New Core Class: The Priest

[Jarval]

The priest is basically a non-martial version of the cleric. They lose proficiency with armour and have a d4 for hit points in exchange for a larger number of spells per day. That's all I've got at the moment, but I'd like to have something a little more unique. Any ideas for other abilities?


PRIEST

As the PHB description of the cleric, with the following changes.

Hit Die: d4.

Skill Points: 4 + Int modifier each level.

Armor and Weapon Proficiency: Priests are proficient with all simple weapons. They are not proficient with any type of armor, nor with shields.

TABLE: The priest
Base Fort Ref Will
Level Attack Bonus Save Save Save Special
----- ------------ ---- ---- ---- -------
1 +0 +0 +0 +2 Turn or rebuke undead
2 +1 +0 +0 +3
3 +1 +1 +1 +3
4 +2 +1 +1 +4
5 +2 +1 +1 +4
6 +3 +2 +2 +5
7 +3 +2 +2 +5
8 +4 +2 +2 +6
9 +4 +3 +3 +6
10 +5 +3 +3 +7
11 +5 +3 +3 +7
12 +6/+1 +4 +4 +8
13 +6/+1 +4 +4 +8
14 +7/+2 +4 +4 +9
15 +7/+2 +5 +5 +9
16 +8/+3 +5 +5 +10
17 +8/+3 +5 +5 +10
18 +9/+4 +6 +6 +11
19 +9/+4 +6 +6 +11
20 +10/+5 +6 +6 +12


TABLE: Priest Spells Per Day
------------------ Spells per Day*---------------------
Level 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
----- - - - - - - - - - -
1 3 2+1 - - - - - - - -
2 4 3+1 - - - - - - - -
3 4 3+1 2+1 - - - - - - -
4 5 4+2 3+1 - - - - - - -
5 5 4+2 3+1 2+1 - - - - - -
6 5 4+2 4+2 3+1 - - - - - -
7 6 5+2 4+2 3+1 2+1 - - - - -
8 6 5+2 4+2 4+2 3+1 - - - - -
9 6 5+2 5+2 4+2 3+1 2+1 - - - -
10 6 5+2 5+2 4+2 4+2 3+1 - - - -
11 6 6+2 5+2 5+2 4+2 3+1 2+1 - - -
12 6 6+2 5+2 5+2 4+2 4+2 3+1 - - -
13 6 6+2 6+2 5+2 5+2 4+2 3+1 2+1 - -
14 6 6+2 6+2 5+2 5+2 4+2 4+2 3+1 - -
15 6 6+2 6+2 6+2 5+2 5+2 4+2 3+1 2+1 -
16 6 6+2 6+2 6+2 5+2 5+2 4+2 4+2 3+1 -
17 6 6+2 6+2 6+2 6+2 5+2 5+2 4+2 3+1 2+1
18 6 6+2 6+2 6+2 6+2 5+2 5+2 4+2 4+2 3+1
19 6 6+2 6+2 6+2 6+2 6+2 5+2 5+2 4+2 4+1
20 6 6+2 6+2 6+2 6+2 6+2 5+2 5+2 5+2 5+2


(Edit: Sorry the formating is a bit off. IIRC, you can't make tables with vB code, and HTML is still switched off.)

(Edit: Droped good Fort save. Changed Skill Points to 4 per level.)

 

[bensei]

Looking very similar to what will be very soon in

Umbragia: Liber Sacerdotii

The link is the current draft version, but the priest is in there - and it looks very similar to yours.

 

[Crothian]

I think you should also loss the good fort save. Only classes that are actually made to fight recieve a good fort save.

 

[Cloudgatherer]

Maybe this is better called a "cleric variant"? Or a replacement?

I'd say give the class an extra domain or nifty power if you take away the good fort save.

Later!

 

[Geoff Watson]

Sounds a lot like Hong's Priest variant class.

Geoff.

 

[thalmin]

Any ideas for other abilities?

How about giving them a list of leveled ceremonies that they can perform in addition to their spells. I believe Unearthed Arcana had a list of them that might get you started.

 

[trentonjoe]

I'd say give the class an extra domain or nifty power if you take away the good fort save.

Later! [/B]

Check out the recent thread on non-spell casting priests for ideas for new "nifty" powers.

There were some really neat ideas by guys other than me.

 

[drowdude]

Duuuude.... whaz up with the sig Trent?

 

[Jarval]

bensei: Thanks for the link to the Umbragia .pdf. Interesting class, if a little different to what I'm working on (most notably, my class doesn't have spontaneous casting).

Crothian: Good point, I'll make that change.

Cloudgatherer: I was thinking of it being a variant rather than a replacement. The cleric works fine for some deities, but I wanted something more scholarly as well. The extra domain is a possibility, and I'll try to come up with some nifty powers.

Geoff: I've not seen hong's version. Do you have a link to it, or a copy you could send me?

thalmin: Sounds like a good idea, but I don't have Unearthed Arcana. I'll take a look at it next time I'm in my FLGS.

trentonjoe: I'll take a look at that thread. I missed it first time round, so thanks for the pointer

 

[Jarval]

I've dropped the good Fort save from the class, and given it 4 Skill Points per level. Does this class look balance with the Cleric, or is it (as I suspect) a little underpowered?