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 Intorduction 1

Hallow Icons Veil Set 2

Archetypes 9

Crimson Scholar (Vampire Hunter Archetype) 9

New Vampiric Focus 11

Essence Infused (Phantom Archetype) 11

Scion of the Veil (Spiritualist Archetype) 12

Vampire Feats 14

Bonus Content 15

Agent of the Light (Vampire Hunter Archetype) 15

Bane (Vampire Hunter Archetype) 17

Guardian of the Living (Vampire Hunter Archetype) 17

Sphere Vampire Hunter (Vampire Hunter Archetype) 18

Mundane Akashic Items 18

Alternate Atlantean Racial Traits 19

Art Credits 20

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 Before the written word, knowledge was passed on in stories. Myths, folktales, and all the rest are entertaining, yes.
However, in all old tales there is a kernel of wisdom, and with wisdom comes power. Power that can be accessed
through the impression these stories have left in the primal forces of reality. The purpose of the Akashic Tales line is
to take lore, fairy tales, and legends from around the world and extrapolate them into a form that can be wielded by
players and GMs alike. All the while spreading a little knowledge about the origins of these bits of human culture
and imagination.
This particular entry, “Hallow Icons”, draws upon the ghost and monsters that that walk the world and haunt our
dreams when the veil between the mortal world and the hereafter grows thin. Inspiration is borrowed from a
number of different sources and the stories, tropes, and ideas that have grown from them.

Calavera: This word is Spanish for skull. This word is also used to refer to the decorated sugar or clay skulls that are
associated with the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos).
Related Material (with associated content):
• “Dracula” by Bram Stoker (Vampire’s Blessing)
• “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus” by Mary Shelley (Frankenstein’s Head Mirror)
• “Legend of the Gargouille” (Gargoyle Vambraces): French legend associated with St.Romanus of Rouen.
• “Stingy Jack” (Jack’s Lantern): An Irish folk tale.
• The Trial of Peter Stumpp the The Werewolf of Bedburg (Werewolf’s Pelt): 1589 German werewolf trial.
• Classic horror movies form the 1930s - 1950s.
Superscript notations are used throughout this book to indicate materials originating from other sources. The superscript and
the related sources are as follows:
AA2- Pathfinder Player Companion: Adventurer’s Armory 2 LotN- Lords of the Night
AM- Akashic Mysteries LotW- Lords of the Wild
APG- Advanced Player’s Guide PA- Planar Adventures
ATHH- Akashic Tales: Horrible Horsemen PAP80- Pathfinder Adventure Path #80: Empty Graves
ATRoA- Akashic Tales: Relics of Atlantis PFU- Pathfinder Unchained
ATRP- Akashic Tales: Red’s Peril PoW- Path of War
ATSS- Akashic Tales: Spider’s Stories PoWE- Path of War: Expanded
B6- Bestiary 4 OA- Occult Adventures
B6- Bestiary 6 SoM- Spheres of Might
BotD- Book of the Damned TF- The Fisherking
BotN- Blood of the Night USoP- Ultimate Spheres of Power
Co7SAT: City of Seven Seraphs: Akashic Trinity WoVHD- The World of Vampire Hunter D
DPR- Divergent Paths: Rajah

