This may seem crazy (cause it is) but is it possible for a cleric to believe in divine power, yet not worship the actual gods?
EDIT: I realized I put this in the wrong forum (or maybe not, I'll let the moderators decide... but I was reading in the campaign setting forum, and I guess in a way this could be seen as a setting question OR a rules question... so I went ahead and flagged it, will let the Paizo staff make the call if they think it should be moved or stay here.)
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Oracles fill the "cleric without a god" concept, but if you're using just the Core Rulebook, then yes, you can have a cleric that doesn't worship a deity. (It's specifically called out in their class.)
Yeah, I know about oracles, I'm a big fan of them just was wondering because I am looking at an idea for a mythic cleric that doesn't see the gods as anything special.
Not in Golarion, where a Cleric is defined as the spellcaster type (and is the only such spellcaster) that absolutely requires a deity.
Per the corebook? Sure. Clerics of concepts are explicitly allowed in the core game.
Hmm, well that's true and yeah I am sort of playing in the Golarion setting, although the character isn't from Golarion herself (she's from Alpha Centauri). I decided to just stick with her being a magus. If I ever do go divine, I'll do oracle probably (or maybe not... her Charisma sucks... she'd need to have her friend tattoo her with a cloak of charisma or something lol)
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Oh? I only saw the corebook part. Where does it say the Golarion setting is different?Not in Golarion, where a Cleric is defined as the spellcaster type (and is the only such spellcaster) that absolutely requires a deity.
Per the corebook? Sure. Clerics of concepts are explicitly allowed in the core game.
Various places (I think it's mentioned in the Inner Sea World guide for example, though I could be wrong), but where I mostly got it was from James Jacobs (who, as creative director, gets to decide that sort of thing about Golarion) on these very forums.
For Pathfinder Society, clerics need a deity. The Golarion setting implies you need a deity, though it doesn't specifically call it out as I recall.
For non-Golarion settings, the cleric by written rule can stay with concept rather than deity powered. If it's not Pathfinder Society, it's likely best to just ask your GM if t is permitted or not (home game rules trump written ones, except for PFS or similar shared events).