Good and Evil, Black and White

[Garryl]

Blackguard, a revised version of the evil-aligned counterpart to the Paladin. Its members include fallen champions and despicable villains.

Blackguard

   Alignment: Any evil
   Base Attack Bonus: +5
   Skills: Intimidate 2 ranks, Knowledge (religion) 5 ranks
   Feats: Power Attack
   Special: The character must have made peaceful contact with an evil outsider who was summoned by him or someone else.

Table: The Blackguard      Hit Die: d10
        Base
        Attack  Fort Ref  Will
Level   Bonus   Save Save Save    Special
1       +1      +2   +2   +0      Aura of Evil, Detect Good, Domain (Evil), Spellcasting
2       +2      +3   +3   +0      Dark Blessing, Smite Good
3       +3      +3   +3   +1      Aura of Despair, Rebuke Undead
4       +4      +4   +4   +1      Poison Use, Sneak Attack +1d6
5       +5      +4   +4   +1      Bonus Domain, Fiendish Servant
6       +6      +5   +5   +2      Unholy Smite
7       +7      +5   +5   +2      Armored Evasion, Sneak Attack +2d6
8       +8      +6   +6   +2      Crushing Personality
9       +9      +6   +6   +3      Beshadowed Smite
10      +10     +7   +7   +3      Bonus Domain, Champion of Darkness, Sneak Attack +3d6

----------------Spells per Day-----------------
Level   0th   1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th
1st     2     0+1   -     -     -     -     -
2nd     3     0+1   -     -     -     -     -
3rd     3     1+1   -     -     -     -     -
4th     3     2+1   0+1   -     -     -     -
5th     3     3+1   1+1   -     -     -     -
6th     3     3+1   2+1   -     -     -     -
7th     3     3+1   2+1   0+1   -     -     -
8th     3     3+1   3+1   1+1   -     -     -
9th     3     3+1   3+1   2+1   -     -     -
10th    3     3+1   3+1   2+1   0+1   -     -
11th    3     3+1   3+1   3+1   1+1   -     -
12th    3     3+1   3+1   3+1   2+1   -     -
13th    3     3+1   3+1   3+1   2+1   0+1   -
14th    4     3+1   3+1   3+1   3+1   1+1   -
15th    4     4+1   3+1   3+1   3+1   2+1   -
16th    4     4+1   4+1   3+1   3+1   2+1   0+1
17th    4     4+1   4+1   4+1   3+1   3+1   1+1
18th    4     4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1   3+1   2+1
19th    4     4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1   3+1
20th    4     4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1

Class skills (2 + Int modifier per level): Bluff, Concentration, Craft, Diplomacy, Heal, Hide, Intimidate, Knowledge (nobility and royalty), Knowledge (religion), Profession, Ride, Sense Motive, and Spellcraft

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Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Blackguards are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with all light, medium, and heavy armor, and with shields (other than tower shields and exotic shields).

Aura of Evil (Ex): The power of your aura of evil (see the detect evil spell) is equal to your class level plus your Cleric levels and Paladin levels, if any.

Detect Good (Sp): You can use detect good at will as a spell-like ability. Your caster level is equal to your Blackguard caster level.

Domains: Treat your Blackguard levels as Cleric levels to determine the effects of your domains and their granted abilities. They stack with any existing Cleric levels (or equivalents thereof) for this purpose. At 1st level, you gain access to the spells and the granted power of the Evil domain. If you already have the Evil domain, you may instead select another domain from the list below. At 5th level and again at 10th level, you may select another domain from this list. You may select from the Darkness, Death, Destruction, Magic, Strength, Trickery, and War domains. If you worship an evil deity, you may also choose from the domains offered by your deity.

Spellcasting: As a Blackguard, you have the ability to cast a small number of divine spells. To cast a Blackguard spell, you must have a Wisdom score of at least 10 + the spell’s level. Your Blackguard bonus spells are based on Wisdom, and saving throws against these spells have a DC of 10 + spell level + your Wisdom modifier. When you get 0 spells per day of a given spell level you gains only the bonus spells he would be entitled to based on your Wisdom score for that spell level, and a single bonus domain spell (see below). The Blackguard spell list appears below. You have access to any spell on the list and can freely choose which to prepare, just as a Cleric. You prepare and cast spells just as a Cleric does (though you cannot spontaneously cast cure or inflict spells). Your alignment may prevent you from casting spells of an opposed alignment, also like a Cleric. Also like a Cleric, you get one domain spell slot of each Blackguard spell level you have access to, starting at 1st spell level.  These domain spell slot can be used to prepare and cast spells from any domain you have access to, even through classes other than Blackguard.

