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Blade Banshee “That hum is the sound of your death approaching.” Prerequisites: Eladrin, ranger The Feywild sings with eldritch energy. It is infused with magic from its twilight sky to its sparkling depths. Fey creatures, its children, are bathed in its supernatural flow. Even the simplest among them have powers beyond those of worldly mortals, bestowing simple tasks with an otherworldly enchantment. Eladrin are among the heritors of the Feywild’s nature. As humans and other races tamed portions of the world, so too did the eladrin subdue parts of the Feywild according to their fey temperament. They evolved a complex society, rich in crafts and traditions that also sing in concordance with the Feywild. As followers of mores inspired in elder days by the god Corellon, eladrin treat life and all its aspects as an art. Everything they do, wonderful or wicked, reflects this ideal. Like their counterparts in the world, eladrin have had to fight and die to defend their way of life. Each eladrin learns to wield the longsword, the traditional weapon of the eladrin people. They have martial disciplines that teach an eladrin to channel the innate magic in his or her spirit, as well as that stored within the elements. A blade from the Feywild or crafted by eladrin hands has a special beauty. The metal vibrates with bizarre potential. Some eladrin learn to make steel shaped into such a blade sing its heart’s song. That song is a fey cry that portends loss of life, and those who wield it are known across the cosmos as blade banshees. Over the years, you’ve developed a terrifying synergy with your blades. You understand the secret heart of fey-crafted steel. Its unmistakable, dread voice announces your displeasure. As you fight, your blades buzz and keen, unleashing rending vibrations against your foes. But when your soul is bent to friendship or mercy, your swords hum with your own gentleness, briefly bringing a bit of peace to others before shrieking into battle once again. Blade Banshee Path Features Banshee’s Action (11th level): When you spend an action point to take an extra action while wielding two melee weapons, any enemy adjacent to you takes thunder damage equal to your Wisdom modifier. Bladed Disruption (11th level): While you’re wielding two melee weapons, any creature you hit with more than one of your melee attacks during your turn takes a –2 penalty to attack rolls until the start of your next turn. Shrieking Blades (16th level): While you’re wielding two melee weapons, your melee attacks deal extra thunder damage equal to your Wisdom modifier. Blade Banshee Exploits Steel Scream Blade Banshee Attack 11 You clash your blades together, unleashing a mind-numbing screech. Encounter ✦ Martial, Thunder, Weapon Standard Action Close burst 1 Requirement: You must be wielding a longsword and another melee weapon. Target: Each creature in burst Attack: Strength vs. Will Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier thunder damage, and the target is dazed until the end of your next turn. Soothing Reverberation Blade Banshee Utility 12 With a soft sweep, your blades purr, reaching out to the minds of nearby allies and revitalizing them. Daily ✦ Healing, Martial, Weapon Minor Action Close burst 3 Requirement: You must be wielding a longsword and another melee weapon. Target: Each ally in burst Effect: Each target can spend a healing surge either to regain hit points or to negate being dazed or stunned. Mind-Bending Blades Blade Banshee Attack 20 You use your blades to set up a fey harmonic pattern, allowing you to control your target until you unleash the sound in a disruptive wail. Daily ✦ Charm, Martial, Reliable, Weapon Standard Action Melee weapon Requirement: You must be wielding a longsword and another melee weapon. Target: One creature Attack: Strength vs. Fortitude Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage, and the target is dominated (save ends). As a standard action, you can end the dominated effect and deal 5d6 thunder damage to the target and each creature adjacent to it. NEW PARAGON PATHS CHAPTER 2 | Ranger 59
Blade Dancer “Clashing blades create the rhythm for our final dance.” Prerequisite: Ranger Halflings have long used music and a sense of fun to enliven physical labor and various dull tasks. When the race was young, they created dancelike movements that mimicked martial skills—and translated into deadliness in melee. Halflings learned that bladed weapons lent themselves easily to such a refined use. As their battle dances evolved, halflings began to consider the nimble use of a pair of bladed weapons a refinement of the style. Halflings came to call skilled practitioners of this dual-weapon method blade dancers. The mingling of itinerant halflings with other peoples eventually made the blade dance famous. The blade-dancer way spread far and wide, and other folk adapted it to new weapon types. Today, numerous people know and teach the essentials of the method. The strictest masters require the student to show proficiency in combat as well as a love of life and wandering like that of halflings. Halfling or not, you have put your body through a grueling regimen to attain mastery of the blade dance. Twin blades twirl about you like deadly veils. Intricate footwork allows you to dance in and out of danger with ease. Your weapons, like good dance partners, know where you want them to go almost before you do. One day, you and your weapons might dance your way into legend. Blade Dancer Path Features Dual-Blade Action (11th level): You can spend an action point to make one melee basic attack with your primary weapon and another one with your offhand weapon, instead of taking an extra action. You gain a bonus to the damage rolls equal to your Wisdom modifier. Dancing Defense (11th level): If you’re wielding two melee weapons and hit with at least two melee attacks on your turn, you gain a +2 bonus to AC and Reflex until the start of your next turn. Cutting Steps (16th level): While wielding two melee weapons, you gain a +1 bonus to melee damage rolls and AC. Blade Dancer Exploits Cross-Body Parry Blade Dancer Attack 11 As your foe swings, you quickly cross your blades to parry, then scissor those blades brutally into your attacker. Encounter ✦ Martial, Weapon Immediate Interrupt Melee weapon Trigger: An enemy makes a melee attack against you Requirement: You must be wielding two melee weapons. Target: The triggering enemy Attack: Strength vs. Reflex (main weapon and off-hand weapon), two attacks Hit: 1[W] damage per attack. If both attacks hit, the target is weakened until the end of your next turn. Weapon: If you’re wielding two light blades, two heavy blades, or a heavy blade and a light blade, each attack deals extra damage equal to your Dexterity modifier. Misleading Bladework Blade Dancer Utility 12 Whirling your blades, you dance in and out of your enemies’ reach, knocking weapons aside and leaving foes off balance. Daily ✦ Martial, Weapon Move Action Personal Requirement: You must be wielding two melee weapons. Effect: You shift a number of squares equal to your Dexterity modifier. Throughout the shift, each adjacent enemy takes a –2 penalty to attack rolls and grants combat advantage to your allies until the start of your next turn. 60 CHAPTER 2 | Ranger Blade Dance Blade Dancer Attack 20 For a moment, you transform into a deadly storm of blades. Daily ✦ Martial, Weapon Standard Action Melee weapon Requirement: You must be wielding two melee weapons. Target: One creature Attack: Strength vs. AC Hit: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage. Miss: Half damage. Effect: You can shift 3 squares and repeat the attack against a second target. You can then shift 3 squares and repeat the attack against a third target. Weapon: If you’re wielding two light blades, two heavy blades, or a heavy blade and a light blade, the attack deals extra damage equal to your Dexterity modifier. JASON A. ENGLE
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