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Additional Veil
In addition to the new veils below, the veil Witch’s
BroomTF is part of this set. There is also an [enhanced]
descriptor version of this veil available from Studio M–.
Calavera Mask
Descriptors: Necromancy
Class: Nexus, Radiant, Volur
Slot: Head, Headband
Save: Will; see text
This mask exudes a sugary aroma that
is soothing to restless spirits and
confounds their hostility.
Shaping this veil forms a
colorfully decorated skull mask
over your face, granting you a +1
insight bonus to AC, Diplomacy
checks, Sense Motive checks, and
saves against undead creatures and
haunts. Additionally, you gain the
ability to cast grave wordsOA as an at-
will spell-like ability.
Essence: For each point of essence
invested in this veil, the insight bonus to
AC, Diplomacy checks, Sense Motive
checks, and saves against undead
creatures and haunts increases by +1. If
at least 3 points of essence are invested in
this veil you gain the ability to speak Necril.
Chakra Bind (Head) Binding this veil to your Head
Chakra makes your presence especially agreeable and
familiar to the undead. Your name appears on this veil in
a form that is only visible to undead creatures. Undead
creatures must make a Will saving throw when getting
within 10 feet of you or when they read your name on
this veil. Undead creatures that fail this save treat you as
if you were an acquaintance or a distant relative, and
greet you by name if they are capable of speech. The
attitude of affected undead is improved by one step. You
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can make Diplomacy checks against mindless undead
affected by this effect as if they had an intelligence of 3,
and they understand you so long as you speak Necril,
but you take a -5 penalty on such checks. This effect
lasts for 1 hour per veilweaver level, after which an
affected undead creature’s attitude drops by one step.
Any improvements to an affected undead creature’s
attitude resulting from successful Diplomacy checks or
other similar actions taken after the creature was
affected by the ability remain. Once a creature has
passed or failed their save against this ability they
cannot be affected again for 24 hours. This is a mind-
affecting charm effect that ignores an undead creature’s
normal immunity to such effects.
Chakra Bind (Headband) Binding
this veil to your Headband chakra
enhances your ability to commune
with the dead. A number of times
per day equal to your veilweaving
modifier, in a process that takes 10
minutes you can cause a colorful skull
shaped candy to appear in a square
you can see within 10 feet + 5 feet
per point of essence invested. If the
candy appears in a square that
contains a dead creature, or is
within a haunt’s area, the candy
vanishes and the dead creature or
haunt is treated as if speak with dead
or speak with hauntACG had been cast
on it using your veilweaver level as
the caster level. If at least 4 points of
essence are invested in this veil, you
can choose for the candy to instead
provide the effects of speak with soulPA
if it appears in a square that is a soul’s
place of death or that contains a soul’s
presence.
Additionally, the candy produced
by this veil can be consumed by living creatures
and undead, including incorporeal undead. Undead
creatures must make a Will save to resist eating this
candy if they enter a square containing it. If an undead
creature consumes this candy, you are protected from
harm by them as if you had cast sanctuary except that the
duration is 1 hour. This candy has no special effect on
living creatures. Unconsumed candies vanish after 1
hour.
 Frankenstein's Head Mirror
Descriptors: Necromancy
Class: Fisherking, Radiant, Vizier
Slot: Head
Save: None
“Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay to mould me Man,
did I solicit thee from darkness to promote me?”—from John
Milton’s Paradise Lost (as quoted in Frankenstein by Mary
Shelly)
This veil contains the knowledge of Dr. Frankenstein’s
early essays in the craft of forging life, which grants you
a +2 insight bonus to Heal and Knowledge (engineering)
checks.
Essence: For each point of essence invested in this veil
increase the bonus to Heal and Knowledge (engineering)
by +1. If you have at least 3 points of essence invested in
this veil you gain access to skill unlocksPFU for the Heal
skill as if you possessed the feat Signature SkillPFU.
Chakra Bind (Head) Binding this veil to your Head
chakra grants you the ability to create small forgeries of
life. You gain the ability to craft and modify poppets as if
by the Craft PoppetAA2 feat, except that you can use Heal
or Knowledge (engineering) in place of Craft (carpentry)
to do so. This veil takes the place of the wooden tokens
that would normally allow control of the poppets
crafted using it. Poppets made using this veil are
crafted of alchemically preserved flesh and
bone, as opposed to wood and wicker, and
due to the traces of tortured spirits
attached to its constituent materials,
these poppets have a flesh golem’s
berserk ability. Additionally, such
poppets gain the helpless condition if
you do not have this veil shaped and
bound.
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Gargoyle Vambraces
Descriptors: Earth, Divination
Class: Eclipse, Daevic, Guru, Helmsman, Nexus
Slot: Wrists
Save: Will; see text
Stone vambraces carved with horned draconic faces appear
on your forearms.
This veil grants your touch a small measure of a
gargoyle's capacity to combat evil. Enchanted stone
coats your hands when you shape this veil, granting you
the benefits of the feat Improved Unarmed Strike. When
determining your unarmed strike damage you are
treated as being one size category larger if the target of
your attack is evil and one size category smaller if the
target is good aligned; these size modifiers stack with all
other size changes or virtual size changes. Additionally,
you are instantly aware if a creature or object you touch
is evil, as this veil produces a sound like gurgling water
in response to such contact. This veil cannot be shaped
by evil aligned creatures or by creatures that have evil
descriptor veils shaped.
Essence: For each point of essence invested in this veil
your unarmed strikes do an extra 1d3 points of damage.
If at least 3 points of essence are invested in this veil,
when you touch a creature or object you also learn the
strength of its evil aura as described in the spell detect
evil.
Chakra Bind (Wrists) Binding this veil
to your Wrists chakra allows you to ward
the world around you from evil. You can
spend 10 minutes conjuring a small
gargoyle statue that exudes a ward in a 10
foot + 5 feet per point of essence invested
radius spread that repels evil creatures. This is
an abjuration effect. The statue will resist
attempts to move it from the square it was
conjured in, requiring a DC 25+1 per
point of essence invested Strength
check to move it 5 feet as a standard
action. Unlike most veil effects, this
statue remains summoned even if
this veil is sundered, suppressed or
otherwise unshaped, until you
spend 1 hour returning the statue to
the veil; this action can only be taken while
this veil is shaped.
 Evil summoned creatures must succeed at a Will saving
throw to enter the area of the ward. Evil summoned
creatures already within the ward’s area must succeed at
a Will save or be forced to flee its area using any means
at its disposal to do so. The statue’s ward is suppressed if
you do not have this veil shaped and bound. If your
gargoyle statue is ever destroyed before it can be
recovered into this veil, you take a -2 penalty to AC and
saving throws against evil creatures until you manifest a
new statue and sleep for at least 1 hour within its
warded area. You cannot have more than one gargoyle
statue manifested at a time.
If there are at least 4 points of essence invested in this
veil, creatures within the statue’s warded area gain an
insight bonus to saves and AC against evil creatures and
evil descriptor effects, equal to half the essence invested
in this veil (minimum 1). If there are at least 6 points of
essence invested in this veil, the ward’s effects also apply
to all evil creatures, and creatures that have
unsuppressed evil descriptor veils shaped, in addition to
evil summoned creatures.
Ghost's Shroud
Descriptors: None
Class: Eclipse, Fisherking, Nexus, Vizier, Volur
Slot: Shoulders
Save: None
A mantle of cold vapor dances about your form.
This veil shifts your form slightly into the ethereal
plane, which grants you a +2 insight bonus to Escape
Artist and Stealth checks.
Essence: For each point of essence invested in this veil
increase the bonus to Escape Artist and Stealth by +1. If
there are at least 3 points of essence invested in this veil,
your natural weapons and unarmed strikes are treated
as though they had the ghost touch weapon special
ability.
Chakra Bind (Shoulders) Binding this veil to your
Shoulders chakra grants you the ability to become even
more ghostly. When you would be hit by an attack or
other effect, as an immediate action, you may make an
Escape Artist or Stealth check with a DC equal to the
attack’s attack roll, saving throw DC for effects that do
not require an attack roll or, or 15 + the attacking
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creature’s CR in the case of targeted attacks that don’t
require an attack roll (such as a magic missile). If you
succeed you are treated as being incorporeal for that
attack or effect and resolve it against you as normal for
an incorporeal creature.
Additionally, you also gain a limited ability to pass
