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''A poison tongue is a merchant prince who advances himself through the selective use of intrigue, poison, and drugs. A poison tongue rarely uses these tools to kill, preferring to exploit, impoverish and eventually enslave his victims.''  
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''A poison tongue is a merchant prince who advances herself through the selective use of intrigue, poison, and drugs. A poison tongue rarely uses these tools to kill, preferring to exploit, impoverish and eventually enslave her victims.''  
  
 
== Class Information ==
 
== Class Information ==
This is a [[Prestige Class Archetypes (Apath)|prestige class archetype]].
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This is a [[Prestige Archetypes (Apath)|prestige archetype]]. The poison tongue is a sweet-talking poisoner.  
  
'''Prestige Class: ''' [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/prestige-classes/other-paizo/s-z/prophet-of-kalistrade Poison tongue].   
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'''Prestige Class: ''' [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/prestige-classes/other-paizo/s-z/prophet-of-kalistrade Prophet of Kalistrade] from Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Paths of Prestige.   
  
 
'''Build Classes: ''' [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/rogue Rogue].   
 
'''Build Classes: ''' [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/rogue Rogue].   
  
'''Role:''' A poison tongue makes an excellent ambassador or spokesman, and a clever investigator.
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'''Role:''' A poison tongue makes an excellent ambassador or spokesman, and a clever investigator or assassin.
  
'''Alignment:''' Lawful evil. A poison tongue exploits society and advances himself at the expense of others.
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'''Alignment:''' Any non-good. Most poison tongues are lawful evil and exploits society and advances herself at the expense of others.  
  
 
'''Hit Die:''' d8.
 
'''Hit Die:''' d8.
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== Class Features==
 
== Class Features==
These are all the class features of the poison tongue.
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The poison tongue has all the class features of the rogue, except as noted.
  
 
===Weapon and Armor Proficiency===
 
===Weapon and Armor Proficiency===
Poison tounges are proficient with all simple weapons, plus the hand crossbow, rapier, sap, shortbow, and short sword. They are proficient with light armor, but not with shields. He can cast poison tounge spells while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. Like any other arcane spellcaster, a poison tounge 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 poison tounge still incurs the normal arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from other classes.
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Poison tongues are proficient with all simple weapons, plus the hand crossbow, rapier, sap, shortbow, and short sword. They are proficient with light armor, but not with shields. They can cast poison tongue spells while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. Like any other arcane spellcaster, a poison tongue 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 poison tongue still incurs the normal arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from other classes.
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=== Spells ===
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A poison tongue casts arcane spells drawn from the sorcerer/wizard spell list, but is limited to divination and enchantment spells. She can cast any spell she knows without preparing it ahead of time. Spells of 5th level or higher are not on the poison tongue's spell list.
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Add the following spells to the poison tongue's spell list at the indicated spell levels. She does not automatically learn these spells when they become available—they must be selected as part of her spells known. 
  
 
{| class="wikitable" align="right"
 
{| class="wikitable" align="right"
 
|+'''Table: Poison Tongue Spells Known'''
 
|+'''Table: Poison Tongue Spells Known'''
|rowspan=2| '''Level'''||colspan=5 align=center|'''Spells Known'''
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|| '''Zero''' ||| '''1st''' ||| '''2nd''' ||| '''3rd''' ||| '''4th'''  
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=== Spells ===
 
A poison tongue casts arcane spells drawn from the sorcerer/wizard spell list, but is limited to divination and enchantment spells. He can cast any spell he knows without preparing it ahead of time. Spells of 5th level or higher are not on the poison tongue's spell list.
 
 
Add the following spells to the poison tongue's spell list at the indicated spell levels. He does not automatically learn these spells when they become available—they must be selected as part of his spells known. 
 
