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More than a question, but all could apply to the same character... please help me solve this:
A while ago I asked advice about a LG oracle going mythic Hierophant. Let's say she takes levels in Exalted and gains the Good/Redemption domain at 5th level.
-Could she use the Conduit of Divine Will mythic path ability with the domain's spell-like abilities?
-Could she cast her domain spells in place of her mystery spells?
-If she has Divine Source too, could she replace her domain spell-like abilities with the ones from the domains she grants?
Bump (after so much time)
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Ok, I'll copy the abilities for easy reference while bolding the important parts.
At 5th level, the exalted further increases her already impressive knowledge of her chosen deity’s faith and is rewarded with increased powers in one of the spheres over which her deity holds sway. The exalted chooses a domain of her chosen deity to which she gains access, using her exalted level as her effective cleric level.
The exalted can also can use each of the chosen domain’s spells once per day as a spell-like ability, with a caster level equal to her exalted level. The exalted can use each spell-like ability only if she is able to cast divine spells of that level. If the exalted has any domain spell slots, she is also able to cast the chosen domain’s spells in those slots as normal.
Your mythic nature is directly connected to the divine. As a standard action, you can expend one use of mythic power to use channel energy, use lay on hands, or cast any one spell from your domain spell lists (as long as you can normally prepare a spell of that level). Whenever you use this ability, you also gain spell resistance equal to 10 + your tier and a +4 sacred bonus (or profane bonus if you're evil) to your AC for a number of rounds equal to your tier.
You can grant divine spells to those who follow your cause, allowing them to select you as their deity for the purposes of determining their spells and domains. Select two domains upon taking this ability. These domains must be alignment domains matching your alignment if possible, unless your alignment is neutral. You grant access to these domains as if you were a deity. Creatures that gain spells from you don't receive any spells per day of levels higher than your tier; they lose those spell slots. In addition, you can cast spells from domains you grant as long as their level is equal to or less than your tier. Each day as a spell-like ability, you can cast one spell of each level equal to or less than your tier (selecting from those available to you from your divine source domains). If you're a cleric or you venerate a deity, you may change your spell domains to those you grant others. At 6th tier and 9th tier, you can select this ability again, adding one domain and two subdomains (see the Advanced Player's Guide) to your list each time and adding their spells to the list of those that you can cast.
So, back to your questions.
a) Could she use the Conduit of Divine Will mythic path ability with the domain's spell-like abilities?
The Expanded Portfolio ability gives you access to the domain, which means both its abilities and spells. While it doesn't give you domain spell slots (even if it circumvents it by giving the spells as SLAs), it for sure gives you a "domain spell list", which is all Conduit of Divine Will cares about.
The answer is YES. One thing that isn't specially clear is if you cast the spell as a regular spell or as a SLA. I'd say it is as a regular spell, but I feel it is open for interpretation.
b) Could she cast her domain spells in place of her mystery spells?
At no point in the Expanded Portfolio ability it is mentioned that you add the domain's spells to your known spells, so the answer is NO. If you already had domain spell lots (like as a cleric), you'd be able to prepare these spells on those slots, but otherwise you are stuck with them being SLAs castable only once/day each.
c) If she has Divine Source too, could she replace her domain spell-like abilities with the ones from the domains she grants?
Following your example, you are a LG oracle going for the Exalted PrC, which means you do worship a LG deity, and you've chosen the Good domain with the Redemption domain.
With Divine Source, you'd be forced to give your followers the Good and Law domains as those are mandatory and tied to your own alignment. You can also cast their spells as SLAs (limited to your tier) and this is in addition to the spells you already cast as SLAs from Expanded Portfolio. Since you do worship a deity, you then can swap the spells from Good/Redemption to either those of Good or Law. The answer is YES.
If you take Divine Source more than once at the later tiers, you could again replace the domain spells from the original Good/Redemption to one of the lists of your new domains (and now subdomains). Keep in mind that all these spells being cast as SLAs are additive, so this exchange will for sure diminish your versatility.
Thank you! My doubt was this: Conduit of Divine Will writes “As long as you can prepare spells of that level”. An oracle doesn’t prepare spells, so does the power function anyway?
On similar terms, can Conduit of Divine Will function with mystery spells too?
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Well, in this case, to be honest, it might fall into the endless discussions of RAW vs. RAI.
RAW it does mention the need to prepare spells, but I believe it was done so because usually classes that have domains with access to their spells are prepared casters (cleric and druid). Note that the inquisitor is a spontaneous caster that doesn't even have access to the domain's spells.
I believe that the RAI of this ability was just to make sure you could not cheat casting spells of a higher level than you can normally cast.
About Mystery spells, there is no mention at all about them, so you'd need a house rule for that.