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CLASS FEATURES
All the following are class features of the Raumathari battlemage
prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Raumathari battlemages
gain no proficiency in any weapon or armor.
Spells Per Day/Spells Known: At each Raumathari battlemage
level (except 5th), the character gains new spells per day
(and spells known, if applicable) as if he had also gained a level
in a spellcasting class to which he belonged
before adding the prestige
class level. He does not, however,
gain any other benefit
a character of that class
would have gained (improved
chance of turning or destroying
undead, metamagic or item
creation feats, and so on). This
essentially means that he
adds the level of Raumathari
battlemage to the level of
whatever spellcasting class the
character has, then determines
spells per day and
caster level accordingly.
If the character had
more than one spellcasting
class before becoming a
Raumathari battlemage, the
player must decide to which
class to add each Raumathari
battlemage level for the purpose
of determining spells per day.
Sword Focus (Su): A Raumathari
battlemage may perform
a special rite to make a
single sword into a focus for his
spells. The focus sword can then
replace any material component
of less than 50 gp value in the casting
of the battlemage’s spells. The
sword is not consumed or damaged by
its use as a focus, although it must be in hand to be used in this
way. The Raumathari battlemage gains +1 caster level with
any spell cast through his sword focus.
The rite to create a sword focus requires three days and
1,000 gp in magical materials as well as a masterwork weapon.
Magic swords may be attuned as sword foci. A battlemage may
attune only a single sword at a time; if he loses the weapon,
he must repeat the rite to create a new sword focus.
Channel Spell (Su): As a free action, a Raumathari battlemage
can cast a spell through his melee weapon (usually his
sword) as he attacks with it. He gains an attack bonus equal
to the level of the channeled spell for that attack only. The
channeled spell counts against the battlemage’s normal daily
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limit. The maximum allowable spell level and number of
times per day this ability can be used increase as noted below.
Channel Maximum Number of Channel
Spell Spell Level Attempts Per Day
I 1st 1
II 2nd 2
III 3rd 3
IV 4th 4
The number of channel attempts
allowed per day is an absolute
limit—a character with Channel
Spell IV can’t use his ability ten
times on spells of various
levels.
A channeled spell targets
the creature hit by the battlemage’s
weapon, which still gets a
saving throw if the spell allows
one. Even if a spell can target
more than one creature, channeling
it through the weapon
limits its effect to the single opponent
attacked. If the weapon
attack misses, the channeled spell
is wasted. The spell to be channeled
must have a range of touch,
be a ray effect (in which case the
ray affects only the creature attacked),
or specify a creature as the
target. For example, sleep is not eligible
since it does not affect a
“target creature.”
Battle Spell (Su): As a free
action, the Raumathari battlemage
may apply a single metamagic
feat to a spell as he casts it.
Unlike a bard or sorcerer’s use of
metamagic feats, this does not affect
the casting time of the spell. At 2nd
level, the battlemage may use this ability
once per day and apply the Silent Spell feat to the battle
spell he chooses to cast.
At 4th level, the battlemage gains a second battle spell per
day, which he can still as per the Still Spell feat.
At 6th level, the battlemage gains a third battle spell per
day, which he can empower as per the Empower Spell feat.
At 8th level, the battlemage gains a fourth battle spell per
day, which he can quicken as per the Quicken Spell feat.
At 10th level, the battlemage gains a fifth battle spell per
day, which he can maximize as per the Maximize Spell feat.
Sublime Sword (Su): At 5th level, the save DC of any spell
cast through the Raumathari battlemage’s sword focus increases
by 1.
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