Hellcrafter

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Summoners that specialize in drawing fiends from the pits of a hellscape created through unknowable occult magic, hellcrafters are brutal summoners and powerful commanders. By imbuing a corpse with the spirit of a fiend, hellcrafters create hellspawn, powerful minions that enforce their masters' will. As a hellcrafter, you can develop your talents summoning a multitudinous swarm of hellspawn, summon one powerful hellspawn champion, or cultivate your skills as a ritualist. You might also embrace the path of the hellbound, suffusing your Essence with energy from hell.

Hellcrafter Tracks

Champion Track: Summon a powerful spirit from Hell to imbue into a mighty corpse. By twisting occult magic to your will, you augment this hellspawn with great power to fight as your champion.

Hellbound (see previous): Having descended into Hell and emerged with an otherworldly command of fire, fuel your weapon’s strikes with wrathful brimstone.

Hordemaster Track: You specialize in summoning scores of hellspawn. By ripping fiends from Hell and binding them to dozens of corpses, you can raise a terrifying army in a matter of moments.

Ritualist Track: Through dark machinations and sinister incantations, you have become an expert in occult ritualism. Your capacity to manipulate occult rituals is nothing to be trifled with.

Hellcrafter Entry Talent

After gaining the Hellcrafter Entry talent, you can take talents from any of the Hellcrafter tracks.

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Hellcrafter Entry	Character Level 2	When you take this entry talent, gain the following abilities. Essence Burn. When you hit a creature with a melee attack, you may take 1d4 psychic damage that you cannot negate or reduce. In exchange, the creature suffers Burning 1d4. (1/Recoup) Soulbind. By touching a corpse for 1 minute, you draw forth a spirit from hell and imbue its Essence into the corpse. You create a ML 1 or lower Hellspawn that follows your unspoken commands. This is your Hellspawn Champion. The Hellspawn Champion lasts for 24 hours or until you use this power on a new corpse. Alternatively, you may use this power to extend the life of a creature summoned in this way for an additional 24 hours. (1/Rest) Occult. You gain +1 Occult Power from this talent and from every talent you take in the Hellcrafter stack. You do not gain additional SP unless noted in an individual talent.	Class Entry, Hellcrafter

