Cleric

Cleric

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"I am the will of my God made manifest upon this world. May I serve with love and loyalty."

The handiwork of the gods is everywhere, in the places of natural beauty and in mighty crusades, in the soaring temples, and in the hearts of worshipers. Like people, gods run the gamut from benevolent to malicious, reserved to intrusive, simple to inscrutable. The gods, however, work mostly through intermediaries—their clerics. Good clerics heal, protect, and avenge. Evil clerics pillage, destroy, and sabotage. A cleric uses the power of his god to make his god's will manifest. And if a cleric uses his god's power to improve his own lot, that's to be expected too.

Alignment: A cleric’s alignment must be within one step of his deity’s (that is, it may be one step away on either the lawful–chaotic axis or the good–evil axis, but not both). A cleric may not be neutral unless his deity’s alignment is also neutral.

Deities: In this setting, a cleric must choose one of Therafim's deities.

Hit Die: d8

Class Skills: (2 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level)
Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (Int), Profession (Wis), Spellcraft (Int).
Domains and Class Skills:
Please refer to this list, http://home.comcast.net/~ftm3/JHtB/domains.html

Clerics are Literate (see Languages for details).

Level BAB Fort Save Reflex Save Will Save Special 0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1st +0 +2 +0 +2 Turn or Rebuke Undead 3 1+1 - - - - - - - -
2nd +1 +3 +0 +3 - 4 2+1 - - - - - - - -
3rd +2 +3 +1 +3 - 4 2+1 1+1 - - - - - - -
4th +3 +4 +1 +4 - 4 3+1 2+1 - - - - - - -
5th +3 +4 +1 +4 - 4 3+1 2+1 1+1 - - - - - -
6th +4 +5 +2 +5 - 4 3+1 3+1 2+1 - - - - - -
7th +5 +5 +2 +5 - 4 4+1 3+1 2+1 1+1 - - - - -
8th +6/+1 +6 +2 +6 - 4 4+1 3+1 3+1 2+1 - - - - -
9th +6/+1 +6 +3 +6 - 4 4+1 4+1 3+1 2+1 1+1 - - - -
10th +7/+2 +7 +3 +7 - 4 4+1 4+1 3+1 3+1 2+1 - - - -
11th +8/+3 +7 +3 +7 - 4 4+1 4+1 4+1 3+1 2+1 1+1 - - -
12th +9/+4 +8 +4 +8 - 4 4+1 4+1 4+1 3+1 3+1 2+1 - - -
13th +9/+4 +8 +4 +8 - 4 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 3+1 2+1 1+1 - -
14th +10/+5 +9 +4 +9 - 4 4+1 4+1 4+1 4 +1 3+1 3+1 2+1 - -
15th +11/+6/+1 +9 +5 +9 - 4 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 3+1 2+1 1+1 -
16th +12/+7/+3 +10 +5 +10 - 4 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 3+1 3+1 2+1 -
17th +12/+7/+2 +10 +5 +10 - 4 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 3+1 2+1 1+1
18th +13/+8/+3 +11 +6 +11 - 4 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 3+1 3+1 2+1
19th +14/+9/+4 +11 +6 +11 - 4 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 3+1 3+1
20th +15/+10/+5 +12 +6 +12 - 4 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1 4+1

In addition to the stated number of spells per day for 1st through 9th level spells, a cleric gets a bonus domain spell for each level starting at 1st. The +1 in the entries on this table represents that spell. Domain spells are in addition to any bonus spells the cleric may receive for having a high wisdom score but must be used to cast a domain given spell.

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the cleric.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Clerics are proficient with all simple weapons, with all types of armor (light, medium, and heavy), and with shields (except tower shields).

A cleric who chooses the War domain receives the Weapon Focus feat related to his deity’s weapon as a bonus feat. He also receives the appropriate Martial Weapon Proficiency feat as a bonus feat, if the weapon falls into that category.

Aura (Ex): A cleric of a chaotic, evil, good, or lawful deity has a particularly powerful aura corresponding to the deity’s alignment (see the detect evil spell for details). Clerics who don’t worship a specific deity but choose the Chaotic, Evil, Good, or Lawful domain have a similarly powerful aura of the corresponding alignment.

Spells: A cleric casts divine spells, which are drawn from the cleric spell list. However, his alignment may restrict him from casting certain spells opposed to his moral or ethical beliefs; see Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells, below.

