Hospitaler

Class Description

Hospitalers are a fighting force of necessity, sworn to poverty, obedience, and the defense of those in their care. It is the duty of knights hospitaler to protect people traveling on religious pilgrimages. Over the years, this single duty has expanded to include the construction and administration of hospitals and refugee facilities.

Requirements

Alignment: Any nonchaotic.

Base Attack Bonus: +5

Skills: Diplomacy 5

Spellcasting: Able to cast 1st level divine spells.

Class Features

Hit Die: d8

Base Attack Bonus: High.

High Saves: Fortitude

Weapon Proficiencies: All simple and martial weapons

Armor Proficiencies: Light, Medium, Heavy, Shields

Skill Points: 2 + Int modifier

Class Skills: Concentration, Craft Weapon, Craft Armor, Craft Alchemy, Diplomacy, Heal, Lore: History, Lore: Local, Lore: Religion, Parry

Class Abilities

Level	Features Gained
1	Lay on Hands, Bonus Feat, Spellcasting Progression
2	Spellcasting+1
3	Remove Disease 1/day
4	Spellcasting+2
5	Bonus Feat
6	Spellcasting+3
7	Remove Disease 2/day
8	Spellcasting+4
9	Spellcasting+5, Bonus Feat
10	Spellcasting+6

Divine Spellcasting

Specifics: Hospitalers gain new spells per day and an added level of effective spellcasting in any divine casting class. This spellcasting ability increase is gained at the levels 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 10.

Bonus Feats

This feat must be drawn from the following feats and the Hospitaler must meet all the prerequisites for it:

• Armor Specialization (Heavy)
• Armor Specialization (Medium)
• Blind Fight
• Combat Mastery (any)
• Epic Weapon Focus (any)
• Cleave
• Combat Expertise
• Deflect Arrows
• Dodge
• Elemental Archer's Improved Elemental Storm
• Epic Ability increases (Great Strength, Great Dexterity, etc)
• Epic Toughness
• Exotic Weapon Proficiency
• Feint
• Fiery Fist
• Fiery Ki Defense
• Great Cleave
• Greater Two-Weapon Defense
• Improved Critical
• Improved Disarm
• Improved Initiative
• Improved Knockdown
• Improved Whirlwind Attack
• Improved Two-Weapon Fighting
• Improved Unarmed Strike
• Indomitable Soul
• Knockdown
• Manyshot
• Mobility
• Oversized Two-Weapon Fighting
• Point Blank Shot
• Power Attack
• Rapid Shot
• Rapid Reload
• Spring Attack
• Steadfast Determination
• Stunning Fist
• Two-Weapon Fighting
• Two-Weapon Defense line
• Weapon Finesse
• Weapon Focus
• Weapon Mastery (Ranged)
• Weapon Mastery (Unarmed)
• Weapon Specialization
• Whirlwind Attack

Remove Disease

Specifics:Starting at 3rd level a hospitaler can remove disease with a touch once per day. This increase to two uses per day at 7th level.

Use: Selected.

Lay on Hands

Specifics: Beginning at 1st level, a Hospitaler with a Charisma score of 12 or higher can heal wounds (her own or those of others) by touch. Each day she can heal a total number of hit points of damage equal to her Hospitaler level times her Charisma bonus. For example, a 7th-level hospitaler with a 16 Charisma (+3 bonus) can heal 21 points of damage per day. Hospitaler levels stack with Paladin and Divine Champion for determining the effects of the heal. Lay on hands may also be used to target undead for damage.

Use: Selected.