Cleric
 Character Creation | |
| Characters on Arelith: | |
|---|---|
| Race - Alignment | |
| Deity - Class | |
| Gifts - Backgrounds | |
| Mark of Destiny | |
| Epic Sacrifice | |
| Customization | |
| Head List | |
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' alignments and Piety to cast spells greater than circle 6. While selection of Domains is not mechanically enforced, it is encouraged that your selections domains are close to the dogma of the worshiped Deity. Domains are quite customized on Arelith and it is worth reviewing them prior to in game domain selection as they offer a range of extended powers and abilities.
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, sail, 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 | Nybor's 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: dragon knight, epic spell: greater ruin, epic spell: hell ball, epic spell: planar conduit, epic spell: mummy dust, epic spell focus, epic spell penetration, epic weapon foci, great wisdom, great smiting, greater spell focus, improved combat casting, planar turning
Unavailable epic feats: epic weapon specialization, outsider shape, construct shape, dragon shape, undead shape
| 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 | - | Clerics, Paladins and Druids 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, Ride and Sail 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. |
Cleric Path Feats
- Paths are chosen at level 2 Cleric
- Cleric gains a bonus feat at level 2 specifically just for paths alone and nothing else.
- Favored Soul levels count towards Cleric path progression
- 2/3 Cleric levels count towards Favored Soul CL (not vice versa)
- All Cleric paths can gain more weapon, armor, and shield proficiencies via feats or multiclass.
- Note: The exception to this rule is the #Healer Path with weapon proficiencies where they can not gain weapon proficiencies beyond simple.
- Spell Refunds
- Refund chances from the paths will apply to applicable spells from both the Favored Soul and the Cleric spellbooks.
- Chance based on Spell Level is 10% less for every spell level starting at 100%:
- Level 1: 90%
- Level 2: 80%
- Level 3: 70%
- Level 4: 60%
- Level 5: 50%
- Level 6: 40%
- Level 7: 30%
- Level 8: 20%
- Level 9: 10%
- Note: Meta magic will lower the refund chances proportional to the spell level increase.
Path of the Cleric
These are the clerics that travel among the people and carry their faith with them to spread their deities' wills through their actions and sharing their divine magics. This is the default cleric path.
Weapon Proficiency: Simple Weapon Armor Proficiency: Light, Medium, Heavy, Shield Special: None
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.