# Cleric
# Ability Scores
Clerics gain a +2 class bonus to Wisdom or Strength, as long as it isn’t the same ability you increase with your +2 species bonus.
# Skills
Clerics get 2 skill points in any Wisdom or Strength skill like Athletics, Craft, and Perception.
# Gear
At 1st level, a cleric starts with a melee weapon, decent armor, a holy symbol, and other minor possessions suggested by their background. They might even have a crossbow.
# Gold Pieces
Clerics start with 25gp.
# Armor
| Armor Type | Base AC | Atk Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | — |
| Light | 12 | — |
| Heavy | 14 | — |
| Shield | +1 | — |
# Melee Weapons
| Weapon Type | One-Handed | Two-Handed |
|---|---|---|
| Small | LEVELd4 dagger | LEVELd6 club |
| Light or Simple | LEVELd6 mace, shortsword | LEVELd8 spear |
| Heavy or Martial | LEVELd8 (-2 atk) longsword, warhammer | LEVELd10 (–2 atk) greatsword, dire flail |
# Ranged Weapons
| Weapon Type | Thrown | Crossbow | Bow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | LEVELd4 dagger | LEVELd4 hand crossbow | — |
| Light or Simple | LEVELd6 javelin, axe | LEVELd6 light crossbow | LEVELd6 (-2 atk) shortbow |
| Heavy or Martial | — | LEVELd8 (–1 atk) heavy crossbow | LEVELd8 (–5 atk) longbow |
# Level Progression
| Cleric Level | Total Hit Points | Total Feats | 1st level spell (H) | 3rd level spell (H) | 5th level spell (H) | 7th level spell (H) | 9th level spell (H) | Level-up Ability Bonuses | Damage Bonus From Ability Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Hybrid | (Avg. of both classes) x 3 | 1 adv | 4 | — | — | — | — | Not affected | ability modifier |
| Level 1 | (7 + CON mod) x 3 | 1 adv | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ability modifier |
| Level 2 | (7 + CON mod) x 4 | 2 adv | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ability modifier |
| Level 3 | (7 + CON mod) x 5 | 3 adv | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | ability modifier |
| Level 4 | (7 + CON mod) x 6 | 4 adv | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | +1 to 3 abilities | ability modifier |
| Level 5 | (7 + CON mod) x 8 | 4 adv; 1 champ | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 x ability modifier |
| Level 6 | (7 + CON mod) x 10 | 4 adv; 2 champ | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 x ability modifier |
| Level 7 | (7 + CON mod) x 12 | 4 adv; 3 champ | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | +1 to 3 abilities | 2 x ability modifier |
| Level 8 | (7 + CON mod) x 16 | 4 adv; 3 champ; 1 epic | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | — | 4 x ability modifier |
| Level 9 | (7 + CON mod) x 20 | 4 adv; 3 champ; 2 epic | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | 4 x ability modifier |
| Level 10 | (7 + CON mod) x 24 | 4 adv; 3 champ; 3 epic | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | +1 to 3 abilities | 4 x ability modifier |
Although not listed on the table, this class gets three talents. It does not gain more at higher levels.
(H): Indicates columns in which hybrid characters lag one level behind.
# Stats at 1st Level
| Ability Bonus | +2 Strength or Wisdom (different from species bonus) |
| Initiative | Dex mod + Level |
| Armor Class (heavy armor) | 14 + middle mod of Con/Dex/Wis + Level |
| Armor Class (shield and heavy armor) | 15 + middle mod of Con/Dex/Wis + Level |
| Physical Defense | 11 + middle mod of Str/Con/Dex + Level |
| Mental Defense | 11 + middle mod of Int/Wis/Cha + Level |
| Hit Points | (7 + Con mod) x Level modifier |
| Recoveries | 7 |
| Recovery Dice | (1d10 x Level) + Con mod |
| Skills | 2, max 5 in any one skill |
| Relationships | 3 points |
| Talents | 3 |
# Basic Attacks
# Melee Attack
At-Will
Target: One enemy
Attack: Strength + Level vs. AC
Hit: WEAPON + Strength damage
Miss: Damage equal to your level
# Ranged Attack
At-Will
Target: One enemy
Attack: Dexterity + Level vs. AC
Hit: WEAPON + Dexterity damage
Miss: —
# Class Features
All clerics have the Ritual Magic class feature. They also receive a bonus spell: heal.
