Favored Soul

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**Favored Soul Class**

Favored Souls are individuals gifted martial and magical power by their diety. They use the same spell list as clerics, but can cast spells spontaneously like a sorcerer. Like a sorcerer, they also need to pick which spells they know. They do not know all spells available to them like a cleric. They do get to know many more spells than a sorcerer, though, making them extremely versatile casters. They are equally versatile combatants, as they gain most weapon feats for all of the weapon types the class is proficient with. Along with their strong saves and innate physical and elemental resistances, they are an excellent jack-of-all-trades class that doesn't quite hit the more specialized highs in magic that a cleric would or in combat that a fighter or paladin would.

* - Hit Die: d8
* - Proficiencies: Most straight blade weapons (bastard sword, dart, greatsword, longsword, short sword and twin sword), medium armor and shields.
* - Skill Points: 2 + Int Modifier
* Base Attack Bonus: +3/4
* Strong Saves: All

NOTE: Favored Soul spellcasting uses Wisdom for DC as a cleric, and to learn new spells, but requires charisma equal to 10+ spell level in order to cast any spells. A level 1 spell requires 11 base charisma, a level 2 spell requires 12 base charisma, and so on up to level 9 spells which require 19 charisma to be able to cast.

**Class Skills:**

Same as Paladin.

**Abilities:**

* 1. Weapon Proficiency (Favored Soul)
* 2.
* 3. Weapon Focus (Favored Soul)
* 4.
* 5. Energy Resistance 5
* 6.
* 7.
* 8. Weapon Specialization (Favored Soul)
* 9.
* 10. Energy Resistance 10
* 11.
* 12.
* 13. Improved Critical (Favored Soul)
* 14.
* 15. Energy Resistance 20, Damage Reduction 3/-
* 16.
* 17. Wings (alignment based)
* 18. Precise Critical (Favored Soul)
* 19.
* 20. Energy Resistance 30, Damage Reduction 6/-

Epic Levels:

* 21.
* 22.
* 23. Epic Weapon Focus (Favored Soul)
* 24.
* 25. Energy Resistance 40, Damage Reduction 9/-
* 26.
* 27.
* 28. Epic Weapon Specialization (Favored Soul)
* 29.
* 30. Energy Resistance 50
* 31.
* 32.
* 33.
* 34.
* 35. Energy Resistance 60
* 36.
* 37.
* 38.
* 39.
* 40. Energy Resistance 70

Epic Levels: Favored Souls gain a bonus feat at 23, and every 3 levels thereafter.

Epic Bonus Feat list includes Great Charisma, Great Dexterity, Great Strength, and Great Wisdom.

Weapon Proficiency (Favored Soul) - This feat allows effective use of most straight blade weapons. This includes the bastard sword, dart, greatsword, longsword, short sword and twin sword.

Weapon Focus (Favored Soul) - You gain Weapon Focus feats for all weapons in Weapon Proficiency (Favored Soul).

Energy Resistance 5 - Gain energy resistance 5 to acid, cold, electric, fire and sonic damage. Improves to 10 at level 10, then 10 more every 5 levels thereafter.

Weapon Specialization (Favored Soul) - You gain Weapon Specialization feats for all weapons in Weapon Proficiency (Favored Soul).

Improved Critical (Favored Soul) - You gain Improved Critical feats for all weapons in Weapon Proficiency (Favored Soul).

Damage Reduction 3/- - You gain 3/- damage reduction to physical damage. This improves to 6/- at 20 and 9/- at 25.

Wings - You gain a set of wings based on your alignment. Good = white wings. Neutral = brown wings. Evil = black wings.

Precise Critical (Favored Soul) - You gain Precise Critical feats for all weapons in Weapon Proficiency (Favored Soul).

Epic Weapon Focus (Favored Soul) - You gain Epic Weapon Focus feats for all weapons in Weapon Proficiency (Favored Soul).

Epic Weapon Specialization (Favored Soul) - You gain Epic Weapon Specialization feats for all weapons in Weapon Proficiency (Favored Soul).