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Wallrider (Prestige Class)

Most decent, upstanding people don't want to know about the bad things, the painful things, the ugly things in life. They want to be protected, and would rather just skip all the details. The Wallriders understand this, and it suits them just fine.

Those people, they just get in the way.

History

When Daran Kar-Thone and his men first traveled the Plains of Bally Mor, they saw only the first signs of what was to come. They didn't hear the shrieks of the desert cats as magic broke their bones and fused them into new shapes. They didn't feel the first rumblings deep beneath the earth as the first Juba-Hai awoke.

They didn't see the village of Makra Teth as it was slowly, painfully consumed by an Anomaly over a period of one week.

But others saw. The barbarians who lived in the heartland knew it better than any other. They knew something was wrong, but Marka Teth sealed it. Only 13 members of the village, a Bear Claw hunting party, escaped. They returned from a week's outing the day it began. Soon, it became obvious that they could do nothing, even as their wives and children begged for their aid. For the next 7 days and nights, all 13 stood unwavering, bearing mute witness to the horror consuming their loved ones. As cries of pain and anguish turned to cries of hatred, they watched, and as one mind they determined what they had to do.

As the magical field receded and the Formori prepared to tear out over the desert sands the warriors rode in to the town slaughtering everything that moved, knowing full well that they were taking lives from some who could, perhaps, be saved.

A Wallrider does not have the luxury of taking chances with that kind of thing.

The leader of this group, Maelwys ap Paarak, survived that day, and vowed never again to allow a similar fate to befall any of his. He looked into the land and saw what was to come. He realized that to survive such a transformation, the people of Bally Mor had to be prepared. They needed to understand what was happening, and had to find out how to resist.

Thus were born the Wallriders. Eventually, the barbarian denizens were forced to flee the magical forces around them, but they never again lost an entire village in such as way. To this day, only the toughest, meanest and most determined folk of Saelis join the Wallriders. Of those, only a handful actually makes it.

But those people, they are the stuff of legends.

Requirements

To qualify to become a Wallrider, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.
Alignment: any
Base attack bonus: +10
Hide: 4 ranks
Listen: 3 ranks
Move Silently: 3 ranks
Spot: 3 ranks
Wilderness Lore: 5 Ranks
Feats: Cleave, Great Cleave, Power Attack, Toughness
Must have at least 1 level of Barbarian.
Bonus Skill: Knowledge (Deathwaste)

Class skills

Class features

Elemental Resistance (Ex): To survive in the harsh climate that surrounds the Deathwaste, the Wallriders have trained their bodies and minds to resist damage from the elements. Starting at first level, Wallriders have a resistance of 11 vs. fire, cold, acid, electrical and sonic attacks. This resistance increases by 1 for each level of Wallrider, up to 20 at 10th lvl.

Species Enemy (Ex): For a Wallrider, combat with strange creatures and entities is an almost every day occurrence. As part of their training, they learn all there is to know about their foes, including the dirty tricks and strategies needed to gain the upper hand in a fight. Starting at 1st lvl the Wallrider may choose a species enemy. The Wallrider must choose his enemies from the following list: aberration, elemental, magical beast, outsider, undead. The Wallrider's circumstance bonuses starts at +1 to hit and damage as well as a +1 to armor class when battling the chosen creature. He also gains a +1 to saves forced by attacks from the chosen type. For every 2 levels of advancement, the Rider may choose a new enemy or increase his bonus in a current enemy category by +1. Thus a 10th lvl Rider may have +5 vs. 1 type, +1 vs. all 5 available types, or any combination in between.

Track: As the feat.

Bonus Feat: At 1st, 5th and 10th lvl the Wallrider gains a bonus feat which must be chosen from the list of bonus fighter feats, (see PHB Fighter entry for list).

Cold Rage: The Wallrider maintains his ability to Rage as a barbarian. In fact, as the Wallrider gains in levels, his Rage grows in strength as if he had gained a level in Barbarian. A Rider, however, has learned discipline. At 2nd lvl, the Wallrider may attempt a Will save, DC 25, to focus his energy. If the save is successful, the Wallrider does not become winded after the Rage wears off.

Savage Calm: Beginning at 4th lvl, the Wallrider never loses his sense of assurance due to a natural environment. All tracking checks are made at 1 difficulty category lower. Any bonuses applied to any checks due to environment, (i.e. violent winds, storms, earthquakes, etc), are reduced by 1 per 2 lvls of the Wallrider. If the Wallrider has the Handle Animals or Ride skill, they may ADD +1/2 levels of Wallrider to all attempts at calming animals that are spooked due to an environmental occurrence.

Damage Reduction: At 5th lvl, the Wallrider becomes resistant to mundane weapons, gaining damage reduction 10/+1. At 7th lvl this increases to 10/+2.

Regeneration: At 10th lvl, a Wallrider has so toughened his body and mind that he actually heals at a greatly accelerated rate. He begins to regenerate at a rate of 1 hit point per minute.