The Cleric Common Roles Acolyte, adventurer, advisor, ambassador, bounty hunter, chaplain, cultist, diplomat, diplomatic aide, healer, high priest, knight, priest, teacher, templar, tutor Common Races Humans, Egalrin, Giantborn, Halflings, Khazad-Aul Influencial Faiths All. Clerics are servants and warriors of the gods. Common Organizations Temple Organizations Pathfinder Rules for Cleric

Clerics are the templars and evangelists of the churches of the world. Serving equally as battle chaplains and as pastors that shepherd the various religious flocks that exist, they are the mighty hands of the gods themselves and can be as varied as the aspects of the deities they serve. Acolytes who wield minor bits of divine magic staff most temples but the Clerics are the ones who act as the voice, champions and defenders of the faith.

On the Emblem of Ea, clerics must be aligned with a god. These choices often determine factional allegiances, feat availability and domain and spell availability. Emblem of Ea has no "alignment" clerics, that is to say clerics who draw their divine power by serving abstract ideals. Clerics are rendered into the service of the gods and their divine magic comes from their faith in these gods and willingness to do their will.

Clerics and Deities

Emblem of Ea clerics must select either a deity or a celestial affiliation. Although there are prestige classes and philosophies that embrace the entire pantheon of twenty-one true gods as opposed an individual god or celestial order, clerics start out with, and most of them remain with, a single deity. They cultivate that relationship throughout their entire career, becoming closer in thought, word and deed to their patron.

The Emblem of Ea cultivates a pantheon of unique gods. These gods once existed with physical forms that interacted with the world but an ancient great war destroyed these forms and for the most part, confined them to the heavens. They may still manifest on the material plane through dreams, visions and the occasional proxy or a brief appearance through a simulacrum that represents but a tiny fraction of their whole being, they are content to operate through their servants and followers. Some deities rail against this and seek ways to increase their influence on the world, bypassing the ancient oath. Sworn on the Loom of Creation. Seeming success, on the part of at least one of the greater powers, has recently thrown the pantheon into disarray with epic repercussions upon the mortal world. The fall of one greater power and the ascension of another has ushered in a new era of conflict, uncertainty and opportunities for heroism with foreshadowing of soon coming cataclysmic events.

The table below lists the twenty-one primary gods of the world of Gaea as of our changeover into Pathfinder. Do note that these deities represent true cleric supporting powers. Other faiths, philosophies and divine forces exist in the world but they are often at odds with the true churches, or, kept under them as sub-orders of saints attached to greater powers. The full details of these deities are mentioned elsewhere in the theme files. As a rule of thumb we prefer players to not attempt to be followers of false faiths although fringe faiths that have variant understandings of a given god or group of gods is reasonable. Refer to their individual sections for information on that.

Evil aligned characters are not allowed in character generation as we believe the evil alignments are best used as antagonists. As a result the only evil gods available for clerics are those who exist within alignment step of neutral characters and said characters must justify their choices and religious upbringing while in chargen.

Gods of Good
Deity	AL	Portfolio	Domains	Relations
Althea	NG	Love, beauty, healing, and redemption	Good, Healing, Protection, Community	Wife of Daeus, Mother of Eluna and Gilead
Angoron	CG	Strength, valor, competition and freedom	Good, Strength, Luck, Chaos, Liberation	Competitor of Kor for Ceinara's affections, Traveling and Boasting Companion of Tarien
Daeus	LG	Justice, protection of the weak, nobility, the sun, good dragons	Glory, Good, Law, Sun, Nobility	Husband of Althea, Father of Eluna and Gilead, Brother of Maugrim
Eluna	NG	Magic, destiny, dreams and wisdom	Knowledge, Magic, Good, Rune	Daughter of Daeus and Althea, Sister to Gilead
Gilead	NG	Nature, the hunt, trade and the wild	Animal, Community, Good, Plant	Son of Daeus and Althea, Brother to Eluna
Serriel	LG	Honor, justice, and civilization	Good, Law, War, Protection	Birthed after the death of Animus, Unknown
Tarien	CG	Luck, storytelling and music, travelers, the stars	Good, Chaos, Trickery, Luck, Travel	Traveling and Boasting Companion of Angoron, Father of Deimos (according to legend)

Gods of Neutrality
Deity	AL	Portfolio	Domains	Relations
Ceinara	CN	Inspiration and the arts	Charm, Luck, Fire, Chaos, Liberation	Daughter of Dana and Reos
Dana	TN	The living earth, animals, the natural world	Air, Animal, Plant, Water, Weather	Wife of Reos, Mother of Ceinara
Kor	CN	War, weapons, and aggression	Chaos, Glory, Strength, War, Destruction	Competitor with Angoron for Ceinara's affections, with Maugrim and Serriel over the dominion of War
Navos	TN	History, knowledge, self perfection	Healing, Knowledge, Rune, Strength	Once close friend of Daeus, distanced now with His new role among the Twilight and loss of Compassion
Rada	TN	Sea, travel, trade, wealth	Weather, Water, Nobility, Travel
Reos	LN	Artifice, engineers, the forge, earth	Artifice, Earth, Law, Rune	Husband of Dana, Father of Ceinara
Vardama	LN	Death, birth, law and prophecy	Community, Healing, Knowledge, Repose, Law	Once wife of Thul

Gods of Evil
Deity	AL	Portfolio	Domains	Relations
Caracoroth	CE	Savagery, monsters, nightmares	Evil, Chaos, Animal, Madness	Harries Eluna across the sky
Deimos	NE	Trickery, secrets, crime and corruption	Luck, Trickery, Evil, Charm	Rumored son of Tarien
Gunahkar	CE	Destruction, chaos, disaster, wrath	Chaos, Destruction, Death, Weather, Evil
Illotha	NE	Murder, poison, envy, loss	Evil, Death, Knowledge, Rune
Maugrim	LE	Tyranny, slavery, pride, dragons	Evil, Law, War, Strength, Destruction	Husband of Taara, Brother of Daeus
Taara	NE	Cruelty, darkness, evil, the draw of power	Evil, Darkness, Magic, Destruction	Wife of Maugrim
Thul	LE	Death, undeath, gluttony, contracts, cannibalism	Death, Evil, Strength, Trickery, Law	Maddened husband of Vardama, now divorced

Additional Options

Additional spells are available.

Starting Kits

Concept	Attributes	Feats and Skills	Frequent Spells	Notes
Battle-scarred Healer	Wis 16+, Cha 14+	Key Feats: Selective Channeling, Combat Casting Recommended Feats: Scribe Scroll Key Skills: Heal, Knowledge/Religion Recommended Skills: Survival	Bless, Shield of Faith, and similar buffing spells. Channel energy will provide healing, and unused spells may always be converted into healing.	Working in the middle of the ranks, you keep your allies on their feet and guide them in both health and spirit. Your access to buffing and healing spells is unparalleled. You do your fighting primarily through augmenting your allies. When they're brought low, you can quickly patch them up.

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