Doom Warrior (Apath)

	Unofficial rules compendium
	Contents 1 Class Information 1.1 Class Skills; ; 2 Class Features 2.1 Weapon and Armor Proficiency; 2.2 Defiance (Ex); 2.3 Doomed; 2.4 Fated Enemy (Ex); 2.5 Resolve; 2.6 Combat Style; 2.7 Deadly Defiance; 2.8 Scene of Doom; 2.9 Doom Sense (Su); 2.10 Threatening Defiance; 2.11 Doomed Damage Penetration; 2.12 Doomed Slayer; 2.13 True Death; ; 3 Table: Doomed Warrior; 4 See Also;
	Contents 1 Class Information 1.1 Class Skills; ; 2 Class Features 2.1 Weapon and Armor Proficiency; 2.2 Defiance (Ex); 2.3 Doomed; 2.4 Fated Enemy (Ex); 2.5 Resolve; 2.6 Combat Style; 2.7 Deadly Defiance; 2.8 Scene of Doom; 2.9 Doom Sense (Su); 2.10 Threatening Defiance; 2.11 Doomed Damage Penetration; 2.12 Doomed Slayer; 2.13 True Death; ; 3 Table: Doomed Warrior; 4 See Also;

Some warriors know early on that they have a destiny; they carry their doom with them, only waiting for it to strike. Prophesied to fight some terrible enemy, these warriors spend their lives challenging mightier and mightier foes in an attempt to make themselves ready for the ultimate challenge. For while it is roughly known what their fated enemy will be, the outcome is very much in doubt.

Class Information

Role: Doomed warriors are grim individuals, facing each day as if it were their last. Some do this with boisterous gaiety, others with glum determination, but all do their best to steel themselves and prepare for their day of judgement. They do this by finding companions to aid them and by facing lesser trials on the way, making them trustworthy companions. Naturally, not all doomed heroes are heroic and some seek to flee their fate, but these are rarely told of in the sagas.

The doomed warrior class is a hybrid class, a combination of cavalier and oracle, combining the cavalier's battle prowess with a doom similar to an oracle's curse.

Alignment: Any.

Hit Dice: d10.

Starting Wealth: 5d6 × 10 gp (average 175gp.) In addition, each character begins play with an outfit worth 10 gp or less.

Class Skills

The doomed warrior's class skills are: Acrobatics (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (history) (Int), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Stealth (Dex), and Swim (Str). She gains additional class skills from the fated enemy ability.

Skill Ranks per Level: 4 + Int modifier.

Class Features

The following are the class features of the doomed warrior.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Doomed warriors are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with all types of armor (light, medium, and heavy) and with shields (except tower shields).

Defiance (Ex)

Once per day, a doomed warrior can defy a foe, making that enemy part of her destiny. As a swift action, the doomed warrior chooses one target within sight to defy. The doomed warrior's attacks deal extra damage whenever the attacks are made against the target of her defiance. This extra damage is equal to the doomed warrior's level. The doomed warrior can use this ability once per day at 1st level, plus one additional time per day for every three levels beyond 1st, to a maximum of seven times per day at 19th level.

Defy heightens the danger of the situation. The doomed warrior takes a –2 penalty to her Armor Class against attacks made by the target of her defiance. Defiance remains in effect until the target is dead or unconscious or for 24 hours.

Doomed

Every doomed warrior carries their fate with them, and no ability manifests this as clearly as the doom they carry. Each doomed warrior must choose a doom at first level, but this comes with benefits as well as a hindrance. This doom never be changed, removed, or dispelled without the direct intervention of a deity. The effective level of a doomed warrior’s doom is her doomed warrior level plus one for every two levels or Hit Dice from other sources.

A doomed warrior that is also an oracle (or other class that has the curse or doom class feature) can choose the same or a different curse. If selecting the same curse, use levels in other cursed classes as doomed warrior levels for the effective level of the doom. Bonuses and penalties from curses do not stack, but when the benefit from a curse and a doom are different, both apply.

Fated Enemy (Ex)

**Table: Fated Enemy**
Type	Skills
Aberration	Knowledge (dungeoneering), Survival
Animal	Knowledge (nature), Survival
Construct	Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (engineering)
Dragon	Appraise, Knowledge (arcana)
Fey	Knowledge (nature), Sense Motive
Humanoid (by class)	Knowledge (local), Knowledge (nobility)
Magical beast	Knowledge (arcana), Survival
Monstrous humanoid	Knowledge (nature), Sense Motive
Ooze	Knowledge (dungeoneering), Use Magic Device
Outsider (by subtype)	Knowledge (planes), Spellcraft
Plant	Knowledge (nature), Survival
Undead	Knowledge (religion), Linguistics
Vermin	Knowledge (nature), Survival

At first level, the doomed warrior selects what her particular doom is. Combat against such a fated enemy is more dangerous for the doomed warrior, but the doomed warrior is likewise more dangerous to the enemy.

Select one character class or creature type. If the type is outsider, the doomed warrior must also select a subtype. The doomed warrior cannot select the humanoid, this choice is replaced by the option to choose a class.

Against the selected type of creature, the doomed warrior gains several advantages and disadvantages.

The doomed warrior can use her defy ability against a fated enemy, and this use does not count against the doomed warrior's daily use of that ability. While she is defying a doomed enemy, the doomed warrior is immune to fear, but cannot use her defy ability except against other doomed enemies.
The doomed warrior gains a +2 bonus on attack rolls, CMB checks, Will and Fortitude saving throws, and opposed skill checks.
The doomed warrior suffers a -2 penalty on Armor Class and Reflex saving throws against creatures of the chosen type.

