HELLFIRE WARLOCKS IN THE WORLD
狱火术师在世界上
“The offering of hellfire is yet one more way the fiends have worked their claws into our world. Each mortal who thinks to master this fell power is yet one more fool offering his soul to the Lord of the Eighth.”
—Alód the Traveler, planeshifter
“提供地狱之火的力量是魔鬼们将爪子伸向我们世界的又一种方式。每一个试图掌握这邪恶力量的人,都是将自己灵魂献祭给第八层领主的又一个傻瓜。”
—Alód the Traveler, planeshifter
Most hellfi re warlocks whom the PCs encounter have likely already succumbed to the temptations of evil. Usually minions in the service of an infernal cult, they lead groups of thugs or devils against good organizations or to hunt down and destroy adventurers. Only in the rarest circumstances does a hellfi re warlock resist these temptations and use her power to advance the cause of good.
PCs遇到的大多数狱火术师很可能已经屈服于邪恶的诱惑。他们通常服务于地狱崇拜的仆从,带领一群暴徒或魔鬼对抗善良的组织,或是追杀冒险者。只有极少数的狱火术师才能抵抗邪恶诱惑,并利用她的力量来推行善举。
Organization
Since hellfire warlocks are nearly universally reviled, these characters keep to themselves. Their isolation pushes them to test the limits of their morality, and in time, most succumb to the darkness blooming within them. Hellfire warlocks are jealous and petty. They see others who practice their dark art as threats to their prominence and power, so these characters are swift to destroy their rivals.
组织
由于狱火术师普遍遭受唾骂,通常他们都是独行侠。他们的孤独迫使他们去测试自己的道德极限,最终,大多数人屈服于他们内心的黑暗。狱火术师是狭隘善妒的,他们把其他邪术使用者视为对自己地位和权利的威胁,所以常会迫切地消灭这些劲敌。
Some hellfire warlocks attach themselves to infernal cults, believing that through service to an archfiend, they can increase their knowledge and skill. Hellfi re warlocks act as guardians and enforcers in such organizations, valued for their combat capabilities.
一些狱火术师依附于地狱教派,他们相信通过服务强大的魔鬼可以增加自己的知识和技艺。狱火术师在这样的组织中扮演者守护者和执行者,他们因他们的战斗能力而受到重视。
NPC Reactions
Even those hellfi re warlocks who shy away from evil in the face of such wickedness meet scorn and derision in the world. Warlocks are generally not trusted, and those who willingly use the tools of evil for any reason are tantamount to the fiends themselves in the minds of most folk. Hence, most hellfi re warlocks conceal their natures, using their infernal powers only when forced.
NPC态度
即使是那些对邪恶避之不及的狱火术师,也遭到了世人的鄙视和嘲笑。邪术师通常不被信任,和那些不论出于任何原因而自愿使用邪恶力量的人一样,在大多数人的心目中他们与魔鬼无异。因此,大多数狱火术师隐藏他们的本性,只有在被逼无奈时才使用他们来自地狱的力量。
So long as a hellfi re warlock maintains her anonymity,she fi nds others are indifferent. Those who become aware of her capabilities immediately become unfriendly, seeing her as a menace. This animosity extends even to evil creatures, which are often unsure what to make of such a curious character—or see her as a rival to be destroyed.
如果一个狱火术师不显山露水,人们对她就是不会有什么区别对待。而意识到她的能力的人会立刻对她产生敌意,把她看做一个威胁。这种敌意甚至会延伸到邪恶的生物身上,他们常常不确定该如何对待这样一个角色——可能将她视为一个要消灭的对手。
HELLFIRE WARLOCK LORE
Characters with ranks in Knowledge (the planes) can research hellfi re warlocks to learn more about them. When a character succeeds on a skill check, the following lore is revealed, including the information from lower DCs.
DC 10: Hellfi re warlocks use the fl ames of Hell to power their abilities.
DC 15: Hellfi re is a cruel mistress, weakening those who court her.
DC 20: Though hellfi re itself is anathema to good, not all who wield it are evil. Some manage to temper the corrupting effects with a strong will and steadfast resolve. The mightiest among them even bend hellfi re to serve the forces of good.
