Base Class: Paladin
Followers of the Great Phoenix give their worship to the Talent known as Takanashi Kiara, of the greatest warriors in all the worlds. As a follower of such a figure, you gain access to fire based spells that can heal your allies or harm enemies, an aura of flames, and at higher levels, you gain access to the powerful rites of resurrection of the self.
Takanashi Kiara, as one of the divine talents, has specific tenets that she has ordained in the name of her divine oath.
Drive. Her drive to work through hardships, never letting her ideas go and bringing her creations to life. (Holotalk, dances, projects).
Passion. Her love for her passions, whether it be her cherished ones (Women), her cats (Adorable), or her boundless love for others (Everyone).
Compassion. Her compassion, honesty, and love for all. For all of time, Kiara's compassion shines through the darkest night, holding fast to her love for her family and friends.
For you, Oath follower, you must do the same. Follow in Kiara's footsteps, and swear yourself to her tenets.
Drive. Strive through life, head held high. Pursue your ideals, stubborn to a fault, and always strive towards your goal. You must always put forth your ideas, even if they fail.
Passion. You must follow your passions that you hold dear, no matter what they may be, with all the heart that you can muster.
Compassion. And finally, you must pass on the same compassion given by Kiara to others in the world.
Upon obtaining this creed, you must swear your oaths to Takanashi Kiara, as listed above. Repeated failure to do so will result in you becoming an Oathbreaker, but Kiara is forgiving and may accept you back into her service after a great quest in her name.
Additional benefits of this oath can be found below.
- People are kinder and more accepting of you, knowing that you are a believer of Kiara. Most members of those who follow the Dancing Phoenix are pious, kind, generous, and altogether compassionate and loving. As such, many will attribute those same beliefs towards you.
- Obviously, as a faithful member of the almighty woman lover Kiara... you... gain advantage on rizz checks for other women...
- Overall, people are more accepting of you and may offer discounts for repeated good deeds. Perhaps you may get some food while walking down the street, or a supplies shop may lower their prices on their own for you. Other followers of different Holo members may get different perks, like more magic orientated Holo mems (Shion) may get discounts at the magic item shop.
Path of the Dancing Phoenix Spells
The magic of your oath ensures you always have certain spells ready; when you reach a Paladin level specified in the Oath of the Dancing Phoenix Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared. (Add Summon Elemental yourself)
| Paladin Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 3 | Cure Wounds, Searing Smite, Find Familiar |
| 5 | Prayer of Healing, Scorching Ray |
| 9 | Revivify, Fireball |
| 13 | Fire Shield, Wall of Fire |
| 17 | Raise Dead, Flame Strike |
Purifying Flames
As an action on your turn, you can bolster injured creatures with your Channel Divinity. Choose a number of creatures that you can see within 30 feet. Each creature is enveloped in an aura of purifying flames and regains hit points equal to your paladin level, and you can end either one disease or one condition afflicting it. The condition can be blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned, and the diseases can be mundane to slightly magical, but cannot cure curses.
Phoenix Rebirth (Beginner)
At 3rd level, when the user is dropped to 0 hit points for any reason, they will instead instantly die. This is followed by the Revivify spell activation, which will bring them back to 1 hit point. This will remove most status conditions upon revival. This occurs once per long rest.
Aura of Flames
At 7th level, you gain the Aura of Flames, from which allies within 10 ft gain an additional damage effect on their attacks for 1d4 fire damage. Enemies within the aura also take 1d4 fire damage. All other aura effects such as saving throws and and courage also take effect.
Additional aura effects
For allied creatures within range of your aura, they are met with a sense of warmth and comfort, staving away the darkness and bad memories that may plague their thoughts. This may not entirely cure a status condition, but it will ease the pain of nearby allies.
Summon KFP Intern/Employee
At 7th level, Find Familiar becomes Summon KFP Interns. This summon spell summons 2 KFP Interns, who use the Find Familiar stat block.
At 13th level, Summon Elemental Spirit becomes Summon KFP Employees. This summon spell summons 2 KFP Employees, who use the Summon Elemental Spirit (Fire) stat block.
KFP Interns and Employees can communicate and will espouse Kiara's wonderful nature. Players name them. KFP last until a Long Rest, but otherwise have no time limit.
Phoenix Body
At 7th level, your body has adapted to the power of the Dancing Phoenix, taking on more traits. You now have a pair of flaming orange wings that grant you a flying speed of 30 ft.
Spark of the Phoenix
At 15th level, your power and devotion to the tenets of Kiara have granted you a spark of her divine power, something truly rare in the many believers of the Dancing Phoenix. You may now activate Partial Phoenix once per long rest.
During Partial Phoenix which lasts for 1 minute, the user is granted a number of benefits.
- +1 AC
- +30 temporary hit points upon activation
- Advantage on physical or magic attacks
Your Aura becomes Elite Aura of Flames, and its range increases to 20 ft. When allies are within 20 ft, all allies gain an additional damage effect on their attacks for 1d8. Enemies take 1d8 damage. Allies heal 5 hit points per turn. All other aura effects such as saving throws and and courage also take effect.
Perception of the user
Those who gaze upon the almighty figure of a true believer of Kiara understand your pious nature, they who have been given a spark of her divine power, visible at all times. It is virtually impossible to mimic such a divine spark of power, and other believers will now treat you with reverence, and speaking at a church will now give you a direct line to Kiara. Before, it was up to luck.
Ascended Phoenix
Ascended Phoenix. Close as you are to the divine power of Kiara, you may now enter the Ascended Phoenix State, a state of being where the user becomes an Avatar of The Dancing Phoenix herself. Active for 1 minute. You gain the following effects:
True Aura of Flames (Activates within 30 ft): All allies heal 10 health per turn. All allies gain 1d10 fire damage on successful hits dealt to enemies. Enemies take 1d10 fire damage within range each turn.
Unbreakable Flames: AC increased by 2. Resistance to all damage. 50 temporary hit points.
Ascending Flames: +1 attack when taking attack action. Gain advantage on all attacks.
Eternal Flame: When User reaches 0 Hit Points, they are instead restored to full hit points, all ailments are removed, all body parts are regenerated, or a new body is created if necessary.
Boundless Flame: All fire spells available to the user (Up to 5th level) cost no spell slots or material components to cast.
Divine One
Now that you've achieved this level of power, the choice is yours.
You may continue to adventure, gathering influence and riches and remaining in the mortal world. Perhaps you will open your own church in Kiara's name in a far off land, gathering new followers for her holiness. Perhaps you will continue to spread her compassion across the many worlds. Perhaps you will do none of these things, all of things, or something entirely different.
Nonetheless, you can achieve no greater power. Perhaps your items may change and grow, but your personal power can grow no further. But you're there! This is the peak of your moral body, and you stand amongst the champions of the mortals.
But there's something further. You've seen them, sent on missions, traveling to the furthest reaches, espousing the glory of Kiara, defeating the greatest of foes to the Talents themselves.
Indeed. Your other option... is to join Kiara Fried Phoenix, the personal organization of Takanashi Kiara. Here, you shall become a demigod, shedding your mortal body and joining the ranks of the divine. Pledge yourself to Kiara forevermore, and take up your sacred duty.
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