Sapphire Hierarch

(PRESTIGE CLASS)
In the monster-haunted wasteland of the Sulhaut Mountains, an ancient temple of weathered gray stone crowns the barren, black rock of an icy mountaintop. Within this structure stands an incredible sphere of blue, crystallized incarnum that measures a full 30 feet in diameter. Illumined from depths that no being has ever plumbed, it has a life of its own and an intelligence almost alien in its purity. This sphere is the Sapphire Eidolon, an emblem of perfect universal law that is said to be older than the cosmos. No being manifested this sphere-in fact, no being could manifest it-and yet it exists. According to legend, it fell to the ground from the stars and took up its position on the mountaintop under its own power.

The ancient temple that houses the Sapphire Eidolon is also home to an order of fervent priests of law whose ranks include clerics, incarnates, monks, and fighters. Known as sapphire hierarchs, the elite members of this order defend the temple, contemplate the mysteries of the Sapphire Eidolon, and seek to fulfill its single command by perfecting themselves and bringing order out of chaos wherever they find it. They are zealous crusaders against supernatural chaos who battle with single-minded determination against such creatures as demons, slaadi, and the servants of chaotic deities.

- Hit Die: d6
- Proficiencies: A Sapphire Hierarch does not gain any additional weapon or armor proficiencies.
- Skill Points: 2 + Int Modifier.

REQUIREMENTS:

Alignment: Lawful
Meldshaping: Ability to shape three soulmelds
Spellcasting: Ability to cast 2nd-level divine spells
Skills: Lore 4 ranks, Spellcraft 4 ranks
Essentia Pool: 3

BONUS SPELLS:

Each level, the Sapphire Hierarch gains new spells per day as if they had also gained a level in their divine spellcasting class. No new spells are learned through this ability, however.

BONUS MELDSHAPING:

At each sapphire hierarch level, you increase your meldshaper level, the number of soulmelds you can shape, the number of chakra binds you can create, and your essentia pool as if you had gained a level in a meldshaping class to which you belonged prior to gaining the sapphire hierarch level. You do not, however, gain any other abilities of that class, such as new tiers of chakra binds.

EPIC SAPPHIRE HEIRARCH:

An epic Sapphire Heirarch continues to gain new uses of Smite Chaos and increased damage reduction as she levels. She also gains an epic bonus feat every five levels.