Resolve

At first level, the domed warrior's resolve expresses itself in a specific way. The doomed warrior can choose one of the following abilities.

Armor Training (Ex) Starting at 1st level, a doomed warrior learns to be more maneuverable while wearing armor. Whenever she is wearing armor, she reduces the armor check penalty by 1 (to a minimum of 0) and increases the maximum Dexterity bonus allowed by her armor by 1. Every five levels thereafter (6th, 11th, and 16th), these bonuses increase by +1 each time, to a maximum –4 reduction of the armor check penalty and a +4 increase of the maximum Dexterity bonus allowed. At 6th level, a doomed warrior can also move at her normal speed while wearing armor.

Mount This is the same as the cavalier ability of the same name.

Heroic Stance (Su) As long as the doomed warrior is not wearing medium or heavy armor and has light encumbrance, she gains a dodge bonus to Armor Class equal to her Charisma modifier. She can use a shield with this ability. This makes her a martial artist of the way of life.
At 6th level, the doomed warrior gains Uncanny Dodge (Ex). The doomed warrior can react to danger before her senses would normally allow her to do so. She cannot be caught flat-footed, nor does she lose her Dexterity bonus to AC if the attacker is invisible. She still loses her Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized. A doomed warrior with this ability can still lose her Dexterity bonus to AC if an opponent successfully uses the feint action against her. If a doomed warrior already has uncanny dodge from a different class, she automatically gains improved uncanny dodge (see below) instead.
At 11th level, the doomed warrior gains Improved Uncanny Dodge (Ex). She can no longer be flanked. This defense denies the ability to sneak attack the character by flanking her, unless the attacker has at least four more levels in classes that grant sneak attack than the doomed warrior has in classes that grant uncanny dodge.

Combat Style

Gained at 2nd level, this is the same as the ranger ability of the same name.

Deadly Defiance

At 3th level, when the doomed warrior strikes a target she is defying, her attacks always do lethal damage. She cannot choose to deal nonlethal damage. If her attack normally deals nonlethal damage, she deals lethal bludgeoning damage instead. Similarly, any nonlethal damage she takes from a defied enemy becomes lethal damage to her. In addition, the doomed warrior does not suffer any penalty to her AC after making a charge attack.

Scene of Doom

At 8th level, a doomed warrior learns to focus on her destined enemies. When the doomed warrior is within 100 ft. of a defied enemy, she ignores difficult ground when moving or charging. Difficult ground that costs more than 2 squares of movement is treated as normal difficult ground. She also receives a +2 bonus on attack rolls against a target of her defiance.

Doom Sense (Su)

At 9th level, the bond of fate between the doomed warrior and her doomed enemies strengthens; whenever they are close to one another, they know of each others presence. This manifests as a distinct feeling of unease. This feeling is vague enough that attempts to pinpoint the enemy (by such means as trailing the circumference of the area and similar tricks) do not work. If either the doomed warrior or her doomed enemy sees the other, they can immediately identify the other as an enemy but gains no other information. This ability has a range of 100 ft. per class level.

If the doomed warrior has a common type of fated enemy, such as a fighters, she can choose to limit this ability so she will only work against enemies more than one step removed from the doomed warrior's alignment, on either the law-chaos or good-evil axis. She makes this choice when first gaining the ability, and this decision cannot be changed.

Threatening Defiance

At 11th level, a defied creature ignores her at its peril. When making an attack roll against anyone except her, the target of her defy provokes an attack of opportunity from the doomed warrior. The defied creature automatically understands that this is the case.

Doomed Damage Penetration

At 12th level, when attacking a defied enemy, the doomed warrior's attacks ignores any damage reduction or hardness the target may have.

Doomed Slayer

At 17th level, when the doomed warrior strikes the target of her defy, her attacks bypass all kinds of resistance, temporary hit points, incorporealness, etherealness, regeneration, or other damage preventing or damage redirecting ability.

True Death

At 20th level, when a doomed warrior attacks a defied enemy, she automatically confirms all critical threats. When she slays or destroys a fated enemy, that creature cannot be resurrected, reincarnated, rejuvenated, or otherwise come back by any means. A summoned creature is immune to this effect.

Table: Doomed Warrior

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special
1st	+1	+2	+0	+0	Defy 1/day, doom, fated enemy, resolve 1
2nd	+2	+3	+0	+0	Combat style feat
3rd	+3	+3	+1	+1	Deadly defiance
4th	+4	+4	+1	+1	Defy 2/day
5th	+5	+4	+1	+1	Doom ability
6th	+6/+1	+5	+2	+2	Combat style feat, resolve 2
7th	+7/+2	+5	+2	+2	Defy 3/day
8th	+8/+3	+6	+2	+2	Scene of doom
9th	+9/+4	+6	+3	+3	Doom sense
10th	+10/+5	+7	+3	+3	Defy 4/day, combat style feat, doom ability
11th	+11/+6/+1	+7	+3	+3	Resolve 3, threatening defiance
12th	+12/+7/+2	+8	+4	+4	Doomed damage penetration
13th	+13/+8/+3	+8	+4	+4	Defy 5/day
14th	+14/+9/+4	+9	+4	+4	Combat style feat
15th	+15/+10/+5	+9	+5	+5	Doom ability
16th	+16/+11/+6/+1	+10	+5	+5	Defy 6/day, resolve 4
17th	+17/+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+5	Doomed slayer
18th	+18/+13/+8/+3	+11	+6	+6	Combat style feat
19th	+19/+14/+9/+4	+11	+6	+6	Defy 7/day
20th	+20/+15/+10/+5	+12	+6	+6	True Death