through obstacles like an incorporeal creature. By
taking a point of essence burn, as a part of a move
action, you can attempt to pass through a wall or
material obstacle as if you were incorporeal. To do so
you must succeed on an Escape Artist check DC 20 +
wall or obstacle’s hardness. It is possible to move
through multiple objects as part of the same move
action, but each wall or other obstruction requires a
separate check. Any failures immediately stop your
movement. You can use this ability to escape manacles
and other bindings, but can’t move through corporeal
creatures. When using this ability you must be able to
end your movement outside whatever walls or obstacles
you are moving through or the attempt automatically
fails.
Sacred and Profane Damage (From Path
of War Errata Text)
Profane damage deals full damage to incorporeal targets
and deals damage as if the weapon were evil-aligned. As
it is not a weapon damage type, it automatically
bypasses all damage reduction.
Sacred damage deals full damage to incorporeal targets,
and deals damage as if the weapon were good-aligned.
As it is not a weapon damage type, it automatically
bypasses all damage reduction.
Jack’s Lantern [enhanced]
Descriptors: Evil, Fire, Necromancy, Enhanced (light
hammer)
Class: All
Slot: Hands, Wrists
Saving Throw: Will; see text
“How will you light your way? Here is a coal for you, hot
from my own fires. Now quit my gate and make for yourself
a lantern, stingy Jack.” – Mephistopheles
 When you shape this veil you gain the ability to manifest
a jack-o'-lantern with infernal akashic flames glowing
within it. This jack-o'-lantern sheds normal light in a 10
ft. radius around you and acts as a light hammer sized
appropriately for you. Treat the base weapon size as one
category smaller if the target of the attack is a devil, or
one category larger if they are an undead; these size
modifiers stack with all other size changes or virtual
size changes. You may choose to use your veilweaver
level in place of your base attack bonus when attacking
with this veil. Throwing the jack-o'-lantern as a ranged
attack does not cause it to dissipate, and it reappears in
your hand after the attack resolves.
Essence: For each point of essence invested in this veil
the radius of normal light increases by 5 feet and the
weapon. For every odd-numbered point of essence
invested in this veil, the jack-o'-lantern deals an
additional 1d4 points of profane damagePoW. For every
even-numbered point of essence invested
in this veil the jack-o'-lantern deals an
additional 1d4 points of
bludgeoning damage. This bonus
damage is not affected by size
increases or multiplied on a
critical hit. For every three
points of essence invested in
this veil, the jack-o'-lantern’s
range increment increases by
+5 feet.
Chakra Bind (Hands) Binding
this veil to your Hands chakra
allows its light to protect you and
others against undead creatures. Undead
treat other creatures in squares illuminated
by the jack-o'-lantern as if those creatures were under
the effects of hide from undead. If this effect is ended, as
described in the spell, you can resume it by taking a
point of essence burn as a full-round action.
Chakra Bind (Wrists) Binding this veil to your Wrists
chakra grants you all the benefits of binding it to your
Hands chakra, and whenever you confirm a critical hit
with the jack-o'-lantern you place a doom mark on the
target of your attack that lasts for 24 hours. This mark
can only be seen by you and outsiders tied to death and
entropy, such as psychopomps and daemons. Outsiders
who can see a creature with a doom mark upon it
always treat such creatures with hostility. As an
immediate action when a creature you’ve placed a doom
mark on dies, while the mark is active, you can attempt
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to transmute its soul into a soul gem. The creature
targeted must make a Will saving throw or be affected as
though by a create soul gemBotD spell with a caster level
equal to your veilweaver level. If your attempt succeeds
the soul gem created appears inside of the jack-o'-
lantern and can be retrieved as a move action. Soul gems
created in this way resemble glowing coals and shed
light as a candle, but produce no heat.
Jack’s Lantern (weapon-like)
Descriptors: Evil, Fire, Necromancy,
Class: All
Slot: Hands, Wrists
Saving Throw: Will; see text
“How will you light your way? Here is a
coal for you, hot from my own fires.
Now quit my gate and make for
yourself a lantern, stingy Jack.” –
Mephistopheles
When you shape this veil you
gain the ability to manifest a
jack-o'-lantern with infernal
akashic flames glowing
within it. This weapon-like
veil sheds normal light in a 10
ft. radius around you and acts as
a light hammer sized appropriately
for you. Treat the base weapon size as
one category smaller if the target of the
attack is a devil, or one category larger if they are an
undead; these size modifiers stack with all other size
changes or virtual size changes. You may choose to use
your veilweaver level in place of your base attack bonus
when attacking with this veil. Throwing the jack-o'-
lantern as a ranged attack does not cause it to dissipate,
and it reappears in your hand after the attack resolves.
Essence: For each point of essence invested in this veil
the radius of normal light increases by 5 feet and the
weapon. For every odd-numbered point of essence
invested in this veil, it deals an additional 1d4 points of
profane damagePoW. For every even-numbered point of
essence invested in this veil it deals an additional 1d4
points of bludgeoning damage. This bonus damage is
not affected by size increases or multiplied on a critical
hit. As long as you have at least 3 points of essence
 invested in this veil, undead creatures treat other
creatures in squares illuminated by this veil as if those
creatures were under the effects of hide from undead. If
this effect is ended, as described in the spell, you can
resume it by taking a point of essence burn as a full-
round action.
Chakra Bind (Hands) Binding this veil to your Hands
chakra grants your Jack’s Lantern a +1 enhancement
bonus per point of essence invested (maximum +5). As
long as this weapon has at least a +1 enhancement
bonus, you may also use any invested essence to gain a
+1 effective enhancement bonus you can spend towards
any of the following weapon special abilities: brilliant
energy, cunning, dancing, defiant, disruption, ghost
touch, glorious grayflame, lifescorch, limning.
Additionally, for every three points of essence invested
in this veil, the jack-o'-lantern’s range increment
increases by +5 feet.
Chakra Bind (Wrists) Binding this veil to your Wrists
chakra grants you all the benefits of binding it to your
Hands chakra, and whenever you confirm a critical hit
with Jack’s Lantern you place a doom mark on the target
of your attack that lasts for 24 hours. This mark can
only be seen by you and outsiders tied to death and
entropy, such as psychopomps and daemons. Outsiders
who can see a creature with a doom mark upon it
always treat such creatures with hostility. As an
immediate action when a creature you’ve placed a doom
mark on dies, while the mark is active, you can attempt
to transmute its soul into a soul gem. The creature
targeted must make a Will saving throw or be affected as
though by a create soul gemBotD spell with a caster level
equal to your veilweaver level. If your attempt succeeds
the soul gem created appears inside of the jack-o'-
lantern and can be retrieved as a move action. Soul gems
created in this way resemble glowing coals and shed
light as a candle, but produce no heat.
Persistent Veil Items
Some veils such as Heart of Yggrasil and Mummy's
Wrappings allow for the summoning of permanent
items that have effects that are linked to their parent
veil. While these veils don't specify what happens to the
remains of these objects when they are destroyed, it is
recommended any remains of such objects crumble into
dust that rapidly vanish.
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Mummy s Wrappings
Descriptors: Teleportation
Class: Fisherking, Lunar, Radiant, Vizier
Slot: Body
Save: None
Blessed bandages held in place by gold and lapis scarabs
cover you from head to toe, leaving only your face exposed.
These wrappings shield your body and soul from corruption.
The preservative powers of this veil grants you a +2
sacred bonus on saving throws against necromancy and
transmutation spells and effects.
Essence: For each point of essence invested in this veil,
the sacred bonus to saving throws against necromancy
and transmutation spells and effects increases by +1.
Chakra Bind (Body) Binding this veil to the Body
chakra grants you a small measure of immortality. You
do not age naturally while this veil is shaped and cannot
die of old age, but spells and effects that cause aging
affect you as normal. Additionally, you can spend 1 hour
to summon a golden sarcophagus suitable for a creature
of your size into a location you can see.
Unlike most veil effects, this sarcophagus remains
summoned even if this veil is sundered, suppressed or
otherwise unshaped, until you spend 1 hour returning
the sarcophagus to the veil; this action can only be taken
while this veil is shaped. Only you and creatures you
designate when manifesting the sarcophagus can open
or close it. Opening or closing the sarcophagus requires
a full-round action. You cannot have more than one
such sarcophagus manifested at a time.
If a willing or helpless creature is placed within the
sarcophagus they are affected as if by the spell temporal
