Kismet's NPC Courtesan Class
Pathfinder 1e Edition

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Introduction

The courtesan is a heady mixture of grace, education, sex, and politics, filling a social niche in noble courts and elite circles. She picks up where the socialite and the prostitute leave off, combining magical and mundane methods to provide the most complete entertainment possible. Those who can maintain a courtesan of their own prove that they have means and refined tastes, and gain powerful social allies. The institution of the courtesan is upheld by the patronage of the rich and the regulation of lawful and neutral societies. Each culture decides the boundaries of courtesan tradition: whether they can be slaves or citizens, male or female, whether they should be trained from birth, and so on. Courtesans usually act as entertainers, diplomats, hostesses, matchmakers, healers, spies, court gossips, and messengers. Their services might be used to pay off debts or as a matter of trade.

The Courtesan

Prerequisite: Charisma greater than 10
Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d6

Class Skills: Acrobatics (Dex), Appraise (Int), Bluff (Cha), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (Arcana), Knowledge (Geography), Knowledge (History), Knowledge (Local), Knowledge (Nobility), Linguistics (Int), Perception (Wis), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Spellcraft (Int).

Skill Ranks Per Level: 4 + Int modifier.

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Courtesans are proficient with daggers, light crossbows, darts, shortbows, knives, long and short swords, rapiers, scimitars, chakrams, whips, garrotes, lassos, nets, and spiked chains. They are familiar with light armor and with bucklers.

Spells

A courtesan casts arcane spells drawn from the courtesan spell list. She can cast any spell she knows without preparing it ahead of time. To learn or cast a spell, a courtesan must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a courtesan's spell is 10 + the spell level + the courtesan's Charisma modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a courtesan can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on Table: Courtesan. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high Charisma score.

Where Table: Courtesan indicates that the courtesan gets 0 spells per day of a given spell level, she gains only the bonus spells she would be entitled to based on her Charisma score for that spell level.

Courtesan Talents

With time and practice, courtesans can learn or earn a few extra perks related to their position. Unless otherwise stated, a courtesan talent can only be chosen once.

Alluring: A courtesan learns to enhance her natural beauty, gaining one permanent point of Charisma.

Courtesan's Bargain: With a successful Diplomacy check, a courtesan can regularly haggle for a discount on any good or service, so long as it does not involve magical enchantment and the transaction relies on currency. For each point that her roll exceeds the DC, she gets a cumulative 1% off the final price. The courtesan can also bargain to sell gear or services (including her affections) for 1% more for every point that her roll exceeds the DC. She may only roll for a bargain using this talent once per day. This talent can be chosen more than once, increasing by 1% each time.

Poison Use (evil alignment only): Some courtesans are trained in the use of poison and never risk accidentally poisoning themselves when applying poison to a blade. This talent is rarely taught in good societies, though it is the status quo in evil lands.

Courtesan Spell List

0 level spells: create water, daze, depilatory, detect magic, detect poison, enhanced diplomacy, ghost sound, mending, message, open/close, prestidigitation, purify food and drink, read magic

1st level spells: charm person, color spray, command, comprehend languages, cure light wounds, detect charm, disguise self, hypnotism, sanctuary, shield, touch of gracelessness, unnatural lust, unseen servant, youthful appearance

2nd level spells: aid, alter self, calm emotions, cat's grace, cure moderate wounds, daze monster, delay poison, detect desires, eagle's splendor, enthrall, hold person, perceive cues, suggestion, tongues, zone of truth

3rd level spells: adjustable disguise, charm monster, clairaudience/clairvoyance, create food and water, cure serious wounds, glibness, lover?s vengeance, pain strike, poison, remove disease, slow, tiny hut

4th level spells: bountiful banquet, contagion, cure critical wounds, dominate person, hold monster, neutralize poison, nixie?s lure, rainbow pattern, secure shelter, sending

5th level spells: command (greater), cure light wounds (mass), dream, mind fog, nightmare, pain strike (mass), seeming, suggestion (mass), telepathic bond

Table: The Courtesan

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