Royalblood Paragon (3.5e Racial Paragon Class)

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Royalblood Paragon

A royalblood paragon is a PC member of the royal family, usually one of the heir to the throne but not always. They are fledglings, not quite as skilled in one area but gain ability make them that make them skilled at intrigue and with multiclassing allow them to specialize in one area.

Making a Royalblood Paragon

Abilities: Usually royalblood paragon need good intelligence for skills and charisma for interacting with her subject or court intrigue, a good constitution insure healthy heirs and surviving multiple poisoning and assassination attempts.

Races: Despite being a racial paragon class, any race can theoretically get into it. The class however must be taken at 1st level. Only races with some kind of monarchy or from a society with a monarchy can qualify the royalblood paragon class.

Alignment: Any

Starting Gold: As 200 GP plus a Masterwork Weapon (of a base value of 200 gp or lower) and a Royal Outfit.

Starting Age: Simple.

Table: The Royalblood Paragon

Hit Die: d8

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+0	+0	+0	+2	Bonus Feat, Secret Identity, Regal Presence, Royalblood Ability x2
2nd	+1	+0	+0	+3	Apprenticeship, Royalblood Ability
3rd	+1	+1	+1	+3	Ability Boost, Commanding Voice, Royalblood Ability
Class Skills (6 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level) Appraise (Int), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Forgery (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Speak Language (None), Spot (Wis).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Royalblood Paragon.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A Royalblood Paragon is proficient with all simple weapon and one martial or exotic weapon of their choice and are not proficient with any armor or shield.

Bonus Feat: Due to her higher education and careful tutoring, the Royalblood Paragon gain a single bonus feat she meet the prerequisite of.

Secret Identity (Ex): A 1st level Royalblood Paragon can create a secret identity for herself, while assuming her secret identity she gain a +8 bonus on Disguise and Bluff but only for staying in character. Additionally she gain Disguise in Plain Sight as soon she meet the prerequisites.

As a move action the Royalblood Paragon can reveal her disguise to all creature that can see and hear her, all of her subjects that have been fighting her gain a single daunt level. Creature who were aware of the Royalblood Paragon's secret identity are not affected by this ability.

Regal Presence (Ex): A 1st level Royalblood Paragon may use Knowledge (Nobility and Royalty) instead of diplomacy when interacting with nobles and other authority or important figures, Intimidate when interacting with commoners, serfs or other type of lower-class citizen. She still use her Charisma modifier for those checks. This ability work on people of all nation, however you gain a +4 bonus on your own subject and a -8 penalty when dealing with those from a hostile nation or a nation without a monarchy (or similar institution).

Additionally creatures that recognize her royal office are one step friendlier towards you than normal (to a maximum of Friendly). This is only an 'initial attitude' - if you take any actions that harm or offend them, their attitude will adjust appropriately. Her royal blood may also allow her to use certain items and grant her a +4 bonus on any future leadership score.

Royalblood Ability (Ex): At 1st level the Royalblood Paragon choose and gain a two abilities from the list below. At each level thereafter she gain on additional ability as well. The royalblood paragon may keep levelling this class past 3, receiving a Royalblood Ability each level thereafter.

Bodyguards (Ex): You are precious and thus creatures take hits for you, as an immediate action you may have any creature adjacent to you become the target of an attack or ability that would target you. The creature must be willing to take the attack for you. otherwise the action is wasted and you still are the target.

Divine Right (Ex): The right to your crown has been granted by a deity, as a result your Regal Presence ability now applies to the clergy (diplomacy) and believers (intimidate). Additionally creatures previously affected by your Regal Presence are At Bay from you in battle, as they are afraid of divine wrath.

Enchanting Voice (Su): You gain the fascinate ability of a Bard at will, you may use your character levels instead of ranks in a Perform skill. Additionally creatures that came under your fascinate ability are one step friendlier towards you than normal (to a maximum of Friendly). This is only an 'initial attitude' - if you take any actions that harm or offend them, their attitude will adjust appropriately. Especially if you used the duration they were fascinated to perform harmful actions against them. You do not gain any other bardic music effects or benefits, nor can you use this ability in place of bardic music for prerequisite or other effects.

Extraordinary Education: The Royalblood Paragon gain a single bonus feat she meet the prerequisite of. The Royalblood Paragon must have the Apprentice feature in order to take this ability and the bonus feat must be related to her apprenticeship.

Monastic Training (Ex): Part of your upbringings was done in a monastery by highly skilled Monk, you gain Improved Unarmed Strike as a bonus feat and you add your Wisdom bonus to your AC when not flat-footed while wearing light or no armor.

Nightly Escapades (Ex): You sneak out at night, interacting with street folk in your secret identity. You gain a +3 bonus to Hide, Move Silently and on all Charisma-based skills done without Regal Presence and a +10 bonus on your land speed.

Poison Use (Ex): You gain poison use as the Assassin ability. If you already possess or later gain poison use you may apply poison as a swift action instead.

Self-Defense (Ex): You retroactively increase the base attack bonus progression of your Royalblood Paragon levels by one step (to a maximum of full base attack bonus) and you become proficient with all martial weapons. The defensive style thought to you reduce the penalty to attack roll you take with Combat Expertise and when fighting defensively by 2.

Shake Morale (Ex): As a standard action you attempt to demoralize opponent using your diplomacy (potentially also using your regal presence) instead of your Intimidate skill, the affected creature take one daunt level. A creature can clear all but one daunt level gained through this ability as a full-round action.

Well Read (Ex): You gain bardic knowledge as a Bard of your character level. You gain 2 additional skill points per level for all class you have (applies retroactively), you may only use those skill points to purchases ranks in Decipher Script or Knowledge.

Apprenticeship (Ex): A 2nd level Royalblood Paragon gained some training, choose one of the following ability:

Art of War: Your Royalblood Paragon levels grant you moderate attack bonus (like Cleric) retroactively, a [fighter] bonus feat you meet the prerequisites of and you become proficient with medium and heavy armor as well as shields (except tower shield).

Expert Statecraft: Your Royalblood Paragon levels now grant the benefits of the Politician of the same level. You may keep leveling in Royalblood Paragon past 3, but only gain Politician class features.

Roguecraft: You gain a +2 bonus on Reflex save and sneak attack +1d6 as a Rogue, this bonus increase to +2d6 at 3rd level. This source of sneak attack stack with any other sources of sneak attack you may have.

Spellcasting: You gain one cantrip and one 1st spell from the sorcerer/wizard spell list, you may use the cantrip at will and the 1st level spell twice per day . Additionally at every level but 1st level in Royalblood Paragon a character gains new spells per day as if he had also gained a level in a spellcasting class she belonged to before adding the prestige class. She does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained, except for an increased effective level of spellcasting. She add her full Royalblood Paragon level to her caster level. If a character had more than one spellcasting class before becoming a Royalblood Paragon, she must decide to which class he adds the new level for purposes of determining spells per day. If the character does not have a spellcasting class when she takes Royalblood Paragon, then he gains no benefit from this feature until she gains at least one level in a spellcasting class.

Ability Boost (Ex): A 3rd level Royalblood Paragon gain a +2 bonus to her Wisdom or Charisma score.

Commanding Voice (Ex): A 3rd level Royalblood Paragon can use command as a swift action (DC 10 +1/2 Level + Charisma modifier), at character level 10 she may instead use greater command instead. Her subjects take a -4 penalty on their will save against this ability while creature hostile to her office are immune. She may use this ability a number of times per day equal to her Charisma modifier.

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