Judge of Souls (Omdura Archetype)

Just a simple archetype for a class that has too few of them.

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Judge of Souls (Omdura Archetype)

A judge of souls is an officer of her religion, charged with the spiritual well-being of the flock and the punishment of those who are guilty towards the church.

Divine Office: A judge of souls is granted the power from one inquisitorial office (see Legendary Inquisitors. She can also select the Judgment and Executions office with this ability.

This replaces invocation, commune, improved invocation, greater divine might, and greater invocation.

Mythic Omdura Class Options

Minor classes still lack a mythic version of their class features. Let's start getting them even.

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Mythic Omdura

A mythic omdura is the voice of the gods and spirits, and the leader of a holy or unholy army for conquering whole worlds.

Mythic Aura: The omdura adds her mythic tier to the strength of her aura for all aspects of alignment where her own alignment and her deity’s alignment match. Additionally, for one aspect of her alignment that matches, she gains SR equal to 5 + her tier + her class level against spells with the opposing descriptor. If the selected alignment is neutral the omdura may choose one opposing alignment—once this decision is made it cannot be changed.

Mythic Spell List: The omdura can add one shaman spell of a spell level she can cast to her omdura class spell list. If she is mythic tier 3, she can add one spell from the paladin class spell list of a spell level she can cast, to her omdura class spell list. If she is mythic tier 6, she can add one druid spell of a spell level she can cast to her omdura class spell list.

This mythic class feature may be selected more than once. Each time it is selected, it adds another appropriate spell to the omdura’s class spell list.

Mythic Detect Alignment: When the omdura uses this ability, she gains information each round as if she had maintained the ability for three rounds.

Mythic Invocation: The omdura adds her mythic tier to the number of minutes per day she can use the invocation ability.

Alternatively, when this mythic class feature is selected the omdura may boost the power of one specific invocation of hers, gaining the benefit outlined below. Once made, this choice cannot be changed.

Destruction

The damage bonus granted by the destruction invocation is doubled.

Healing

The omdura’s allies gain regeneration rather than healing.

Justice

If the omdura’s allies suffer a % miss chance on their attacks for any reason, it is reduced by 5% per +1 bonus they gain from this invocation.

Piercing

The omdura’s allies gain a bonus to the save DCs of their spells equal to half the bonus granted by this invocation (minimum +1 DC).

Protection

The omdura’s allies gain a luck bonus to CMD equal to the bonus granted by this invocation.

Purity

Whenever the omdura’s allies make a saving throw against an ability or effect by 5 or more, it does not affect them at all (rather than having a reduced effect, such as saving for half damage, or requiring multiple saves to end, such as with some poisons).

Resiliency

The omdura’s allies are granted DR/–, and this is doubled against the attacks of creatures she has identified with a Knowledge check.

Resistance

The omdura’s allies gain resistance to all energy types.

Smiting

The omdura selects one specific alignment, or creature type. Once this choice is made, it cannot be changed. When smiting, her allies’ attacks bypass all DR, of every type, against creatures of the selected alignment or type.

Mythic Divine Touch: The omdura may expend one use of mythic power to use divine touch on an adjacent creature as a swift action.

Mythic Divine Infusion: When the omdura uses her divine touch, as a swift action, she may expend one use of mythic power to change her current divine infusions. She may switch any infusion she has for another infusion available to her at the same or lower level. The new selection of infusions last until she changes them again, or she next regains daily uses of divine touch.

Mythic Divine Might: If the omdura strikes a creature that is not opposed to her alignment with a divine might attack, the omdura becomes aware the creature is not opposed to her alignment and may choose to deal no damage with the attack. If the omdura chooses to do this, the divine might ends and does not count against the omdura’s number of divine might uses per day. A true neutral omdura cannot benefit from this mythic ability.

Mythic Divine Weapon: The omdura infuses her connection to her divine weapon with mythic energies. She adds her mythic tier to her omdura level when determining the number of minutes per day she can enhance a divine weapon for. Additionally, she adds one of the following to her list of divine weapon special abilities: agile, allying, bane, benevolent, conductive, corrosive, corrosive burst, dancing, defiant, fervent, frost, glorious, grayflame, guardian, icy burst, invigorating, liberating, sacred, shock, shocking burst. In addition, a chaotic omdura can add bewildering and deceptive; an evil omdura can add cruel and ominous; a good omdura can add compassionate and peaceful; a lawful omdura can add courageous and truthful. A true neutral omdura can add mimetic and stalking. Once selected, the ability cannot be changed. The omdura adds another weapon special ability at each mythic tier beyond tier 1.

Mythic Commune: When using her commune ability, the omdura can expend one use of mythic power to cast mythic commune instead.

Mythic Improved Invocation: The omdura may expend a point of mythic power to add one to the number of invocations she can have active at the same time for one combat.

