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	The Avangion prestige class has about the same entry requirements as before: Knowledge Arcana and Psionics at 24, four feats, 9th-level arcane spells and sixth-level powers, and you need to have cast Preserver Metamorphosis I. A character [[Prestige_Class#Cerebremancer\|built for the purpose]] can take their first level of Avangion at level 22. You get a d4 hit die and 2+int skill points, and you'll like it, buster, because at first level you get immunity to defiling, including an Athasian Dragon's beefed-up version, and Avangion Magic, which lets you cast spells as if you were in a better terrain than you are (which incidentally lets you cast arcane spells in places like the Obsidian Flats, or even in other planes like the Black, where it's normally impossible), and you have the option to take Con damage to lower the xp cost of epic spells, both of which get stronger as you cast further Preserver Metamorphosis spells.		The Avangion prestige class has about the same entry requirements as before: Knowledge Arcana and Psionics at 24, four feats, 9th-level arcane spells and sixth-level powers, and you need to have cast Preserver Metamorphosis I. A character [[Prestige_Class#Cerebremancer\|built for the purpose]] can take their first level of Avangion at level 22. You get a d4 hit die and 2+int skill points, and you'll like it, buster, because at first level you get immunity to defiling, including an Athasian Dragon's beefed-up version, and Avangion Magic, which lets you cast spells as if you were in a better terrain than you are (which incidentally lets you cast arcane spells in places like the Obsidian Flats, or even in other planes like the Black, where it's normally impossible), and you have the option to take Con damage to lower the xp cost of epic spells, both of which get stronger as you cast further Preserver Metamorphosis spells.

	After that, you get a level of arcane casting plus an increase to manifester level on all the even levels, and a level of manifesting plus an increase to caster level plus the same powerful Psionic Enchantment powers that the otherkin do on all the odds levels except the first, where you only get the Psionic Enchantment. Oh, and bonus feats at levels 4 and 8. All told, it's very similar to the dragon prestige class, mostly exchanging a free feat and ~~a few~~ auto-researched epic ~~spells~~ for a little extra casting and manifesting power.		After that, you get a level of arcane casting plus an increase to manifester level on all the even levels, and a level of manifesting plus an increase to caster level plus the same powerful Psionic Enchantment powers that the otherkin do on all the odds levels except the first, where you only get the Psionic Enchantment. Oh, and bonus feats at levels 4 and 8. All told, it's very similar to the dragon prestige class, mostly exchanging a free feat and an auto-researched epic spell for a little extra casting and manifesting power.

	It's interesting how the class and the epic spells are joined at the toe. You need to cast the first spell to qualify for the class, and all the spells after the first specifically need to be cast using Avangion Magic, but there's no reason you can't or shouldn't just cast the first spell and run through all ten levels of the prestige class, or just take the first level of the class and go right back to Archmage or Veiled One or something.		It's interesting how the class and the epic spells are joined at the toe. You need to cast the first spell to qualify for the class, and all the spells after the first specifically need to be cast using Avangion Magic, but there's no reason you can't or shouldn't just cast the first spell and run through all ten levels of the prestige class, or just take the first level of the class and go right back to Archmage or Veiled One or something.

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	As in previous editions, you can only cast the first three spells in a prepared ritual area that is free from defilement, and decorated with the remains of defilers and other enemies of life, and the next three require a vast, green, undefiled area and gifts from powerful good beings. Casting them requires you to expend your psionic focus and large number of power points, double the Spellcraft DC, so starting at 100 and ending at 160.		As in previous editions, you can only cast the first three spells in a prepared ritual area that is free from defilement, and decorated with the remains of defilers and other enemies of life, and the next three require a vast, green, undefiled area and gifts from powerful good beings. Casting them requires you to expend your psionic focus and large number of power points, double the Spellcraft DC, so starting at 100 and ending at 160.

	The Avangion prestige class has about the same entry requirements as before: Knowledge Arcana and Psionics at 24, four feats, 9th-level arcane spells and sixth-level powers, and you need to have cast Preserver Metamorphosis I. A character built for the purpose can take their first level of Avangion at level 22. You get a d4 hit die and 2+int skill points, and you'll like it, buster, because at first level you get immunity to defiling, including an Athasian Dragon's beefed-up version, and Avangion Magic, which lets you cast spells as if you were in a better terrain than you are, and you have the option to take Con damage to lower the xp cost of epic spells, both of which get stronger as you cast further Preserver Metamorphosis spells.		The Avangion prestige class has about the same entry requirements as before: Knowledge Arcana and Psionics at 24, four feats, 9th-level arcane spells and sixth-level powers, and you need to have cast Preserver Metamorphosis I. A character [[Prestige_Class#Cerebremancer\|built for the purpose]] can take their first level of Avangion at level 22. You get a d4 hit die and 2+int skill points, and you'll like it, buster, because at first level you get immunity to defiling, including an Athasian Dragon's beefed-up version, and Avangion Magic, which lets you cast spells as if you were in a better terrain than you are (which incidentally lets you cast arcane spells in places like the Obsidian Flats, or even in other planes like the Black, where it's normally impossible), and you have the option to take Con damage to lower the xp cost of epic spells, both of which get stronger as you cast further Preserver Metamorphosis spells.

