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==Unnatural Warrior==

{{quote
|Buddy, you've never seen anything like me.
|orig=Dar Kest, [[SRD:Planetouched—Tieflings (Race)|Tiefling]] Unnatural Warrior}}

An unnatural warrior is a remarkably strange character, who has studied several different technique's of fighting, and who attempts to use them all in tandum, resulting in an uncannily strange fighting style. The grand majority of unnatural warriors are very versatile characters, who are able to, quite easily, adapt to adverse conditions or unusual threats that they have never come across before. Though, at the same time, an unnatural warrior ''is'' a threat that most have never come across before.

===Becoming an Unnatural Warrior===

Those who have focused on becoming more versatile or adaptive are usually the most likely to take levels in unnatural warrior, as it is extremely useful for such characters, and offers unique ways to unify otherwise splayed focuses. Any particular unnatural warrior though, can value any particular trait or style, seeing as they are so inherently off the wall. 

{| class="dragon monstats" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|+ style="font-size: larger; white-space: nowrap;" | Entry Requirements
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! BAB:
| +9.
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! Skills:
| Any 4 skills, 13 ranks.
|-
! Feats:
| [[SRD:Improved Initiative|Improved Initiative]].
|-
! Levels:
| Can have no more than 5 levels in any single class, but must be ecl 13.
|} 

{| class="zebra d20"
|+ <div>{{Anchor|Table: The Unnatural Warrior}}</div>
<p>Hit Die: d10</p>
|-
! rowspan="2" | Level
! rowspan="2" | [[BAB|Base<br/>Attack Bonus]]
! colspan="3" | [[SRD:Saving Throw|Saving Throw]]s
! rowspan="2" | Special
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! [[SRD:Saving Throw#Fortitude|Fort]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Reflex|Ref]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Will|Will]]
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| 1st || +1 || +2 || +2 || +0
| class="left" | [[#Unnatural Body|Unnatural Body]], [[#Unnatural Blow|Unnatural Blow]], [[#Unnatural Skill|Unnatural Skill]]
|- 
| 2nd || +2 || +3 || +3 || +0
| class="left" | [[#Unnatural Force|Unnatural Force]]
|- 
| 3rd || +3 || +3 || +3 || +1
| class="left" | [[#Unnatural Dodge|Unnatural Dodge]], [[#Unnatural Skill|Unnatural Skill]]
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| 4th || +4 || +4 || +4 || +1
| class="left" | [[#Improved Unnatural Body|Improved Unnatural Body]], [[#Improved Unnatural Blow|Improved Unnatural Blow]], [[#Improved Unnatural Force|Improved Unnatural Force]]
|- 
| 5th || +5 || +4 || +4 || +1
| class="left" | [[#Unnatural Skill|Unnatural Skill]]
|- 
| 6th || +6/+3 || +5 || +5 || +2
| class="left" | [[#Greater Unnatural Force|Greater Unnatural Force]] 
|- 
| 7th || +7/+2 || +5 || +5 || +2
| class="left" | [[#Greater Unnatural Body|Greater Unnatural Body]], [[#Greater Unnatural Blow|Greater Unnatural Blow]], [[#Unnatural Skill|Unnatural Skill]]
|- class="noalt"
| colspan="42" class="skill" |
'''Class Skills ([[Skill Points::4]] + [[SRD:Intelligence|Int]] modifier per level.)'''<br/>
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Balance Skill|Balance}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Bluff Skill|Bluff}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Climb Skill|Climb}} ([[SRD:Strength|Str]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Craft Skill|Craft}} ([[SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Diplomacy Skill|Diplomacy}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Escape Artist Skill|Escape Artist}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Gather Information Skill|Gather Information}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Handle Animal Skill|Handle Animal}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Hide Skill|Hide}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Intimidate Skill|Intimidate}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Jump Skill|Jump}} ([[SRD:Strength|Str]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Listen Skill|Listen}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]])
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Move Silently Skill|Move Silently}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Ride Skill|Ride}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Search Skill|Search}} ([[SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Sense Motive Skill|Sense Motive}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Sleight of Hand Skill|Sleight of Hand}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Spot Skill|Spot}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Survival Skill|Survival}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Swim Skill|Swim}} ([[SRD:Strength|Str]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Tumble Skill|Tumble}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]).
|}

====Class Features====

All of the following are class features of the unnatural warrior.

'''{{anchor|Unnatural Body}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' An unnatural warriors tollerance of damage is usually quite unbeleivable. At first level, an unnatural warrior gains [[SRD:Fortification|fortification]] 25%. This means that when a [[SRD:Critical Hit|critical hit]] or sneak attack is scored on the unnatural warrior, there is a 25% chance that the [[SRD:Critical Hit|critical hit]] or sneak attack is negated and damage is instead rolled normally.

