If the base Creature has a fly speed, the divine guardian's maneuverability becomes perfect if it was not already. In addition, each of the base creature's speeds is doubled. It does not require food, drink, or sleep.ĭivine Swiftness (Ex): A divine guardian is gifted with incredible speed, granting it a +4 bonus on Initiative rolls. Special Qualities: A divine guardian gains the following.Īura (Ex): A divine guardian with the Chaotic, evil, good, or Lawful subtypes has an aura as if it were an aligned Outsider of equivalent Hit Dice (see the Detect Evil spell for details).īlessed Life (Ex): A divine guardian does not age or breathe. HDĪlarm 3/day, Dimension Door at will (within sacred site only), Hold Portal CL is equal to the divine guardian's HD or the CL of the base creature's Spell-Like Abilities, whichever is higher. Unless otherwise noted, these abilities are usable 1/day. Spell-Like Abilities: A divine guardian has a cumulative number of Spell-Like Abilities depending on its Hit Dice. Special Attacks: A divine guardian gains the following. In addition, it gains the following defensive ability.Ībility Healing (Ex): A divine guardian heals 1 point of ability Damage per round in each damaged Ability Score. Senses: A divine guardian gains Darkvision 60 feet and low-light Vision.ĭefensive Abilities: A divine guardian is immune to Disease, Poison, and all mind-affecting effects. Similarly, a neutral god of water and ice would grant its divine guardian the water and cold subtypes. For instance, a Lawful good deity's divine guardian would have the Lawful and good subtypes, even if it were actually of some other Alignment. Possible subtypes include air, Chaotic, cold, earth, evil, fire, good, Lawful, and water. Type: The creature's type does not change, but the Creature might gain one or more Alignment or Elemental subtypes, depending on the Alignment and portfolio of the deity that granted it the template. Sometimes, however, a god punishes a wayward worshiper or an enemy of the faith by making it a divine guardian.

A divine guardian uses all the base creature's statistics and Special Abilities except as noted here.Īlignment: Usually, the Alignment of a divine guardian matches that of the god who invested it with power. 'Divine guardian' is an acquired template that can be added to any Creature (referred to hereafter as the base creature). This divine guardian hydra is a divine guardian of the god of nature and the weather, thus giving it the air and water subtypes. The divine guardian hydra presented here is built using a hydra. A divine guardian can never be ordered to leave its sacred site or to go against the tenets of its deity's faith. A Cleric or Paladin of the same faith must win an opposed Charisma check to convince a divine guardian to do anything it wouldn't ordinarily do. For example, a Cleric could ask it to not attack her companions, or to help her defend the guardian's sacred site from attackers. This does not give the Cleric or Paladin complete control over the Creature, but the guardian does respond favorably to those requests. Whatever the nature of its Creation, a divine guardian is still beholden to the god that granted it its powers, and to the followers of that god as well.Ī Cleric or Paladin of the deity that created a divine guardian can issue the guardian commands. Most divine guardians are chosen servants who agree to willingly serve their gods for all eternity, but some have been cursed with their duty in response for some harm to the god's faithful or as Atonement for some great sin. A divine guardian must weigh the power and prestige of its endless responsibility against the Freedom death might inevitably bring. Within the bounds of its sacred site, a divine guardian possesses numerous defensive powers to ward it from intruders, but it can never leave the area or the long years of its service will finally catch up to it.

As long as a divine guardian remains within that site, it does not hunger, thirst, get sick, or even age. A divine guardian is spiritually connected to the one site that it must guard for eternity. Typically such a Creature is transformed into a form more regal than its mortal one, setting it apart from a typical member of its race or species. Blessed with eternal life (or damned, some might say), a divine guardian spends untold centuries in the service of its deity, tirelessly and deathlessly defending its Charge from any who would seek to Desecrate it. This regal hydra has one larger head and four smaller ones, and projects an aura of authority and menace.Ī divine guardian is a Creature chosen by the gods to guard a sacred site of the faith.

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