Loresinger of Milil Cleric Archetype

Milil is the god of poetry, song, creativity, and inspiration. It is not a surprise at all that a band of priests got together and declared themselves loresingers of Milil. The loresingers specialize in storytelling, or to be more exact, storysinging. Many loresingers are indistinguishable from bards, hardly surprising since there are many bards who worship Lord of Song.

Singing and storytelling, and combinations of the two whenever possible, are at the center of every loresinger’s life. In fact, loresingers define everything, including life itself, in terms of songs and stories.

Whereas “normal” bards are equal parts rogue, performer, musician, and news-bearer, loresingers have a more romanticized idea about their roles in the Realms. They believe Milil intends the loresingers to be sensitive storytellers with sweet voices and vast fonts of creative inspiration. A loresinger’s performance should, in their minds, invoke the dreams of the humble people of the Realms and motivate them all to do greater things.

When performing and adventuring, loresingers wear billowy white shirts with puffy sleeves, and either green or tan tights. Each loresinger has a short crimson cape with embroidered golden dragons cavorting up and down the length of the rich fabric. In a concession to the dangers of the road, many loresingers wear leather armor while traveling. Of course, they do their best to make the armor blend in with their other clothes. Favored weapons of the loresingers are the rapier and the main-gauche.

Patron Deity and Alignment: The Loresinger must have Milil as his chosen patron, and must remain Good in alignment. If he ever leaves the service of Milil or strays from this alignment requirement, he loses the abilities of this archetype. He may seek atonement in order to regain these features.

Class Skills: Loresingers gain Knowledge (Local) and Perform (singing or oratory) as class skills. This alters the Cleric’s class skills.

Proficiencies: Loresingers are proficient in light armor and bucklers. They do not gain proficiency in medium armor, or larger shields. This alters the Cleric’s proficiencies.

Dual Focused: A Loresinger studies in both the ways of a priest, as well as the ways of a performer or storyteller, thus he only gains one domain. This alters the Cleric’s domains.

Keeper of the Lore: A Loresinger adds 1/2 his cleric level to all Knowledge (History, Local and Nobility) checks, and may make these checks untrained.

Spellcasting: A Loresinger does not spontaneously cast curing spells, rather at 1st level, he chooses two spells from the Bard spell list that aren’t on the Cleric spell list; these are treated as divine spells on his spell list for the purpose of spell completion and spell trigger items. At each level the Loresinger gains a new level of spells, he chooses another two bard spells of that same level. The Loresinger may not prepare these spells in his spell slots, however, he may spontaneously cast one of these spells by sacrificing a prepared Cleric spell of the same or higher level. This alters the Cleric’s spellcasting and spontaneous casting.

Divine Performance: A Loresinger gains the bardic performance ability as used by a bard of the same level (including interactions with feats, spells, and prestige classes), using Perform (singing or oratory) as his performance skill. However, he gains only the following types of bardic performance at the appropriate levels: countersong, fascinate, inspire courage, inspire greatness and inspire heroics. This diminishes the Cleric’s channel energy ability to +1d6 every three levels beyond 1st, and capping channel energy dice at 7d6 at 19th level.