Gish Mindslayer

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Gish Mindslayers are an elite order of githyanki gish specifically dedicated to the task of hunting down and
killing illithids, combining their martial training and their magical abilities to deadly effectiveness in hunting
this most lethal of quarries. They were introduced as a prestige class for Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition in
Polyhedron #159, and serve as a nonpsionic alternative to the Slayer prestige class detailed in the Psionics
Handbook.

Official Fluff
The githyanki have no greater enemy than the mind flayers who enslaved them for centuries when the race was
born. Their entire culture, their very identity as a race, is built upon their hatred of the illithids, and among their
greatest heroes are those who have distinguished themselves as illithid slayers. The gish mindslayer is dedicated
to that mission, bringing both martial training and arcane mastery to the task of slaughtering mind flayers.

Gish mindslayers train in both a githwarrior class (often ranger, but sometimes fighter or even barbarian) and a
warlock clss (either wizard or sorcerer, almost never bard). Some also take rogue levels in order to benefit from
a wide selection of skill and the ability to sneak attack.

Gish mindslayers often work alone or lead small groups to hunt and slay illithids. They have a strongly
individualistic (they would say "self-reliant") streak, and do not excel in larger military operations.

Mechanics
Hit Die: d8

Class Skills: Bluff, Concentration, Knowledge (Underdark), Listen, Sense Motive, Spellcraft, Spot, Survival. A
mindslayer gains 4 + Int modifier skill points at each level.

Requirements
Race: Githyanki
Base Attack Bonus: +3
Skills: Knowledge (Underdark) 3, Survival 4
Feats: Martial Weapon Proficiency (All), Track
Spellcasting: Able to cast 2nd level Arcane spells.
Special: Must have killed an illithid, either in single combat or as part of a small group (no more
than 6).

Class Features

Weapon & Armor Proficiency: Gish Mindslayers gain no further weapon proficiencies or armor proficiencies.

Spellcasting: A gish mindslayer gains new spells per day and spells known at indicated levels as if they had
gained a level in an arcane spellcasting class, but gain no other bonuses that would come from such a level. If
the mindslayer possesses multiple arcane spellcasting classes, they must choose which one this class feature this
applies to.
Bonus Feats: At the indicated levels, a mindslayer can take a bonus feat from either the Fighter or Metamagic
lists.

Favored Enemy (Illithids) (Ex): Mindslayers gain +2 to Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot and Survival checks
against illithids, and +2 to weapon damage rolls against them. If the mindslayer already had the Favored Enemy
class feature, then their bonuses against one selected favored enemy increases by +2. If aberrations are amongst
the mindslayer's favored enemies, then both bonuses stack against illithids.

Illithid Sense (Su): A mindslayer can detect the presence of all illithids within 60 feet, even if they are hiding
or invisible. The mindslayer doesn't know were they are, just that they're there.

Brain Nausea (Su): As long as a mindslayer is alive, any creature attempting to eat its brain must succeed on a
DC 17 Will save to be able to complete that action instead of doing something else.

Lucid Buffer (Su): Mindslayers gain +4 to saves vs. all compulsions and mind-affecting effects, and a +2 to
saves vs. psionic attacks, such as an illithid's mind blast.

Cerebral Blind (Sp): When a mindslayer succeeds on a save against a compulsion, psionic attack, or other
mind-affecting effect, the attacker must immediately pass a Will save against the DC of the original attack or be
Dazed for 1 round.

Breach Spell Resistance (Su): Any successful weapon attack the mindslayer makes reduces a creature's Spell
Resistance by -1 (multiple hits stack). Lost Spell Resistance returns at a rate of 1 point per 12 hours.

Blast Feedback (Su): When targeted by an illithid mind blast, a mindslayer can choose to use Blast Feedback
instead of making a saving throw. This causes the mindslayer to take 3d4 temporary Charisma damage, whilst
the illithid must pass a Will save against the DC of its own mind blast or be stunned for 1 round and incapable
of using mind blast for 3d4 rounds.

Base Attack Fort Ref Will

Level Special Spellcasting
Bonus Save Save Save

Favored Enemy (Illithid), Illithid

1 +1 +0 +0 +2 -
Sense

+1 level of existing
2 +2 +0 +0 +3 Brain Nausea
class

+1 level of existing
3 +3 +1 +1 +3 Bonus Feat
class

4 +4 +1 +1 +4 Lucid Buffer -

+1 level of existing
5 +5 +1 +1 +4 Bonus Feat
class

6 +6 +2 +2 +5 Cerebral Blind -

+1 level of existing
7 +7 +2 +2 +5 Bonus Feat
class

8 +8 +2 +2 +6 Breach Spell Resistance -

+1 level of existing
9 +9 +3 +3 +6 Bonus Feat
class

+1 level of existing
10 +10 +3 +3 +7 Blast Feedback
class
 The Gith of Dungeons & Dragons
Races: Duthka'gith - Gith - Githyanki - Githzerai - Half-Githzerai
Undead: Kr'y'izoth - Tl'a'ikith
Individuals: Vlaakith CLVII - Zaerith Menyar-Ag-Gith - Zerthimon
Places: Shra'kt'lor - Tu'narath
NPC Classes: Mlar
Prestige Classes: Blackweave Warlock - Ghustil - Gish Mindslayer - Holocaust Warrior - Sword Stalker
Adventures: Incursion - Scales of War
Miscellaneous: Crown of Corruption - Gish - Scepter of Ephelomon

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