Hanging up the cassock.

[Addem Up]

The party in one of my games has had a rough time recently. A few days ago, we had a Mysterious Stranger gunslinger, a bard, a Two-Handed fighter, a witch, and my Devilbane Priest cleric. My cleric was melee-based with some support duties. After a bit of a group shift, we lost our bard and gained a ninja and an Invulnerable Rager barbarian. The amazing power of the barbarian and the fighter sorta invalidated my cleric's melee prowess, and I'd invested too much into the battle chassis to go full-on support.

Adding to the chaos were a couple of interesting bumps in power. The first was CON+4 evolution points from the eidolon evolutions, to be added to our level 7 characters. The second was a Mythic tier. I have no experience with either new addition.

I asked my DM if I could roll a new character, and she agreed. My departure left the group with only a witch as their divine counterpart, so I'd like to bring in either another cleric, an oracle, or a pally. I've also looked at the warpriest, but haven't had much time to peruse the class.

I'm relatively new to pathfinder, so any advice on what roles need to be filled would be much appreciated.

[MurphysParadox]

So you have ranged offense, melee offense, magic control/damage, stealth offense, and melee offense.

You're offense-heavy party, so there are quite a few options to pursue. A full blown healer, Life Oracle for example, isn't a bad plan. Or if you want more survivability and to be up with everyone, there's a life oracle/paladin (the Oradin) build that is pretty wicked.

The warpriest is fun but it is melee offense + self buff divine magic. It can be pretty vicious, sure, but I don't think the party really needs more melee offense.

A reach cleric build is also pretty useful, can heal, and can stand a bit back from the other melee characters. Or you can go with a ranged offensive magic cleric and get the healing that way. It would also be useful to have someone with armor back with the witch and the gunslinger in case the group is attacked from an unexpected direction.

All of these builds can be found in the forums.