Rule: 100 Resurrection Effects

100 Resurrection Effects

Not all returns from death are equal, no matter how clean the magic appears on the surface. The rituals of raise dead, resurrection, and even true resurrection are often described as precise, reliable workings - but they reach into a place that is anything but orderly. The soul is not a passive thing waiting patiently to be retrieved; it moves, changes, lingers, or is claimed. Some return reluctantly, others eagerly, and still others are pulled back through circumstances they scarcely understand. In that journey, something is always left behind… or something else comes back with them.

Even the most experienced priests and arcanists will admit - quietly, and only among peers - that resurrection is less a perfect restoration and more a negotiation. Forces beyond mortal comprehension may take notice, impose conditions, or leave subtle marks upon the one returned. These effects are not always curses, nor are they always blessings, but they are almost never without consequence. A resurrected soul may find their body altered, their perceptions shifted, or their place in the world slightly… misaligned. To die is to cross a threshold. To return is to do so imperfectly.

1. Whispers in the Dark
   In the weeks following your revival your hair and body become colorless (albino). You may retain only three languages of your choice; all others are lost. You take a -2 penalty on Will saves against sleep effects.

2. Weakness of the Thread
   You have returned to life but your hold on it is tenuous. You die at -5 hit points instead of -10. Natural healing restores only half the normal amount, and cure spells heal -1 hit point per die (minimum 1 per die).

3. Preparation is Obvious
   Certain of the need to prepare for death, your alignment shifts one step toward Law. You gain a +1 bonus on Will saves against compulsion effects.

4. It is All Lies and Vanity
   Death cannot be prepared for. Your alignment shifts one step toward Chaos. You gain a +1 bonus on saves against fear effects.

5. Message from Beyond
   Over the next three months you are visited by dreams bearing meaning. Once per week, you receive the effect of augury (caster level equals your Hit Dice).

6. One with Death
   You appear to the undead as one of their own. Mindless undead ignore you unless attacked. Intelligent undead must succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + ½ your HD + your Cha modifier) to treat you as hostile.

7. Unnatural Fear
   Your brush with death has weakened your soul. You take a -2 penalty on saving throws against death effects, energy drain, and negative energy effects.

8. A Place at Odin’s Table
   You have seen your afterlife and are at peace. You gain a +4 bonus on saves against fear and a +2 bonus on saves against death effects.

9. The Creek of Old Bones
   You are unnaturally aged. You take the physical penalties of the next age category but do not gain the mental bonuses.

10. I Shall Not Look on Life
    Your memories of death haunt you. You are dazzled in daylight and blinded in direct sunlight.

11. My Father’s Marble Halls
    You have glimpsed history firsthand. Knowledge (history) and Knowledge (nobility) become class skills for you, and you gain a +2 competence bonus on both.

12. I Am But a Memory Here
    You are infertile and cannot produce offspring.

13. Holy Burden
    The gods returned you for a purpose. You are under a geas/quest effect (no HD limit; caster level equals your HD).

14. I Have Seen What Is to Come
    You retain a fragment of prophecy. Once ever, you may ask a question as commune (no material component required).

15. Spirit Meld
    Your soul adheres tightly to your body. You gain the native outsider type (retain any subtypes).

16. Spiritual Severance
    Your soul is loosely bound. Whenever you are affected by positive or negative energy, you must succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + spell level) or become incorporeal until the end of your next turn.

17. Outside the Spiral of Life
    You no longer require food or drink, though you must still rest to regain spells and abilities.

18. By Death Damned
    Your body requires magical sustenance. Each day you must receive magical healing or take 1 point of Constitution damage.

19. Neither Here nor There
    You do not register as alive or undead to detection spells.

20. Stone Soul
    A gemstone rests embedded in your body. It has hardness 10 and 5 hit points. If it is destroyed, you immediately die.

21. Not Quite Whole
    Your soul lags behind your body. After moving more than 30 feet in a round, you take a -1 penalty to AC until your next turn.

22. Corpse Whisperer
    You can speak with the recently dead. You gain speak with dead as a spell-like ability usable once per day (CL = HD, DC 10 + ½ HD + Cha).

23. Empathy for the Dead
    You feel each life you take. Whenever you kill a creature, you must succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + creature’s CR) or take a -2 penalty on attack rolls, saves, and skill checks for 1 hour.