Despite the fact that the Blackguard class is only 10 levels long, the Blackguard spell progression extends to 20 levels. Add your Paladin and Whiteguard levels to your Blackguard level to determine your effective Blackguard level for the purposes of spellcasting.

Dark Blessing (Su): Starting at 2nd level, you gain a bonus equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum +0) to all saving throws. This does not stack with the bonus granted by the Divine Grace and Radiant Blessing abilities, although it does stack with other, similar abilities (such as the Crusader's Indomitable Soul ability).

Smite Good (Su): Starting at 2nd level, once per day per point of Charisma modifier (minimum 1), you higher may attempt to smite good with one normal melee attack. You add your Charisma modifier (if positive) to your attack roll and deals 1 extra point of damage per class level. If you accidentally smite a creature that is not good, the smite has no effect but it is still used up for that day. You may add your Paladin and Whiteguard levels to your Blackguard level to determine the effect of this ability.

Aura of Despair (Su): Beginning at 3rd level, you radiate a malign aura that causes enemies within 10 feet of you to take a -2 penalty on all saving throws.

Rebuke Undead (Su) When you reach 3rd level, you gains the supernatural ability to command and rebuke undead, as per the Cleric ability. You may add your Paladin and Whiteguard levels to your Blackguard level to determine the effect of this ability.

Poison Use (Ex): Starting at 4th level, you learn special techniques for properly poisoning a weapon. You never risk accidentally poisoning yourself when applying poison to a weapon or other object.

Sneak Attack (Ex): This ability, gained at 4th level, is like the Rogue ability of the same name, except that you deal 1d6 additional points of damage plus an additional 1d6 per 3 Blackguard levels beyond 4th. If you get a sneak attack bonus from another source the bonuses on damage stack. You may add your Paladin and Whiteguard levels to your Blackguard level to determine the effect of this ability.

Fiendish Servant (Sp): Starting at 5th level, you gain the service of a fiendish creature. This is a planar servant (see below) with the Fiendish Creature template applied to it (even if it would not normally be eligible). It may be your choice of a bat, cat, dire rat, horse, pony, raven, or toad, or the skeleton of a 1 HD or lower creature. You may only have one fiendish servant from this ability at one time. Should your fiendish servant die or be destroyed, you may call for another one after one week of evil activities that show your fiendish patrons your evil worth. Calling a fiendish servant takes a one hour ritual and requires the expenditure of 100gp in ritualistic components. You may substitute the recently-slain corpse of an outsider with the good subtype, the distress of the helpless, or the corruption of a champion of good in place of these components. You may add your Paladin and Whiteguard levels to your Blackguard level to determine the effect of this ability.

Unholy Smite (Su): Starting at 6th level, your ability to smite your enemies becomes more potent. You deal an additional +1d6 points of untyped damage to good-aligned targets of your smite attempts (even if they are not smite good attempts), and any creature that takes this bonus damage must make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + your Blackguard level + your Charisma modifier) or be sickened for 1 minute.

Armored Evasion (Ex): Starting at 7th level, you learn to avoid area attacks with ease. Whenever you make a successful Reflex saving throw against an effect that would normally have a lesser effect on a successful save, you may choose to instead completely negate the effect. Unlike the Evasion ability of Monks and Rogues, you gain this benefit regardless of the armor that you wear and applies even against effects that do not deal damage. You do not gain the benefit of Armored Evasion while helpless. Armored Evasion also counts as the Evasion ability for the purposes of meeting prerequisites and other options.

Crushing Personality (Ex): Beginning at 8th level, you learn to impose your will upon others better than before. Whenever you succeed on a Bluff check to feint in combat or an Intimidate check to demoralize a creature, all opponents within 30 feet of the creature you feinted or demoralized that can see you (including that creature) must make a Will save (DC 10 + your Blackguard level + your Charisma modifier) or be shaken for 1 round. This does not stack with itself, but does stack with other fear effects (including the demoralization attempt). This is a mind-affecting fear effect.

