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Clerics and Divine Casters

Polytheist Casters - The vast majority of Clerics and other divine casters are polytheists, that is, they worship all the gods equally. They are free to choose any alignment, and any two domains. They acquire their daily spells by prayer to the deity that holds the domain for each spell. For example, to acquire a spell in the Good domain, a Cleric could pray to either Eryn, Ilya, or Descus. To acquire a spell in the Healing domain however, a Cleric would have no choice but to pray to Eryn. Spells not associated with any domain may be granted by any deity.

Monotheist Casters - These Clerics and divine casters are very rare, as they choose to acknowledge and follow only one god. They are most commonly found among the Blackbloods as followers of Xrr. Their alignment must be the same as, or one step away from, the alignment of their chosen deity. They may choose two domains, but only from the domains held by their chosen deity. They acquire their daily spells by prayer to their deity, but may not acquire spells from domains held by other deities. For the purposes of spell success, a monotheist caster's divine caster level is increased by one.

Godless Casters - There are no godless Clerics or other divine casters. To acquire spells a Cleric or other divine caster must acknowledge one or more of the gods.

 

The Pantheon

   Alignment Domains
Descus - The Binder, The Keeper of the Scrolls Lawful Good Knowledge, Law, Good
Ilya - The Water Goddess, The Pool Maiden Neutral Good Air, Water, Luck, Good
Eryn - The Mother, The Father Chaotic Good Healing, Protection, Good
Naas - The Caretaker, The Shepard Lawful Neutral Death, Magic
Rihn - The Wolf, The Gardener Neutral Animal, Plant, Sun
Jorn - The Traveler, The Explorer Chaotic Neutral Strength, Travel, Chaos
Viscus - The Dark General, The Widow Maker Lawful Evil Law, War, Evil
Gnoss - The Fire Lord, The Deceiver Neutral Evil Earth, Fire, Trickery, Evil
Xrr - The Fiend, Lord of the Wastes Chaotic Evil Chaos, Destruction, Evil

 

Casting Divine Spells

Due to the failure of divine magic, when a caster attempts to cast a divine spell their chance of success depends on the level of the spell being cast and their Divine Caster Level. A characters Divine Caster Level is combined caster level from any divine based spell-casting classes.

Supernatural Abilities: Any supernatural ability tied to an divine magic based class is treated as a 1st level spell where the Divine Caster Level is doubled (before adjustments from feats or racial traits are applied).

Spell-Like Abilities: Any spell-like ability tied to an divine magic based class is treated as having a spell level equivalent to the level of the spell the ability resembles or duplicates, where the Divine Caster Level is doubled (before adjustments from feats or racial traits are applied). 

 

Percentage chance to successfully cast Divine Spells

  Spell Level
Divine Caster Level 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 20 10 - - - - - - - -
2 35 20 - - - - - - - -
3 35 20 10 - - - - - - -
4 60 35 20 - - - - - - -
5 60 35 20 10 - - - - - -
6 80 60 35 20 - - - - - -
7 80 60 35 20 10 - - - - -
8 90 80 60 35 20 - - - - -
9 90 80 60 35 20 10 - - - -
10 95 90 80 60 35 20 - - - -
11 95 90 80 60 35 20 10 - - -
12 100 95 90 80 60 35 20 - - -
13 100 95 90 80 60 35 20 10 - -
14 100 100 95 90 80 60 35 20 - -
15 100 100 95 90 80 60 35 20 10 -
16 100 100 100 95 90 80 60 35 20 -
17 100 100 100 95 90 80 60 35 20 10
18 100 100 100 100 95 90 80 60 35 20
19 100 100 100 100 95 90 80 60 35 20
20 100 100 100 100 100 95 90 80 60 35

 

Feats

Faith
General
Prerequisites: 5 ranks in Knowledge (religion)

For the purposes of spell success, your divine caster level is increased by one.


Greater Faith
General
Prerequisites: Faith, 10 ranks in Knowledge (religion)

For the purposes of spell success, your divine caster level is increased by one. This stacks with Faith.


Divine Focus
General
Prerequisites: Faith, chosen school

Pick a school. For the purposes of spell success, your divine caster level is increased by two for spells from this school. This bonus stacks with Faith and Greater Faith.

This feat can be selected multiple times, each time with a different school.