(D&D 3.5) LN PrCs with divine-grace-LIKE ability
Off topic, but hopefully tolerable by the mods. If not, sorry :s
Yeah, I very much adore the SRD for Pathfinder. It took the WotC 3.5 and upped the ante, way up! Believe me I told them that, but the thing is we play away fromthe computer. We're rules lawyers (and like to be with each other) so books are always open by the table. The caveat to get them to even consider it, is to print EVERYTHING. And that's pointless. I'd be better to just buy the books. The group is stodgy. They're fun as heck, but are quite prickly. They'll buy a new electronic device but not game books *sighs and shrugs*
The list you gave me is good, but sadly I'm looking through each of them, slowly, and coming up with frequently conditional save bonuses. For instance; Defiant, Hexblade and Hunter of the dead are only against: divine spells, arcane spells, and undead; respectively. Divine grace is universal. Even if one paladin is casting a zone of truth on the other, the save bonus applies. So I'm back to vetting every class, which sort of puts me back to square one. I don't really want to have to dig through the books constantly. The list is great!...but not for this case. It's just too exhaustive to go without further examination.
I ended up doing a paladin (generic PHB) and within the second session I tortured someone (oops!) The GM agreed that the class wasn't a fit and is letting me just retroactively change my class, but right now I'm without something I really need, which is the divine grace. Thematically I now have a divine "spark", but it's a crappy one mechanically.
So I'm still in search of a divine grace PrC that isn't "code of conduct" bound. It may not exist, and if it doesn't I'll keep what I have or take Hexblade, Defiant or
Hunter of the Dead.
If anyone knows, right away, a class (LG [not LN] applicable) that doesn't have code of conduct, let me know.
One of the other players in the game recommended Grayguard, and that's great, but requires way too much commitment. That may be only way to have my cake and eat it too, but I was only getting divine grace because a.) my saves otherwise suck and b.) we all have to have a divine "spark"
Right now I have Legendary Leader, which required only one feat change and a three level dip that will eventually be completed if I keep the class.
My highest stat is Charisma, so divine grace seemed a naturally first choice. If there's a save bonus class feature of class that gives an unconditional save bonus to all saves I'll take that too. After all, I'm using a flat +2 luck bonus right with LL.
I'd rather have a more narrowed down list though. After doing a huge purge of a hundred page campaign write up, I'm not keen on doing research. Which is, sadly, why I'm hoping someone here can just tell me. I know, I'm lazy, but reading more than a page of a book makes me literally queasy r/n.
Thanks!