of the last 1d4 hours. The subject retains skills, languages, and class abilities but forgets everything else until he receives proper therapy (heal check with DC 10+HD+Cha mod over 24 hours of talking with the victim). Multiple failed saves stack for losing more and more memory.
If the target was sucessfully put to sleep by the Pixie, it may perform a mocking dance over its body as a fullround action, in which case it can erase as much memory time as the Pixie wishes (but still subject to the previous limitations). they can be restored in the same way. Those can only be restored by a heal spell or memory restoration with limited wish, wish, or miracle.
Irresistible Dance: At fifth level, a pixie may cast irresistible dance as a SLA 1/day per 5 HD.
Pixie Mage: At fifth level, a pixie is able to cast even more SLAs.
Dispel Magic 1/day per 2 HD (upgrades to Greater Dispel magic at 11 HD)
Suggestion 1/day per HD.
Hold Person 1/day per HD. (Upgrade to Hold Monster at 9 HD)
Musician Pixie
At 2nd level, instead of gaining Fey Blood, the Pixie becomes able to use Bardic Music as a Bard of 2/3 her Pixie level, except she can use Bardic Music 1/day per HD. If she multiclasses to Bard, it stacks for learning new Bardic Musics.
If you take Pixie Paragon levels, they'll count towards learning new Bardic Musics instead of advancing spellcasting.
Comments
The pixie was a hard one due to it's horrible weakness in some areas (SLA's and combat), and amazing abilities in other areas (Permanent Greater Invisibility, and Irresistible Dance). I tried to flavor the pixie as more of a spellcaster, with some rogue elements. A few nice SLA's, some defensive abilities, and casting as a dragon will make this class viable, without making it overpowered.
Oslecamo's comments:
Aranii takes a quite interesting approach to the pixie, of the the magic trickster instead of invisible hunter the normal pixie is used for. Dragon casting backed up by powerful SLAs and excellent skills allows for a versatile support character and skill monkey hybrid.
The paragon path allows the pixie to focus on her manipulation part, in particular ignoring immunity to mind affecting, making a fully focused enchanter a viable character.