Champion Track

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Champion Hellspawn	Hellcrafter Entry	When you use Soulbind, you may summon a particularly powerful Hellspawn. (1/Rest) The Hellspawn's stats are modified in the following ways: It gains +5 max HP per Hellcrafter talent you have. It gains +1 to all of its defenses. It gains +1 to attacks and damage.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Savage Attacks	Champion Hellspawn	Your Hellspawn Champion's natural weapon damage increases by one die size (such as from 1d4 to 1d6), to a max of 1d12. If it did not have a natural weapon, it gains a claws attack. Claws: Reach 5 ft Natural Weapon. +STR or DEX vs AR. Hit: 1d4 + STR or DEX sharp	Hellcrafter, Champion, Repeatable
Tentacles	Champion Hellspawn	Your Hellspawn Champion has +2 TA on Grappling checks. You cannot take this talent more than 3 times.	Hellcrafter, Champion, Repeatable
Long Limbs	Champion Hellspawn	Your Hellspawn Champion has +5 ft reach on natural weapon attacks originating from their arms.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Resistant Hellskin	Champion Hellspawn	You and your Hellspawn Champion gain Resist +2 against one damage type: cold, corrosive, fire, lightning, sonic, or toxic. You cannot choose the same type of damage twice with this talent.	Hellcrafter, Champion, Repeatable
Resistant Hellskin II	Champion Hellspawn	You and your Hellspawn Champion gain Resist +2 against one damage type for which you already have Resist: cold, corrosive, fire, lightning, sonic, or toxic. You cannot choose the same type of damage twice with this talent.	Hellcrafter, Champion, Repeatable
Bestial Spawn	Champion Hellspawn	You may use Soulbind on the corpse of a beast when making your Hellspawn Champion. This creature has the stats of an appropriate beast of an ML that you can create using your Champion talents. It has the undead and fiend tags in addition to its normal tags.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Monstrous Spawn	Champion Hellspawn	You may use Soulbind on the corpse of a monstrosity when making your Hellspawn Champion. This creature has the stats of an appropriate monstrosity of an ML that you can create using your Champion talents. It has the undead and fiend tags in addition to its normal tags.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Echo of Life	Champion Hellspawn	When making your Hellspawn Champion, you may choose to use the stats of any humanoid that cannot cast spells and that has an ML that you can create using your Champion talents. It has the undead and fiend tags in addition to its normal tags.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Whisper of Life	Champion Hellspawn	When making your Hellspawn Champion, you may choose to use the stats of any creature with the undead tag that has an ML that you can create using your Champion talents. It has the fiend tag in addition to its normal tags.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Winged Horror	Champion Hellspawn	Your Hellspawn has wings. For every 20 ft it falls vertically, it may reactively move 20 ft horizontally. It only takes falling damage if it falls more than 40 ft.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Strength of the Champion	Champion 3	Your Hellspawn Champion can be ML 2 or lower.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Devilish Spawn	Strength of the Champion	When you use Soulbind on the corpse of a humanoid when making your Hellspawn Champion, you may choose to use the stats of any creature with the fiend tag of an ML that you can create using your Champion talents. It has the undead tag in addition to its normal tags.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Hulking Hellspawn	Strength of the Champion	When you summon a Hellspawn Champion whose size would normally be Medium, you may choose for its size to instead be Large. If you do, it gains +1 STR and suffers -1 DEX. It also gains +2 additional max HP per Hellcrafter talent you have.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Strength of the Champion II	Strength of the Champion, Champion 6	When you Recoup, your Champion can regain 1/2 of its max HP. (1/Rest) Furthermore, Soulbind becomes 2/Rest, but you may still only have one Hellspawn summoned at a time unless other talents say otherwise. Champion Hellspawn becomes 2/Rest and your Hellspawn Champion can be ML 3 or lower.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Leopard Head	Strength of the Champion II Incompatibilities: Bull Head, Bat Head, Insect Head, Wolf Head	When you summon your Hellspawn Champion, you may choose to give it a leopard head unless you gave it a different head. If it has a leopard head, it has +2 Perceiving and has Darkvision +30 ft.