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I been looking at the Oracle class and haven't been able to find any oracles that can have Calistra as their Godess. Anyone know of any of the oracles that allow Calistra as one of the Gods for it or is she not allowed to have any Oracles? Only oracles I haven't been able to check is Lunar, occult, outer rift, spellscar and winter but all the others so far don't have her as a choice. I really wanted to have an oracle of life that had her as the oracles godess but seems shes not one of the gods in the oracle of life's choices. Anyone know a way in pfs that this could be allowed?
Oracles dont need to follow a god, they follow one if they want to.
It's like a fighter following a god, it really doesnt matter unless you really want your character to have relations to their church (there is even a trait for that).
Nope. That's just flavor text.
Your oracle powers can come from any source you feel like.
Usually the oracle's power comes from one of the gods stated. But the oracle does not have to follow the god who has chosen him.
Some might even dislike what becoming an orcle has done to them (curse and all).
Also, Inner Sea Gods lists entire groups of lesser deities who grant various oracle mysteries. Combine that with the fact that the oracle does not actually have to worship the source of her powers and you have plenty of options for where her power comes from.
The Oracle has a sideline into divine power somewhat independent of Gods. They tap into concepts like Life or Plants or Battle and the pressure of direct divine power on a mortal causes stress which manifests as the Oracle's curse.
The gods listed by each Oracle power source are the gods closest to the power source and most likely to notice (in so far as a god notices a mortal). However, since Oracles don't require the god to do their thing, the Oracle doesn't have to pray to any specific god. In this way, their choice of god to follow is as important as a fighter's choice (as shadowkras indicated).
I like to think of Oracles and Clerics like Sorcerers and Wizards. Wizards need to read through tomes of spellbooks to learn to cast and most Clerics have to supplicate themselves before a higher being to get them to toss the Cleric a bone. Sorcerers are born with magic in their blood and Oracles are force fed power rather they wanted it or not. Wizards and Clerics always know how and where they got their mojo, while with Sorcerers and Oracles it's not always clear what's powering them.
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So just to continue the thought... I guess a deity could give a pc the divine powers of the Oracle and not tell them, leaving the pc to wonder just why and how they have Oracle powers...
That's pretty much the definition of an oracle. Most of them never receive a direct communication from their patron deity. I have a whole long back story for my PFS battle oracle based on that concept.
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So just to continue the thought... I guess a deity could give a pc the divine powers of the Oracle and not tell them, leaving the pc to wonder just why and how they have Oracle powers...
My current PFS Oracle has no freaking clue that he is an Oracle. He thinks that the leprechaun that keeps haunting him, trying to "help" him by moving his stuff around and making it harder for him to find things, is giving him magical abilities to solidify a combination of Light and Mist [the concept is he is a leprechaunGnome Oracle of the Heavens who gets his powers through rainbow light-warping leprechaun magic]. I still haven't decided which god cursed/blessed him, and might not, because it doesn't matter for my concept.
If you got some free time you might want to look over some of the example Oracle Backgrounds from Ultimate Campaign. Some great idea seeds there about possible ways you discovered that you had powers.
I like to think of Oracles and Clerics like Sorcerers and Wizards. Wizards need to read through tomes of spellbooks to learn to cast and most Clerics have to supplicate themselves before a higher being to get them to toss the Cleric a bone. Sorcerers are born with magic in their blood and Oracles are force fed power rather they wanted it or not. Wizards and Clerics always know how and where they got their mojo, while with Sorcerers and Oracles it's not always clear what's powering them.
This, also, is largely flavor text and, as such, is mutable.
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If you got some free time you might want to look over some of the example Oracle Backgrounds from Ultimate Campaign. Some great idea seeds there about possible ways you discovered that you had powers.
Just looking through those, I find it odd that they're all based on the mysteries, not the curses.
As described in the link in my last post, my battle oracle already knew he was bigger and stronger than the other kids in his village, and was starting training to become a warrior - literally. His life's ambition was to be in the NPC warrior class and serve as a temple guard and defender of his little farming village. It was when he started his combat training that he started babbling in a new and unfamiliar language (tongues curse). So the revelation of his power had nothing to do with his being a battle oracle and everything to do with having the tongues curse.
I'm not saying that one is particularly better than the other when it comes to background stories, just that I'm surprised they only included one, but not the other as suggestions.