Holy Rager: Vindicator (Warpriest Archetype)

 I liked so much the Vindicator fighter/priest kit from 2E’s Complete Book of Dwarves. Dwarves of every class should have the chance to rage. But it never was converted, yet.

I already did a raging dwarf warpriest archetype years ago. This one is broader in scope and completes my Holy Ragers series.

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Vindicator (Warpriest Archetype)

Holy rage is common in dwarven religions, but can be found among other races as well. The vindicator is a warpriest imbued with the spiritual power of his deity. When this power is manifested, he enters a mystic rage that transforms him into a fearless and powerful warrior.

Blessings: At least one of a vindicator’s blessings must be chosen among the following: Air, Death, Destruction, Earth, Earthquake, Fire, Flood, Godclaw, Madness, Strength, Tornado, War, Water, Weather, or Wildfire. Focused blessings associated to these are allowed too.

Holy Rage (Ex): At 2nd level, a vindicator can expend one use of his fervor ability to rage for 2 rounds as a barbarian. He can’t use fervor to heal, damage, or channel energy.

A vindicator is able to spontaneously cast cure or inflict spells or using fervor to cast spells on himself even while raging. At 11th level, the vindicator gains greater rage, and at 20th level, he gains mighty rage. This alters fervor and replaces aspect of war.

Sacred Fury (Su): A vindicator adds furious to the list of special abilities that he can grant to his sacred weapon.

Rage Powers (Ex): Starting at 3rd level, whenever a vindicator gains a bonus feat, he can instead choose to gain a single rage power, as the barbarian class feature, in place of the bonus feat. Once selected, these rage powers cannot be changed. The vindicator uses his warpriest level as his barbarian level for the purpose of qualifying and using his rage powers.