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Adept

Class Skills

The adept's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Craft (Int), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (all skills taken individually) (Int), Profession (Wis), Spellcraft (Int), and Survival (Wis).

Skill Ranks per Level

2 + Int modifier.

Table: Adept

Table: Adept
LevelBase Attack BonusFort SaveRef SaveWill SaveSpecialSpells per Day
01st2nd3rd4th5th
1st+0+0+0+231
2nd+1+0+0+3Summon familiar31
3rd+1+1+1+332
4th+2+1+1+4320
5th+2+1+1+4321
6th+3+2+2+5321
7th+3+2+2+5332
8th+4+2+2+63320
9th+4+3+3+63321
10th+5+3+3+73321
11th+5+3+3+73332
12th+6/+1+4+4+833320
13th+6/+1+4+4+833321
14th+7/+2+4+4+933321
15th+7/+2+5+5+933332
16th+8/+3+5+5+10333320
17th+8/+3+5+5+10333321
18th+9/+4+6+6+11333321
19th+9/+4+6+6+11333332
20th+10/+5+6+6+12333332

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the adept NPC class.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Adepts are skilled with all simple weapons. Adepts are not proficient with any type of armor or shield.

Spells

An adept casts divine spells, which are drawn from the adept spell list. Like a cleric, an adept must choose and prepare her spells in advance. Unlike a cleric, an adept cannot spontaneously cast cure or inflict spells.

To prepare or cast a spell, an adept must have a Wisdom score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against an adept's spell is 10 + the spell level + the adept's Wisdom modifier.

Adepts, unlike wizards, do not acquire their spells from books or scrolls, nor do they prepare them through study. Instead, they meditate or pray for their spells, receiving them as divine inspiration or through their own strength of faith. Each adept must choose a time each day during which she must spend an hour in quiet contemplation or supplication to regain her daily allotment of spells. Time spent resting has no effect on whether an adept can prepare spells.

Like other spellcasters, an adept can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on Table 14–1. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high Wisdom score.

Where Table 14–1 indicates that the adept gets 0 spells per day of a given spell level, she gains only the bonus spells she would be entitled to based on her Wisdom score for that spell level.

Each adept has a particular holy symbol (as a divine focus) depending on the adept's magical tradition.

Summon Familiar

At 2nd level, an adept can call a familiar, just as a wizard can using the arcane bond ability.

Adept Spells

Description: adept

Adepts choose their spells from the following list.