Shair
Base Attack Bonus: As Wizard
Saving Throws: As Wizard
Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d4
Skills:
Class skills are as follows: Alchemy (Int), Concentration
(Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Knowledge (Genie,
then any topic) (Int), Profession (Wis), Scry (Int,
exclusive skill), and Spellcraft (Int).
Skill Point at 1st Level (2 + Int modifier) 4
Skill Points after 1st: 2 + Int modifier.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Shairs are Proficient in club, dagger,
jambiya, heavy crossbow, light crossbow and quarterstaff. Shairs are
not proficient with any type of armor or shields. Armor check penalties
apply for all armor heavier than leather. Swim checks suffer a -1
penalty for every 5 pounds of armor and equipment. For every AC a
character has above +3 due to armor/shields, the character suffers a -1
penalty to attack rolls, skill checks and ability checks.
Summon Gen: At first level the Shair may summon a small elemental
familiar (called gen) to assist him. The act of summoning and binding a
gen lasts 1d20 hours. If a shair spends the required time fasting and
communing with the nature of the elemental planeswhile
uninterruptedthen no proficiency check is required. Success is
automatic. Gens can tap into a network of other geniekind, conferring
with creatures of any element. This allows gens to retrieve spells for
their masters. A shair simply states the spell which he or she desires,
and the loyal gen rushes off to the appropriate elemental plane to find it
(locating even spells in the universal province).
Spells: A Shair does not gain spells typically as a wizard. When the
Shair wishes, he sends his Gen to retrieve the spells. The Shair may
request any spell, either arcane or divine. The DC of such spells are: 10
+ spell level - the Shairs Charisma modifier. If the elemental spirit
succeeds, it returns at the end of its search, appearing within 10 feet of
its master. The shair can cast the spell within three turns; thereafter the
magic is lost. Damage and other effects for the spell reflect the shairs
experience level. The gen cannot set out to retrieve another spell for its
master until the previous magic has been cast or has expired.
Bonus Languages: A Shair may substitute Aquan, Auran, Ignan or
Terran for any bonus language of a race.
Recognize Genie Works: The sha'ir may add +1 to the roll for every
level of sha'ir possessed. If the shair has 5 or more ranks of Knowledge
(Genie Lore), he receives a +2 bonus for checks made to recognize
Genie Work. The DC for this skill varies with circumstances, see table:
DC Task
20 Identify invisible, disguised, or polymorphed genies.
20 Recognize items created by genies.
25 Recognize items created by tasked genies.
25 Recognize that a spell has been cast by a genie.
30 Recognize that a spell has been cast by a noble genie.
35 Recognize spells cast by a sha'ir.
Calling Upon The Jann: Once per day the Shair may call upon the
Jann for aid and protection at 5th level. The DC to get a Jann's attention
is 20. The sha'ir may add +1 to the roll for every level of sha'ir
possessed. A shair must give a great yell for help to capture the janns
attention. The chance that a janni is located within 10 miles equals 5
percent per level of the shair. (Beyond that distance, no janni will
respond.) If the call fails, then no shair can call upon the jann
successfully in the same 10-mile radius for the next 48 hours. If a janni
is within that area, it arrives within two to eight turns. No proficiency or
ability check is required. Only a janni can hear the shairs call up to 10
miles away; to others, it is merely a normal shout. A single janni
answers the call A summoned janni is not charmed or otherwise
enchanted by a shairs call.
Elemental Protection: At 7th level, the Shair saves against elemental
attacks at a +2 bonus. All elemental attacks suffer a -2 penalty and all
damage done is at -2 per die (minimum of 1 per die). An attack made of
the same element of the Shairs gen doubles these benefits. Lastly, this
ability allows the Shair to survive on the elemental planes without
protection for a number of turns equal to the Shairs level.
