Tyrant (Apath)
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The tyrant is the lawful evil version of the paladin, enforcing the tyranny of hell on earth. Unlike the anti-paladin, the tyrant has some seemingly redeeming qualities and is a good team player.
Class Abilities
This archetype has all normal class abilities, except as noted.
Alignment
Lawful Evil
Class Skills
Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis).
Aura of Evil
The tyrant has an evil aura. This is a modification to aura of good.
Smite Good
The tyrant smites good instead of evil. This is a modification to smite evil.
Lay on Hands
The lay on hands ability of the tyrant heals both living and undead creatures.
Channel Negative Energy
The tyrant channels negative energy in the same manner as a paladin channels positive energy.
Order of Evil
At 3rd level, a superior of the tyrant who is capable of casting 2nd level divine spells can order him to fight against either good or chaos for one day as a full-round action when adjacent to the tyrant. All abilities that normally target good creatures instead target the selected type. This affects smite good, unholy champion, and tyrant spells he casts that has a specific effect against good creatures.
At 6th level, the tyrant can change what kind of foe he has a bonus against with a 1-minute dedication ritual.
At 9th level, the tyrant can change what kind of foe he has a bonus against as a standard action.
At 12th level, the tyrant can change what kind of foe he has a bonus against as a swift action.
At 15th level, a tyrant continuously has a bonus against both good and chaos.
This replaces mercy.
Spells
The tyrant has the following spell list:
1st level - cause fear, corrupt weapon, cure light wounds, curse water, detect good, detect poison, detect undead, divine favor, doom, endure elements, inflict light wounds, magic weapon, misdirection, protection from good, read magic, summon monster II.
2nd level - bull's strength, darkness, death knell, desecrate, eagle's splendor, hold person, resist energy, shatter, owl's wisdom, summon monster IV, undetectable alignment.
3rd level - bestow curse, contagion, cure moderate wounds, deeper darkness, dispel magic, inflict moderate wounds, magic circle against good, magic weapon, greater, prayer, protection from elements, summon monster V.
4th level - break enchantment, cure serious wounds, dispel good, freedom of movement, inflict serious wounds, mark of justice, poison, summon monster VI, unholy sword.
Summon monster spells summon only lawful neutral, true neutral, lawful evil, or neutral evil creatures. Corrupt weapon and unholy sword is similar to bless weapon and holy sword respectively but offer benefits against good creatures instead of evil ones.
Divine Bond
A tyrant's bonded weapon can gain the following abilities, instead of those listed for paladins: Axiomatic, brilliant energy, flaming burst, flaming, keen, menacing, speed, throwing, unholy, vicious.
At 11th level, a tyrant's bonded creature gains the fiendish advanced template instead of the celestial template.
Aura of Faith
The tyrant's weapon becomes lawful and evil-aligned.
Aura of Tyranny
The tyrant gains damage resistance 5/good and immunity to compulsion spells and spell-like abilities. Each ally within 10 feet of her gains a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against compulsion effects. This replaces Aura of Righteousness.
Unholy Champion
At 20th level, a tyrant becomes a conduit for the power of her god. Her DR increases to 10/good. Whenever she uses smite evil and successfully strikes a good or chaotic outsider, the outsider is also subject to a banishment, using her tyrant level as the caster level (her weapon and unholy symbol automatically count as objects that the subject hates). After the banishment effect and the damage from the attack is resolved, the smite immediately ends. In addition, whenever she channels energy or uses lay on hands to heal a creature, she heals the maximum possible amount.
Table: Tyrant
| Class Level |
Base Attack Bonus |
Fort Save |
Ref Save |
Will Save |
Special | Spells per Day | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 1st | +1 | +2 | +0 | +2 | Aura of evil, detect evil, smite good 1/day | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd | +2 | +3 | +0 | +3 | Divine grace, lay on hands | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd | +3 | +3 | +1 | +3 | Aura of courage, order of evil (divine caster), divine health, mercy | — | — | — | — |
| 4th | +4 | +4 | +1 | +4 | Channel begative energy, smite good 2/day | 0 | — | — | — |
| 5th | +5 | +4 | +1 | +4 | Divine bond | 1 | — | — | — |
| 6th | +6/+1 | +5 | +2 | +5 | Mercy, order of evil (1 minute) | 1 | — | — | — |
| 7th | +7/+2 | +5 | +2 | +5 | Smite good 3/day | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 8th | +8/+3 | +6 | +2 | +6 | Aura of resolve | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| 9th | +9/+4 | +6 | +3 | +6 | Mercy, order of evil (standard action) | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 10th | +10/+5 | +7 | +3 | +7 | Smite good 4/day | 2 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 11th | +11/+6/+1 | +7 | +3 | +7 | Aura of justice | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 12th | +12/+7/+2 | +8 | +4 | +8 | Mercy, order of evil (swift action) | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 13th | +13/+8/+3 | +8 | +4 | +8 | Smite good 5/day | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14th | +14/+9/+4 | +9 | +4 | +9 | Aura of faith | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 15th | +15/+10/+5 | +9 | +5 | +9 | Mercy, order of evil (continous) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 16th | +16/+11/+6/+1 | +10 | +5 | +10 | Smite good 6/day | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 17th | +17/+12/+7/+2 | +10 | +5 | +10 | Aura of tyrrany | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 18th | +18/+13/+8/+3 | +11 | +6 | +11 | Mercy | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 19th | +19/+14/+9/+4 | +11 | +6 | +11 | Smite good 7/day | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 20th | +20/+15/+10/+5 | +12 | +6 | +12 | Unholy champion | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Summary of Changed Class Abilities
These abilities of the original class are lost or modified in this archetype:
- Aura of Good
- Class Skills
- Smite Evil
- Lay on Hands
- Channel Energy
- Spells
- Mercy
- Divine Bond
- Aura of Faith
- Aura of Righteousness
- Holy Champion