	After that, you get a level of arcane casting plus an increase to manifester level on all the even levels, and a level of manifesting plus an increase to caster level plus the same powerful Psionic Enchantment powers that the otherkin do on all the odds levels except the first, where you only get the Psionic Enchantment. Oh, and bonus feats at levels 4 and 8. All told, it's very similar to the dragon prestige class, mostly exchanging a free feat and a few auto-researched epic spells for a little extra casting and manifesting power.		After that, you get a level of arcane casting plus an increase to manifester level on all the even levels, and a level of manifesting plus an increase to caster level plus the same powerful Psionic Enchantment powers that the otherkin do on all the odds levels except the first, where you only get the Psionic Enchantment. Oh, and bonus feats at levels 4 and 8. All told, it's very similar to the dragon prestige class, mostly exchanging a free feat and a few auto-researched epic spells for a little extra casting and manifesting power.

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3.5 Avangions

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	The basically-official Athas.org has released a plethora of free 3.5 content for Dark Sun, and in their Legends of Athas book, basically their version of the Epic Level Handbook, they included full writeups for both Athasian Dragons and Avangions. An Avangion is both a race and an epic prestige class - in that order. The Metamorphosis spells are now epic spells, with DCs starting at 50 and ending at 80, using the new Metamorphosis epic spell seed (Transmutation, obviously).		The basically-official Athas.org has released a plethora of free 3.5 content for Dark Sun, and in their Legends of Athas book, basically their version of the Epic Level Handbook, they included full writeups for both Athasian Dragons and Avangions. An Avangion is both a race and an epic prestige class - in that order. The Metamorphosis spells are now epic spells, with DCs starting at 50 and ending at 80, using the new Metamorphosis epic spell seed (Transmutation, obviously).

	The first such spell makes you an immortal Aberration - which is really easy to do with the Metamorphosis seed. And to think, some dummies become liches instead. The second one gives you DR 5/- and both spell resistance and power resistance that scales with your HD. The third one bumps that up, and gives you a permanent fly speed of 60 (Good). This isn't even mentioning the at-will spell-likes or the deflection bonus to AC, which starts off kind of meager but hits 12 by the end.		The first such spell makes you an immortal Aberration - which is really easy to do with the Metamorphosis seed. And to think, some dummies become [[Lich\|liches]] instead. The second one gives you DR 5/- and both spell resistance and power resistance that scales with your HD. The third one bumps that up, and gives you a permanent fly speed of 60 (Good). This isn't even mentioning the at-will spell-likes or the deflection bonus to AC, which starts off kind of meager but hits 12 by the end.

	As in previous editions, you can only cast the first three spells in a prepared ritual area that is free from defilement, and decorated with the remains of defilers and other enemies of life, and the next three require a vast, green, undefiled area and gifts from powerful good beings. Casting them requires you to expend your psionic focus and large number of power points, double the Spellcraft DC, so starting at 100 and ending at 160.		As in previous editions, you can only cast the first three spells in a prepared ritual area that is free from defilement, and decorated with the remains of defilers and other enemies of life, and the next three require a vast, green, undefiled area and gifts from powerful good beings. Casting them requires you to expend your psionic focus and large number of power points, double the Spellcraft DC, so starting at 100 and ending at 160.
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	[[File:3.5 Avangion.png]]		[[File:3.5 Avangion.png]]

	==4e Avangions==		==4e Avangions==
	[[File:Avangion 4E.jpg\|thumb\|left\|4th edition illustration of an Avangion, possibly of [[thri-kreen]] stock.]]		[[File:Avangion 4E.jpg\|thumb\|left\|4th edition illustration of an Avangion, possibly of [[thri-kreen]] stock.]]

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	It's interesting how the class and the epic spells are joined at the toe. You need to cast the first spell to qualify for the class, and all the spells after the first specifically need to be cast using Avangion Magic, but there's no reason you can't or shouldn't just cast the first spell and run through all ten levels of the prestige class, or just take the first level of the class and go right back to Archmage or Veiled One or something.		It's interesting how the class and the epic spells are joined at the toe. You need to cast the first spell to qualify for the class, and all the spells after the first specifically need to be cast using Avangion Magic, but there's no reason you can't or shouldn't just cast the first spell and run through all ten levels of the prestige class, or just take the first level of the class and go right back to Archmage or Veiled One or something.

