Arcane Devotee - Faerun Prestige Class
This is a Forgotten Realms Exclusive Class
Every major faith numbers sorcerers and wizards among its fervent followers. While some wizards ally themselves with churches close to their own beliefs out of caution and convenience, others are devout representatives of their faith and willingly subordinate their own causes to those of their patron deity, becoming arcane devotees.
Arcane devotees complement the divine magic of a church's clerical leaders and are among the most important and respected members of a deity's following. They provide much of the magical firepower of their faith and collaborate with the church's clerics in the creation of magic items requiring both arcane and divine spells. Arcane devotees provide support for the church's armies in time of war, divine the intentions of the enemies of the faith, and often take the front line to decimate enemy troops or destroy spellcasters of rival faiths.
Naturally, arcane devotees are always arcane spellcasters. Sorcerers and wizards are the most common type, but some music-oriented deities tend to have more bard devotees, and a rare few of the more evil deities have been known to have assassin devotees that focus on cruel and terrible forms of death magic.
Hit Die: d4
To qualify to become an Arcane Devotee, a character must fulfill all the following criteria:
- Skills: Knowledge (religion) 5 ranks
- Feats: Enlarge Spell.
- Spellcasting: Ability to cast 4th-level arcane spells.
- Patron: An arcane devotee must have a patron deity, and it must be the deity of which she is a devotee.
From:
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Player's Guide to Faerûn
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