Benevolent

Benevolent

In many cultures, the primary function of the cleric is to bless the undertaking of others, to grant the god’s favor on those who labor in their name. The benevolent exemplifies this role. A benevolent is devoted to aiding and abetting others in their times of need and to increasing the good fortune of his allies. The benevolent is capable in combat as any cleric- otherwise he could not accompany soldiers on the battlefield- but his own focus is on their needs, not his own The vast majority of benevolents are good aligned, although evil ones are not unheard.

Hit Die: d8.

Class Skills

The ancestral speaker’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (the planes) (Int), Knowledge (history) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), 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 Benevolent
							———————— 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	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+1	+3		+0	+3		4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	+3		+1	+3		4	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4th	+3	+4		+1	+4	Luck of the Gods 1/day	5	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	+4		+1	+4		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	Luck of the Gods 2/day	6	4	3	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
9th	+6/+1	+6		+3	+6		6	4	4	3	2	1	—	—	—	—
10th	+7/+2	+7		+3	+7		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	Luck of the Gods 3/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		6	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	1	—
16th	+12/+7/+2	+10		+5	+10	Luck of the Gods 4/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	Luck of the Gods 5/day	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Benevolent.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The benevolent is proficient with all simple weapons, with all types of armor, and with shields (including tower shields).

Spontaneous Casting (Ex): The benevolent has a wider range of spontaneous spells than the standard cleric, although they are all geared towards aiding others. The benevolent may loose any prepared spells of equal or higher level in exchange for any of the following spells 0- cure minor wounds, guidance, resistance; 1^st- bless, cure light wounds, sanctuary; 2^nd- aid, cure moderate wounds, shield other; 3^rd- cure serious wounds, prayer remove curse; 4^th- cure critical wounds, restoration, spell immunity; 5^th- atonement, mass cure light wounds; 6^th- mass cure moderate wounds, heal; 7^th- greater restoration, mass cure serious wounds; 8^th- mass cure critical wounds; 9^th- mass heal

Luck of the Gods (Sp): Starting at 4^th level, the benevolent can, with a brief benediction, bestow good fortune upon others. The recipient of this prayer may, any time within the next 24 hours, reroll any single die roll, as per the granted power for the Luck Domain. If the blessing is it used within 24 hours, it is lost. Additionally, the recipient may add a luck bonus equal to the benevolent’s Charisma bonus to any single roll during that 24 hour period. These two effects can be applied to the same roll. The benevolent may not use this power on himself, and he may use it only upon someone within one alignment step of his deity. Multiple applications of luck of the gods do not stack. This power may be used once per day at 4^th level, twice per day at 8^th level, three times per day at 12^th level, four times per day at 16^th level, and five times per day at 20^th level.

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.