Trader Cleric Archetype?


Pathfinder First Edition General Discussion


Is there any archetype that helps me play a Commerce related cleric? Like the Goldeye from 3.5. Pardon the stereotype but I just love shopping, having something to do outside of adventuring, and unlike window shopping in real life, prices inside Golarion are affordable :P

The Knight of Coins from Merchant's Manifest is my favourite archetype but I prefer clerics. Black Markets and Magical Marketplaces have come and gone, but barely have any material for clerics. Most spells are arcane, and while there are plenty of archetypes for alchemists, rogues, and bards, clerics seem absent despite there being gods of trade and greed. At least Black Markets gave clerics the Authenticating Gaze spell.

In short, I would like archetypes that increase the number of skill points per level, add the Appraise skill, and preferably have abilities related to trade, identifying items, or perhaps fixing them--like the Flotsam domain.

Any help would be appreciated :)


I didn't find anything with a quick scan of Cleric templates, but I did find a prestige class that you may be interested in:

Balanced Scale of Abadar

A PC should be able to easily qualify for it at 5th level.


Appraise is already a cleric class skill.

Cardinal gives you more skill points and several class skills useful in trade.

Iron priest may also be to your liking, especially if you were to deal in technology. It gives you some class skills useful when tampering with items, and gives you the ability to fix them with magic.


Thank you, both of you. I meant "gives bonuses to Appraise" ^^;

I knew of Iron Priest but didn't like the 2 skill points; but Cardinal solves that nicely.

Balanced Scale of Abadar is more an early Archaeologist Bard but it's flavourful, though sadly not so much for a merchant.

Still, thanks a lot.

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