Malefex

Bad Penny (Su)

The malefex may bind an object to herself in a special ritual, ensuring that she has it when she needs it. This ritual requires the object in question, which must be small enough for the malefex to lift and carry, as well as 10 minutes and 100 gold pieces’ worth of reagents and preparatory materials. Thereafter, the item in question is the malefex’s penny. The malefex may summon her penny to herself as a swift action, teleporting it into her possession regardless of any physical distance or planar boundary. If the penny is a weapon, she may have it arrive in her hand. If the penny is armor, she may have it arrive donned and ready (any armor she’s currently wearing appears on the ground next to her in a neat pile). Containers that are pennies arrive, with their contents, in the appropriate place on the malefex’s body (backpacks on her back, pouches tied to belts or bandoliers, quivers at her belt or slung over her shoulder, etc). A malefex may only have one penny at a time, and divesting an object of this status requires another ritual which takes ten minutes to break the bond between her and it. A destroyed object ceases to be a penny, as do objects that cease to be objects (such as one animated by animate objects). A malefex may select this knock a second time; if she does, she may have an additional number of pennies at one time equal to her Wisdom modifier (for a total number equal to 1 + her Wisdom bonus). She may summon any number of her pennies with the same swift action.

Bare-Knuckle Brawler (Ex)

The malefex gains Improved Unarmed Strike and Greater Unarmed Strike as bonus feats, and use her Wisdom instead of her Strength for attack rolls (but not damage rolls) with unarmed strikes.

Bitter Experience (Ex)

The malefex adds her Wisdom bonus (if any) as an insight bonus on Disable Device prerequisites checks and saving throws against traps. In addition, she may make a Will save when she would trigger magical effects that trigger upon being read or seen (such as explosive runes) with a DC equal to the effect’s save DC or DC 10 + the trap’s CR or the spell’s level, as appropriate, if the effect does not normally permit a save; success indicates that the effect does not trigger and the malefex may attempt the appropriate checks to identify it. The malefex can interact with the effect in question for one minute per class level without triggering it unless she chooses to do so.

Cheap Shot (Ex)

When a creature damages one of the malefex’s allies other than herself, she can make an attack of opportunity against them. If she is wielding a ranged weapon, she may use this weapon to make the attack of opportunity against the creature, provided they are within her weapon’s first range increment. Otherwise, she must be threatening the creature in question. The malefex can only make one attack through this ability per round against a given creature, regardless of how many times they damage her allies. A malefex must be at least 6th level to select this knock.

Clairvoyant Hunch (Su)

The malefex may use her Wisdom modifier instead of her Intelligence modifier when making Knowledge checks.

Combat Feat

The malefex gains a combat feat she qualifies for as a bonus feat. This knock may be selected up to three times.

Curse Training

The malefex gains Ability Focus (malefactions) as a bonus feat.

Evasion (Ex)

The malefex can avoid even magical and unusual attacks with great agility. If she makes a successful Reflex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, she instead takes no damage.

Evasion can be used only if the malefex is wearing light armor or no armor. A helpless malefex does not gain the benefit of evasion. A malefex must be at least 6th level to select this knock.

Familiar

The malefex gains a familiar as per the arcane bond class feature, using her malefex level as her wizard level. This knock may be selected a second time if the malefex is 9th level or higher; if it is, she gains Improved Familiar as a bonus feat. She uses her class level as her arcane spellcaster level for the purposes of this feat.

Gang Up (Ex)

Whenever the malefex and one or more of her allies threaten the same creature, they count as flanking that creature regardless of their actual positioning. A malefex must be at least 6th level to select this knock.

Gobsmack (Ex)

The malefex gains Catch Off-Guard and Throw Anything as bonus feats. If the malefex has the bad penny knock, the first time in each encounter that she summons a given penny, she treats opponents she attacks with it as flat-footed until the end of her turn. This knock may be selected a second time if the malefex is 6th level or higher; if it is, she gains Improvised Weapon Mastery as a bonus feat (she does not need to meet the for this feat) and deals additional damage equal to her class level against flat-footed creatures, as well as creatures she hits with her attacks of opportunity.