  
 
1st—''[http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/d/divine-favor divine favor], [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/f/floating-disk floating disk], [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/m/magic-aura magic aura] <br>
 
1st—''[http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/d/divine-favor divine favor], [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/f/floating-disk floating disk], [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/m/magic-aura magic aura] <br>
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4th—''[http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/d/discern-lies discern lies], [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/d/divination divination], [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/p/planar-ally lesser planar ally] <br>
 
4th—''[http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/d/discern-lies discern lies], [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/d/divination divination], [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/p/planar-ally lesser planar ally] <br>
  
To cast a spell, a poison tongue must have a Charisma score of at least 10 + the spell's level. His bonus spells are based on Charisma, and saving throws against these spells have a DC of 10 + the spell level + the caster's Charisma modifier (if any). His selection of spells is extremely limited—at each poison tongue level, he gains one or more new spells, as indicated on Table: poison tongue Spells Known.
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To cast a spell, a poison tongue must have a Charisma score of at least 10 + the spell's level. Her bonus spells are based on Charisma, and saving throws against these spells have a DC of 10 + the spell level + the caster's Charisma modifier (if any). Her selection of spells is extremely limited—at each poison tongue level, she gains one or more new spells, as indicated on Table: poison tongue Spells Known.
  
At 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, and 19th level, he can choose to learn a new spell in place of one he already knows, provided the new spell is of the same level as the one he is replacing.
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At 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, and 19th level, she can choose to learn a new spell in place of one she already knows, provided the new spell is of the same level as the one she is replacing.
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Spells replaces 2 skill points per level.
  
 
=== Hidden Weapon (Ex)  ===
 
=== Hidden Weapon (Ex)  ===
At 1st level, an poison tongue becomes a master at concealing his identity and hiding weapons on his body. He adds half his poison tongue level (minimum +1) to all Disguise checks and to Sleight of Hand skill checks made to prevent others from noticing hidden weapons or to surreptitiously use poison.   
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At 1st level, an poison tongue becomes a master at concealing her identity and hiding weapons on her body. She adds half her poison tongue level (minimum +1) to all Disguise checks and to Sleight of Hand skill checks made to prevent others from noticing hidden weapons or to surreptitiously use poison.  This replaces trapfinding.
  
=== Sneak Attack===
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===Poison Use===
If a poison tounge can catch an opponent when he is unable to defend himself effectively from her attack, she can strike a vital spot for extra damage.
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At level 2, poison tongues are trained in the use of poison and cannot accidentally poison themselves when applying poison to a blade (see Poison). This replaces evasion.
The poison tounge's attack deals extra damage anytime her target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the poison tounge flanks her target. This extra damage is 1d6 at 1st level, and increases by 1d6 every three poison tounge levels thereafter. Should the poison tounge score a critical hit with a sneak attack, this extra damage is not multiplied. Ranged attacks can count as sneak attacks only if the target is within 30 feet.
 
  
With a weapon that deals nonlethal damage (like a sap, whip, or an unarmed strike), a poison tounge can make a sneak attack that deals nonlethal damage instead of lethal damage. She cannot use a weapon that deals lethal damage to deal nonlethal damage in a sneak attack, not even with the usual –4 penalty.
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=== Business Acumen (Ex) ===
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At 2nd level, a poison tongue can treat settlements as one size category larger when determining their base values and purchase limits, up to a maximum size of small city.  
  
The poison tounge must be able to see the target well enough to pick out a vital spot and must be able to reach such a spot. A poison tounge cannot sneak attack while striking a creature with concealment.
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At 8th level, this ability improves so that the poison tongue can treat settlements as two size categories larger, to a maximum size of large city.
  
===Poison Use===
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At 12th level, the poison tongue can treat settlements as three size categories larger, to a maximum size of metropolis.
At level 2, poison tongues are trained in the use of poison and cannot accidentally poison themselves when applying poison to a blade (see Poison).
 
  
===Poison Save ===
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This replaces the level 2 rogue talent.
At 3rd level, the poison tongue gains a +1 saving throw bonus against poisons. This bonus increase by +1 every three levels after level three. He also gains this bonus on Craft (Alchemy) checks to brew poisons.
 
