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Fate's Favored: The fates watch over you. Whenever you are under the effect of a luck bonus of any kind, that bonus increases by 1

Ironfang Survivor Gain a +2 dodge bonus to AC against goblinoids, and once per day when you attempt an Intimidate, Sense Motive, or Stealth check against a goblinoid, you can roll two dice and use the better result.

Empty Quiver Style (link) While using this style, you can make melee attacks with the chosen weapon as if it were a heavy mace (or a light mace for melee attack made with a hand crossbow or one-handed firearm), though you don’t automatically threaten the area around you as if you were wielding a melee weapon. You can switch between melee and ranged attacks with this weapon without penalty, even during the same round. In addition, you ignore the elf prerequisite for the Stabbing Shot feat. If you have the Stabbing Shot feat, you can use it with a crossbow or firearm, substituting a loaded bolt or firearm ammunition for an arrow.

Point Blank Shot (link) You get a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls with ranged weapons at ranges of up to 30 feet.

Weapon Focus, Bows (link) You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using the selected weapon.

Power Attack (link) Choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (–50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every 4 points thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2.

Combat Expertise (link) You can choose to take a –1 penalty on melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +1 dodge bonus to your Armor Class. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every +4 thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the dodge bonus increases by +1. You can only choose to use this feat when you declare that you are making an attack or a full-attack action with a melee weapon. The effects of this feat last until your next turn.

Deadly Aim You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all ranged attack rolls to gain a +2 bonus on all ranged damage rolls. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every +4 thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.

Risky Striker (link) You can choose to take a –1 penalty to AC to gain a +2 bonus on melee damage rolls against creatures two or more size categories larger than you. When your base attack bonus reaches +4 and every 4 levels thereafter, the penalty increases by -1 and the damage bonus increases by 2. The bonus damage is multiplied in the case of a critical hit. You can only choose to use this feat when you declare that you are making an attack action or a full-attack action with a melee weapon. The effects last until your next turn.

Weapon and Armor Proficiencies: A warpriest is proficient with all simple and martial weapons, as well as the favored weapon of his deity, and with all armor (heavy, light, and medium) and shields (except tower shields). If the warpriest worships a deity with unarmed strike as its favored weapon, the warpriest gains Improved Unarmed Strike as a bonus feat.

Spell Casting (Divine): A warpriest casts divine spells drawn from the cleric spell list. His alignment, however, can restrict him from casting certain spells opposed to his moral or ethical beliefs; see the Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells section. A warpriest must choose and prepare his spells in advance.

Orisons: Warpriests can prepare a number of orisons, or 0-level spells, each day as noted on Table Warpriest. These spells are cast as any other spell, but aren’t expended when cast and can be used again.

Spontaneous Casting: A good warpriest (or a neutral warpriest of a good deity) can channel stored spell energy into healing spells that he did not prepare ahead of time. The warpriest can expend any prepared spell that isn’t an orison to cast any cure spell of the same spell level or lower. A cure spell is any spell with “cure” in its name.

Aura (Ex): A warpriest of a chaotic, evil, good, or lawful deity has a particularly powerful aura (as a cleric) corresponding to the deity’s alignment (see detect evil).

Blessings (Su): A warpriest’s deity influences his alignment, what magic he can perform, his values, and how others see him. Each warpriest can select two blessings from among those granted by his deity (each deity grants the blessings tied to its domains). A warpriest can select an alignment blessing (Chaos, Evil, Good, or Law) only if his alignment matches that domain. If a warpriest isn’t devoted to a particular deity, he still selects two blessings to represent his spiritual inclinations and abilities, subject to GM approval. The restriction on alignment domains still applies.

Each blessing grants a minor power at 1st level and a major power at 10th level. A warpriest can call upon the power of his blessings a number of times per day (in any combination) equal to 3 + 1/2 his warpriest level (to a maximum of 13 times per day at 20th level). Each time he calls upon any one of his blessings, it counts against his daily limit. The save DC for these blessings is equal to 10 + 1/2 the warpriest’s level + the warpriest’s Wisdom modifier.

If a warpriest also has levels in a class that grants cleric domains, the blessings chosen must match the domains selected by that class. Subject to GM discretion, the warpriest can change his former blessings or domains to make them conform.

+++ Community, Communal Aid (minor): At 1st level, you can touch an ally and grant it the blessing of community. For the next minute, whenever that ally uses the aid another action, the bonus granted increases to +4. You can instead use this ability on yourself as a swift action.

+++ Good, Holy Strike (minor): At 1st level, you can touch one weapon and bless it with the power of purity and goodness. For 1 minute, this weapon glows green, white, or yellow-gold and deals an additional 1d6 points of damage against evil creatures. During this time, it’s treated as good for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction. This additional damage doesn’t stack with the additional damage from the holy weapon special ability.

