#warpriest

Old art and krill men yaoi that I am tossing into the void because I miss drawing and hope to get back into it someday. Oryx why would you keep poetry written about your right hand man in the most important collection of hive compendium ever made?? We know why.

My Cleric: *Uses Automatic Knowledge (Religion)* “Huh, he’s got Weakness 10 (Holy) *and* Weakness 10 (Cold Iron).”

Paladin PC: “Oh, neat, all my Strikes count as holy and I’ve got this magical cold iron starknife we’ve been keeping around for plot device purposes.” *Switches weapons and stabs demon.*

(art by senpo0 on DeviantArt)

Conclusions

And so we’ve come to the end of this review special and of the hybrid class group of classes to review in Pathfinder 1e, and it’s been a bit of a trip. I find some classes more interesting than others, but none of them expressly bad at their job.

Indeed, despite the negative stuff I had to say about it yesterday, it’s still only my second least favorite of these classes, preceded only by the slayer, albeit purely because the slayer’s claim to fame is arguably a better, more versatile equivalent to favored enemy that can be applied to any foe as long as you set it up first. Useful, but not exactly inspiring.

But this week isn’t about the slayer or any other hybrid class, this week is about the warpriest. Ultimately, the warpriest’s claim to fame is their incredible action economy when it comes to buffing up in the middle of combat, potentially snowballing even as foes crowd around them. However, outside of having two-thirds of the entire cleric spell list, warpriests are not really strong in the ways of utility or social situations.

And that I think helps define the class and it’s struggles. The story of a warpriest can be as simple as finding purpose in a cause that they fight for as part of the militant arm of their faith, but depending on the story, they may struggle with their sense of value outside of a combat setting, particularly if they belong to a faith that is not especially warlike. You might be the readied hand of the faith that answers when diplomacy fails, but what about when it succeeds… or when you’re the one having to do it? And what does all that mean when you follow a faith that is not militant in nature?