stasis and there is no save for this effect. A creature in
this state can still benefit from natural healing and you
must set a condition for ending the effect (e.g. a specific
duration, use of a command word, recovery of a certain
amount of hit points). This effect also ends if a creature
is removed from the sarcophagus by any means. The
sarcophagus loses this property if you do not have this
veil shaped and bound.
As long as this veil is shaped, bound, and the
sarcophagus is manifested, any effect that would reduce
you below 0 hit points instead causes you to be instantly
transported inside of the sarcophagus which
 immediately closes. If another creature is occupying the
sarcophagus they are immediately shunted into an
adjacent square. This effect occurs regardless of your
location or how far away the Sarcophagus is, and
functions even across planes. You can also willingly
retreat to the sarcophagus as a full-round action. If your
sarcophagus is ever destroyed before it can be recovered
into this veil, you take 10 points of Constitution drain;
this drain cannot be cured in any way until you manifest
a new sarcophagus and spend 24 hours within it, at
which point the drain is cured. You can always set the
terms of ending the temporal stasis effect on yourself
even if you are unconscious when entering the
sarcophagus.
Swamp Creature's Flesh
Descriptors: None
Class: Daevic, Huay
Slot: Chest, Hands
Save: None
Moss green scales cover your body and sharp claws sprout
from your fingertips.
Shaping this veil grants you the ability to breathe water
and two claw primary natural attacks dealing 1d4 for
medium veilweavers (adjust for other size categories as
normal, 1d3 Small and so on) damage.
Essence: For each point of essence
invested in this veil you gain a +2 insight
bonus to Swim checks. For every 2 points
of essence invested in this veil these
claws deal an additional 1d4 slashing
damage.
Chakra Bind (Hands) Binding this veil
to your Hands chakra allows you to borrow
the might of a primordial creature of the
swamp. You gain a 30 foot swim speed and
a number of times per day equal to your
veilweaving modifier you can cast burst of
adrenalineOA as a spell-like ability.
Chakra Bind (Chest) Binding this veil
to your Chest chakra grants you all the
benefits of binding it to your Hands
chakra, and as long as you are partially
or completely submerged in water you
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gain fast healing equal to the number of points of
essence invested in this veil and DR 10/Bludgeoning;
this damage reduction increases by 1 for each point of
essence invested in this veil.
Vampire s Blessing
Descriptors: None
Class: All
Slot: Neck
Save: None
A pair of bloody pinpricks appear on your neck and you
grow a pair of razor sharp fangs.
This veil grants you a bite primary natural attack
dealing 1d6 (bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing)
damage for medium veilweavers (adjust for other size
categories as normal, 1d4 Small and so on). You may use
your veilweaver level in place of your base attack bonus
to determine your to-hit and other abilities of this veil.
Additionally, you gain temporary hit points equal to 1/2
the damage dealt with the bite attack granted by this veil
against living creatures. These temporary hit points last
for one minute per veilweaver level you possess.
Essence: For every odd-numbered point of essence
invested in this veil, you gain a +1 insight bonus on Bluff
and Diplomacy skill checks. For every even-numbered
point of essence invested in this veil, the bite attack
gains a +1 enhancement bonus.
Chakra Bind (Neck) Binding this veil to your
Neck chakra allows you to briefly borrow the full
might of a vampire. As a swift action
you can gain the vampire templateLotN .
This transformation lasts for a number of
rounds per day equal to 3 + your
veilweaving modifier. You do not gain
the ability to create new vampires.
This is a polymorph effect. You do
not need to use these rounds
consecutively. Ending this
transformation is a free action.
Additionally, if you have not gained at
least a cumulative total of 10 temporary hit
points using this veil’s base effect in the last 24
hours, you are treated as hungry for the purposes of the
templates’ thirst ability. Any choices made when first
 activating this ability (e.g. vampiric powers and vampiric Additionally, for each point of essence invested in this
weaknesses) are permanent, persisting between uses of veil you gain a +1 insight bonus to Handle Animal and
this ability, and also apply if you later gain the vampire wild empathy checks against canines.
template via other means. Similarly, if you have
previously had the vampire template, any choices made Chakra Bind (Belt) Binding this veil to your Belt
at the time it was gained apply when gaining it via this chakra allows you to briefly borrow the full might of a
veil. werewolf. As a swift action you can gain the werewolf
templateLotW .This transformation lasts for a number of
When investing essence into this veil you can choose to rounds per day equal to 3 + your veilweaving modifier.
instead bind it. For each point of essence bound into this You never gain the template’s optional cursed bite
veil the number of rounds per day that you can gain the ability. This is a polymorph effect. You do not need to
vampire template increases by 2. use these rounds consecutively. Ending this
transformation is a free action. When investing essence
If you already have the vampire template, either the one into this veil you can choose to instead bind it. Any
presented in Blood of the Night, or the one presented in choices made when first activating this ability are
Lords of Night, instead of the normal benefits of this permanent, persisting between uses of this ability, and
veil's neck bind you gain a vampire focus from the list also apply if you later gain the werewolf template via
available to the vampire hunter classWoVHD that you meet other means. Similarly, if you have previously had the
the prerequisites for, treating your veilweaver level as werewolf template, any choices made at the time it was
your effective vampire hunter level. gained apply when gaining it via this veil. For each point
of essence bound into this veil the number of rounds per
day that you can gain the werewolf template increases
by 2.
Werewolf's Pelt
If you already have the lycanthrope or werewolf
Descriptors: None template, instead of the normal benefits of this veil's Belt
Class: All bind you gain Feral VitalityLotW or a shifting feat of your
choice as a bonus feat. You must meet the prerequisites
Slot: Belt, Shoulders for the feat you select.
Save: None
“The likeness of a greedy, devouring wolf, strong and
mighty...with most sharp and cruel teeth, a huge body, and
mighty paws.” –Testimony of Peter Stumpp
A silver furred wolf pelt tightly clings to your shoulders
or waist imparting you with a small measure of a
werewolf’s predatory might, which grants you a +2
insight bonus to Perception checks based on scent and
DR 2/ silver or good.
Essence: For each point of essence invested in this veil
the insight bonus to Perception checks based on scent
increases by +1 and the damage reduction increases by
1.
Chakra Bind (Shoulders) Binding this veil to your
Shoulders chakra grants you a small measure of a
werewolf’s shapeshifiting ability, which allowsyou to
take on the form of a wolf as a standard action. This
functions like the spell beast shape I, except you are
limited to taking on the form of a medium sized wolf.
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 scholar must have a good night’s rest and must meditate
for one hour to prepare their veils for the day.
This ability replaces the technique gained at 1st level
Vampire and the spells class feature. Crimson scholars do not
Hunter Archetype gain any spells or spellcasting ability, do not have a
caster level, and cannot use spell trigger and spell
“He dared even to attend the Scholomance, and there was no completion magic items.
branch of knowledge of his time that he did not essay.”
Judge of Mortality: At 1st level, a crimson scholar
—Bram Stoker, Dracula
gains the ability to see the ebb and flow of life, as well as
Despite their vices and pred nature there is one aberrations to this pattern. They constantly have the veil
noble thing that the immortal vampires can be said to Vanth’s EyesCo7SAT shaped. This veil does not count
do in service to the greater good. They preserve the against their normal limits on veils shaped, or their veil
mysteries and knowledge of the past. Via myriad slots. As this veil does not count against the crimson
circumstances, crimson scholars have been taught by the scholar’s veil slots or chakras, they can still shape a
most ancient of vampires in the knowledge of lost eras. different veil into the same slot as it freely. When shaped
Their training has shaped them into living repositories in this way Vanth’s Eyes loses the evil descriptor.
of knowledge, so much so that they can even hold the
This ability replaces detect undead.
sum total of other creatures' knowledge and experience.
Reduced Base Attack Bonus: A crimson scholar has a Table: Crimson Scholar Veils and Essence
medium base attack bonus progression like a rogue.
Level Veils Essence
This ability alters the vampire hunter’s base attack 1st 1 1
bonus. 2nd 1 1
3rd 1 1
4th 1 2
Skills: A crimson scholar gains Linguistics as a class 5th 2 2
skill but loses Ride. 6th 2 3
7th 2 3
Veilweaving: Starting at 1st level, a crimson scholar 8th 2 4
learns to shape the magical power known as akasha into 9th 2 4
10th 3 5