24. See Beyond the Pale
    You can see ethereal creatures as if under see invisibility.

25. Stared Into the Face of Death
    Your presence unsettles others. You gain a +2 competence bonus on Intimidate checks.

26. Not-Reincarnation
    You retain echoes of another life. Gain one additional language and a +2 bonus on one Knowledge skill.

27. A World of Shadows
    The world seems dull and lifeless. You take a -2 penalty on Listen, Spot, and Search checks.

28. Walker in the Mists
    A phantom fog clouds your perception. Range penalties for ranged attacks and Spot checks are doubled.

29. No Rest for the Weary
    You only gain restful sleep when lying in dirt, a coffin, or under a burial shroud.

30. It is the Old Wound, Sire
    Old injuries linger. Whenever you take a critical hit, you are sickened for 1 round.

31. I Have Seen… Things
    Your eyes carry horror. Once per day, creatures within 30 ft must succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + ½ HD + Cha) or be dazed for 1 round.

32. Aura of the Unquiet
    Animals react poorly to you. You take a -4 penalty on Handle Animal, Ride, and Wild Empathy checks.

33. Light Aversion
    Light recoils from you. You gain a +2 bonus on saves against heat effects but take a -2 penalty on saves against cold effects.

34. Hunger of the Dead
    You no longer feel hunger or thirst, though you still suffer normal penalties for starvation and dehydration.

35. Pleasures of the Flesh
    You develop an unhealthy indulgence. You take a -2 penalty on Diplomacy checks but gain a +2 bonus on one Craft or Profession.

36. Binding
    You are bound to an object tied to your death. You gain a +2 bonus on saves against death effects. If the object is destroyed, you must succeed on a Fortitude save (DC 15) or die.

37. Death’s Servant
    You were returned by a death power. Clerics must change domains to those of a death deity.

38. Burden of Truth
    You are aware your life came at another’s cost. You take a -1 penalty on Will saves vs mind-affecting effects.

39. Kindred Spirits
    You sense those who have died. You are under a constant detect undead effect (60 ft).

40. Taste for Blood
    You must consume blood daily or take 1d4 points of nonlethal damage each hour after the first missed day.

41. The Line
    You remember those left behind. You are compelled to complete a minor task (as geas).

42. Water in Your Veins
    You are immune to bleed effects. Effects requiring your blood automatically fail.

43. Purge of Sin
    Your alignment shifts to Good.

44. Memories of the Great Beyond
    You suffer occasional visions. Once per day (1% chance), you are sickened for 1d4 rounds (Will DC 15 negates).

45. Sleep of the Dead
    You take a -5 penalty on Listen checks while sleeping, but gain a +1 bonus on saves vs mind-affecting effects.

46. The Dark Path
    You gain +1 on saves vs fear in shadowy illumination and +2 in darkness.

47. Attuned to Auras
    You can determine creature attitudes as if using Sense Motive without a check.

48. Probation
    Another creature holds a token linked to your life. If used, you die (no save).

49. The Way of All Flesh
    You gain DR 3/slashing. Magical healing leaves you staggered for 1 round.

50. Unliving
    You do not need to eat, drink, or breathe. You are immune to poison and nausea, but cannot benefit from ingested items.

51. Rag Doll
    Your body is filled with strange material. +1 Dex, +1 Con, -2 Str. Heal skill does not function on you.

52. The Ferryman’s Coins
    Coins appear over your eyes after rest. If removed by another, you enter a rage (as barbarian of your level).