'''{{anchor|Unnatural Blow}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' An unnatural warrior is someone who has an exceedingly odd style in combat, and, due to their compiled fighting styles, can seem to attack in ways that the eye has difficulty following. Whenever an unnatural warrior makes an [[SRD:Attack Roll|attack roll]], they may instead make an unnatural blow. When an unnatural warrior makes an unnatural blow, roll a d%, if the result of the d% roll is above 70, then the [[SRD:Attack Roll|attack roll]] that the unnatural blow replaced is considered to hit, and [[SRD:Attack Damage|damage]] is rolled. Please note that no number is ever added or subtracted from the d% roll of an unnatural blow, and that an unnatural blow can never be affected the same way an [[SRD:Attack Roll|attack roll]] can be affected, meaning that miss chance, [[SRD:Armor Class|AC]], and other factors have no sway over the result of an unnatural blow. Unnatural Blow can be used once per round.

'''{{anchor|Unnatural Skill}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' An unnatural warrior is a master of mixing and matching styles in odd ways, and this eventually leads them to very strange realizations, such as the fact that it's easier to be silent if you do backstrokes than if you doggy paddle. At first level, an unnatural warrior selects two skills in which he has ranks, and, whenever he is required to use these two skills at the same time, he may make a skill check of either one skill or the other, and treat the result of that skill check as the result for both skill checks. Every two levels after first, an unnatural warrior selects another two skills in which he has ranks in, and gain this benefit with them as well.

'''{{anchor|Unnatural Force}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):'''  An unnatural warrior can, with a little bit of effort, fight back against things in a simply unnatural way. At second level an unnatural warrior is considered one [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|size category]] larger for the purpose of opposed rolls on [[SRD:Bull Rush|bull rush]], [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]], [[SRD:Overrun|overrun]], and [[SRD:Trip|trip]] checks and for qualifying against [[SRD:Special Abilities|special attacks]] that can only be used against opponents of a certain [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|size category]] (such as [[SRD:Improved Grab|improved grab]] or [[SRD:Trample|trample]]). If this ability increases the unnatural warriors effective size past [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|colossal]], then the unnatural warrior gains an addition +4 to their opposed rolls on [[SRD:Bull Rush|bull rush]], [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]], [[SRD:Overrun|overrun]], and [[SRD:Trip|trip]] checks for each size category larger than [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|colossal]] he is considered.

'''{{anchor|Unnatural Dodge}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' The defenses of an unnatural warrior are mind boggling, and can baffle even the most astute observer. Starting at third level, any time that an unnatural warrior is denied his [[SRD:Dexterity|Dexterity]] to his [[SRD:Armor Class|AC]] (such as he would be if he was [[SRD:Stunned|stunned]] or [[SRD:Blinded|blinded]]), he gains an instinct bonus to [[SRD:Armor Class|AC]] equal to his [[SRD:Dexterity|Dexterity]] modifier. He only gains this instinct bonus to [[SRD:Armor Class|AC]] if his [[SRD:Dexterity|Dexterity]] modifier is actually denied, and not if he manages to retain it to his [[SRD:Armor Class|AC]]. Take note that the unnatural warrior is still considered having been denied his [[SRD:Dexterity|Dexterity]] mod to his [[SRD:Armor Class|AC]], seeing as he doesn't actually retain his [[SRD:Dexterity|Dexterity]] mod in all situations.

'''{{anchor|Improved Unnatural Body}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' An unnatural warrior eventually grows to the point that it seems even meteor strikes barely phase them. At fourth level, an unnatural warrior gains [[SRD:Fortification|fortification]] 50%. This means that when a [[SRD:Critical Hit|critical hit]] or sneak attack is scored on the unnatural warrior, there is a 50% chance that the [[SRD:Critical Hit|critical hit]] or sneak attack is negated and damage is instead rolled normally.

'''{{anchor|Improved Unnatural Blow}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' As an unnatural warrior steadily grows more comfortable in his unsettling combat styles, he begins to master his exceedingly odd way of attacking. At fourth level, an unnatural warrior gain the ability to, once per round, make an improved unnatural blow. An improved unnatural blow works in the exact same way as an unnatural blow, except that the d% roll must only be above 50 for the attack to hit. An improved unnatural blow can be used in the same round as an unnatural blow without penalty. 

'''{{anchor|Improved Unnatural Force}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' An unnatural warrior can be simply terrifying with the manner of things that he can do with minor effort. At fourth level an unnatural warrior is considered two [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|size categories]] larger for the purpose of opposed rolls on [[SRD:Bull Rush|bull rush]], [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]], [[SRD:Overrun|overrun]], and [[SRD:Trip|trip]] checks and for qualifying against [[SRD:Special Abilities|special attacks]]  that can only be used against opponents of a certain [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|size category]] (such as [[SRD:Improved Grab|improved grab]] or [[SRD:Trample|trample]]). If this ability increases the unnatural warriors effective size past [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|colossal]], then the unnatural warrior gains an addition +4 to their opposed rolls on [[SRD:Bull Rush|bull rush]], [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]], [[SRD:Overrun|overrun]], and [[SRD:Trip|trip]] checks for each size category larger than [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|colossal]] he is considered.