There are certain abilities specific to the cleric that can affect their powers:
- Cast for power and cast for broad effect: The spell can be used one of two ways—either as a more powerful effect on one target (power) or as a weaker effect on multiple targets (broad). Spells cast for power cannot target the caster. Spells cast for broad effect can.
- Free recovery: The cleric can recover hit points as if they were using a recovery (without actually spending the recovery).
- Heal using a recovery: The character targeted with a healing effect uses one of their recoveries and rolls their own recovery dice.
- Invocation: A quick action that offers advantages in battle. It can be made once a full recovery. More than one cleric in a party cannot use the same invocation during a battle.
# Heal
Close-quarters Spell
Special: You can use this spell twice per battle.
Quick Action to cast (1/round)
Target: You or one ally you are next to
Effect: The target can heal using a recovery.
# Adventurer Feat
The target can now be a nearby ally instead of an ally you are next to.
# Champion Feat
If the target of your heal spell is an ally with 0 hp or below, that ally also adds hit points equal to 1d10 x your Charisma modifier to the recovery.
# Epic Feat
When you cast heal on an ally you are next to, that ally adds +30 hp to the recovery.
# Class Talents
Choose three cleric talents/domains. Each talent/domain provides an ability that can be improved by feats. It also provides an invocation you can use as a quick action once per full recovery, per battle, per party.
# Domain: Healing
When you cast a spell that lets you or an ally heal using a recovery, the target also adds hit points equal to double your level to the recovery.
Invocation of Healing: This battle, you gain an additional use of the heal spell. The first heal spell you cast after using this invocation allows the target to heal using a free recovery instead of spending a recovery.
# Adventurer Feat
When you cast a spell that allows an ally to heal using a recovery, you can let them use one of your recoveries instead. (If you also have the Protection/Community domain, any nearby ally can expend the recovery instead of you.)
# Champion Feat
The invocation of healing gives you two additional uses of heal this battle instead of only one.
# Epic Feat
Increase the additional hit points the target heals to triple your level.
# Domain: Justice/Vengeance
Once per turn when an enemy scores a critical hit against you or a nearby ally, or drops you or a nearby ally to 0 hp or below, you gain an attack-reroll blessing. Immediately choose a nearby ally and give them the blessing as a free action.
An ally with this blessing can use it to reroll an attack as a free action this battle. An ally can only have one such blessing on them at a time.
Invocation of Justice/Vengeance: This battle, add double your level to the miss damage of your attacks and the attacks of your nearby allies. (For example, your basic melee attack as a cleric will deal triple your level as miss damage while this invocation is active.)
# Adventurer Feat
You can take the attack-reroll blessing yourself.
# Champion Feat
When you gain an attack-reroll blessing to distribute, you gain two blessings to distribute instead.
# Epic Feat
Attacks rolls from your reroll blessings gain a +4 bonus.
# Domain: Knowledge/Lore
You gain 4 additional skill points that must be used somehow in relation to knowledge or lore.
Invocation of Knowledge/Lore: You must use this invocation during your first round of a battle. When you do, you get a quick glimpse of the battle’s future. Roll a d6; as a free action at any point after the escalation die equals the number you rolled, you can allow one of your allies to reroll a single attack roll with a +2 bonus thanks to your vision of this future.
# Adventurer Feat
Once per full recovery, you can change one of your skill checks involving knowledge to a natural 20 instead. Interpret the word “knowledge” as loosely as your GM allows. GMs, be generous.
# Champion Feat
You now roll a d4 for the invocation, not a d6.
# Epic Feat
You gain a different positive relationship point each full recovery with a random deific relationship, purely because the deity has realized you know something they need to know. It changes every full recovery and it might contradict your usual deific relationships.
