Black Hobbits: Variant Classic D&D Class

A variant class inspired by posts by two of my favorite bloggers here and here.

Black Hobbits

Requirements: DEX 9, CON 9

Prime Requisite: STR and DEX

Hit Dice: 1d6

Maximum Level: 8

From Monsters! Monsters!:

“[Black Hobbits] does not refer to their skin tone, but rather to their political affiliations. They are physically the same as other hobbits, but are not nice people...Unlike normal hobbits, black hobbits hair is black and wiry, and they are fully bearded (like dwarves).”

Black hobbits are outwardly plain, ordinary halflings--who have secretly devoted their dark little hearts to the cause of Chaos. Indeed their devotion to the cause runs so deep that all black hobbits are required to join the local branch of the Chaos Party (though the inherent divisiveness of such an organization has lead to a vast confusing array of splinter groups, internal tendencies, factions, and rump groups.)

Black hobbits share the same abilities and limitations as their comfort and law-loving brethren, though they possess a few special abilties particular to their class. At second level a black hobbit learns the ability of Agitation, a skill in which they can temporarily raise their Charisma score to 18 once a day when exhorting others to perform acts of mischief and mayhem. At 4^th level they can do this twice a day, at 8^th three times.

They also gain the ability at third level to manufacture little round black bombs, a small hand-held explosive device that deals out 1d8+1 damage in a 10-foot range. They can make one such bomb per week and 30 gp worth of material. At sixth level they can begin to make two bombs a week.

Black Hobbit Level Progression
Experience	Level	Hit Dice (1d6)
0	1	1
2,100	2	2
4,200	3	3
8,400	4	4
16,800	5	5
33,600	6	6
67,200	7	7
134,000	8	8