狱火术师的知识
拥有位面知识的角色可以研究狱火术师来了解更多关于他们的信息。当一个角色在技能检定中成功时,将获得以下知识,包括来自低DC的信息。
DC10:狱火术师使用地狱之火来强化他们的能力。
DC15:地狱之火是一个残忍的女主人,削弱了那些追求她的人。
DC20:虽然地狱之火本身是对善良的诅咒,但并非所有的使用者都是邪恶的。有些人以坚强的意志和坚定的决心来抵抗污染的影响。他们中的佼佼者甚至令地狱之火屈从于善行之中。
Hellfi re warlocks are reclusive. They refrain from revealing themselves to the public, lurking at the fringes of society and only emerging when circumstances demand it. Player characters trying to locate a hellfi re warlock need to succeed on a DC 25 Gather Information check. If a PC looks for a hellfire warlock in a community whose alignment is predominantly evil, he gains a +2 circumstance bonus on the check.
狱火术师是隐居的,他们潜伏在社会边缘,避免在公众面前暴露自己,只有在情况需要时才会出现。PCs试图找到狱火术师需要通过一个DC25的搜集信息检定。如果一名玩家在一个成员主要是邪恶阵营的地区中寻找狱火术师,他获得+2环境加值。
HELLFIRE WARLOCKS IN THE GAME
A hellfi re warlock is a natural extension of the warlock class. One can be a new agent in the armies of the Nine Hells or an established occultists who dabbles in the forbidden.
Hellfire warlocks are particularly attractive to players who enjoy playing antiheroes. This prestige class grants access to otherwise forbidden abilities. This class is also specifi cally intended for the warlock class, enabling you to expand this potent class in new directions.
游戏中的狱火术师
狱火术师是邪术师的自然延伸。一个狱火术师可以是九狱军队中的密探,也可以是涉足禁地的著名神秘学者。
狱火术师对喜欢扮演反英雄的玩家有特别的吸引力。这个进阶允许他使用禁忌的力量。这个进阶也是专门为邪术师设计的,使你能够在新的方向上扩展这个强大的职业。
Adaptation As written, a hellfi re warlock serves as an extension of the warlock class from Complete Arcane. If you don’t use this class, you can adapt this prestige class for use with other characters. Exchange the invocations requirement with the ability to cast fi reball. Instead of improving invocations known, the hellfi re warlock improves the character’s arcane spell casting ability by one level per class level. Instead of gaining hell fi re blast, the character can deal an extra 1d6 points of damage per class level with evocation spells that deal damage. This ability costs the character 1 point of Constitution just like the hellfire blast class feature. The character gains the fire resistance, hellfire infusion, and hellfire shield abilities as normal.
调整
如前文所述,狱火术师是完美奥术中邪术师职业的延伸。如果你不使用邪术师,你可以调整这个进阶职业以用于其他角色。将进阶要求的邪术替换为可以施展火球术。将获得新的邪术可知替换为奥术施法者等级+1,再获得地狱魔焰,而改为角色可以使造成伤害的塑能系法术额外造成1D6点伤害。这个能力需要消耗1点体质,就像地狱魔焰一样。角色正常获得火抗、狱火灌注和狱火盾的能力。
Sample Encounter
Since hellfire warlocks often give in to evil temptations, player characters are most likely to encounter these characters as adversaries. A hellfi re warlock might be part of a powerful strike force employed by a fi endish enemy of the PCs to eliminate the threat they pose.
EL 13: Galena leads a pair of bone devils to destroy the PCs in revenge for some past deed that thwarted her master’s plan. She originally became a hellbred to atone for a misspent life, but between her newfound abilities and the magic she employed as a warlock, she succumbed to the lure of infernal power and turned to evil once more.
范例遭遇
狱火术师通常会屈服于邪恶的诱惑,所以PCs很可能会遇到这种敌对角色。一个狱火术师可能是一次强力攻势的一部分,被PCs的魔鬼敌人用来消除他们构成的威胁。
EL13:为了报复PC们过去曾经挫败了她主人计划的行为,Galena 带领一对骨魔袭击了PCs。她本来是为了赎罪而成为地狱之子的,但在她获得炼狱之火和使用邪术的过程中,她屈服于地狱力量的诱惑,再次转向邪恶。