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Mal'zaran
Hit Points
27
of 27 · L1: 8+2+1 · L2: 5+2+1 · L3: 5+2+1
20
Touch
11
Flat-foot
19
Armor / Shield / Dex
+7 / +2 / +1
Fortitude
+3
1 base + 2 Con
Reflex
+2
1 base + 1 Dex
Will
+4
3 base + 1 Wis · +1 Indomitable Faith
Intimidate
+10
tap to roll
Initiative
+7
BAB
+2
CMB
+2
CMD
13
Speed
20 ft
Attacks & Melee
Weapon
To Hit
Damage
Crit
Notes
Ossuary +1 morningstar · one-handed · B or P
++3
dmg1d8+1
×20/×2
BAB +2 · Str +0 · +1 enhancement to hit & damage
☠ Death's Touch Bones revelation · melee touch · 7/day
touch+2
neg1d6
×20/×2
Negative energy · ignores armor · 1d6 per 2 oracle lvls · heals undead instead
Bones Mystery
Oracle 1
Master of death, the void, and the unquiet dead. Grants bonus spells known as you level:
cause fear (2) → false life (4) → animate dead (6) → fear (8) → slay living (10).
Mystery skills: Bluff, Disguise, Heal, Intimidate, Spellcraft.
Death's Touch
7/day · standard
Melee touch attack dealing 1d6 negative energy per two oracle levels (1d6 at Lv 3). Against undead it heals the same amount. Str-independent — your reliable damage. Uses: 3 + Cha mod.
Undead Servitude
7/day · command
Gain Command Undead as a bonus feat. Channel-like burst (3 + Cha mod/day) to command nearby undead, bending skeletons, zombies, and worse to your will. The necromancer's signature.
Oracle's Curse: Haunted
Oracle 1
Restless spirits cling to you. Retrieving a stored item is a move action; items dropped or handed off land 10 ft away. In return the dead whisper power:
mage hand & ghost sound at Lv 5, levitate & minor image at 10, telekinesis at 15 — added to spells known.
Divine Casting
Cha 18 · spontaneous
Orisons at will · 1st-level: 6/day (5 base + 1 Cha). 2nd-level spells unlock at Lv 4.
Save DC = 10 + spell lvl + 4 Cha (+1 more on necromancy via Spell Focus).
cause fear DC 16. See Page 2 for spells known.
Conditions
tick what's active
Shaken
Sickened
Fatigued
Dazzled
Flat-Footed
Prone
Grappled
Entangled
Ability Scores
STR
10
+0
DEX
13
+1
CON
14
+2
INT
10
+0
WIS
12
+1
CHA
18
+4
Skills 5 ranks / level · ★ class skill
| Skill | Abl | Rk | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | Bluff | Cha | — | +4 |
| Diplomacy | Cha | — | +4 | |
| ★ | Disguise | Cha | — | +4 |
| ★ | Heal | Wis | 3 | +7 |
| ★ | Intimidate | Cha | 3 | +10 |
| ★ | Know. (history) | Int | — | +0 |
| ★ | Know. (planes) | Int | — | +0 |
| Skill | Abl | Rk | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | Know. (religion) | Int | 3 | +6 |
| Perception | Wis | — | +1 | |
| ★ | Sense Motive | Wis | 3 | +7 |
| ★ | Spellcraft | Int | 3 | +6 |
| Stealth | Dex | — | −4 | |
| ★ | Craft (alchemy) | Int | — | +0 |
Trained-only skills omitted unless ranked. +3 class-skill bonus applies at 1st rank. Bones mystery adds Bluff, Disguise, Intimidate & Spellcraft as class skills. Stealth includes −5 armor check penalty.
Feats & Traits
- Spell Focus (Necromancy) (Lv 1 feat) — +1 to the save DC of your necromancy spells (cause fear, later fear, slay living). Does not affect the Command Undead feat's DC.
- Combat Casting (human bonus feat) — +4 on concentration checks to cast defensively or while grappled. You stand in the front line in armor — this keeps spells landing.
- Command Undead (bonus feat — Undead Servitude) — Granted free by the revelation; lets you bend undead to your will. Do not spend a feat slot on it.
- Improved Initiative (Lv 3 feat) — +4 on initiative checks. Act before the corpse-pile rises against you.
- Reactionary (combat trait) — +2 trait bonus on initiative checks. Stacks with Improved Init for a +7 total.
- Indomitable Faith (faith trait) — +1 trait bonus on all Will saves, the oracle's strongest save made stronger.
Class & Racial
- Bones Mystery (Oracle 1) — see Page 1. Bonus spells & death-themed revelations.
- Oracle's Curse: Haunted (Oracle 1) — see Page 1. Slowed item retrieval; later grants mage hand, ghost sound, and more.
- Revelation: Death's Touch (Oracle 1) — see Page 1. 1d6 negative-energy melee touch, 7/day.
- Revelation: Undead Servitude (Oracle 3) — see Page 1. Free Command Undead; command undead 7/day.
- Orisons (Oracle 1) — Cast 0-level spells at will, never expended.
- Mystery Spells (Bones) — cause fear added to spells known at Lv 2; grows each even level.
- Bonus Feat (Human) — the extra 1st-level feat (Combat Casting).
- Skilled (Human) — +1 skill rank per level (folded into the 5/level above).
- Weapon & Armor Proficiency — simple weapons, light & medium armor, shields (no tower). Morningstar & breastplate covered, no spell failure beyond armor.