powerful veils, which are drawn from the nexus list. 11th 3 5
They use Intelligence as their veilweaving modifier and 12th 3 6
know and can shape any veil from this list that occupies 13th 3 6
the Hands, Feet, Head, Wrists, Shoulders, and Headband 14th 3 7
15th 4 7
slots. The DC for a saving throw against a veil’s abilities 16th 4 8
is 10 + the number of points of essence invested in the 17th 4 8
veil + the crimson scholar’s Intelligence modifier. They 18th 4 9
19th 4 9
can only shape a certain number of veils per day (see 20th 5 10
Table: Crimson Scholar Veils and Essence). Veils are
constructs of pure magic and are suppressed while in Living Tome (Su): At 1st level, a crimson scholar learns
the area of an antimagic field or similar phenomena. how to store large quantities of information flawlessly
within their mind. By making a successful DC 15
At 1st level, the crimson scholar also gains access to
Linguistics or Perception check as part of the action to
their own personal pool of essence, which can be
read or interact with written or drawn information, the
invested into veils and other receptacles to increase
crimson scholar can memorize 1 page of such
their power. The pool of available essence is listed in the
information, including images and maps. For every 5 by
crimson scholar’s veils and essence table; the crimson
which they exceed this DC they can memorize another
scholar's character level determines the maximum
page of information as part of the same action. If the
quantity of essence they can invest in any single veil. As
crimson scholar memorizes the entirety of a magical
a swift action, they can reallocate their essence
writing (such as a scroll or a page from a spellbook) they
investments into their veils every round. A crimson
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 the writing. However, as a standard action the crimson
scholar can expend an amount of crushed ruby with a
gold piece value equal to the cost of a magical text they
have memorized (e.g. the cost to write it in spellbook or
the purchase cost of a scroll) and touch a number of
blank pages sufficient to hold the text, they can impart
the magical text, including its original properties, onto
the pages. This process removes the memorized magical
text from the crimson scholar’s mind.
This ability can be invested with essence. For each point
of essence invested in this ability the crimson scholar
gains a +2 insight bonus on Linguistics checks.
This ability replaces track.
Chakra Binds: At 2nd level, 4th level, and every four
levels thereafter, the crimson scholar gains the ability to
bind veils directly to their chakras, unlocking potent
new abilities. The crimson scholar gains the ability to
bind slots in the following order: Hands, Feet, Head,
Wrists, Shoulders, Headband.
Liquid Souls (Su): At 2nd level, by drinking at least a
pint of an intelligent creature’s blood, or similar vital
fluid, a crimson scholar can temporarily absorb its
memories. At any point within 24 hours of imbibing the
creature’s blood they can attempt a Diplomacy or
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Intimidation check to extract information from the
traces of that creature’s soul lingering in the consumed
blood. The base DC of this check is 20 + creature’s
Charisma modifier. This check is modified as follows:
simple information (-5), unimportant secrets (+5),
valuable secrets (+10 or more based on GM discretion).
The information gained is limited by the creature’s
knowledge at the time the blood was taken and what
they believed to be true. The DC also increases by +5
each time this is attempted the crimson scholar attempts
this check against a given creature’s blood. After 24
hours the traces of the creature's soul vanish entirely.
This ability can be invested with essence. As long as at
least 1 point of essence is invested in this ability, the
crimson scholar can use their Intelligence modifier in
place of the Charisma modifier when making checks to
extract information from consumed blood. For each
point of essence invested in this ability, past the first,
they gain a +1 insight bonus on Diplomacy or
Intimidation checks related to this ability. This ability is
a necromancy effect with the evil and death descriptors.
At 5th level, the crimson scholar can attempt to
consume more than just memories from a creature. If
they consume at least 1 pint of blood, or similar fluid,
from a dead intelligent creature or destroyed intelligent
undead, within 1 minute of that creature’s death or
destruction, that creature must make a Will save as if it
were still alive against a DC of 10 + the number of
points of essence invested in this ability + the crimson
scholar’s Intelligence modifier. If the creature fails this
saving throw, their remains crumble to dust, and their
soul is trapped within the crimson scholar. Such as soul
is only freed to move on if the crimson scholar dies,
willingly releases them, or if they are resurrected via
true resurrection, miracle, wish, or a similar effect. The
crimson scholar can extract information from such a
soul as described above, except that there is no time
limit, and any increases to the DC due to making
multiple attempts disappears when they shape their veils
for the day. The crimson scholar can hold a number of
souls equal to their veilweaver level. If a new soul would
cause them to exceed this limit they must choose a soul
they currently contain to release.
Additionally, once per day if a soul they have consumed
is of a creature that is capable of shaping veils, they can
attempt a check as if extracting information from it to
gain access to their knowledge of veilweaving instead,
which is treated as a valuable secret. If they succeed on
this check, the crimson scholar can unshape one veil
they currently have shaped and shape a veil that creature
 could shape in its place. They can bind a veil shaped in
this way as a part of this process, so long as they have
the ability to bind veils to the appropriate chakra. If the
veil shaped occupies a slot they do not possess (e.g.
interface or ring), the crimson scholar takes 2 points of
essence burn that lasts until the next time they shape
their veils for the day. The crimson scholar is always
aware of if a soul that they have consumed was capable
of veilweaving and what veils were available to them.
As long as the crimson scholar contains souls consumed
via this ability they exude an evil aura like a cleric of an
evil deity.
This ability replaces relentless and relentless band.
Scholar: At 3rd level, the crimson scholar must select
Know MasterWoVHD or Vampire ScholarWoVHD as their first
technique feat.
This alters the technique feat selected at 3rd level.
Unrestricted Scholar: Beginning at 7th level, a
crimson scholar learns that their only true limit is their
knowledge. They can select Skill Focus, or an akashic
feat they meet the prerequisites for, in place of the
following vampire hunter class features: vampire tracker
(7th), quarry (14th), and improved quarry (19th, must
replace if quarry is replaced).
This replaces the vampire hunter class ability the
crimson scholar gives up for the akashic feat.
Improved Essence Capacity: At 15th level the
maximum essence capacity of all the crimson scholar’s
essence receptacles increases by 1.
Veil Touched Mastery: At 20th level, each day when
the crimson scholar shapes their veils for the day,
instead of they would regain their spells per day, they
choose one vampiric focus to be active on themself for
the entire day.
This ability modifies but otherwise functions as master
vampire hunter.
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Vampiric Theft
Prerequisite: Vampire Hunter 6, liquid souls class
feature
Benefit: By taking a point of essence burn, while this
focus is active the vampire hunter gains the benefits of a
feat possessed by a creature whose soul they have
consumed via their liquid souls class feature. Essence
burn gained in this way lasts as long as this vampiric
focus is active. The feat selected must be a feat that they
meet prerequisites for, and they can only gain the
benefits of a single feat in this way at a single time.
Some phantoms drag akashic echos with them across
the veil.
Share Veil: An essence infused phantom grants its
master the Shared Veil feat as a bonus feat. An essence
infused phantom can be affected by this feat like a
familiar.
This replaces the phantom’s share spells ability.
Akashic Attunement: Essence infused phantoms treat
their master’s spiritualist level as their character and
veilweaver level for the purposes of qualifying for
akashic feats.
Bridge (Su): Starting at 3rd level, phantom can emit
akashic effects for its master. If the master and the
phantom are within 5 feet at the time the master
activates a veil or constellation effect that requires a
touch attack, or ranged touch attack, the master can
designate the phantom as the “toucher” or ranged
"toucher". The phantom can then deliver the attack just
as the master would; including moving or making any
necessary attack rolls. The master can bind essence into
this ability. For each point of essence bound into this
ability the maximum distance between them and their
phantom, for the purposes of this ability, increases by
5ft.
This ability replaces deliver touch spells.
 Emotional Veil: At 1st level, phantoms gain the ability can shape any veil from this list. The DC for a saving
to shape a veil based on its emotional focus as indicated throw against a veil’s abilities is 10 + the number of
below. They shape this veil using the normal points of essence invested in the veil + the scion of the
