Disciple of Athe (3.5e Prestige Class)

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A cleric of atheism, and its Goddess, Athe. No, really.

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Divine Spellcasting Full

Disciple of Athe

“	I have proofs in Morradin, he created the hammer for the dwarves. Look at the shape of the grip, perfect for goo' dwarven hands!	”
—Rayar Comfortable-Anvil, Cleric of Morradin, debating a disciple of Athe

The Great Wheel is perhaps the greatest troll of all. As disbelief in the Gods rose in enlightened society, so did Athe, Goddess of Atheism and Rational Thinking. Athe shouln't exist, but she does. She totally collects the souls of atheists, agnostics, and even anti-theists (kicking and screaming usually) and brings them to her realm in the Outland (it's a pretty cool place though). As she rose, so did her disciples, using fabled debating techniques and reason to defeat their foes (and divine magic, but you're not supposed to say that).

Her only golden rule: "Don't be a dick."

You'd be amazed to know how many of her disciples fail to follow it.

Becoming a Disciple of Athe

Entry Requirements  

Alignment:	Any Non-Evil.
Skills:	Knowledge (Religion) 7 ranks.
Patron:	Athe.
Domains:	Atheism.

Table: The Disciple of Athe

Hit Die: d8

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special	Spellcasting
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+0	+2	+0	+2	Continued Advancement, Debate (Reasonable Explanation)	+1 level of existing divine spellcasting class.
2nd	+1	+3	+0	+3	Debate (Rational Comeback, The Gods just don't Exist), Improved Disbelief	+1 level of existing divine spellcasting class.
3rd	+2	+3	+1	+3	Blessing of Athe, Debate (Disprove Supernatural, Just Enjoy your Life)	+1 level of existing divine spellcasting class.
Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level) Bluff (Cha), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Knowledge (Int), Listen (Wis), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Speak Language (None), Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Disciple of Athe.

Spellcasting: At each new level, you gain new spells per day and an increase in caster level (and spells known, if applicable) as if you had also gained a level in a spellcasting class to which you belonged before adding the prestige class level. You do not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained. If you had more than one divine spellcasting class before becoming a Disciple of Athe, you must decide to which class to add each level for the purpose of determining spells per day, caster level, and spells known.

Continued Advancement: Levels in disciple of Athe stack with levels of other appropriate classes for the purpose of turning or rebuking undead, and for all level-dependent domain granted powers. If you play pathfinder, they also stack with oracle levels to determine your mysteries and curse-related abilities.

Debate: At 1st level, a disciple of Athe learns the holy art of debating. She may use debate a number of times per day equal to her effective cleric level, and the DC of her debate abilities are DC 10 + 1/2 HD + the disciple's intelligence or charisma modifier. It otherwise behaves much like bardic music, usually requiring a standard action to start and most can be maintained as a swift action each round. Each of the disciple of Athe's abilities require a minimum class level and a minimum rank in perform (Oratory).

The disciple of Athe can exclude any creature from her debate ability as a free action usable outside of her turn. If the disciple of Athe is dealt damage, she must make a concentration check; failure indicates she lost her train of thought and the debate ends.

Unlike bardic music, a creature can spend a move action during its turn to debate back, making its own arguments, making either a diplomacy, perform (oratory), or knowledge (religion) check opposed by your perform (oratory) check; if they succeed, they are immune to the effect of your debate for 1 round and all creatures who can hear them receive a +2 bonus on their saving throw against your debate abilities for 1 round.

Reasonable Explanation (Ex): A 1st level disciple of Athe with at least 8 ranks in perform (oratory) can explain a 'supernatural' phenomena simply as a quite extraordinary but ultimately natural phenomena. Each creature who listens to you debating must make a will saving throw, and on a failure, they treat any spells, spell-like, and supernatural abilities targeted at them as extraordinary abilities for the round (do not recalculate the DC of such abilities).

Rational Comeback (Ex): A 2nd level disciple of Athe with at least 9 ranks in perform (oratory) can use rationality to defeat the arguments of other creatures. Whenever a creature uses bluff, diplomacy, intimidate, or perform (Oratory) to either debate with you (see above), preach, or affirm a deity or dogma, you may make a perform (oratory) check as an immediate action opposed by their own check. If you succeed, their attempt automatically fails and everyone who could hear both sides of the debate has their attitude towards your interlocutor worsen by one step, but no lower than Unfriendly.

The Gods just don't Exist (Su): A 2nd level disciple of Athe with at least 9 ranks in perform (oratory) can make a good case about the lack of existence of any 'deities' and their power illusion. Each creature who hears the disciple of Athe debate must make a will save, on a failure, a creature suffers a 50% divine spell failure chance as their beliefs falter and gains the disciple of Athe's spell resistance against divine spells. This effect lasts for as long as the disciple of Athe is debating and 5 rounds afterward.

Disprove Supernatural (Su): A 3rd level disciple of Athe with at least 10 ranks in perform (oratory) can show there is a extraordinary explanation behind everything. When she initiates this debate and each round she maintains it, she chooses a single magical effect she is aware of within 60 ft. of her and attempts to dispel it as per greater dispel magic. Each successive round she tries to dispel the same effect, she gains a cumulative +1 bonus (up to a maximum of +5).

Just Enjoy your Life (Ex): A 3rd level disciple of Athe with at least 10 ranks in perform (oratory) can use reasonable arguments and make plausible conclusions to utterly break the will of a creature to fight. When she first initiates this debate and each round she maintains it, every creature who can hear her must make a will save or take a single daunt level.

Improved Disbelief (Ex): At 2nd level, the disciple of Athe's spell resistance granted by the atheism domain increases by 5. It increases by an additional 3 points if you gain the defiler of temples's divine spell resistance.

Blessing of Athe (Su): At 3rd level, whenever the disciple of Athe starts a debate, she automatically falls under a sanctuary effect which lasts for as long as she debates. This effect breaks as normal if the disciple of Athe attacks or acts like a dick.

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