Know-It-All (Ex)

The malefex selects two Knowledge skills. She is treated as having skill ranks equal to her character level in the chosen Knowledge skills, including for prerequisites. Upon taking this knock, she may immediately retrain any and all skill points she has in those Knowledge skills, without any cost of time or gold.

Make Do (Ex)

The malefex treats her armor, tools, and weapons as being masterwork unless their quality is already better (typically by being magical). In addition, the malefex never suffers penalties to skill checks for having no tools or inappropriate tools; she can always make do with the resources at hand. This knock may be selected a second time; if it is, the malefex gains the ability to use make whole at-will as a spell-like ability (caster level equal to her class level), and selects a weapon or armor special ability with a value of +1. Her wielded weapons (including improvised weapons, natural weapons, and unarmed strikes) or worn armor (as appropriate) gain that special ability in addition to their other enhancements, even if they are not otherwise magical or masterwork. This additional enhancement fades 1 round after the malefex is no longer in possession of the items in question. This additional enhancement may not cause her weapons or armor to exceed the normal +10 enhancement limit; if it would, the weapons or armor in question do not gain the additional enhancement from this ability. This additional enhancement is a supernatural ability.

Mutt

The malefex gains a heritage feat she qualifies for as a bonus feat (see Bloodforge for more details).

Notoriety (Ex)

The malefex gains the vigilante’s renown social talent (see the Reference Materials section). Unlike a vigilante, her renown only grants her a single benefit; when she gains this knock, she chooses to have a social identity or a vigilante identity for the purposes of her renown. She may change the choice she made once per month when she gains renown in a community. If she chooses to have a vigilante identity, her renown spreads as long as she spends at least 4 hours socializing and making contacts (as normal), but she does not gain the normal benefits; only the benefits that would normally be gained in a vigilante identity.

At 9th level or higher, the malefex can select this knock again, gaining the great renown social talent. At 12th level or higher, she can select it a third time to gain the incredible renown social talent. These talents work the same way as the malefex’s renown talent.

Notorious Identity (Ex)

The malefex gains one of the following social talents: celebrity discount, celebrity perks, feign innocence, loyal aid, or triumphant return; the malefex must be at least 6th level to select celebrity perks or feign innocence. A malefex must possess the notoriety knock to select this knock. This knock can be selected multiple times, each time selecting a different social talent from the list of those available.

Personal Touch (Su)

The malefex selects a weapon or armor special ability with a value of +1 or +2; once selected, this special ability may not be changed. Her wielded weapons (including improvised weapons, natural weapons, and unarmed strikes) or worn armor (as appropriate) gain that special ability in addition to their other enhancements, even if they are not otherwise magical or masterwork. This additional enhancement fades 1 round after the items are no longer in the malefex’s possessions.

This additional enhancement may not cause her weapons or armor to exceed the normal limit on enhancements. Special abilities that have or grant an ability with limited uses per day (such as lucky) may only be used that many times per day, no matter how many weapons or suits of armor the malefex bestows them upon. In addition, the malefex treats improvised weapons as unarmed strikes for the purposes of affecting them with an amulet of mighty fists or similar items. A malefex must have selected the make do knock twice and be 9th level or higher to select this knock.

Rogue Talent

The malefex gains a single rogue talent (but not an advanced talent). She may not select talents that modify sneak attack.

Size Up (Sp)

The malefex can use psychic reading as a spell-like ability a number of times per day equal to her Wisdom modifier. A malefex must be at least 6th level to select this knock.

Street Tactics (Ex)

Once per day, the malefex can designate one or more creatures her partners, up to a maximum number equal to her Wisdom modifier, by training with them for ten minutes. For the rest of the day, whenever the malefex is within medium range (100 feet + 10 feet per class level) of one or more of her partners she gains the benefits of any teamwork feats those partners possess (including counting as a creature that possesses those feats).

