Stranger in the Night (3.5e Prestige Class)

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Stranger in the Night

Blah blah, wanderers, represent the night's mystery, blah blah.

Becoming a Stranger in the Night

Any class can become a stranger in the night, but it is mostly favoured by those who want subterfuge and mental control to be part of their act.

Entry Requirements

Feats:	Child of Night
Special:	Must wander the night for at least a month.

Table: The Stranger in the Night

Hit Die: Special

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	Special	Special	Special	Special	Geometries of the night, immemorable
2nd	Special	Special	Special	Special	[noncaster]
3rd	Special	Special	Special	Special	[all]
4th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[noncaster]
5th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[all]
6th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[noncaster]
7th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[noncaster]
8th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[noncaster]
9th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[all]
10th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[noncaster]
11th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[all]
12th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[noncaster]
13th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[noncaster]
14th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[noncaster]
15th	Special	Special	Special	Special	[all]

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the stranger in the night.

Weapon and Armour Proficiency: Strangers in the night gain no new proficiencies with weapons or armour.

Geometries of the Night: Strangers in the night are all wanderers, and each bring different experiences to their task. When you gain your first level of stranger in the night, choose one of your base classes. This class gains its base attack bonus progression, save progressions, hit die, skill points per level and class skills. Essentially, treat this class as a continuation of whatever progression the chosen base class would have given you.

Additionally, choose one of the following options:

Magic Geometry: Choose a class that gives spellcasting. This must be the same class that you chose for the earlier benefits of this class feature. At each level of stranger in the night, you gain new spells known and new spells per day as if you had gained a level in that class. You can only learn spells from this list.

Additionally, any DCs for the spells you cast are set to 10 + 1/2 of your character level + your Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma modifier (choose one when you first get this). Your caster level for the chosen class is always equal to your character level.

Lastly, if you choose this option, you do not gain the class features marked on the table with a star (*). Them's the breaks - you're a spellcaster, you'll live.

Master Geometry: You gain a bonus feat at each level of stranger in the night. Your stranger in the night class levels count as levels in whatever class you chose for the purpose of taking feats. You must meet any of the prerequisites for the feats you select as these bonus feats, but you can ignore prerequisites based on ability scores.

Sublime Geometry: If you chose an initiator class for the earlier benefits of this class feature, at each level of stranger in the night, you gain new maneuvers known, maneuvers readied and maneuvers granted (if applicable) as if you had gained a level in that class. You can only learn maneuvers from the Shadow Hand discipline, but can ignore any requirements based on needing to know a certain number of Shadow Hand maneuvers to learn a maneuver.

If you chose a non-initiator class for the earlier benefits of this class feature, at each level of stranger in the night, you can either learn a Shadow Hand stance, or gain a Shadow Hand maneuver as a maneuver-like ability. You must meet all prerequisites to gain them this way as if you were choosing them for an initiator class, but you can ignore requirements based on needing to know a certain number of Shadow Hand maneuvers. Each of the maneuvers learned as a maneuver-like ability can be used once, but you can spend 10 minutes concentrating to restore all your maneuver-like abilities to usability.

Additionally, any DCs for the maneuvers you use are set to 10 + 1/2 your character level + your Strength, Dexterity or Constitution modifier (choose one when you first get this). Your initiator level for the chosen class is always equal to your character level. This applies regardless of the class you chose for the earlier benefits of this class feature.

Immemorable (Su): The stranger in the night is everyone you've ever met - and no-one you've ever met. Those that meet them have trouble remembering anything distinctive about them, and even the powers of divination rarely, if ever, work on them correctly.

This has several effects. Firstly, after a stranger in the night meets someone, talks to them or even is caught a glimpse of by someone, that someone must make a Will save (DC 10 + 1/2 the stranger's in the night character level + the stranger's in the night Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma modifier, whichever would give the better result). This will save must be made 15 minutes after they can no longer perceive the stranger in the night using their normal (not magically-enhanced or spell-granted) senses. If they fail, they forget all specific details of the stranger's in the night appearance, voice, clothing, etc. They can still identify the gender of the stranger, as well as any species-based visual traits, but won't be able to describe or remember anything further than that. The stranger in the night can exempt someone from this using a free action, provided that they are aware that this would affect someone.

Example: Larran, a male elven stranger in the night, meets Eliza for a midnight interview. After he leaves, 15 minutes later, Eliza has to make a save or forget his specifics. She'll know that she spent time with a male elf, but beyond that, she won't remember anything about him, what he wore or anything else.

That same night, Larran meets his associate, Tam. Tam would be subject to the same memory loss, but Larran trusts him enough to exempt him from it for this meeting.

However, while they were having this meeting, a local tavern wench spots them talking, and decides to listen in. She has to make a Will save to not forget, and since Larran did not detect her, he cannot exempt her from this - even if he wanted to.

Secondly, the stranger's in the night alignment always counts as neutral, regardless of what it actually is. This does not violate codes of alignment or conduct, but in all other respects, the stranger in the night registers as neutral. This means that detect evil would not register on him, an unholy blight would only deal half damage (reducible to a quarter if they save), and so forth.

Lastly, the stranger in the night is subject to a constant nondetection effect, with a caster level equal to their character level.

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