53. Graveworm
    You must consume grave dirt monthly or be sickened for 24 hours.

54. To the World, a Servant
    You become a cleric of your deity (or death). Replace previous class levels.

55. Balance of Forces
    An equal-level opposite-aligned rival exists somewhere.

56. Dr. Jekyll
    If awakened early from rest, you function as a zombie until rest completes.

57. Breath of the Grave
    1/day you may use stinking cloud (CL = HD) but take 1 Con damage.

58. No Memories of the Grave
    You lose all memories from your previous level.

59. Second Chances
    You gain the young template.

60. Claimed
    You are marked by a powerful outsider.

61. Danse Macabre
    +4 bonus on Knowledge (religion) checks involving undead.

62. Lightly Upon this Earth
    You cannot awaken naturally; only damage or magic wakes you.

63. Divine Script
    You bear a supernatural tattoo detectable as magic.

64. Altered Anatomy
    You have unusual anatomy (25% chance to negate critical hits).

65. Half the Minority
    You take a -2 penalty on Diplomacy checks due to unsettling appearance.

66. Announcement of Return
    All acquaintances become aware of your return.

67. We Are Not Alone
    A harmless ghost follows you constantly.

68. Hallowed Presence
    You emit a 5-ft consecrate or desecrate effect.

69. It Should Have Been Me
    A spirit haunts you, causing minor magical effects daily.

70. Waking Death
    You are considered dead while sleeping.

71. Ancestral Voice
    You gain a +2 bonus on one skill.

72. Not Quite Alive
    You register as undead to detection effects.

73. Mortal Fear
    +1 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves, but -2 on saves vs fear.

74. Not a Mortal Creature
    You no longer suffer aging penalties.

75. Nameless
    You lose all personal memories.

76. Asleep as Unto Death
    Animals treat you as a corpse while you sleep.

77. Rebuker
    You may rebuke mindless undead using Intimidate.

78. Stone Cold
    +4 on saves vs enchantment, -4 on Diplomacy and Bluff.

79. Undead Habits
    You develop odd compulsions. -1 on Diplomacy checks.

80. Miranda
    Occasional visions force a Fort save (DC 15) or be sickened for 1d6 rounds.

81. Positive Aura
    Undead within 30 ft take -2 on attack rolls.

82. Borrowed Body
    1/week, a spirit controls your body during rest.

83. Lost Potential
    You take a -1 penalty on all saving throws.

84. Beast Spirit
    +4 Handle Animal (one species), -2 Diplomacy.

85. Divine Gift
    You gain a random magic item (25% chance cursed).

86. Groupies
    You attract followers equal to half your Leadership score.

87. Forgotten by the World
    Most people do not remember you. -4 on Diplomacy checks.

88. Soul Companion
    A tiny spirit creature accompanies you constantly.

89. Resurrection Trauma
    You occasionally suffer flashbacks (Will DC 15 or be shaken 1 round).

90. Private Enemy
    You are occasionally attacked by extraplanar creatures (DM discretion).

91. Temporal Echo
    You briefly see your own death; +2 initiative for one encounter per week.

92. Familiar Displacement
    You and your familiar swap bodies.

93. Altered Form
    Your sex changes, but abilities remain unchanged.

94. Rejected by Outsiders
    Outsiders are initially hostile toward you.

95. Divine Game
    Your life is part of a greater cosmic plan (no direct effect).

96. Identity Swap
    You and another resurrected creature swap bodies.

97. Strange Hair
    Your body hair becomes unusual; -1 on Diplomacy.

98. Animal Attraction
    Small animals are friendly toward you.

99. Rebirth
    A nearby creature becomes mystically tied to your existence.

100. Biological Reset
     For 2d4 weeks, you take a -2 penalty on Charisma-based checks due to awkward physical changes.

Class: Sage

Sage

The Sage is a master of knowledge, deduction, and intellectual precision, turning information into a weapon as potent as any blade or spell. Rather than relying on raw magical power, the Sage studies the world deeply, identifying weaknesses, predicting outcomes, and guiding allies through superior understanding. In the hands of a skilled player, a Sage becomes the mind behind victory, shaping the battlefield through insight alone.

Alignment: Any.

Hit Die: d6.

Abilities: Intelligence is the Sage’s most important ability, governing nearly all class features and knowledge-based abilities. Wisdom aids perception and insight, while Constitution helps compensate for the Sage’s low durability.

Class Skills: Appraise (Int), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Gather Information (Cha), Knowledge (all skills, taken individually) (Int), Listen (Wis), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Speak Language (—), Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis), Use Magic Device (Cha).

Skill Points at 1st Level: (6 + Int modifier) × 4
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 6 + Int modifier

To Hit: As per Wizard.
Saves: As per Wizard.

Class Features:

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Sages are proficient with all simple weapons. They are not proficient with any armor or shields. Armor interferes with many of their abilities.

