It's the Outlander trait (campaign - Rise of the Runelords), with the missionary selection:
You are not from Sandpoint; you’ve recently come from somewhere else and are hoping to make your fortune here.
Pick one of the following reasons to be a newcomer to Sandpoint.
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Missionary
You have come to Sandpoint to see about expanding the presence of your chosen faith after receiving visions that told you your faith is needed in Varisia—what that need is, though, you’re not quite sure.Benefit You gain a +1 trait bonus on Knowledge (religion) checks, and Knowledge (religion) is a class skill for you. If you cast divine spells, pick three spells on your spell list. You are particularly adept at casting these spells, so they function at +1 caster level when you cast them, and their save DCs (if any) gain a +1 bonus.
The Outlander is a campaign trait, and an overpowered one at that. It's unlikely to be allowed outside the campaign it's written for. (On top of that, I don't think Domain spells are considered to be on your class list, so they wouldn't be legal choices for the trait.) They are, as far as I know, the only traits that will let you get a CL increase on a spell above first level.
A Theologian can be a decent fireballer, but isn't "the best" blaster. The Divine Scion bonuses are nice, but you're paying a two-feat tax to get into it, and to be really good at blasting, you can't spare them.
Guide to making an excellent blaster using an Admixturer Wizard. Much of the advice in here can be applied to blasty Sorcerers and Theologians as well.
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My concern with Divine Scion is that its extra damage dice only applies vs. creatures of a specific alignment subtype, which will probably be [evil] or [chaos]. So in a significant number of combats, divine scion won't be useful at all. The healing on spells is also cute, but too low to matter until L10 in the PrC.
So yeah - good build for sure, but I think it would work best in a campaign with lots of devils or another specific outsider as a foe.
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Aasimar Thundercaller at Level 10
7d8 Sonic Damage, Fort save or be Stunned. Save and still take 7d8. Can be used twice per round. No SR due to it being a Supernatural ability. 22+CHA/day (aka, Rounds of Bardic Performance).
So possibly in 1 round, 14d8, 2 Fort Saves.
Sure, Wrath of the Righteous will have tons of evil outsiders - who are almost all going to be fire resistant. That AP is even more of an argument for playing an Admisturer over a Fire Theologian.
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Being that it is a Supernatural Ability, it would run similar to how a Witch's DC of a Hex or a Cleric's DC of a Domain runs: 10 + 1/2 Class Level + Modifier. When it stated that it allows the same saving throw, it refers to the Fortitude instead of the other two types. So at Level 10, the Thunder Call is DC 15+CHA (by Level 10, usually bards are running at least 20 Charisma).
Most opponents in modules (practically all) are evil.
Sure. But they aren't mostly [Evil]. Alignment subtype is much less common than simple alignment.
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Interesting you should bring this up now - I noticed the potential of a Theologian of Fire (or perhaps better yet, Ash) only a few days ago. However, if what you want is destructive power, why be a Cleric of Sarenrae when you could be a Cleric of a non-Good power of fire like Asmodeus, Moloch, Ymeri, Lady Nanbyo, or Yamatsumi? Then you could channel negative energy!
Thundercaller is definitely not clear. As written its specific "spend a round of performance to create an effect similar to the spell sound burst (having the same range and area and allowing the same saving throw)."
Same saving throw even if we want it different.. the su instead of sp thing makes it open to argument. Its a DM call in that case which is never good for builds and can use in anygame.
I know this is just further derailing but I don;t get how people come up with this. Look at the spell. Look at the line that says saving throw. Its says "fortitude". That is what the ability inherits from the spell.
Difficulty check is not the same thing as saving throw. Not even close. DC can not be inherited from the spell because Dc is not related to the spell at all. DC is from caster ability score and spell level. None of which are inherited by the ability.
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The issue is:
*15d6+30, as cool as it sounds, is "only" AE: 82 damage (save for half) with 2 more saves for effects. While that may "sound" cool, remember you're at level 15.... the archers can put out 200+ damage on a single target, which is far more significant.
*This character sucks pretty hardcore until they get there. This is a many level game... starting a character @ high and saying "wow" misses that they are a mediocre blaster cleric until then. Once Spell perfection kicks in, things start unhinging in the game... and there are a lot better things you can be doing than a little extra damage with a fireball.