  
=== Uncanny Dodge (Ex) ===
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===Poison Mastery ===
Starting at 4th level, a poison tounge 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 Dex bonus to AC if the attacker is invisible. She still loses her Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized. A poison tounge with this ability can still lose her Dexterity bonus to AC if an opponent successfully uses the feint action (see Combat) against her.
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At 3rd level, the poison tongue gains a +1 saving throw bonus against poisons. This bonus increase by +1 every three levels after level three. She also gains this bonus on Craft (Alchemy) checks to brew poisons.  
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At 3rd level, she can apply poison to a blade or poison a consumable as a move action.
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At 9th level, she can apply poison as a swift action.
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At 18th level, she can apply poison as a free action on her turn.
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This replaces trap sense (or danger sense for the unchained rogue).  
  
 
=== Auspicious Display (Ex)  ===
 
=== Auspicious Display (Ex)  ===
At 5th level a poison tongue projects an air of confidence and inviolability by displaying his wealth and status. So long as the prophet wears 1,000 gp worth of purely decorative jewelry, clothing, or other adornments, he gains a +1 dodge bonus to AC and a +1 morale bonus on saving throws. This bonus (and the necessary value of his accoutrements) increases as he gains levels, to +2 for 4,000 gp at 10th level, +3 for 9,000 gp at 15th level, and +4 for 16,000 gp at 20th level.
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At 4th level a poison tongue projects an air of confidence and inviolability by displaying her wealth and status. So long as the tongue wears 1,000 gp worth of purely decorative jewelry, clothing, or other adornments, she gains a +1 morale bonus to AC and saving throws. This bonus (and the necessary value of her accoutrements) increases as she gains levels, to  
 
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+2 for 4,000 gp at 8th level,  
=== Business Acumen (Ex)  ===
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+3 for 9,000 gp at 12th level, and  
At 5th level, a poison tongue can treat settlements as one size category larger when determining their base values and purchase limits.
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+4 for 16,000 gp at 16th level and
 
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+5 for 25,000 gp at 20th level  
At 11th level, this ability improves so that the prophet can treat settlements as two size categories larger.
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This replaces the level 4, 16, and 20 rogue talents.
 
 
At 17th level, the prophet can treat settlements as three size categories larger.
 
  
 
=== Nondetection (Sp) ===
 
=== Nondetection (Sp) ===
At 6th level, an poison tongue can use nondetection as a spell-like ability once per day as a wizard of his poison tongue level. At 12th level and 18th level, the poison tongue gain an additional daily use of the ability.
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At 6th level, an poison tongue can use ''nondetection'' as a spell-like ability once per day as a wizard of her poison tongue level. At 12th level and 18th level, the poison tongue gain an additional daily use of the ability. This replaces the level 6 rogue talent.
  
 
=== Purchase Spells (Su)  ===
 
=== Purchase Spells (Su)  ===
Starting at 7th level, a poison tongue can cast spells not normally available to him by expending a certain amount of gold. A poison tongue can spontaneously cast any 1st-level spell he knows—even if he has expended all of his spells for that day—by sacrificing 500 gp worth of currency (gp, sp, and so on) or gems. If the spell has a material component cost, it is added to the base cost of this ability. Currency or gems used in this way must be on the prophet's person, and goods other than standard currency or precious gems cannot be sacrificed to use this ability. Casting a spell in this way does not expend any of the prophet's uses of spells for that day, and once sacrificed, the currency spent to use this ability cannot be retrieved in any way—the money has effectively disappeared forever.
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Starting at 6th level, a poison tongue can cast spells not normally available to her by expending a certain amount of gold. A poison tongue can spontaneously cast any 1st-level spell from any spell list, even those prohibited by alignment or other restrictions—by sacrificing 500 gp worth of currency (gp, sp, and so on) or gems. If the spell has a material component cost, it is added to the base cost of this ability. Currency or gems used in this way must be on the tongue's person, and goods other than standard currency or precious gems cannot be sacrificed to use this ability. Casting a spell in this way does not expend any of the tongue's uses of spells for that day, and once sacrificed, the currency spent to use this ability cannot be retrieved in any way—the money has effectively disappeared forever.
  