veilweaving rules, have total veils shaped of 1, a veil’s wisdom modifier. They can only shape a certain
veilweaver level equal to their number of hit die, and use number of veils per day (see Table : Scion of the Veil
their Charisma to determine the DC’s and effects of Veils and Essence). Veils are constructs of pure magic
their veil abilities. and are suppressed while in the area of an antimagic
field or similar phenomena.
▪ Anger: Armbands Of The Irked ElephantAM
At 1st level the scion of the veil also gains access to their
▪ Dedication: Sentinel's HelmAM own personal pool of essence, which can be invested
into veils and other receptacles to increase their power.
▪ Despair: Bracers of OblivionCo7SAT
The pool of available essence is listed in the scion of the
▪ Desperation: Catrina’s SarongCo7SAT veil’s veils and essence table; the scion of the veil’s
character level determines the maximum quantity of
▪ Fear: Pit Fiend’s ShroudCo7SAT essence they can invest in any single veil. As a swift
action, they can reallocate their essence investments
▪ Greed: Waistband of the Wealthy into their veils every round. A scion of the veil must
have a good night’s rest and must meditate for one hour
▪ Hatred: Bloodeater’s BeltCo7SAT to prepare their veils for the day.
▪ Jealousy: Grannie’s BonnetATRP This ability replaces the spiritualist’s knacks and spells
▪ Kindness: Unicorn FeatheringCo7SAT class features. Scions of the veil do not gain any spells or
spellcasting ability, do not have a caster level, and
▪ Lust: Nymph’s VisageCo7SAT cannot use spell trigger and spell completion magic
items.
▪ Pride: White Rider’s SashCo7SAT
Boatman’s Protégé: A scion of the veil can shape all
▪ Remorse: Iron CrownCo7SAT veils from the Boatman’s Ensemble veil set as if these
veils were on their class list. They must still possess the
▪ Suffering: Martyr’s TogaAM appropriate chakra binds to bind these veils.
▪ Whimsy: Trickster’s WebATSS
▪ Zeal: Heaven’s BlessingCo7SAT Table : Scion of the Veil Veils and Essence
This replaces the feat gained at first level. Level Veils Essence
1st 1 1
2nd 1 2
3rd 2 3
4th 2 4
5th 2 5
6th 3 6
7th 3 7
8th 3 8
Scions of the veil are spiritualists that are born with a 9th 4 9
natural connection to the veil between life and death, 10th 4 10
and to the creatures that are its wardens and keepers. 11th 4 11
12th 5 12
This connection is believed to be due to the scion having 13th 5 13
a distant psychopomp ancestor. 14th 5 14
15th 6 15
Veilweaving: A scion of the veil learns to shape the 16th 6 16
magical power known as akasha into powerful veils, 17th 6 17
18th 7 18
which are drawn from the radiant veil list. They use 19th 7 19
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 Chakra Binds: At 3rd level and every three levels
thereafter, the scion of the veil gains the ability to bind
veils directly to their chakra, unlocking potent new
abilities. The scion of the veil gains the ability to bind
slots in the following order: Hands, Head, Headband,
Neck, Belt, and Body.
Liminal Perceptions: At 5th level, a scion of the veil
gains the ability to peer into the veil between life and
death. They constantly have the veil Vanth’s EyesCo7SAT
shaped. This veil does not count against their normal
limits on veils shaped, or their veil slots. As this veil does
not count against the scion of the veil’s veil slots or
chakras, a scion of the veil can still shape a different veil
into the same slot as it freely. When shaped in this way
Vanth’s Eyes loses the evil descriptor. A scion of the veil
can always see doom marks.
At 9th level, while the scion of the veil has Vanth’s Eyes
bound they can take a point of essence burn, as a swift
action, to see into the Ethereal Plane out to a distance of
30 feet +5 feet per point of essence invested in Vanth’s
Eyes. This enhanced sight lasts for a number of minutes
per day equal to their veilweaving modifier. They do not
need to use these minutes consecutively and they can
end this ability as a free action, but each use of this
ability consumes a minimum of 1 minute. A scion of the
veil can burn any number of additional points of essence
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as a part of the action to activate this effect, or as a free
action at any point during its duration. For each point of
essence burn taken in this way, they extend the duration
of this enhanced sight by one minute. These additional
minutes do not count against the normal duration of
this ability, expire first after the first minute of normal
duration is consumed, and are lost if this ability is
deactivated. Essence burn taken to activate or extend
the duration of this ability does not begin to recover
until the scion of the veil ends this ability.
This ability replaces detect undead and see invisibility.
Improved Essence Capacity: The scion of the veil is
particularly talented at investing essence. At 5th, 11th,
and 17th level the maximum essence capacity of all their
essence receptacles increases by 1.
Call Psychopomp (Su): Starting at 6th level, once per
day the scion of the veil can use the act of withdrawing
their phantom into their mind to signal a shepherd of
the dead for aid. As either a swift or an immediate
action, a scion of the veil can take a point of essence to
call their phantom back into their consciousness. This
essence burn does not recover until after they manifest
their phantom again. At the start of the next round one
of the following psychopomps, of the scion of the veil’s
choice, appears in a square adjacent to them: esobokPAP80,
 nosoiB4 with the advanced simple template (rebuild
rules), or a vidusB6 with the young simple template
(rebuild rules) and lacking the transformation ability.
This is a conjuration (summoning) effect and the scion
of the veil can dismiss the summoned psychopomp as a
swift action. The summoned psychopomp has a starting
attitude of helpful towards them. The scion of the veil
cannot manifest their phantom or activate their bonded
manifestation ability while they have a psychopomp
summoned in this way. This ability can be invested with
essence. For each point of essence invested in this
ability, the summoned psychopomp increases the range
of its spiritsense ability by 5 feet. For every 2 points of
essence invested in this ability the psychopomp gains a
+1 insight bonus to attack and damage rolls, saving
throws, and skill checks, as well as gaining 5 additional
hit points.
The scion of the veil can use this ability one additional
time per day for every 4 spiritualist levels they possess
beyond 6th.
This ability replaces phantom recall.
Blood Knowledge
You have the ability to extract knowledge from the blood you
consume.
Prerequisite: Vampire
Benefits: By drinking at least a pint of an intelligent
creature’s blood, or similar vital fluid, you can extract its
memories. At any point within 24 hours of imbibing the
creature’s blood you can attempt a Diplomacy or
Intimidation check to extract information from the
traces of that creature’s soul in your blood. The base DC
of this check is 20 + creature’s Charisma modifier. This
check is modified as follows: simple information (-5),
unimportant secrets (+5), valuable secrets (+10 or more
based on GM discretion). The information gained is
limited by the creature’s knowledge at the time the
blood was taken and what they believed to be true. The
DC also increases by +5 each time you attempt this
check against a given creature’s blood. After 24 yours
the traces of the creature's soul vanish entirely. This
ability is supernatural a necromancy effect with the evil
and death descriptors.
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Special: If you possess the vampire templateLotN you can
select this feat as vampiric power. Additionally,
dhampirBotN with the Blood Drinker feat are treated as
vampires for the purposes of this feat’s prerequisites.
Drink Soul
You have the ability to a creature’s soul via their blood.
Prerequisites: Blood Knowledge, Vampire
Benefits: If you consume at least 1 pint of blood, or
similar fluid, from a dead intelligent creature or
destroyed intelligent undead, within 1 minute of that
creature’s death or destruction, that creature must make
a Will save as if it were still alive against a DC of 10 +
1/2 your HD + your Charisma modifier. If the creature
fails this saving throw, their remains crumble to dust,
and their soul is trapped within your blood. Such a soul
is only freed to move on if you die, willingly releasing
them, or if they are resurrected via true resurrection,
miracle, wish, or a similar effect.
You can extract information from such a soul described
in Blood Knowledge except that there is no time limit,
and any increases to the DC due to making multiple
attempts disappear after 24 hour. You can hold a
number of souls equal to your number of HD. If a new
soul would cause you to exceed this limit you must
choose a soul you currently contain to release. This
ability is a supernatural necromancy effect with the evil
and death descriptors. As long as you contain souls
consumed using this feat you exude an evil aura like a
cleric of an evil deity.
Pillaged Talents
You can use the talents of creatures you have swallowed as your
own.
Prerequisites: Blood Knowledge, Drink Soul, Vampire
Benefits: At dusk each day, select a soul you consumed
via Drink Soul. You gain the benefits of one feat
possessed by that soul. The feat gained must be a feat
that you meet prerequisites for. You can change the
selected soul in a process that takes 1 minute, and can
do so a number of times per day equal to your Charisma
modifier.

