Ordained Sorcerer (3.5e Class)

A strong divine caster, as useful as a regular sorcerer but with the ability to cast a few divine spells and turn undead.

Abilities: Like a cleric, an ordained sorcerer relies on Wisdom most of all for spells, as well as several class abilities. A strong Dexterity is useful for armour class as well.

Races: Humans are the most common practitioners of this class, though any race capable of producing sorcerers can become an ordained sorcerer. Dwarves tend to have slightly higher numbers of ordained sorcerers compared to basic sorcerers than other races.

Alignment: Must not oppose to the alignment of their chosen deity.

Starting Gold: 3d4×10 gp

Starting Age: As Sorcerer.

All of the following are class features of the Ordained Sorcerer:

Turning(Ex): At first level, Ordained Sorcerers gain the ability to sacrifice one of their spell slots as a move action to make a Turn Undead check as a cleric of the same level. Use the level of the spell sacrificed in place of Charisma bonus for the attempt.

Divine Domain Access: Starting at first level, and again at 8th level, the Ordained Sorcerer picks one domain of the deity they follow. They receive one bonus spell per spell level per day from one domain they have access to, which is cast as an divine spell at their caster level.

Improved Divine Domain Access: Starting at 4th level, and again at 12th level, the Ordained Sorcerer gains the special ability granted to clerics with access to the divine domain chosen by the sorcerer.

Divine Conduit(Sp): At 5th level, and at every 5 levels after, the Ordained Sorcerer gains the ability to use one of: Divine Spell Power, Glorious Weapons, Divine Vigor, Divine Damage Reduction or Sacred Healing once per day as a spell-like ability. Use of this ability does not cost the use of a Turn Undead attempt. The same abilty may be chosen more than once, increasing the number of uses by 1 per day.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Ordained Sorcerers have proficiency in all simple weapons. They have no skill in armour or shields of any kind.

Spells: Ordained Sorcerer casts spells from sorcerer/wizard spell list

To learn or cast a spontaneous spell, a Ordained Sorcerer must have a Wisdom score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a Ordained Sorcerer’s spell is 10 + the spell level + the Ordained Sorcerer’s Charisma modifier

Like other spellcasters, an ordianed sorcerer can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. His base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The Ordained Sorcerer. In addition, he receives bonus spells per day if he has a high Charisma score

When an Ordained Sorcerer falls out of grace with his chosen deity he loses all domain access, turning, and divine conduit abilities until suitably atoned.

same as sorcerer

Weapons: <-Weapon selection for starting at 1st level with this class.->.

Skill Selection: Pick a number of skills equal to 2 + Int modifier.

Feat: <-1st-level feat selection->.

Bonus Feats: <-1st-level feat bonus feats due to class or sample race. remove this section if this sample doesn't get any bonus feats at 1st level. ->.

Gear: <-Starting armor and other equipment outside of weapons.->.

Gold: <-Starting gold using this package.->.

Religion: Like cleric.

Other Classes: Like cleric.

Combat: Like Sorcerer.

Advancement: Similar to Cloistered Cleric.

Ordained Sorcerers fill a niche in organized church hierarchies for arcane knowledge and power. They are devout, often zealous, adherents of a church's dogma and believe their magical gifts come from the gods themselves much as a cleric's.

Daily Life: Like cleric.

Organizations: These casters tend to form groups of others of their kind within a single church body and often between like-minded churches to work towards common goals.

NPC Reactions: Most NPCs don't differentiate between Ordained Sorcerers and common clerics, but recognise that they have more destructive magical power. Personality-wise, they are often confused with standard clerics, however.

Characters with ranks in Knowledge (Arcana) or Knowledge (Religion) can research Ordained Sorcerers to learn more about them. When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.

Ordained Sorcerers are a strong divine caster class that can provide decent versatility as undead controllers or a variety of other small niches depending on their chosen domains.

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