# Domain: Life/Death
You and your nearby allies gain a +1 bonus to death saves.
Invocation of Life/Death: This battle, you and each of your allies can each separately add the escalation die to a single save made by that character. In addition, you and your allies do not die from hit point damage when your negative hit points equal half your normal hit points. Instead, you die when your negative hit points equal your full hit points.
# Adventurer Feat
The death save bonus increases to +2.
# Champion Feat
Each battle, the first time an ally near you becomes staggered, that ally immediately heals hit points equal to twice your level.
# Epic Feat
Your first use of the resurrection spell is free, and doesn’t count against your total.
# Domain: Love/Beauty
Once per level, you can generate a one-point conflicted relationship with a heroic or ambiguous relationship you do not already have a relationship with. The relationship point remains with you until you gain a level, and then it’s time for another one-level relationship.
# Champion Feat
You gain two points in the relationship instead.
Invocation of Love/Beauty: As a free action, at some dramatic moment, you or an ally of your choice can roll a performance check for one relationship that might have an effect on the battle. The invocation’s advantage does not occur the moment you roll initiative; wait for a dramatic moment instead.
# Domain: Protection/Community
Once per battle, you can affect two additional allies when you cast a spell for broad effect.
# Adventurer Feat
Whenever you target one or more allies with a spell, one ally of your choice can roll a save against a save ends effect.
Invocation of Protection/Community: This battle, critical hits against you and your nearby allies deal normal damage instead of critical damage.
# Domain: Strength
You can wield heavy/martial weapons without an attack penalty.
# Adventurer Feat
Once per battle, you can deal extra damage to one target you hit with a melee attack as a free action. The damage bonus is a number of d4 equal to your Strength modifier or to your level, whichever is higher.
# Champion Feat
You can use d8s instead of d4s for the bonus damage dice.
# Epic Feat
Once per full recovery, you can use d20s instead of d8s for the bonus damage dice.
Invocation of Strength: This battle, you and your nearby allies deal triple damage instead of double damage on critical hits with melee attacks.
# Domain: Sun/Anti-Undead
Every attack you make deals radiant damage instead of other types of damage unless you choose otherwise for a specific attack.
# Adventurer Feat
If your attack already deals radiant damage, it gains the following bonus damage—+1 damage at adventurer tier, +2 damage at champion tier, and +3 damage at epic tier.
# Champion Feat
You gain a +2 bonus to all defenses against attacks by undead.
# Epic Feat
The invocation also affects your allies’ full recovery spells.
Invocation of Sun/Anti-Undead: When you cast a full recovery cleric spell this battle, roll a d6. If you roll less than or equal to the escalation die, you regain the use of that full recovery spell after the battle.
# Domain: Trickery/Illusion
Once per battle, as a quick action when you are engaged with an enemy, roll a d20 (your “trick die”).
As a free action before the start of your next turn, give your trick die to a nearby ally or enemy who is about to make an attack roll. The trick die result becomes the natural result of their roll instead.
# Champion Feat
Your trick die can be used for any one d20 roll, not just an attack.
# Epic Feat
You get another trick die roll to use each battle the first time the escalation die reaches 3+.
Invocation of Trickery/Illusion: This battle, attacks against you by enemies that moved to engage you during their turn miss on natural odd rolls.
# Domain: War/Leadership
Once per turn when you make a melee attack against an enemy, hit or miss, your allies gain a +1 attack bonus against that enemy until the start of your next turn.
# Adventurer Feat
The attack no longer has to be a melee attack, close and ranged attacks also work.
# Champion Feat
The bonus now applies against all enemies you attack; you no longer have to single out one foe if you use a spell that attacks multiple enemies.
# Epic Feat
Allies now also get a damage bonus against such enemies equal to double your Charisma modifier.
Invocation of War/Leadership: Increase the escalation die by 1.
# 1st Level Spells
# Bless
Ranged Spell
Full Recovery
Quick Action to cast
Effect: You can cast this spell for power or for broad effect.
