Här är ett episkt öde jag har föreställt mig för detta; många tack till Brian för några utmärkta idéer.
Silver Phoenix
Aicanique becomes a spectral entity of silver flame and ghostly wings, almost angelic in appearance despite her undead state.
För en annan karaktär vill jag se Tomb-Tainted Soul och Undead Empathy-prestationerna och möjligheten att kasta gnista av livet , utöver det kravet på 21 nivåer.
21st level: Turn Undeath (Su)
Equivalent to Turn Undead, except undead who would be turned are instead affected as if by spark of life and lose any hungers, cravings, or similar nourishment requirements from their undead status (e.g. vampires no longer need blood, ghouls no longer crave flesh, and so on).
Aicanique may maintain a number of undead in such a state as if they were undead controlled by a dread necromancer with the Undead Mastery class feature. The undead leave this state only if her “control” of them is broken, as usual for controlling undead with Rebuke Undead.
Undead who would instead be destroyed are quietly released from their unnatural unlifes, to go on to whatever comes next for them. See the Release feature, below.
Willing undead may accept the effect of this ability as if they had 0 HD (that is, it is always powerful enough to affect them and does not take HD away from others). In this way, Aicanique may restore large groups of willing undead.
Aicanique may use this ability 3 + Cha times per day, uses her arcane caster level as her cleric level for the turning check, and may treat it as Turn Undead for the purposes of requirements, triggering feats (such as Divine feats), and for things that grant extra uses of Turn Undead per day (such as the Extra Turning feat).
I slutändan är detta primärt fluff. Effekten, från ett stridsperspektiv, är sällan lika bra som vad som blir odödligt eller omvända, odöda skulle få dig. Det sagt är det kraftfull fluff, eftersom möjligheten att göra odödliga kvasi-levande och mycket mindre automatiskt farliga ändrar många grundläggande antaganden om dem.
21st level: Release (Ex)
Any undead creature destroyed within 100 ft. of Aicanique immediately has its soul ferried to wherever it is that the soul was supposed to go before becoming undead; any actions taken while undead have their taint cleaned from the soul (though depraved actions taken before becoming undead, particularly those taken to turn undead, may very much still do so).
The remains of any undead so released may not be used again for any kind of necromancy, and only true resurrection or a carefully-worded wish spell could return the soul to life.
Det här är i sista hand vad som gör att hon kan utföra sig som en psykopomp.
24th level: Deathsense (Su)
Equivalent to Lifesense (Libris Mortis), but functioning on undead creatures, not living creatures.
Precis verkade passande och passande. Höjdpunkter odöda i en viss radie, även genom solidt material.
27th level: Radiant Touch (Su)
Aicanique may use this supernatural ability in place of her uttercold touch at any time. It deals the exact same damage, except that the damage is “radiant” damage. This damage only harms the undead, creatures with the [Evil] subtype, and creatures harmed by bright light. It has no effect on other creatures.
Though the radiant touch does deal damage, it is painless, and in fact mildly pleasant, to the creatures it affects.
Aicanique har en kraftfull attack, utbredd touch , som hon kan använda som en touch eller lägga till ovanpå hennes kalla och / eller nekromanta stavningar, men det handlar om halvkylt, halv-negativ skada , som tenderar att sluta göra ingenting, eller till och med helande de odöda. Det gör hennes förmåga att interagera med fientlig undead verkligen begränsad. Detta fixar det.
30th level: Spectral Angel (Ex)
Aicanique’s type changes to Undead, and she gains the Incorporeal subtype. She also gains immunity to Rebuke Undead or Turn Undead.
Aicanique retains her Constitution score, unlike all other undead. She is immune to Constitution damage, drain, burn, or any other effect that attempts to reduce it. Her HD do not change to d12s, and she does not recalculate her HP.
Konstitutionen är konstig, men jag gillar den som en slags "flip-side" av Tomb-Tainted Soul: innan hon var ett levande var med en ovanlig, odödlig livskraft. Nu är hon en odödlig varelse med en ovanlig, livlig livskraft.
Immuniteten mot Turn / Rebuke är bara för att skildra henne som lite mer av en "naturens kraft", än en modig anda som exorcister bara kan förvisa eller nekromancers kan försöka styra.