Scion’s Faith (Ex)
Source: Adventurer's Guide, p. 74
Replaces: This alters class skills.
A scion of Talmandor must worship a lawful good deity, and she gains Fly as a class skill instead of Ride.
This alters class skills. Egalitarian (Su): At 2nd level, once per day as a swift action, a scion of Talmandor can halve her bonus on saving throws from divine grace (minimum +1) to grant the resulting bonus to herself and to all allies within 30 feet. This shared bonus lasts for a number of rounds equal to the scion’s Charisma modifier, after which her divine grace is suppressed for 1 hour before returning to normal.
This ability alters divine grace. Bonded Eagle (Sp): At 5th level, a scion of Talmandor forms a bond with an eagle using the statistics for a bird animal companion. The eagle is a loyal companion that accompanies the scion on her adventures. When the scion activates smite evil, she can expend an additional use of smite evil to grant her eagle the bonuses granted from smite evil as well. This ability functions like the druid animal companion ability, using the scion’s paladin level as her effective druid level.
This ability replaces divine bond. Consensus (Ex): At 8th level, twice per day as a swift action during the first full round of combat, a scion of Talmandor can take a vote from a number of allies equal to or less than 3 + the scion’s Charisma modifier, all of whom must be within 30 feet of the scion of Talmandor. In initiative order, each ally can vote for Freedom, Justice, or Responsibility. Allies who vote receive a +2 sacred bonus either on attack rolls (if Justice wins), on saving throws (if Freedom wins), or to Armor Class (if Responsibility wins) until the end of combat. The scion of Talmandor votes last, and in the case of a tie, her vote breaks the tie.
This ability replaces aura of resolve. Talmandor’s Gift (Sp): At 11th level, a scion of Talmandor can summon an avoral agathion (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2 16) as if via summon monster VII (caster level equals the scion’s character level).
This ability replaces aura of justice.
Talmandor The celestial patron of Andoran is a powerful and unique avoral agathion, one of the most formidable of his kind. Yet while Talmandor is nearly as potent as a minor demigod, he does not seek the worship of mortals. While he certainly has an interest in influencing mortals and helping them achieve enlightenment, he prefers that they make their own choices. If they must worship, that faith and devotion is better given to a true god, be it a powerful empyreal lord like Ylimancha or a full deity like Iomedae, Sarenrae, or Shelyn.
He does not grant domains or have a favored weapon, and those who seek to worship him do not gain special favor. The scions of Talmandor understand this and help to spread this knowledge to the masses as best they can, but they also seek to emulate Talmandor’s teachings at the same time, viewing themselves not so much as worshipers of the outsider as mere messengers.
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