Cast for power: One nearby ally gains a +2 attack bonus until the end of the battle.
Cast for broad Effect: Choose up to three nearby creatures (including you); each target gains a +1 attack bonus until the end of the battle.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Each target also gains 1d10 temporary hit points per point of the attack bonus. |
| 5th | Each target also gains 2d10 temporary hit points instead of 1d10 per point of the attack bonus. |
| 7th | All attack bonuses granted by the spell increase by +1. |
| 9th | Each target also gains 3d10 temporary hit points instead of 2d10 per point of the attack bonus. |
# Cure Wounds
Ranged Spell
Full Recovery
Quick Action to cast
Effect: You or a nearby ally can heal using a free recovery.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 3rd | The target can also roll a save against each save ends effect. |
| 5th | This spell is now recharge 16+ after battle instead of full recovery. |
| 7th | The target can heal using two free recoveries instead of one. |
| 9th | This spell is now recharge 11+ instead. |
# Hammer of Faith
Close-quarters Spell
Full Recovery
Effect: Until the end of the battle, your basic melee attacks use d12s as their base weapon damage dice.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 3rd | The spell now requires only a quick action to cast. |
| 5th | You deal half damage on misses with basic melee attacks this battle. |
| 7th | Once during the battle, you can reroll a basic melee attack. |
| 9th | For the rest of the battle, change any of your basic melee attack damage dice rolls that are less than the escalation die to the escalation die value. |
# Javelin of Faith
Ranged Spell
At-Will
Target: One nearby enemy
Attack: Wisdom + Level vs. PD
Hit: 1d6 + Wisdom radiant damage.
Miss: Damage equal to your level.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 3rd | 3d6 damage. |
| 5th | 6d6 damage. |
| 7th | 6d10 damage. |
| 9th | 8d10 damage. |
# Adventurer Feat
The spell also deals +1d6 damage against an undamaged target. At champion tier that increases to +2d6 damage; at 8th level it increases to +4d6 damage.
# Champion Feat
You can now target a far away enemy with the spell at a –2 attack penalty.
# Epic Feat
If your natural attack roll is an 18+, make the attack a second time against a different target as a free action.
# Shield of Faith
Ranged Spell
Full Recovery
Quick Action to cast
Effect: You can cast this spell for power or for broad effect.
Cast for power: One nearby ally gains a +2 bonus to AC this battle.
Cast for broad Effect: Choose up to three nearby creatures (including you); each target gains a +1 bonus to AC this battle.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 3rd | The bonus also applies to PD. |
| 5th | The bonus increases by +1 while the target is staggered. |
| 7th | The bonus also applies to MD. |
| 9th | The bonus when cast for power increases to +4. The bonus when cast for broad effect increases to +2. |
# Spirits of the Righteous
Ranged Spell
Once per battle
Target: One nearby enemy
Attack: Wisdom + Level vs. MD
Hit: 4d6 + Wisdom radiant damage, and your nearby ally with the fewest hit points gains a +4 bonus to AC until the end of your next turn.
Miss: Your nearby ally with the fewest hit points gains a +2 bonus to AC until the end of your next turn.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 3rd | 7d6 damage. |
| 5th | 7d10 damage. |
| 7th | 10d12 damage. |
| 9th | 2d8 x 10 damage. |
# Champion Feat
You also gain the bonus to AC until the end of your next turn on a hit.
# Turn Undead
Close-quarters Spell
Full Recovery
Target: 1d4 nearby undead creatures, each with 55 hp or fewer.
Attack: Wisdom + Charisma + Level vs. MD
Hit: The target is dazed until end of your next turn.
Hit by 4+: 1d10 x your level radiant damage, and the target is dazed until end of your next turn.
Hit by 8+: Against non-mooks, radiant damage equal to half the target’s maximum hit points, and the target is dazed (save ends). Against mooks, the +8 result now deals 4d10 x your level radiant damage.