The Boogeyman’s Trick (Su)

The malefex needs neither time nor tools to gain passage. Whenever she attempts to open a door, window or other entryway, she may make a Disable Device check as a free action, including bonuses from items and tools on her person (even though she’s not actively using them). Any lock or trap within 10 feet of the door, window, or entryway in question (including those on the entryway itself) with a DC lower than the malefex’s check result is unlocked and disarmed harmlessly. A malefex must be at least 9th level to select this knock.

Least Malefactions

Baleful Glare

Least [curse]

Target: 1 creature or 1 object
Saving Throw: Will negates

You subject your victim to the evil eye.

If your target fails it save, it suffers from a -2 penalty on caster level checks, concentration checks, manifester level checks, saving throws, and skill checks.

Face Stealer

Least [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fortitude negates

You rob your victim of their identity.

If your target fails its save, it suffers a -2 penalty to its Charisma and you gain the benefits of a disguise self spell, at a caster level equal to your character level, except that you appear as your target. If your target dies while suffering from this malefaction, its corpse’s face becomes permanently, and entirely, featureless, imposing a -10 circumstance penalty to attempts to identify the body.

Glued Boots

Least [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: None

You foul the movements of your victim.

Choose one:

• Your target cannot take 5-foot steps or use the withdraw action.
• Your target’s movement speeds are halved (rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5 feet). You gain a 15 foot enhancement bonus to your movement speeds.

Sandman’s Deception

Least [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will negates

You dim the senses of your victim.

If your target fails its save, choose a special sense (such as darkvision, greensight, or scent). Your target loses that sense, if it possesses it. Otherwise, your target suffers a -4 penalty on Perception checks.

Sands of Time

Least [curse]

Target: 1 object
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You wither an object, as though it has been neglected for years.

If your target fails its save, it loses 2 points of hardness per character level (minimum 0). If this reduces the object’s hardness to 0, it gains the broken condition for the duration of this malefaction.

Steal Courage

Least [curse, fear, mind-affecting]
Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will negates

You rob your victim of their valor.

If the target fails its save, it becomes shaken and you gain a +2 morale bonus on attack rolls against it.

Steal Possessions

Least [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You rob your victim of their goods.

If the target fails its save, it takes a penalty to its CMD against steal and disarm combat maneuvers equal to your Wisdom modifier and you gain a luck bonus equal to your Wisdom modifier to your CMB on steal and disarm combat maneuvers as well as not provoking attacks of opportunity from attempting steal or disarm combat maneuvers against those affected by this effect.

Steal Stamina

Least [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You rob your victim of their strength.

If the target fails its save, it becomes fatigued and you gain a +2 morale bonus to your Strength and Dexterity scores.

Steal Talent

Least [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will negates

You rob your victim of their skill.

If the target fails their saving throw, it takes a penalty on all skill checks equal to your Wisdom modifier and you gain a +2 circumstance bonus on all skill checks.

Tongue Tie

Least [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You afflict your victim with a stuttering curse.

If your target fails its save, it suffers a -4 penalty on all skill checks with a verbal component (including, but not limited to, Bluff, Diplomacy, and Intimidate), as well as a 20% failure chance on spells with a verbal component. This is in addition to any other failure chances they have (though it is rolled separately).

Traitor’s Blade

Least [curse]

Target: 1 held or wielded weapon
Saving Throw: Will negates

You curse a weapon to betray its master If the target fails its save, creatures holding it suffer a -1 penalty on attack and damage rolls. This penalty increases by -1 for every four character levels you possess.

Lesser Malefactions

Censure: Succor

Lesser [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fortitude partial (see text)

You cut your victim off from aid or healing.

Your target loses any fast healing and regeneration abilities it possesses for the duration of this malefaction (no save).

In addition, if they fail their saving throw they ignore the first 10 points of healing (plus 5 points for every 4 levels you possess, to a maximum of 30 points at 20th level) from nonextraordinary healing effects.

