Aspirant

Aspirant

Among some religious orders, the goal of the initiates is not to serve the gods but to become like them. Some cultures behind that divine ascension is possible- that morals can rise to take a seat beside the gods themselves. Others maintain that mortals cannot become divinities but that they might yet serve the gods on a higher plane as saints or proxies. Still others believe that even if they never achieve true ascension through their endeavors, their efforts to imitate the divine raise them above their fellow mortals

Hit Die: d8.

Class Skills

The aspirant’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (arcana) (Int), Knowledge (history) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int),, Knowledge (The Planes)(Int), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis),) Spellcraft (Int).

Skill Points at 1st Level: .? (4 + Int modifier) x 4

Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 4 + Int modifier.

Table: The Aspirant
							———————— Spells per Day¹ ——–—————
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	Spontaneous Casting 1/day, shield of the divine +1	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+1	+3		+0	+3		4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	+3		+1	+3	Divine Counterspell	4	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4th	+3	+4		+1	+4	Spontaneous Casting 2/day	5	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	+4		+1	+4	Shield of the Divine +2	5	3	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
6th	+4	+5		+2	+5		5	3	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
7th	+5	+5		+2	+5		6	4	3	2	1	—	—	—	—	—
8th	+6/+1	+6		+2	+6	Spontaneous Casting 3/day	6	4	3	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
9th	+6/+1	+6		+3	+6		6	4	4	3	2	1	—	—	—	—
10th	+7/+2	+7		+3	+7	Shield of the Divine +3	6	4	4	3	3	2	—	—	—	—
11th	+8/+3	+7		+3	+7		6	5	4	4	3	2	1	—	—	—
12th	+9/+4	+8		+4	+8	Spontaneous casting 4/day	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	—	—	—
13th	+9/+4	+8		+4	+8		6	5	5	4	4	3	2	1	—	—
14th	+10/+5	+9		+4	+9		6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	—	—
15th	+11/+6/+1	+9		+5	+9	Shield of the divine +4	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	1	—
16th	+12/+7/+2	+10		+5	+10	Spontaneous casting 5/day	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	—
17th	+12/+7/+2	+10		+5	+10		6	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	1
18th	+13/+8/+3	+11		+6	+11		6	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	2
19th	+14/+9/+4	+11		+6	+11		6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3
20th	+15/+10/+5	+12		+6	+12	Shield of the divine +5, perfect self	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Aspirant.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The Aspirant is proficient with all simple weapons, with light wounds and medium armor, and with shields (except tower shields).

Spontaneous Casting: At 1^st level, the aspirant gains the ability to lose any prepared clerical spell for any other clerical spell of equal or lower level, but only once per day. She may cast a spontaneous spell twice per day at 8th, four times per day at 12^th, and five times per day at 16^th level. This represents the aspirant’s growing ability to manipulate divine energies directly.

Shield of the Divine (Ex): At 1^st level, the aspirant gains a +1 bonus to AC. At 5^th level and every five levels thereafter, the bonus increases by +1. This bonus applies even when the aspirant is flatfooted or helpless.

Divine Counterspell (SP): An aspirant of 3^rd level or higher may counter a divine spell cast by another spellcaster without expending a spell for the day. The aspirant must be high enough level to cast a spell of the same level as the spell she wishes to counter. To do so, an aspirant must ready an action to counterspell as normal, but the aspirant need not determine what the spell is. If the spell is not a divine spell, the aspirant cannot counter it, but she does not waste her use of this ability, only her action. The aspirant can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3+ her Charisma modifier.

Perfect Self: At 20^th level, the aspirant has become so fully connected with the power of the divine that she becomes a magical creature. This ability has the same effect as the monk ability of the same name.

Variant Cleric Rules

Unless otherwise noted a variant cleric advances just as a standard cleric and shares the following traits.

Levels of a specialist cleric count as levels of a standard cleric in terms of spellcasting ability, qualification for feats and prestige cases, and the like. A character must choose upon first becoming a cleric whethere to be a core cleric or one of these variations. Once the choice is made it cannot be changed or unmade, the character may not multiclass into the core cleric or a different cleric variant

Specialist clerics have the alignment restrictions of the cleric; that is, a specialist cleric’s alignment must fall within one step of her deity’s

Except in the case of the evangelist, specialist clerics cast divine spells, based on Wisdom, and they must prepare their spells like normal clerics. They cast spells from the cleric spell list. They gain the same # of spells per day but they do not receive they extra domain spell at each spell level

Unlike standard clerics, specialist clerics do not gain the ability to spontaneously cast cure or inflict spells

Except in the case of the evangelist, specialist clerics do not gain domains, either the special abilities or addition spells.

Specialist clerics do not have the ability to turn undead.