Hit by 12+ or Natural 20: Against non-mooks, the target is destroyed. Against mooks, the +12 result now deals 4d20 x your level radiant damage
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Target with 90 hp or fewer. |
| 5th | Target with 150 hp or fewer. |
| 7th | Target with 240 hp or fewer. |
| 9th | Target with 400 hp or fewer. |
# Adventurer Feat
You can expend your full recovery use of turn undead to gain an additional use of heal in one battle.
# Champion Feat
You can choose to target either demons or undead with the spell (but not both with the same casting).
# Epic Feat
Increase the targeting limit by 100 hp.
# Vigilant Light
Close-quarters Spell
Full Recovery
Quick Action to Cast out of Combat
Special: While this spell is active, your head is crowned by a corona of scintillating light that spins and spits tiny beams of illumination. This pretty much makes it impossible for you to hide, though an invisibility spell might work, with difficulty.
Effect: You gain an initiative bonus equal to your Wisdom modifier, and +1d6 radiant damage to the first close-range or melee attack you hit with in battle. Hitting dispels the corona.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 3rd | Spell is now recharge 11+; bonus damage increases to +3d6. |
| 5th | Spell also affects ranged attacks; bonus damage increases to +5d6. |
| 7th | Your first attack gains a +2 attack bonus; damage bonus of first hit increases to +7d6. |
| 9th | Damage bonus increases to +9d6 and applies to your first two attacks in the battle. |
# 3rd Level Spells
# Cause Fear
Ranged Spell
Full Recovery
Target: One nearby enemy with 75 hp or fewer
Attack: Wisdom + Level vs. MD
Hit: The target is weakened until the end of its next turn. On its next turn, if it’s unengaged, it does not attack and moves away from you. If it’s engaged, the target attempts to disengage as its first action, and moves away if it succeeds. If it fails, it moves away as its second action (drawing opportunity attacks). In either case, it will not attack unless it has no options for escape.
Miss: The target hates you for having tried to scare it, and it wants to hurt you most of all, but it won’t be any stupider than usual in pursuing that goal.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 5th | Target with 120 hp or fewer. |
| 7th | Target with 190 hp or fewer. |
| 9th | Target with 300 hp or fewer. |
# Combat Boon
Close-quarters Spell
At-Will
Effect: Make a basic melee attack. If the attack hits, you or one conscious nearby ally can roll a save against a save ends effect.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 5th | The save gains a +1 bonus. |
| 7th | If the attack hits, you and your nearby conscious allies can roll a total of two saves (one per character). |
| 9th | The save bonus increases to +2. |
# Adventurer Feat
If you score a critical hit with the combat boon attack, the subsequent save automatically succeeds.
# Champion Feat
One nearby conscious ally can roll a save even if your attack misses.
# Divine Endurance
Ranged Spell
Full Recovery
Quick Action to cast
Effect: You can cast this spell for power or for broad effect.
Cast for power: One nearby ally gains 40 temporary hit points.
Cast for broad Effect: Choose up to three nearby creatures (including you); each target gains 20 temporary hit points.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 5th | Temporary hp = 60/30. |
| 7th | Temporary hp = 80/40. |
| 9th | Temporary hp = 100/50. |
# Judgment
Ranged Spell
Full Recovery
Targets: All nearby staggered enemies
Attack: Wisdom + Level vs. MD
Hit: 5d10 + Wisdom radiant damage.
Miss: Radiant damage equal to your level.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 5th | 8d10 damage. |
| 7th | 2d6 x 10 damage. |
| 9th | 2d10 x 10 damage. |
# Champion Feat
The spell now deals half damage on a miss.
# Epic Feat
The spell is now recharge 16+ after battle instead of full recovery.
# Mighty Healing
Ranged Spell
Full Recovery
Effect: You can cast this spell for power or for broad effect.
Cast for power: One nearby ally can heal using a single recovery and regain double the usual number of hit points.
Cast for broad Effect: Choose up to three nearby creatures (including you); each target can heal using a recovery.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 5th | The spell can now target far away allies. |
| 7th | Power equals triple the usual hp for one recovery; broad equals 150% the usual hp per recovery. |
| 9th | Recoveries provided by the spell are now free. |
# Champion Feat
This spell is now a close-quarters spell.