Special Abilities:
• Scholarly Focus (Ex): At 1st level, a Sage selects one Knowledge skill. This becomes their Scholarly Focus. They gain a +2 bonus on checks with that skill. This bonus increases by +1 every 5 levels (5th, 10th, 15th, 20th). At 10th level, they may select a second Scholarly Focus.
• Lore (Ex): A Sage accumulates obscure knowledge. This functions like Bardic Knowledge, using Sage level + Int modifier.
• Analytical Insight (Ex): Beginning at 1st level, a Sage may make a Knowledge check (appropriate to the creature or situation) as a swift action. For every 5 points by which the result exceeds DC 10, the Sage gains a +1 insight bonus on attack rolls, AC, or saving throws against that target or effect for 1 minute. Maximum bonus equals Sage’s Int modifier.
• Exploit Weakness (Ex): At 2nd level, after successfully identifying a creature with a Knowledge check, the Sage may designate it as studied. Against studied targets, the Sage deals +1d6 precision damage. This increases by +1d6 every 4 levels (6th, 10th, 14th, 18th).
• Eidetic Memory (Ex): At 3rd level, a Sage may take 10 on any Knowledge check, even under stress. At 9th level, they may take 20 once per day without additional time. At 15th level, this becomes at-will.
• Quick Study (Ex): At 4th level, a Sage may attempt Knowledge checks as free actions once per round instead of swift actions.
• Forewarned (Ex): At 5th level, a Sage gains a +2 bonus on initiative checks and cannot be caught flat-footed unless physically immobilized or unaware of combat entirely.
• Tactical Prediction (Ex): At 6th level, once per encounter, the Sage may grant themselves or an ally within 30 feet an immediate reroll on an attack roll, saving throw, or skill check after seeing the result but before knowing the outcome.
• Expanded Lore (Ex): At 7th level and every 4 levels thereafter, the Sage gains a +2 bonus to all Knowledge checks.
• Mental Fortress (Ex): At 8th level, the Sage gains a +4 bonus on saves against mind-affecting effects.
• Perfect Recall (Ex): At 9th level, the Sage can perfectly remember anything they have seen or read. They gain a +4 bonus on Decipher Script and may retry failed checks without penalty.
• Exploit Vulnerability (Ex): At 10th level, Exploit Weakness also ignores damage reduction equal to the Sage’s Int modifier.
• Moment of Clarity (Ex): At 11th level, once per day, the Sage may treat any one d20 roll as if they had rolled a natural 15 before modifiers.
• Reactive Analysis (Ex): At 12th level, whenever the Sage is targeted by an attack or effect, they may immediately make a Knowledge check (free action) to gain Analytical Insight benefits against that source.
• Improved Forewarning (Ex): At 13th level, the Sage gains Uncanny Dodge and a +4 initiative bonus total.
• Unravel Magic (Su): At 14th level, as a standard action, the Sage may make a Spellcraft check (DC 15 + spell level) to suppress an ongoing magical effect for 1d4 rounds. Usable Int modifier times per day.
• Masterful Exploitation (Ex): At 15th level, Exploit Weakness damage applies to creatures normally immune to precision damage, though they take only half extra damage.
• Foresight (Su): At 16th level, the Sage gains a constant effect similar to the spell Foresight, but only for surprise and immediate danger awareness.
• Perfect Prediction (Ex): At 17th level, once per day, the Sage may declare the outcome of a single roll they can see. That roll is treated as a natural 20.
• Greater Tactical Insight (Ex): At 18th level, allies within 30 feet gain half of the Sage’s Analytical Insight bonuses.
• Unassailable Mind (Ex): At 19th level, the Sage becomes immune to mind-affecting effects.
• Living Library (Ex): At 20th level, the Sage embodies knowledge itself. They may treat any Knowledge check as if they rolled a natural 20. Additionally, once per encounter, they may automatically succeed on any one attack roll, saving throw, or skill check.

Feat - Inscribe Magical Tattoo (Item Creation)

Feat: Inscribe Magical Tattoo (Item Creation)

You can craft magical tattoos.

Prerequisites: Craft (calligraphy, paintings, or tattoos) 5 ranks, caster level 5th.

Benefit: You can create magical tattoos, magic items inked directly into the flesh of a willing or helpless creature. Both you and the recipient of the tattoo (if the recipient is not yourself) must be present during the entire tattooing process. Magic tattoos must be placed on a part of the body normally able to hold a magic item slot, but they do not count against or interfere with magic items worn on those slots. A single slot can only hold one magical tattoo (non-magical tattoos and tattoos acquired from the tattooed sorcerer archetype do not count against this limit). Tattoos may be inscribed on the following slots: belt, body, chest, feet, hands, head, neck, shoulder, ring (up to two), or wrist. They cannot be inscribed on armor, eye, headband, or shield slots.

