Graven One class

# RPG Class: Graven One

### Description

"Unwholesome rites, sigils, and the shedding of one's mortal shell are all a small part of what graven ones seek. Eventually, they become masters over undeath." - Magic & Mayhem, Pg. 45

The graven one seeks to master undeath itself, creating not only the perfect undead creation, but also seeking to perfect themselves. While liches seek immortality through their phylacteries, and San'layn, through their dark rituals, the graven one masters unholy sigils, and inscribes the most vile of runes and rituals. Through these powerful rituals, the graven one eventually masters death itself, and they themselves become undead. Wielding their bone scythes, and clad in an armor created of the mightiest bones in the graven ones collection.

The dark rituals that these graven one preform not only empower themselves, but feed into their minion. These creations of bone, alchemy, and dark magic are the epitome of undead minions, and mere mortal necromancers could not even hope to conjure corpses that compare to the abominations that the graven ones wrought. In exchange for this mighty boon however, the graven one sacrifices an army. They are truly the masters of quality over quantity.

### Powers and Abilities

The Graven One has the following innate abilities, which grow in power as they master more and more dark rituals.

* A scythe (or any melee weapon of your choice) appears. This weapon grows in strength over time, can only be wielded by the Graven One and his minion, and can be summoned to the Graven One or their minions hand at any time.

The graven one is a front-line melee fighter, who relies on the resilience of their own undeath, coupled with their bone armor and their supernatural fighting abilities to dominate the front lines. With their bone weapon in hand (traditionally a scythe), the graven one swings through opponents with calculated skill, whirling like a torrent of death to any unprepared. Empowered by dark magics, they utilize runes similar to those seen with death knights and the scourge to empower themselves.

Graven Ones utilize a unique form of necromancy, choosing instead to focus on a single undead minion, rather than conjuring an army. This minion can vary in capabilities, and is usually unique to each graven one. Many create undead casters, who can bombard the field from afar while the graven one slashes through in melee. Others might create a powerful skeleton warrior who fights side by side with their master. The graven one can destroy their minion to restore themselves, though they must spend 1 OOC week remaking their minion afterwards.

[Master] Once the graven one has mastered their dark rituals, those living become undead, gaining all of the dark boons that come with it. Furthermore, the graven one learns to draw out every last drop of their energy spent within their minion. If the battle is turning grim, and the graven one should perish, their minion will shatter. Upon doing so, the graven one will be restored to undeath once more. Once used in this way, the graven one must spend 1 OOC month rebuilding their minion anew.

### Notes and Other Information

The capturing of a graven ones soul upon death prevents their resurrection in the case of their mastery feat.

The graven one seeks to improve themselves as well as their minion. Their bone weapon, as well as their conjured bone armor will transform and be altered with just as much as their minion will. The graven one may even go so far as to experiment on their own bodies! Your flavor of graven one may vary.