Calling a Genie: At 9th level, the Shair may call upon a genie (djinn, dao,
efreet or marid). The Shair must roll a d20 + Charisma modifier + his level
DC (25). If the roll fails, the Shair may not try again for another week. The
Shair may not take ten or take twenty for this roll. If the call is successful, a
genie responds in 1d6 rounds. Failure means nothing happens, and the shair
cannot use this ability for a week. The genie who responds to this call is not
necessarily friendly. The service performed by a genie may involve labor,
transport, active protection, or use of genie abilities. Wishes are an exception.
Genies summoned in this manner wont fulfill wishes unless they can figure
out a way to use them to their own advantage.
Binding a Genie in Servitude: At 11th level the Shair may entice a standard
genie into service. To determine whether a genie accepts the sha'ir's offer of
servitude, the genie may make a save vs. Will against a DC of 30. Once an
agreement is reached, the genie is bound to the shair for a period of not more
than 101 days. In exchange for servitude, the genie can demand any number
conditions, Genies usually insist upon 5 to 10 (1d6 + 4) conditions before
agreeing to servitude; binding them can be as tricky as establishing a business
contract between two enemies. Once a genie has agreed to serve, it must
defer to its master in all things, following the shairs orders to the best of its
abilities, and casting spells as ordered. Again, wish spells are excluded, as
noted under Calling a Genie.
Creating a Genie Prison: At 13th level the Shair may create a Genie Prison.
The DC to create a Genie Prison is 20. The Sha'ir may add any Charisma
bonus and a synergy bonus of +2 for a related craft or profession skill to the
check. This useful device can entrap a genie and force it to work for the
shair upon its releasewith no room for negotiation. The genie even can be
forced to do things it otherwise would not, such as granting wishes. If a
prison is shattered before a genie is entrapped, its magic is useless. And if a
genie is inside when the prison is broken, the genie is completely free, with
no restriction on its actions. A wizard must labor for 1d20 days to complete a
genie prison. If the check fails, so does the prison, and the shair must begin
anew. If the check succeeds, the shair has 10 days in which to trap a genie.
At any time when within 100 yards of a djinni, efreeti, marid, or dao, the
shair can attempt to trap it. The genie receives a saving throw vs. spells to
avoid being captured. Success means that the genie remains free, and knows
who is attempting to imprison it. If the genie fails its saving throw, it is drawn
into the prison. There it remains until the prison is shattered, or until it is
freed in the manner chosen by the shair. A shair can trap up to five genies at
a time with this power, although a separate prison is required for each. After a
shair has trapped the fifth genie, no other genie will answer that wizards
summons.
Elemental Travel: At 15th level, the Shair may travel across the Ethereal
plane and into one of the Elemental Planes. The Shair must make an
Intelligence check against DC 12 with failure meaning the Shair may not
attempt another crossing for an hour (bad timing). The Shairs level
determines how many other people may travel with him. The Shair and his
passengers may remain in the plane for as many days as the Shair has levels.
Success means the wizard can automatically cross the Ethereal Plane without
stopping, go to the elemental plane of choice, and remain there safely for a
number of days equaling his or her experience level. Upon returning to the
Prime Material Plane, the shair and any passengers reappear in whatever
position they were before, or in the nearest open area should that location be
unavailable. Characters who are shanghaied to an elemental plane are
protected from the ill effects of that plane for as many days as the shair. If
the shair abandons them before that period expires, theyre allowed the
remaining time to find a way back (often dealing with local geniekind in the
process).
Requesting an Audience: A Shair of 17th level may request an audience
with a Genie Noble. a shair can seek and receive an audience with the rulers
of djinn, dao, marid, and efreettruly a great honor. A shair can seek an
audience only once per month, whether the reason is great or small. Only one
type of genie can be contacted at a time. A shair who wishes to speak with
genie rulers must journey to the plane of choice. Within 1 to 10 days, a
procession of genies will appear and automatically grant the shair an
audience. This power also enables a shair to choose a willing spokesperson
who then seeks the audience instead. Assuming the spokesperson is not a
shair, he or she must go to a desolate area such as a great desert, then wait.
