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Looking awesome!

Woooohoooooo! I say Woooooooooohooooooooooo! 5 of 6 Prestige Classes are announced!!!!!!!!
Read them

Damn, the sixth one must be even better

damn, sounds ok but pissed off no bladesinger.

amazon quotes the release date to be nov 28th in the uk.

Yeah Been reading the forums there and I think they didn't added it because there already was an Elves/Half-Elves only Prestige Class

Edit: The Dracolich is in HotU as well, it has been seen on a couple of screenies, somewhere at Gamespy.

Oooooooh, those feats and spells look good Especially the Great Char, Con, Dex, Int, Str or Wis feat (:o long feat) and the Whirlwind Attack is nice as well

Found him.

http://www.dandello.net/cgi-bin/realms/ ... ale_Master

Necromancy is usually a poor choice for arcane spellcasters - those who really want to master the deathless arts almost always pursue divine means. However, an alternative exists for those who desire power over undead but refuse to give up their arcane craft completely. Enter the pale master, who draws on a font of special lore that provides a macabre power all its own.

Many pale masters still end up supplementing their arcane power with levels of divine magic. The mixture of "pale lore" and clerical abilities to sway, create, command, and destroy undead can be a potent one.

NPC pale masters head special strike groups comprising lesser undead, supplemented as needed with more powerful, summoned undead. Sometimes they serve or act in collusion with powerful evil characters, such as true necromancers or divine spellcasters with Death as one of their domains. Wherever pale masters go, undead follow. Often it is difficult to tell a pale master from the undead that he surrounds himself with.

Hit Die: d6

To qualify to become a Pale Master, a character must fulfill all the following criteria:

* Alignment: Any nongood.
* Skills: Knowledge (Religion) 8 ranks.
* Feats: Skill Focus (Knowledge [religion]).
* Spells: Ability to cast arcane spells of 3rd level or higher.
* Special: The candidate must have spent three or more days locked in a tomb with animate undead. This contact may be peaceful or violent. A character who is slain by the undead and later raised still meets the requirement, although the resulting level loss may delay compliance with other prerequisites.


Sounds weird....