			[[File:3.5 Avangion.png]]
	==4e Avangions==		==4e Avangions==
	[[File:Avangion 4E.jpg\|thumb\|left\|4th edition illustration of an Avangion, possibly of [[thri-kreen]] stock.]]		[[File:Avangion 4E.jpg\|thumb\|left\|4th edition illustration of an Avangion, possibly of [[thri-kreen]] stock.]]

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	'''Final (30th level):''' To cast this spell, the preserver must make an area of lush vegetation (crops, scrubgrass, forests, or any combination) at least five miles in diameter. The preparation time for the spell equals the time it takes the preserver to create these lush lands. At the time of casting, the lush lands must be free of evil creatures. The material components for the spell are a diamond of no less than 10,000 gp value with which to capture the life-giving qualities of sunlight, a stone tomb large enough to hold the preserver's body, and a perfectly sealed glass case built around the tomb. The casting time is one round. Upon casting, the preserver/avangion, diamond, and stone tomb disappear, bound for planes unknown. The DM then secretly rolls 2d12 - this is the number of months before the return of the preserver, in final avangion form, to the glass case. If the glass case is damaged in the meantime, the avangion is lost to oblivion. Only the DM knows how long the final stage takes. The player uses another character from the character tree in the interim.		'''Final (30th level):''' To cast this spell, the preserver must make an area of lush vegetation (crops, scrubgrass, forests, or any combination) at least five miles in diameter. The preparation time for the spell equals the time it takes the preserver to create these lush lands. At the time of casting, the lush lands must be free of evil creatures. The material components for the spell are a diamond of no less than 10,000 gp value with which to capture the life-giving qualities of sunlight, a stone tomb large enough to hold the preserver's body, and a perfectly sealed glass case built around the tomb. The casting time is one round. Upon casting, the preserver/avangion, diamond, and stone tomb disappear, bound for planes unknown. The DM then secretly rolls 2d12 - this is the number of months before the return of the preserver, in final avangion form, to the glass case. If the glass case is damaged in the meantime, the avangion is lost to oblivion. Only the DM knows how long the final stage takes. The player uses another character from the character tree in the interim.

			==3.5 Avangions==
			The basically-official Athas.org has released a plethora of free 3.5 content for Dark Sun, and in their Legends of Athas book, basically their version of the Epic Level Handbook, they included full writeups for both Athasian Dragons and Avangions. An Avangion is both a race and an epic prestige class - in that order. The Metamorphosis spells are now epic spells, with DCs starting at 50 and ending at 80, using the new Metamorphosis epic spell seed (Transmutation, obviously).

			The first such spell makes you an immortal Aberration - which is really easy to do with the Metamorphosis seed. And to think, some dummies become liches instead. The second one gives you DR 5/- and both spell resistance and power resistance that scales with your HD. The third one bumps that up, and gives you a permanent fly speed of 60 (Good). This isn't even mentioning the at-will spell-likes or the deflection bonus to AC, which starts off kind of meager but hits 12 by the end.

			As in previous editions, you can only cast the first three spells in a prepared ritual area that is free from defilement, and decorated with the remains of defilers and other enemies of life, and the next three require a vast, green, undefiled area and gifts from powerful good beings. Casting them requires you to expend your psionic focus and large number of power points, double the Spellcraft DC, so starting at 100 and ending at 160.

			The Avangion prestige class has about the same entry requirements as before: Knowledge Arcana and Psionics at 24, four feats, 9th-level arcane spells and sixth-level powers, and you need to have cast Preserver Metamorphosis I. A character built for the purpose can take their first level of Avangion at level 22. You get a d4 hit die and 2+int skill points, and you'll like it, buster, because at first level you get immunity to defiling, including an Athasian Dragon's beefed-up version, and Avangion Magic, which lets you cast spells as if you were in a better terrain than you are, and you have the option to take Con damage to lower the xp cost of epic spells, both of which get stronger as you cast further Preserver Metamorphosis spells.

			After that, you get a level of arcane casting plus an increase to manifester level on all the even levels, and a level of manifesting plus an increase to caster level plus the same powerful Psionic Enchantment powers that the otherkin do on all the odds levels except the first, where you only get the Psionic Enchantment. Oh, and bonus feats at levels 4 and 8. All told, it's very similar to the dragon prestige class, mostly exchanging a free feat and a few auto-researched epic spells for a little extra casting and manifesting power.