Mythic Greater Divine Might: The omdura adds half her mythic tier to her class level and Charisma bonus for the purpose of using the divine might ability.

Mythic Greater Invocation: The omdura can expend two uses of mythic power to apply to herself and her allies the extended effects of a second invocation for 1 hour for every two class levels she possesses.

Omdura Simple Creature Template

Another simple class template that was missing.

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Omdura Creature (CR +2 or +3)

An omdura creature communes with its god, encouraging and healing its allies. It also gains some limited spellcasting. An omdura creature’s CR increases by 3 if the creature has 5 or more HD. An omdura creature must worship a deity (which must be determined when the template is added) and its alignment must be within one step of that deity’s.

Quick Rules

+2 on all rolls based on Wis; can use the invocation ability for a number of rounds per day equal to ½ its HD (minimum 1, uses its omdura level to determine the bonuses granted); can use divine touch once per day (healing 1d6 hit points for every 2 HD it possesses instead of using its omdura level); gains detect alignment (and divine might if the creature has 5 HD or more), usable once per day (treating its HD as its omdura level for the purposes of damage); can cast a small number of omdura spells (see Table: Omdura Spells Known, below) using its HD as its CL and gaining two spell slots of each level for every level of spells known.

Rebuild Rules

Defensive Abilities invocation (can be used a number of rounds per day equal to ½  the creature’s HD + its Wis modifier, using its HD as its omdura level to determine bonuses and types of performance); Special Attacks divine might ability once per day (if the creature has 5 or more HD, treating its HD as its omdura level for the purposes of damage); Special Qualities detect alignment as the omdura class feature, divine touch once per day (healing 1d6 hit points for every 2 HD the creature possesses instead of using its omdura level); Omdura Spells can cast a small number of omdura spells (see the Table: Omdura Spells Known below) using its HD as its CL and gaining two spell slots of each level for every level of spells known; Ability Scores +4 Wisdom.

Table: Omdura Spells Known

HD	0	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1-4	2	1	—	—	—	—	—
5-8	2	2	1	—	—	—	—
9-12	‡	2	2	1	—	—	—
13-16	‡	‡	2	2	1	—	—
17-20	‡	‡	‡	2	2	1	—
21+	‡	‡	‡	‡	2	2	1

Spellcasting: Simple class templates that grant the ability to cast spells as a member of the class on which the template is based only grant spells for the three highest spell levels the creature has access to. If the creature casts all of the spells of its higher levels, you can keep the combat challenging by adding lower-level spells -denoted by a double dagger (‡)- but no more than two for any given spell level.

Sphere Omdura Archetype

The newer and minor classes still lack Sphere archetypes. Simple casting archetypes are very easy to do, and can serve as a base to create more complex ones.

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Sphere Omdura

Casting: The sphere omdura may combine spheres and talents to create magical effects. The sphere omdura is considered a Mid-Caster. (Note: All casters gain 2 bonus talents and a casting tradition the first time they gain the casting class feature.)

This replaces the spells class feature.

Spell Pool: The sphere omdura gains a small reservoir of energy she can call on to create truly wondrous effects, called a spell pool. This pool contains a number of spell points equal to her sphere omdura level + her casting ability modifier (minimum 1). This pool replenishes once per day after roughly 8 hours of rest.

Magic Talents: A sphere omdura gains ¾ths of a magic talent every level (the same progression as she gains caster levels).

Omdura Variant Multiclassing

Minor classes need some love in other things besides Spheres traditions!

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Omdura Variant Multiclassing

A character who chooses omdura as her secondary class gains the following secondary class features.

Deity: At 1st level, she must select a deity within one alignment step of her alignment. She gains the omdura’s aura, code of conduct and restriction on casting spells of opposed alignments.

Detect Alignment: At 3rd level, she can detect alignment as a 1st-level omdura.

Invocation: At 7th level, once per day, she can use the invocation class feature as an omdura of her character level – 3.

Divine Might: At 11th level, she gains the ability to use divine might once per day as an Omdura of her character level -4.

Additional Invocation: At 15th level, she can use the invocation class feature twice per day.

Improved Invocation: At 19th level, she gains the improved invocation ability.

Spirit Master’s Channel Feat

The Pathfinder World of Niobe book not only had the merit of making me discover this comic book series, but introduces the Omdura class, an interesting mix of cleric and inquisitor with many amazing abilities. It’s a shame that it lacks ONE ability that would fit it very well... so I made this feat for the class.
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Spirit Master’s Channel

Your devotion empowered your dominion over life energy.

Prerequisites: Good alignment, divine touch class feature, omdura 4th level.

Benefits: You may expend 2 uses of your lay in hands ability to channel energy as a paladin of your same level.