Confiscate: Blood

Lesser [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You rob your victim of their life.

If the target fails its save, it takes bleed damage equal to your Wisdom bonus and you gain temporary hit points equal to twice your Wisdom modifier. These temporary hit points last for the duration of this malefaction. The bleed stops when this malefaction expires, unless it is removed first.

Confiscate: Thoughts

Lesser [curse, mind-affecting]
Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will negates

You rob your victim of their mind.

If the target fails its save, you may read its thoughts (as if you had concentrated for three rounds on a detect thoughts spell). In addition, you gain +2 insight bonus to your armor class against attacks made by your target. At malefex level 11th, this bonus increases to +4.

Confiscate: Vitality

Lesser [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You rob your victim of their toughness.

If the target fails its save, it is exhausted and you gain a temporary hit points equal to your Wisdom modifier, which last for up to one minute per character level.

Decree: Anteros

Lesser [compulsion, curse, mind-affecting]
Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will negates

You inspire hatred and enmity in your victim.

Choose a creature within range other than your target. If your target fails their saving throw, their attitude becomes hostile towards the chosen creature.

Embargo: Alacrity

Lesser [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You dull the reflexes of your victim.

If your target fails their saving throw, their abilities (such as maneuvers, powers, psi-like abilities, supernatural abilities), or spell-like abilities that normally use a swift action instead require a move action to use (this curse does not change the action cost of immediate actions). The target may still only use one such ability per round.

Forbiddance: Flight

Lesser [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You drag your victim to the earth.

If your target fails their saving throw, they are rendered incapable of flying for the duration; they lose any and all fly speeds they possess, are treated as having no ranks in the Fly skill, and cannot hover, leap, or levitate higher than ten feet from the ground. If the target is flying or levitating when they are affected by this malefaction, they fall to the ground slowly and suffer no falling damage.

Interdiction: Sorcery

Lesser [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You punish your victim’s attempts to use sorcery.

If your target fails their save they take points of damage equal to 1d6 + your Wisdom modifier whenever they attempt to cast a spell, manifest a power, or use a psi-like or spell-like ability. This damage increases by 1d6 at malefex level 11th, and again at 16th level. Your target is aware of this effect, and the damage happens after the ability, power, or spell in question.

Prohibition: Courage

Lesser [curse, fear, mind-affecting]
Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will negates

You erode the courage and valor of your victim.

Creatures immune to fear or mind-affecting abilities are not wholly immune to this malefaction; instead, see the second effect below. If your target fails their save, they suffer a penalty on attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws equal to your Wisdom modifier.

If your target is normally immune to fear for any reason (including being immune to mind-affecting abilities), they instead lose that immunity if they fail their save. Creatures immune to other effects remain immune to those effects (for instance, a creature immune to mind-affecting abilities may be affected by fear effects, but not charm person).

Sanction: Cowardice

Lesser [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will negates

You punish your victim for failing to face you in battle.

If your target fails their save, then whenever they use an ability or make an attack that does not include you as one of the targets (or within its area, for an area effect), they become shaken until the end of their next turn. Successive triggers of this ability increase the fear to a greater condition, as normal, and the condition is applied before the effect in question, potentially penalizing or disrupting the action.

The target is aware of this effect if they fail their save.

Greater Malefactions

Chink in the Armor

Greater [curse]

Target: 1 creature or 1 object
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You strip your victim of their armoring nature.

If your target fails their save, they lose any and all damage reduction and/or hardness that they possess. In addition, they suffer a -2 penalty to saving throws.

Delusion

Greater [curse, mind-affecting]
Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will partial (see text)

You wreak havoc on your foe’s perceptions.

Your target suffers a -4 penalty on attack rolls and Perception checks (no save). In addition, if your target fails their save their attacks suffer a 40% miss chance.

Distraction

Greater [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will negates

You dazzle your victim with an assault of power.

If your target fails their save they are dazed for 1 round, then sickened for the remaining duration of this malefaction.

