[PrC] Binder of the Dark

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This is a class I made as part of the Discworld Compendium. I'm posting it here separately to get some feedback before tossing it in a finalized version into the aforesaid thread.

Binder of the Dark

BECOMING A CLASS NAME
How you would normally become a member of this prestige class.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Race: Dwarf
Feats: Improved Binding
Skills: Diplomacy 13 ranks, Profession (Miner) 5 ranks
Soulbinding: Able to bind at least 4th level vestiges

Class Skills
The Class Name's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Kn. Arcana (Int), Kn. Architecture and Engineering (Int), Kn. Nature (Int), Kn. Religion (Int), Kn. Planes (Int), Listen (Wis), Profession (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Survival (Wis)
Skills Points at Each  Level : 2 + int

Hit Dice: d8

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special
1st	+0	+0	+0	+2	Dark Pacts
2nd	+1	+0	+0	+3	By the Soles of the Feet (Ex), Soulbinding +1
3rd	+2	+1	+1	+3	Undermining Pact (Su), Soulbinding +1
4th	+3	+1	+1	+4	At Home in the Earth (Ex), Soulbinding +1
5th	+3	+1	+1	+4	Bound by Blood (Su)
6th	+4	+2	+2	+5	Eyes of the Earth (Su), Soulbinding +1
7th	+5	+2	+2	+5	Bound by Darkness (Ex), Soulbinding +1
8th	+6	+2	+2	+6	Stone-form (Su), Soulbinding +1
9th	+6	+3	+3	+6	Protection of the Dark (Su), Soulbinding +1
10th	+7	+3	+3	+7	One with the Dark (Su), Soulbinding +1

Class Abilities

Dark Pacts: As a Binder of the Dark, you gain access to the special Dark vestiges: The Finding Dark, The Summoning, and the Guarding Dark. Only a Binder of the Dark can bind these vestiges. Any other binder who attempts to bind them is instead cursed, reducing their maximum hit points by half, and taking a -4 profane reduction on all attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves until such time as they sacrifice items or gold worth 5,000 gp per level of the vestige they attempted to summon.

By the Soles of the Feet (Ex): A second level Binder of the Dark gains tremorsense 15’.

Undermining Pact (Su): A Binder of the Dark of at least 3rd level is granted an unusual boon. Because the Darks are protective of their own, he becomes able to undermine the pacts of others. Once a day per two Binder of the Dark levels, he can spend a full-round action to either prevent a binder from making a pact or to force a pact to end prematurely. He and the target binder make opposing binding checks. If he succeeds, one of the target’s pacts immediately ends, and that vestige slot cannot be filled for one hour per point that the Binder of the Dark won the check by. If no pacts have yet been made by the target, he loses one vestige slot for the day. If the Binder of the Dark fails, the opponent is unaffected and gains a +2 circumstance bonus to attack and damage rolls against the Binder of the Dark for three rounds.

At Home in the Earth  (Ex): At 4th level, a Binder of the Dark gains a burrow speed equal to his land speed, as well as the Blind Fight feat, even if he does not meet its prerequisites.

Bound by Blood (Su): Once a day as a full-round action, a Binder of the Dark of 5th level or above can simultaneously eject a currently bound vestige and replace it with one of the Darks. The ejection occurs automatically, and the next time that vestige is bound the pact is automatically a Bad Pact.

Eyes of the Earth (Su): As long as he has a Dark vestige bound, a 6th level Binder of the Dark is always aware of his surroundings. He can always act in a surprise round and, as long as he is standing on natural terrain, can never be treated as flat-footed.

Bound by Darkness (Ex): At 7th level, a Binder of the Dark gains an extra vestige slot in which he can only bind a Dark vestige. It is otherwise treated identically to any other vestige slot and pact.

Stone-form (Su): An 8th level Binder of the Dark becomes one with the earth. He gains the ability to use Meld into Stone 3/day as a supernatural ability as part of a move action.

Protection of the Dark (Su): At 9th level, so long as a Binder of the Dark is bound to one of the Darks, he is considered to be under the effects of a Globe of Invulnerability.

One with the Dark (Su): A Binder of the Dark of 10th level is inextricably bound to the Dark vestiges. Whenever he binds one, he may select one ability from each of the others and use it as if he was bound to them as normal. He also gains Touchsight 120’ as long as he is underground and bound to a Dark vestige.

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