A recent thread on RPG.Net had an awesome premise. What if you removed Clerics from OD&D and gave their magic to elves?
I thought the idea had merit. The more I rolled it around in my head, the more I liked it. Even if you left Clerics in, the spell creation and class creation rules in ACKS gave a perfect opportunity to build a ‘better elf’… or at least a different one.
So I did…see the previous post about the race build. See the previous altered Spellblade Class.
In this post I’m going to rebuild the Nightblade class as a divine assassin. Again, I’ve tweaked the spell list to my own tastes and vision.
The Nightblade
Because even gods need killers.
(unlike the previous class, I’ve made less changes so I’m not reposting their class descriptions which is basically the same as it is in ACKs. Swap Wisdom for Intelligence requirements, but otherwise everything but the chart is more or less the same).
| Night blade Level Progression | ||||||||
| Experience | Title | Level | Hit Dice | Special Abilities | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|
0 |
Fey-Avenger | 1 | 1d6 | Move Silently, Climb, Hide, Backstab, Acrobatics | – | – | – | – |
|
1775 |
Fey-Enforcer | 2 | 2d6 | – | – | – | – | |
|
3550 |
Fey-Stalker | 3 | 3d6 | Divine spellcasting | 1 | – | – | – |
|
7100 |
Fey-Slayer | 4 | 4d6 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
|
14200 |
Fey-Destroyer | 5 | 5d6 | 2 | – | – | – | |
|
28400 |
Fey-Executioner | 6 | 6d6 | 2 | – | – | – | |
|
55000 |
Fey-Blackguard | 7 | 7d6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | |
|
110000 |
Fey-Assassin | 8 | 8d6 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – |
|
250000 |
Nightblade | 9 | 9d6 | Magic research (minor) | 2 | 2 | – | – |
|
390000 |
Nightblade-10th | 10 | 9d6+2* | – | 2 | 2 | – | – |
|
530000 |
Nightblade-11th | 11 | 9d6+4* | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
|
670000 |
Nightblade-12th | 12 | 9d6+6* | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
First Level Divine Spells
| 1 | Cure Light Wounds* |
| 2 | Detect Magic |
| 3 | Night’s Cloak |
| 4 | Shadow’s Cling |
| 5 | Whisper Step |
Second Level Divine Spells
| 1 | Charm Person |
| 2 | Find Traps |
| 3 | Locate Object |
| 4 | Shimmer |
| 5 | Swift Sword |
Third Level Divine Spells
| 1 | Cure Blindness |
| 2 | Inaudibility |
| 3 | Invisibility |
| 4 | Remove Curse* |
| 5 | Winged Flight |
Fourth Level Divine Spells
| 1 | Cure Serious Wounds* |
| 2 | Dispel Magic |
| 3 | Neutralize Poison* |
| 4 | Skinchange |
| 5 | Tongues |
Whisper Step
Range: self
Divine 1 (Nightblade) Duration: 1 Turn per level
Except as noted above, this spell is identical to the 1st level arcane spell Silent Step.
Night’s Cloak
Range: self
Divine 1 (Nightblade) Duration: 1 Turn per level
Except as noted above, this spell is identical to the 1st level arcane spell Chameleon.
Shadow’s Cling
Range: self
Divine 1 (Nightblade) Duration: 1 Turn per level
Except as noted above, this spell is identical to the 1st level arcane spell Spider Climb.
Nightblade Proficiencies: As normal, minus Black Lore, Elementalism, taking Divine Blessing and Lay on Hands in their place.
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