Magical tattoos are difficult to destroy, though they count as magic items for the purposes of dispel magic. The spell erase can permanently destroy a magical tattoo, but the bearer of the tattoo can resist the spell with a Will save, in addition to the caster needing to make a successful caster level check to erase the tattoo. Physically removing a magical tattoo with a sharp instrument or defacing it with fire or acid can destroy it as well. Doing so is a full-round action that not only requires the target to be willing or helpless but also provokes attacks of opportunity. At least 2 points of damage per caster level of the tattoo must be dealt to destroy a magical tattoo in this manner.

Magical tattoos follow the rules for magic item creation as though they were wondrous items, except that they can use the Craft (calligraphy, paintings, tattoos) skill. New magical tattoos can be researched and designed using the guidelines for pricing new magic items. Magical tattoos are treated as slotless magical items for pricing purposes.

Companion Tattoos are found here.

Race: Bayou Faerie

Bayou Faerie

Size/Type: Tiny Fey
Hit Dice: 1d6 (3 hp)
Initiative: +4
Speed: 10 ft. (2 squares), fly 60 ft. (good)
AC: 16 (+2 size, +4 Dex), touch 16, flat-footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple: +0/–12
Attack: Needle dart +6 melee (1d2–4) or swamp thorn +6 ranged (1d2–4)
Full Attack: Needle dart +6 melee (1d2–4) or swamp thorn +6 ranged (1d2–4)
Space/Reach: 2½ ft./0 ft.
Special Attacks: Woodland snare, mire hex
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, DR 5/cold iron, bayou camouflage, glamour form, fey resilience
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +4
Ability Scores: Str 2, Dex 18, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 14
Skills: Hide +20, Listen +6, Spot +6, Search +4, Perform (sing) +6
Feats: Weapon Finesse
Environment: Warm marshes and bayous
Organization: Solitary, pair, or whisper (3–8)
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually chaotic neutral
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +2

Description

Bayou faeries are creatures of slow water and heavy air - born not of bright groves or dancing glades, but of still pools choked with reeds, cypress knees rising like knuckles from black water, and the constant, whispering hum of life that never truly sleeps. Their wings resemble the thin, translucent membranes of dragonflies, often tinted with oil-slick iridescence, catching lanternlight in shifting greens, violets, and sickly golds. Their skin tends toward muted tones - moss-green, peat-brown, or pale gray - allowing them to vanish effortlessly against bark, water, and fog alike.

Their eyes are large and luminous, reflecting even the faintest light with an unsettling clarity. In darkness, they gleam like distant swampfire, hovering just above the waterline before vanishing entirely. Their voices carry strangely in the bayou - sometimes lilting and melodic, other times distorted and distant, as though traveling through water even when spoken in open air.

Unlike their woodland kin, bayou faeries are patient to the point of eeriness. They can remain still for hours, even days, observing without movement, their presence betrayed only by the faint ripple of wings or the occasional flicker of reflected light. They prefer not to be seen - not out of fear, but because being unseen gives them control.

Lore

Bayou faeries are deeply tied to the stagnant, fertile ecosystems of marshlands, where decay and life exist in constant, intimate proximity. To them, rot is not death, but transformation - an essential turning of the wheel. They are caretakers of this cycle, ensuring that nothing is wasted and nothing escapes its place within the greater rhythm of the swamp.

Their magic reflects this philosophy. Where woodland faeries entangle with vines and roots, bayou faeries call upon sucking mud, grasping reeds, and creeping waters. Their mire hex is particularly feared among those who traverse the swamps without respect - causing ground to soften, paths to vanish, and footing to betray even the most careful traveler. Many who wander too confidently find themselves slowly claimed by the very earth beneath them.

They are also known to form quiet, watchful relationships with the creatures of the bayou. Alligators drift where they will, undisturbed by unseen guidance. Birds take flight at subtle signals. Even insects seem to gather and disperse with uncanny coordination. A bayou faerie is never truly alone - it exists within a vast, living network of awareness.

Despite their alien nature, some bayou faeries are drawn to mortals - particularly those who show reverence for the swamp or who survive it through wit rather than force. These faeries may guide, mislead, test, or protect such individuals, often all at once. Their aid is never straightforward, and their lessons are rarely gentle.

To harm a bayou faerie is to earn the quiet enmity of the swamp itself. Trails twist. Water rises where it should not. Sounds carry in misleading ways. And somewhere, just out of sight, something watches - waiting for the moment when the balance may be restored.