Unlike their brethren, agents of the light do not draw up
scraps of vampiric might to fight darkness with
darkness. They have become conduits of the sun’s own
cleansing and life bringing light. Agents of the light can
even use solar energies to counterfeit vampiric powers.
Reduced Base Attack Bonus: An agent of the light has
a medium base attack bonus progression like a rogue.
This ability alters the vampire hunter’s base attack
bonus.
Maneuvers: An agent of the light begins their career
with knowledge of three martial maneuversPoW. The
disciplines available to them are Radiant DawnDPR, Silver
Crane, and Solar Wind.
Maneuvers: An agent of the light begins their career
with knowledge of three martial maneuversPoW. The
disciplines available to them are Radiant DawnDPR, Silver
Crane, and Solar Wind.
The agent of the light learns additional maneuvers at
higher levels, as indicated on Table: Archetype
Maneuver ProgressionPoWE. The maximum level of
maneuvers gained through agent of the light levels is
limited by those listed in that table as well, although this
restriction does not apply to maneuvers added to their
maneuvers known through other methods, such as
prestige classes or the Advanced Study feat. An agent of
the light must meet a maneuver’s prerequisite to learn it.
Upon reaching 4th level, and at every even numbered
initiator level thereafter (6th, 8th, 10th, and so on), the
agent of the light can choose to learn a new maneuver in
place of one they already know. In effect, they lose the
old maneuver in exchange for the new one. They can
choose a new maneuver of any level they like, as long as
they observe the restriction on the highest-level
maneuvers they know; the agent of the light need not
replace the old maneuver with a maneuver of the same
level. They can swap only a single maneuver at any
given level. An agent of the light’s initiation modifier is
Wisdom, and each agent of the light level is counted as a
full initiator level.
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Maneuvers Readied: An agent of the light can ready all
three of their maneuvers known at 1st level, and as they
advance in level and learn more maneuvers, they are
able to ready more, but must still choose which
maneuvers to ready. An agent of the light must always
ready their maximum number of maneuvers readied.
They ready their maneuvers by meditating or observing
their animal companion for ten minutes. The
maneuvers they choose remain readied until they decide
to practice again and change them. The agent of the
light does not need to sleep or rest for any long period
of time in order to ready their maneuvers; any time they
spend ten minutes meditating, they can change their
readied maneuvers.
An agent of the light begins an encounter with all their
readied maneuvers unexpended, regardless of how
many times they might have already used them since
they chose them. When they initiate a maneuver, they
expend it for the current encounter, so each of their
readied maneuvers can be used once per encounter
(unless they recover them, as described below).
In order for the agent of the light to recover maneuvers,
they must share the sun's blessings with their allies as a
full-round action. When they do so, they recover a
number of expended maneuvers equal to their initiation
modifier (minimum 2) and each ally within 30 feet gains
damage reduction, and a sacred bonus to saving throws,
equal to the agent of the light’s initiation modifier
(minimum 1) for one round. Alternately, the agent of the
light may focus inward and recover a single maneuver as
a standard action.
Stances Known: An agent of the light begins their
career with knowledge of one stance from any discipline
open to agents of the light. At 4th, 7th, 11th, and 13th
levels, they can select an additional stance to learn. The
maximum level of stances gained through agent of the
light levels is limited by those listed in Table:
Archetype Maneuver Progression. Unlike maneuvers,
stances are not expended and the agent of the light does
not have to ready them. All the stances they know are
available to them at all times, and they can change the
stance they are currently maintaining as a swift action.
A stance is an extraordinary ability unless otherwise
stated in the stance or discipline description.
Unlike with maneuvers, an agent of the light cannot
learn a new stance at higher levels in place of one they
already know.
This ability replaces spellcasting.
 Solar Foci: Though agents of the light mimic many
vampiric powers, some are beyond what the sun's might
can replicate. The following alternate vampiric focus
abilities count as and use the normal rules for vampiric
focus abilities, but replace the vampiric focus ability
listed in their entry:
▪ Solar Blessing (replaces Vampiric Heart): The
agent of the light gains energy resistance equal
to half their level against cold and fire.
Additionally, the agent of the light cannot be
detected or tracked by scent. At 16th level, once
per day the agent of the light can use the Day’s
Resurgence domain power of the dayAPG
subdomain.
Unfettered Agent: Beginning at 7th level, an agent of
the light learns that vampires and undead are not the
only dark foes they must face. They can select a combat
feat they meet the prerequisites for in place of the
following vampire hunter class features: vampire tracker
(7th), quarry (14th), and improved quarry (19th, must
replace if quarry is replaced).
This replaces the vampire hunter class ability the agent
of the light gives up for the combat feat.
Sun Blessed Mastery: At 20th level, each day at dawn,
instead of when they regain their spells per day, the
agent of the light chooses one vampiric focus to be
active on themself for the entire day.

