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This is a full rework of my first guide, which was originally posted on Reddit.
It goes over all existing Domain options, details considerations for choosing your deity as a divine character, and also offers a short selection of the premium deities for power gamers.
The Gentleman's Guide to Faith: Deities and Domains
I'll also request that this piece replace the old one on the Guide to the Guides.
A heads up; this is written in rather a different format to what is usually used for these guides, and I ask that people keep in mind that it's a guide built around accomplishing different goals than most.
This isn't a platter of fish. This is a fishing rod and a map.
Enjoy!
Thanks for the hard work. I don't always agree, but I understand your reasoning and I appreciate the effort.
Interesting read. Thanks.
Missed Iomedae in the list of interesting gods. True strike, Enlarge, Fire shield are all useful, Truth domain is nice to have.
Interesting read. Thanks.
Missed Iomedae in the list of interesting gods. True strike, Enlarge, Fire shield are all useful, Truth domain is nice to have.
Don't get me wrong, I adore Iomedae (see left). But mechanically that collection of tools doesn't stand out. Compare her to Grundinnar, Sarenrae, Ragathiel or Dammerich and she's nothing special for a power gamer.
I looked through hundreds of deities; it takes a very high bar to stand out.
Comparing Damm and Iom, Damm has both fonts, but Iom has a single handed weapon (I like shields, IMO 2-handers have action economy issues and miss out on the shield option.). Both have duty and truth, Iom also has might.
Looking at the other gods on your warpriest list, you value both fonts highly. I agree that is a valuable add to have for damage options, certainly if you want true strike/channel smite options. Not all enemies will be undead (or demons, depending on how you read holy castigation).
Thank you.
That's a great Fishing Rod & Map!
Just a couple of things:
I think mentioning Syncretism for Warpriests is important, as it can "fix" a great god lacking a good weapon, or allow a switch hitter Warpriest (it's great for Cloistered as well, but won't change the rating of a god, while it might for Warpriests).
The Domains that offer 1 action or reaction focus spells could be slightly better rater for Cloistered, as it allows to benefit from feats like Deity's protection easily, and I think a new feat in the same vein is in the APG (Magic & Knowledge are good for that for exemple).
And last one you don't seem to mention pantheons, wards of Pharaoh gives both font and nice domains with a good alignment for example, though maybe you don't find them that good?
I think mentioning Syncretism for Warpriests is important, as it can "fix" a great god lacking a good weapon, or allow a switch hitter Warpriest (it's great for Cloistered as well, but won't change the rating of a god, while it might for Warpriests).
The Domains that offer 1 action or reaction focus spells could be slightly better rater for Cloistered, as it allows to benefit from feats like Deity's protection easily, and I think a new feat in the same vein is in the APG (Magic & Knowledge are good for that for exemple).
And last one you don't seem to mention pantheons, wards of Pharaoh gives both font and nice domains with a good alignment for example, though maybe you don't find them that good?
Syncretism will get more detail in the Cleric Guide, but I will mention it here as well, thank you.
Deity's Protection is nice, but it's a 14th level feat, doesn't stop that much damage, and you won't be able to use it every round due to your focus limits. So it's not really worth discussing.
I might have overlooked a pantheon or two since I was using the pf2easytool, and they're not currently on there. Their main draw is good alignment and resilient sphere, and there's already multiple options for that... but there are very few ways to get both fonts and a good alignment. I'll have another look through and see if there's other standout options for CCs with both Fonts.
EDIT: Wow, there really aren't many options. Added the Wards.
EDIT: Wow, there really aren't many options. Added the Wards.
True, apart from the Wards, they are more flavor than anything (maybe the Elven Pantheon fo the choice between short/longbow?), but their was a call for new pantheons on PFS, so that means we might see more in the future?