Additionally, whenever you successfully use Bluff to tell a hard to believe or less believable lie (anything that would normally grant a +10 or better bonus to the target's Sense Motive check), whenever you use Diplomacy to change a creature's attitude towards you to friendly or better, and whenever you use Intimidate to change a creature's attitude towards you to friendly or better, you can impose your will upon them. Any such creatures that you wish to affect must make Will saves (DC 10 + your Blackguard level + your Charisma modifier). Those that fail are subject to a suggestion from you, as per the spell, except that they believe that they are doing so willingly, and that this is an extraordinary ability rather than a spell. You can only attempt to influence a given creature once every 24 hours this way. This is a mind-affecting compulsion effect.

Beshadowed Smite (Su): Starting at 9th level, your ability to smite your enemies grows stronger still. You may choose to treat any of your smite attacks against good-aligned beings as touch attacks (even if they are not smite good attempts), and any creature that takes the bonus damage of your Unholy Smite ability must also make a Will save (DC 10 + your Blackguard level + your Charisma modifier) or be blinded for 1 minute.

Champion of Darkness (Ex): Beginning at 10th level, you become one with the concept and power of evil. You gain the Half-fiend template (even if you would not normally be eligible) with no level adjustment or challenge rating modification, and with an additional +4 bonus to your Wisdom score or an additional +2 bonus to both your Wisdom and Charisma scores (chosen when you gain the template, for a total bonus of +4 to Wis or Cha and +2 to the other). Further, you can never willingly or unwillingly change your alignment from evil. Effects that would alter your alignment away from evil fail to do so, even when caused by deity- or artifact-level effects. Such effects may still alter your alignment on the lawful to chaotic axis.



Ex-Blackguards
A Blackguard who ever becomes non-evil loses his aura of evil and all domains, spell-like abilities, supernatural abilities, and spellcasting granted by this class. He maintains all other benefits granted by the class, including extraodinary abilities (such as Poison Use and Crushing Personality), skills, hit dice, proficiencies, base attack bonus, and base saving throw bonuses, even though he no longer qualifies for the class. He still loses other abilities as normal (see Complete Warrior) if he fails to meet any of the other prerequisites.

Blackguard Spell List:

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0th:   Create Water, Cure Minor Wounds, Detect Good, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Guidance, Light, Inflict Minor Wounds, Purify Food and Drink, Read Magic, Resistance, Virtue
   In addition, any Blackguard spell found as a 0th level spell on any other divine spellcasting class's spell list is considered a 0th level Blackguard spell.

1st:   As the normal Blackguard spell list, plus the following spells: Bane, Command, Comprehend Languages, Curse Water, Deathwatch, Detect Undead, Divine Favor, Endure Elements, Protection from Chaos, Protection from Good, Protection from Law, Resist Energy

2nd:   As the normal Blackguard spell list, plus the following spells: Align Weapon, Bear's Endurance, Delay Poison, Desecrate, Hold Person, Lesser Restoration, Owl's Wisdom, Protection from Energy, Spiritual Weapon, Undetectable Alignment

3rd:   As the normal Blackguard spell list, plus the following spells: Bestow Curse, Blindness/Deafness, Discern Lies, Dispel Magic, Fireball, Greater Magic Weapon, Magic Circle Against Chaos, Magic Circle Against Good, Magic Circle Against Law, Prayer
   In addition, the following spells have been reduced in level compared to the normal Blackguard spell list: Protection from Energy (2nd)

4th:   As the normal Blackguard spell list, plus the following spells: Animate Dead, Break Enchantment, Chaos Hammer, Dispel Chaos, Dispel Good, Dispel Law, Dominate Person, Heal Planar Servant, Mass Cure Light Wounds, Mass Inflict Light Wounds, Order's Wrath, Tongues, Unholy Blight, Unholy Sword

5th:   Atonement, Flame Strike, Greater Command, Greater Dispel Magic, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds, Mass Inflict Moderate Wounds, Restoration, Righteous Might, Slay Living, Spell Resistance, Summon Monster V, Unhallow

6th:   Blade Barrier, Circle of Death, Create Undead, Heal, Harm, Heroes' Feast, Mass Bear's Endurance, Mass Bull's Strength, Mass Cure Serious Wounds, Mass Eagle's Splendor, Mass Owl's Wisdom, Raise Dead, Summon Monster VI

In addition, for any spell that Blackguards normally gain only a chaotic or lawful version of, Blackguards also gain both the chaotic and lawful versions of it at the same level.