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Bull Head	Strength of the Champion II Incompatibilities: Leopard Head, Bat Head, Insect Head, Wolf Head	When you summon your Hellspawn Champion, you may choose to give it a bull head unless you gave it a different head. If it has a bull head, it has +1 max HP per Hellcrafter talent that you have.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Bat Head	Strength of the Champion II Incompatibilities: Leopard Head, Bull Head, Insect Head, Wolf Head	When you summon your Hellspawn Champion, you may choose to give it a bat head unless you gave it a different head. If it has a bat head, when it is Blinded but not Deafened, treat other creatures as Concealed instead of Unseen.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Insect Head	Strength of the Champion II Incompatibilities: Leopard Head, Bull Head, Bat Head, Wolf Head	When you summon your Hellspawn Champion, you may choose to give it an insect head unless you gave it a different head. If it has an insect head, it gains +2 Perceiving and cannot be Completely Surprised.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Wolf Head	Strength of the Champion II Incompatibilities: Leopard Head, Bull Head, Bat Head, Insect Head	When you summon your Hellspawn Champion, you may choose to give it a wolf head unless you gave it a different head. If it has a wolf head, it gains +2 Tracking and gains an additional +1 TA from Flanking.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Strength of the Champion III	Strength of the Champion II, Champion 8	Your Hellspawn Champion can be ML 4 or lower. Champion Hellspawn becomes +2 to all defenses.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Monstrous Traits	Strength of the Champion III	When you summon a Hellspawn Champion, it gains one trait: Iron Will, Steel Mind, Vigilant, DR 2/Silvered Weapons, or DR 2/Magical Weapons.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Hulking Hellspawn II	Strength of the Champion III, Hulking Hellspawn	When you summon a Hellspawn Champion who would normally be Medium or Large, you may choose for its Size to instead be Huge. If you do, it gains +2 STR and suffers -2 DEX. It also gains +3 additional max HP per Hellcrafter talent you have.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Resistant Hellskin III	Strength of the Champion III, Resistant Hellskin II	Hellspawn Champion gains Immune against one damage type of your choice for which it previously had Resist 2 or more: cold, corrosive, fire, lightning, sonic, or toxic.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Winged Horror II	Strength of the Champion III, Winged Horror	Your Hellspawn's vertical jump distance is tripled.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Strength of the Champion IV	Strength of the Champion III, Champion 10	Your Hellspawn Champion can be ML 5 or lower. When you Recoup, instead of your Champion regaining 1/2 its max HP, it can regain all of its HP. (1/Rest)	Hellcrafter, Champion
Monstrous Traits II	Strength of the Champion IV, Monstrous Traits	Monstrous Traits becomes two traits from Iron Will, Steel Mind, Vigilant, DR 2/Silvered Weapons or DR 2/Magical Weapons.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Brutal Strikes	Strength of the Champion IV	Your Hellspawn Champion deals +2 damage on all hits that would deal damage.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Terrifying Speed	Strength of the Champion IV	Your Hellspawn Champion can take one additional action on each of its turns.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Winged Horror III	Strength of the Champion IV, Winged Horror II	Your Hellspawn Champion gains a fly speed equal to its walking speed.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Strength of the Champion IV	Strength of the Champion IV, Champion 13	Your Hellspawn Champion can be ML 6 or lower.	Hellcrafter, Champion
Champion of Hell	Strength of the Champion V	Gain the Spirit of Malice ability. Spirit of Malice. The Hellspawn can change its form as though you resummoned it when you Recoup, allowing you to customize its abilities based on the talents you have taken in this track. Furthermore, Soulbind becomes 3/Rest, but you may still only have one Hellspawn summoned at a time unless other talents say otherwise. Champion Hellspawn becomes 3/Rest and +3 to all of its defense. Your Hellspawn also deals +2 damage when you have Death Points and are Bloodied. Level 30: Spirit of Malice can also be done once for 1 AP on your turn (1/Recoup). Champion Hellspawn becomes +5 to all defenses.	Hellcrafter, Champion, Capstone