Focus Weapon At 1st level, a warpriest receives Weapon Focus as a bonus feat (he can choose any weapon, not just his deity’s favored weapon)

Sacred Weapon At 1st level, weapons wielded by a warpriest are charged with the power of his faith. In addition to the favored weapon of his deity, the warpriest can designate a weapon as a sacred weapon by selecting that weapon with the Weapon Focus feat; if he has multiple Weapon Focus feats, this ability applies to all of them. Whenever the warpriest hits with his sacred weapon, the weapon damage is based on his level and not the weapon type. The damage for Medium warpriests is listed on Table 1–14; see the table below for Small and Large warpriests. The warpriest can decide to use the weapon’s base damage instead of the sacred weapon damage—this must be declared before the attack roll is made. (If the weapon’s base damage exceeds the sacred weapon damage, its damage is unchanged.) This increase in damage does not affect any other aspect of the weapon, and doesn’t apply to alchemical items, bombs, or other weapons that only deal energy damage.

At 4th level, the warpriest gains the ability to enhance one of his sacred weapons with divine power as a swift action. This power grants the weapon a +1 enhancement bonus. For every 4 levels beyond 4th, this bonus increases by 1 (to a maximum of +5 at 20th level). If the warpriest has more than one sacred weapon, he can enhance another on the following round by using another swift action. The warpriest can use this ability a number of rounds per day equal to his warpriest level, but these rounds need not be consecutive.

These bonuses stack with any existing bonuses the weapon might have, to a maximum of +5. The warpriest can enhance a weapon with any of the following weapon special abilities: brilliant energy, defending, disruption, flaming, frost, keen, and shock. In addition, if the warpriest is chaotic, he can add anarchic and vicious. If he is evil, he can add mighty cleaving and unholy. If he is good, he can add ghost touch and holy. If he is lawful, he can add axiomatic and merciful. If he is neutral (with no other alignment components), he can add spell storing and thundering. Adding any of these special abilities replaces an amount of bonus equal to the special ability’s base cost (see Table 15–9 on page 469 of the Core Rulebook). Duplicate abilities do not stack. The weapon must have at least a +1 enhancement bonus before any other special abilities can be added.

If multiple weapons are enhanced, each one consumes rounds of use individually. The enhancement bonus and special abilities are determined the first time the ability is used each day, and cannot be changed until the next day. These bonuses do not apply if another creature is wielding the weapon, but they continue to be in effect if the weapon otherwise leaves the warpriest’s possession (such as if the weapon is thrown). This ability can be ended as a free action at the start of the warpriest’s turn (that round does not count against the total duration, unless the ability is resumed during the same round). If the warpriest uses this ability on a double weapon, the effects apply to only one end of the weapon

In the rolling hills of the verdant Nesmian plains Daniil’s family owned a prosperous tobacco farm about a half a day’s walk from the village of Phaendar. The family felt blessed by Erastil, the soil was rich and with hard-work the family’s future abounded with many prospects. Unfortunately, the continued conflicts with Molthune prevented the farm from reaching its potential. On many occasions the hostilities forced the family to abandon their home and burn the season’s crops as they withdrew.

This pattern continued, raid, retreat, return and replant for most of Daniil’s young life. Each time the family rebuilt with steadfast determination and hope for the future. That all changed when the Ironfang Legion struck with less warning than usual and caught the family in the middle of burning their crops. Daniil’s entire family was slaughtered and Daniil barely escaped with his life. Daniil claims that he was led to safety by following an old elk through the enemy lines. Those who believed this account saw it as a sign that Daniil was favored by Erastil.

With nowhere else to go Daniil made his way to his older sister, Jyllia’s, homestead in Phaendar. As a result of his experiences Daniil took a greater interest in Erastil's church and Father Shamus, the head priest of Erastil in Phaendar, took Daniil under his wing treating him like a son. With Father Shamus’ help, the sprouting seed of resentment over his family's slaughter was uprooted and replaced with a love of community and cooperation, building upon the foundation of hard work laid by his parents.

Daniil’s outgoing and gregarious nature has helped him develop many friendships in Phaendar. Although two of these friendships stand out from the rest. His first and best friend is Cob a self-proclaimed lazy bones and slacker. Although they are dissimilar they are fast friends and tighter then ticks. Finally, there is Kera a fellow student of Erastil. These two can often be found with their heads together discussing tenants of faith or walking along the river hand in hand laughing at each others jokes. Although he is well liked by most Daniil has ruffled a few feathers of some of the villages inhabitants. Of particular note is the old With-woman and Soothsayer Vylma. Vylma often preys upon the villagers superstitions trying to sow fear and alarm. Daniil has on occasion stood up to this hag and challenged her assertions.

Hoping to do more for his community, this past summer, Daniil took upon himself the mantel of a Knight of Erastil. There was no fanfare or posturing nobles as Dandil knelt in the grove and took his knightly vows. Rather there was the melodious chirping of birds, a gentle breeze rustling the leaves, and warm sunlight peeking through the branches overhead. As tradition dictated Dandil planted the five seeds in the shape of an arrow while Father Shamus gave Erastil's blessing and crowned Dandil's head with a wreath of wild flowers. Since then he enjoys doing what he can to help the community of Phaendar grow in spirit and prosperity.

