Monster Prestige Class : Siren
Some harpies hone their mind-affecting songs to add new effects. A harpy siren is an artist who constantly seeks to expand and improve upon her innate sonic ability.
Any creature with a mind-affecting sonic ability could take this prestige class, but few other than harpies are intelligent enough.
Cloakers sometimes hone their already impressive sonic abilities. A rare gibbering mouther or yeth hound may follow this path, but only exceptional individuals.
Sirens can be problematic in a party, since their sonic abilities are often indiscriminate. With increasing experience however, they can focus their talents to become excellent support for combat specialists, softening up opposition for killing strokes.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Siren, a character must fulfill all the following criteria:
- Skills: Bluff 6 ranks, Intimidate 6 ranks, Perform 5 ranks (includes either ballad, buffoonery, chant, epic, limericks, melody, ode, or storytelling).
- Special: Must possess an innate sonic, mind-affecting ability.
Class Skills
The siren's class skills are Bluff, Craft (any), Diplomacy, Gather Information, Intimidate, Listen, Perform, Profession (any), Search, and Sense Motive.
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
Class Features
All of the following are Class Features of the siren prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Sirens neither gain nor lose proficiency with any weapons, armor, or shields by gaining levels in this class.
Reverberation (Su): At 1st level, the siren gains Reverberation as a bonus feat.
Song of Despair (Su): At 2nd level, a siren begins to enhance her already formidable sonic abilities with additional effects. Once per day, she can overlay a despair effect on her sonic attack identical to that of an emotion spell. Those affected by the sonic attack make their saving throws for that attack before resolving the despair effect. The Will save DC to resist this effect is 12 + the siren's level + the siren's Cha modifier. The despair effect lasts 1 round per siren class level.
Charisma Bonus (Ex): At 3rd level, a siren gains a +2 inherent bonus to her Charisma score. This bonus rises to +4 at 6th level and to +5 at 8th level.
Song of Nightmare (Su): At 4th level, a siren gains a new sonic ability. Once per day per level in this prestige class, she can overlay a terrifying effect on her sonic attack. This is identical to the effect of a phantasmal killer spell, affects all creatures within range of the siren's sonic attack, and has instantaneous duration. The Will and Fortitude saves to resist this effect have a DC of 12 + the siren's level + the siren's Cha modifier.
Song of Idiocy (Su): At 5th level, a siren gains a new sonic ability. Once per day per level in this prestige class, she can overlay an Intelligence-damaging effect on her sonic attack. This is identical to the effect of a feeblemind spell, affects all creatures within range of the siren's sonic attack, and has instantaneous duration. The Will save to resist this effect has a DC of 12 + the siren's level + the siren's Cha modifier, and arcane spellcasters and creatures that use arcane spell-like abilities take a -4 penalty on their saves.
Song of Weakness (Su): At 7th level, a siren gains a new sonic ability. Once per day per level in this prestige class, she can overlay a level-draining effect on her sonic attack. This is identical to the effect of an enervation spell, except that all creatures within range of the siren's sonic attack are entitled to a Fortitude save to resist the effect, and it has instantaneous duration. The Fortitude save to resist this effect, and to remove the negative levels, has a DC of 12 + the siren's level + the siren's Cha modifier.
Song of Stone (Su): At 9th level, a siren gains a new sonic ability. Once per day per level in this prestige class, she can overlay a flesh to stone effect on her sonic attack. This is identical to the spell, affects all creatures within range of the siren's sonic attack, and has instantaneous duration. The Fortitude save to resist this effect has a DC of 12 + the siren's level + the siren's Cha modifier.
Song of Death (Su): At 10th level, a siren's sonic attack reaches its zenith. Once per day, she can overlay a power word, kill effect on her sonic attack. This is identical to the spell cast as an area spell and has instantaneous duration.
| Siren | Hit Dice: d4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | BAB | Fort | Ref | Will | Special |
| 1st | +0 | +0 | +0 | +2 | Reverberation |
| 2nd | +1 | +0 | +0 | +3 | Song of despair |
| 3rd | +2 | +1 | +1 | +3 | Charisma bonus +2 |
| 4th | +3 | +1 | +1 | +4 | Song of nightmare |
| 5th | +3 | +1 | +1 | +4 | Song of idiocy |
| 6th | +4 | +2 | +2 | +5 | Charisma bonus +4 |
| 7th | +5 | +2 | +2 | +5 | Song of weakness |
| 8th | +6 | +2 | +2 | +6 | Charisma bonus +5 |
| 9th | +6 | +3 | +3 | +6 | Song of stone |
| 10th | +7 | +4 | +3 | +7 | Song of death |
Source: Savage Species