Where the there is power , there are mortals seeking to gain it, ; even when said power would destroy them as well, some madmen and madwomen will still cling to the opportunity. The depraved cultist is a class for the nihilist who seek seeks to end everything, the insane doomsaying cultist, the kindly pastor with a dark secret , and so on. The methods of various dark cultists are extremely different, ; some gain power in high society while other others work alone as dregs in the street, and anything in between. Not all depraved cultist cultists are interested in dying for their master, ; many believe they have escape plans, contingencies , or perhaps that their devotion will spare them, though most are usually wrong though.

|patron= Any Elder Evil

|skills= Bluff,

'''{{Anchor|Spells}}:''' A depraved cultist receive receives spells from the dark power she worship, her worships. Her caster level is equal to her character level. A depraved cultist choose chooses between her [[intelligence]], [[wisdom]] , or [[charisma]] to determine bonus spells per day and the DC of her spells. The depraved cultist cast casts spells spontaneously, she start . She starts with 4 level 0 spell spells and 4 1st level spell spells and gain gains 2 spell known each level after the first, the spell . The spells must be of the highest level she can cast or lower and may be chosen from both the Cleric spell list or the Sorcerer/Wizard spell list. A depraved cultist 's spells count as both arcane and divine, ; this require a requires an unholy symbol and incur incurs spell failure from armor or shieldshields. Choose your spells from the following list:

'''{{Anchor|Eldritch Favor}}:''' A depraved cultist gain a 'eldritch favor pool', ; she possess possesses a number of imagination point points equal to her class level + 2. She use uses her eldritch favor to pay the insight cost or madness cost of [[Dark Insight Spells (3.5e Variant Rule)|dark insight spells]] or to avoid [[Dark Insight (3.5e Variant Rule)|dark insight]] or [[Mindbreak (3.5e Variant Rule)|madness]]. Her eldritch favor pool recover recovers at the start of each days day and can be used in the following ways:

* Whenever she has to pay an insight cost when casting a spell , she may subtract a single point from her eldritch favor pool instead.* Whenever she would gain [[Mindbreak (3.5e Variant Rule)|madness]] , she can instead lose a number of points from her eldritch favor pool equal to half the madness she would take (minimum of 1).* Whenever she would gain [[Dark Insight (3.5e Variant Rule)|dark insight]], she can instead lose a number of point points in her eldritch favor pool equal to the dark insight she would have gained.

'''{{Anchor|Occultist}} :''' A 2nd level depraved cultist gain gains the [[Occultist (3.5e Feat)|occultist]] feat as a bonus feat.

'''{{Anchor|Dark Minded}} {{Ex}}:''' A 3rd level depraved cultist increase increases the amount of [[Mindbreak (3.5e Variant Rule)|madness]] she need needs before she mindbreak mindbreaks by her class level.

'''{{Anchor|Black Disciple}} {{Ex}}:''' A 4th level depraved cultist gain gains [[Black Disciple (3.5e Feat)|black idsciple]] as a bonus feat, ; if she already has it , she gain gains another [vile] feat she meet meets the prerequisites of.

'''{{Anchor|Frenzy}} {{Ex}}:''' A 5th level depraved cultist no longer [[Mindbreak (3.5e Variant Rule)|mindbreakmindbreaks]] as long ashe as she has 1 or more [[Dark Insight (3.5e Variant Rule)|dark insight]], instead ; whenever she gain gains enough [[Mindbreak (3.5e Variant Rule)|madness]] to mindbreak , she instead enter enters a frenzy, losing 20% of her hit points, 1 point of [[Dark Insight (3.5e Variant Rule)|dark insight]] , and falling under the effect of rage as a [[SRD:Barbarian|barbarian]] of her character level. After entering her frenzy , she start starts losing 2 points of [[Mindbreak (3.5e Variant Rule)|madness]] at the start of each of her turnturns, ending her frenzy once she reach reaches 0. After her frenzy end ends, she is [[SRD:Confused|''confused'']] for 1 minute, bypassing any immunity she might have.

'''{{Anchor|Eldritch Minister}}:''' A 6th level depraved cultist now extend extends vastly in power, ; her [[Dark Knowledge (3.5e Feat)|dark knowledge]] feat now extend extends to 10 [[Dark Insight (3.5e Variant Rule)|dark insight]] instead of 5.