Epic Dark Companion

Type: Class
Prerequisite: Hexblade level 4
You create an illusionary companion resembling a panther, spun from the darkness of the night. Any enemy adjacent to your Dark Companion takes a -2 penalty on it's saves and to it's AC. Your Dark Companion has no real substance and thus can't attack or otherwise affect creatures or objects. It is immune to any damage or other effects that might harm creatures, though it can be dispelled or suppressed just like a spell effect. Your Dark Companion is treated as a spell whose level is equal to 1/4 your Hexblade level.

For the Epic Hexblade the effects of the Dark Companion increase to -4 instead of -2.