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The Disciple of Dispater

An Excerpt from the Book of Vile Darkness

© 2002 by Wizards of the Coast

"Locked in an iron fortress within an iron city in the festering iron pit of Dis, Lord Dispater is master of all he surveys!"
--Ustyhrin-ja

The disciple of Dispater is a warlike general of evil. He is defensive-minded and eager to have others fight for him. When he must fight, he does so on his terms and on his chosen battleground. Disciples of Dispater verge on paranoia and are thus distrustful of everyone. They have mystical power over iron that allows them to grant themselves even greater abilities in battle.

Fighters, rangers, and rogues become disciples of Dispater, and clerics affiliated with the archdevil also adopt the class. They are mighty soldiers, dealing terrible damage with their iron swords or axes.

Disciples of Dispater have few true allies, although they frequently employ mercenaries and other underlings. All disciples of Dispater have some sort of headquarters that they make as defensible as they can. High-level disciples of the archdevil command great fortresses and their own armies.

Hit Die: d10.

Requirements

To qualify to become a disciple of Dispater, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.
Alignment: Any evil.
Base Attack Bonus: +6.
Feats: Disciple of Darkness, Expertise, Power Attack.
Special: Dispater's sect initiates new disciples in a terrible ritual that involves the sacrifice of an intelligent being atop an altar made . . .

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Article publication date: October 9, 2002

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