Archives of Nethys
What began as a small cadre of Nidalese mercenaries on loan to House Thrune has grown into a professional force in its own right. Members of the Midnight Guard specialize in information extraction, counterintelligence, and magical support, and their magic focuses on illusions, shadows, and pain. While wizards are the most common among their number, other practitioners, especially clerics of Zon-Kuthon, are also represented in their ranks. Still holding to the tactics they employed in service of Cheliax, Midnight Guards operate in small squads: always at least two, so one might ensure the loyalty of the other, but rarely more than five to stay mobile and secretive. These teams are dispatched by direct order of the Black Triune on various missions or attached to a conventional military force.
At all times, the Midnight Guard tries to project an aura of stoic otherworldliness. They wear drab black robes with low hoods and take pains to hide any mortal weaknesses.
Midnight Illusionist Dedication Feat 2
Uncommon Archetype Dedication Source Cheliax, Infernal Inheritence pg. 150
Archetype Midnight Illusionist
Access member of the Midnight Guard
In preparation for greater heights, you’ve learned to control your own shadow. You can manipulate the size, shape and movements of your shadow as you desire, though it can’t stretch beyond twice its normal size. In addition, you can use your shadow to increase your reach to 10 feet when delivering spells with a range of touch.
You also have access to the School of Shadow Veils. If you’re a prepared spellcaster, you can prepare spells from this school, and if you’re a spontaneous spellcaster, you can add them to your spell repertoire. These spells share the tradition, spell attack modifier, and spell DC of the spells you used to meet this archetype’s prerequisites, as do any focus spells granted by midnight illusionist feats.
Eyes Of Night (Midnight Illusionist) Feat 4
Archetype Source Cheliax, Infernal Inheritence pg. 150
Archetype Midnight Illusionist
Prerequisites Midnight Illusionist Dedication; ability to cast spells from spell slots; worshipper of Zon-Kuthon
Scarification rituals around your eyes help you witness Zon-Kuthon’s domain. You gain darkvision. If you already had darkvision, you instead gain greater darkvision.
Special You can select this feat a second time.
Painful Spell [one-action] Feat 4
Archetype Illusion Mental Spellshape Source Cheliax, Infernal Inheritence pg. 150
Archetype Midnight Illusionist
Prerequisites Midnight Illusionist Dedication
Your spells carry agonizing shadowy barbs. If your next action is to Cast a Spell that deals damage, has no duration, and isn’t a cantrip, it deals an additional 1d4 nonlethal mental damage per spell rank. You take nonlethal mental damage equal to the additional mental damage, which can’t be reduced or prevented in any way.
Pin The Spears In The Lamb Feat 4
Archetype Source Cheliax, Infernal Inheritence pg. 150
Archetype Midnight Illusionist
Prerequisites Midnight Illusionist Dedication
You’ve adapted a gruesome Nidalese children’s game into practical magic. You gain the pin the spears in the lamb focus spell.
Symphony Of Agony Feat 6
Archetype Skill Source Cheliax, Infernal Inheritence pg. 150
Archetype Midnight Illusionist
Prerequisites Midnight Illusionist Dedication; expert in Intimidation
Through a combination of magic and Kuthite arts, you tend to get your way. When you succeed at an Intimidation check to Coerce a creature you can freely inflict pain upon (usually by having them restrained), you get a critical success instead, and the creature takes a –2 circumstance penalty to Deception checks against you for as long as they comply with your directives.
Glimpse The Netherworld Feat 8
Archetype Source Cheliax, Infernal Inheritence pg. 151
Archetype Midnight Illusionist
Prerequisites Midnight Illusionist Dedication
You’ve learned to use the pain of a creature’s death to rip open a temporary portal to the Netherworld. You gain the glimpse the netherworld focus spell.
And Yet It Still Hurts Feat 10
Archetype Illusion Source Cheliax, Infernal Inheritence pg. 151
Archetype Midnight Illusionist
Prerequisites Midnight Illusionist Dedication
Cruel barbs cover your illusions, and even observing them is painful. Whenever a creature attempts to disbelieve one of your illusion spells, it takes nonlethal mental damage equal to twice the spell’s rank regardless of the outcome.
Sunless Slide [two-actions] Feat 12
Archetype Source Cheliax, Infernal Inheritence pg. 151
Archetype Midnight Illusionist
Prerequisites Midnight Illusionist Dedication
Requirements You’re in dim light or darkness.
Buoyed by living darkness, you glide out of reach as you prepare a spell. You Step, then Cast a Spell that requires 2 or fewer actions.
Submit To Shadow [free-action] Feat 14
Uncommon Archetype Shadow Source Cheliax, Infernal Inheritence pg. 151
Archetype Midnight Illusionist
Frequency once per day
Prerequisites Midnight Illusionist Dedication
Trigger You would die.
In a final gambit, you fill yourself with umbral energy in a gruesome display of shadowy tentacle that disquiets all but the hardiest foes. You remain conscious and regain 6d8 Hit Points. Each enemy creature that can see you must succeed at a Will save against your spell DC or be frightened 2; this is a fear and visual effect.
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