{"id":284,"date":"2024-12-17T11:06:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T11:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planesmarches.gamesoup.com.au\/?p=284"},"modified":"2026-07-14T06:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:38:53","slug":"cleric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesmarches.gamesoup.com.au\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"Cleric"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id284_a819c8-b8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id284_a819c8-b8 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id284_a819c8-b8 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:200px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:140px;padding-left:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading284_27a180-98[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading284_27a180-98\"]{margin-bottom:40px;text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading284_27a180-98 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading284_27a180-98[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading284_27a180-98\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading284_27a180-98 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading284_27a180-98[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading284_27a180-98\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading284_27a180-98 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-8-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading284_27a180-98\"><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-284_674304-bc .kt-block-spacer{height:320px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-284_674304-bc .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:rgba(238, 238, 238, 0.01);width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-284_674304-bc\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CLERIC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The handiwork of the gods is everywhere &#8211; in places of natural beauty, in mighty crusades, in soaring temples, and in the hearts of worshipers. Like people, gods run the gamut from benevolent to malicious, reserved to intrusive, simple to inscrutable. The gods, however, work mostly through intermediaries &#8211; their clerics. Good clerics heal, protect, and avenge. Evil clerics pillage, destroy, and sabotage. A cleric uses the power of his god to make his god&#8217;s will manifest. And if a cleric uses his god&#8217;s power to improve his own lot, that&#8217;s to be expected, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ideally, a cleric&#8217;s adventures support his god&#8217;s causes, at least in a general way. A good cleric, for example, helps those in need. If, through noble acts, he can improve the reputation to his god or temple, that&#8217;s even better. An evil cleric seeks to increase his own power and that of his deity, so that others will respect and fear both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clerics sometimes receive orders, or at least suggestions, from their ecclesiastical superiors, directing them to undertake missions for the church. The clerics and their companions are compensated fairly for these missions, and the church may be especially generous with the casting of needed spells or divine magic items as payment. Of course, clerics are people, too, and they may have any or all the more common motivations for adventuring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clerics are masters of divine magic, which is especially good at healing. Even an inexperienced cleric can bring people back from the brink of death, and an experienced cleric can bring back people who have crossed over that brink. As channelers of divine energy, clerics can affect undead creatures. A good cleric can turn away or even destroy undead; an evil cleric can bring undead under his control. Clerics have some combat training. They can use simple weapons, and they are trained in the use of armor, since armor does not interfere with divine spells the way it does with arcane spells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alignment: Like the gods they serve, clerics can be of any alignment. Because people more readily worship good deities than neutral or evil ones, there are more good than evil clerics. Clerics also tend toward law instead of chaos, since lawful religions tend to be more structured and better able to recruit and train clerics than chaotic ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typically, a cleric is the same alignment as his deity, though some clerics are one step away from their respective deities in alignment. For example, most clerics of Heironeous, the god of valor (who is lawful good) are lawful good, but some are lawful neutral or neutral good. Additionally, a cleric may not be neutral (that is, neutral on both the good-evil axis and the lawful-chaotic axis) unless his deity is neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every reasonably well-known deity has clerics devoted to him or her, so clerics can be of any religion. The deity most common worshiped by human clerics in civilized lands is Pelor (god of the sun). The majority of nonhuman clerics are devoted to the chief god of the appropriate racial pantheon. Most clerics are officially ordained members of religious organizations, commonly called churches. Each has sworn to uphold the ideals of his church. Some clerics devote themselves not to a god but to a cause or a source of divine power. These characters wield magic the way clerics devoted to individual gods do, but they are not associated with any religious institution or any particular practice of worship. A cleric devoted to good and law, for example, may be on friendly terms with the clerics of lawful and good deities and may extol the virtues of a good and lawful life, but he is not a functionary in a church hierarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most clerics join their churches as young adults, though some are devoted to a god&#8217;s service from a young age, and a few feel the call later in life. While some clerics are tightly bound to their churches&#8217; activities on a daily basis, others have more freedom to conduct their lives as they please, as long as they do so in accordance with their gods&#8217; wishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clerics of a given religion are all supposed to get along, though schisms within a church are often more bitter than conflicts between religions. Clerics who share some basic ideals, such as goodness or lawfulness, may find common cause with each other and see themselves as part of an order or body that supersedes any given religion. Clerics of opposed goals, however, are sworn enemies. In civilized lands, open warfare between religions occurs only during civil wars and similar social upheavals, but vicious politicking between opposed churches is common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the common races are represented in this class, since the need for religion and divine magic is universal. The clerics