To cast a spell, a cleric must have a Wisdom score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a cleric’s spell is 10 + the spell level + the cleric’s Wisdom modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a cleric can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. His base daily spell allotment is given on the table above. In addition, he receives bonus spells per day if he has a high Wisdom score, see: Bonus Spells. A cleric also gets one domain spell of each spell level he can cast, starting at 1st level. When a cleric uses a spell via one of its domain spell slots, it must come from one of its domains (see Deity, Domains, and Domain Spells, below).

Clerics meditate or pray for their spells. Each cleric must choose a time at which he must spend 1 hour each day in quiet contemplation or supplication to regain his daily allotment of spells. A cleric may cast any spell on the cleric spell list, provided that he can cast spells of that level.

Like all other spellcasters in Therafim, the Cleric casts spells spontaneously proper prayers are still required to recover spent spell slots.

Deity, Domains, and Domain Spells: A cleric’s deity influences his alignment, what magic he can perform, his values, and how others see him. A cleric chooses two domains from among those belonging to his deity. A cleric can select an alignment domain (Chaos, Evil, Good, or Law) only if his alignment matches that domain.

Each domain gives the cleric access to a domain spell at each spell level he can cast, from 1st on up, as well as a granted power. The cleric gets the granted powers of both the domains selected.

With access to two domain spells at a given spell level, a cleric prepares one or the other each day in his domain spell slot. If a domain spell is not on the cleric spell list, a cleric can prepare it only in his domain spell slot.

Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells: A cleric can’t cast spells of an alignment opposed to his own or his deity’s (if he has one). Spells associated with particular alignments are indicated by the chaos, evil, good, and law descriptors in their spell descriptions.

Turn or Rebuke Undead (Su): Any cleric, regardless of alignment, has the power to affect undead creatures by channeling the power of his faith through his holy (or unholy) symbol (see Turn or Rebuke Undead).

A good cleric (or a neutral cleric who worships a good deity) can turn or destroy undead creatures. An evil cleric (or a neutral cleric who worships an evil deity) instead rebukes or commands such creatures. A neutral cleric of a neutral deity must choose whether his turning ability functions as that of a good cleric or an evil cleric. Once this choice is made, it cannot be reversed. This decision also determines whether the cleric can cast spontaneous cure or inflict spells (see above).

A cleric may attempt to turn undead a number of times per day equal to 3 + his Charisma modifier. A cleric with 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (religion) gets a +2 bonus on turning checks against undead.

Bonus Languages: A cleric’s bonus language options include Celestial, Abyssal, and Infernal (the languages of good, chaotic evil, and lawful evil outsiders, respectively). These choices are in addition to the bonus languages available to the character because of his race.

Ex-Clerics

A cleric who grossly violates the code of conduct required by his god loses all spells and class features, except for armor and shield proficiencies and proficiency with simple weapons. He cannot thereafter gain levels as a cleric of that god until he atones (see the atonement spell description).


Variant: Cloistered Cleric

The cloistered cleric spends more time than other clerics in study and prayer and less in martial training. He gives up some of the cleric's combat prowess in exchange for greater skill access and a wider range of spells devoted to knowledge (and the protection of knowledge). Most cloistered clerics are nonchaotic, since they believe that a disciplined lifestyle lends itself better to learning.

Hit Die: d6
Base Attack Bonus: The cloistered cleric's lack of martial training means that he uses the poor base attack bonus (like Wizard).

Class Skills: 6 + Int modifier (x4 at 1st level)
The cloistered cleric's class skill list includes Decipher Script, Speak Language, and all Knowledge skills (from the Knowledge domain, see below).

Class Features:
The cloistered cleric has all the standard cleric class features, except as noted below.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency:
Cloistered clerics are proficient with simple weapons and with light armor.

Lore (Ex):
Thanks to long hours of study, a cloistered cleric has a wide range of stray knowledge. This ability is identical to the bard's bardic knowledge class feature, using the cloistered cleric's class level in place of the bard level.

Deity, Domains, and Domain Spells:
Most cloistered clerics worship deities associated with knowledge and learning.

In addition to any domains selected from his deity's list, a cloistered cleric automatically gains the Knowledge domain as a bonus domain (even if the Knowledge domain is not normally available to clerics of that deity). He gains the Knowledge domain granted power and may select his bonus domain spell from the Knowledge domain or from one of his two regular domains.

Spellcasting:
Add the following spells to the cloistered cleric's class spell list: 0—message; 1st—erase, identify, unseen servant; 2nd—fox's cunning; 3rd—illusory script, secret page, tongues (reduced from 4th level); 4th—detect scrying; 6th—analyze dweomer; 7th—sequester; 9th—vision.