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+1d6 points of bonus cold damage on a successful hit (or +2d10
points on a successful critical hit). In addition, the blightlord
can make a normal melee attack with the glaive to deliver her
blight touch attacks.
Corrupting Blows (Su): An 8th-level Talontar blightlord’s
black glaive gains the wounding ability. A creature struck by
the black glaive loses 1 hit point per round on the blightlord’s
action. Multiple hits by the blightlord have no additional
effect and deal no additional wounding damage—a creature is
either wounded or it is not. The wounding damage continues
until the victim is treated with a successful Heal check
(DC 20) or receives magical healing.
Winterheart (Ex): At 10th level, a Talontar blightlord’s infected
blood effects a terrible change in her physiology. Her
skin blackens and splits, becoming cold and slimy to the touch,
although she does not bleed or suffer pain from this transformation.
Her type changes to “plant,” which means (among
other things) that she is no longer subject to poison, sleep,
mind-affecting effects, paralysis, polymorphing, critical hits,
sneak attacks, or spells and effects that affect humanoids only.
Telflammar
Shadowlord
The Shadowmasters of Telflamm are one of Faerûn’s most notorious
thieves’ guilds, a secret society every bit as grasping
and ruthless as the Night Masks of Westgate or the Shadow
Thieves of Amn. Under their subtle and cloaked rule, Thesk’s
port city of Telflamm is a prime center of trade in both legal
and illicit goods.
The Shadowmasters are made up of burglars, murderers,
and thugs with a variety of talents, including assassins, experts,
fighters, rogues, shadowdancers, and warriors. A small
number of clerics devoted to Mask belong to the guild, as do
some arcane spellcasters whose greed outweighs their scruples.
Above all these criminals stand the Telflammar shadowlords,
the secret captains of iniquity who demand unquestioned obedience
from their numerous minions. Characters of other
classes may hold important positions in the guild, but the
shadowlords call the shots.
Hit Die: d6.
REQUIREMENTS
To qualify to become a Telflammar shadowlord, a character
must fulfill all the following criteria.
Race: The character must possess the shadow-walker template,
which is conferred by a special rite consecrated to Mask
(see Chapter 6: Monsters of the East). Members in good standing
of the Shadowmasters guild can arrange for the rite of
transformation by gifting 2,000 gp to Mask’s temple in Telflamm;
others must give at least 10,000 gp and perform a
service of some kind for the clerics of Mask. A character who
is not a shadow-walker can still qualify for the Telflammar
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shadowlord prestige class, but he must meet the spellcasting
requirement below.
Alignment: Any nongood.
Skills: Hide 10 ranks, Move Silently 10 ranks.
Feats: Blind-Fight, Dodge, Mobility, Spring Attack.
Spellcasting: If the character is not a shadow-walker, he
must either possess the ability to shadow jump (as the shadowdancer
prestige class ability) or be able to cast dimension
door as a spell or spell-like ability.
Special: Sneak attack damage +2d6.
Special: The character must qualify to select regional feats
from Thesk (the region is his home region, or he has 2 ranks
in Knowledge [local—Thesk]).
CLASS SKILLS
The Telflammar shadowlord’s class skills (and the key ability
for each skill) are Appraise (Int), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha),
Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex),
Hide (Dex), Jump (Str), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex),
Open Lock (Dex), Profession (Wis), Search (Int), Sleight of
Hand (Dex), Spot (Wis), Tumble (Dex), Use Magic Device
(Cha), and Use Rope (Dex). See Chapter 4: Skills in the
Player’s Handbook for skill descriptions.
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
CLASS FEATURES
All the following are class features of the Telflammar shadowlord
prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Telflammar shadowlords
gain no proficiency in any weapon or armor.
Spells Per Day/Spells Known: At each Telflammar shadowlord
level, the character gains the ability to cast a small
number of arcane spells. He gains arcane spells per day according
to Table 2–12 and must choose his spells from the
Telflammar shadowlord spell list, below. The shadowlord’s
caster level is equal to his Telflammar shadowlord level. To
cast a spell, the shadowlord must have an Intelligence score
of at least 10 + the spell’s level. Telflammar shadowlord bonus
spells are based on Intelligence, and saving throws against
these spells have a DC of 10 + spell level + the shadowlord’s
Intelligence modifier. When the shadowlord gets 0 spells of
a given level, such as 0 1st-level spells at 1st level, the shadowlord
gets only bonus spells. The shadowlord prepares and
casts spells just as a wizard does.
Shadowsight (Ex): Gifted with a mystical connection to
shadow and darkness, the shadowlord gains a superior form of
darkvision with a 60-foot range. He can see through any form
of normal or magical darkness without hindrance.
Shadow Jump (Su): A Telflammar shadowlord can travel between
shadows as if by means of a dimension door spell. The
limitation is that the magical transport must begin and end
in an area with at least some shadow or darkness. The shadowlord
can jump up to a total of 20 feet per class level per