Seductive Infiltrator (Slayer/Bard)

Some slayers seek not to mask their presence, but instead, they make themselves known to their targets, inviting their foes to react. During the throes of such encounters, seductive infiltrators make their move, ensuring their targets never move again. (Original Concept by Lindley Court)

Primary Class: Slayer.

Secondary Class: Bard.

Alignment: Any.

Hit Dice: d10.

Bonus Skills and Ranks: The seductive infiltrator may select three bard skills to add to his class skills in addition to the normal slayer class skills, one of which must be Perform (oratory). The seductive infiltrator gains a number of ranks at each level equal to 6 + Int modifier.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The seductive infiltrator is proficient with all simple and martial weapons, but not with any types of armor or shields.

Charming Mien (Su): At 1st level, a seductive infiltrator adds his Charisma bonus (if any) to his Armor Class as a deflection bonus. This ability replaces his armor and shield proficiencies.

Studied Target (Ex): This is exactly like the slayer ability of the same name, except that the bonus to attack and damage rolls granted by studied target is reduced by 1 (minimum 0). However, if the seductive infiltrator is adjacent to or in physical contact with his studied target at the time the target is studied, the seductive infiltrator gains a +2 bonus to his attack and damage rolls against that target. This bonus does not stack with his normal bonus. This alters studied target.

Alluring Performance (Su): At 2nd level, a seductive infiltrator gains the bard’s bardic performance ability, except that he can use this ability for a number of rounds per day equal to 2 + his Charismamodifier. At each level after 2nd a bard can use alluring performance for 1 additional round per day. Each round, the seductive infiltrator can produce any one of the following alluring performances that he has mastered, as indicated by his level. This ability, fascinate, unwitting ally, reckless infatuation, and denounce replace the slayer talents gained at 2nd, 6th, and 12th level.

Fascinate (Su): At 2nd level, a seductive infiltrator gains the bard’s fascinate performance.

Unwitting Ally (Sp): At 2nd level, a seductive infiltrator can spend 1 round of alluring performance to make an unwitting ally (as the spell) of a single creature that he has already fascinated (see above). He can affect one additional creature at 7th level and every five levels thereafter.

Using this ability does not disrupt the fascinate effect, but it does require a standard action to activate (in addition to the free action to continue the fascinate effect). A seductive infiltrator can use this ability more than once against an individual creature during an individual performance.

A Will saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 the seductive infiltrator’s level + the seductive infiltrator’s Charisma modifier) negates the effect. Creatures targeted by this performance are affected for only one round. This performance can be maintained for additional rounds by spending a number of rounds of performance equal to the number of affected creatures for each round the performance is maintained.

Unwitting ally is an enchantment (charm), mind-affecting, language-dependent ability and relies on audible components.

Reckless Infatuation (Sp): At 6th level, a seductive infiltrator can use his alluring performance ability to fill a target that he has already fascinated with feelings of intense infatuation for a specific individual (as the reckless infatuation spell). For each round of performance spent (a free action), this effect is maintained for a number of rounds equal to the seductive infiltrator’s Charisma modifier. A seductive infiltrator can use this ability more than once against an individual creature during an individual performance.

Denounce (Sp): At 12th level, a seductive infiltrator can use his alluring performance ability to denounce (as the spell) and speak out against a single creature with the power of his voice and conviction. The targets must be within 30 feet and able to understand the seductive infiltrator. For each round of performance spent (a free action), this effect is maintained for a number of rounds equal to the seductive infiltrator’s Charisma modifier. A Will saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 the seductive infiltrator’s level + the seductive infiltrator’s Charisma modifier) negates the effect.

Slayer Talents: The seductive infiltrator can select one of the following rogue talents in place of a slayer talent: befuddling strike, camouflage, coax information, convincing lie, escaping stunt, face in the crowd, false friend, honeyed words, obfuscate story, philologist, steal the story. This replaces the rogue talents normally granted by the slayer talent class feature.

Escort (Ex): At 7th level, a seductive infiltrator doubles his studied target bonus on all Diplomacy checks made against his studied opponent. This ability replaces stalker.

Advanced Talents: The seductive infiltrator can select one of the following advanced rogue talents in place of a slayer talent: hard to fool, hide in plain sight, rumormonger, thoughtful re-examining, unwitting ally, weapon snatcher. This replaces the advanced rogue talents normally granted by the slayer talent class feature.

Swift Erudition (Ex): At 11th level, whenever the seductive infiltrator uses Diplomacy to gather information, it requires only one-third of the required time. This ability replaces swift tracker.

Negotiations Master (Ex): At 13th level, a seductive infiltrator becomes a master of negotiations and can take 10 on Diplomacy skills. A seductive infiltrator can choose not to take 10 and can instead roll normally. In addition, once per day, the seductive infiltrator can take 20 on any Diplomacy skill check as a standard action. He can use this ability one additional time per day at 17th level.

Table: Seductive Infiltrator