Special Abilities

Woodland Snare (Sp): Once per day, a bayou faerie may use entangle (caster level equal to its Hit Dice; save DC 12). In marsh terrain, this effect manifests as grasping reeds, sucking mud, and creeping water rather than vines.

Mire Hex (Su): Once per day as a standard action, a bayou faerie may curse a 10-foot-radius area within 30 feet, causing the ground to become unstable and treacherous for 5 rounds. Creatures within the area must succeed on a DC 12 Reflex save each round or be treated as moving through difficult terrain and suffer a –2 penalty on Balance and Reflex checks. Flying creatures are unaffected. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Bayou Camouflage (Ex): A bayou faerie may use the Hide skill in marsh or swamp terrain even while being observed, so long as it is within 10 feet of water, reeds, or heavy vegetation.

Glamour Form (Su): At will, a bayou faerie may assume a Small humanoid form (as alter self, self only). While in this form, it loses its fly speed, its Strength becomes 10 (if lower), its Dexterity becomes 10 (if higher), and its size modifiers adjust to Small. This is a physical transformation.

Fey Resilience (Ex): Bayou faeries gain a +2 racial bonus on saving throws against enchantment effects.

Kelwyn’s Notes

Ah… now this is a faerie that understands patience.

The bayou variety does not dance for your amusement, nor does it flit about in charming circles as so many stories would have you believe. No - this one waits. It watches. It allows you to reveal yourself fully before it decides what you are worth. There is a… deliberateness to it that I find quite admirable.

You see, the swamp is an honest place, in its own peculiar fashion. It does not pretend to be safe, nor does it disguise its nature beneath pleasant illusions. It rots, it sinks, it devours - and yet, in doing so, it creates. The bayou faerie embodies this truth perfectly. It is not cruel. It is not kind. It is correct.

I have observed that those who enter such places with arrogance tend to fare… poorly. The ground betrays them, the water confuses them, and the very air seems to conspire against their progress. This is no coincidence. The faerie is not attacking in the way a beast might. It is simply adjusting the balance - correcting an intrusion.

And yet… for those who approach with respect, with a certain humility, the experience becomes something altogether different. Guidance appears where none should be. Safe footing reveals itself. One might even feel… accompanied. It is a rare and quiet sort of favor, and not one given lightly.

So I would advise, most sincerely - if you find yourself in such a place, and you feel as though something is watching you… it almost certainly is.

Do try to be worth the attention.

Coca Wine

Coca Wine

Type Ingested; Addiction Moderate; Price 15 gp (bottle, 6 doses); Weight 1 lb.

DESCRIPTION

This deep red tonic wine is produced by steeping coca leaves in strong alcohol, extracting their stimulating properties into a pleasantly bitter, invigorating drink. Among the upper classes, it is considered fashionable - a civilized indulgence for artists, nobles, and those suffering from “nervous exhaustion.”

A standard bottle contains 6 doses.

EFFECT

A creature may drink a dose of coca wine as a standard action.

Upon consumption, the user gains the following benefits for 1 hour:

• +2 alchemical bonus to Strength and Charisma
• +1 alchemical bonus on attack rolls
• +2 alchemical bonus on Fortitude saves against fatigue and exhaustion effects
• The user ignores the effects of fatigue (but not exhaustion) for the duration

Additionally, the user gains a +2 alchemical bonus on Concentration checks and initiative checks due to heightened alertness.

DRAWBACKS

Coca wine places strain on both body and mind.

When the duration ends, the user must succeed on a DC 13 Fortitude save or suffer:

• Fatigue for 1 hour
• –2 penalty to Wisdom for 1 hour

If already fatigued, the user instead becomes exhausted.

ADDICTION

Coca wine is moderately addictive.

• Initial save: DC 13 Fortitude
• Secondary save: DC 13 Fortitude (after 24 hours)

Failure indicates addiction. An addicted character who goes 24 hours without coca wine takes:

• –2 penalty to Strength, Dexterity, and Charisma
• –1 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, and skill checks

These penalties persist until the character consumes a dose.

OVERUSE

If more than 2 doses are consumed within 1 hour, the user must succeed on a DC 15 Fortitude save or become:

• Shaken for 1 hour
• Suffer 1 point of Constitution damage

SPECIAL

• Coca wine counts as both an alchemical substance and an alcoholic beverage.
• Effects from multiple doses do not stack; only the duration is extended.
• A creature immune to poison is immune to addiction and negative side effects, but still gains the benefits.

