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====Class Features====

You are a martial artist at the core that works with the occult to better understands itself. Your powers revolves around grappling your enemies and raising the dead as your companions. All of the following are class features of the aghori guru.

'''{{Anchor|Weapons and Armors proficiency}}:''' An aghori guru gains no proficiency with weapons or armors.

'''{{Anchor|Invocations}}:''' At each level (except 2nd and 6th level), you gain new invocations and an increase in caster level as if you had also gained a level in a invoking class to which you belonged before adding the prestige class level. You do not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained.

'''{{Anchor|Arms of the Destroyer}} ([[Ex]]):''' As a swift action you create two semi-corporeal additional arms that you may use for flurry of blows and grappling. 
They don't provide any bonus except a +2, as a circumstantial bonus, to grapple checks and to resist grappling, and to any check involving using arms (such as Climb checks or Strength checks). You gain also an extra attack using flurry of blows.
 
You may immediatly release the ''eldritch blast'' as you succesfully grapple the opponent (you don't need to wait to inflict damage). The limbs remain indefinitely until you dismiss them or become unconscious or dead. Even without the arms you gain a bonus on Escape Artist checks equal to your class level. You add your aghori guru level plus your monk level to grapple and disarm checks, adding the appropriate modifiers, instead of using your base attack bonus (effectively you have full base attack bonus for these checks).

A pair of translucent arms spawn under your on upper limbs. The arms are symbol of power and they bestow to you the power of destruction. You become similar to the Destroyer, the entitt that pushes for change and forwardness, as opposed to the lie of permanency.

'''{{Anchor|Monk Abilities}}:''' Your aghori guru and monk levels stack for the purpose of determining its unarmed damage, bonuses to Armor Class, unarmored speed, flurry of blows and stunning strike's uses and DC. Additionally it uses Charisma instead of Wisdom as bonus AC. Your aghori guru's levels count as monk's levels for any prerequisite and scaling feature from feats.

'''{{Anchor|Ki Strike}} ([[Su]]):''' At 1st level, an aghori guru's unarmed attacks are empowered with ki. Its unarmed attacks are treated as magic weapons for the purpose of dealing damage to creatures with damage reduction. Ki strike improves with the character's aghori guru level. At 4th level, its unarmed attacks are also treated as lawful or chaotic weapons (depending on its alignment) for the purpose of dealing damage to creatures with damage reduction. A true neutral aghori guru must choose between lawful and chaotic and may never change its decision (unless it changes alignment). At 8th level, its unarmed attacks are treated as adamantine weapons for the purpose of dealing damage to creatures with damage reduction and bypassing hardness.

'''''{{Anchor|New Lesser Invocation: The Dead Walk}}'' ([[Sp]]):''' You gain the invocation ''The dead walk'' as a free invocation.

A common tool for a warlock, though scarcely used. Your connection to the dead grants you the power to blur the line between Life and Death and discover unity.

'''{{Anchor|Ashes of Life}}:''' The caster level for ''The dead walk'' invocation is equal to your aghori guru level plus your warlock level, increasing the maximum HD of undeads you can create and control and the maximum time the undeads remain if you don't include the material components normally used in the spell. Besides you may control 3 HD per caster level of undeads instead of 2 HD. You become also immune to natural and magical diseases (but not supernatural ones), though you may still carry them.

As you delve into the Abyss you find the remnants of past lives scattered on the ground. You cover yourself in grey ashes, that resplends in your liberation.

'''''{{Anchor|Eldritch Blast}}'' ([[Sp]]):''' As the class feature of the same name of the warlock. It increases by +1d6 at 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th level.

The typical warlock feature, now laced with the power of the Self and the Nil, conjoined in you.

'''''{{Anchor|New Lesser Invocation: Broken Taboo}}'' ([[Sp]]):''' This invocation works as the spell ''[[desecrate]]'' but its bonuses apply also to any aghori guru in the area, including you, and the maximum of undeads you may control with your ''The dead walk'' invocation is 6 HD per caster level instead of 3 HD. You may improvise an altar, using at least a bone from a sentient creature, to double the bonuses (but not the HD of undeads you may control). This counts as a 4th level spell.

As you descend in spiral of darkness you become estranged from your peers, the tangle of their life. Your power over Death strengthens and in return you survive better than others. You learn small and simple ritual that resonates with the universe to aid you.

'''{{Anchor|Clever Wrestling}}:''' You gain the Clever Wrestling<ref>Complete Warrior</ref> feat as a bonus feat.

When you are not meditating on the mysteries of being you brawl in taverns, where you drink yourself almost to unconsciousness. This unusual training makes you better against larger adversaries.