'''{{anchor|Greater Unnatural Force}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' An unnatural warrior eventually grows to the point that the type of stuff he can do with minor effort is utterly ridiculous. At sixth level an unnatural warrior is considered three [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|size categories]] larger for the purpose of opposed rolls on [[SRD:Bull Rush|bull rush]], [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]], [[SRD:Overrun|overrun]], and [[SRD:Trip|trip]] checks and for qualifying against [[SRD:Special Abilities|special attacks]]  that can only be used against opponents of a certain [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|size category]] (such as [[SRD:Improved Grab|improved grab]] or [[SRD:Trample|trample]]). If this ability increases the unnatural warriors effective size past [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|colossal]], then the unnatural warrior gains an addition +4 to their opposed rolls on [[SRD:Bull Rush|bull rush]], [[SRD:Grapple|grapple]], [[SRD:Overrun|overrun]], and [[SRD:Trip|trip]] checks for each size category larger than [[SRD:Table of Creature Size and Scale|colossal]] he is considered.

'''{{anchor|Greater Unnatural Body}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' An unnatural warrior of a certain level seems to be able to withstand virtually everything that is thrown at them without even breaking a sweat. At seventh level, an unnatural warrior gains [[SRD:Fortification|fortification]] 75%. This means that when a [[SRD:Critical Hit|critical hit]] or sneak attack is scored on the unnatural warrior, there is a 75% chance that the [[SRD:Critical Hit|critical hit]] or sneak attack is negated and damage is instead rolled normally.

'''{{anchor|Greater Unnatural Blow}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' Eventually, an unnatural warrior masters his extremely mismatched combat styles to the point that he seems to, inexplicably, exceed normal warriors. At seventh level, an unnatural warrior gain the ability to, once per round, make a greater unnatural blow. A greater unnatural blow works in the exact same way as an unnatural blow or an improved unnatural blow, except that the d% roll must only be above 30 for the attack to hit. A greater unnatural blow can be used in the same round as an unnatural blow or an improved unnatural blow without penalty.

===Campaign Information===

====Playing an Unnatural Warrior====

'''Combat:''' An unnatural warrior can have any of a thousand roles on the battlefield, it all just depends on which fighting styles he use. A particular unnatural warrior could be a savage who explodes across the battlefield, completely unseen, trailing unexistance behind him, at the same time though, an unnatural warrior could be a blind scholar who dances in battle and shreds his enemies apart with storms of needles while he channels the spirit of the sun god. Unnatural warriors can truly be anything in a battle, it all simply hinges on what the unnatural warrior actually is.

'''Advancement:''' It is very common for it to be in a characters best interest to continue levling in unnatural warrior once they have begun doing so, but, should they seek to broaden their horizons even further, they always have hundreds of paths open to them. For example, an unnatural warrior who has studied the ways of psionic fighters, may seek to take levels in [[SRD:Elocater|elocater]] or [[SRD:Psion Uncarnate|psion uncarnate]], in order to utilize their knowledge of their own mind better. On the other hand, an unnatural warrior who has found themselves sneaking behind enemy lines may seek to take levels in [[SRD:Assassin|assassin]] or [[SRD:Shadowdancer|shadowdancer]], to grow even more accustom to the darkness. At the same time, an unnatural warrior could seek to follow all these paths, and more.

'''Resources:''' Unnatural warriors are usually the only one of their kind, and this makes them be very isolated characters. Though, it isn't uncommon for an unnatural warrior to have multiple connections with different organizations, each one very distant from the others and each one potentially powerful in it's own way, seeing as they have to learn their fighting styles from somewhere. Though, most of the time, an unnatural warriors greatest resource are the friends he has made in his travels.

====Unnatural Warriors in the World====

{{quote|Well, for me, it's ''easier'' if I'm doing two things at once.|orig=Nami Vatar, [[SRD:Humans (Race)|Human]] Unnatural Warrior}}

Unnatural warriors can usually be found anywhere in the world, filling any role imaginable. Whether it be behind a bar in a small town, handing out drinks, or in a cave at the edge of reality, fighting off giant spiders for all eternity. Though, all unnatural warriors have somewhat unusual approaches to their own situations, which is what makes them who they are.

'''NPC Reactions:''' To the average NPC, an unnatural warrior usually is indescernable from any other warrior, though this isn't always the case, seeing as some unnatural warriors stick out like sore thumbs sheerly due to their mannerisms. Although, upon the battlefield, if an unnatural warrior wasn't spotted for what they were beforehand, they will almost always immediately be seen as unnatural warriors by an NPC.

