Pact Magic Exclusive Prestige Class : Scion of Dantalion
Scions of Dantalion trace their lineage to an ancient, long-forgotten human empire - a civilization in which justice, love, and art reigned supreme. They maintain that the rulers of this realm led their people to such a height of beauty and righteousness that they rivaled the stars of the heavens in the awe they could inspire. The gods saw their accomplishments and grew envious. In their jealous rage, they destroyed the empire and cursed its nobility, decreeing that no one from that line could ever join them in the afterlife.
Scions of Dantalion believe themselves to be part of this line cursed by the gods but blessed by association with Dantalion, the vestige that is the conglomeration of all their ancestors' souls. The scions believe that their destiny is to one day take up the crown, bear the scepter of rulership, and rebuild the empire that could rival the stars.
A scion of Dantalion must be able to bind Dantalion. Since Knowledge (nobility and royalty) is a cross-class skill for binders, a level of bard, wizard, or paladin eases entry but slows progression in the binder class, thereby delaying the candidate's contact with Dantalion. Thus, a candidate with a high enough Intelligence score to gain more than 2 skill points per level should remain a binder and simply devote cross-class skill points to Knowledge (nobility and royalty). A binder who manages to gain extra ranks in Knowledge (nobility and royalty) might want to take enough to gain the +2 synergy bonus on Diplomacy checks.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Scion of Dantalion, a character must fulfill all the following criteria:
- Race: Half-elf, half-orc, or human
- Skills: Knowledge (nobility and royalty) 2 ranks
- Special: Ability to bind Dantalion
Class Skills
The scion of Dantalion's class skills are Bluff, Concentration, Craft, Diplomacy, Gather Information, Intimidate, Knowledge (any), Profession, Sense Motive, and Speak Language.
Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier.
Class Features
Dantalion favors his scions above all others. When you make a pact with Dantalion, the abilities he grants become more potent, and you gain additional powers as well - some of which you can use even when you are not bound to Dantalion.
Soul Binding: At each scion of Dantalion level, your soul binding ability improves as if you had also gained a level in the binder class. Thus, your scion of Dantalion levels and binder levels stack for the purpose of determining your bonus on binding checks, the effectiveness of your vestige-granted abilities, your ability to bind higher-level vestiges, and the number of vestiges you can bind. You do not, however, gain any other benefit a binder would have gained.
Favored of Dantalion (Ex): You need never worry about succumbing to Dantalion's influence because you automatically succeed on the binding check when making a pact with him. You can hide or show Dantalion's sign as desired, as though you possessed the suppress sign class feature (see Binder.)
With each new level you take in the scion of Dantalion prestige class, Dantalion's seal (see page 28, Tome of Magic) includes another face. Thus, the sign appears as two vestigial faces on your torso at 1st level and as six faces at 5th level. When you activate an ability granted by Dantalion or by the scion of Dantalion prestige class, the eyes and mouths of the faces briefly open to reveal distant stars set in darkness.
Scholarship of Dantalion (Su): Your connection to Dantalion gives you occasional flashes of insight into a variety of topics. Once per day per scion of Dantalion level, you can reroll any Knowledge check you just made. You must abide by the result of the reroll, even if it's worse than the original roll.
Improved Read Thoughts (Su): At 2nd level, whenever you use the read thoughts ability granted by Dantalion, you gain full knowledge of the target's surface thoughts on the first round of concentration, assuming that it fails its Will save. Normally, you know its surface thoughts only after 3 rounds of concentration. Once you have used this ability, you cannot do so again for 5 rounds.
Swift Awe of Dantalion (Su): Beginning at 2nd level, you can activate your awe of Dantalion ability as a swift action instead of a move action whenever you are bound to that vestige. Once you have used this ability, you cannot do so again for 5 rounds.
Overwhelming Thoughts (Su): Beginning at 3rd level, you can choose to overwhelm the thoughts of any creature you target with the read thoughts ability granted by Dantalion. As a standard action, you send your thoughts out to a single creature whose thoughts you are reading (so it has already failed its Will save against your read thoughts ability), forcing it to succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + 1/2 your effective binder level + your Cha modifier) or be dazed for 1d4 rounds. During this time, you can maintain concentration on your read thoughts ability and, as a move action, continue to read the thoughts of a creature you have dazed on subsequent rounds. A successful save allows the creature to break free of your thought reading.
Dantalion's Glare (Su): From 4th level on, you can use a standard action to intensify Dantalion's sign and glare through its eyes. The starry voids in the eyes of Dantalion's sign blaze forth with the brightness of an exploding star, affecting all creatures in a 30-foot cone. Every creature within this area must succeed on a Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 your effective binder level + your Cha modifier) or be blinded for 1d4 rounds.
You must be showing at least one face of Dantalion's sign to use this ability. If the face is hidden beneath clothing, you can reveal it as a free action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity, so long as you have a hand free. If the face is hidden beneath armor, you must have a free hand and use a standard action to reveal the sign. Doing so provokes attacks of opportunity, and you take a -2 penalty to AC while revealing the sign in the manner.
Once you have used this ability, you cannot do so again for 5 rounds.
Improved Thought Travel (Su): Beginning at 4th level, you can use the thought travel ability granted by Dantalion as a move action.
Read Multiple Thoughts (Su): When you attain 5th level, the increased strength of your connection with Dantalion allows you to simultaneously target a number of creatures equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 2) with the read thoughts ability granted by Dantalion. Each of the targets must be within range (5 feet per effective binder level). You can use this ability in combination with either your improved read thoughts or your overwhelming thoughts class feature, or both.
| Scion Of Dantalion | Hit Die: d8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | BAB | Fort | Ref | Will | Special |
| 1st | +0 | +2 | +0 | +2 | Favored of Dantalion, scholarship of Dantallon, soul binding +1 |
| 2nd | +1 | +3 | +0 | +3 | Improved read thoughts, soul binding +2, swift awe of Dantalion |
| 3rd | +2 | +3 | +1 | +3 | Overwhelming thoughts, soul binding +3 |
| 4th | +3 | +4 | +1 | +4 | Dantalion's glare, improved thought travel, soul binding +4 |
| 5th | +3 | +4 | +1 | +4 | Read multiple thoughts, soul binding +5 |
Source: Tome of Magic