'''{{Anchor|Arms of the Creator}} ([[Ex]]):''' You may now create another pair of arms, increasing the circumstantial bonus to +4, adding +1 per damage die when discharging the eldritch blast in grapple and increasing the DC of eldritch essence invocations, used while blasting an enemy you are grapple with, by 2. You gain another extra attack with your flurry of blows. Now you may target incorporeal creatures with your flurry of blows ability, you may grapple them and discharge your blast on them. When you manifest the arms you may use quivering palm on incorporeal creatures.

The Golden Arms of Creation are now yours and you comprehend that to destroy is to create and to create is to destroy. Armed with this knowledge, you drag the prideful in the mud, to show them humility.

'''{{Anchor|Body Reborn}} ([[Su]]):''' At 6th level or higher, an aghori guru can heal its own wounds. It can heal a number of hit points of damage equal to twice its current aghori guru level plus monk level each day, and it can spread this healing out among several uses. This counts as the wholeness of the body feature for prerequisites.

Life surges in your soul and body, overlapping and confusing them in a way that your thought may simply shake off physical wounds.

'''{{Anchor|Occult Soul}} ([[Ex]]):''' At 7th level, an aghori guru gains spell resistance equal to its current aghori guru level plus warlock level + 5. In order to affect the aghori guru with a spell, a spellcaster must get a result on a caster level check (1d20 + caster level) that equals or exceeds the aghori guru's spell resistance.

When the body is weak the mind sustains it, but when the mind is fascinated with the illusion of magic the body stands, firm as a rock, and nullifies the false power of earthly concepts.

'''{{Anchor|Quivering Palm}} ([[Su]]):''' Starting at 8th level, an aghori guru can set up vibrations within the body and soul of another creature that can thereafter be fatal if the aghori guru so desires. It can use this quivering palm attack once a week, and it must announce its intent before making its attack roll. Constructs, oozes, and creatures immune to critical hits cannot be affected. Otherwise, if the aghori guru strikes successfully and the target takes damage from the blow, the quivering palm attack succeeds. Thereafter the aghori guru can try to slay the victim at any later time, as long as the attempt is made within a number of days equal to her monk level. To make such an attempt, the aghori guru merely wills the target to die (a free action), and unless the target makes a Fortitude saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 the aghori guru's full level + the aghori guru's Wis modifier), it dies. If the saving throw is successful, the target is no longer in danger from that particular quivering palm attack, but it may still be affected by another one at a later time. The aghori guru may use this power with a succesful grapple check.

Others defy Death, believing the lie of disparity and duality, thinking there's a hard line between them. You teach them the truth, by showing them that Life is no more than a gust of wind.

'''''{{Anchor|New Greater Invocation: Cycle of Reincarnation}}'' ([[Sp]]):''' With this invocation you may replicate the spell ''create undead'', at similar conditions to the invocation ''The dead walk'', using your aghori guru's level and warlock's level as caster level and to determine the kind of undead you may create. This invocation is subject to the '''Ashes of Life''' class feature. It counts as 6th level spell. If you cannot learn greater invocations you don't gain this invocation. When you may learn greater invocations you gain this one a free one.

You've elevated yourself above the cycle and comprehend that dead flesh is mere matter, not different from water or soil. If man works the earth and changes its elements, why shouldn't you do the same with men?

'''{{Anchor|Death in Life}} ([[Ex]]):''' You become immune to death effects and ''inflict'' spells heal you (you are still healed by ''cure'' spells; if you are harmed by them, they now heal you). You gain a bonus equal to your class level on saving throws against level drain, negative levels, ability damage and ability drain. You no longer age: an aghori guru no longer takes penalties to its ability scores for aging and cannot be magically aged. Any such penalties that it has already taken, however, remain in place. Bonuses still accrue, and the aghori guru still dies of old age when its time is up.

You're in and out of everything, at the same time being and not being. Attacks to your vitality don't mean anything to you anymore, you're dead while living.
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Article Balance	Moderate +
Author	the bluez in the dungeon +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Moderate +
Class Ability	Invocations + and Other +
Class Ability Progression	Partial +
Fortitude Save Progression	Good +
Identifier	3.5e Prestige Class +
Length	10 +
Minimum Level	6 +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Reflex Save Progression	Good +
Skill	Autohypnosis +, Balance +, Bluff +, Climb +, Concentration +, Craft +, Decipher Script +, Diplomacy +, Disguise +, Escape Artist +, Forgery +, Heal +, Hide +, Intimidate +, Jump +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Martial Lore +, Move Silently +, Open Lock +, Perform +, Profession +, Search +, Sense Motive +, Sleight of Hand +, Spellcraft +, Spot +, Survival +, Swim +, Tumble +, Use Magic Device + and Use Rope +
Skill Points	6 +
Summary	The Aghori are a small cult of occult monks that worship a deity of destruction and rejuvanation, delving into eldritch arts and specializing in grappling foes. +
Title	Aghori Guru +
Will Save Progression	Good +