(PRESTIGE CLASS)
The Harpers are a secret society. Members are dedicated to holding back evil, preserving knowledge and maintaining the balance between civilization and the wild. The Harper Scout performs many duties including espionage, stealth and reporting information.

- Hit Die: d6.
- Proficiencies: Simple weapons and light armor.
- Skill Points: 4 + Int Modifier.
- Primary saving throw(s): Reflex, Will
- Base attack bonus: Medium (+3/4 levels)
- Spellcasting: Arcane (Charisma-based, no spell preparation, spell failure from armor is a factor, you learn spells on level up like a Bard)

REQUIREMENTS:

Alignment: Any non-evil.
Skills: Discipline 4 ranks, Search 4 ranks, Lore 6 ranks, Persuade 8 ranks.
Feats: Alertness, Iron Will.

ABILITIES:

Level
1: Bardic Knowledge: Bonus to identifying items with a lore skill bonus equal to your Harper level.
 1st Favored Enemy. As the Ranger ability, you gain increased bonuses as the number of enemies selected increases.
2: Deneir's Eye - +2 bonus to saving throws vs. traps.
3: Tymora's Smile - +2 bonus on all saves, once per day. This bonus increases by +2 every 3 additional levels.
4: Lliira's Heart - +2 bonus to saving throws vs. mind affecting spells.
 2nd Favored Enemy
5: Craft Harper Item - Create magical potions.
6: Scrounger - The harper scout's crafting skills continue to improve, he/she gets a +2 bonus on all Craft (armor, weapon, trap) checks. This improves by an additional +2 for every 2 levels past 6th.
7: Skill Focus: Perform
 Skill Focus: Lore
8: 3rd Favored Enemy
10: Master Crafter: At 10th level, the Harper Scout becomes a master of crafting. His indepth knowledge of the crafting skills and secret harper lore allows the character to craft powerful weapons and armor no other class has access to.

EPIC LEVELS:

You have become an expert in espionage and crafting, honing your skills against specific enemies and providing intelligence to your allies.

Hit Die: d8
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4+ Int Modifier
Bonus Feats: The epic Harper gains a bonus feat every five levels after 20th
Special: Tymora's smile continues to gain a saving throw bonus every 3 levels.
New Favoured Enemies may be chosen every 4th level (12, 16, 20, etc.)

Epic Harper Scout Bonus Feats List:
Curse Song, Epic Skill Focus (all but animal empathy, perform, use magic device), Epic Will, Great Charisma, Great Dexterity, Improved Combat Casting, Lasting Inspiration.

Spells available:

1st: Camouflage, Charm Person, Light, Ultravision, Sleep, Expeditious Retreat, Grease, Identify, Resistance
2nd: Cat's Grace, Eagle's Splendor, Invisibility, Knock, See Invisibility, Ghostly Visage, Web, Hold Person
3rd: Clairaudience/Clairvoyance, Mass Camouflage, Charm Monster, Find Traps, Displacement

1st level—change self, charm person, comprehend languages,  erase, feather fall, jump, light, message, mount, read magic, scatterspray, sleep, spider climb.

2nd level—cat’s grace, darkvision, detect thoughts, eagle’s splendor, invisibility, knock, locate object, magic mouth, misdirection, see invisibility, shadow mask.

3rd level—clairaudience/clairvoyance, nondetection, suggestion, tongues, undetectable alignment.

Harper scouts are members of the Harpers, a secret society dedicated to holding back evil, preserving knowledge, and maintaining the balance between civilization and the wild.

Requirements

Skills: Bluff 4 ranks , Diplomacy 8 ranks , Knowledge (local) 4 ranks , Perform 5 ranks , Sense Motive 2 ranks , Wilderness Lore 2 ranks

Feats: Alertness , Iron Will

Alignment: Any nonevil.
Special: Sponsorship by a member of the Harpers, approval of the High Harpers.

Hit die

d6

Skill points

4 + Int

Class Features

All the following are class features of the Harper scout prestige class.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A Harper scout is proficient with all simple weapons and light armor.

Spells per Day: Beginning at 1st level, a Harper scout gains the ability to cast a small number of arcane spells. The Harper scout's ability to cast these spells works exactly like a bard's ability to cast spells. (They are Charisma-based and do not need to be prepared.)

A 1st-level Harper scout learns two spells from the Harper scout 1st-level spell list. She learns two new Harper scout spells of any spell level she can cast at each Harper scout level thereafter. There is no limit to the number of these spells the Harper scout can know from this list. She may learn more by studying arcane scrolls or spellbooks.

Harper Knowledge: Like a bard, a Harper scout has a knack for picking up odds and ends of knowledge. This ability works exactly like the bardic knowledge ability of the bard class. If a Harper scout has bard levels, her Harper scout levels and bard levels stack for the purpose of using bardic knowledge.

Favored Enemy: A Harper scout selects a favored enemy from the following list of evil organizations that oppose the Harpers' goals: the Church of Bane, the Cult of the Dragon, the Iron Throne, the malaugryms, the Red Wizards, or the Zhentarim. The ability works exactly like the favored enemy ability of the ranger class. If a Harper scout with ranger levels chooses a favored enemy that she already has chosen as a ranger, the bonuses stack.

When the Harper scout reaches 4th level, the bonus against her first favored enemy increases to +2, and she gains a new favored enemy at +1.

Deneir's Eye (Su): A Harper scout gains a +2 holy bonus on saving throws against glyphs, runs, and symbols.

Skill Focus: A Harper scout gains the Skill Focus feat for her Perform skill and any one other Harper scout class skill.

Tymora's Smile (Su): Once per day, a Harper scout can add a +2 luck bonus on a single saving throw. This bonus can be added after the die is rolled and after success or failure of the unmodified roll is determined.

Lliirra's Heart (Su):* A Harper scout gains a +2 holy bonus on saving throws against compulsion and fear effects.

Craft Harper Item: A specialized form of the Craft Wondrous Item feat, this allows a Harper scout to create magic musical instruments, Harper pins, and certain potions (Charisma, detect thoughts, glibness, tongues, and truth). This ability replaces the need for any other item creation feat for the item. The Harper scout's casting level for these items is her Harper scout level plus all other caster levels from her other spellcasting classes. All the normal requirements for an item (such as race or spells) remain the same. All other rules for creating wondrous items or potions apply.

Ex-Harper Scouts

It is possible for a character to violate the code of conduct of the Harpers, endanger other Harpers through negligence or deliberate action, or intentionally turn away from the Harpers. Such an individual quickly gains a reputation among the other Harpers and can no longer progress in the Harper scout prestige class. Furthermore, the former Harper scout can no longer use the Deneir's eye, Lliira's hear, or Tymora's smile abilities. A petition to the High Harpers, a suitable quest decided upon by that group, and an atonement spell from a deity chosen by the High Harpers brings the former Harper scout back into good standing, and she can thereafter gain levels in the prestige class.

Advancement

Class skills

Skill name	Key ability	Trained only	Armor check penalty
Appraise	INT
Bluff	CHA
Climb	STR
Craft	INT
Diplomacy	CHA
Disguise	CHA
Escape Artist	DEX
Gather Information	CHA
Hide	DEX
Intuit Direction	Wis
Jump	STR
Knowledge	Int
Listen	WIS
Move Silently	DEX
Perform	CHA
Pick Pocket	Dex
Profession	WIS
Sense Motive	WIS
Speak Language	None
Swim	STR
Tumble	DEX