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Hit Die: d10.
Requirements: To qualify to become a blackguard, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.

• Alignment: Any evil.
• Base Attack Bonus: +6.
• Skills: Hide 5 ranks, Knowledge (Religion) 2 ranks.
• Feats: Cleave, Improved Sunder, Power Attack.
• Special: The character must have made peaceful contact with an evil outsider who was summoned by him or someone else.

Class Skills: The blackguard’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration (CON),
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Craft (Alchemy) (INT),
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Craft (Herbalism) (INT),
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Craft (Trapmaking) (INT),
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Diplomacy (CHA),
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Handle Animal (CHA), Heal (WIS), Hide (DEX), Intimidate (CHA),
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Knowledge (Religion) (INT),
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Profession (WIS),
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and Ride (DEX).
Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + INT modifier.

Class Features: All of the following are class features of the blackguard prestige class.

• Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Blackguards are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, with all types of armor, and with shields.
• Spells: A blackguard has the ability to cast a small number of divine spells. To cast a blackguard spell, a blackguard must have a Wisdom score of at least 10 + the spell’s level, so a blackguard with a Wisdom of 10 or lower cannot cast these spells.
  Blackguard bonus spells are based on Wisdom, and saving throws against these spells have a DC of 10 + spell level + the blackguard’s Wisdom modifier. When the blackguard gets 0 spells per day of a given spell level he gains only the bonus spells he would be entitled to based on his Wisdom score for that spell level. The blackguard’s spell list appears below. A blackguard has access to any spell on the list and can freely choose which to prepare, just as a cleric. A blackguard prepares and casts spells just as a cleric does (though a blackguard cannot spontaneously cast cure or inflict spells).
• Blackguard Spell List: Blackguards choose their spells from the following list.
• 1st: cause fear, corrupt weapon§, cure light wounds, doom, inflict light wounds, magic weapon, summon monster I*.
• 2nd: bull’s strength, cure moderate wounds, darkness, death knell, eagle’s splendor, inflict moderate wounds, shatter, summon monster II*.
• 3rd: contagion, cure serious wounds, deeper darkness, endure elements, inflict serious wounds, summon monster III*.
• 4th: cure critical wounds, freedom of movement, inflict critical wounds, poison, summon monster IV*.
• * Evil creatures only.
  § Blackguards have access to a special spell, corrupt weapon, which is the opposing counterpart of the paladin spell bless weapon. Instead of improving a weapon’s effectiveness against evil foes corrupt weapon makes a weapon more effective against good foes.
• Aura of Despair (Su): Beginning at 3rd level, the blackguard radiates a malign aura that causes enemies within 10 feet of him to take a -2 penalty on all saving throws.
• Aura of Evil (Ex): The power of a blackguard’s aura of evil (see the detect evil spell) is equal to his class level plus his cleric level, if any.
• Command Undead (Su): When a blackguard reaches 3rd level, he gains the supernatural ability to command and rebuke undead. He commands undead as would a cleric of two levels lower.
• Dark Blessing (Su): A blackguard applies his Charisma modifier (if positive) as a bonus on all saving throws.
• Detect Good (Sp): At will, a blackguard can use detect good as a spell-like ability, duplicating the effect of the detect good spell.
• Poison Use: Blackguards are skilled in the use of poison and never risk accidentally poisoning themselves when applying poison to a blade.
• Smite Good (Su): Once a day, a blackguard of 2nd level or higher may attempt to smite good with one normal melee attack.
  He adds his Charisma modifier (if positive) to his attack roll and deals 1 extra point of damage per class level. If a blackguard accidentally smites a creature that is not good, the smite has no effect but it is still used up for that day.
  At 5th level, and again at 10th level, a blackguard may smite good one additional time per day.
• Sneak Attack: This ability, gained at 4th level, is like the rogue ability of the same name. The extra damage increases by +1d6 every third level beyond 4th (7th and 10th). If a blackguard gets a sneak attack bonus from another source the bonuses on damage stack.

• Last update - January 23, 2022