July 15, 2012: How the heck did I forget Bluff on the skill list?
August 15, 2012: Crushing Personality no longer scares you and your allies (opponents only).
   Unholy Smite no longer references vile damage (which it does not deal).
   Beshadowed Smite now properly references Unholy Smite instead of the nonexistent Vile Smite.
   

[Garryl]

Whiteguard, a good-aligned counterpart to the Blackguard. Its members include redeemed villains and champions of good.

Whiteguard

   Alignment: Any good
   Base Attack Bonus: +5
   Skills: Diplomacy 2 ranks, Knowledge (religion) 5 ranks
   Feats: Power Attack
   Special: The character must have made peaceful contact with a good outsider who was summoned by him or someone else.

Table: The Whiteguard      Hit Die: d10
        Base
        Attack  Fort Ref  Will
Level   Bonus   Save Save Save    Special
1       +1      +2   +0   +2      Aura of Good, Detect Evil, Domain (Good), Spellcasting
2       +2      +3   +0   +3      Radiant Blessing, Smite Evil
3       +3      +3   +1   +3      Aura of Hope, Turn Undead
4       +4      +4   +1   +4      Mettle of Fortitude
5       +5      +4   +1   +4      Bonus Domain, Celestial Servant
6       +6      +5   +2   +5      Holy Smite
7       +7      +5   +2   +5      Mettle of Will
8       +8      +6   +2   +6      Guardian's Cover
9       +9      +6   +3   +6      Shining Smite
10      +10     +7   +3   +7      Bonus Domain, Champion of Light

----------------Spells per Day-----------------
Level   0th   1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th
1st     2     0+1   -     -     -     -     -
2nd     3     0+1   -     -     -     -     -
3rd     3     1+1   -     -     -     -     -
4th     3     2+1   0+1   -     -     -     -
5th     3     3+1   1+1   -     -     -     -
6th     3     3+1   2+1   -     -     -     -
7th     3     3+1   2+1   0+1   -     -     -
8th     3     3+1   3+1   1+1   -     -     -
9th     3     3+1   3+1   2+1   -     -     -
10th    3     3+1   3+1   2+1   0+1   -     -
11th    3     3+1   3+1   3+1   1+1   -     -
12th    3     3+1   3+1   3+1   2+1   -     -
13th    3     3+1   3+1   3+1   2+1   0+1   -
14th    4     3+1   3+1   3+1   3+1   1+1   -
15th    4     4+1   3+1   3+1   3+1   2+1   -
16th    4     4+1   4+1   3+1   3+1   2+1   0+1
17th    4     4+1   4+1   4+1   3+1   3+1   1+1
18th    4     4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1   3+1   2+1
19th    4     4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1   3+1
20th    4     4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1   4+1

Class skills (2 + Int modifier per level): Concentration, Craft, Diplomacy, Heal, Hide, Intimidate, Knowledge (nobility and royalty), Knowledge (religion), Profession, Ride, Sense Motive, and Spellcraft

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Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Whiteguards are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with all light, medium, and heavy armor, and with shields (other than tower shields and exotic shields).

Aura of Good (Ex): The power of your aura of good (see the detect good spell) is equal to your class level plus your Cleric levels and Paladin levels, if any.

Detect Evil (Sp): You can use detect evil at will as a spell-like ability. Your caster level is equal to your Whiteguard caster level.

Domains: Treat your Whiteguard levels as Cleric levels to determine the effects of your domains and their granted abilities. They stack with any existing Cleric levels (or equivalents thereof) for this purpose. At 1st level, you gain access to the spells and the granted power of the Good domain. If you already have the Good domain, you may instead select another domain from the list below. At 5th level and again at 10th level, you may select another domain from this list. You may select from the Healing, Liberation, Magic, Protection, Repose, Sun, and War domains. If you worship a good deity, you may also choose from the domains offered by your deity.

