From the official FAQ:
1.
Q: The descriptive paragraph for the sacred fist prestige
class in Defenders of the Faith mentions that they can cast
only spells with a range of touch; however, this is not
mentioned in the Class Features section. The Code of
Conduct section mentions only a prohibition against
weapons and medium and heavy armor. The Spell List
section mentions the restriction to spells with a range of
touch or personal, but seems to imply that only spells
gained as a sacred fist have this restriction. Does it apply
to all spells a sacred fist character can cast, even those
that were gained as another class? Also, does a sacred fist
lose his class abilities if he uses spells (arcane or divine)
from other classes that have a range other than touch or
personal?
A: Sacred fists can use whatever spells they have freely,
whatever their range entries. Sacred fists cannot use weapons;
spells are not "weapons" for purposes of the sacred fist's
code of conduct. Passing references to a ban on ranged spells
are unwanted artifacts from an earlier version.
2.
Q: The sacred fist seems to be the only prestige class in
Defenders of the Faith that gives access to an additional
domain but does not add levels to an existing spellcasting
class to determine the number of spells per day. Does this
mean that the domain spells follow the progression of the
sacred fist class? For example, say that Lyrian is a cleric
(Fharlanghn) 5/sacred fist 4 who chose the Celerity
domain as a sacred fist; would he be able to cast Air Walk
(Celerity 3) because he can cast 3rd-level spells as a cleric
6, or would he be restricted to cat’s grace (Celerity 2)
because he is only a sacred fist 4? What if Lyrian was a
cleric 1/fighter 4/sacred fist 4?
A: When you add a domain as a sacred fist, you add that
domain to your sacred fist spellcasting ability. You get the
granted power from the domain. As a divine spellcaster who
is not a cleric, you get one extra domain spell each day for
each level of spell you can cast as a sacred fist. (See the
discussion of prestige domains on page 77 of Defenders of
the Faith.) Since both versions of the character in your
example have 4 sacred fist levels, the character would gain
the 1st- and 2nd-level Celerity spells (blur and cat’s grace) as
domain spells.
3.
Q: Does the sacred fist's unarmed damage stack with the monk's unarmed strike damage? Does the sacred fist's
puissant fists ability stack with the monk's ki strike
ability?
A: A monk/sacred fist uses her sacred fist unarmed damage or
the monk unarmed damage, whichever is better. Likewise,
the character uses her ki strike or puissant fist ability,
whichever one bypasses the most damage reduction.
4.
Q: Does the sacred fist's evasion and uncanny dodge abilities stack with the abilities of the same name that a
character might have from another class?
A: If the sacred fist already has these powers from another class, he can add his sacred fist levels to the existing class levels (or vice versa) to determine when he gets them and how powerful they are.
5.
Q: The sacred fist's spell list includes spells of level 0 through 5, yet the class table shows only spells of level 1 to 4.
A: The level 0 and level 5 lists are errors.
Hope this helps!
Folkert
