PRIEST-MONK KIT

Seer

Description:  Seers are somewhat mysterious and generally rather reclusive 
priests who operate outside of church hierarchies, following deities with major 
interest in divining, lore, discovery, thought, reason, and similar areas.  They 
often live as hermits in the wilderness, seeking for some greater truth or 
attempting uncover some mystery of the universe.  Seers care little for the 
physical appearance and worldly trappings and may appear disheveled, distant, or 
even insane when dealing with others.  They follow voices that only they can 
hear and see sights meant for no other eyes.  With their sight of things unseen 
by others, Seers often face a lack of understanding when interacting with others 
who cannot perceive the world the way they do.  While others consider them 
strange and distant--'touched by the gods'--they are generally accorded a high 
degree of respect as fountainheads of wisdom, and their advice is often sought 
in arbitrating disputes impartially.  Adventuring Seers typically join up with 
adventuring parties in furtherance of some great task given them by their deity.  
Some take the opportunity to serve as spiritual guides for their companions or 
attempt to find among them converts to their faith, while others enjoy being 
very secretive and intentionally obscure about their goals and motivations.

Any race except half-ogres can produce Seers.  A Seer must have Intelligence and 
Wisdom of at least 15.  Seers can be of any alignment.

Weapons & Armor:  Club (any), sling, staff, staff sling.  Seers cannot use 
shields or wear armor.

Special Benefits:  A Seer's insight into the nature of the universe and deep 
perception, looking beyond the normal bounds of reality, grants him or her the 
following special abilities as he or she increases in level.  Unlike other 
Monks, a Seer's abilities do not replace those already gained to members of the 
priesthood, but are gained in addition to them.  These abilities are as follows:

Meditation:  As a Monk.

Second Sight:  All Seers gain the ability to detect hidden or invisible objects 
or creatures (including secret doors and hidden compartments), see through 
disguises or illusions, note the fact that a given creature is shapechanged or 
polymorphed into another form, determine the plane of origin of any individual 
creature (or a planar gate), or to detect magical or psionic ability in any 
creature.  In order to use this ability, the Seer must concentrate for a full 
round, preventing any other action during the round the power is used.  The 
chance of successfully using Second Sight is 25% + 5% per level of the Seer.  
This power can be used as often as desired.  If more than one of the above 
conditions exists within the 100' of the Seer, a separate check should be made 
for each.

A Seer's Second Sight ability improves at 5th level, enabling the detection of 
magic on an object or creature, the detection of curses (including cursed 
magical items and area), and detection of magical traps).  In addition, if the 
percentile roll succeeds by a margin of 30 or more he or she is able to 
determine the precise nature and type of magic detected.

A Seer's Second Sight improves still further at 9th level, enabling him or her 
to perceive the alignment aura of creatures.  A Seer scan one creature per round 
within 100' with the effect of a know alignment spell.  Further, if the 
creature's alignment is magically screened or disguised, the Seer can still 
detect alignment, but at only half the normal chance of success.  If the 
percentile roll succeeds by a margin of 30 or more the Seer will also be able to 
determine the method being used to obscure alignment aura.  A Seer of 11th level 
or higher can also detect mechanical traps, with success by a margin of 30 
allowing determination of the type of trap.

Sense Hidden:  The paranormal insight possessed by Seers allows them a 5% per 
level chance of seeing through any illusion (including invisible creatures or 
objects) or to detect secret doors, concealed panels, and similar hidden 
objects.  Illusory effects are perceived as shadowy, translucent images.  This 
detection ability operates continuously, and the Seer need not declare it as an 
action.  Even if this check is failed, a Seer gains a +2 bonus to saves vs. 
illusions.  Note that even if a Seer does not automatically notice something 
with Sense Hidden, he or she can still perceive it through the active use of 
Second Sight.

A Seer of 7th level and above can also use this ability to detect deception in 
the spoken word, assuming that he or she can understand the speaker's language.  
This ability need not be declared--it functions automatically whenever a Seer 
converses with someone.  Note that Sense Hidden reveals only intentional 
falsehood (including intentional half-truths or withholding of information); 
nothing will be noted if the speaker relates a falsehood that he or she believes 
to be true or if he or she truly knows nothing about what is being asked by the 
Seer.  An undetectable lie spell or similar magic will cause the Seer to believe 
that the speaker is being truthful.  A natural roll of 96-00 will give an 
incorrect result (detecting falsehood where there is none).  Other unsuccessful 
results merely give the Seer no information.

A Seer of 13th level and above has such an acute sense for avoiding misdirection 
and confusion that he or she can attempt to find the path through the use of 
Sense Hidden.  The check must be made at each point where a direction must be 
chosen, and each time after the first that this ability is used during a given 
day applies a cumulative -10 penalty to the chance of success.

Special Hindrances:  Seers are loners and tend to avoid the company of others.  
They never attract henchmen or followers of any kind, and though they sometimes 
will visit monasteries to study or seek out ancient lore, they never establish 
or maintain such places themselves.  They otherwise share the same disdain for 
material wealth that characterizes other Monks.  They tend to eschew the pro 
forma ritual of monastic existence, and as a result they do not learn the skills 
of Concentration and Ritual Purification.  Likewise, they do not have the broad-
based training across all areas of knowledge of a typical Monk, gaining access 
only to the General and Priest NWP lists.

In addition to this, Seers devote themselves to a life of contemplation and are 
ill-trained for combat, and as a result they suffer a -1 penalty to all attack 
rolls in melee or missile combat (including attack rolls with ranged or touch 
spells).  Unlike typical Monks, they do not study Martial Arts.

Bonus Proficiencies:  Sixth Sense
Required Proficiencies:  Magical Awareness, Observation, Psionic Detection
Preferred Proficiencies:  Alertness, Ancient History, Artistic Ability, 
Astrology, Astronomy, Awareness, Direction Sense, Distance Sense, Divining, 
Etiquette, Healing, Herbalism, Hypnosis, Language (Ancient), Language (Modern), 
Musical Instrument, Navigation, Pottery, Reading/Writing, Religion, 
Seamstress/Tailor, Spellcraft, Supernumerate, Time Sense, Weaving