Faithless Sorcery

Greater [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will negates

You strip your victim of their magical wards.

If your target fails their save, choose a power or spell affecting them. The effects of that power or spell are suppressed for the duration of this malefaction, and you may choose to gain those effects until either the power or spell’s duration expires, this malefaction’s duration expires, or this malefaction is dismissed or removed.

Infirmity

Greater [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You wither your victim with a baleful curse.

If your target fails their save, they suffer a -4 penalty to all of their mental or physical ability scores, chosen when you invoke this malediction.

Steel’s Betrayal

Greater [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Reflex partial

You break an object with your will.

Choose an object worn or held by your target. It gains the broken condition for the duration of this malefaction. If your target fails their save, they suffer 5d6 + your class level points of magical piercing damage as they are sprayed with shards of the object.

Suspicion

Greater [curse, mind-affecting]
Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will partial (see text)

You ravage your victim with paranoia and suspicion.

Your target does not count as an ally to any creature for the purposes of flanking and targeting abilities, as well as determining the effects of abilities with an area of effect (no save). In addition, if your target fails their save they may not waive their saving throws against other effects (this means, amongst other things, that they always roll a saving throw against harmless effects).

Wyrmbane Curse

Greater [curse]

Target: 1 creature or 1 object
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You introduce an elemental vulnerability to your victim.

Choose an energy type (acid, cold, electricity, fire, negative energy, positive energy, or sonic). If your target fails their save, they become vulnerable (+50% damage) to the chosen energy type. In addition, they lose all energy resistance they possess, and their energy immunities (from any source) are downgraded to resistance 30 against that energy type, which is not further reduced by this malefaction.

Grim Malefactions

Blood For Blood

Grim [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates (see text)

You tie your life to that of your victim.

If your target fails its save, it takes half of any damage it deals to you (only actual damage taken is counted; damage negated by immunities, damage reduction, energy resistance, or a similar effect is not reflected back) This damage cannot be reduced or avoided in any way. In addition, if you are reduced to 0 or fewer hit points while your target suffers from this malefaction they must succeed at a Fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round.

Circe’s Word

Grim [curse, polymorph]
Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You force your victim into a more humble, unassuming form.

If your target fails their save, they are affected as if by baleful polymorph (they attempt their Will save against a DC equal to 10 + 1/2 your class level + your Wisdom modifier), except that it only lasts for the duration of the malefaction.

Decree of Exile

Grim [curse, teleportation]
Target: 1 creature or 1 object
Saving Throw: Will negates

You banish your victim from your presence.

Unlike other malefactions, this malefaction lasts for 1 minute per malefex level, or until it is dismissed, whatever comes first, and does not stop if the target leaves the malefex’s perceptions. If your target fails their save, they and their attended, carried, held, and/or worn objects are transported to a flat, featureless demiplane with traits identical to the prime material plane (including breathable air). This demiplane is a sphere with a 300-foot radius. If multiple creatures are subject to this malefaction at the same time (such as with the upon your house class feature), they all arrive in random locations in the same demiplane that are on the ground and not within one another’s threatened areas.

At the end of this malefaction’s duration your target, or their corpse, and their relevant possessions are transported to their previous space. If that space is occupied, they instead arrive in the nearest unoccupied space that is not inherently hazardous (such as by being a pool of lava).

Drain Vigor

Grim [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You rob your victim of their essence.

If the target fails its save, it becomes staggered and you gain the benefits of a haste spell, at a caster level equal to your character level.

Mystic Isolation

Grim [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will partial (see text)

You cut your victim off from their allies’ power.

Your target gains spell resistance equal to 15 + your class level, but only against abilities, powers, and spells that originate from their allies or are harmless. This spell resistance otherwise functions as normal, including the target having the ability to suppress it as a standard action and only applying to spells and effects that permit spell resistance. If they fail their save, this spell resistance is instead equal to 25 + your class level.

Witch’s Prison

Grim [curse]

Target: 1 creature or 1 object
Saving Throw: None

You prevent your victim’s escape.