At 10th level, the poison tongue can cast a 2nd-level spell he knows by sacrificing 1,500 gp.
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At 10th level, the poison tongue can cast a 2nd-level spell by sacrificing 1,000 gp.
  
At 13th level, he can cast a 3rd-level spell by sacrificing 3,000 gp.
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At 14th level, she can cast a 3rd-level spell by sacrificing 2,000 gp.
  
At 16th level, he can cast a 4th-level spell by sacrificing 5,000 gp.
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At 18th level, she can cast a 4th-level spell by sacrificing 4,000 gp.
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This replaces the level 10 and 18 rogue talents.  
  
 
=== Mystical Contacts (Ex)  ===
 
=== Mystical Contacts (Ex)  ===
At 8th level, once per week a poison tongue can call in favors from his trading partners to purchase a spellcasting service at half its normal price. The prophet must still find a spellcaster capable of casting the spell he desires (which usually means finding a large enough settlement), and must provide any expensive material components required by the spell at their full price.
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At 7th level, a poison tongue can call in favors from her trading partners to purchase a spellcasting service at half its normal price. The tongue must still find a spellcaster capable of casting the spell she desires (which usually means finding a large enough settlement, which business acumen above helps with), and must provide any expensive material components required by the spell at their full price. This replaces the level 8 rogue talent.
  
=== Prophet's Chest (Sp)  ===
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=== Tongue's Chest (Sp)  ===
At 11th level, a poison tongue can hide a chest on the Ethereal Plane, as per the spell ''[http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/s/secret-chest secret chest], except that the prophet does not need an expensive chest or replica—any chest will do. The prophet can summon the chest back to the Material Plane as a standard action up to three times per day. So long as the prophet accesses the chest once every month, it suffers no chance of being lost on the Ethereal Plane. A poison tongue can have only one chest on the Ethereal Plane in this way.
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At 10th level, a poison tongue can hide a chest on the Ethereal Plane, as per the spell ''[http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/s/secret-chest secret chest]'', except that the tongue does not need an expensive chest or replica—any chest will do. The tongue can summon the chest back to the Material Plane as a standard action up to three times per day. So long as the tongue accesses the chest once every month, it suffers no chance of being lost on the Ethereal Plane. A poison tongue can have only one chest on the Ethereal Plane in this way. This replaces advanced talents.
  
 
=== Planar Contacts (Su)  ===
 
=== Planar Contacts (Su)  ===
At 13th level, a poison tongue can purchase an outsider's services for half the normal cost when he casts a [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/p/planar-ally planar ally] spell or is within 30 feet of an ally who casts a planar ally spell. When negotiating with a creature called by a ''[http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/p/planar-binding planar binding]'' spell (either his own or an ally's), the prophet gains a +4 bonus on any opposed Charisma checks.
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At 13th level, a poison tongue can purchase an outsider's services for half the normal cost when she casts a [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/p/planar-ally planar ally] spell or is within 30 feet of an ally who casts a planar ally spell. When negotiating with a creature called by a ''[http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/p/planar-binding planar binding]'' spell (either her own or an ally's), the tongue gains a +4 bonus on any opposed Charisma checks. This replaces the level 12 rogue talent.
  
