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--- pathfinder:npc_classes:adepts [2025/03/01 22:15] – [The Spontaneous Adept] johnb
+++ pathfinder:npc_classes:adepts [2025/03/03 10:52] (current) – [Overview] johnb
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 Adept is by far the most disappointing NPC class.  The other NPC classes have a clear place in the game, while the poor old adept is some sort of strange mix of arcane and divine casting abilities. I use these archetypes to fix that.  Apart from the notes below, these Adept Archetypes conform to the published class specification.
-While NPCs can progress in my games worlds they don't progress quickly or easily.  L1 Adepts are usually in training somewhere, L2 are normally assistants completing their training and Level 3 is the base level for an adept running an establishment or business (such as a Chapel, Library, School) although you may very occasionally find L4 adepts, but after that they are very rare.
+While NPCs can progress in my campaign worlds, they don't progress quickly or easily.  L1 NPCs are usually apprentices, L2 are normally assistants completing their training and Level 3 is the base level for an adept running an establishment or business, such as a Craft Workshop, Chapel, Library or School.  You may very occasionally find L4 adepts, but after that they are very rare.
 Most adepts fall into the [[consolidated:economy:start#the_silver_economy|Silver Economy]] bracket and have a reasonably comfortable life.  They eat regularly and may even have a very small room to call their own.  However, Adepts are a diverse group -  some have a standard of living similar to commoners, others have a much more comfortable life.
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 ===== The Divine Adept =====
-It seemed a shame just to have one Divine Archetype, considering there is such a wide range of clerical classes and that non Clerics can be priests of some gods as well.  I have settled for three that (I think) gives me a lot of flexibility in the way I use them.  Most Divine Adepts take Brother or Sister as a personal 'title'.
+It seemed a shame just to have one Divine Archetype, considering there is such a wide range of clerical classes and that non Clerics can be priests of some gods as well.  I have settled for a selection that (I think) gives me a lot of flexibility in the way I use them.  Most Divine Adepts take Brother or Sister as a personal 'title'.
-All divine adepts have the ability to 'activate' a shrine or an altar for 24 hours, by praying for their spells at that location.  Shrines and graveyards might just have a single clergyman (low level adept) to look after the shrine and and pray there.  Other religious buildings will have a group of clerics assigned to them to hold regular program of payer meetings and ceremonies, to ensure that the altar stays permanent dedicated to the deity.  A shrine or an altar with these daily prayers becomes inactive and loses many of its benefits.
+All divine adepts have the ability to 'activate' a shrine or an altar for 24 hours, by praying for their spells at that location.  Shrines and graveyards might just have a single clergyman (low level adept) to look after the shrine and pray there.  Other religious buildings might have a group of adepts assigned to them to hold a regular program of payer meetings and ceremonies, to ensure that the altar stays permanent dedicated to the deity.  A shrine or an altar without these daily prayers becomes inactive and loses many of its benefits.
 All Divine Adepts use the following spell list.
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 ++++ Spell List|
-CRB spells available to both Sorcerers and Bards.
+CRB spells available to both Sorcerers and Bards, at the same spell level.
 ^L0 Spells|
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 |Ventriloquism|
 ^L2 Spells|
-|Alter Self|
-|Alter Summoned Monster|
-|Anti-Summoning Shield|
 |Blur|
 |Cat’s Grace|
-|Detect Magic, Greater|
+|Darkness|
+|Daze Monster|
 |Detect Thoughts|
 |Eagle’s Splendor|
 |Fox’s Cunning|
 |Glitterdust|
-|Hidden Blades|
+|Hypnotic Pattern|
 |Invisibility|
+|Minor Image|
+|Mirror Image|
 |Misdirection|
-|Quick Change|
+|Pyrotechnics|
+|Scare|
+|Shatter|
 |Summon Monster II|
 |Summon Swarm|
-|Whip of Spiders|
 ^L3 Spells|
-|Conjure Carriage|
+|Blink|
-|Deft Digits|
+|Clairaudience/Clairvoyance|
+|Daylight|
+|Deep Slumber|
 |Dispel Magic|
-|Displacement|
+|Gaseous Form|
-|Mad Monkeys|
+|Haste|
-|Rain of Frogs|
+|Illusory Script|
-|Seek Thoughts|
+|Invisibility Sphere|
+|Major Image|
+|Phantom Steed|
+|Secret Page|
+|Sepia Snake Sigil|
+|Slow|
 |Summon Monster III|
-|Tongues|
+|Tiny Hut|
 ^L4 Spells|
-|Daze, Mass|
+|Detect Scrying|
-|Summon Accuser|
+|Dimension Door|
+|Locate Creature|
+|Secure Shelter|
+|Shout|
 |Summon Monster IV|
 ^L5 Spells|
-|Release The Hounds|
+|Dream|
-|Summon Infernal Host|
+|False Vision|
+|Mind Fog|
+|Mirage Arcana|
+|Nightmare|
+|Persistent Image|
+|Seeming|
+|Shadow Evocation|
 |Summon Monster V|
-|Whip of Centipedes|
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-++Methodology | This is a list of spells that all appear in the Summoner, Bard and Sorcerer spell lists.  I suspect there are a couple missing, because they appear at different levels on different class lists.++