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	In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid already has the worst list for a core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).		In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid already has the worst list for a core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).

			{{D&D3e-Prestige Classes}}

			==Pathfinder==
	[[Pathfinder]]'s ''Advanced Player’s Guide'' introduces "Blight Druid" as a Druid archetype. This archetype covers, rather than the anti-nature for its own sake crazies that Blighter did, Druids that embrace natural decay ([[Planescape: Torment\|"ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM"]]). This version is actually pretty fine, mostly because, aside from the Druid archetype standard (that is likely why you’re taking the archetype) of requiring you pick from a different list of domains, it only changes secondary features with decent trades.		[[Pathfinder]]'s ''Advanced Player’s Guide'' introduces "Blight Druid" as a Druid archetype. This archetype covers, rather than the anti-nature for its own sake crazies that Blighter did, Druids that embrace natural decay ([[Planescape: Torment\|"ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM"]]). This version is actually pretty fine, mostly because, aside from the Druid archetype standard (that is likely why you’re taking the archetype) of requiring you pick from a different list of domains, it only changes secondary features with decent trades.

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	A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often. On the other hand there is a certain type of player who would enjoy leaning into the whole Saturday morning cartoon villain aspect of it given the chance, shame the class as a whole is kinda terrible.		A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often. On the other hand there is a certain type of player who would enjoy leaning into the whole Saturday morning cartoon villain aspect of it given the chance, shame the class as a whole is kinda terrible.

	In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid ~~was~~ already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).		In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid already has the worst list for a core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).

	[[Pathfinder]]'s ''Advanced Player’s Guide'' introduces "Blight Druid" as a Druid archetype. This archetype covers, rather than the anti-nature for its own sake crazies that Blighter did, Druids that embrace natural decay ([[Planescape: Torment\|"ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM"]]). This version is actually pretty fine, mostly because, aside from the Druid archetype standard (that is likely why you’re taking the archetype) of requiring you pick from a different list of domains, it only changes secondary features with decent trades.		[[Pathfinder]]'s ''Advanced Player’s Guide'' introduces "Blight Druid" as a Druid archetype. This archetype covers, rather than the anti-nature for its own sake crazies that Blighter did, Druids that embrace natural decay ([[Planescape: Torment\|"ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM"]]). This version is actually pretty fine, mostly because, aside from the Druid archetype standard (that is likely why you’re taking the archetype) of requiring you pick from a different list of domains, it only changes secondary features with decent trades.

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	{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}		{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}

	A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often. On the other hand there is a certain type of player who would enjoy leaning into the whole Saturday morning cartoon villain aspect of it given the chance ~~so while uncommon~~, ~~it likely has~~ a ~~few fans~~.		A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often. On the other hand there is a certain type of player who would enjoy leaning into the whole Saturday morning cartoon villain aspect of it given the chance, shame the class as a whole is kinda terrible.

	In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).		In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).

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	{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}		{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}

	A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often.		A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often. On the other hand there is a certain type of player who would enjoy leaning into the whole Saturday morning cartoon villain aspect of it given the chance so while uncommon, it likely has a few fans.

	In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).		In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).

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	{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}		{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}

	A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy ~~nature~~ nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often.		A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often.

	In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).		In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).

1d4chan>Agiletek at 02:28, 26 September 2020

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	In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).		In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).

	[[Pathfinder]]'s ''Advanced Player’s Guide'' introduces "Blight Druid" as a Druid archetype. This archetype covers, rather than ~~cover~~ the anti-nature for its own sake crazies that Blighter did, Druids that embrace natural decay ([[Planescape: Torment\|"ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM"]]). This version is actually pretty fine, mostly because, aside from the Druid archetype standard (that is likely why you’re taking the archetype) of requiring you pick from a different list of domains, it only changes secondary features with decent trades.		[[Pathfinder]]'s ''Advanced Player’s Guide'' introduces "Blight Druid" as a Druid archetype. This archetype covers, rather than the anti-nature for its own sake crazies that Blighter did, Druids that embrace natural decay ([[Planescape: Torment\|"ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM"]]). This version is actually pretty fine, mostly because, aside from the Druid archetype standard (that is likely why you’re taking the archetype) of requiring you pick from a different list of domains, it only changes secondary features with decent trades.

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	{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}		{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}

	A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain!		A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often.

	In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is ~~outdone~~ by a cheap magic item). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal, they lose all their power! The class is so bad~~, considered one of if not the worst in the game,~~ that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module and what Heal does to undead).		In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).

	[[Pathfinder]]'s ''Advanced Player’s Guide'' introduces "Blight Druid" as a Druid archetype. This archetype covers, rather than cover the anti-nature for its own sake crazies that Blighter did, ~~is for~~ Druids that embrace natural decay ([[Planescape: Torment\|"ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM"]]). This version is actually pretty fine, mostly because, aside from the Druid archetype standard (that is likely why you’re taking the ~~class~~) of requiring you pick from a different list of domains, it only changes secondary features with decent trades.		[[Pathfinder]]'s ''Advanced Player’s Guide'' introduces "Blight Druid" as a Druid archetype. This archetype covers, rather than cover the anti-nature for its own sake crazies that Blighter did, Druids that embrace natural decay ([[Planescape: Torment\|"ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM"]]). This version is actually pretty fine, mostly because, aside from the Druid archetype standard (that is likely why you’re taking the archetype) of requiring you pick from a different list of domains, it only changes secondary features with decent trades.

