Sacred Scholar (Wizard Archetype)

Some priests, rather than through devoted meditation and enlightenment, channel their god's power and will through esoteric rituals and holy mysteries. These Sacred Scholars are men and women of the book, pious academics and practiced theologians, and their studies have very real effects.
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*Prerequisite Deities Must worship a patron deity
==Class Features==
====Spells====
A Sacred Scholar casts divine spells from the Cleric/Oracle spell list, preparing them ahead of time from a specialized spellbook called a prayerbook. A Sacred Scholar may learn Cleric/Oracle spells and add them to their prayerbook from scrolls, spellbooks, other prayerbooks, and the Holy Books of Living Grimoires.
If a Sacred Scholar also has the Holy Book class feature, they may use their Holy Book as a prayerbook.
This ability alters Spells.
====Scholarly Theurge (Ex)====
Because a Sacred Scholar's somatic components are highly precise and ornate, they suffer from arcane spell failure due to armor and shields. For the purposes of fulfilling prerequisites, and for how the Sacred Scholar's abilities affect their spells, Sacred Scholar spells count as both arcane and divine. This includes prestige class spellcasting progression, but the Sacred Scholar's spellcasting cannot benefit from mulitple progressions at once. If an effect would affect arcane and divine spells differently, it always treats the Sacred Scholar's spells as divine.
====Bonded Symbol (Sp)====
A Sacred Scholar begin play with an iron symbol of their deity at no cost, which they infuse with divine magic to help focus their esoteric rites. This symbol behaves in all ways as the bonded item option of Arcane Bond.
A Scared Scholar can designate any existing item that could serve as a symbol of their deity as their bonded item. This functions in the same way as replacing a lost or destroyed symbol except that the new item retains its abilities and benefits while gaining those of becoming a bonded symbol.
This ability replaces Arcane Bond.
====Divine Studies====
A Sacred Scholar gains access to a single Domain or Inquisition offered by their patron deity as a Cleric of their Sacred Scholar level. If they select a domain, they gain an additional spell slot of each level of spell they can cast, in which they must prepare their domain spell of that level.
In addition, the Sacred Scholar get a bonus equal to (1/2 their Sacred Scholar level [minimum 1]) to Knowledge (Religion) checks and to caster level checks made to overcome the spell resistance of creatures with the Vassal subtype.
This ability replaces Arcane School.
===Ex-Sacred Scholars===
A Sacred Scholar who grossly violates the code of conduct required by their god loses all spells and class features, except for weapon proficiencies. They cannot thereafter gain levels as a Sacred Scholar of that god until they atone for their deeds (see atonement).
Category:Divine Classes