Spellcasting: As a Whiteguard, you have the ability to cast a small number of divine spells. To cast a Whiteguard spell, you must have a Wisdom score of at least 10 + the spell’s level. Your Whiteguard bonus spells are based on Wisdom, and saving throws against these spells have a DC of 10 + spell level + your Wisdom modifier. When you get 0 spells per day of a given spell level you gains only the bonus spells he would be entitled to based on your Wisdom score for that spell level, and a single bonus domain spell (see below). The Whiteguard spell list appears below. You have access to any spell on the list and can freely choose which to prepare, just as a Cleric. You prepare and cast spells just as a Cleric does (though you cannot spontaneously cast cure or inflict spells). Your alignment may prevent you from casting spells of an opposed alignment, also like a Cleric. Also like a Cleric, you get one domain spell slot of each Whiteguard spell level you have access to, starting at 1st spell level.  These domain spell slot can be used to prepare and cast spells from any domain you have access to, even through classes other than Whiteguard.

Despite the fact that the Whiteguard class is only 10 levels long, the Whiteguard spell progression extends to 20 levels. Add your Paladin and Blackguard levels to your Whiteguard level to determine your effective Whiteguard level for the purposes of spellcasting.

Radiant Blessing (Su): Starting at 2nd level, you gain a bonus equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum +0) to all saving throws. This does not stack with the bonus granted by the Dark Blessing and Divine Grace abilities, although it does stack with other, similar abilities (such as the Crusader's Indomitable Soul ability).

Smite Evil (Su): Starting at 2nd level, once per day per point of Charisma modifier (minimum 1), you higher may attempt to smite evil with one normal melee attack. You add your Charisma modifier (if positive) to your attack roll and deals 1 extra point of damage per class level. If you accidentally smite a creature that is not evil, the smite has no effect but it is still used up for that day. You may add your Paladin and Blackguard levels to your Whiteguard level to determine the effect of this ability.

Aura of Hope (Su): Beginning at 3rd level, you radiate a bolstering aura that causes allies within 10 feet of you (including yourself) to gain a +2 bonus on all saving throws.

Rebuke Undead (Su) When you reach 3rd level, you gains the supernatural ability to turn and destroy undead, as per the Cleric ability. You may add your Paladin and Blackguard levels to your Whiteguard level to determine the effect of this ability.

Mettle of Fortitude (Ex): Starting at 4th level, you faith fortifies your body. Whenever you make a successful Fortitude saving throw against an effect that would normally have a lesser effect on a successful save, you may choose to instead completely negate the effect. If you also possess the Mettle of Will ability, the two abilities together also count as the Mettle ability for the purposes of meeting prerequisites and other options.

Celestial Servant (Sp): Starting at 5th level, you gain the service of a celestial creature. This is a planar servant (see below) with the Celestial Creature template applied to it (even if it would not normally be eligible). It may be your choice of a bat, cat, hawk, horse, lizard, pony, or weasel. You may only have one celestial servant from this ability at one time. Should your celestial servant die or be destroyed, you may call for another one after one week of good activities that show your celestial patrons your worth. Calling a celestial servant takes a one hour ritual and requires the expenditure of 100gp in ritualistic components. You may substitute the surrender of an evil outsider, saving the life of an innocent, or the redemption of a champion of evil in place of these components. You may add your Paladin and Blackguard levels to your Whiteguard level to determine the effect of this ability.

Holy Smite (Su): Starting at 6th level, your ability to smite your enemies becomes more potent. You deal an additional +1d6 points of untyped damage to evil-aligned targets of your smite attempts (even if they are not smite evil attempts), and any creature that takes this bonus damage must make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + your Whiteguard level + your Charisma modifier) or be sickened for 1 minute.

Mettle of Will (Ex): Starting at 7th level, you faith fortifies your mind. Whenever you make a successful Will saving throw against an effect that would normally have a lesser effect on a successful save, you may choose to instead completely negate the effect. If you also possess the Mettle of Fortitude ability, the two abilities together also count as the Mettle ability for the purposes of meeting prerequisites and other options.