 
===Hide in Plain Sight (Su) ===
 
===Hide in Plain Sight (Su) ===
At 14th level, an poison tongue can use the Stealth skill even while being observed. As long as he is within 10 feet of some sort of shadow, an poison tongue can hide himself from view in the open without having anything to actually hide behind. He cannot, however, hide in his own shadow.
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At 14th level, an poison tongue can use the Stealth skill even while being observed. As long as she is within 10 feet of some sort of shadow, an poison tongue can hide herself from view in the open without having anything to actually hide behind. She cannot, however, hide in her own shadow. This replaces the level 14 rogue talent.
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== Table: Poison Tongue ==
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|rowspan=2 valign=bottom | '''Class<br>Level'''||rowspan=2 valign=bottom | '''Base <br>Attack<br>Bonus'''||rowspan=2 valign=bottom | '''Fort<br>Save'''||rowspan=2 valign=bottom | '''Ref<br>Save'''||rowspan=2 valign=bottom | '''Will<br>Save'''||rowspan=2 valign=bottom | '''Special'''||colspan=4 align="center" |'''Spells per Day'''
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|valign="top"| 1st  ||valign="top"| +0  ||valign="top"| +0  ||valign="top"| +2  ||valign="top"| +0  ||valign="top"| Finesse training, hidden weapon, sneak attack +1d6 ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —
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|valign="top"| 2nd  ||valign="top"| +1  ||valign="top"| +0  ||valign="top"| +3  ||valign="top"| +0  ||valign="top"| Business acumen, poison use ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —
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|valign="top"| 3rd  ||valign="top"| +2  ||valign="top"| +1  ||valign="top"| +3  ||valign="top"| +1  ||valign="top"| Poison mastery +1, finesse training, sneak attack +2d6 ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —
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|valign="top"| 4th  ||valign="top"| +3  ||valign="top"| +1  ||valign="top"| +4  ||valign="top"| +1  ||valign="top"| Auspicious display (+1), debilitating injury, uncanny dodge ||valign="top"| 0  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —
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|valign="top"| 5th  ||valign="top"| +3  ||valign="top"| +1  ||valign="top"| +4  ||valign="top"| +1  ||valign="top"| Rogue's edge, sneak attack +3d6 ||valign="top"| 1  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —
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|valign="top"| 6th  ||valign="top"| +4  ||valign="top"| +2  ||valign="top"| +5  ||valign="top"| +2  ||valign="top"| Nondetection, poison mastery +2, purchase spells (1st) ||valign="top"| 1  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —
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|valign="top"| 7th  ||valign="top"| +5  ||valign="top"| +2  ||valign="top"| +5  ||valign="top"| +2  ||valign="top"| Mystical contacts, sneak attack +4d6 ||valign="top"| 1  ||valign="top"| 0  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —
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|valign="top"| 8th  ||valign="top"| +6/+1  ||valign="top"| +2  ||valign="top"| +6  ||valign="top"| +2  ||valign="top"| Auspicious display (+12), business acumen, improved uncanny dodge ||valign="top"| 1  ||valign="top"| 1  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —
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|valign="top"| 9th  ||valign="top"| +6/+1  ||valign="top"| +3  ||valign="top"| +6  ||valign="top"| +3  ||valign="top"| Poison mastery +3, sneak attack +5d6 ||valign="top"| 2  ||valign="top"| 1  ||valign="top"| —  ||valign="top"| —
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|valign="top"| 10th  ||valign="top"| +7/+2  ||valign="top"| +3  ||valign="top"| +7  ||valign="top"| +3  ||valign="top"| Advanced talents, rogue's edge, purchase spells (2nd), tounge's chest ||valign="top"| 2  ||valign="top"| 1  ||valign="top"| 0  ||valign="top"| —
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|valign="top"| 11th  ||valign="top"| +8/+3  ||valign="top"| +3  ||valign="top"| +7  ||valign="top"| +3  ||valign="top"| Finesse training, sneak attack +6d6 ||valign="top"| 2  ||valign="top"| 1  ||valign="top"| 1  ||valign="top"| —
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|valign="top"| 13th  ||valign="top"| +9/+4  ||valign="top"| +4  ||valign="top"| +8  ||valign="top"| +4  ||valign="top"| Planar contract, sneak attack +7d6 ||valign="top"| 3  ||valign="top"| 2  ||valign="top"| 1  ||valign="top"| 0
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|valign="top"| 14th  ||valign="top"| +10/+5  ||valign="top"| +4  ||valign="top"| +9  ||valign="top"| +4  ||valign="top"| Hide in plain sight, purchase spells (3rd) ||valign="top"| 3  ||valign="top"| 2  ||valign="top"| 1  ||valign="top"| 1
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|valign="top"| 15th  ||valign="top"| +11/+6/+1  ||valign="top"| +5  ||valign="top"| +9  ||valign="top"| +5  ||valign="top"| Poison mastery +5, rogue's edge, sneak attack +8d6 ||valign="top"| 3  ||valign="top"| 2  ||valign="top"| 2  ||valign="top"| 1
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|valign="top"| 16th  ||valign="top"| +12/+7/+2  ||valign="top"| +5  ||valign="top"| +10  ||valign="top"| +5  ||valign="top"| Auspicious display (+4) ||valign="top"| 3  ||valign="top"| 3  ||valign="top"| 2  ||valign="top"| 1
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|valign="top"| 17th  ||valign="top"| +12/+7/+2  ||valign="top"| +5  ||valign="top"| +10  ||valign="top"| +5  ||valign="top"| Sneak attack +9d6 ||valign="top"| 4  ||valign="top"| 3  ||valign="top"| 2  ||valign="top"| 1
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|valign="top"| 18th  ||valign="top"| +13/+8/+3  ||valign="top"| +6  ||valign="top"| +11  ||valign="top"| +6  ||valign="top"| Poison mastery +6, purchase spells (4th) ||valign="top"| 4  ||valign="top"| 3  ||valign="top"| 2  ||valign="top"| 2
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|valign="top"| 19th  ||valign="top"| +14/+9/+4  ||valign="top"| +6  ||valign="top"| +11  ||valign="top"| +6  ||valign="top"| Finesse training, sneak attack +10d6 ||valign="top"| 4  ||valign="top"| 3  ||valign="top"| 3  ||valign="top"| 2
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|valign="top"| 20th  ||valign="top"| +15/+10/+5  ||valign="top"| +6  ||valign="top"| +12  ||valign="top"| +6  ||valign="top"| Auspicious display (+5), master strike, rogue's edge ||valign="top"| 4  ||valign="top"| 4  ||valign="top"| 3  ||valign="top"| 3
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Unofficial rules compendium

