Spirit Sacerdote (Apath)

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A spirit sacredote does not have a patron or even a philosophy to provide powers for him. Rather, his powers are fueled by temporary alliances he makes with various spirit sponsors.

Class Information

This is a sacredote archetype.

Class Skills

The sacredote's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Craft (Int), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (Local) (Int), Knowledge (Religion) (Int), Knowledge (Planes) (Int), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), and Spellcraft (Int).

Skill Points per Level: 2 + Int modifier.

Hit Dice: d6.

Class Abilities

This archetype has all normal class abilities, except as noted.

Domains

A spirit sacredote can change domains. To change domains, a spirit sacredote must make a connection with a creature with powers related to the domain he wishes to adopt and of a challenge rating equal to his level or higher. This is usually a monster with an appropriate theme and origin, a divine spellcaster with access to the domain, or a sorcerer of an appropriate bloodline and level. A single sponsor can contribute several domains if it has the appropriate powers. Changing domains is done as a part of spell preparation and in the presence of a cooperative or helpless sponsor. The sponsor must either be willing or unable to resist the entreaties of the sacredote, and the sacredote keeps access to the domain until he exchanges it for another. The sponsor can be charmed, dominated, bound, unconscious, or might even have died within the last 24 hours, as long as it does not protest it works as a sponsor.

A spirit sacredote can have up to four domains simultaneously and begins play with any four domains of his choice. Upon gaining a new domain, a sacredote must drop an old domain, immediately losing domain powers and domain spells. Prepared spells from the old domain are lost, and unless the spirit sacredote has access to the spell by some other means, it is no longer considered to be on his spell list.

What kinds of creatures make appropriate sponsors is ultimately up to the GM and is based on the type and abilities of the creature. A fire giant grants the artifice, fire, and strength domains, a dryad grants the charm and plant domains, and so on.

A sponsor usually demands some payment, generally in the form of a service, quest, or promise. Such tasks can seem whimsical to humans, but are of great import to the sponsor. Even a non-intelligent creature can be bargained with; the spirit sacredote is using the creature as a link to the spirit of its kind. For example, a giant centipede spirit might offer the decay subdomain of the plant domain to a spirit sacredote in exchange for a promise to never wash as long as he retains the domain. Such a promise is not magically binding to the spirit sacredote and has to be enforced by the spirit trough whatever means it has, but the sponsor magically knows when a promise has been broken and can commune this to other spirits. Wise sacredotes abide by their contracts, avoiding irate sponsors and a bad reputation. Spirits respect strength and do not grow angry when domains are wrested from helpless creatures, only when a deal is broken.

Summary of Changed Class Abilities

These abilities of the original class are lost or modified in this archetype:

• Domains

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