Guardian's Cover (Ex): Starting at 8th level, you can protect your allies by interposing yourself with attacks directed against them. As an immediate action, you may move up to your speed to a space adjacent to an ally. You can only use this in response to an attack or effect that would affect that ally, and you must move to a space that would place you between that ally and the source of the attack or effect, or adjacent to it. Your ally gains total concealment and total cover against that attack or effect until your next turn or until you are no longer adjacent to that ally. In the case of full-attacks and volleys, you protect your ally from all attacks in that full-attack or volley. You are affected by the attack or effect in place of your ally, being treated as the target of it in the case of targeted attacks or effects. If, before your movement as a result of this ability, you would also have been affected or targeted by this attack or effect, you cannot apply any of the Evasion, Mettle (including Mettle of Fortitude and Mettle of Will), Improved Evasion, Improved Mettle, and similar abilities to reduce its effects.

Radiant Smite (Su): Starting at 9th level, your ability to smite your enemies grows stronger still. You may choose to treat any of your smite attacks against evil-aligned beings as touch attacks (even if they are not smite evil attempts), and any creature that takes the bonus damage of your Holy Smite ability must also make a Will save (DC 10 + your Whiteguard level + your Charisma modifier) or be blinded for 1 minute.

Champion of Light (Ex): Beginning at 10th level, you become one with the concept and power of good. You gain the Half-celestial template (even if you would not normally be eligible) with no level adjustment or challenge rating modification. Further, you can never willingly or unwillingly change your alignment from good. Effects that would alter your alignment away from good fail to do so, even when caused by deity- or artifact-level effects. Such effects may still alter your alignment on the lawful to chaotic axis.



Ex-Whiteguards
A Whiteguard who ever becomes non-good loses his aura of good and all domains, spell-like abilities, supernatural abilities, and spellcasting granted by this class. He maintains all other benefits granted by the class, including extraodinary abilities (such as Mettle of Fortitude, Mettle of Will, and Guardian's Cover), skills, hit dice, proficiencies, base attack bonus, and base saving throw bonuses, even though he no longer qualifies for the class. He still loses other abilities as normal (see Complete Warrior) if he fails to meet any of the other prerequisites.

Whiteguard Spell List:

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0th:   Create Water, Cure Minor Wounds, Detect Evil, Detect Magic, Detect Poison, Guidance, Light, Purify Food and Drink, Read Magic, Resistance, Virtue
   In addition, any Paladin spell found as a 0th level spell on any other divine spellcasting class's spell list, such as Create Water, Detect Poison, Read Magic, 
Resistance, and Virtue, is considered a 0th level Whiteguard spell.

1st:   As the normal Paladin spell list, plus the following spells: Command, Comprehend Languages, Hide from Undead
   In addition, the following spells have been reduced in level compared to the normal Paladin spell list: Create Water, Detect Poison, Read Magic, Resistance, Virtue (0th)

2nd:   As the normal Paladin spell list, plus the following spells: Align Weapon, Bear's Endurance, Consecrate, Cure Moderate Wounds

3rd:   As the normal Paladin spell list, plus the following spells: Cure Serious Wounds, Protection from Energy, Remove Disease, Searing Light
   In addition, the following spells have been reduced in level compared to the normal Paladin spell list: Cure Moderate Wounds (2nd)
   In addition, the following spells have been removed compared to the normal Paladin spell list: Heal Mount

4th:   As the normal Paladin spell list, plus the following spells: Chaos Hammer, Cure Critical Wounds, Freedom of Movement, Heal Planar Servant, Holy Smite, Mass Cure Light Wounds, Order's Wrath
   In addition, the following spells have been reduced in level compared to the normal Paladin spell list: Cure Serious Wounds (3rd)

5th:   Atonement, Disrupting Weapon, Greater Command, Greater Dispel Magic, Hallow, Mass Cure Moderate Wounds, Raise Dead, Righteous Might, Spell Resistance

6th:   Blade Barrier, Greater Restoration, Heal, Heroes' Feast, Mass Bear's Endurance, Mass Bull's Strength, Mass Cure Serious Wounds, Mass Eagle's Splendor, Mass Owl's Wisdom, Undeath to Death

In addition, for any spell that Paladins normally gain only a lawful version of, Whiteguards also gain the chaotic version of it at the same level. This includes, but is not limited to, the Protection from Law, Magic Circle Against Law, and Dispel Law spells.

