Kinetic Saint (Kineticist Archetype)

Here’s what I promised yesterday: an archetype requested by my patron Matteo Tirelli, who wanted a way to create Saint Seiya in Pathfinder. Neither a Kinetic Fist or Sacred Fist warpriest seened to fit perfectly, so I did this. Not all the manga’s characters will have this archetype, but it represents well the five protagonists.
Thanks to my friends of the Pathfinder Italian Facebook group Italian Facebook group, whose brainstorming helped me to find the right idea!
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Kinetic Saint (Kineticist Archetype)

A kinetic saint is a loyal warrior in service of a god, using his energy powers to enforce his divine patron’s will.

Alignment: A kinetic saint must be within one step of his deity’s, along either the law/chaos axis or the good/evil axis.

Aura (Su): A kinetic saint gains an aura matching his deity’s alignment, as a cleric of the same level.

Divine Invocation (Ex): A kinetic saint selects one domain granted by his deity at 1st level. He can select spells from that domain as utility wild talents as if he possessed the Kinetic Invocation feat. In addition, he can also select special spells granted by his deity as utility wild talents with this power.

Saint’s Blade (Su): The first infusion the kinetic saint gains at 1st level is kinetic blade. This always takes the form of his deity’s favored weapon, even if it’s not a light or one-handed weapon. The kinetic weapon gains all the nonmagical features of a real weapon of the same type, but its damage dice, critical threat range, or critical multiplier don’t change. If his deity’s favored weapon is the unarmed strike, the kinetic saint gains instead the kinetic fist form infusion.

Divine Cloth (Su): At 2nd level, the kinetic saint gains the following kinetic defense. This replaces elemental defense.

Divine Cloth

Element Universal; Type defense (Su); Level —; Burn 0

You summon an armor on your body with the force of faith. Though robust and metallic in appearance, the armor is very light and doesn’t impose penalties on skill checks. It grants a +4 armor bonus to AC, that increases by 1 for every 4 kineticist levels you possess beyond 2nd. By accepting 1 point of burn, you can increase the bonus by 1 until the next time your burn is removed. You can increase the bonus multiple times in this way, but it can’t be increased by more than 50% of its starting value. You can dismiss or restore this effect as an immediate action.

Battle Blessing (Su): Starting at 3rd level, a kinetic saint may select a minor or major warpriest’s blessing granted by his deity in place of an infusion talent. The kineticist qualifies and uses this blessing as a warpriest of his level -2. He cannot select a major blessing if he doesn’t already possess the minor blessing from the same domain, and the first minor blessing he selects must match the domain chosen at 1st level. The kinetic saint can select a maximum of two minor and two major blessings with this ability.