# Strength of the Gods
Ranged Spell
Full Recovery
Quick Action to cast
Effect: You can cast this spell for power or for broad effect.
Cast for power: One nearby ally deals +2d8 damage with melee attacks this battle.
Cast for broad Effect: Choose up to three nearby creatures (including you); each target deals +1d8 damage with melee attacks this battle.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 5th | Power +4d6, Broad +2d6. |
| 7th | Power +4d10, Broad +2d10. |
| 9th | Power +6d10, Broad +3d10. |
# 5th Level Spells
# Crisis of Faith
Close-quarters Spell
Full Recovery
Quick Action to cast
Effect: For the rest of this battle, all enemies near you with 100 hp or fewer take a penalty to their Mental Defense equal to your Charisma modifier. Whenever one of those enemies misses with an attack roll, it takes radiant damage equal to double your level.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 7th | 160 hp or fewer. |
| 9th | 250 hp or fewer. |
# Light of Revelation
Ranged Spell
Full Recovery
Special: You can cast this spell for power or for broad effect.
Target: (cast for power) One nearby enemy, or (cast for broad effect) up to three nearby enemies.
Attack: Wisdom + Level vs. MD
Hit: If cast for power, deal 6d10 + Wisdom radiant damage, and 10 ongoing radiant damage (save ends). You may immediately ask the enemy a brief question and unless the enemy has been dropped to 0 hit points, it is compelled to give a truthful answer in response (no more than one or two words, usually.) You may ask another question whenever the target fails a saving throw against the ongoing radiant damage.
If cast for broad effect, then a hit deals 4d10 + Wisdom radiant damage, and the target becomes visible until the end of the battle. You don’t have to be able to see the target (they can be invisible or hidden), but you must guess they are present and specify their approximate area.
Miss: If cast for power, you may ask one question; the target takes half damage if they answer truthfully, and full damage if they lie or refuse to answer. If cast for broad effect, the target takes half damage but no other effect.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 7th | 9d10/6d10 and 15 ongoing radiant damage |
| 9th | 12d10/9d10 and 20 ongoing radiant damage |
# Champion Feat
When cast at a single target, you may choose to waive the ongoing damage effect. If you do so, the save to remove the ongoing compulsion to answer questions becomes hard (16+).
# Epic Feat
You can now move the ongoing damage effect to any nearby enemy as a quick action once per round.
# Sanctuary
Close-quarters Spell
Full Recovery
Effect: Choose yourself or a nearby ally. Enemies with 100 hp or fewer cannot attack the chosen target until that creature attacks or the escalation die reaches 6+.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 7th | 160 hp or fewer. |
| 9th | 250 hp or fewer. |
# Sphere of Radiance
Close-quarters Spell
Full Recovery
Effect: You or one nearby ally can heal using a free recovery. Then make the following attack.
Target: Up to two nearby enemies
Attack: Wisdom + Level vs. MD
Hit: 7d8 + Charisma radiant damage.
Miss: Half damage.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 7th | 8d12 damage. |
| 9th | 2d8 x 10 damage. |
# 7th Level Spells
# Circle of Protection
Close-quarters Spell
Full Recovery
Quick Action to cast
Effect: Choose a defense: AC, PD, or MD. For the rest of the battle while you are conscious, you and each ally near you gains a +1 bonus to that defense. Each enemy that misses you or one of your nearby allies with an attack against the defense you chose is hampered until the end of its next turn.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 9th | Attacks against the chosen defense cannot score critical hits. |
# Epic Feat
The spell is now (recharge 16+) after battle instead of full recovery.
# Divine Intervention
Ranged Spell
Special: You can cast this spell only once per level. You’ll also have to keep track of how many times you cast this spell in your life.
