Empower Evil
Playtest 3.2 / 4th Ed Build Cost: 5
Purchase: Multi
Tagged: Yes
Duration: Latent
Skill Type: Faith
Prerequisites: 3 Wounding
Skill List: Dark Paladin, Dark Cleric
Skill Rules & Full Description
This skill allows the character to empower an intelligent lesser undead, a greater undead, any demon, or a Servant of Darkness to resist one Follower of the Light destroy skill, turn skill, Heal Wounds skill, or Heal Life skill. Additionally the Empower Evil skill will stop one Servant of Darkness Pain skill, Envenom skill, Death Touch skill, control skill, Wounding skill, Fear Gaze skill (not ability), and Withering Touch. Empower Evil is latent and non-stackable.
This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal which must be at least 5 syllables not including the skills name and must contain the name of the skill.
The character must call “Empower Evil” when they invoke this skill.
Canonical Source: Playtest 3.2 (Page 39)
Prerequisite & Progression Tree: Empower Evil
Current Skill Skill Node General Requirement
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n_empower_evil["Empower Evil"]
class n_empower_evil target;
click n_empower_evil "/rules/skills/empower-evil" "View Empower Evil"
n_wounding["3 Wounding"]
class n_wounding skillNode;
click n_wounding "/rules/skills/wounding" "View 3 Wounding"
n_wounding_or_2(["Choose One (OR)"])
class n_wounding_or_2 reqNode;
n_dark_cleric["Dark Cleric"]
class n_dark_cleric skillNode;
click n_dark_cleric "/rules/skills/dark-cleric" "View Dark Cleric"
n_plot_approval(["Plot Approval"])
class n_plot_approval reqNode;
n_dark_paladin["Dark Paladin"]
class n_dark_paladin skillNode;
click n_dark_paladin "/rules/skills/dark-paladin" "View Dark Paladin"
n_wounding --> n_empower_evil
n_wounding_or_2 --> n_wounding
n_dark_cleric --> n_wounding_or_2
n_plot_approval --> n_dark_cleric
n_dark_paladin --> n_wounding_or_2
n_plot_approval --> n_dark_paladin
Tip: Click any skill node in the tree to navigate directly to its rules page.