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<blockquote data-quote="Crothian" data-source="post: 2011590" data-attributes="member: 232">Unorthodox Cleric&nbsp; &nbsp; Unorthodox Clerics is another book in the unorthodox series by The Le Games.&nbsp; These books are class books that offer five different version of the core class.&nbsp; The books are very similar in that they only have the five classes, no new spells, prestige classes, etc.&nbsp; It does have a single new feat.&nbsp; The art is all very similar from the covers to the interior pieces.&nbsp; The layout is also very similar to each other.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Unorthodox Clerics is a PDF.&nbsp; It arrives in a zip file that is less then a meg and a half.&nbsp; Inside is a small read me file and three versions of the book.&nbsp; One version is in rich text format the other are in pdf format.&nbsp; The variety of the files of the books is a nice way to allow the customer to use the book as they need.&nbsp; The art is rather bland and not that great, and the layout is okay.&nbsp; The book is well book marked and it is good to see that.&nbsp; &nbsp; The first class is the Chosen.&nbsp; It is a combat priest who is going to be really good with chosen weapon, but is limited to just that weapon.&nbsp; However, getting the best base attack bonus with just that weapon and eventually gaining weapon focus, specialization, and the greater version of those feats with that weapon is really good.&nbsp; They do have spells though a little weaker then a true cleric but they still get up to ninth level spells.&nbsp; They can still turn or rebuke undead which sort of fits this class as well as it fits all clerics.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Cultist is the next class and they must worship a chaotic or evil god.&nbsp; While the class appears evil and gains powers like Unholy Dagger, it can be taken by a neutral good character who worships a chaotic good god.&nbsp; I really think they should have limited the alignments of the gods a little more as this allows to great a freedom for how the class reads.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Elementals is next and it is a general elements class.&nbsp; They start with two of the 4 elemental domains and eventually gain all of them.&nbsp; Their abilities like resistance and aspects of the elements can come from any of the four.&nbsp; They do have spells similar to a cleric except they can cast two domains spells for each level instead of just one.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Next is the Inquisitor.&nbsp; The first thing that worries me is they have away to make an opponent automatically fail a save.&nbsp; While they can only do it so many times per day, that can still equal automatic death with the high level spells an Inquisitor has access to.&nbsp; They have access to all cleric spells.&nbsp; An Inquisitor can be of any alignment and have an ability that specifically uses torture.&nbsp; Some people can easily have problems with lawful good Inquisitors needing to torture to use an ability.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lastly is the Priest.&nbsp; It is a less combat version of the cleric.&nbsp; They have worst saves, worse base attack bonus, lower hit die, and more skill points.&nbsp; They also can cast two domains spells for each spell level and eventually get a third domain.&nbsp; They can turn undead and smite undead, and ability that seems a little off for a class that is not combat oriented.&nbsp; I do like that they can cast domain spells spontaneously instead of healing or inflict spells.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Overall I felt this was a weak collection of classes.&nbsp; Most of them felt a little to narrow and would be served better as prestige classes.&nbsp; The writing is a bit bland and the classes need to really be different from the cleric core class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crothian, post: 2011590, member: 232"] Unorthodox Cleric Unorthodox Clerics is another book in the unorthodox series by The Le Games. These books are class books that offer five different version of the core class. The books are very similar in that they only have the five classes, no new spells, prestige classes, etc. It does have a single new feat. The art is all very similar from the covers to the interior pieces. The layout is also very similar to each other. Unorthodox Clerics is a PDF. It arrives in a zip file that is less then a meg and a half. Inside is a small read me file and three versions of the book. One version is in rich text format the other are in pdf format. The variety of the files of the books is a nice way to allow the customer to use the book as they need. The art is rather bland and not that great, and the layout is okay. The book is well book marked and it is good to see that. The first class is the Chosen. It is a combat priest who is going to be really good with chosen weapon, but is limited to just that weapon. However, getting the best base attack bonus with just that weapon and eventually gaining weapon focus, specialization, and the greater version of those feats with that weapon is really good. They do have spells though a little weaker then a true cleric but they still get up to ninth level spells. They can still turn or rebuke undead which sort of fits this class as well as it fits all clerics. The Cultist is the next class and they must worship a chaotic or evil god. While the class appears evil and gains powers like Unholy Dagger, it can be taken by a neutral good character who worships a chaotic good god. I really think they should have limited the alignments of the gods a little more as this allows to great a freedom for how the class reads. The Elementals is next and it is a general elements class. They start with two of the 4 elemental domains and eventually gain all of them. Their abilities like resistance and aspects of the elements can come from any of the four. They do have spells similar to a cleric except they can cast two domains spells for each level instead of just one. Next is the Inquisitor. The first thing that worries me is they have away to make an opponent automatically fail a save. While they can only do it so many times per day, that can still equal automatic death with the high level spells an Inquisitor has access to. They have access to all cleric spells. An Inquisitor can be of any alignment and have an ability that specifically uses torture. Some people can easily have problems with lawful good Inquisitors needing to torture to use an ability. Lastly is the Priest. It is a less combat version of the cleric. They have worst saves, worse base attack bonus, lower hit die, and more skill points. They also can cast two domains spells for each spell level and eventually get a third domain. They can turn undead and smite undead, and ability that seems a little off for a class that is not combat oriented. I do like that they can cast domain spells spontaneously instead of healing or inflict spells. Overall I felt this was a weak collection of classes. Most of them felt a little to narrow and would be served better as prestige classes. The writing is a bit bland and the classes need to really be different from the cleric core class. [/QUOTE]

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