Effect: When you cast this spell, roll 1d6 for each cleric domain you have, one domain at a time. (You’ll want to start with the domain you’re most interested in accessing.) If you get a 5 or a 6, then your deity intervenes through that domain, and something miraculous and astounding happens based on that domain; don’t roll for your other domains. A 5 means the miracle comes with a price, drawback or some other repercussion; a 6 means that your deity is able to intercede cleanly, without upsetting the balance of the cosmos.
If none of your rolls get a 5 or 6, then you’ve got two choices. Option one is to substitute another cleric spell of the same level for this spell—it doesn’t have to be one you’ve got prepared— and cast that spell instead. This still counts as one of your lifetime uses of divine intervention. Option two is to drop the divine intervention—nothing happens and the spell and the action used to cast it is lost, but it doesn’t count towards your lifetime casting total.
The form and scope of the divine intervention is up to you and the GM. The gods don’t usually intervene to smack down bad guys—the intervention is more likely to get you out of a no-win situation, or give you some key clue or advantage to turn the tables on your opponents. Divine interventions can also help with natural disasters and non-combat threats—if you need to stop a volcanic eruption or cure a whole city of plague, this is the spell for you. The effects are always connected to the domain you invoke.
Divine intervention cannot bring back the dead, at least not permanently. It might let a soul out of the afterlife for one fight.
Limited Use: Like resurrection, this spell takes its toll on you. The first time you cast it, you can cast it quickly, with a single standard action.
The second time you cast it, it costs you half your hit points and half your full recovery powers/spells. You’re also permanently marked or changed in some way—you might gain some divine feature, be branded with your god’s holy symbol, or maybe you’ll just be left twisted and broken by the powers you just channeled.
The third time you cast it, you permanently lose access to the domain(s) used to shape the intervention, and you’re left with no spells and only a few hit points. Oh, and every enemy of your deity suddenly knows exactly where you are.
The fourth time you cast it, not only do you lose access to that domain, but so do all the other clerics of your god. Restoring that connection requires an epic quest. Again, you lose all your remaining spells and are knocked down to a few hit points, and you advertise your location and weakness to every foe.
The fifth time you cast this spell, you burn out your soul and are annihilated. Mortals aren’t meant to channel the power of the gods like this.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 9th | You get an intervention-with-strings on a 3-4 (instead of a 5) and a repercussionfree intervention on a 5-6 (instead of a 6). |
# Resurrection
Ranged Spell
Special: You can cast this spell only once per level, and a limited number of times in your life. You must have most of the corpse available to cast the spell. There’s no time limit on resurrecting a dead PC, so long as you have the corpse.
Effect: You can bring a creature back to life in more or less normal condition, with varying levels of recovery.
Limited Casting: The first time in your life that you use the spell, you can cast it with a single standard action. Using the spell removes one of your spell slots until you gain a level. (You get one less spell per full heal-up.) The person you are resurrecting comes back at roughly half strength, e.g. expending half their recoveries, being dazed (save ends), and, for each ability, having a 50% chance that it is expended.
The second time in your life you cast the spell, it takes at least three or four rounds and costs you roughly half your hit points and full recovery powers/spells. The person you are resurrecting comes back at something like one-quarter strength.
The third time you cast the spell it has to be as a ritual. The spell chews you up and leaves you with only a few hit points, then gnaws at the person you have resurrected, who takes days to recover well enough to qualify as an adventurer or combatant.
The fourth time you cast the spell it nearly kills you. The resurrection succeeds but the person you’ve resurrected is going to be a mess for a month or more, regardless of any other magic you use.
The fifth time you resurrect someone, that’s the end of your story and you die. There’s only a 50% chance that the resurrection spell works on the target. You’ve used up your quota of resurrection magic. You’re not coming back via this spell, either.
Limited Resurrection: If the target of your resurrection spell has been resurrected more times than you have cast the spell, there is a 50% chance that the experience will play out using their higher number of resurrections instead of the number of times you have cast the spell.
| Higher Level | Effect |
|---|---|
| 9th | You no longer need to have most of the corpse to perform this spell. |
# 9th Level Spells
# Overworld Travel
Close-quarters Spell
Full Recovery
Special: You must cast this spell outdoors. It enables you and a group of nearby allies to travel to most any location in the world that you can name.
