Races of Wild

Lucky Magic (Su): When you reach 4th level, goodfortune infuses the spells you cast. Whenever you cast aspell that has a variable, numeric effect, you can reroll onedie out of every five (minimum one reroll). For example, ifyou cast enervation, you can reroll the 1d4 to determine howmany negative levels the spell bestows. If you cast a 15d6delayed blast fireball, you can reroll any three of the fifteendice. You must take the results of the new rolls, even ifthey’re worse.Desperate Recall (Su): At 4th level and higher, you canrecover the energy from a spell you just cast, but doing socosts you a bit of the luck you have accumulated. Once perday, as a move action, you can recall any one spell that youhad prepared and then cast (if you prepare spells ahead oftime) or the energy from one spell slot (if you cast spellsspontaneously). The spell or spell slot is then ready for useagain, just as if it had not been cast. At 7th level, you canuse desperate recall twice per day, and at 10th level, youcan use it three times a day.Whenever you usethe desperate recallclass feature, youhave to pay luck’scost: 1 point fromyour luck poolfor a 1st- to 3rdlevelspell, 2 pointsfor a 4th- to 6thlevelspells-, and 3points for a 7th- to9th-level spell. Ifyou can’t afford topay luck’s cost, youcan instead loseany luck points youhave in your pooland give up ameasure of yourown personal good fortune: For 1 minute,you take a –1 penalty on all attack rolls, saves, abilitychecks, and skill checks, and a –1 penalty to your ArmorClass. This penalty stacks with itself and with penaltiesfrom the fate’s proof class feature and the Dallah Thaun’sLuck feat.Curse of the Black Cloud (Sp): At 7th level and higher,you can manipulate the threads of fate itself, causing a thinblack cloud to descend over your foes and steal their luckaway. This ability functions like the curse of the fatespurnedclass feature, except that the black cloud curses everyonewithin a 20-foot spread. The cloud doesn’t affect vision,and it naturally disperses a round after you use this classfeature. At 10th level, you can use this class feature twicea day.As with curse of the fatespurned, you get the good luck thatyour enemies lose. You gain 2 points for your luck pool foreach living creature that suffers the curse of the black cloud.Kulya Vashkarath, a luckstealerThe luck pool’s maximum size is equal to your Charismamodifier (minimum 1). As described in the curse of the fatespurnedclass feature, you can use points from your luck poolto improve your rolls or to use the desperate recall or fate’sproof class features.Fate’s Proof (Su): At 10th level, you have a sense of fatethat borders on the precognitive. You gain occasional flashesof insight when you’re in danger. For example, in the middleof a battle you might receive an instantaneous vision of atroll rending you limb from limb. By ducking and evadingthe troll’s outstretched claws, you’re able to avert a grisly fate.You can use this ability to avoid critical hits, poison attempts,and other particularly dangerous attacks.Three times per day, you can force an opponent to reroll anattack roll, or you can reroll a save you’ve failed. Announceyour decision to do so after you know the full effects of yourbad fortune: how much damage the attack deals, the consequencesof the failed save, or secondary effects such as poisonor improved grab. When you use thefate’s proof class feature, the attackbegins again from the momentof the attack roll, and the spellor other condition that forcedyou to make a save begins againfrom the moment you attempt thesave. You must accept theresult of the reroll, evenif it’s worse than theoriginal result. Youcan’t use fate’s proofmore than once onthe same roll.Whenever youuse the fate’s proofclass feature, you have topay luck’s cost: 5 points fromyour luck pool. If you can’t afford topay luck’s cost, you can instead lose anyluck points you have in your pool andgive up a measure of your own personal good fortune: For1 minute, you take a –2 penalty on all attack rolls, saves,ability checks, and skill checks, and a –2 penalty to yourArmor Class. This penalty stacks with itself and with penaltiesfrom the desperate recall class feature and the DallahThaun’s Luck feat.PLAYING A LUCKSTEALERYou are finely attuned to the ebb and flow of probability, andyou love to play the odds—or better yet, stack them in yourfavor. Tempting fate comes naturally to you. Whether acrossa card table or on the field of battle, your enemies wincewhenever they have to face you. They know that you’ll takeany good fortune they have and replace it with bad luck—andbad luck is the one attack no one can defend against.Many of the more established and populous halflingcaravans have a luckstealer or two traveling with them;Illus. by J. ZhangCHAPTER 5PRESTIGECLASSES119