In 1 to 10 days, a procession will appear as described above, automatically
granting an audience. The Procession. In the Land of Fate, a genie procession
comprises 1 to 3 noble genie rulers, 50 to 300 jann, and 10 to 100 ordinary
genies. In the genies native plane, those numbers are doubled. Genies will
not appear at the scene of a battle. If the procession is attacked, they will
attempt to destroy the attacker(s) for 10 rounds, then vanish. Sometime later,
the same genies or their agents will return to deal with the characters who
affronted them. The Audience. Noble genies can answer questions with the
ability of an outer planar being whose Intelligence is 25 (see contact other
plane) of the Players Handbook). They can issue rulings on the actions of
other genies or their race. And they can advise those who are seeking to deal
with genies or other races. If the shair (or spokesperson) reports a crime
committed by a lesser genie, a noble genie can summon that creature for
immediate judgment, provided the lesser genies name or description is
known.
Ghul Lord
Base Attack Bonus:
Saving Throws: As sorcerer or wizard
Alignment: Any chaotic
Hit Die: d4
Skills:
Class Skills: Same as wizard or sorcerer
Abilities: Intelligence or charisma determines how powerful a spell a
ghul lord can cast, how many spells he can cast, and how hard those
spells are to resist . All ghul lords suffer a -2 adjustment to Charisma at
1st level.
Class Features: Unlike most wizards and sorcerers, the ghul lord is
able to wield swords. A ghul lord is skilled in the following weapons:
dagger, staff, jambiya, dart, sling, short sword, longsword, cutlass, and
scimitar.
Spells: A ghul lord casts arcane spells (use the spell progression chart of
the standard wizard or sorcerer). However, ghul lords draw their spells
from the Negative material plane. This gives their magic an eerie look
and feel and changes its effects slightly. When a ghul lord casts a spell
there is always an accompanying effect that is never duplicated by
another ghul lord. There are a wide number of special effects that can
be used, but all have two things in common. First, they have no positive
or negative effect on the caster or those around him. They are simply
for show and cannot cause damage or otherwise affect the real world in
a tangible manner. Second, the special effects are always creepy.
Note: A ghul lord can only safely cast necromantic spells. All other
spells must be cast as a manipulation.
Manipulations: Ghul Lord are also able to manipulate raw magical
energies. While much cruder than spells, the abilities this grants are
very versatile and quite powerful. In order to manipulate the powerful
types of manipulations that can be performed. Each type of
manipulation is a Feat, but only ghul lords can take them. Using a
Manipulation costs the ghul lord 1 hit point per level of manipulation
temporarily. The Manipulations are:
Attack manipulations. These are used to damage items or
creatures. This type of manipulation can form an actual
physical attack or can be the unleashing of a purely magical
attack. Either option can be chosen at the discretion of the
ghul lord, who must state which form the attack will take at
the moment of its release.
Defense manipulations. These form magical barriers that
stop physical or magical attacks, decided upon by the ghul
lord when the manipulation occurs.
Informative manipulations. These allow the ghul lord to seek
out knowledge that is otherwise unattainable. Through the
use of this manipulation, the ghul lord can discover secret
doors, reveal the secrets of the ages, foresee the future, or
divine the location of lost or hidden objects. Other uses are
also possible at the discretion of the DM.
Movement manipulations. These allow the ghul lord to move
through the use of magical energies. Using this, characters
may fly, teleport or even pass through to other dimensions.
When a ghul lord prepares to use a manipulation, he must
concentrate for a full combat round. At the end of that round,
the player of the ghul lord must state what manipulation will
be used, the level of that manipulation, and the effect desired
from the use of that manipulation.
Deciding which manipulation to use is easy. The effect desired often
decides the manipulation used. Is the ghul lord intent upon hurting
someone? Then the obvious choice is to use the attack manipulation.
