Crusading Preacher (Apath)

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Crusading Preacher

Some theurges are absorbed by a great task, be it to wage a war, spread the faith, or expunge a widespread sin or heresy. Whatever the cause, the crusading preacher tries to involve a great many people and to bolster their efforts.

Community Domain

A crusading preacher must choose the Knowledge domain and may do so even if his patron does not ordinarily offer this domain. The cloistered theurge does not gain any domain powers from domains other than the Community domain.

Bolstering Channel (Su)

The crusading preacher never inflicts damage with the channel energy ability; neither to harm undead with positive energy or to the living with negative energy. Nor can they learn channeling feats to harm any creature. All crusading preacher's have the option to channel positive energy, even those who are evil or serve evil patrons.

Public Speaker (Ex)

A crusading preacher gains Perform as a class skill. In addition, she is trained to project her voice with great skill and effect; the DC to hear her speak in difficult conditions is reduced by an amount equal to her class level plus her Charisma modifier (minimum 0).

Sermonic Performance (Su)

A crusading preacher the ability to deliver a select number of supernatural and spell-like performances through the force and power of her divinely inspired preaching and exhortation. This ability is similar in all respects to bardic performance as used by a bard of the same level (including interactions with feats, spells, and prestige classes), using Perform (oratory) as the evangelist’s performance skill. However, a crusading preacher gains only the following types of bardic performance: countersong, fascinate, and inspire courage at 1st level; inspire greatness at 9th level; and inspire heroics at 15th level.

This replaces the teurge's bonus feats.

Legion’s Blessing (Su)

At 8th level, a crusading preacher gains the ability to confer beneficial spells quickly to a large group of allies. As a full-round action, the crusading preacher may confer the effects of a single harmless spell with a range of touch to a number of creatures equal to half her crusading preacher level. The spell’s range remains touch, so all intended recipients must be within the crusading preacher’s reach when the spell is cast. Using the legion’s blessing expends the prepared spell, but it also requires the crusading preacher to sacrifice another prepared spell three levels higher. The higher-level spell is not cast but is simply lost, its magical energy used to power the legion’s blessing.