Cleric

Description: Clerics act as intermediaries between the earthly and the divine (or infernal) worlds. A good cleric helps those in need, while an evil cleric seeks to spread his patron's vision of evil across the world. All clerics can heal wounds and bring people back from the brink of death, and powerful clerics can even raise the dead. Likewise, all clerics have authority over undead creatures, and they can turn away or even destroy these creatures. Clerics are trained in the use of simple weapons, and can use all forms of armor and shields without penalty, since armor does not interfere with the casting of divine spells. In addition to his normal complement of spells, every cleric chooses to focus on two of his deity's domains. These domains grant the cleric special powers, and give him access to spells that he might otherwise never learn.

Alignment restrictions: none

Hit die: d8

Proficiencies: armor (light, medium, heavy), shields, weapons (simple)

Skill points: 2 + int modifier ( (2 + int modifier) * 4 at 1st level)

Skills: concentration, craft armor, craft trap, craft weapon, heal, lore, parry, persuade, spellcraft

Unavailable feats: curse song, extra music, lingering song, weapon specialization
These general feats cannot be selected when taking a level of cleric.

primary saving throw(s): fortitude, will

Base attack bonus: +3/4 levels

Spellcasting: Divine (spell failure from armor is ignored), wisdom-based (a base wisdom score of 10 + the spell's level is required to cast a spell, bonus spells are based on modified wisdom, and the wisdom modifier affects spell DCs), and requires preparation (except for "cure" and "inflict" spells, which can be spontaneous cast).

Special abilities & feats

• Level 1 , turn undead

Domains

Upon taking her first level of cleric, a character selects 2 domains from the following list.

air - animal - death - destruction - earth - evil - fire - good - healing - knowledge

- magic - plant - protection - strength - sun - travel - trickery - war - water

Each domain gives a cleric access to a special domain power and additional spells. Some domain powers enhance turning, some modify certain spells (even if cast from an item or from another class' spell book), some are spell-like abilities, and some are just the availability of more domain spells.

Spells

Cantrips	1st level spells	2nd level spells	3rd level spells	4th level spells
Cure minor wounds Inflict minor wounds Light Resistance Virtue	Bane Bless Cure light wounds Divine favor Doom Endure elements Entropic shield Inflict light wounds Magic weapon Protection from alignment Remove fear Sanctuary Scare Shield of faith Summon creature I	Aid Bull's strength Cure moderate wounds Darkness Eagle's splendor Endurance Find Traps Fox's cunning Hold Person Inflict moderate wounds Lesser dispel Lesser restoration Negative energy ray Owl's wisdom Remove paralysis Resist elements Silence Sound burst Stone bones Summon creature II Ultravision	Animate dead Bestow curse Blindness/deafness Clarity Contagion Continual flame Cure serious wounds Darkfire Dispel magic Glyph of warding Inflict serious wounds Invisibility purge Magic circle against alignment Magic vestment Negative energy protection Prayer Protection from elements Remove blindness/deafness Remove curse Remove disease Searing light Summon creature III	Cure critical wounds Death ward Dismissal Divine power Freedom of movement Hammer of the gods Inflict critical wounds Greater magic weapon Neutralize poison Poison Restoration Summon creature IV
5th level spells	6th level spells	7th level spells	8th level spells	9th level spells
Battletide Circle of doom Flame strike Healing circle Monstrous regeneration Raise dead Slay living Spell resistance Summon creature V True seeing	Banishment Blade barrier Control undead Create undead Greater dispelling Greater sanctuary Harm Heal Planar ally Summon creature VI Undeath to death	Destruction Greater restoration Regenerate Resurrection Summon creature VII Word of faith	Aura versus alignment Earthquake Create greater undead Fire storm Mass heal Summon creature VIII Sunbeam	Energy drain Gate Implosion Storm of vengeance Summon creature IX Undeath's eternal foe

Level progression

Lvl	BAB	Saves			Feats	HP range		Base spells per day
		Fort	Ref	Will				0	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1st	+0	+2	+0	+2	Turn undead	4-8		3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+1	+3	+0	+3		8-16		4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	+3	+1	+3		12-24		4	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4th	+3	+4	+1	+4		16-32		5	4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	+4	+1	+4		20-40		5	4	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
6th	+4	+5	+2	+5		24-48		5	4	4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—
7th	+5	+5	+2	+5		28-56		6	5	4	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
8th	+6/+1	+6	+2	+6		32-64		6	5	4	4	3	—	—	—	—	—
9th	+6/+1	+6	+3	+6		36-72		6	5	5	4	3	2	—	—	—	—
10th	+7/+2	+7	+3	+7		40-80		6	5	5	4	4	3	—	—	—	—
11th	+8/+3	+7	+3	+7		44-88		6	6	5	5	4	3	2	—	—	—
12th	+9/+4	+8	+4	+8		48-96		6	6	5	5	4	4	3	—	—	—
13th	+9/+4	+8	+4	+8		52-104		6	6	6	5	5	4	3	2	—	—
14th	+10/+5	+9	+4	+9		56-112		6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	—	—
15th	+11/+6/+1	+9	+5	+9		60-120		6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	2	—
16th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+10		64-128		6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	—
17th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+10		68-136		6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	2
18th	+13/+8/+3	+11	+6	+11		72-144		6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3
19th	+14/+9/+4	+11	+6	+11		76-152		6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4
20th	+15/+10/+5	+12	+6	+12		80-160		6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

Bonus spell slots come from items and high wisdom.

As a rule of thumb, clerics can cast spell levels up to half their class level rounded up.

Epic cleric

The epic cleric is among the most elite of her deity's servants, spreading the word and acting as emissary for the church. The epic cleric commands great power and respect.

Hit die: d8

Skill points: 2 + int modifier

Bonus feats: The epic cleric gains a bonus feat every three levels after 20th. In other words, at levels 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, and 38.

Epic cleric bonus feats: armor skin, automatic quicken spell, automatic silent spell, automatic still spell, epic spell focus, epic spell penetration, great wisdom, greater spell focus, improved combat casting, planar turning

Unavailable epic feats: bane of enemies, construct shape, dragon shape, epic spell: epic mage armor, epic spell: epic warding, epic weapon specialization, great smiting, improved ki strike 4, improved ki strike 5, improved sneak attack, improved spell resistance, improved stunning fist, lasting inspiration, mighty rage, outsider shape, terrifying rage, thundering rage, undead shape
These general epic feats cannot be selected when taking a level of cleric.

Epic cleric level progression

Lvl	Feats	HP range
21st		84-168
22nd		88-176
23rd	bonus feat	92-184
24th		96-192
25th		100-200
26th	bonus feat	104-208
27th		108-216
28th		112-224
29th	bonus feat	116-232
30th		120-240
31st		124-248
32nd	bonus feat	128-256
33rd		132-264
34th		136-272
35th	bonus feat	140-280
36th		144-288
37th		148-296
38th	bonus feat	152-304
39th		156-312
40th		160-320

Prestige class tips

• Militant clerics should consider becoming a champion of Torm.
• Evil clerics make powerful blackguards.

Notes

• Outsiders have been improved. They get turn resistance equal to their spell resistance rating (only clerics of the good or evil domains may turn them without the new planar turning feat). If you have the planar turning feat, they are weakened and only have 1/2 their spell resistance as turn resistance.