Levelling roadmap —
Lv 1: Bones mystery · Haunted curse · Death's Touch · feats Spell Focus (Necro) + Combat Casting ✓ ·
Lv 3: Undead Servitude (→ Command Undead) · feat Improved Initiative ✓ ·
Lv 4: 2nd-level spells · Bones false life · +1 Cha → 19. ·
Lv 5: Haunted adds mage hand + ghost sound · feat: Extra Revelation (Voice of the Grave) or Spell Penetration. ·
Lv 6: 3rd-level spells · Bones animate dead — the necromancer raises a host. ·
Lv 7: Revelation: Soul Siphon (ranged negative level) or Spirit Walk · feat. ·
Lv 8: 4th-level spells · Bones fear · +1 Cha → 20. ·
Lv 9: feat: Spell Penetration or Quick Channel. ·
Cloak of Resistance +1 (shore up Fort/Ref) and a Headband of Cha +2 are the priority magic-item goals.
Spells Known spontaneous · Cha 18 · 1st-level 6/day
Orisons (0-level · at will)
- Bleed — reopen a dying creature's wounds.
- Detect Magic — read auras.
- Guidance — +1 to one roll.
- Read Magic — decipher scrolls & glyphs.
- Stabilize — halt a creature's dying — or choose not to.
1st Level (6/day · DC 15, necro DC 16)
- Cause Fear (Bones bonus — free) — one creature flees, Will negates. Necromancy → DC 16.
- Cure Light Wounds — 1d8+4 healed, or harm undead.
- Command — one-word compulsion: approach, drop, fall, flee, halt.
- Inflict Light Wounds — 1d8+4 negative-energy touch; heals your bound undead.
Gear & Equipment Lv 3 · two enchanted pieces (DM-awarded) above the 3,000 gp baseline
Worn & Wielded
| Item | Qty | Cost | Wt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +1 Breastplate | 1 | 1,350 gp | 30 lb | +7 armor · max Dex +3 · ACP −3 · medium → speed 20 ft |
| Heavy steel shield | 1 | 20 gp | 15 lb | +2 shield · ACP −2 |
| Ossuary (+1 morningstar) | 1 | 2,308 gp | 6 lb | 1d8+1 · ×2 · B or P · +1 enhancement to hit & damage |
| Funerary vestments | 1 | — | — | free starting outfit · worn over the plate |
| Bone holy symbol | 1 | 1 gp | — | carved vertebra · divine focus |
Adventuring Kit
| Backpack | 1 | 2 gp | 2 lb | |
| Bedroll | 1 | 1 sp | 5 lb | |
| Belt pouch | 2 | 2 gp | 1 lb | |
| Spell component pouch | 1 | 5 gp | 2 lb | material components |
| Flint & steel | 1 | 1 gp | — | |
| Hemp rope, 50 ft | 1 | 1 gp | 10 lb | |
| Torches | 10 | 1 sp | 10 lb | 1 hr each, 20 ft bright |
| Trail rations | 7 | 3.5 gp | 7 lb | |
| Waterskin | 1 | 1 gp | 4 lb | |
| Grave candles | 5 | 5 sp | — | black tallow · ritual light |
| Chalk & grave dirt | — | 2 sp | 1 lb | mark wards & circles |
Reliquary & Consumables
| Item | Qty | Cost | Wt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wand of Cure Light Wounds | 1 | 750 gp | — | 50 charges · on your spell list, no UMD needed · 1d8+1 each |
| Potion of Cure Light Wounds | 3 | 150 gp | — | 1d8+1 each · emergency self-heal |
| Scroll of False Life | 1 | 150 gp | — | cast early at Lv 4 · 1d10+1 temp HP |
| Scroll of Protection from Good | 2 | 50 gp | — | +2 AC/saves vs good · ward the rites |
| Holy water | 2 | 50 gp | 2 lb | 2d4 vs undead — for foes you have not bound |
Enchanted gear (awarded): +1 breastplate (1,350) · Ossuary, +1 morningstar (2,308). Cash spent: heavy steel shield (20) · Wand of CLW (750) · consumables & kit (~545) ≈ 1,315 gp. ~13 gp remains.
The Wand of Cure Light Wounds is the single best 750 gp a Bones oracle spends — out-of-combat healing without burning your few spell slots. Save toward a Cloak of Resistance +1 and a Headband of Cha +2 next.
PP
0
GP
13
SP
1
CP
0
Light
≤ 33 lb
Medium
34–66 lb
Heavy
67–100 lb
Str 10 → light load ≤ 33 lb. Worn plate + shield + morningstar ≈ 51 lb (Medium). Armor already caps speed at 20 ft, so the load band costs nothing extra.
The Oracle
Gaunt, grey-skinned, and unhurried — Mal'zaran moves like a man who has already seen how every story ends. He did not choose the mystery of bones; it chose him, the way a draft chooses an open door. The dead crowd close around him, whispering, tugging at his belongings, and he has stopped finding it unpleasant. To him undeath is not a sin but a season — the long, patient winter after the harvest.
"The dead keep no secrets from me. The living should be so honest."
Some would call him a heretic. He would call them short-sighted. Use the Bio space below to lock down origin, which power answers his oracle's call (a death god? the Boneyard itself? no one knows), the night the spirits first spoke, and what he means to raise.
Notes
— built for the brotherhood —