Scalgard Swan Maid
Swan Maid[edit]
As the Tuatha-Sidhe cross over into Scalgard, raise their small kingdoms and fight their small wars, they need champions who can resist the incidental effects of the Tuatha-Sidhe's own power. They need, too, servants who can stand against the machinations of the elemental gods where they themselves cannot; for the Tuatha-Sidhe have no love of those who would enslave their mother, as the gods seem to do with their chains of ice and thunder, but cannot spend enough time in Scalgard to fight them off. In blessing the Swan Maids, powerful warrior-women, the Tuatha-Sidhe have found an answer to both purposes.
Hit Die: d8
Requirements: To qualify to become a swan maid, a character must fulfill all of the following criteria.
Alignment: Any Chaotic
Gender: Female
Skills: Knowledge (nature) 6 ranks, Survival 6 ranks.
Special: Wild Empathy
Class Skills
The Swan Maid’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Hide (Dex), Jump (Str), Knowledge (geography) (Int), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Knowledge (the planes), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis), Swim (Str), and Use Rope (Dex).
Skill Points at Each Level
6 + Int modifier.
| Level | BAB | Fort Save |
Ref Save |
Will Save |
Special | Spells per Day | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||||||
| 1st | +1 | +0 | +2 | +2 | Resist Nature's Lure, Swanform | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2nd | +2 | +0 | +3 | +3 | Favored Enemy | 0 | — | — | — |
| 3rd | +3 | +1 | +3 | +3 | Fey Self, Gifted Cloak, The Woman is the Swan | 1 | — | — | — |
Class Features
Weapons and Armor: A swan maid gains no proficiency with any weapons or armor.
Resist Nature's Lure (Ex): A swan maid gains a +4 bonus on saving throws against the spell-like abilities of fey.
Swan Form (Su): A swan maid's patron Tuatha-Sidhe gifts her with a special cloak made of bird feathers and bound with enchantment. Once per day per swan maid level, as a standard action, the swan maid may take the shape of the bird whose feathers she wears as if she were a druid of her swan maid level; this is typically a swan, but has often been a hawk or raven, instead, as the tastes of the Tuatha-Sidhe in such matters varies. Regardless, the new shape has the additional benefit of granting the swan maid Spell Resistance equal to 10 + the swan maid's Charisma modifier and Damage Resistance 3/Cold Iron. If the swan maid ever loses the cloak she can no longer change shape until she retrieves it, but neither will the cloak function for any but her.
Favored Enemy (Ex): At 2nd level, the swan maid may select a favored enemy from the list of ranger favored enemies and gains a +2 bonus on Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, and Survival checks when using these skills against creatures of this type. Likewise, she gets a +2 bonus on weapon damage rolls against such creatures. If the swan maid has the favored enemy ability from another class, the bonus against any one favored enemy (including the one just selected, if so desired) increases by 2.
Fey Self: At 3rd level, a swan maid has internalized the powers of her feathered cloak and left behind her mortality altogether. She is treated as a fey rather than as a humanoid for the purpose of spells and magical effects. She also gains low-light vision, if she didn't already have it. She may also assume her swan form at will and without the need of her special cloak.
Gifted Cloak (Su): No longer needing her cloak to change shape, a swan maid can gift it to another, who then gains the benefits of the Swan Form power, above.
The Woman is the Swan (Su): As a fey creature, there is no difference between swan and maid. At 3rd level, even when in her human form, a swan maid is protected by Spell Resistance equal to 10 + her Charisma modifier and Damage Reduction of 3/Cold Iron.
