Tyrant (Apath)

	Unofficial rules compendium
	Contents 1 Class Abilities 1.1 Alignment; 1.2 Class Skills; 1.3 Aura of Evil; 1.4 Smite Good; 1.5 Lay on Hands; 1.6 Channel Negative Energy; 1.7 Spells; 1.8 Divine Bond; 1.9 Aura of Faith; 1.10 Aura of Tyranny; 1.11 Unholy Champion; ; 2 Summary of Changed Class Abilities;
	Contents 1 Class Abilities 1.1 Alignment; 1.2 Class Skills; 1.3 Aura of Evil; 1.4 Smite Good; 1.5 Lay on Hands; 1.6 Channel Negative Energy; 1.7 Spells; 1.8 Divine Bond; 1.9 Aura of Faith; 1.10 Aura of Tyranny; 1.11 Unholy Champion; ; 2 Summary of Changed Class Abilities;

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.

Smite Good

The tyrant smites good instead of 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.

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 chaos 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.

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
Spell Lists
Divine Bond
Aura of Faith
Aura of Righteousness
Holy Champion