Warforged Juggernaut

Description:

Some see the warforged race as soldiers, built and trained, to follow orders and march into the face of certain death. While this is not true for all warforged, many do follow that path and none do it more readily than the warforged juggernaut. As a machine of war, the warforged juggernaut is deadly combination of nearly unstoppable force and fierce battle-hardened skill. Known for charging into enemy lines, or through enemy barricades, the warforged juggernaut is devastating in his ability to bring the battle to his foes.

Role: A warforged juggernaut is a powerhouse of force; a nearly unstoppable machine that charges headlong into battle. Between his already considerable martial training, his armored plating and his aptitude for literally running people down, he is the ultimate breacher. Doors, gates and even some stone walls have been known to be laid in ruin from the oncoming engine of a juggernaut. Apt in both dealing and withstanding damage, a warforged juggernaut makes for a good, if strait-forward, front line warrior.

Source: ECB, pg. 84

Alignment: Most warforged juggernauts do not have much in the way of involved moral outlooks. More often than not, they are just there to smash whatever needs smashing. As such, many of them are neutral. This is not to say that they revert back to mindless constructs. A few are known to be dedicated beacons of justice, or as unyielding as the iron hand of the law, just as a few revel in the bloodshed that they are perfectly suited for. They just like to keep things simple.

Hit Dice: d12

Requirements:

To qualify to become a warforged juggernaut, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.

Race: Medium-sized or larger Warforged

Base Attack Bonus: +5.

Feats: Adamantine Body alternate racial trait, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Damage Reduction, Improved Overrun, Power Attack

Class Skills:

The warforged juggernaut's class skills (and the key abilities for each skill) are Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Intimidate (Chr), Survival (Wis) and Swim (Str).

Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier.

Table: The Warforged Juggernaut

Class Features:

All of the following are class features of the warforged juggernaut prestige class.

Weapons and Armor Proficiency: Warforged juggernauts gain no proficiency with any weapons, armor or shields.

Construct Momentum (Ex): At 1st level, the warforged juggernaut gains a racial bonus equal to his class level to his CMB and CMD for making or resisting bull rush and overrun maneuvers.

Bonus Feats: Starting at 1st level, the warforged gains a number of feats as bonus feats, even if he would not normally qualify for them. At 1st level, he gains the Powerful Charge and Spiked Body feats. At 2nd level, he gains the Improved Resiliency feat. At 3rd level, he gains the Bull Rush Strike and Charge Through feats and at 4th level, he gains the Improved Fortification feat. If he already has any of these feats, he does not get any duplicated feat slot back to re-spend.

Improved Construct Momentum (Ex): At 3rd level, the warforged juggernaut gains a +5' racial bonus to his land movement rate, but only when charging, attempting a bull rush maneuver or attempting an overrun maneuver. Whenever you succeed at a bull rush or overrun maneuver, you can make an attack roll with the armor spikes provided by the Spiked Body feat as a swift action. This attack is made using your highest attack bonus.

Greater Construct Momentum (Ex): At 5th level, the warforged juggernaut gains an additional +5' (for a total of +10') racial bonus to his land movement rate, but only when charging, attempting a bull rush maneuver or attempting an overrun maneuver.

Powerful Build: At 5th level, the warforged juggernaut increases slightly in height and significantly in width and weight. This allows the warforged juggernaut to act in many ways as one size category larger than he actually is. Whenever the warforged juggernaut is subject to a size modifier or special size modifier for a Combat Maneuver Bonus or Combat Maneuver Defense, the warforged juggernaut is treated as one size larger if doing so is advantageous to him. The warforged juggernaut is also considered to be one size larger when determining whether a creature's special attacks based on size (such as grab or swallow whole) can affect him.

A warforged juggernaut can use weapons designed for a creature one size larger without penalty. He also counts as one size larger for the purposes of unarmed damage or additional damage based on size, like from Powerful Charge. However, his space and reach remain those of a creature of his actual size. Lastly, this does allow the warforged juggernaut to qualify for feats that would normally require the next larger size category. These benefits stack with effects, powers, abilities and spells that change the subject's size category.