Exalted Prestige Class : Exalted Arcanist
Tales say that sorcerers gain their innate magical ability from draconic blood, and many sorcerers (especially kobold sorcerers) loudly champion this legend. Aasimar sorcerers, meanwhile, smile to themselves, knowing that dragons are not the only source of spontaneous arcane power. Among both sorcerers and bards, some trace the source of their power back to celestial influence, either bloodline or simply favor. These are the exalted arcanists, spontaneous spellcasters who gain access to spells that channel celestial energy.
Only characters who spontaneously cast arcane spells can become exalted arcanists, which means that in most campaigns the class is limited to sorcerers and bards.
Exalted arcanists are very often adventurers, rising the power they consider a gift to the purpose for which in was intended: to help combat evil. They gravitate to places where their ability to cover a battlefield with holy smite spells is useful, so they are rarely found in cities or placid villages. They frequently join forces with other exalted adventurers, much less frequently with other exalted arcanists.
Requirements
To qualify to become an Exalted Arcanist, a character must fulfill all the following criteria:
- Alignment: Any good
- Skills: Knowledge (arcana) 9 ranks, Knowledge (religion) 4 ranks
- Feats: Consecrate Spell, Purify Spell,
- Base Save Bonus: Will +5
- Spells: Able to spontaneously cast 3rd-level arcane spells.
Class Skills
The exalted arcanist's class skills are Concentration, Craft, Decipher Script, Diplomacy, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (religion), Perform, Profession, Sense Motive, Spellcraft, and Use Magic Device.
Skill Points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier.
Class Features
All of the following are class features of the exalted arcanist prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Exalted arcanists gain no proficiency with any weapon or armor.
Exalted Spell List: An exalted arcanist gains access no spells than do not normally appear on arcane spellcasters' spell lists. The exalted arcanist's spell list additions appear below. At 1st level, an exalted arcanist adds the spells of up to 3rd level to her spell list, and each additional exalted arcanist level grants her access to two more spell levels on the spell list. She does not automatically know these spells, but can choose them as spells known.
Spell Knowledge (Ex): An 1st level, an exalted arcanist learns two new arcane spells of any level up to the maximum spell level she can cast. These can be spells from her normal spell list or from the exalted spell list that appears below. She does not gain any extra spell slots an this level.
Faster Consecrate (Ex): At 2nd level, an exalted arcanist can spontaneously cast spells with the Consecrate Spell feat without extending the spells' casting time.
Spells per Day/Spells Known: An each exalted arcanist level after the first, the character gains new spells per day and spells known as if she had also gained a level in an arcane spellcasting class to which she belonged before adding the prestige class level. She does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained (bardic music abilities, improved familiar abilities, and so on), though she does retain the ability to exchange spells known with every even-numbered equivalent sorcerer or bard level. If the character had more than one arcane spellcasting class before becoming an exalted arcanist, she must decide to which class she adds each exalted arcanist level for the purpose of determining spells per day and spells known.
Bonus Exalted Feat: An 3rd level, and again an 5th level, an exalted arcanist gains a bonus feat. This feat must be chosen from the exalted feats that appear in Chapter 4.
Faster Purify (Ex): An 4th level, an exalted arcanist can spontaneously cast spells with the Purify Spell feat without extending the spells' casting time.
Sanctified Spells: A 5th-level exalted arcanist can use sanctified spells as though they were among her spells known.
| Exalted Arcanist | Hit Die: d4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | BAB | Fort | Ref | Will | Special | Spells per Day |
| 1st | +0 | +0 | +0 | +2 | Exalted spell list (3rd), spell knowledge | - |
| 2nd | +1 | +0 | +0 | +3 | Exalted spell list (5th), faster consecrate | +1 level of existing class |
| 3rd | +1 | +1 | +1 | +3 | Bonus exalted feat, exalted spell list (7th) | +1 level of existing class |
| 4th | +2 | +1 | +1 | +4 | Exalted spell list (9th), faster purify | +1 level of existing class |
| 5th | +2 | +1 | +1 | +4 | Bonus exalted feat, sanctified spells | +1 level of existing class |
Exalted Arcanist Spell List
Exalted arcanists choose their spells from the following list or from their normal spell list:
- 1st Level: bless, vision of heaven
- 2nd Level: consecrate, zone of truth
- 3rd Level: helping hand, searing light
- 4th Level: holy smite, lesser aspect of the deity, lesser planar ally, sword of conscience
- 5th Level: crown of flame, hallow, heavenly lightning, mark of justice
- 6th Level: aspect of the deity, bolt of glory, planar ally
- 7th Level: heavenly lightning storm, holy word, righteous smite
- 8th Level: greater planar ally holy aura
- 9th Level: greater aspect of the deity
Source: Book of Exalted Deeds