[Garryl]

Planar Servants

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Table: Planar Servants by Master's Level

Master's       Bonus   Natural   Str.    Int.    
Level          HD      Armor     Bonus   Score          Special
2nd or lower   +0      +0        +0      +0 (4)         Empathic Link, Share Saving Throws, Share Spells
3rd to 5th     +2      +2        +1      +0 (5)         Evasion, Speak with Master
6th to 8th     +4      +3        +2      +1 (6)         Devotion, Turn Immunity
9th to 11th    +6      +5        +3      +1 (7)         Spell Resistance
12th to 14th   +8      +6        +4      +2 (8)         Devotion
15th to 17th   +10     +8        +5      +2 (9)         Improved Evasion
18th to 20th   +12     +9        +6      +3 (10)        Devotion

Bonus HD: As the planar servant's master grows in power, so too does the servant. It gains two additional racial hit dice according to its type for every three levels its master possesses. These additional hit dice grant all of the usual benefits of advancing a creature by its racial hit dice other than size increases.

Natural Armor: The planar servant's natural armor bonus to its Armor Class increases as indicated on the table above. If it does not have an existing natural armor bonus, treat its base natural armor bonus as +0.

Strength Bonus: The planar servant gains a bonus to its Strength score as indicated on the table above. This bonus does not apply when the servant's Strength score is set to a specific value (such as the result of a polymorph spell).

Intelligence Score: A planar servant is more intelligent than other creature's of its type. It gains a bonus to its Intelligence score as indicated on the table above. If this would result in a lower Intelligence score than the value in brackets, its Intelligence score instead becomes the value in brackets. Determine if the servant's Intelligence score would be set to this value (and set it to this value) before applying any other modifications to the servant's Intelligence score (such as bonuses from level, inherent bonuses, and penalties from spells and effects) other than those resulting from race or templates. This modification does not apply when the servant's Intelligence score is set to a specific value (such as the result of a polymorph any object spell).

Empathic Link (Su): The master has an empathic link with his servant out to a distance of up to 1 mile. The master cannot see through the servant’s eyes, but they can communicate empathically. Because of the limited nature of the link, only general emotional content can be communicated. Because of the empathic link between the servant and the master, the master has the same connection to a place or an item that the servant does.

Share Saving Throws (Ex): For each of its saving throws, the servant uses its own base save bonus or its master's, whichever is higher. The servant applies its own ability modifiers to saves, and it doesn’t share any other bonuses on saves that the master might have.

Share Spells: At the master's option, he may have any spell (but not any spell-like ability) he casts on himself also affect his servant. The servant must be within 5 feet at the time of casting to receive the benefit. If the spell has a duration other than instantaneous, it stops affecting the servant if it moves farther than 5 feet away and will not affect the servant again even if the servant returns to the master before the duration expires. Additionally, the master may cast a spell with a target of “You” on his servant (as a touch range spell) instead of on himself. A master and his servant can share spells even if the spells normally do not affect creatures of the servant’s type.

Evasion (Ex): If the planar servant of a 3rd level or higher master is subjected to an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for half damage, it takes no damage if it makes a successful saving throw. A helpless servant does not gain the benefit of Evasion.

Speak with Master (Ex): If the master's level is 3rd or higher, the master and servant can communicate verbally as if they were using a common language. Other creatures do not understand this communication without magical help. Servants who do not speak any language that their master understands can use this to communicate with their master, and servants who can already be understood can use this to communicate privately with their master.

Devotion: Once its master reaches 6th level, and again at 12th level and 18th level, the planar servant's devotion to its master spurs it on to improved feats of skill and power. Its master can choose one of the following benefits each time, permanently granting the servant that ability.

Blood Bond (Ex): The servant gains a +2 bonus on all attack rolls, checks, and saves if it witnesses its master being threatened or harmed. This bonus lasts as long as the threat is immediate and apparent.

Bonus Feat: The servant gains any one feat that it qualifies for as a bonus feat. This ability can be selected multiple times.

Channel Spells (Su): The master can cast spells through the servant. As long as the master has line of sight and line of effect to the servant, the master may determine range, line of sight, and line of effect for spells that he casts from the servant's position and with the servant's senses instead of his or her own. The master may do so no more than once per day per three hit dice of the servant. Only servants with the Deliver Spells ability can gain this ability.

