Dragon Disciple (Apath)
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As some of the most ancient, powerful, and capricious creatures in existence, dragons occasionally enter into trysts with unsuspecting mortals or sire offspring with exceptional individuals. Likewise, the great power wielded by these creatures has long intrigued wizards and alchemists who have sought various magical methods to infuse their bodies with draconic power. As a result, the blood of dragons runs through the veins of many races. For some, this heritage manifests as a sorcerous bloodline and a predilection for magic; for others, however, the power of their draconic ancestors becomes an obsession and they focus all their magic on expressing it, becoming something close to true dragons.
Class Information
This is a merged prestige class.
Prestige Class: dragon disciple.
Build Classes: magus, sorcerer
The dragon disciple is a combination of dragon disciple and sorcerer, using the framework of the magus.
Role: With the magic of a spellcasting class at their disposal, dragon disciples can assume the typical role of a magic-user, hampering the movement of the enemy and hurling damage-dealing spells at their opponents. Dragon disciples' draconic abilities, however, make these versatile spellcasters even more formidable, as they use their breath weapons and flight to destroy their foes directly.
Alignment: Dragon disciples can be of any alignment, although they tend to be more chaotic than lawful. Those dragon disciples that assume the traits of chromatic dragons, such as bestial white and fearsome red dragons, have a proclivity for evil. Conversely, those that take after the metallic dragons, such as stoic brass and chivalric gold dragons, are often of good alignments.
Hit Die: d10.
Class Abilities
This archetype has all normal class abilities, except as noted.
Class Skills
The arcane trickster's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Fly (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (all skills taken individually) (Int), Perception (Wis), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Spellcraft (Int), Swim (Str), and Use Magic Device (Cha).
Skill Ranks at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency
Dragon disciples are proficient with all simple weapons and with light armor. They are not proficient with shields. Many dragon disciples prefer to rely entirely on natural weapons. A dragon disciple can cast magus spells while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. Like any other arcane spellcaster, a dragon disciple wearing medium armor, heavy armor, or a shield incurs a chance of arcane spell failure if the spell in question has a somatic component. A multiclass dragon disciple still incurs the normal arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from other classes.