Daniil is friendly, outgoing, and gregarious by nature. He would rather make a friend then an enemy, however he his quick to defend his friends and community. He is altruistic but is stern when necessary. While DanIil is polite and well-mannered he isn’t afraid to speak his mind, which has led to trouble on more than one occasion. He has a wry sense of humor and is a lover of debate, archery, as well as smoking his pipe. His deep voice often gives advice in riddles, aphorisms, and metaphors with a knowing grin.

Daniil stands a little over six feet tall with a lean but well-muscled build, he looks older than his years and carries himself with an air of confidence. He is good looking and lightly tanned with piercing green eyes. His face is covered by a perpetual 5 o’clock shadow and is framed by shoulder length light brown hair that always looks askew. Daniil favors clothing in woodland colors and is usually clad in a well-made studded leather armor. He is never far from his longbow and on a belt at his waist is a dagger and an assortment of pouches.

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The Knights of Erastil are gruff, strict traditionalists. They seek to preserve the integrity of rural life and communities. Their tenets include the following affirmations.

* My community comes first, and I will contribute to it all that I can. If I don’t give something back, who will?

* I must offer the poor in my community assistance, but I may not do the work for them—instead, I must teach them to contribute to the settlement. It is only through cooperation that a community grows strong.

* When danger threatens, I am not a fool. I seek first to make sure the weak and innocent are safe, and then I quell the danger.

* I keep to the old ways, the true ways. I am not seduced by the lure of money or power. I remember that true honor comes from within, not from the accolades of others.

* I remember that reputation is everything. Mine is pure and upstanding, and I will repair it if it is broken or tarnished. I stand by my decisions, and live so that none shall have cause to blame me.

*I show respect to my elders, for they have done much. I show respect to the young, for they have much left to do. I show respect to my peers, for they carry the load. And I shall carry it with them.

* I am honest, trustworthy, and stable. If I must leave my lands and community, before I go, I ensure that they will be tended in my absence. Even when duty calls, my duties to my home come first—letting them lapse makes me a burden on my people.

Father Shamus is a kind and understanding man and gets along with members of other faiths. He is hard when he defends his community but quite old and grizzled. Members of the community put a lot of faith in his counsel especially in spiritual matters. It is rumored that at one time he was a soldier in Lastwall but he left after his first battle to become a priest.

Kera is always smiling, humming, or singing. In addition to being an ardent worshiper of Erastil she loves to cook (her pies routine win the blue ribbon at festival), possesses a “green thumb” (biggest cucumbers since old man Crabtree was around) and is generous in helping the other families in Phaendar. She is know through out the village as a skilled herbalist and healer.

Jyllia is Daniil’s older sister and after their parents died she took Daniil in. She is quiet shy woman and finds solace in the quiet time doing chores. She is superstitious and can be easily frightened into believing in signs and bad spirits. She single handedly manages the small homestead that butts up against the Marideth river. Jyllia is married to Kel, a quick tempered heavy handed man, who is a senior apprentice smith at the Phaendar Trading Company. She also has an 8 year old son Bellen who has too much energy for his own good.

It is a little after sunrise and Cob has just finished watching Peck, his younger brother, finish milking the cow. With that chore done Cob decides to take a break on the front porch of the little house. As he sits there he takes out his pipe and fills it with a fine dark tobacco. After a few tries he manages to get the pipe lit and leans back to relax. He is startled by his mother’s shrill voice. “Get up off your arse boy. There be wood that needs cuttin,” she shrieks as she walks around to the back of the house with an apron full of eggs. Adding as she retreats, “And get that pipe outta yur mouth ye can’t even shave yet.”

He ignores his mother’s hounding and continues to sit there relaxing and reminisces about better times.

Personality: Cob is a fun loving free spirit quick of tongue and wit. He is a fair hand at woodcraft and is not shy about letting people know about it. He works hard at getting out of work and would rather be sitting in the shade smoking his pipe or at the Taproot Inn with friends singing loud and off key.

The folk of Phaendar variously hate, fear or revile this bitter, old woman. She has no friends and few acquaintances

She lives on the outskirts of the village only occasionally emerging from her hovel, and when she does she rarely has a kind or good word to say to those she meets. Often getting into arguments with Daniil and Father Shamus.

Personality: Vylma is a bitter, old woman, crushed by the many hardships heaped upon her. She treats her superstitious and frightened neighbours with contempt and looks for ways to ruin peoples days.

Vylma is a loner; earning her trust is practically impossible.

Mannerisms: Vylma often mutters to herself, shaking her head as if in disagreement with an unspoken provocateur and she shuffles along with the aid of a staff.

1. Point Blank Shot
1(rb). Empty Quiver Style
1(cb). Weapon Focus (Bows)
1(gmb). Deadly aim
3. Precise shot
3(cb). Rapid Shot
5. Weapon Specialization (Bows)
6(cb). Many Shot
6(fcb). Point Blank Master
7. Clustered Shots
9. Stabbing Shot
9(cb). Empty Quiver Flexibility
11. Quicken Blessing (Good)
12(cb). Improved Precise Shot
12(fcb). Greater Weapon Focus (Bows)
13. Greater Weapon Specialization(Bows)
15. Snap Shot
15(cb). Improved Snap shot