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{{#set:Summary=Some people try to heal with the powers of the gods or advanced necromancy. Other people rip open a rift to the Positive Energy Plane and run with it. This class is the latter.
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|Base Attack Bonus Progression=Moderate
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|Class Ability=Arcane Spellcasting
|Class Ability=Spontaneous Spellcasting
|Class Ability Progression=Full
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[[File:Photoshop_White_magic_005338_.jpg|thumb|right|395px|A rift to the Positive Energy Plane is a dangerous thing, and trivial for a powerful White Mage to create.]]

==White Mage==
{{quote|Moon healing activation!}}

The Positive Energy Plane is the source of all life, and channeling its power heals and restores the living. Normally channeling its power to focused effect is the providence of very skilled necromancers and devotees of the gods after great training, focus, and experience, but sometimes a person just rips open a portal through their soul and runs with it. These are known as White Mages. White Mages use their powers to reverse or prevent afflictions, and their single-minded focus on channeling positive energy allows them to exceed even the most devoted priests in that regard.

===Making a White Mage===

White Mages are specifically designed to let people actually play a character whose primary job is healing. They mostly fire off Healing and occasional Abjuration spells all over the place, and look all shiny. Occasionally there may be [Light] spells involved, but usually only when the White Mage is solo. 

They're balanced around the idea that healing is fundamentally action denial, and the baseline comparison for what a 5th-level White Mage does is casting ''hold person'' on whatever comes along.

'''Races:''' Every group of humanoids has individuals who walk the path of healing, and some of them become White Mages. The same is true of most monsters that get class levels, with the exception of undead, tomb-tainted and creatures like xeg-ya which are powered by or made of negative energy. Offspring of celestials are more likely to become white mages than most people, due to their connection to planes such as Elysium and Ysgard, as are the occasional genasi tied to positive-aligned planes.

'''Alignment:''' White Mages' powers come directly from positive energy, so their alignment tendencies depend on how negative energy is treated. That said, every side has use for people who can heal, and white mages can be of any alignment if they really try, even if you use The Crawling Darkness (an evil White Mage in that case would just have to be an incredible bastard).

'''Starting Gold:''' 6d6&times;10 gp (210 gp).

'''[[SRD:Race Descriptions#Starting Age|Starting Age]]:''' "As [[rogue]]".

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Hit Die: d8
|-
! rowspan="2" | Level
! rowspan="2" | [[BAB|Base<br/>Attack Bonus]]
! colspan="3" | [[SRD:Saving Throw|Saving Throw]]s
! rowspan="2" | Special
! colspan="10" | [[#Spells|Spells per Day]]

