Warpreist Playtest- Wrath of the Righteous

[Brain in a Jar]

Warpriest:

Tiefling Warpriest of Baphomet CR 4
XP 1,200

Tiefling warpreist 5
CE Medium outsider (native)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +2

Defense
AC 21, touch 12, flat-footed 19 (+7 armor, +2 Dex, +2 natural)
hp 42 (5d8+20)
Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +6
Resist cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5

Offense
Speed 30 ft. With Armour 20ft
Melee 2 Claws +5 (1d4+2) or Masterwork Glaive +7(1d10+3/20x3)Reach: 10ft

Special Attacks
Channel Negative Energy (2d6) [Will DC 10];
Sacred Weapon (+1; 5 rounds);
Blessings(Minor) (5/Day;
Unholy Strike (Standard Action; melee weapon gains +1d6 damage against good for 1 minute and glows black),
Strength Surge (Swift Action; +2 enhancement to melee attacks, combat maneuver checks that rely on Strength, Strength based skills, and Strength checks for 1 round)

Spells (Caster Level 5th; Concentration +7; +4 Combat Casting)
0- Bleed, Detect Magic, Read Magic, Resistance
1- Divine Favor, Cure Light Wounds, (2) Cause Fear (DC 13), Shield of Faith
2- Spiritual Weapon, Hold Person (DC 14), Cure Moderate Wounds

Statistics
Str 14, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 15, Cha 6
Base Atk +3; CMB +5; CMD 17
Feats Weapon Focus (Glaive), Power Attack, Cleave, Toughness, Combat Casting, Armor of the Pit
Skills Climb +2, Intimidate +3, Knowledge(Religion) +5, Sense Motive +7, Spellcraft +5, Swim +2
Languages Abyssal, Common

SQ prehensile tail, Claws, Focus Weapon, Orisons, Spontaneous Casting(Inflict)

Gear Masterwork Glaive, +1 Chainmail, Silver Unholy Symbol of Baphomet, Potion of Cure Moderate Wounds (CL 3rd), (2) Potion of Bull's Strength (CL 3rd), Armbands of the Brawler, Belt Pouch, 15 gold, a small onyx (25 gold)

Above is the Warpriest i used in the playtest. I'm currently running Wrath of the Righteous for my group and i decided to add him into the encounters.

Encounter:

Near the end of book one "Worldwound Incursion" i placed the Warpriest in room P14. War Room (Gray Garrison) along with the 4 cultists of Deskari and had him react to intruders along with them.

Here is my party makeup.
1. Android Paladin[Oath of Vengence] 5th
2. Vanaran Monk 5th
3. Aasimar Inquisitor 5th
4. Half-Orc Ranger 3rd/Barbarian 2nd

So my group enters the garrison via the second floor and after dealing with a few demonic flies gets attacked by a large number of tieflings and cultists lead by the warpriest.

So at this point the encounter involves x10 Tieflings CR 1/2 and x4 Cultists CR 1 along with the CR 4 Warpriest.

Prep: The Warpriest had time to cast Shield of Faith prior to combat.

First Round: After the tieflings act i declare that the "warpriest" moves up behind some of his minions and activates Sacred Weapon(Swift) and Unholy Strike (Standard)

(My players seemed a little timid about the warpriest having never dealt with one before.)

Second Round: The Warpriest using tielfings to gain flank steps up to the PCs and uses Strength Surge to gain +2 attack, causing a hit and decent damage to the paladin (1d10+4 plus 1d6).

Third Round: The Warpriest easily holds his ground agianst the PCs and levels another chop into the paladin nearly dropping her.

Fourth Round: The Warpreist Withdraws to get behind some tielfings and casts Cure Moderate Wounds. Saving himself from being dropped.

Fifth Round: Move into posistion behind tieflings and casts Hold Person on the Ranger to no effect.

Rounds 6-8 The Warpriest scores another 2 hits on the Monk before being piled on my a smite from the paladin and a raging ranger/barbarian.

Conclusion: The Warpriest peformed great as a mini-boss and gave the PCs a few surprises. He was hard hitting and still had a viable defense and had a nice mix of abilities and spells for the fight. An interesting class to say the least.

With a few minor tweaks this class is gold.