Loviatar - Painteacher (Character Kit)

Class Information 	Class Information
Racial Requirements 	Any
Ability Requirements 	Wisdom 9
Prime Requisite 	Wisdom
Hit Die Type 	d8
Attack as 	Priest
Save as 	Priest
Advance as 	Priest
Spell Ability? 	Yes
Exceptional Strength? 	No
Exceptional Constitution?	No
Starting Cash (x10 gp) 	3d6
Proficiencies 	Proficiencies
Weapon Slots 	2
Additional Slot 	4
Nonproficiency Penalty 	-3
Nonweapon Slots 	4
Additional Slot 	3
Available Categories 	General, Priest
Bonus Proficiencies 	Endurance, inquisitor
Recommended Proficiencies	Religion
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==Overview==
Loviatar, the mistress of pain and agony, has taken special steps to ensure that her faith remains solid. The painteachers are the inquisitors of her faith who keep it pure. Naturally, the best way to purify something is to bum it.
==Description==
Painteachers wear the pleated scale mail of their mistress, and they cover it with a sheer, nearly transparent full-length cloak of black gauze. Many painteachers enjoy wearing a black silk hood in order to add to their wicked-looking morning star or a cat-o'nine-tails as their primary weapons.
==Role-Playing==
It is the painteacher's role to weed out the "pathetic fools who snivel and grovel their way through life and clutter up the Realms." For such people, the painteacher intimidation abilities. Painteachers favor either a has nothing but contempt, and if he finds one, they are removed from this life.
Painteachers understand that there is a fine balance between suffering unavoidable pain and enduring pain. The philosophies of "that which does not kill me makes me stronger" and "pain is the great communicator, for everyone understands it" fit nicely into the doctrines of Loviatar as enforced by the painteachers. Painteachers tend to lace their conversation with references to anguish and suffering, including the quotes in the above paragraph.
The painteacher's unflinching acceptance of pain and lack of fear about it is eerie to nearly everyone else. These priests simply cannot be bullied, although they themselves make excellent bullies.
Contempt and is openly expressed for the weak and those fearful of any pain. Disgust to the point of violence is saved for those who either shudder at or savor pain without fighting back. Returning pain for pain is a core precept of Loviatar's faith, and Loviatar's faithful only respect those who don't give in to the torment and they judge people as worthy if they give as good as they get, trading wound for wound. In fact, anyone who stolidly endures pain without losing his dignity is openly admired, whether he is a paladin of Tyr or a priest of Cyric.
==Special Abilities==
Painteachers get a +4 bonus to their Charisma score whenever they attempt to intimidate a victim. Conversely, attempts at intimidating a painteacher suffer a -4 penalty.
When a painteacher is in battle and his hit point total falls between 1 and -5, the priest must make an proficiency check against Endurance. Succeeding the check means that the priest successfully endures the pain, stays conscious, and keeps fighting. A check must be made every round until the painteacher either fails the roll and falls, or the damage is healed.
Painteachers are immune to the symbol of pain.
==Special Disadvantages==
Painteachers cast healing spells at one level lower than their current level, and they are reduced 1 hit point on each die of healing. The healing is also excruciatingly painful for the victim.
Painteachers do not use too many magical means to get to the truth during interrogations. Thus, divination spells are also cast at one level lower.
Painteachers are unable to turn the undead.