Cleric

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Cleric is a default base class with Arelith specific changes.

Introduction

Arelith Clerics enjoy many changes that benefit their spellcasting and summons. The #Path: Healer is focused on protection and healing. Mechanical changes are included in the #Class Mechanics on this page and explained in the #Arelith Changes section. Base mechanics can be found on NWNWiki. The #Roleplay Tips section provides suggestions for character development.

Class Mechanics

Requirements

Alignment restrictions: None

Spellcasting: Requires a Deity, alignment within the deity's worshipers, and Piety to cast spells greater than circle 6. Selection of Domains is not mechanically enforced, but is encouraged. Domains are quite customized on Arelith and it is worth reviewing them prior to in game domain selection

Class Features

Hit die: d8

Proficiencies: armor (light, medium, heavy), shields, weapons (simple)

Skill points: 4 + int modifier ((4 + int modifier) * 4 at 1st level)

Class Skills: concentration, craft mastery, heal, intimidate, leadership, lore, ride, spellcraft

Unavailable feats: weapon specialization

Primary saving throw(s): fortitude, will

Base attack bonus: +3/4 level

Spellcasting: Divine (spell failure from armor is ignored), wisdom-based (a base wisdom score of 10 + the spell's level is required to cast a spell, bonus spells are based on modified wisdom, and the wisdom modifier affects spell DCs), and requires preparation

Level Progression

Hit points rolls on Arelith are always maximum.

							Base spells per day
Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will	Feats	HP	0	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1st	+0	+2	+0	+2	turn undead	8	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2nd	+1	+3	+0	+3		16	4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3rd	+2	+3	+1	+3		24	4	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4th	+3	+4	+1	+4		32	5	4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5th	+3	+4	+1	+4		40	5	4	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
6th	+4	+5	+2	+5		48	5	4	4	3	—	—	—	—	—	—
7th	+5	+5	+2	+5		56	6	5	4	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
8th	+6/+1	+6	+2	+6		64	6	5	4	4	3	—	—	—	—	—
9th	+6/+1	+6	+3	+6		72	6	5	5	4	3	2	—	—	—	—
10th	+7/+2	+7	+3	+7		80	6	5	5	4	4	3	—	—	—	—
11th	+8/+3	+7	+3	+7		88	6	6	5	5	4	3	2	—	—	—
12th	+9/+4	+8	+4	+8		96	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	—	—	—
13th	+9/+4	+8	+4	+8		104	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	2	—	—
14th	+10/+5	+9	+4	+9		112	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	—	—
15th	+11/+6/+1	+9	+5	+9		120	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	2	—
16th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+10		128	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	—
17th	+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+10		136	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	2
18th	+13/+8/+3	+11	+6	+11		144	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3
19th	+14/+9/+4	+11	+6	+11		152	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4
20th	+15/+10/+5	+12	+6	+12		160	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

Spells

Cantrips	1st level spells	2nd level spells	3rd level spells	4th level spells
Cure minor wounds	Bane	Aid	Animate dead	Cure critical wounds
Inflict minor wounds	Bless	Bull's strength	Bestow curse	Death ward
Light	Cure light wounds	Cure moderate wounds	Blindness/deafness	Dismissal
Resistance	Divine favor	Darkness	Clarity	Divine power
Virtue	Doom	Eagle's splendor	Contagion	Freedom of movement
	Endure elements	Endurance	Continual flame	Hammer of the gods
	Entropic shield	Find Traps	Cure serious wounds	Inflict critical wounds
	Inflict light wounds	Fox's cunning	Darkfire	Greater magic weapon
	Magic weapon	Hold Person	Dispel magic	Neutralize poison
	Protection from alignment	Inflict moderate wounds	Glyph of warding	Restoration
	Remove fear	Lesser dispel	Inflict serious wounds	Summon creature IV
	Sanctuary	Lesser restoration	Invisibility purge	Poison
	Scare	Negative energy ray	Magic circle against alignment	Sound Lance
	Shield of faith	Owl's wisdom	Magic vestment
	Summon creature I	Remove paralysis	Negative energy protection
	Detect Poison	Resist elements	Prayer
		Silence	Protection from elements
		Sound burst	Remove blindness/deafness
		Stone bones	Remove curse
		Summon creature II	Remove disease
		Ultravision	Searing light
		Cat's grace	Summon creature III
			Halt undead

5th level spells	6th level spells	7th level spells	8th level spells	9th level spells
Battletide	Banishment	Destruction	Aura versus alignment	Energy drain
Circle of doom	Blade barrier	Greater restoration	Earthquake	Gate
Flame strike	Control undead	Regenerate	Create greater undead	Implosion
Healing circle	Create undead	Resurrection	Fire storm	Storm of vengeance
Monstrous regeneration	Greater dispelling	Summon creature VII	Mass heal	Summon creature IX
Raise dead	Greater sanctuary	Word of faith	Summon creature VIII	Undeath's eternal foe
Slay living	Harm	Blasphemy	Sunbeam
Spell resistance	Heal	Planar binding	Wrathful castigation
Summon creature V	Planar ally		Greater planar binding
True seeing	Summon creature VI
Haste	Undeath to death
Envervation
Lesser planar binding

Epic Cleric

Bonus feats: The epic cleric gains a bonus feat every three levels after 20th. In other words, at levels 23, 26, and 29.

