Abyssal Master Specialist
"If only you knew the power of the Dark Side..."
- Tenebral Drakenbeast, Elven Abyssal Master Specialist
The Abyssal Master Specialist gets the abilities of the Master Specialist prestige class, except where altered here.
Prerequisites
Skills: Knowledge (arcana) 5 ranks , Spellcraft 5 ranks
Feats: Abyssal Spell Focus
Spellcasting: Must be able to cast 2nd-level arcane spells.
Special: Must be an abyssal specialist wizard.
Abilities
Expanded Spellbook: When you reach 2nd level, you can add one spell from the following subschools and/or descriptors: chaotic, compulsion, darkness, evil, and fear to your spellbook. The spell can be of any level that you can cast, and it is in addition to the normal spells gained when increasing your level. You can add another spell from the following subschools and/or descriptors: chaotic, compulsion, darkness, evil, and fear to your spellbook at 5th and at 8th level.
Greater Abyssal Spell Focus: At 3rd level, you gain Greater Abyssal Spell Focus as a bonus feat.
Minor School Esoterica (Ex): Enemies who fail a save against spells from the following subschools and/or descriptors: chaotic, compulsion, darkness, evil, and fear become shaken for a number of rounds equal to 1/2 your master specialist level.
Caster Level Increase (Ex): Upon reaching 6th level, add 1 to your caster level whenever you cast a spell from the following subschools and/or descriptors: chaotic, compulsion, darkness, evil, and fear. At 9th level, you instead add 2 to your caster level.
Moderate School Esoterica (Ex): You gain damage reduction X/lawful and good, where X is equal to your level in Abyssal Master Specialist.
Major School Esoterica (Ex): You can recall a spell from the following subschools and/or descriptors: chaotic, compulsion, darkness, evil, and fear that you had prepared and then cast. The spell is then prepared again, just as if it had not been cast. You recall the spell as a move action. The spell can be of any level you know, and you can recall the same spell or a different spell every time you use this ability.
Feats
Abyssal Spell Focus
The magic of the abyss sings under your touch
Prerequisites: None
Benefit: Increase the DC by +1 for spells from the following subschools and/or descriptors: chaotic, compulsion, darkness, evil, and fear.
Greater Abyssal Spell Focus
Darkness comes, and foes fall
Prerequisites: Abyssal Spell Focus
Benefit: Increase the DC by +1 for spells from the following subschools and/or descriptors: chaotic, compulsion, darkness, evil, and fear. This stacks with the bonus granted by Abyssal Spell Focus
