Identity
Tech-Priests are the iconic Engineers of the Federation. They believe — with absolute conviction — that the Rift's hum and the prayer's cadence are one signal. They tend the Federation's plasma-furnaces, consecrate cybernetics during initiation rites, and channel through their Apparatus the same way a temple priest channels through a sacred symbol. Their relics are tools. Their tools are relics.
Features
- L3 Sacred Engineering
You gain proficiency in the Religion skill. Your Apparatus also functions as a holy symbol of the Halcyion order. When you complete a short rest with your Apparatus in active maintenance, you regenerate an additional Charge equal to your WIS modifier (minimum 0). At a Halcyion shrine or consecrated machine-chapel, you regenerate all spent Charges on a short rest instead of the normal amount.
- L7 Mechanized Faith
You learn three channels from the Cleric channel list (drawn from the Forge, Knowledge, or Light domains in lore — channels at 2nd level or below). They are added to your Schematics Codex and count as Engineer channels for you. You can prepare them like Engineer channels and they use INT as their channeling ability.
- L11 Reliquary Channel
Once per long rest, when you cast a channel of 3rd level or lower through a sacred relic, blessed weapon, or consecrated piece of Halcyion gear, you can channel double the standard effect: doubled damage dice (on the channel's primary damage), doubled healing, or doubled duration (your choice, GM adjudicates ambiguous cases). The relic must be a named or consecrated item; ordinary gear does not qualify.
- L15 Federation Authority
You hold ecclesiastical rank within the Halcyion order. Halcyion personnel of equal or lower standing will obey reasonable instructions. Halcyion installations, fleets, and clergy will grant you guest privileges, access to non-classified facilities, and a hearing with local commanders. A Halcyion Federation military force you encounter will not attack you on sight unless you have publicly disgraced your standing or you are visibly aiding the Federation's declared enemies.
- L18 Iron Crusade
When you are reduced to 0 HP and not killed outright, your Apparatus continues to channel for one additional round under your direction. You can cast one final channel of any level you can normally cast (without spending Charges) at the start of your next turn before falling unconscious. After the channel resolves, you fall unconscious and begin death saving throws normally. Once per long rest.