Epic bonus feats: armor skin, automatic quicken spell, automatic silent spell, automatic still spell, epic spell focus, epic spell penetration, great wisdom, greater spell focus, improved combat casting, planar turning

Unavailable epic feats: epic weapon specialization, outsider shape, construct shape, dragon shape, undead shape

Additional epic feats: epic spell: planar conduit

Level	Feats	HP
21st		168
22nd		176
23rd	bonus feat	184
24th		192
25th		200
26th	bonus feat	208
27th		216
28th		224
29th	bonus feat	232
30th		240

Arelith Changes

Change	Level	Description
Bonus Language	-	Celestial if Good. Infernal if Lawful Evil. Abyssal if Chaotic Evil or Neutral Evil.
Summoning Changes	-	For specifics, read Summoning Changes which details how summons are changed on Arelith and Summons which details each specific summon stream and what is summoned at each tier of the stream.
Spell changes	-	For specifics, see Spell changes.
New spells	-	Blasphemy (7), Darkbolt (Darkness Domain) (6), Detect Poison (1), Halt Undead (3), Poison (4), Sound Lance (4), Wrathful Castigation(8)
Spellbook	-	Can save and load Spellbooks through the Crafting Skills menu. Right-click menu: Special Abilities > Crafting Skills > Choose "Spellbooks" from the menu.
Spellcasting Costs	-	Requires Piety to cast spells greater than level 6. Level 7 spells cost -1%. Level 8 spells cost -2%. Level 9 spells cost -4%. Epic spells cost -5%
Raise Dead & Resurrection	-	Casting them (even from scrolls) usually costs 50% and 75% of Piety, respectively, but is reduced by a flat 25% for Clerics. This becomes 25% for Raise Dead and 50% for Resurrection.
Chosen Deity	-	All Divine Classes (Clerics, Paladins, Druids, Divine Champions, and Blackguards) must be one of the cleric alignments of that deity. See Chosen Deity to read more.
Piety	-	Clerics gain total piety per tick, based on cleric level: 1-8 = 0.1%; 9-27 = 0.2%; 28-30 = 0.3%. Other classes do not have this innate piety gain. The default piety tick is -0.1% so the net total from levels 1-8 Clerics will not lose piety, then gain 0.1% 9-27, and 0.2% from 28-30.
Class skills	-	Clerics on Arelith gain access to Intimidate and Ride as class skills. Clerics on Arelith lose access to Parry as a class skill.
Turn Undead	-	This feat has been heavily modified on Arelith, read more about it here.
Domains	-	Domains on Arelith are very customized, more information can be found here.
Divine Protection	-	Has a 240 second cooldown that's shared with Greater Sanctuary. Duration changed to 5+ Cha mod rounds.

Path: Healer

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The Healer is an alternate path for clerics that can only be taken at character creation. Forgoing most of their gear options, these individuals excel at defying death at every turn, ensuring the safety and survival of their allies against all odds.

• Healers lose all weapon and armor proficiencies, including racial proficiencies, but with the exception of Simple weapons. They cannot regain these lost proficiencies.

• Spontaneous Healing: A Healer can cast Healing Circle, Heal, and Mass Heal spontaneously as if they were an innate caster (sorcerer, bard). Consumes 5th level, 6th level, and 8th level spell slots respectively. These spells will appear under special abilities on the radial menu.

• Overhealing: Healers convert excess healing into temporary hit points. The hit point bonus is limited to 5/ Healer level (Harper Priest levels count, too), and lasts for a period of three rounds. A Healer level 13 can overheal for up to 65 points. The duration is refreshed on further applications of Overhealing.

• Regenerate refreshes and stacks the overheal hit point bonus, while Monstrous Regeneration doesn't.

• Lifeline: Healers can cast Raise Dead or Resurrection on a living target to apply a Lifeline to that target for the duration of 1 turn. If the affected creature reaches -10 hitpoints during the effect, they fall to the ground unconscious instead of dying, and are raised or resurrected a round later.
  • Other creatures can only benefit from Lifeline once per rest. Note that this is the creature's rest, not the cleric's.
  • Bear in mind that the Healers cannot use Lifeline on themselves.
  • This ability only works with other PCs; not summons, companions, mobs or NPCs of any sort.

• Expanded Healing: The Healer's radius of area healing spells (Healing Circle, Mass Healing) grows slightly with their levels. A level 30 Healer will have the spell's area effectively doubled.

• Respite: At level 28, a pure healers gains access to the epic -respite spell. Respite creates a 4.0m area of effect on the ground that lasts for 9 seconds. All creatures (including enemies) within the area of effect become immune to all forms of crowd control (except Timestop) and cannot be reduced to less than one hit point. On expiration of the zone, all allies within the area of effect are healed for 150 hit points.

Note that these abilities will only work through casted spells; not spells from items.

Roleplay Tips

It is desirable to select domains that are close to dogma of worshiped Deity.

External Links

Information about default NWN class are available on NWNWiki.

Seekers of wisdom - article on CoA forum comparing roleplay of 3 classes: clerics, druids and monks.