Faerûnian Prestige Class : Nentyar Hunter
Sworn to defend the great forests and serve the Nentyarch, druidic ruler of the Circle of Leth, the Nentyar hunters roam the wild lands of the East, uprooting foul and evil things. Skilled with both steel and magic, a Nentyar hunter is a resourceful, self-reliant hero who has learned to trust her own judgment, confronting those who would harm the forest. The Nentyar hunters are few in number, but even a single hunter is capable of achieving great things in the service of the lands she loves.
Barbarians and rangers are the most common Nentyar hunters, as the prestige class offers access to powerful forest magic to complement their skill at fighting. Druids are less commonly drawn to the class, since many of the Nentyar hunter's spells are druid spells, and the Nentyar hunters are sworn to protect druids and carry out their edicts. Fighters and rogues with a preference for wilderness skills sometimes become Nentyar hunters, but clerics, sorcerers, and wizards do not often choose this path.
Most Nentyar hunters are humans, elves, or volodnis.
Requirements
To qualify to become a Nentyar hunter, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.
To qualify to become a Nentyar Hunter, a character must fulfill all the following criteria:
- Alignment: Any nonevil
- Skills: Search 4 ranks, Spot 8 ranks, Survival 8 ranks
- Feats: Alertness, Combat Casting, Track.
- Special: The character must qualify to take regional feats from the Great Dale character region (the Great Dale is her home region, or she has 2 ranks of Knowledge [local - Great Dale]).
Class Skills
The Nentyar hunter's class skills are Balance, Climb, Concentration, Craft, Handle Animal, Hide, Jump, Knowledge (nature), Listen, Move Silently, Profession, Search, Sense Motive, Spot, Survival, and Swim.
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
Class Features
All the following are Class Features of the Nentyar hunter prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A Nentyar hunter is proficient with all simple and martial weapons, and with light armor, but not with shields.
Spells Per Day: Beginning at 1st level, a Nentyar hunter gains the ability to cast a small number of divine spells. She gains divine spells per day according to the table below. She must choose her spells from the Nentyar hunter spell list, below. The character's caster level is equal to her Nentyar hunter level plus her levels in cleric or druid (or half her levels in ranger). To cast a spell, the hunter must have a Wisdom score of at least 10 + the spell's level. Nentyar hunter bonus spells are based on Wisdom, and saving throws against these spells have a DC of 10 + spell level + the hunter's Wisdom modifier. Nentyar hunters prepare and cast their hunter spells as druids.
Woodland Stride (Ex): A Nentyar hunter may move through any sort of undergrowth (such as natural thorns, briars, overgrown areas, and similar terrain) at her normal - - speed and without taking damage or suffering other impairment. However, thorns, briars, and overgrown areas that are magically manipulated to impede normal movement still affect her.
Swift Tracker (Ex): At 2nd level, a Nentyar hunter gains the ability to move at normal speed while following tracks without taking the normal -5 penalty.
Swiftness of the Stag (Su): At 3rd level, a Nentyar hunter's speed increases by +10 feet when she is wearing no armor or light armor and is not carrying a heavy load.
Eyes of the Hawk (Ex): A Nentyar hunter develops preternaturally sharp vision and gains a +4 bonus on all Spot checks at 4th level.
Heart of the Lion (Su): At 5th level, a Nentyar hunter becomes immune to fear, magical or otherwise. Unlike a paladin's aura of courage, this confers no special resistance to fear on any of her allies.
| Nentyar Hunter | Hit Die: d6 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | BAB | Fort | Ref | Will | Special | Spells per Day | ||||
| 1st | +0 | +2 | +2 | +0 | Woodland stride | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 2nd | +1 | +3 | +3 | +0 | Swift tracker | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 3rd | +2 | +3 | +3 | +1 | Swiftness of the stag | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 4th | +3 | +4 | +4 | +1 | Eyes of the hawk | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 5th | +3 | +4 | +4 | +1 | Heart of the lion | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Nentyar Hunter Spell List
Nentyar hunters have access to all spells on the following list.
- 1st level - barkskin, cure light wounds, detect magic, detect poison, entangle, jump, light, pass without trace, magic missile, snare, speak with animals, true strike.
- 2nd level - Aganazzar's scorcher, blur, cure moderate wounds, gust of wind, moonbeam, neutralize poison, remove disease, resist elements, speak with plants, tree shape.
- 3rd level - cure serious wounds, freedom of movement, greenfire, invisibility, keen edge, moon blade, quench, see invisibility, wind wall.
- 4th level - break enchantment, commune with nature, control winds, force orb, greater magic weapon, tree stride, wall of thorns.
- 5th level - find the path, flame strike, healing circle, moon path, righteous might.
Source: Unapproachable East