The perfect wight is a master of skulking, the ultimate prowler and thief. She has transcended the extraordinary, honing her talents to supernatural levels. She can bypass any protection and slip through any defense. Few see her coming, and she does not leave evidence of her passing. She quite literally is a shadow in the night.

Only the sneakiest and stealthiest of characters can become a perfect wight, so rogues are the most likely candidates. Assassins sometimes enhance their own skills by spending some time as a perfect wight, although the perfect wight's focus on stealth and evasion comes at the expense of some offensive abilities. Few other classes ever excel at the talents necessary to become perfect wights, although the occasional sorcerer or wizard might find herself in a position to do so.

Perfect wights are true thieves, cat burglars in the extreme. They have heightened the art of breaking and entering to a new level, and they consider it an exciting challenge to test their mettle against the best security to multiverse has to offer. Most operate solo, although some may work with a group or perhaps use their talents to aid in protecting rather than stealing.

Hit Die: d6.

REQUIREMENTS

To qualify to become a perfect wight, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.

Skills: Hide 24 ranks, Move Silently 24 ranks.
Epic Feats: Self-Concealment.
Special: Sneak attack +10d6.

CLASS SKILLS

The perfect wight's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Appraise (Int), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Disable Device (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Gather Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Innuendo (Wis), Intuit Direction (Wis), Jump (Str), Knowledge (any) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Open Lock (Dex), Search (Int), Spot (Wis), Tumble (Dex), and Use Rope (Dex).

Skill Points at Each Level: 8 + Int modifier.

Perfect Wight Level	Special
1st	Greater invisibility 1/day
2nd	Improved legerdemain 1/day
3rd	Incorporeal 1/day
4th	Shadow form 1/day
5th	Bonus feat
6th	Greater invisibility 2/day
7th	Improved legerdemain 2/day
8th	Incorporeal 2/day
9th	Shadow form 2/day
10th	Bonus feat

CLASS FEATURES

The following are class features of the perfect wight prestige class.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A perfect wight gains no proficiency with any weapons, armor, or shields.
Improved Invisibility (Su): Starting at 1st level, the perfect wight gains the benefit of improved invisibility once per day, plus one additional time per day every five levels thereafter (6th, 11th, 16th, and so on). The improved invisibility is as the spell cast by a 20th-level caster.
Improved Legerdemain (Su): A perfect wight can perform the following class skills at a range of 30 feet: Disable Device, Open Lock, Pick Pocket, and Search. If desired, the perfect wight can take 10 on the check. Any object manipulated during the skill check must weigh 100 pounds or less. Alternatively, the perfect wight can use improved legerdemain to make one melee sneak attack against any creature within 30 feet. The perfect wight executes the sneak attack (or death attack, if applicable) as if attacking from a flanking position. If the attack is successful, the victim is dealt the appropriate sneak attack damage despite the fact that the perfect wight and her weapon do not physically cross the intervening distance. A perfect wight can use improved leg- erdemain once per day at 2nd level, plus one additional time per day every five levels thereafter (7th, 12th, 17th, and so on).
Incorporeal (Su): At 3rd level, the perfect wight can become incorporeal once per day, plus one additional time per day every five levels thereafter (8th, 13th, 18th, and so on). A perfect wight can remain incorporeal for a number of rounds equal to 20 + her perfect wight level. As an incorporeal creature, the perfect wight can be harmed only by other incorporeal creatures, +1 or better magic weapons, and spells, spell-like abilities, and supernatural abilities. She is immune to all nonmagical attack forms. Even when hit by spells or magic weapons, the perfect wight has a 50% chance to ignore any damage from a corporeal source (except for force effects, such as magic missile, or attacks made with ghost touch weapons). An incorporeal perfect wight has no natural armor but has a deflection bonus equal to her Charisma modifier (always at least +1, even if her Charisma score does not normally provide a bonus).
An incorporeal perfect wight can pass through solid objects at will, but not force effects. Her attack passes through (ignores) natural armor, armor, and shields, although deflection bonuses and force effects (such as mage armor) work normally against it. An incorporeal perfect wight moves silently and cannot be heard with Listen checks if she doesn't wish to be. While incorporeal, the perfect wight has no Strength score, so her Dexterity modifier applies to both her melee and her ranged attacks.
Shadow Form (Su): At 4th level, the perfect wight can take shadow form once per day, plus one additional time per day every five levels thereafter (9th, 14th, 19th, and so on). The perfect wight's shadow form lasts 1 minute per level of the prestige class. The shadow form is the ultimate expression of the perfect wight's power. She is incorporeal (see above), she is immune to critical hits, and she can fly at a speed of 100 feet (good).
The perfect wight can also use the substance of her own shadow to enhance her effective level on any attack roll, check, or saving throw. Drawing power from her own shadow form deals the perfect wight 7 points of damage for each + 1 bonus on a single roll or +1 effective level for any other single use. For example, a perfect wight could add a +5 bonus on her next attack roll or saving throw, but in doing so she takes 35 points of damage.
Bonus Feats: The perfect wight gets a bonus feat at 5th level and an additional bonus feat every five levels thereafter (10th, 15th, 20th, and so on). These bonus feats must be selected from the following list: Blinding Speed, Combat Archery, Dexterous Fortitude, Dexterous Will, Epic Dodge, Epic Reputation, Epic Skill Focus, Epic Speed, Improved Combat Reflexes, Improved Sneak Attack, Legendary Climber, Lingering Damage, Self-Concealment, Sneak Attack of Opportunity, Spellcasting Harrier, Superior Initiative, Trap Sense, Uncanny Accuracy.