LORE

Coca wine first emerged from the blending of old viticulture and exotic southern leaves, its rise fueled not by necessity, but by fashion. What began as a curiosity quickly became a staple of refined society - a drink that promised vigor without vulgarity, stimulation without stigma. Its adoption by the elite ensured its rapid spread through salons, courts, and private studies alike.

Physicians and apothecaries eagerly promoted it as a remedy for nearly every ailment of modern life - melancholia, nervous weakness, poor blood, creative stagnation. Whether these claims hold truth is a matter of debate, though few deny its immediate and unmistakable effects.

Among the working class, coca wine is viewed with suspicion or outright distrust - too expensive for common use, and too closely associated with the peculiar habits of the wealthy. Yet in certain urban circles, particularly among performers, writers, and dilettantes, it is consumed with an enthusiasm that borders on dependency.

CONSTRUCTION

Coca wine is not a magic item and requires no spells to create.

Craft (Alchemy) DC 15; raw materials cost 5 gp per bottle.
Ingredients: Fine red wine, dried coca leaves, mild stabilizing reagents.

Kelwyn’s Notes...

Ah… yes. One encounters this particular indulgence in the quieter corners of society’s more respectable decay - a drink spoken of in polite tones, as though refinement might soften what it so plainly is. Coca wine. A stimulant masquerading as sophistication, dressed in the trappings of culture so that its consumers may pretend they are not merely indulging, but participating in something elevated.

Let us not be charmed by its presentation. This is not a tonic. It is not a remedy. It is a leash - silken, perfumed, and willingly fastened about the throat. The body is coaxed into false vigor, the mind into borrowed brilliance, all while something quieter and far more insidious takes root beneath the surface. What it grants is not strength, but the illusion of it, purchased on credit from one’s own future.

I have observed its devotees - artists who swear it sharpens their genius, nobles who claim it steadies their nerves, and the perpetually weary who insist they have finally found relief. And yet, in time, they all arrive at the same destination. The hands tremble. The will softens. The self - that most precious and fragile of constructs - becomes negotiable. One begins by taking coca wine… and ends by quietly rearranging one’s life to ensure it is always close at hand.

They are not wicked, these people. No, that would be simpler. They are… diminished. Reduced, not by cruelty, but by surrender. There is a particular sadness in watching a mind learn to lean upon something that cannot love it in return.

I find it repugnant. Not merely for what it does, but for how elegantly it convinces its victims to participate in their own undoing. There is a vulgar honesty in many vices - drink, excess, indulgence - but this… this insists upon calling itself medicine. That, I think, is the greater offense.

And so it persists, passed between hands that would recoil were the truth made plain, praised in circles that would condemn it under any other name. A most fascinating thing, really - how eagerly one will sip poison, provided it is served in a crystal glass and introduced with proper etiquette.

One cannot help but wonder which is more potent - the substance itself… or the lie that accompanies it.

Traiteur (NPC Class)

The humble healer of Aurelisse’s living earth

Class Overview

Alignment: Any Good (usually Neutral Good)
Hit Die: d6
Class Skills: Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Survival (Wis)
Skill Points per Level: 4 + Int modifier

Weapon and Armor Proficiency:
Traiteurs are proficient with simple weapons and the sickle. They are proficient with light armor but not shields.

Class Table (Summary)

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will	Special
1st	+0	+2	+0	+2	Gift of Aurelisse, Traitement (minor), Herbal Lore
2nd	+1	+3	+0	+3	Lay on Hands
3rd	+2	+3	+1	+3	Traitement (lesser)
4th	+3	+4	+1	+4	Marsh Sense
5th	+3	+4	+1	+4	Remove Affliction
6th	+4	+5	+2	+5	Traitement (moderate)
7th	+5	+5	+2	+5	Spirit Intercession
8th	+6	+6	+2	+6	Greater Lay on Hands
9th	+6	+6	+3	+6	Traitement (greater)
10th	+7	+7	+3	+7	Avatar of the Living Earth

Class Features

Gift of Aurelisse (Ex)

A traiteur does not learn healing - they inherit it. This gift cannot be sold or willingly exchanged for wealth.

• A traiteur who knowingly charges coin for healing loses all supernatural abilities until they perform an act of atonement.
• They may accept humble offerings (food, herbs, tokens) without penalty.

Traitement (Su)

The core healing ritual - a mix of whispered prayer, touch, and intention.

• Functions similarly to spell-like abilities but requires touch and 1 minute of quiet focus.
• Uses Wisdom for all effects.

