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====Class Features====
All of the following are [[SRD:Class|class]] features of the fail mage.

'''Weapon and Armor Proficiency:''' Fail mages are proficient with the [[SRD:Club|club]], [[SRD:Dagger|dagger]], [[SRD:Heavy Crossbow|heavy crossbow]], [[SRD:Light Crossbow|light crossbow]], and [[SRD:Quarterstaff|quarterstaff]], but not with any type of armor or shield. Armor of any type [[SRD:Arcane Spells and Armor|interferes]] with a fail mage’s movements, which can cause her spells with somatic components to fail.

'''{{Anchor|Spells}}:''' A fail mage casts arcane spells which are drawn from the [[SRD:Sorcerer/Wizard Spell List|sorcerer/wizard spell]] list. A fail mage must choose and prepare his spells ahead of time (see below).

To learn, prepare, or cast a spell, the fail mage must have an [[SRD:Intelligence|Intelligence]] score equal to at least 10 + the [[SRD:Spell Level|spell level]]. The [[SRD:DC|Difficulty Class]] for a [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]] against a fail mage's spell is 10 + the [[SRD:Spell Level|spell level]] + the fail mage’s [[SRD:Intelligence|Intelligence]] modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a fail mages can cast only a certain number of spells of each [[SRD:Spell Level|spell level]] per day. His base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The Fail Mage. In addition, he receives [[SRD:Ability Scores#Ability Modifiers|bonus spells per day]] if he has a high [[SRD:Intelligence|Intelligence]] score.

Unlike a [[SRD:Bard|bard]] or [[SRD:Sorcerer|sorcerer]], a fail mage may know any number of spells. He must choose and prepare his spells ahead of time by getting a good night’s sleep and spending 1 hour studying his [[#spellbooks|spellbook]]. While studying, the fail mage decides which spells to prepare.

'''{{Anchor|Failure}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' Whenever a fail mage casts a spell, the DM secretly rolls a d%. On a roll of 1-5, the spell fails as a mishap with a scroll.

'''{{Anchor|Familiar}}:''' A fail mage can obtain a [[SRD:Familiars|familiar]] (see below). Doing so takes 24 hours and uses up magical materials that cost 100 gp. A familiar is a magical beast that resembles a small [[SRD:Animal Type|animal]] and is unusually tough and intelligent. The creature serves as a companion and servant.

The fail mage chooses the kind of familiar he gets. As the fail mage advances in level, his familiar also increases in power.

If the [[SRD:Familiars|familiar]] dies or is dismissed by the fail mage, the fail mage must attempt a DC 15 [[SRD:Saving Throw|Fortitude]] [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]]. Failure means he loses 200 experience points per fail mage level; success reduces the loss to one-half that amount. However, a fail mage’s experience point total can never go below 0 as the result of a familiar’s demise or dismissal. A slain or dismissed familiar cannot be replaced for a year and day. A slain familiar can be raised from the [[SRD:Dead|dead]] just as a character can be, and it does not lose a level or a [[SRD:Constitution|Constitution]] point when this happy event occurs.

A character with more than one [[SRD:Class|class]] that grants a [[SRD:Familiars|familiar]] may have only one familiar at a time.

'''{{Anchor|Scribe Failed Scroll}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):'''  At 1st level, a fail mage gains [[SRD:Scribe Scroll|Scribe Scroll]] as a bonus [[SRD:Feats|feat]], except that any scrolls written by a fail mage incur the chance of Failure.

'''{{Anchor|Oops - Delayed/Expanded}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' On a roll of 6-15, the spell's effect is delayed by 1d4 rounds, but then activates as if under the [[SRD:Widen Spell|Widen Spell]] metamagic feat, except that its spell level remains the same.

'''{{Anchor|Oops - Energy Malfunction}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' On a roll of 16-25, a spell that deals a particular type of energy (such as fireball or Magic Missile) has its energy type changed. The DM rolls a d8 to determine the effect. 1 causes fire damage, 2 causes cold damage, 3 causes electric damage, 4 causes sonic damage, 5 causes force damage, 6 causes non-elemental damage, 7 causes negative energy damage, 8 causes positive energy damage. Note: Creatures healed by positive or negative energy are affected normally for the energy type. (A wight hit by a negative fireball would gain HP, for example.) Any excess hitpoints are gained as temporary hitpoints that last for three rounds.

'''{{Anchor|Oops - Conical/Linear Malfunction}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' On a roll of 26-35, a line or cone spell is affected by having its properties changed. A line is reduced to a cone of half its length. A cone is expanded to a line of twice its length. 

'''{{Anchor|Oops - Mass Oops}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' On a roll of 36-45, a spell cast on a single target grows to an area spell affecting any targets within 5 feet/fail mage level.

'''{{Anchor|Oops - Maximized Oops}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' On a roll of 46-55, a spell is treated as if under the [[SRD:Maximize Spell|Maximize Spell]] metamagic feat.

'''{{Anchor|Oops - School Swap}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' On a roll of 56-65, any spell cast by a fail mage can be substituted for another spell of the DM's choice of the same level, but a different school.

'''{{Anchor|Oops - Weaponized Failure}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' On a roll of 66-75, a spell can simply fizzle, leaving in its place a masterwork weapon of the DM's choice. This weapon lasts for five rounds and deals the effect of the spell on a successful hit. If the spell has a range of touch, only a melee touch attack with the weapon is required.

'''{{Anchor|Divide by Rule 0}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At twentieth level, a fail mage can produce the effects of a ''wish'' spell once per day with no cost. This wish can, and will invariably, go wrong in a way of the DM's choosing.

'''{{Anchor|Spellbooks}}:''' A fail mage must study his spellbook each day to prepare her spells. He cannot prepare any spell not recorded in his spellbook, except for ''[[SRD:Read Magic|read magic]]'', which all fail mages can prepare from memory.

A fail mage begins play with a spellbook containing all 0-level wizard spells  plus three 1st-level spells of your choice. For each point of [[SRD:Intelligence|Intelligence]] bonus the fail mage has, the spellbook holds one additional 1st-level spell of your choice. At each new fail mage level, he gains two new spells of any [[SRD:Spell Level|spell level]] or levels that he can cast (based on his new fail mage level) for his spellbook. At any time, a fail mage can also add spells found in other wizards’ spellbooks to his own.

;[[SRD:Arcane Spells and Armor|Arcane Spells and Armor]]

{{:SRD:Familiars}}
Allowed Alignments	Lawful Good +, Lawful Neutral +, Lawful Evil +, Neutral Good +, Neutral +, Neutral Evil +, Chaotic Good +, Chaotic Neutral + and Chaotic Evil +
Article Balance	Unquantifiable +
Author	Lordshadow +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Poor +
Challenge Rating	2 +
Class Ability	Arcane Spellcasting + and Prepared Spellcasting +
Fortitude Save Progression	Poor +
Identifier	3.5e Class +
Length	20 +
Minimum Level	1 +
Name	Dorvis the Odd +
Race	Human +
Rated By	ThunderGod Cid +
Rating	Rating Pending +
Reflex Save Progression	Poor +
Size	Medium +
Summary	Cursed by the gods of luck, these mages tend to experience problems at the most inopportune times. +
Title	Fail Mage +
Type	humanoid (Human) +
Will Save Progression	Good +