A poison tongue is a merchant prince who advances herself through the selective use of intrigue, poison, and drugs. A poison tongue rarely uses these tools to kill, preferring to exploit, impoverish and eventually enslave her victims.

Class Information

This is a prestige archetype. The poison tongue is a sweet-talking poisoner.

Prestige Class: Prophet of Kalistrade from Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Paths of Prestige.

Build Classes: Rogue.

Role: A poison tongue makes an excellent ambassador or spokesman, and a clever investigator or assassin.

Alignment: Any non-good. Most poison tongues are lawful evil and exploits society and advances herself at the expense of others.

Hit Die: d8.

Class Skills

The poison tongue's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are .

Skill Ranks at Each Level: 6 + Int modifier.

Class Features

The poison tongue has all the class features of the rogue, except as noted.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Poison tongues are proficient with all simple weapons, plus the hand crossbow, rapier, sap, shortbow, and short sword. They are proficient with light armor, but not with shields. They can cast poison tongue spells while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. Like any other arcane spellcaster, a poison tongue 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 poison tongue still incurs the normal arcane spell failure chance for arcane spells received from other classes.

Spells

A poison tongue casts arcane spells drawn from the sorcerer/wizard spell list, but is limited to divination and enchantment spells. She can cast any spell she knows without preparing it ahead of time. Spells of 5th level or higher are not on the poison tongue's spell list.

Add the following spells to the poison tongue's spell list at the indicated spell levels. She does not automatically learn these spells when they become available—they must be selected as part of her spells known.

