Hi there.
I'm preparing to GM the 2nd edition version of the Kingmaker Adventure Path and one of my players has decided to create a cleric of an evil deity that is masquerading as a cleric of Abadar who wants to bring civilization and prosperity into the Stolen Lands.
We stumbled upon the False Faith 1st level cleric feat that is presented in volume 4 of the Age of Ashes Adventure Path, specifically for clerics of Droskar (it is indeed a prerequisite). Still, I feel like this feat should be available to at least some other faiths, especially the ones that are known to try to spread their faith subreptitiously. Norgorber seems to me like the deity that should give access to this feat, but other options might include Urgathoa, Groetus or Asmodeus, for example.
There may also be room for a reformatted version of 1st edition's vestments of false faith.
What do you think?
Yeah, it is a pretty obvious homebrew to create feats with identical mechanics but for a different deity.
Also see Deceptive Worship.
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As the GM you are free to change whatever you like.
Though, they could also just be a cleric of Droskar, they aren't a bad deity to follow mechanics wise. Seeing a cleric of Abadar working tirelessly is pretty on brand for them as well.
They will Deceptive Worship if they don't want to invest in Deception though, as there will be a lot of Lying and Impersonating to keep the ruse up. A Hat of Disguise can help a lot too.
This is definitely one of those cases of "as a GM, I would entirely handwaive the prerequisite." I was actually surprised to see Droskar being required, despite having run that module and devouring all of the Droskar information. While that's a thing that his cult tends to do, so do so many other cultists.
So yeah, non-PFS, I would 100% say just drop the prereq and have fun with it. That's also a really fun idea.
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TBT the feat feels more like a NPC ability to me. IIRC there were equivalents in PF1 that sounded more fun / balanced than the idea of the character dialing Iomedae's number just to have Droskar hack the call.
And yes, no reason worshippers of other deities could not do the same if those of Droskar can. Except for Sarenrae because of the Do not lie anathema.
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TBT the feat feels more like a NPC ability to me. IIRC there were equivalents in PF1 that sounded more fun / balanced than the idea of the character dialing Iomedae's number just to have Droskar hack the call.
Oh, for sure. I feel like there were a few of those that snuck in during the opening few months of PF2's release where some of the PF1 design points stuck around. For the life of me - I cannot remember any of them, but I definitely remember saying to a friend "Ah, that's a feat/spell/item for the NPCs to use," and his response of "Yeah, but why? They're built differently now," was one of those things that clicked with, like, "Oh, yeah, PF2 is different."
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Anyone can pretend to be a cleric without a feat, Razmiri followers do that all the time. The benefit of this feat is being able to use other holy symbols and prayers when casting spells. Yes, clerics pray when casting, things like "Oh Sarenrae, please please send down holy flames to smite my foes!". The feat will allow you to pray like that and still have magical effects, since your deity intercepts it, thus "proving" that you are indeed a cleric of that deity.