Title says it all, I have a player at level 11 who is looking to pick up a divine caster class as part of delving into the background of the tribe she is from. Rage Prophet is interesting, but oracle just doesn't quite fit, and shes been rolling Cha 10 from day one, but Wis 14.
So is there any feat/class/prestige class love for a Barbarian/Divine Caster beyond Rage Prophet? 3.5 material is fine too, but Rage Mage is arcane only, and again, Cha (and Int) of 10.
Is she just destined to take druid levels from this point on? Not that there couldn't be a lot of flavor and interesting stuff there, but it just struck me how little there is for this niche. Maybe its too niche.
A level of Cleric with the appropriate domains never hurts. Druid is also a decent choice. And there are great number of Divine PrCs (most of which grant medium BAB with spell progression) in Complete Divine and Complete Champion, though for the most part they'd require some definite tweaking/reflavoring to fit a barbarian. Holt Warden stands out as an exception, as it's intended for rangers/barbarians.
Note that a Sorcerer of the Empyreal bloodline (which is based on the Celestial bloodline) can use Wisdom instead of Charisma as their casting stat, should something Arcane be of more interest.
I personally find Oracle of Battle to be excellent, and you could easily houserule Wisdom as their casting stat instead of Charisma with little change.
Far more than I expected to receive! Thanks a bunch!
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Though 6 levels is a long time to wait for it to kick in, you could also consider just a straight multiclass into inquisitor - the anger inquisition would eventually start adding directly to her rage. At 17th level, she'd start raging as a 14th level barbarian, and she'd actually get Tireless Rage at 20th level (as I read it, anyway).
I was also going to mention Rage Sub-Domain / Anger Inquisition.
(other Inquisitions are also combat-focused, e.g. Fervor...)
You can do that with either Inquisitor (as mentioned by Shisumo) or Cleric, and Blight Druids also have direct access to Destruction/Rage Domain. The Inquisitions seems to be accessable by any Domain Class, as long as you worship an appropriate deity, so it doesn`t directly matter what your Domain selection is.
Inquisitors have more stuff that isn`t casting, which can be convenient while Raging.
(Moment of Clarity allows casting mid-battle/Rage without worrying about Fatigue to Re-Enter Rage, but that isn`t always convenient)
EDIT: Actually, Clerics` Channel also is something they can probably do while Raging, there`s no concentration component.
Re: Rage Prophet, it actually can advance ANY divine casting class, you just need to dip into 1 level of Oracle to qualify... But you COULD progress Cleric or Druid casting progression if you wanted to (just realize that Domains and Channeling don`t progress). Dwarfs and Half-Orcs make good Rage Prophets because you can choose Extra Rage Rounds as Favored Class benefit for Favored Class:Barbarian if you wish.
(I`m not sure if Rage Prophet levels should count as Barbarian and/or Oracle for Favored Class purposes, with that benefit in mind... It seems like it should, but not by RAW... A valid house-rule in any case.)
Whichever way your player goes, I would recommend they eventually pick up another level or so of Barbarian, which allows them access to 12th-Level-PreReq Rage Powers, which are basically another step in terms of power... They can take multiple ones via the Extra Rage Power Feat, once the meet the level Pre-Req.
The Inquisitor Soul-Eater Archetype seems especially appropriate for what your player is going for it sounds like.