Travel takes between an hour and a full recovery, depending on distance and the amount of effort the exerted.
The destination can be in the overworld or in the land. It can’t be in the underworld.
# Prayer for Readiness
Close-quarters Spell
Full Recovery
Targets: Up to 5 allies
Effect: You utter a powerful prayer upon your comrades, giving each a special blessing. At any point later this battle, each blessed ally can acknowledge the blessing by saying “thank you” to your god, gods, or pantheon as a free action to reroll a d20 roll. That ally must take the reroll result.
Note that you are giving the blessing and don’t receive it yourself.
# Epic Feat
This spell is now a quick action to cast.
# Additional Domains
Additional domains can be added to this document upon request.
| Domain | Spells |
|---|---|
| Air / Storm / Thunder | Thundering Blow, Air Bubble, Storm Cloud |
| Animal / Beast | Poison Claw, Voice of Beasts, Celestial Guardian |
| Archery / Hunting | Exalted Shot, Blessing of the Hunt, Holy Arrow |
| Chaos / Disorder / Rebellion | Chaos Hammer, Haywire, Incite Rebellion |
| Darkness / Night | Embrace of the Night, Darkness, Meld into the Shadows, Disappear into the Night |
| Doom / Destruction | Doomhammer, Doom, Touch of Despair |
| Dragon | Divine Odem, Sense Dragons, Summon Metallic Dragon |
| Earth / Mountain | Earthen Hail, Return to Dust, Rock Shield, Earthquake |
| Evil / Egoism | Festering Evil, Blasphemy, Slay Living |
| Farming / Harvest | Cut the Weeds, Protect the Harvest, Reap What You Sow |
| Fire | Burning Brand, Penance by Fire, Flame Strike |
| Freedom / Travel | Freedom Bells, Blessed Journey, Freedom of Movement, Traveler’s Footsteps |
| Good / Selflessness | Aiding Strike, Martyr’s Shield, Righteous Resolve, Carry On, My Friend |
| Healing | Healing Strike, Restoration, Flash Heal |
| Justice / Vengeance | Hammer of Retribution, Eyes of the Judge, Compel Duel, Banishment |
| Knowledge / Lore | Sacred Mantra, Divine Insight, Pious Tongue, Intuitive Reading |
| Life / Death | Invigorate, Death Ward, Symbol of Life, Raise Dead, Gate to the Underworld |
| Love / Beauty | Radiant Heart, Call for a White Knight, Love Charm |
| Luck / Fortune | Lucky Star, Fortuna’s Frown, Serendipity |
| Madness / Nightmare | Manic Cackle, Fever Dream, Waking Nightmare |
| Magic / Arcana | Magic Spark, The Might of Magic, Shield of the Archons |
| Metal / Smithing | Blessed Steel, Heat Metal, Blade Barrier |
| Music / Song | Divine Cantata, Sacred Hymn, Angelic Chorus |
| Pain / Suffering | Inflict Wounds, Thorny Crown, Harm |
| Plant / Forest | Thorn Whip, Binding Vines, Ensnaring Roots |
| Protection / Community | Shielding Strike, Shield Other, Blessed Orator, Summon Guardian of Faith, Walk Unharmed |
| Secrets / Cultism | Ominous Chant, Encrypt, Erase Memory |
| Spirits / Undeath | Withering Touch, Captive Spirit, Bolster Undead |
| Strength | Powerful Blow, Bend Bars and Lift Gates, Siphon Strength |
| Sun / Anti-Undead | Ray of Light, Consecration, Searing Light |
| Time | Sands of Time, Temporal Disruption, Visions of the Past |
| Trickery / Illusion | Wink of the Trickster, Taunt and Tease, Trickster’s Guise, Borrowed Trick |
| War / Leadership | Lead the Assault, Booming Command, Elevated Command |
| Water / Sea / River | Jetblast, Neutralize Poison, Water Breathing |
| Winter / Ice | Ice Shards, Frost Hammer, Snow Storm |