			It's interesting how the class and the epic spells are joined at the toe. You need to cast the first spell to qualify for the class, and all the spells after the first specifically need to be cast using Avangion Magic, but there's no reason you can't or shouldn't just cast the first spell and run through all ten levels of the prestige class, or just take the first level of the class and go right back to Archmage or Veiled One or something.

	==4e Avangions==		==4e Avangions==

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	While statted out back in 2e alongside its Defiler counterpart, it's pointed out that ''unlike'' the Dragon of Tyr, the creation of an Avangion is just a ''theoretical possibility''; no one has actually completed the necessary steps to turn into one as, much like the phases of turning into a Dragon, each phase is fraught with the chance to outright ''fail''.		While statted out back in 2e alongside its Defiler counterpart, it's pointed out that ''unlike'' the Dragon of Tyr, the creation of an Avangion is just a ''theoretical possibility''; no one has actually completed the necessary steps to turn into one as, much like the phases of turning into a Dragon, each phase is fraught with the chance to outright ''fail''.

	On the bright side, at the very least none of the phases turn the Avangion into a raging ball of [[RAGE]] and [[Rip and Tear\|MURDER]].		On the bright side, at the very least none of the phases turn the Avangion into a raging ball of [[RAGE]] and [[Rip and Tear\|MURDER]], and is much less likely to outright kill you.

	Not for the lack of trying however. So far, there's only a single named NPC who's working towards becoming an Avangion: Oronis, the Sorcerer-King of Kurn, the only of his fellows who felt remorse at the atrocities he committed under [[Rajaat]], and worked to truly make up for what he did. Depending on the source, he's already halfway there, or managed to complete his apotheosis into one.		Not for the lack of trying however. So far, there's only a single named NPC who's working towards becoming an Avangion: Oronis, the Sorcerer-King of Kurn, the only of his fellows who felt remorse at the atrocities he committed under [[Rajaat]], and worked to truly make up for what he did. Depending on the source, he's already halfway there, or managed to complete his apotheosis into one.

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	On the bright side, at the very least none of the phases turn the Avangion into a raging ball of [[RAGE]] and [[Rip and Tear\|MURDER]].		On the bright side, at the very least none of the phases turn the Avangion into a raging ball of [[RAGE]] and [[Rip and Tear\|MURDER]].

	Not for the lack of trying however. So far, there's only a single named NPC who's working towards becoming an Avangion: Oronis, the Sorcerer-King of Kurn, the only of his fellows who felt remorse at the atrocities he committed under [[Rajaat]], and worked to truly make up for what he did. Depending on the source, he's already halfway there, or managed to ~~completely~~ complete his apotheosis into one.		Not for the lack of trying however. So far, there's only a single named NPC who's working towards becoming an Avangion: Oronis, the Sorcerer-King of Kurn, the only of his fellows who felt remorse at the atrocities he committed under [[Rajaat]], and worked to truly make up for what he did. Depending on the source, he's already halfway there, or managed to complete his apotheosis into one.

	If you're one of the ones working under the idea that Oronis actually ''succeeded'', then his very existence becomes a veritable game-changer for Tyr, and the setting in general, as it represents [[Noblebright\|the first real chance for the environment of Athas to completely recover]]. Not that it makes things any easier -- not only is the Dragon of Tyr still around, but Oronis would stand alone against all other Sorcerer-Kings and their forces. But in Athas, some hope is better than no hope at all.		If you're one of the ones working under the idea that Oronis actually ''succeeded'', then his very existence becomes a veritable game-changer for Tyr, and the setting in general, as it represents [[Noblebright\|the first real chance for the environment of Athas to completely recover]]. Not that it makes things any easier -- not only is the Dragon of Tyr still around, but Oronis would stand alone against all other Sorcerer-Kings and their forces. But in Athas, some hope is better than no hope at all.

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AD&D Avangions

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	==AD&D Avangions==		==AD&D Avangions==
	[[File:Oronis color.jpg\|right\|300px\|thumb\|Oronis]]		[[File:Oronis color.jpg\|right\|300px\|thumb\|Oronis, probably a level 23 avangion]]
	As you might expect from the above, becoming an Avangion is '''not''' easy. To qualify for the Avangion "class", you need to be a [[human]] [[Wizard\|Preserver]] of 20th level with [[Intelligence]] 18, [[Wisdom]] 17, [[Constitution]] 15 and [[Charisma]] 16.		As you might expect from the above, becoming an Avangion is '''not''' easy. To qualify for the Avangion "class", you need to be a [[human]] [[Wizard\|Preserver]] of 20th level with [[Intelligence]] 18, [[Wisdom]] 17, [[Constitution]] 15 and [[Charisma]] 16.