Daily Uses: 1 + Wis modifier

Scaling Effects:

• Minor (1st): Cure Light Wounds, stabilize, remove fatigue
• Lesser (3rd): Cure Moderate Wounds, remove disease (1/day)
• Moderate (6th): Cure Serious Wounds, neutralize poison
• Greater (9th): Cure Critical Wounds, remove curse

Important Cultural Limitation:

• Traitement fails if the target is across a large body of running water (DM discretion - major rivers, not streams)

Herbal Lore (Ex)

A traiteur may use the Heal skill to:

• Treat deadly wounds in 10 minutes instead of 1 hour
• Gain a bonus equal to class level on Heal checks involving natural remedies
• Identify natural poisons and diseases automatically with a successful check

Lay on Hands (Su)

Beginning at 2nd level:

• Heal a total number of hit points per day equal to class level × Wisdom modifier
• Standard action, touch-based

Marsh Sense (Ex)

At 4th level, the traiteur becomes attuned to wetland and fertile environments:

• Cannot be caught flat-footed in natural terrain
• Gains +2 bonus on Survival and Initiative in marsh, swamp, or river regions

Remove Affliction (Su)

At 5th level, once per day:

• Remove disease, poison, or blindness/deafness
• Requires physical contact and a short prayer ritual

Spirit Intercession (Su)

At 7th level:

• Once per day, reroll any failed healing effect or saving throw affecting an ally within touch range
• Must accept the second result

Greater Lay on Hands (Su)

At 8th level:

• Lay on Hands may now also remove:
  • Fatigue
  • Nausea
  • Ability damage (1 point per use)

Avatar of the Living Earth (Su)

At 10th level, the traiteur becomes a vessel of Aurelisse’s will:

• Fast Healing 2 while in natural terrain
• Allies within 10 ft gain +2 on saves vs disease, poison, and fear
• Once per day, may maximize any healing effect

Role in the World

Traiteurs are not adventurers first - they are anchors of community. They live among the people, often in quiet homes filled with drying herbs, bones, and whispered memory. When they travel, it is not for glory, but because someone, somewhere, is suffering.

They are deeply respected, sometimes feared, and almost never understood by outsiders.

Lore

The gift of the traiteur is rarely spoken of as something learned - it is recognized. Elders will say that the signs appear early, though never loudly: a child who stills a fever with a touch, who knows which root to pull without being taught, who listens more than they speak when the wind moves through the reeds. Yet the knowledge itself is not given freely. It is passed in hushed moments near the end of a teacher’s life, often across generations and often across gender, as tradition quietly insists. The words of the traitement are never written, never recorded, and never spoken aloud outside their purpose. To do so would be to strip them of meaning, like pulling a plant from the soil and expecting it to live.

Among the bayou communities, traiteurs exist in a delicate balance between reverence and familiarity. They are called upon in moments of need - burns, sickness, lingering pains that refuse to fade - but are otherwise left to their quiet lives. It is considered improper to thank them directly, not out of ingratitude, but out of respect for the source of the healing itself. One does not thank the river for flowing, nor the earth for bearing fruit. Instead, gratitude is shown in subtler ways: a basket left at the door, a warm meal prepared, a roof mended without being asked. In this way, the traiteur remains part of the community, never elevated above it, never separated from it.

Yet there are whispers, carried as all things are through the slow waters of the marsh, that not every gift remains untouched by shadow. There are those who have tried to bend the tradition - to take coin in secret, to force the healing where it is not welcome, or to carry their influence across the running waters that were never meant to bear it. Such acts do not fail immediately. That would be too merciful. Instead, the land itself begins to withdraw. Herbs lose their potency in their hands. The words of the traitement feel hollow. And in time, what once healed begins only to quiet the pain, not remove it. The oldest among the traiteurs speak of this not as punishment, but as a correction - the living earth reclaiming what was never meant to be owned.

READER NOTIFICATION

Feat - Crowd Reader

CROWD READER [General]

Prerequisites: Sense Motive 8 ranks, Wis 13
Benefit: Once per round as a free action during a conversation, you may attempt a Sense Motive check opposed by a creature’s Bluff check.

If successful, you gain a +2 bonus on your next Bluff, Diplomacy, or Intimidate check against that creature within the next round.

Additionally, you gain a +2 bonus on Sense Motive checks made to detect lies or assess attitudes in a social setting (such as a tavern, marketplace, or gathering).