of most races, however, are too focused on their religious duties to undertake an adventurer&#8217;s life. Crusading, adventuring clerics most often come from the human and dwarf races. Among the savage humanoids, clerics are less common. The exception is troglodytes, who take well to divine magic and are often led by priests, who make a practice of sacrificing and devouring captives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an adventuring party, the cleric is everybody&#8217;s friend and often the glue that holds the party together. As the one who can channel divine energy, a cleric is a capable healer, and adventurers of every class appreciate being put back together after they&#8217;ve taken some hard knocks. Clerics sometimes clash with druids, since druids represent an older, more primal relationship between the mortal and the divine. Mostly, though, the religion of a cleric determines how he gets along with others. A cleric of Olidammara (god of thieves), gets along fine with rogues and ne&#8217;er-do-wells, for example, while a cleric of Heironeous (god of valor) rankles at such company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cleric serves as a typical group&#8217;s primary healer, diviner, and defensive specialist. He can hold his own in a fight but usually isn&#8217;t well served by charging to the front of combat. The cleric&#8217;s domains and spell selection can greatly affect his role as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alignment<\/strong>: A cleric&#8217;s alignment must be within one step of his deity&#8217;s (that is, it may be one step away on either the lawful-chaotic axis or the good-evil axis, but not both). A cleric may not be neutral unless his deity&#8217;s alignment is also neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hit Die<\/strong>: d8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Class Skills<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cleric&#8217;s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are&nbsp;Concentration&nbsp;(Con),&nbsp;Craft&nbsp;(Int),&nbsp;Diplomacy&nbsp;(Cha),&nbsp;Heal&nbsp;(Wis),&nbsp;Knowledge(arcana) (Int),&nbsp;Knowledge(history) (Int),&nbsp;Knowledge(religion) (Int),&nbsp;Knowledge(the planes) (Int),&nbsp;Profession&nbsp;(Wis), and&nbsp;Spellcraft&nbsp;(Int).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Skill Points at 1st Level<\/strong>: (2 + Int modifier) x 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Skill Points at Each Additional Level<\/strong>: 2 + Int modifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a><\/a>Table: The Cleric<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" rowspan=\"2\">Level<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" rowspan=\"2\">Base<br>Attack Bonus<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" rowspan=\"2\">Fort<br>Save<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" rowspan=\"2\">Ref<br>Save<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" rowspan=\"2\">Will<br>Save<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" rowspan=\"2\">Special<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" colspan=\"10\">Spells per Day<sup>1<\/sup><\/th><\/tr><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1st<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2nd<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">3rd<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">4th<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">5th<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">6th<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">7th<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">8th<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">9th<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>1st<\/td><td>+0<\/td><td>+2<\/td><td>+0<\/td><td>+2<\/td><td>Turn or rebuke undead<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>1+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2nd<\/td><td>+1<\/td><td>+3<\/td><td>+0<\/td><td>+3<\/td><td><\/td><td>4<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3rd<\/td><td>+2<\/td><td>+3<\/td><td>+1<\/td><td>+3<\/td><td><\/td><td>4<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>1+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4th<\/td><td>+3<\/td><td>+4<\/td><td>+1<\/td><td>+4<\/td><td><\/td><td>5<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5th<\/td><td>+3<\/td><td>+4<\/td><td>+1<\/td><td>+4<\/td><td><\/td><td>5<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>1+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6th<\/td><td>+4<\/td><td>+5<\/td><td>+2<\/td><td>+5<\/td><td><\/td><td>5<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7th<\/td><td>+5<\/td><td>+5<\/td><td>+2<\/td><td>+5<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>1+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8th<\/td><td>+6\/+1<\/td><td>+6<\/td><td>+2<\/td><td>+6<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9th<\/td><td>+6\/+1<\/td><td>+6<\/td><td>+3<\/td><td>+6<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>1+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10th<\/td><td>+7\/+2<\/td><td>+7<\/td><td>+3<\/td><td>+7<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11th<\/td><td>+8\/+3<\/td><td>+7<\/td><td>+3<\/td><td>+7<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>1+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12th<\/td><td>+9\/+4<\/td><td>+8<\/td><td>+4<\/td><td>+8<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13th<\/td><td>+9\/+4<\/td><td>+8<\/td><td>+4<\/td><td>+8<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>1+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14th<\/td><td>+10\/+5<\/td><td>+9<\/td><td>+4<\/td><td>+9<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15th<\/td><td>+11\/+6\/+1<\/td><td>+9<\/td><td>+5<\/td><td>+9<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>1+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16th<\/td><td>+12\/+7\/+2<\/td><td>+10<\/td><td>+5<\/td><td>+10<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17th<\/td><td>+12\/+7\/+2<\/td><td>+10<\/td><td>+5<\/td><td>+10<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><td>1+1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18th<\/td><td>+13\/+8\/+3<\/td><td>+11<\/td><td>+6<\/td><td>+11<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>2+1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19th<\/td><td>+14\/+9\/+4<\/td><td>+11<\/td><td>+6<\/td><td>+11<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><td>3+1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20th<\/td><td>+15\/+10\/+5<\/td><td>+12<\/td><td>+6<\/td><td>+12<\/td><td><\/td><td>6<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>5+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><td>4+1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"16\">1&nbsp;<em>In addition to the stated number of spells per day for 1st- through 9th-level spells, a cleric gets a domain spell for each spell level, starting at 1st. The &#8220;+1&#8221; in the entries on this table represents that spell. Domain spells are in addition to any bonus spells the cleric may receive for having a high Wisdom score.