▪ Solar Grace (replaces Vampiric Call): The agent This modifies but otherwise functions as master
of the light can call upon the life giving vampire hunter.
properties of the sun. Once during each
activation of this focus, as an immediate action,
the agent of the light can heal themself or a
willing adjacent creature a number of points
equal to their vampire hunter level. At 8th level,
the agent of the light also gains DR 5/Cold Iron.
At 16th level, the damage reduction becomes 10/
Adamantine.
▪ Solar Sight (replaces Vampiric Sight): The agent
of the light gains low-light vision (if they already
have low-light vision, they instead gain a +3
competence bonus on sight-based Perception
checks in dim light). At 8th level, the agent of the
light has their existing low-light vision enhanced
so that they can see four times as far in
conditions of dim light. At 16th level, the agent
of the light also gains blindsense to a range of 30
feet.
Bless Light (Su): At 4th level, an agent of the light can
consecrate mundane light with the properties of the sun.
The light shed by non-magical light sources in the agent
of the light’s possession (e.g. torches) counts as natural
sunlight as long as they are in contact with the light
source. As a standard action the agent of the light can
touch a non-magical light source and expend 2 minutes
worth of use from one of their vampiric focus abilities,
to make light shed by that light source count as natural
sunlight for the next 12 hours. Creatures harmed by
natural sunlight are always aware of the properties of
light affected by this ability.
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Banes are masters of poison and use this dubious art to
aid them against the undead and the mortals who serve
such creatures.
Proficiencies: Banes are proficient with simple
weapons, as well as light armor and bucklers. In
addition, if this is this character’s first level in any class,
they may select a martial tradition of their choice.
This modifies weapon and armor proficiencies.
Reduced Base Attack Bonus: A bane has a medium
base attack bonus progression like a rogue.
This ability alters the vampire hunter’s base attack
bonus.
Combat Training (Ex): A bane is considered an Adept
practitioner, gaining spheres and talents as appropriate.
A bane uses Wisdom as their practitioner modifier.
Banes must always choose daring scholar (must select
the poison alchemy sphere package) or guild training as
their martial tradition.
This ability replaces the spellcasting class feature and
the technique feat gained at 1st level. Banes do not gain
any spells or spellcasting ability, do not have a caster
level, and cannot use spell trigger and spell completion
magic items.
Undeath's Bane (Su): At 7th level even undead are not
immune to a bane's poisons. Any poison created by a
bane can affect undead, bypassing their normal
immunities. Magical effects that negate poisons still
apply. If an undead creature fails its save, the poison acts
as normal, but may have no effect on the creature,
depending on the effect of the poison (such as dealing
Constitution damage to undead).
This ability replaces vampire tracker.
Expanded Alchemy (Ex): Beginning at 11th level, a
bane can increase their alchemical repertoire. They can
gain an Alchemy sphere talent in place of the following
vampire hunter class features: vampire bane (11th),
quarry (14th), and improved quarry (19th, must replace
if quarry is replaced).
This replaces the vampire hunter class ability the bane
gives up.
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Bane’s Mastery: At 20th level, once per day after
resting for at least 8 hours, instead of when they regain
their spells per day, the bane chooses one vampiric
focus to be active on themself for the entire day.
This modifies but otherwise functions as master
vampire hunter.
Most vampire hunters stalk the nights seeking out their
undead quarry, taking the fight to them and defending
the living as a result. However, guardians of the living
believe that a mighty defense is the best way to drive
back the creatures of the night.
Reduced Base Attack Bonus: A guardian of the living
has a medium base attack bonus progression like a
rogue.
This ability alters the vampire hunter’s base attack
bonus.
Proficiencies: A guardian of the living is proficient
with simple weapons, as well as light armor and
bucklers. In addition, if this is the character’s first level
in any class, they select a martial tradition of their
choice.
This alters weapon and armor proficiencies.
Casting: A guardian of the living may combine spheres
and talents to create magical effects. A guardian of the
living is considered a Low-Caster. (Note: All casters gain
2 bonus talents and a casting tradition the first time they
gain the casting class feature.)
This replaces the spellcasting class feature, relentless,
and the technique feat gained at 1st level.
Spell Pool: The guardian of the living gains a small
reservoir of energy they can call on to create truly
wondrous effects, called a spell pool. This pool contains
a number of spell points equal to their class level + their
casting ability modifier. This pool replenishes once per
day after roughly 8 hours of rest.
Magic Talents: A guardian of the living gains a magic
talent at 2nd level and every 2 levels thereafter.
 Combat Training (Ex): The guardian of the living is
considered a Proficient practitioner, gaining spheres
and talents as appropriate. Guardians of the living use
Wisdom as their practitioner modifier.
This replaces the technique feats gained at 3rd-15th
levels.
Deathless Bastion (Ex): At 1st level, the guardian of the
living gains the Guardian sphere as a bonus sphere, or a
talent from that sphere if they possess it already. At 7th
level, the guardian of the living can expend their martial
focus as an immediate action to gain the ferocity
universal monster ability for a number of rounds equal
to their Wisdom modifier (minimum 1). At 10th level,
they gain a bonus guardian sphere talent of their choice.
This replaces track, vampire tracker and swift tracker.
Sphere Mastery: At 20th level, each day when they
regain their spell points, instead of when they regain
their spells per day, the guardian of the living chooses
one vampiric focus to be active on themself for the
entire day.
This modifies but otherwise functions as master
vampire hunter.
Reduced Base Attack Bonus: A sphere vampire hunter
has a medium base attack bonus progression like a
rogue.
This ability alters the vampire hunter’s base attack
bonus.
Casting: At 4th level, the sphere vampire hunter may
combine spheres and talents to create magical effects.
The sphere vampire hunter is considered a Low-Caster.
(Note: All casters gain 2 bonus talents and select a
casting tradition the first time they gain the casting class
feature.)
This replaces the spellcasting class feature.
Spell Pool: The sphere vampire hunter gains a small
reservoir of energy they can call on to create truly
wondrous effects, called a spell pool. This pool contains
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a number of spell points equal to their class level + their
casting ability modifier. This pool replenishes once per
day after roughly 8 hours of rest.
Magic Talents: A sphere vampire hunter gains one
magic talent at 4th level and every 2 levels thereafter.
Expanded Arts (Ex): Beginning at 7th level, a sphere
vampire hunter can grow the might of their magic. They
can select sphere focus, or metamagic feat that they
qualify for in place of the following vampire hunter class
features: vampire tracker (7th), quarry (14th), and
improved quarry (19th, must replace if quarry is
replaced).
This replaces the vampire hunter class ability the bane
gives up for the selected feat.
Sphere Mastery: At 20th level, each day when they
regain their spell points, instead of when they regain
their spells per day, the sphere vampire hunter chooses
one vampiric focus to be active on themself for the
entire day.
This modifies but otherwise functions as master
vampire hunter.
Death of Viziers (Poison)
Price 1000 gp
This toxin was first developed to aid in assassinating a
royal adviser that had fallen out of favor with their
king’s courtiers.
Type poison, ingested; Save Fortitude DC 12
Onset 10 minutes; Frequency Once per minute for 6
minutes; Cure 2 consecutive saves
Effect 1 point of essence burn. Essence burn taken in
this way lasts for 24 hours.
 Essence Reactive Pigment
(Alchemical Tool)
Price 50 gp; Weight —
This pigment is normally white in color, but when an
object dyed or painted with it is in the possession of a
creature with an essence pool it can be invested with
essence. For each point of essence invested, the pigment
gains a single color and can display a simple pattern
consisting of those colors and white in any combination.
For example, 2 points of essence would allow for a basic
striped pattern or spots. If used to color an object that is
already an essence receptacle, treat essence invested in
the receptacle as also being invested in this pigment.
While invested, changing the colors or pattern requires
a move action, and removing all essence from the
pigment returns it to its normal white color.
Essence reactive pigment can be used as a dye or made
into paint. A single dose is enough to coat or dye a
square foot of non-living material. Once applied,
essence reactive pigment is permanent, although it can
be washed off with alchemical solvent.
Construction Craft (alchemy) DC 25
False Essence (Drug)
Price 1500 gp
This substance induces a mild sense of mental and
spiritual clarity. It is often sought out by individuals
who come into possession of akashic objects, but don’t
have the capacity to use them on their own.
Type drug, inhaled; Addiction: Major, Fortitude DC 12
Effect For 12 hours the user gains a pool of 3 temporary
essence. Unlike normal temporary essence, temporary
essence granted by this drug can be recovered if burned.
Each time the user invests an akashic receptacle with
this essence, or burns this essence, they take 1d4 points
of Charisma damage and an amount of nonlethal
damage equal to the amount of essence burned.
Charisma damage taken in this way is counted as ability
damage caused by the drug for the purpose of
calculating the DC of saving throws to resist addiction
to the drug. Neither the Charisma damage nor the
nonlethal damage can be healed until the user takes a
full 8 hours of rest.
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Mandala Orb (Adventuring
Gear)
Price 50 gp; Weight 1 lb.
These small spheres made of clear glass sparkle brightly
in the light. When held by a creature with an essence
pool these orbs display glowing fractal patterns and
shed light as a candle. A mandala orb can be invested
with a single point of essence by its holder. While
invested the radius of its light increases by 5 feet. This
essence immediately returns to the holder's essence pool
if the orb leaves their hand. The light shed by a mandala
orb is considered to be non-magical in nature.
Construction Craft (glassblowing or jewelry) DC 25 (
DC 20 if the crafter has an essence pool)
Primordial Blood: Some Atlanteans awaken to akashic
adaptations that are different from the fellows. This is
the result of a distant commingling between an
Atlantean ancestor and a primeval entity of the swamp.
While completely submerged in liquid, and for 1d6
rounds thereafter, Atlanteans with primordial blood are
considered to have the Swamp Creature's Flesh veil
shaped and do not count it against their total veils
shaped or their veil slots. When shaped in this way, this
veil lacks a visual manifestation and gains the
undetectable descriptor. If an Atlantean can bind veils to
the Hands or Chest chakras, they also gain the benefits
of having this veil bound to one of those chakras as long
as they could normally bind veils to it. Since this veil
does not count against the Atlantean’s veil slots or
chakras, they can still shape and bind a different veil
into the same slot as it freely. This racial trait replaces
aquatic adaptation.
Strong Primordial Blood: The blood of the swamp
flows strongly in some Atlanteans. The Swamp
Creature's Flesh veil granted by the primordial blood
alternate racial ability is always treated as being shaped.
In addition, the swim speed granted by this veil's bind
effect increases by 5 feet. This racial trait replaces
natural specialist.

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