Lay Cleric (Apath)

	Unofficial rules compendium
	Contents 1 Class Information 1.1 Class skills; ; 2 Class Abilities 2.1 Weapon and Armor Proficiency; 2.2 Single Domain; ; 3 Table: Lay Cleric; 4 Summary of Changed Class Abilities; 5 See Also;
	Contents 1 Class Information 1.1 Class skills; ; 2 Class Abilities 2.1 Weapon and Armor Proficiency; 2.2 Single Domain; ; 3 Table: Lay Cleric; 4 Summary of Changed Class Abilities; 5 See Also;

A lay cleric is not a professional cleric, but a devout person who carry the role of spiritual leader besides her ordinary obligations. While pillars of their party or community, other clerics often find lay clerics rustic and try to put them down, with very mixed results.

Publisher: Trailseeker.

Class Information

This is a cleric archetype that sacrifices a domain for skills.

Hit Die: d8.

Class skills

Acrobatics (Dex), Appraise (Int), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int ), Diplomacy (Cha), Disable Device (Dex), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (Geography) (Int), Knowledge (History) (Int), Knowledge (Local) (Int), Knowledge (Religion) (Int), Perception (Wis), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), Spellcraft (Int), Stealth (Dex), Survival (Wis), and Swim (Str).

Skill Ranks per Level: 6 + Int modifier. This replaces shield proficiency, aura, and domains.

Class Abilities

The lay cleric has all normal cleric class abilities, except as noted.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Lay clerics are proficient with all simple weapons, light armor, and medium armor, but not with shields. Lay clerics are also proficient with the favored weapon of their deities.

Single Domain

The lay cleric knows only a single domain, and has no domain spell slots. Instead the spells granted by the lay cleric's domain are added directly to the lay cleric's spell list and prepared using normal spell slots. The lay cleric gains the granted powers of his domain.

A complete listing of domains can be found here: Domains.

Table: Lay Cleric

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special	Spells per Day
Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special	0	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1st	+0	+2	+0	+2	Channel energy 1d6, orisons, single domain, spontaneous casting	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+1	+3	+0	+3	—	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	+3	+1	+3	Channel energy 2d6	4	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4th	+3	+4	+1	+4		4	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	+4	+1	+4	Channel energy 3d6	4	3	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
6th	+4	+5	+2	+5		4	3	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
7th	+5	+5	+2	+5	Channel energy 4d6	4	4	3	2	1	—	—	—	—	—
8th	+6/+1	+6	+2	+6		4	4	3	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
9th	+6/+1	+6	+3	+6	Channel energy 5d6	4	4	4	3	2	1	—	—	—	—
10th	+7/+2	+7	+3	+7		4	4	4	3	3	2	—	—	—	—
11th	+8/+3	+7	+3	+7	Channel energy 6d6	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	—	—	—
12th	+9/+4	+8	+4	+8		4	4	4	4	3	3	2	—	—	—
13th	+9/+4	+8	+4	+8	Channel energy 7d6	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	—	—
14th	+10/+5	+9	+4	+9		4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	—	—
15th	+11/+6/+1	+9	+5	+9	Channel energy 8d6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	—
16th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+10		4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	—
17th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+10	Channel energy 9d6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1
18th	+13/+8/+3	+11	+6	+11		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
19th	+14/+9/+4	+11	+6	+11	Channel energy 10d6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
20th	+15/+10/+5	+12	+6	+12		4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Summary of Changed Class Abilities

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

Class Skills
Skill points per level
Domains

Lay Cleric (Apath)

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