Drow Magic. Sorcery Of Endless Night.pdf - RoseRed

PRESTIGE CLASSES
Spider’s Silence (Ex): The crouching spider operates
best in absolute silence, stalking the shadows invisibly
and striking without warning, much as his namesake
strikes at a fly in his web. Beginning at 7 th level,
the crouching spider can, once per day per point of
Intelligence bonus, modify a prepared spell on the fly
so that it may be cast silently, as by the Silent Spell
feat. Unlike that feat, however, the spell’s level is not
modified, meaning a silenced lightning bolt is still cast
as a 3 rd level spell.
Spider’s Stillness (Ex): The spider is a patient killer,
squatting motionless in its web until the perfect
moment to strike arrives, then it rushes forward in
a blur, undetected until it is far too late to react, let
alone set up an effective defence. The most experienced
crouching spiders are much the same as the spider;
they wait in shadow, silent and still as death, while
their unsuspecting enemies live out the final moments
of their lives.
At 10 th level, the crouching spider gains the ability to,
once per day per point of Intelligence modifier, modify
a prepared spell on the fly so that it may be cast without
the need to perform gestures, as with the Still Spell
feat. Unlike that feat, however, the spell’s level is
not modified, meaning a stilled lightning
bolt is still cast as a 3 rd level spell.
Spider’s Stillness can be used in
conjunction with spider’s silence,
allowing the crouching spider to cast
a stilled, silenced
lightning bolt as a
3 rd level spell.
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The Path Master
The ultimate expression of the dark weaver’s favour
in the eyes of the Dark Mother of Spiders is his access
to favoured path magic. Through the favoured paths,
the dark weaver expresses his devotion to the goals
of the drow race and it is only through the favoured
paths that he may cast enchantments capable of shaking
the pillars of the world. While all dark weavers have
access to two favoured paths, only the most skilled and
fortunate among them are capable of handling more.
These capable few are known as path masters and it
is their duty to bear the brunt of their Dark Mother’s
will, to wield magic in her service and dedicate
themselves eternally to the promotion of her ideals
and her desires.
The path master is a drow dark weaver who learns to
channel the Dark Mother’s will into more than two
paths. As he progresses along the road to mastery,
he gains power and will enough to shape his goddess’
arcane might in many expressions. The path master
is among the most respected of dark weavers, with
prestige and social influence on a par with that of the
ceremony masters and the matrons of the great drow
houses. The path masters are also peers to the higher
clergy of the church of the Dark Mother of Spiders and
often hold high office within that church.
The path master is expected to always operate in the
best interests of the drow race as a whole, especially in
relation to the will of the Dark Mother of Spiders. To
do otherwise is to risk her righteous anger and the loss
of all their paths mastery. So long as they obey her
will, however, they can count themselves among
the most dangerous of drow spellcasters.
While the path master is not restricted
to focussed dark weavers, the
requirements to enter the prestige
class and its powers favour them to
a very large degree. Still, it is not
unknown for multi-faceted dark
weaver mages and, especially, dark
weaver clerics to choose to travel this
road, the former in a quest to gain
greater knowledge and the
latter in a desire to come
closer to their sinister
goddess.