Likewise, if he would like to fly over a chasm, the movement
manipulation would be his choice. Deciding on the level manipulation
requires a bit of cooperation between the DM and the players. The level is
best determined by taking a look at the effect that is desired and
comparing it to a spell that has a similar effect. If the manipulation is
essentially the same as a known spell, then the level of that spell is the
level of manipulation that must be used. Some manipulations will have
significantly different effects than the spells listed in the PHB and TOM.
Some spells may have a shorter range or do greater damage. At this point,
it is necessary for the DM to make a judgment call. In cases where range is
concerned, the difference in the range of the manipulation and that of a
known spell needs to be at least 50 percent to warrant an increase or
decrease in level. Damage is a little more strict. Increases in damage
should be rated as a number of dice, depending on the spell to which the
manipulation is compared. If, for example, the spell that the manipulation
is similar to uses six-sided dice to determine damage, then it would take an
increase or decrease of 1d6 to raise or lower the manipulation.s level.
Some manipulations may be compared to spells which do a different
amount of damage depending on the level of the caster. In these cases, use
the level of the ghul lord to determine damage. It is important to remember
that ghul lords utilize the magic of the Negative Material Plane to power
their spells. This energy has great destructive potential but has little in the
way of healing or restorative power. The negative energy can be used to
good effect to attack or defend, but it cannot heal or create anything as its
very nature prohibits this. This must be remembered when using
manipulations lest the characters use the negative energy in a way that is
not in keeping with its true power.
Bodily Corrosion: Ghul lords suffer from the constant exposure of the
negative energies that power their spell like abilities. This energy slowly
corrodes the ghul lord's health. Every level past 3rd, the ghul lord loses one
point of constitution or strength (determine randomly). As this corruption of
the body occurs, the ghul lord takes on a progressively more cadaverous
appearance. When either strength or constitution is reduced to less than 5, the
ghul lord takes on the appearance of one of the undead. When a ghul lord
reaches this stage, his charisma is reduced by 2 and the loss of other
attributes ceases.
Explosive Interaction: A ghul lord's manipulations and spells are composed
of pure negative energy. It explodes if the area of effect interacts with the
area of effect of a normal mage or sorcerer's spells. Total # of spell levels x
d4 damage.
Notes: Many are the tales of mysterious magicians in Zakhara who do not
bow to the same laws of magic by which other wizards are bound.
Ghul lords are enigmas who are dedicated to the forces of the Negative
Material Plane. Their spells come from a source opposed to the spells of
other wizards and the nature of the magic is as mysterious as the ghul lords
themselves. Some ghul lords are like wizards, others like sorcerers.
Adventures: Ghul lords are often misunderstood and viewed as evil men and
women who tamper with the dead. This is not at all true. They have chosen a
different magical path, which often leads down roads that "normal" wizards
prefer not to tread. Many necromancers understand the nature of most undead
and the most effective methods of combating them.
Characteristics: Same as standard wizard or sorceror. Alignment: All ghul
lords are of chaotic alignments; the mindset to step from the beaten path and
channel negative energies leaves little room for lawful tendencies.
Bonus Feats: A ghul lord gains bonus feats as a wizard if the ghul lord is
wizardly in nature (studies for his spells). A ghul lord gains no bonus feats, as
a sorcerer, if he is a sorcerous ghul lord.
Ajami:
The Ajami is an outland Wizard, any wizard class from outside of the Arabian
Lands. They continue to operate within the rules of their native class within
the Araban Lands, except with the following limitations.
They cannot learn new spells not native to Arabia, for they are not to be
found, nor can they learn new elemental spells for they are the domain of
the Elemental Mages within the Lands thus they are able only to add
Universal spells to their books.
The exception being those mages who have specialized in one of the four
elements - fire, sand, sea and wind (fire, earth, water and air in western lands)
- who may continue to specialize in their primary school within the Arabian
domains, gaining a +2 bonus to any Spellcraft checks in that element. They
may not advance any skills not to be found in the Arabian lands, for there is
no one to teach them.