Table: Poison Tongue Spells Known
Level Spells Known
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
1st
2nd
3rd
4th 2
5th 3
6th 4
7th 4 2
8th 4 3
9th 5 4
10th 5 4 2
11th 5 4 3
12th 6 5 4
13th 6 5 4 2
14th 6 5 4 3
15th 6 6 5 4
16th 6 6 5 4
17th 6 6 5 4
18th 6 6 6 5
19th 6 6 6 5
20th 6 6 6 5

1st—divine favor, floating disk, magic aura
2nd—arcane lock, augury, zone of truth
3rd—glibness, make whole, obscure object
4th—discern lies, divination, lesser planar ally

To cast a spell, a poison tongue must have a Charisma score of at least 10 + the spell's level. Her bonus spells are based on Charisma, and saving throws against these spells have a DC of 10 + the spell level + the caster's Charisma modifier (if any). Her selection of spells is extremely limited—at each poison tongue level, she gains one or more new spells, as indicated on Table: poison tongue Spells Known.

At 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, and 19th level, she can choose to learn a new spell in place of one she already knows, provided the new spell is of the same level as the one she is replacing.

Spells replaces 2 skill points per level.

Hidden Weapon (Ex)

At 1st level, an poison tongue becomes a master at concealing her identity and hiding weapons on her body. She adds half her poison tongue level (minimum +1) to all Disguise checks and to Sleight of Hand skill checks made to prevent others from noticing hidden weapons or to surreptitiously use poison. This replaces trapfinding.

Poison Use

At level 2, poison tongues are trained in the use of poison and cannot accidentally poison themselves when applying poison to a blade (see Poison). This replaces evasion.

Business Acumen (Ex)

At 2nd level, a poison tongue can treat settlements as one size category larger when determining their base values and purchase limits, up to a maximum size of small city.

At 8th level, this ability improves so that the poison tongue can treat settlements as two size categories larger, to a maximum size of large city.

At 12th level, the poison tongue can treat settlements as three size categories larger, to a maximum size of metropolis.

This replaces the level 2 rogue talent.

Poison Mastery

At 3rd level, the poison tongue gains a +1 saving throw bonus against poisons. This bonus increase by +1 every three levels after level three. She also gains this bonus on Craft (Alchemy) checks to brew poisons. At 3rd level, she can apply poison to a blade or poison a consumable as a move action. At 9th level, she can apply poison as a swift action. At 18th level, she can apply poison as a free action on her turn. This replaces trap sense (or danger sense for the unchained rogue).

Auspicious Display (Ex)

At 4th level a poison tongue projects an air of confidence and inviolability by displaying her wealth and status. So long as the tongue wears 1,000 gp worth of purely decorative jewelry, clothing, or other adornments, she gains a +1 morale bonus to AC and saving throws. This bonus (and the necessary value of her accoutrements) increases as she gains levels, to +2 for 4,000 gp at 8th level, +3 for 9,000 gp at 12th level, and +4 for 16,000 gp at 16th level and +5 for 25,000 gp at 20th level This replaces the level 4, 16, and 20 rogue talents.

Nondetection (Sp)

At 6th level, an poison tongue can use nondetection as a spell-like ability once per day as a wizard of her poison tongue level. At 12th level and 18th level, the poison tongue gain an additional daily use of the ability. This replaces the level 6 rogue talent.

Purchase Spells (Su)

Starting at 6th level, a poison tongue can cast spells not normally available to her by expending a certain amount of gold. A poison tongue can spontaneously cast any 1st-level spell from any spell list, even those prohibited by alignment or other restrictions—by sacrificing 500 gp worth of currency (gp, sp, and so on) or gems. If the spell has a material component cost, it is added to the base cost of this ability. Currency or gems used in this way must be on the tongue's person, and goods other than standard currency or precious gems cannot be sacrificed to use this ability. Casting a spell in this way does not expend any of the tongue's uses of spells for that day, and once sacrificed, the currency spent to use this ability cannot be retrieved in any way—the money has effectively disappeared forever.

At 10th level, the poison tongue can cast a 2nd-level spell by sacrificing 1,000 gp.

At 14th level, she can cast a 3rd-level spell by sacrificing 2,000 gp.

At 18th level, she can cast a 4th-level spell by sacrificing 4,000 gp.