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Class Features<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the following are class features of the cleric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Weapon and Armor Proficiency<\/strong>: Clerics are proficient with all simple weapons, with all types of armor (light, medium, and heavy), and with shields (except tower shields).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cleric who chooses the&nbsp;War&nbsp;domain receives the&nbsp;Weapon Focus&nbsp;feat related to his deity&#8217;s weapon as a bonus feat. He also receives the appropriate Martial Weapon Proficiency feat as a bonus feat, if the weapon falls into that category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a><strong>Aura (Ex)<\/strong>: A cleric of a chaotic, evil, good, or lawful deity has a particularly powerful aura corresponding to the deity&#8217;s alignment (see the detect evil spell for details). Clerics who don&#8217;t worship a specific deity but choose the Chaotic, Evil, Good, or Lawful domain have a similarly powerful aura of the corresponding alignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spells<\/strong>: A cleric casts divine spells, which are drawn from the&nbsp;cleric spell list. However, his alignment may restrict him from casting certain spells opposed to his moral or ethical beliefs; see Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells, below. A cleric must choose and prepare his spells in advance (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To prepare or cast a spell, a cleric must have a Wisdom score equal to at least 10 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a cleric&#8217;s spell is 10 + the spell level + the cleric&#8217;s Wisdom modifier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like other spellcasters, a cleric can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. His base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The Cleric. In addition, he receives&nbsp;bonus spells&nbsp;per day if he has a high Wisdom score. A cleric also gets one domain spell of each spell level he can cast, starting at 1st level. When a cleric prepares a spell in a domain spell slot, it must come from one of his two domains (see Deities, Domains, and Domain Spells, below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clerics meditate or pray for their spells. Each cleric must choose a time at which he must spend 1 hour each day in quiet contemplation or supplication to regain his daily allotment of spells. Time spent resting has no effect on whether a cleric can prepare spells. A cleric may prepare and cast any spell on the cleric spell list, provided that he can cast spells of that level, but he must choose which spells to prepare during his daily meditation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deity, Domains, and Domain Spells<\/strong>: A cleric&#8217;s deity influences his alignment, what magic he can perform, his values, and how others see him. A cleric chooses two&nbsp;domains&nbsp;from among those belonging to his deity. A cleric can select an alignment domain (Chaos, Evil, Good, or Law) only if his alignment matches that domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a cleric is not devoted to a particular deity, he still selects two domains to represent his spiritual inclinations and abilities. The restriction on alignment domains still applies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each domain gives the cleric access to a domain spell at each spell level he can cast, from 1st on up, as well as a granted power. The cleric gets the granted powers of both the domains selected. With access to two domain spells at a given spell level, a cleric prepares one or the other each day in his domain spell slot. If a domain spell is not on the cleric spell list, a cleric can prepare it only in his domain spell slot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spontaneous Casting<\/strong>: A good cleric (or a neutral cleric of a good deity) can channel stored spell energy into healing spells that the cleric did not prepare ahead of time. The cleric can &#8220;lose&#8221; any prepared spell that is not a domain spell in order to cast any cure spell of the same spell level or lower (a cure spell is any spell with &#8220;cure&#8221; in its name).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An evil cleric (or a neutral cleric of an evil deity), can&#8217;t convert prepared spells to cure spells but can convert them to inflict spells (an inflict spell is one with &#8220;inflict&#8221; in its name).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cleric who is neither good nor evil and whose deity is neither good nor evil can convert spells to either cure spells or inflict spells (player&#8217;s choice). Once the player makes this choice, it cannot be reversed. This choice also determines whether the cleric turns or commands undead (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a><strong>Chaotic, Evil, Good, and Lawful Spells<\/strong>: A cleric can&#8217;t cast spells of an alignment opposed to his own or his deity&#8217;s (if he has one). Spells associated with particular alignments are indicated by the chaos, evil, good, and law descriptors in their spell descriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a><strong>Turn or Rebuke Undead (Su)<\/strong>: Any cleric, regardless of alignment, has the power to affect undead creatures by channeling the power of his faith through his holy (or unholy) symbol (see Turn or Rebuke Undead).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A good cleric (or a neutral cleric who worships a good deity) can turn or destroy undead creatures. An evil cleric (or a neutral cleric who worships an evil deity) instead rebukes or commands such creatures. A neutral cleric of a neutral deity must choose whether his turning ability functions as that of a good cleric or an evil cleric. Once this choice is made, it cannot be reversed. This decision also determines whether the cleric can cast spontaneous cure or inflict spells (see above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cleric may attempt to&nbsp;turn undead&nbsp;a number of times per day equal to 3 + his Charisma modifier. A cleric with 5 or more ranks in Knowledge (religion) gets a +2 bonus on turning checks against undead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a><strong>Bonus Languages<\/strong>: A cleric&#8217;s bonus language options include Celestial, Abyssal, and Infernal (the languages of good, chaotic evil, and lawful evil outsiders, respectively). These choices are in addition to the bonus languages available to the character because of his race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Ex-Clerics<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cleric who grossly violates the code of conduct required by his god loses all spells and class features, except for armor and shield proficiencies and proficiency with simple weapons. 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