Hellbound

Note that this class track is unique in that it is shared by two classes: the Zealot and the Hellcrafter.

Hordemaster Track

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Horde Summoner	Hellcrafter Entry	When you use Soulbind, you may touch four or more corpses. If you do, rather than creating one Hellspawn, you create a Hellspawn Swarm, or your "Horde". The swarm uses the stats of a Hellspawn Swarm, but follows some special rules. During combat, the swarm cannot function unless you are within the swarm. While you are within the swarm, it is treated as a 5 ft radius aura that is centered on you. You may spend 2 AP on each of your turns to cause the swarm to make one of its attacks. You have +2 to your AR and physical defenses while your swarm is not Bloodied, and +1 to these defenses while your swarm is Bloodied. A creature may target you or the swarm. You have Vulnerable AOE 1 while your swarm is active.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Recall to Service	Horde Summoner	Soulbind becomes 1/2 CHA/Rest (min 1). You may not have more than one Hellspawn or Hellspawn Swarm active at one time, however.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Growing Horde	Recall to Service	Your horde's radius becomes 10 ft, or 5 ft when Bloodied. Additionally, your horde gains a bonus on attack rolls equal to 1/2 your CHA.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Thrash of Limbs	Growing Horde Incompatibilities: Clash of Claws	The area within your horde's radius is considered Difficult Terrain to hostile creatures. You are Concealed while within your horde's radius.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Thrash of Limbs II	Thrash of Limbs	While your horde has full health, or has Shield HP and is not bloodied, you have Partial Cover (+3). Your horde has +4 on Grappling checks.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Thrash of Limbs III	Thrash of Limbs II	Allies are also considered Concealed while within your horde's radius. If your horde is not Bloodied and has Shield HP, you have Total Cover.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Clash of Claws	Growing Horde Incompatibilities: Thrash of Limbs	While not Bloodied, your horde adds 1/2 your CHA to their damage rolls.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Clash of Claws II	Clash of Claws	While not Bloodied, your horde gains an attack bonus equal to your total CHA, instead of 1/2.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Clash of Claws III	Clash of Claws II	Clash of Claws becomes: While not Bloodied, your horde adds CHA to their damage rolls, and 1/2 your CHA to their damage rolls while Bloodied.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Growing Horde II	Hordemaster 6	Your horde's radius becomes 15 ft, or 10 ft when Bloodied.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Recall to Service II	Growing Horde II	When you Recoup, you may regain 1 use of your Soulbind. When you use Soulbind to summon a Hellspawn Swarm and you previously had a Hellspawn Swarm, your new swarm gains Shield HP equal to your previous swarm's current HP.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Growing Horde III	Recall to Service II	When your horde occupies the space of a fresh corpse that has died within the past 10 minutes, you may spend 3 AP to resurrect the corpse, causing it to join your horde. Your horde regains 1d10+CHA HP and gains 1d10 Shield HP. (2/Recoup)	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
All-Out Assault	Growing Horde III Incompatibilities: Protect the Maker	Gain the All-Out Assault ability. All-Out Assault. Spend 3 AP to turn your horde into a cone twice as long as your radius, or a line three times as long as your radius, or to turn your horde back into its typical radius shape. When a cone or line, you are on one side of the horde and do not gain benefits from being within the horde.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
All-Out Assault II	All-Out Assault	Gain the Seize Opportunity ability. Seize Opportunity. Your horde gains the ability to Exploit, but you must spend your own Reactive AP for them to do so. It costs 1 Reactive AP.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
All-Out Assault III	All-Out Assault II	Gain the Overrun ability. Overrun. Expend one of your uses of Soulbind to order an all-out assault. For the next 5 minutes, you may order your horde to make an attack for 1 AP, instead of 2. Whenever your horde kills a creature, your horde gains 1d10 Shield HP.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Protect the Maker	Growing Horde III Incompatibilities: All-Out Assault	When you would take damage and no other creature would, you may deal the damage to your horde instead.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Protect the Maker II	Protect the Maker	When one of your allies within the horde's radius would take damage and no other creature would, you may deal the damage to the horde instead.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Protect the Maker III	Protect the Maker II	You may expend one of your uses of Soulbind to order a full-scale defense. For the next 5 minutes, provided that your horde has any HP, you have Total Cover when it is not your turn.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Recall to Service III	Hordemaster 12	Soulbind becomes CHA/Rest. You may have up to 2 uses of Soulbind active at one time, but only one may be a Hellspawn Swarm.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Growing Horde IV	Recall to Service III	Your horde's radius becomes 20 ft, or 15 ft when Bloodied. It has additional HP equal to 4x your Occult Power.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster
Hordemaster	Growing Horde IV	For you, life and Essence is a fungible resource. You may spend 1 AP to lose any amount of HP. Your horde gains that much HP if they are Bloodied or that much Shield HP if they are not Bloodied. You may spend 1 AP to make your horde lose any amount of HP. You gain that much HP if you are Bloodied or that much Shield HP if you are not Bloodied. Your horde's max HP is now 6x your Occult Power. Level 30: Any time you would gain HP or Shield HP, or cause another creature to gain HP or Shield HP, you may choose whether it is HP or Shield HP. Your horde's max HP is now 8x your Occult Power.	Hellcrafter, Hordemaster, Capstone