====Unnatural Warrior Lore====

Characters with ranks in [[SRD:Gather Information Skill|gather information]] can research unnatural warriors to learn more about them.  When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.

{| class="zebra d20"
|+ [[SRD:Gather Information Skill|Gather Information]]
! DC || class="left" | Result
|-
| 11 || class="left" | Unnatural warriors are extremely odd characters to see upon the battlefield.
|-
| 16 || class="left" | Unnatural warriors mix and match many varied styles of combat.
|-
| 21 || class="left" | An unnatural warrior can seem to do things that would usually be highly improbable for them to do.
|- 
| 26 || class="left" | A person who manages this level of success can learn the name and whereabouts of a specific unnatural warrior.
|}

====Unnatural Warriors in the Game====

Unnatural warriors are truly unnusual characters to see upon the battlefield. After all, they fight, most often, using multiple fighting styles simultaneously, to much are interesting effect. Though, while this is true, it cannot be said that an unnatural warrior isn't masterful upon the battlefield, for they, the grand majority of the time, are actually better at using their dispondant fighting styles together, than normal warriors are at using their normal fight styles. In truth, unnatural warriors can be anything.

'''Adaptation:''' Unnatural warriors, by their very definition, can be arranged to fit snugly into any role, no matter how tame, or inordinately off the wall and confusing, it may be. For example, an unnatural warrior could be an excentric monk in a secluded monestary who collects different kinds of exceedingly rare ribbons, and who drinks far too much, yet who is a fantastic warrior, for these reasons exactly. On the other hand, an unnatural warrior could be the guardian to the underworld, and has trained under the gods themselves, as well as with things from outside existance.

'''Sample NPC:'''  Taraga Finch has always been a strange man. He always had a smile plastered on his face wherever he went, yet never said a word, instead just staying to himself, smiling foolishly at anyone who would ask him a question, it was often theorized that he was actually mute, in fac. Despite this anti-social vein about him, he actually managed to get by reasonably well in life, getting a job as a courier, and even getting having a cozy little apartment in town. After a time, though, strange things began happening around him, deaths occuring in his building and strange creatures being seen in the alleyways around his life. This was the first time in many years, in which he stopped smiling. One day, though, the sun rised, and, instead of following his normal routine, he remained back in his room, not coming out for hours and hours. Those who knew of him were unsettled by this, knowing that he had never been late, even once. Though, after a while, he came bursting out of his room, clad in a flamboyantly cut, purple and green suit, and weilding a very heavy looking metal cane, and being chased by a completely silent creature that looked like a cross between a puma and a wasp. Taraga moved in very strange ways, seeming to never even have to touch the ground while he goaded his hunter with sharp smacks from his cane. They eventually made their way out into the street, at which point Taraga smashed the beasts head in, just to have a few more creatures to being chase him through the town. Taraga was never seen again, except by a few people who saw him strutting out of the town limits with several dead creatures behind him, but, when they examined his room, they found that there were several strange creatures in there, and that the place was a complete wreck. No one could figure out what had happened with Taraga, nor what these creatures were, or how that room had gotten into the shape it had without a single sound being made, and the people of the town made repairs as best they could, found a new courier, and moved on, but, one thing is for certain: Taraga will never be forgotten by that town, nor will that day, as it's often been called 'the most random event ever', by the townsfolk. Hopefully the good guys won.

''EL 20:'' {{:Taraga Finch (3.5e NPC)}}


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Article Balance	High +
Author	Rithaniel +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Good +
Challenge Rating	20 +
Class Ability	Other +
Class Ability Progression	Other +
Fortitude Save Progression	Good +
Identifier	3.5e Prestige Class +
Length	7 +
Minimum Level	13 +
Name	Taraga Finch +
Race	Human +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Reflex Save Progression	Good +
Size	Medium +
Skill	Balance +, Bluff +, Climb +, Craft +, Diplomacy +, Escape Artist +, Gather Information +, Handle Animal +, Hide +, Intimidate +, Jump +, Listen +, Move Silently +, Ride +, Search +, Sense Motive +, Sleight of Hand +, Spot +, Survival +, Swim + and Tumble +
Skill Points	4 +
Summary	An unnatural warrior is a remarkably strange character, who has studied several different technique's of fighting, and who attempts to use them all in tandum, resulting in an uncannily strange fighting style. + and A man wearing a flamboyantly cut, purple and green suit, twirling a metal cane around with one hand while an an exceedingly eccentric smile sits, plastered over his pleasant, warm face, and a little odd twinkle shines in his light blue eyes. +
Title	Unnatural Warrior +
Type	Humanoid (Human) +
Will Save Progression	Poor +