Your target is subject to a dimensional anchor effect.

Additionally, if your target moves or is moved more than 100 feet from you by any means, they teleport to a space of your choice that is adjacent to you, ignoring the dimensional anchor effect, at the end of their movement.

Your movement does not trigger this effect; if you yourself move or are moved more than 100 feet away from the target, the malefaction ends.

Reckless Rage

Grim [curse, mind-affecting]
Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will negates

You cloud your victim’s mind with roaring fury.

Unlike other malefactions, this malefaction lasts for 1 round per malefex level, or until it is dismissed, whatever comes first, and does not stop if the target leaves the malefex’s perceptions. If your target fails their save they rage for the duration of this malefaction, as a 1st-level barbarian, except that they take an additional penalty to their armor class equal to your Wisdom modifier. Targets that have the ability to rage may expend rage rounds to instead benefit from their own rage (and negate the additional penalty to their armor class and CMD), but any round in which they are not raging under their own power they instead suffer the effects of this malefaction.

Silent Suffering

Grim [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fortitude partial (see text)

You condemn your victim to silent torment.

Your target is subject to a silence effect, except it only affects their own space and cannot be dispelled (no save).

Additionally, if your target fails their save, they suffer 2 points of Constitution damage whenever they gain a negative level or suffer damage from another of your abilities or attacks.

The Black Spot

Grim [curse, death]
Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fort negates

You mark your victim for death.

If your target fails their save, they manifest as hideous black growth on their hands or other appendages and gain 1 negative level each time you damage them or they fail a save against one of your other abilities while they continue to be affected by this malefaction (no save). For every 2 negative levels inflicted on them, you gain a +1 bonus on attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws. If they die while under this effect (including by the negative levels), these bonuses persist for 1 minute before fading. Otherwise, both the negative levels and the granted bonuses expire when this malefaction does.

Valor Undone

Grim [curse, fear, mind-affecting]
Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Will negates

You rob your victim of their heroism.

If the target fails its save, it becomes frightened and you gain a +6 morale bonus on attack and damage rolls against it.

Maledictions

Word of Doom

Malediction [curse]

Target: 1 creature or 1 object
Saving Throw: None

You lay the protections of your victim bare.

Your victim loses any and all energy resistance, damage reduction, fast healing, hardness, immunities, and regeneration they possess. They may not gain energy resistance, damage reduction, fast healing, hardness, immunities, or regeneration while under the effects of this malefaction. Creatures or objects without a value in an ability score (such as undead and Constitution) still cannot suffer damage, drain, or penalties to that ability score.

Word of Horror Unending

Malediction [curse]

Target: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Fortitude partial (see text)

You wrack your victim with your raw, unending animosity.

Unlike other malefactions, your target must make a saving throw against word of horror unending each round at the beginning of their turn until its duration ends or you dismiss this malefaction. Your target gains 1 negative level and suffers 3 points of damage to each ability score whenever they fail their save against this malefaction.

The Waerloch’s Word

Malediction [curse]

Target: 1 attended, carried, or worn object that is not already intelligent
Saving Throw: Will negates

You cause an item to flare to life, betraying its master.

Unlike other malefactions, the waerloch’s word may only be invoked once per week. Its duration is instantaneous. If your target fails its save, it becomes an intelligent item with Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma equal to your own. Its alignment is opposite to the creature attending, carrying, or wearing it (determine the opposite of that creature’s neutral alignment components randomly). The item possesses empathy and telepathy, as well as 3 randomly determined powers. The item has the special purpose of killing the creature that was attending, carrying, or wearing it at the time it was awakened by this malefaction, as well as defeating any creatures that share an alignment with that creature; it has 1 special purpose power, determined randomly.

Once the creature attending, carrying, or wearing the item awakened by this malefaction is either dead or forced from the plane it was on when the item was awakened, the item awakened by the waerloch’s word is teleported to a random creature on the same plane of existence that shares an alignment with it.