The incorporeal creatures that reside in the world are often a challenge for the unprepared adventurer. Such foes are either immune or resistant to most forms of damage making them difficult to deal with. However, there are a few individuals who have learned the art of ghostwalking, in order to deal with such foes without having special gear or material.

Alignment: An ethereal hunter can be of any alignment.

Hit Die: d8.

Requirements

• Skills: Knowledge (planes) 5 ranks OR Knowledge (religion) 5 ranks
• Special:A character with the Favored Enemy (Undead) class feature does not need to meet the Skill requirement for this class.

Class Skills

Acrobatics (Dex), Climb (Str), Disguise (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (planes) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Perception (Wis), Stealth (Dex), and Survival (Wis).

Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.

Level	Base Attack	Fort	Ref	Will	Special Abilities	Spells Per Day
1st	+1	+2	+0	+2	Ghostwalk	+1 level of existing class
2nd	+2	+3	+0	+3	Ethereal Bane
3rd	+3	+3	+1	+3	Ghostsense	+1 level of existing class
4th	+4	+4	+1	+4	Ethereal Bane
5th	+5	+4	+1	+4	Corpseless Hunt	+1 level of existing class

Class Features

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The ethereal hunter gains no proficiency with any weapons or armor.

Ghostwalk (Ex): At 1st level, the ethereal hunter gains the ability to go into a state similar to being incorporeal. Activating this class feature is a free action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity.

While under the effect of ghostwalk, any weapons the character wields are treated as having the ghost touch property. Attacks from incorporeal creatures against the ethereal hunter do not ignore his natural armor, armor, and shield bonus to his armor class. Finally, the ethereal hunter can pass through solid material such as walls and doors, and is not affected by difficult terrain (although magically altered terrain will still hamper his movement). He must end his movement in an unoccupied space.

Ghostwalk lasts for one-minute per ethereal hunter level per day. This duration need not be used all at once, but must be spent in one-minute increments.

Spells Per Day: At the indicated levels, the ethereal hunter gains new spells per day as if he had gained a level in whatever spellcasting class he belonged to before adding the prestige class. He does not, however, gain other benefits a character of that class would have gained, except for additional spells per day, spells known (if he is a spontaneous spellcaster), and an increased effective level of spellcasting. If a character had more than one spellcasting class before becoming an ethereal hunter, he must decide to which class he adds the new level for purposes of determining spells per day.

Ethereal Bane (Ex): At 2nd level, an ethereal hunter gains a +2 bonus on Bluff, Knowledge, Perception, Sense Motive, and Survival checks against creatures with the incorporeal subtype. Likewise, he gets a +2 bonus on weapon attack and damage rolls against these creatures. At 4th level, these bonuses increase to +4.

The benefits from this class feature stack with bonuses from the favored enemy class feature (if any).

Ghostsense (Ex): At 3rd level, an ethereal hunter is automatically aware of any incorporeal creature within 30 feet of him, even if he cannot see the creature. The ethereal hunter is not able to pinpoint the incorporeal creature’s location with this ability.

Corpseless Hunt (Ex): At 5th level, the duration of the ethereal hunter’s ghostwalk class feature doubles, to a maximum of 10 minutes per day. Finally, whenever the ethereal hunter score a critical hit against a creature with the incorporeal subtype, he deals the maximum damage possible.

Additional Ratings
Balance:	1 2 3 4 5 ( 2 Votes )
Utility:	1 2 3 4 5 ( 2 Votes )
Clarity:	1 2 3 4 5 ( 2 Votes )