This replaces the level 10 and 18 rogue talents.

Mystical Contacts (Ex)

At 7th level, a poison tongue can call in favors from her trading partners to purchase a spellcasting service at half its normal price. The tongue must still find a spellcaster capable of casting the spell she desires (which usually means finding a large enough settlement, which business acumen above helps with), and must provide any expensive material components required by the spell at their full price. This replaces the level 8 rogue talent.

Tongue's Chest (Sp)

At 10th level, a poison tongue can hide a chest on the Ethereal Plane, as per the spell secret chest, except that the tongue does not need an expensive chest or replica—any chest will do. The tongue can summon the chest back to the Material Plane as a standard action up to three times per day. So long as the tongue accesses the chest once every month, it suffers no chance of being lost on the Ethereal Plane. A poison tongue can have only one chest on the Ethereal Plane in this way. This replaces advanced talents.

Planar Contacts (Su)

At 13th level, a poison tongue can purchase an outsider's services for half the normal cost when she casts a planar ally spell or is within 30 feet of an ally who casts a planar ally spell. When negotiating with a creature called by a planar binding spell (either her own or an ally's), the tongue gains a +4 bonus on any opposed Charisma checks. This replaces the level 12 rogue talent.

Hide in Plain Sight (Su)

At 14th level, an poison tongue can use the Stealth skill even while being observed. As long as she is within 10 feet of some sort of shadow, an poison tongue can hide herself from view in the open without having anything to actually hide behind. She cannot, however, hide in her own shadow. This replaces the level 14 rogue talent.

Table: Poison Tongue

Class
Level
Base
Attack
Bonus
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special Spells per Day
1 2 3 4
1st +0 +0 +2 +0 Finesse training, hidden weapon, sneak attack +1d6
2nd +1 +0 +3 +0 Business acumen, poison use
3rd +2 +1 +3 +1 Poison mastery +1, finesse training, sneak attack +2d6
4th +3 +1 +4 +1 Auspicious display (+1), debilitating injury, uncanny dodge 0
5th +3 +1 +4 +1 Rogue's edge, sneak attack +3d6 1
6th +4 +2 +5 +2 Nondetection, poison mastery +2, purchase spells (1st) 1
7th +5 +2 +5 +2 Mystical contacts, sneak attack +4d6 1 0
8th +6/+1 +2 +6 +2 Auspicious display (+12), business acumen, improved uncanny dodge 1 1
9th +6/+1 +3 +6 +3 Poison mastery +3, sneak attack +5d6 2 1
10th +7/+2 +3 +7 +3 Advanced talents, rogue's edge, purchase spells (2nd), tounge's chest 2 1 0
11th +8/+3 +3 +7 +3 Finesse training, sneak attack +6d6 2 1 1
12th +9/+4 +4 +8 +4 Auspicious display (+3), Business acumen, poison mastery +4 2 2 1
13th +9/+4 +4 +8 +4 Planar contract, sneak attack +7d6 3 2 1 0
14th +10/+5 +4 +9 +4 Hide in plain sight, purchase spells (3rd) 3 2 1 1
15th +11/+6/+1 +5 +9 +5 Poison mastery +5, rogue's edge, sneak attack +8d6 3 2 2 1
16th +12/+7/+2 +5 +10 +5 Auspicious display (+4) 3 3 2 1
17th +12/+7/+2 +5 +10 +5 Sneak attack +9d6 4 3 2 1
18th +13/+8/+3 +6 +11 +6 Poison mastery +6, purchase spells (4th) 4 3 2 2
19th +14/+9/+4 +6 +11 +6 Finesse training, sneak attack +10d6 4 3 3 2
20th +15/+10/+5 +6 +12 +6 Auspicious display (+5), master strike, rogue's edge 4 4 3 3

Summary of Changed Class Abilities

These abilities of the rogue are lost or modified in this archetype:

  • Rogue Talents (all)
  • Trap Sense
  • Advanced Rogue Talent
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