Priest (POSP)

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A priest is a follower and advocate of a particular fantasy deity—most often one of a group, or pantheon, of deities. He acts in a manner appropriate to his deity, and uses his powers and skills to help others advance the beliefs of his religion.
All priest characters can cast spells granted them by their deity, wear many types of armor, and use many weapons.
Priest spells are divided into Spheres of Influence, which mirror the interests of the priest's deity. A priest either has Major or Minor access to a sphere. Major access means that a priest potentially can cast any spell in that sphere. Minor access indicates that the priest can cast only first- through third-level spells from that sphere. The spell progression for a priest is presented below.
All priests gain 1d8 hit points for levels 1–9. Thereafter, priests earn 2 hit points per level.
 Table 34: Priest Spell Progression
PriestLevel	Spell level	Spell level	Spell level	Spell level	Spell level	Spell level	Spell level
PriestLevel	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6* 	7**
1 	1 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2 	2 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
3 	2 	1 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
4 	3 	2 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
5 	3 	3 	1 	— 	— 	— 	—
6 	3 	3 	2 	— 	— 	— 	—
7 	3 	3 	2 	1 	— 	— 	—
8 	3 	3 	3 	2 	— 	— 	—
9 	4 	4 	3 	2 	1 	— 	—
10 	4 	4 	3 	3 	2 	— 	—
11 	5 	4 	4 	3 	2 	1 	—
12 	6 	5 	5 	3 	2 	2 	—
13 	6 	6 	6 	4 	2 	2 	—
14 	6 	6 	6 	5 	3 	2 	1
15 	6 	6 	6 	6 	4 	2 	1
16 	7 	7 	7 	6 	4 	3 	1
17 	7 	7 	7 	7 	5 	3 	2
18 	8 	8 	8 	8 	6 	4 	2
19 	9 	9 	8 	8 	6 	4 	2
20 	9 	9 	9 	8 	7 	5 	2
: * Usable only by priests with 17 or greater Wisdom scores
: ** Usable only by priests with 18 or greater Wisdom scores
 Table 35: Priest Experience Levels
Level	Cleric 	Druid 	Hit dice(d8)
1 	0 	0 	1
2 	1,500 	2,000 	2
3 	3,000 	4,000 	3
4 	6,000 	7,500 	4
5 	13,000 	12,500 	5
6 	27,500 	20,000 	6
7 	55,000 	35,000 	7
8 	110,000 	60,000 	8
9 	225,000 	90,000 	9
10 	450,000 	125,000 	9+2
11 	675,000 	200,000 	9+4
12 	900,000 	300,00 	9+6
13 	1,125,000	750,000 	9+8
14 	1,350,000	1,500,000	9+10
15 	1,575,000	3,000,000	9+12
16 	1,800,000	3,500,000	9+14
17 	2,025,000	500,000* 	9+16
18 	2,250,000	1,000,000	9+18
19 	2,475,000	1,500,000	9+20
20 	2,700,000	2,000,000	9+22
* See the Player's Handbook section on hierophant druids.