Shadowfootwork: The Apostles of Alignment

Exhale.

When I first posted my sentinel of sin and vanguard of virtue PrCs, I'd always intended to follow up with priests focusing on the other alignments, and for a long time had a bastion of balance nearly complete. But then I decided to revise and expand those two classes, using that revision as the template for the additional classes. Now, after literally months of work - I haven't worked so intently on something since the witch (do you have any idea how many tenets I created - even though only 100 made the cut?) - I've finally finished and have posted them on the WotC boards. Now I may resume living my life.

Apostle of Anarchy
[ApoA] For priests who practice a philosophy of Chaos. By adopting tenets representing various aspects of Chaos, the apostle practices what she preaches, becoming anything from a passionate advocate of freedom to a violent herald of discord. The apostle of anarchy chooses from the following tenets: Abandon, Bedlam, Calamity, Change, Chaos, Confusion, Disobedience, Entropy, Freedom, Fury, Havoc, Heresy, Imagination, Instability, Luck, Passion, Trespass, Unpredictability, Vim, and Violence.

Apostle of Balance
[ApoB] For priests who practice a philosophy of Neutrality. By adopting tenets representing various aspects of Neutrality, the apostle practices what she preaches, becoming anything from an indifferent agent of stasis to a philosophical proponent of perfection. The apostle of balance chooses from the following tenets: Centricity, Counteraction, Counterbalance, Equilibrium, Existence, Harmony, Indifference, Karma, Nature, Negation, Neutrality, Null, Perfection, Philosophy, Restoration, Stasis, Symmetry, Synergy, Thought, and Zen.

Apostle of Order
[ApoO] For priests who practice a philosophy of Law. By adopting tenets representing various aspects of Law, the apostle practices what he preaches, becoming anything from a vigilant enforcer of justice to a restrained advocate of control. The apostle of order chooses from the following tenets: Civilization, Composure, Control, Conviction, Courage, Defense, Faith, Fate, Justice, Law, Loyalty, Obedience, Orthodoxy, Peace, Resolve, Restraint, Sequence, Stability, Tyranny, and Vigilance.

Apostle of Sin
[ApoS] For priests who practice a philosophy of Evil. By adopting tenets representing various aspects of Evil, the apostle practices what she preaches, becoming anything from a decadent practitioner of sloth to a malicious disciple of murder. The apostle of sin chooses from the following tenets: Avarice, Corruption, Decadence, Deception, Dishonor, Envy, Lust, Malice, Murder, Perversion, Prejudice, Pride, Profanity, Seduction, Sloth, Temptation, Unholiness, Wickedness, and Wrath.

Apostle of Virtue
[ApoV] For priests who practice a philosophy of Good. By adopting tenets representing various aspects of Good, the apostle practices what he preaches, becoming anything from a humble advocate of silence to a joyful disciple of love. The apostle of virtue chooses from the following tenets: Benediction, Benevolence, Charity, Cleanliness, Compassion, Good, Glory, Grace, Holiness, Humility, Industry, Joy, Love, Mercy, Nonviolence, Purity, Silence, Truth, Valor, and Zeal.

The classes can be customized for any campaign or for any deity simply by limiting or expanding the tenets (and domains, both requisite and bonus) available to the character. The apostle of evil can become an "apostle of sloth," for example, by allowing only the tenet of Sloth to be chosen, while the apostle of order can become an "apostle of St. Cuthbert" by allowing only those tenets that support that deity's portfolio, such as Justice and Law (but not Sequence or Tyranny), and limiting the bonus domain to those already granted by that deity. By creating a custom list of tenets from the different classes - such as Decadence (ApoS), Freedom (ApoA), and Joy (ApoV) - you can create entirely new classes, such as an "apostle of pleasure."

The PrCs also include several new feats (Resolute, Aural Centricity, Evasive, Divine Preparation, Inspirational, etc.), new spells (neutralizing strike, wyrm's cunning, mantle of equilibrium, colorless spray, power word: deafen, etc.), new domains (Art, Murder, Neutrality, Night, Love, etc.), and new formatting that I will incorporate into future classes (links to homebrew material, immediate source listing, font sizes, four-character abbreviations for PrC names, etc.).