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	~~A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head~~, ~~Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes~~, ~~it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated~~ to ~~being a Captain Planet villain!~~		{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}

	In [[~~3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons~~]]~~, Blighter~~ is a [[~~Prestige Class~~]] ~~from~~ [[~~Complete Divine~~]] ~~and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system~~. ~~Qualifying requires~~ the ~~user be a 5th level ex-Druid~~, ~~plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels~~ for ~~all ex-Paladin levels~~ its ~~user had,~~ for ~~a Blighter these five levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do~~. ~~What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list~~, ~~which is just a gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast~~ (Su)~~, and not needing~~ to ~~eat or drink (which is outdone by~~ a cheap magic item). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal, they lose all their power! The class is so bad, considered one of if not the worst in the game, that most fans of [[Red Hand of Doom]] strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module and what Heal does to undead).		A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain!

	[[Pathfinder]]’s Advanced Player’s Guide introduces ~~“Blight Druid”~~ as a Druid archetype. This archetype covers, rather than cover the anti-nature for its own sake crazies that Blighter did, is for Druids that embrace natural decay ([[Planescape: Torment\|~~”ENTROPY~~ HAS UNMADE ~~THEM”~~]]). This version is actually pretty fine, mostly because, aside from the Druid archetype standard (that is likely why you’re taking the class) of requiring you pick from a different list of domains, it only changes secondary features with decent trades.		In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is outdone by a cheap magic item). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal, they lose all their power! The class is so bad, considered one of if not the worst in the game, that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module and what Heal does to undead).

			[[Pathfinder]]'s ''Advanced Player’s Guide'' introduces "Blight Druid" as a Druid archetype. This archetype covers, rather than cover the anti-nature for its own sake crazies that Blighter did, is for Druids that embrace natural decay ([[Planescape: Torment\|"ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM"]]). This version is actually pretty fine, mostly because, aside from the Druid archetype standard (that is likely why you’re taking the class) of requiring you pick from a different list of domains, it only changes secondary features with decent trades.

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A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a Captain Planet villain!

In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from [[Complete Divine]] and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is outdone by a cheap magic item). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal, they lose all their power! The class is so bad, considered one of if not the worst in the game, that most fans of [[Red Hand of Doom]] strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module and what Heal does to undead).

[[Pathfinder]]’s Advanced Player’s Guide introduces “Blight Druid” as a Druid archetype. This archetype covers, rather than cover the anti-nature for its own sake crazies that Blighter did, is for Druids that embrace natural decay ([[Planescape: Torment|”ENTROPY HAS UNMADE THEM”]]). This version is actually pretty fine, mostly because, aside from the Druid archetype standard (that is likely why you’re taking the class) of requiring you pick from a different list of domains, it only changes secondary features with decent trades.

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	{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}		{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}

	A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often. On the other hand there is a certain type of player who would enjoy leaning into the whole Saturday morning cartoon villain aspect of it given the chance ~~so while uncommon~~, ~~it likely has~~ a ~~few fans~~.		A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often. On the other hand there is a certain type of player who would enjoy leaning into the whole Saturday morning cartoon villain aspect of it given the chance, shame the class as a whole is kinda terrible.

	In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).		In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).

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	A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often.		A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often. On the other hand there is a certain type of player who would enjoy leaning into the whole Saturday morning cartoon villain aspect of it given the chance so while uncommon, it likely has a few fans.

	In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).		In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).

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	{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}		{{topquote\|Let our polluting powers combine!" <br> "Super Radiation!" <br> "Deforestation!" <br> "Smog!" <br> "Toxics!" <br> "Hate!"<br> "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!\|''Captain Planet'', ''Mission to Save Earth Part I''}}

	A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy ~~nature~~ nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often.		A [[Blighter]] is to a [[Druid]] what a [[Blackguard]] is to a [[Paladin]]. Turning the whole “Revere Nature” thing on its head, Blighter seeks to actively destroy nature for its own sake rather than for civilization or whatnot. Yes, it’s an entire (Prestige/Variant) Class dedicated to being a ''Captain Planet'' villain! Compared to fiendishly empowered champions of evil, hating nature for the sake of hating nature (not even [[Defiler#Elsewhere_on_.2Ftg.2F\|ripping nature apart for power]]) is a fairly lame concept that renders Blighters less popular than the other bad-guy only class and, as a result, means they don't appear nearly as often.

	In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).		In [[3rd Edition Dungeons and Dragons]], Blighter is a [[Prestige Class]] from ''[[Complete_Book_Series#Complete_Divine_.26_Complete_Champion\|Complete Divine]]'' and notorious for being one of, if not the, worst in the system. Qualifying requires the user be a 5th level ex-Druid, plus any method of gaining an extra point of BAB (Yes, it is a non-martial class with a meaningful BAB requirement). While Blackguard gained effective levels for all ex-Paladin levels its user had, for a Blighter these five/six levels do absolutely nothing racial HD doesn’t do. What does a Blighter get for this? Spellcasting from the unique Blighter spell list, which is just a ''heavily'' gimped Druid list when Druid was already the worst core caster, a variant wildshape, which is behind the wildshape you’d have if you remained a Druid, a crappy blast (Su), and not needing to eat or drink (which is useful but acomplished by a cheap magic item that also lowers your sleep needs). Blighter spellcasting is technically accelerated, but the six dead levels needed to enter mean you’ll only break even in terms of spell levels at level 12 and don’t come ahead till level 14. Perhaps the most pathetic part of the class is that Blighters need to destroy nature to prepare their spells, so if they actually accomplish their goal of destroying all nature, they lose all their power! The class is so bad that most fans of ''[[Red Hand of Doom]]'' strongly recommend either a total rebuild of the Blighter side-villain, or rewriting him to be cursed to his current state since he hardly lives up to the supposed instant death he’s described as (especially so if the PCs remember the staff of healing they got early on in the module, and what Heal does to undead).