Ritualist Track

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Demonomicon	Hellcrafter Entry	You have a dark book called the Demonomicon, which grants you magical abilities. Gain the Initiate of the Occult talent if you did not already have it. Future talents from the Ritualist track grant you +5 SP. This talent does not give you +1 Occult Power from your Occult ability.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Soulbinding Ritual	Demonomicon	Learn 2 Occult Rituals. Gain the Soulbinding Ritual ability. Soulbinding Ritual. By spending 10 minutes, you may expend a ritual that recharges when you Take a Rest without casting that ritual. If you do, you may use Soulbind without expending any of its uses. (1/2 CHA/Rest)	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Wellspring Corruption	Soulbinding Ritual	Choose two arcane spells with the arcane ritual tag that have an SPC cost less than or equal to your max SP. You learn those spells, but can only cast them as rituals unless you learn them through another talent. They are considered occult rituals for you and have the 1/Rest recharge. They also have dark power as determined on the Demonomicon Dark Power table.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Corrupt Divinity	Soulbinding Ritual	Choose two divine rituals that do not have Prerequisites. Gain those rituals. They are considered occult rituals for you. They also have dark power as determined on the Demonomicon Dark Power table.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Unholy Liturgy	Ritualist 3	When you cast a ritual, you or one Hellspawn you have summoned gains 1d10+CHA Shield HP.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Hellspawn Initiates	Unholy Liturgy	Gain the Hellspawn Initiates ability. Hellspawn Initiates. When you cast an occult ritual that would target yourself, you may instead target a Hellspawn that you have summoned. Dark power effects still affect you, rather than the Hellspawn. (1/Rest)	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Primeval Darkness	Hellspawn Initiates	Choose two primal invocations that do not have Prerequisites. Gain those invocations. They are considered occult rituals for you with a 1/Rest recharge. They also have dark power as determined on the Demonomicon Dark Power table.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Evil Essence	Hellspawn Initiates	Choose two psionic invocations that do not have Prerequisites. Gain those invocations. They are considered occult rituals for you with a 1/Rest recharge. They also have dark power as determined on the Demonomicon Dark Power table.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Unholy Liturgy II	Ritualist 6	When a creature gains Shield HP from Unholy Liturgy, it also gains +1 to its AR, physical defenses, and mental defenses until it loses that Shield HP.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Ritual Versatility	Unholy Liturgy II	By spending 10 minutes, you may expend a ritual that recharges when you Take a Rest without casting that ritual. If you do, you may instead cast another ritual that you know and that recharges when you Catch your Breath, Recoup, or Take a Rest even if you have already cast it and it has not recharged.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Wellspring Corruption II	Ritual Versatility	Choose two arcane spells with the arcane ritual tag that have an SPC cost of less than or equal to double your max SP. You learn those spells, but can only cast them as rituals unless you learn them through another talent. They are considered occult rituals for you and have the 1/Rest recharge. They also have dark power as determined on the Demonomicon Dark Power table.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Corrupt Divinity II	Ritual Versatility	Choose two divine rituals. When checking Prerequisites, you are considered to have Divine Power equal to the number of Hellcrafter Ritualist talents you have. Gain the rituals you chose. They are considered occult rituals for you. They also have dark power as determined on the Demonomicon Dark Power table.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Unholy Sacrament	Ritualist 9	Gain the Unholy Sacrament ability. Unholy Sacrament. By spending 10 minutes, you may expend a ritual that recharges when you Take a Rest without casting that ritual. If you do, you may instead regain 10 SP. (2/Rest)	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Rewrite Demonomicon	Unholy Sacrament	When you finish Taking a Rest, you may magically rewrite which rituals you have written in your Demonomicon. Count up the total number of occult rituals you know (not including those from other sources that count as occult rituals for you). You may unlearn any number of them to learn new occult rituals. For each occult ritual you reassign in this way, permanently lose 1 max HP.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Primeval Darkness II	Rewrite Demonomicon	Choose two primal invocations. When checking Prerequisites, you are considered to have Primal Power equal to the number of Hellcrafter Ritualist talents you have. Gain the invocations you chose. They are considered occult rituals for you. They also have dark power as determined on the Demonomicon Dark Power table.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Evil Essence II	Rewrite Demonomicon	Choose two psionic invocations. When checking Prerequisites, you are considered to have Psionic Power equal to the number of Hellcrafter Ritualist talents you have. Gain the invocations you chose. They are considered occult rituals for you. They also have dark power as determined on the Demonomicon Dark Power table.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Unholy Sacrament II	Ritualist 12	Unholy Sacrament becomes 1/2 CHA/Rest (min 2).	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Hellspawn Initiates II	Unholy Sacrament II	Hellspawn Initiates becomes 1/Recoup. Furthermore, dark power affects your Hellspawn rather than you.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist
Hellcrafted Rituals	Hellspawn Initiates II	When you use Hellspawn Initiates, you may apply it to a number of Hellspawn that you have summoned equal to or less than 1/2 your CHA. Furthermore, when you cast an occult ritual that targets yourself, increase two of your attributes by 1 each for the next 1 hour as you are filled with unholy power.  You must still observe your attribute cap. Level 30: When you use Soulbinding Ritual, you may expend any ritual, regardless of its recharge time. If it has no prerequisite, then you may gain its effect in addition to using it to fuel your Soulbind ability. You no longer need to observe your attribute cap when casting an occult ritual on yourself.	Hellcrafter, Ritualist, Capstone

Demonomicon Dark Power Table

Name	Type of Magic	Description
Abrasive Ritual	Ritual/Invocation that deals damage	Gain +1 TA on the attack roll. Dark Power: On a crit fail, you suffer the damage instead.
Ritualistic Alteration	Ritual/Invocation that does not deal damage	If you do not suffer dark power, you become Protected until the end of your next turn. Dark Power: Roll 1d20 for dark power. On a roll of 5 or lower, you suffer 1d6 necrotic damage. If this had the nature or weather tag, then the nature in the area withers a little or the weather grows sour and corrupt.
Ritualistic Resonance	Ritual/Invocation that imposes a negative condition	Gain +1 TA on the attack roll. Dark Power: On a crit fail, you suffer the condition for the written duration instead.
Wyrd Enhancement	Ritual/Invocation that targets an ally	If successful, the target gains +5 ft walking speed and +1 TA for the duration. Dark Power: Roll 1d20 for dark power. On a roll of 5 or lower, the Fiend Lords are angry that you stole power from them. For the next 24 hours, beasts and monstrosities are likely to treat you with hostility as they are supernaturally aware of your transgressions.
Ritualistic Destruction	Ritual/Invocation that deals damage to one creature	Gain +1 TA on the attack roll. Dark Power: On a crit fail, you suffer the damage instead.
Ritualistic Scouring	Ritual/Invocation that deals AOE damage	Gain +1 TA on the attack roll. Dark Power: On a crit fail, you cast the spell and it is centered on you.
Ritualistic Reconstruction	Ritual/Invocation that heals if successful	The spell adds additional healing equal to 1⁄2 your CHA. Dark Power: Roll 1d20 for dark power. On a roll of 5 or lower, the spell deals necrotic damage equal to the amount it would have healed.