Feat and bonus Domain?

[melkoriii]

Why not use the Adept or Witch classes from the DMG to represent Shaman type characters?

Witch class? Never seen that one in the DMG.

As for the Adept. I am a PC not an NPC. Adepts are not made for PC. I would be taking quite a hit with that class.

 

[Crothian]

Witch class? Never seen that one in the DMG.

As for the Adept. I am a PC not an NPC. Adepts are not made for PC. I would be taking quite a hit with that class.

THe witch is page 26 in the DMG under varient classes.

 

[reapersaurus]

So far I have seen nothing that looks at Shamen/ Barbaian Preistly type characters. You now the primitive type religions.

And please dont say Druid. Thats not a Shamen.

Make up your own PrC to cover the parts you believe are lacking.

what are you looking for?

 

[hong]

OA has a shaman class that may be what you're looking for.

PS. the plural of shaman is shawoman. Hope this helps!

 

[strongbow]

I play an OA Shaman, and took the Divine Disciple prestige class from the Forgotten Realms book. For those of you who do not own the Oriental Adventures book, there is a Shaman class that is a combination of paladin, druid, and cleric. Shamans get two patron spirits which function like domains for a cleric.

For those of you looking to be able to cast more domain spells, a class feature of the Shaman at 11th level is a 3rd Domain AND the ability to cast two domain spells per day. Very nice.

Now the problem is, what happens when a Shaman gets a Prestige Domain? Since he/she is not restricted to a single god like a cleric is, could he/she choose any domain listed? Normally, when a cleric gains a prestige domain, it must come from one of the remaining domains that the patron deity has.

1) So what should a 11th level Shaman do?
2) How do you adjudicate prestige domains for a Shaman?
3) What should the DM allow?
4) And more specifically, how do you adapt the Divine Disciple class, if you can at all, to an OA campaign?

As a side note, is the plural of shaman REALLY shawoman? That sounds like an April Fool's joke to me.

I'm going to start a new thread about Shamans and domains asking some of these questions, but I thought I should go ahead and post here. (I took the Time Domain as my prestige domain to get the Improved Initiative Feat for free, BTW)

 

[WoorowWilson12]

First of all there are many classes that offer Bonus Domain, and mostly only require Knowledge(religion) ranks. Divine Agent (grants any domain of your alignment or deity)(Dragon Mag), the Divine Oracle (CDiv), the Contemplative (grants any 2 domains by 6 level) (CDiv), if you are elf there is Seeker of the Misty Isle (CDiv), Church Inquisitor (CDiv), and like mentioned earlier Divine Disciple (FR), all offer a bonus domain at first level!!!! With the exceptions of the any domain, they are solid and do not go against your deity. Now add in the cleric variant in Unearthed Arcana, you get the Knowledge Domain for free!! (No heavy armor or nothing, but more skill points too!) And finally I do remember a feat called Tertiary Domain. So like you said you don't really want to turn undead, so drop your cleric levels and multiclass, Church Inquisitor is gtg at level 4!

 

[Crothian]

Considering the thread was from 8 years ago all your examples are of a different game (3.5 verse 3.0) and demonstrate the huge amount of power creep the game experienced!

 

[TanisFrey]

Considering the thread was from 8 years ago all your examples are of a different game (3.5 verse 3.0) and demonstrate the huge amount of power creep the game experienced!

3.0 had plenty of class that granted Prestige Domains. About half of the one he listed are updates of 3.0 classed that granted a Prestige domain. The fact that these Prestige Domains have become plain Domains is where the power creep happened, in this case.