Necrobotanist (3.5e Prestige Class)

Necrobotanist

“	You know that story about Briar Rose, and her wall of thorny vines? Yeah, mine marches.	”
—General Tarrand, human Necrobotanist for His Imperial Army, General Terrand and the Fifth Age of the Empire, by Dwafar Kather, Scholar to Her Imperial Majesty,

Becoming a Necrobotanist

Characters pursue Necrobotany because they have felt wronged in some way, or are pursuing a scholarly pursuit and find themselves down a rabbit hole. Necrobotinasts are not typically particularly social creatures, being a sub-set of necromancers.

Entry Requirements

Skills:	Knowlege (Arcane) 15 ranks or Knowlege (religion) 15 ranks, Knowlege (nature) 15 ranks and 15 ranks in a Profession that would be familiar with anatomy (Doctor, mortician, etc).
Spellcasting:	Animate dead and animate plants.

Table: The Necrobotanist

Hit Die: d8

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special	Spellcasting
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+0	+2	+0	+2	Augment Undead +1	+1 Spellcasting level to an existing spellcasting class
2nd	+1	+3	+0	+3	Augment Undead +2
3rd	+2	+3	+1	+3		+1 Spellcasting level to an existing spellcasting class
4th	+3	+4	+1	+4	Augment Undead +3
5th	+3	+4	+1	+4		+1 Spellcasting level to an existing spellcasting class
6th	+4	+5	+2	+5	Augment Undead +4
7th	+5	+5	+2	+5		+1 Spellcasting level to an existing spellcasting class
8th	+6/+1	+6	+2	+6	Augment Undead +5
9th	+6/+1	+7	+3	+7		+1 Spellcasting level to an existing spellcasting class
10th	+7/+2	+7	+3	+7	Augment Undead +6
Class Skills (2 + Int modifier per level) Concentration, Craft, Diplomacy, Knowledge(arcana), Knowledge(nature), Knowledge(religion), Knowledge(the planes), Profession, Spellcraft.

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Class Features

. All of the following are class features of the necrobotinist.

Spellcasting: For odd levels, you gain new spells per day and an increase in caster level (and spells known, if applicable) as if you had also gained a level in a spellcasting class to which you belonged before adding the prestige class level. You do not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained. If you had more than one spellcasting class before becoming a necrobotanist, you must decide to which class to add each level for the purpose of determining spells per day, caster level, and spells known.

Augment Undead: The Necrobotanist can now add augmentations to their undead from their understanding of plants. This manifests in the following ways:

Vining: Undead have vines substituting as muscle mass. This adds 1HD to the undead and gives the undead +1 NA.

Extras(extra arms, extra legs): Undead have vines that wind into extra arms/legs, sometimes supported by bones or sticks. One extra attack OR +10 speed.

Structural support: undead have vines and strips of plant material that substitute for ligaments and tendons. Zombies can run and other undead improve one speed class (usually +10 ft)

Attack augmentation: Undead gain an additional attack, either a small area effect (pollen spray, i.e.) or touch poisons or thorns.

Plant disease: undead gain a mild disease effect that can be spread by a pollen spray or touch attack (determined at creation) with the 1HD DC for this being a DC 10

Distract: Undead can cause the petals/leaves from their plants to fall off and create a "smokescreen" for up to 2 turns to disguise movement.

Aura of undeath: The undead has had flowers/plants/etc added that waft the scent of death, decay and undeath for an area 10 ft from the undead. Nausea DC 15

Ex-Necrobotanists

Characters who lose the ability to cast the requisite spells cannot use the augmentations on their undead. If a character loses access to their skills this would prevent additional levels until they regained access to those skills.

Playing a Necrobotanist

Combat: Necrobotanists who started as clerics may take a more front-line role than those who started as wizards/sorcerers and/or druids. Most Necrobotinants would take a support/back-line role.

Advancement: A cleric with the domain plants can take this class after 13th level(when they have access to Animate plants). Otherwise this is a druid of 13th level with cleric 5/sorcerer 8/wizard 7 to give access to the Animated undead spell.

Resources: Necrobotanists get support from their base classes. There are not known organisations dedicated to necrobotany.

Necrobotinists in the World

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NPC Reactions: Necrobotinists will get about the same reaction as necromancers.

Necrobotanist Lore

Characters with ranks in can research necrobotanists to learn more about them. When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.

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Necrobotinists in the Game

Adaptation:

Sample Encounter:

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