Deliver Spells (Su): The servant can deliver touch spells for its master. If the master and servant are in contact at the time the master casts a touch spell, he can designate his servant as the “toucher.” The servant can then deliver the touch spell just as the master could. As usual, if the master casts another spell before the touch is delivered, the touch spell dissipates.

Devoted Companion (Ex): The servant cannot be swayed from its master's side. It gains immunity to all charm and compulsion effects that would cause it to act against its master's wishes.

Improved Speed (Ex): The servant's base speed increases by 10 feet. This applies to all movement modes it possesses.

Improved Spell Resistance (Ex): The servant's existing spell resistance improves by 5 and it can raise or lower it at any time without an action, even when it is not conscious or unaware. This ability can be selected multiple times. Its effects stack. Only servants with existing spell resistance can gain this ability.

Multiattack (Ex): The servant gains a second attack with its primary natural weapon, albeit as a secondary natural weapon. It also gains Multiattack as a bonus feat (even if it does not qualify for it). Only servants with a primary natural attack (not including unarmed strikes) can gain this ability.

Share Skills (Ex): The servant may use its own skill ranks or its master's, where beneficial, for all purposes.

Telepathy (Su): The servant gains telepathy out to 30 feet while within 1 mile of its master. With respect to its master, the range of this telepathy is instead 1 mile.

Winged (Ex): The servant sprouts a pair of wings, granting it a fly speed equal to twice its base land speed and with average maneuverability.

Turn Immunity (Ex): The planar servant of a 6th level or higher master can never be turned or rebuked.

Spell Resistance (Ex): If the master's level is 9th or higher, the servant gains spell resistance equal to the master's level + 10.

Improved Evasion (Ex): If the servant of a 15th level or higher master is subjected to an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for half damage, it takes only half damage on a failed saving throw. This benefit is in addition to the one granted by Evasion. A helpless servant does not gain the benefit of Improved Evasion.

New Spells

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Heal Planar Servant
Conjuration (Healing)
Level: Blackguard 4, Whiteguard 4
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Your planar servant touched
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
This spell functions like heal, but it affects only the caster’s planar servant, and it heals it regardless of whether it is healed or harmed by cure spells and positive energy. This spell even fully affects creatures that normally cannot be healed (such as Constructs) and creatures that normally receive a reduced effect from healing spells (such as creatures with the Living Construct subtype). In addition, the planar servant can lower its spell resistance with respect to this spell and immediately raise it afterwards without an action, even if it is unconscious or unaware or this spell.



Unholy Sword
Evocation [Evil]
Level: Blackguard 4
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Range: Touch
Target: Melee weapon touched
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
This spell allows you to channel unholy power into your sword, or any other melee weapon you choose. The weapon acts as a +5 unholy weapon (+5 enhancement bonus on attack and damage rolls, extra 2d6 damage against good opponents). It also emits a magic circle against good effect (as the spell). If the magic circle ends, the sword creates a new one on your turn as a free action. The spell is automatically canceled 1 round after the weapon leaves your hand. You cannot have more than one unholy sword at a time.

If this spell is cast on a magic weapon, the powers of the spell supersede any that the weapon normally has, rendering the normal enhancement bonus and powers of the weapon inoperative for the duration of the spell. This spell is not cumulative with corrupt weapon or any other spell that might modify the weapon in any way.

This spell does not work on artifacts.

Note: A masterwork weapon’s bonus to attack does not stack with an enhancement bonus to attack.

[Garryl]

Reserved one last post in case I ever get around to making the alignment-transcending Silverguard.

[sirpercival]

You have 10 levels in the classes and 20 levels in the spell progression... is that intentional?  I didn't read the class features yet.

I read the class features.   

[Garryl]

Changed the domain access so you can pick from the domains your deity offers, should you worship one of the appropriate alignment.

[Tarkisflux]

Spellcasting question -

Despite the fact that the Blackguard class is only 10 levels long, the Blackguard spell progression extends to 20 levels. Add your Paladin and Whiteguard levels to your Blackguard level to determine your effective Blackguard level for the purposes of spellcasting.

If you have 10 levels of paladin and you take a level or White/Blackguard, you get 11 levels of White/Blackguard spellcasting. Do you also retain your 10 levels of paladin spellcasting, or does it get replaced with this?

[Garryl]

Yes, you keep your existing spellcasting in addition to the new one.