|-
! [[SRD:Saving Throw#Fortitude|Fort]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Reflex|Ref]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Will|Will]]
! 0 || 1<sup>st</sup> || 2<sup>nd</sup> || 3<sup>rd</sup> || 4<sup>th</sup> || 5<sup>th</sup> || 6<sup>th</sup> || 7<sup>th</sup> || 8<sup>th</sup> || 9<sup>th</sup>
|-
|1st||class="left" | +0 || +2 || +2 || +2
| class="left" | [[#Spellcasting|Spellcasting]], [[#Armored Casting|Armored Casting]], [[#Magic Hands|Magic Hands]], [[#Brilliance|Brilliance]] (uncapped level bonuses, Reach), [[#Turn Undead|Turn Undead]]
|5||3||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|2nd||class="left" | +1 || +3 || +3 || +3
| class="left" | [[#Brilliance|Brilliance]] (Chain), [[#Equilibrium|Equilibrium]] (positive energy), [[#Planar Immunity|Planar Immunity]] (sleep)
|6||4||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|3rd||class="left" | +2 || +3 || +3 || +3
| class="left" | [[#Instant Ward|Instant Ward]], [[#Inner Fire|Inner Fire]], [[#Advanced Learning|Advanced Learning]]
|6||5||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|4th||class="left" | +3 || +4 || +4 || +4
| class="left" | ''[[#Status Check|Status Check]]'', [[#Mettle|Mettle]], [[#Brilliance|Brilliance]] (Empower)
|6||6||3||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|5th||class="left" | +3 || +4 || +4 || +4
| class="left" | [[#Lifesense|Lifesense]] (blindsense 40 ft.), [[#Planar Immunity|Planar Immunity]] (paralysis, fear), [[#Advanced Learning|Advanced Learning]]
|6||6||4||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|6th||class="left" | +4 || +5 || +5 || +5
| class="left" | [[#Friggin' Lasers|Friggin' Lasers]], [[#False Divinity|False Divinity]]
|6||6||5||3||—||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|7th||class="left" | +5 || +5 || +5 || +5
| class="left" | [[#Flashes of Light|Flashes of Light]], [[#Equilibrium|Equilibrium]] (negative energy), [[#In Brightest Day|In Brightest Day]], [[#Advanced Learning|Advanced Learning]]
|6||6||6||4||—||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|8th||class="left" | +6/+1 || +6 || +6 || +6
| class="left" | [[#Pew Pew|Pew Pew]], [[#In Darkest Night|In Darkest Night]], [[#Brilliance|Brilliance]] (Heighten)
|6||6||6||5||3||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|9th||class="left" | +6/+1 || +6 || +6 || +6
| class="left" | [[#Planar Immunity|Planar Immunity]] (disease, poison, hunger, thirst), [[#Advanced Learning|Advanced Learning]]
|6||6||6||6||4||—||—||—||—||—
|-
|10th||class="left" | +7/+2 || +7 || +7 || +7
| class="left" | [[#Brilliance|Brilliance]] (Maximize), [[#Lifesense|Lifesense]] (blindsight 40 ft.)
|6||6||6||6||5||3||—||—||—||—
|-
|11th||class="left" | +8/+3 || +7 || +7 || +7
| class="left" | [[#Improved Mettle|Improved Mettle]], [[#Advanced Learning|Advanced Learning]]
|6||6||6||6||6||4||—||—||—||—
|-
|12th||class="left" | +9/+4 || +8 || +8 || +8
| class="left" | [[#Ascension|Ascension]], [[#Planar Aura|Planar Aura]] (minor positive-dominant)
|6||6||6||6||6||5||3||—||—||—
|-
|13th||class="left" | +9/+4 || +8 || +8 || +8
| class="left" | ''[[#Reraise|Reraise]]'' 3/day, [[#Advanced Learning|Advanced Learning]]
|6||6||6||6||6||6||4||—||—||—
|-
|14th||class="left" | +10/+5 || +9 || +9 || +9
| class="left" | [[#Planar Bubble|Planar Bubble]]
|6||6||6||6||6||6||5||3||—||—
|-
|15th||class="left" | +11/+6/+6 || +9 || +9 || +9
| class="left" | [[#Planar Aura|Planar Aura]] (major positive-dominant), [[#Lifesense|Lifesense]] (blindsight 120 ft.), [[#Advanced Learning|Advanced Learning]]
|6||6||6||6||6||6||6||4||—||—
|-
|16th||class="left" | +12/+7/+7 || +10 || +10 || +10
| class="left" | ''[[#Reraise|Reraise]]'' 5/day
|6||6||6||6||6||6||6||5||3||—
|-
|17th||class="left" | +12/+7/+7 || +10 || +10 || +10
| class="left" | [[#Instant Brilliance|Instant Brilliance]], [[#Advanced Learning|Advanced Learning]]
|6||6||6||6||6||6||6||6||4||—
|-
|18th||class="left" | +13/+8/+8 || +11 || +11 || +11
| class="left" | [[#Still Alive|Still Alive]]
|6||6||6||6||6||6||6||6||5||3
|-
|19th||class="left" | +14/+9/+9 || +11 || +11 || +11
| class="left" | ''[[#Reraise|Reraise]]'' at will, [[#Advanced Learning|Advanced Learning]]
|6||6||6||6||6||6||6||6||6||4
|-
|20th||class="left" | +15/+10/+10 || +12 || +12 || +12
| class="left" | [[#Aspect of the Wolverine|Aspect of the Wolverine]]
|6||6||6||6||6||6||6||6||6||6
|- class="noalt"
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'''Class Skills ([[Skill Points::4]] + [[SRD:Intelligence|Int]] modifier per level, &times;4 at 1st level)'''<br/>
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Bluff Skill|Bluff}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Climb Skill|Climb}} ([[SRD:Strength|Str]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Concentration Skill|Concentration}} ([[SRD:Constitution|Con]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Craft Skill|Craft}} ([[SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Diplomacy Skill|Diplomacy}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Handle Animal Skill|Handle Animal}} ([[SRD:Charisma|Cha]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Heal Skill|Heal}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Jump Skill|Jump}} ([[SRD:Strength|Str]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Knowledge Skill|Knowledge}} ([[SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Listen Skill|Listen}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]])
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Move Silently Skill|Move Silently}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Profession Skill|Profession}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Ride Skill|Ride}} ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Search Skill|Search}} ([[SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Sense Motive Skill|Sense Motive}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Spellcraft Skill|Spellcraft}} ([[SRD:Intelligence|Int]]), 
{{Property Link|Skill|SRD:Spot Skill|Spot}} ([[SRD:Wisdom|Wis]]).
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====Class Features====

All of the following are class features of the White Mage class.

'''Weapon and Armor Proficiency:''' White Mages are proficient with all simple weapons, as well as the warhammer, the sap, and the sandvich. White Mages are proficient with light armor but not with shields of any kind.

'''{{Anchor|Spellcasting}}:''' The White Mage is an Arcane Spellcaster with the same spells per day progression as a Sorcerer. A White Mage casts spells from the White Mage Spell List (below). A White mage automatically knows every spell on her spell list. She can cast any spell she knows without preparing them ahead of time, provided that spell slots of an appropriate level are still available. 

To cast a White Mage spell, she must have a Charisma at least equal to 10 + the Spell Level. The DC of the White Mage's spells is Wisdom based and the bonus spells are Charisma based. White Mages' spells come from the following list:

0&mdash;''[[SRD:Cure Minor Wounds|cure minor wounds]]'', ''[[SRD:Dancing Lights|dancing lights]]'', ''[[SRD:Detect Magic|detect magic]]'', ''[[SRD:Disrupt Undead|disrupt undead]]'', ''[[SRD:Flare|flare]]'', ''[[SRD:Light|light]]'', ''[[SRD:Mending|mending]]'', ''[[SRD:Purify Food and Drink|purify food and drink]]'', ''[[SRD:Resistance|resistance]]'', ''[[SRD:Virtue|virtue]]''

1st&mdash;''avoid planar effects''<ref name="plhb">[[Publication:Planar Handbook|Planar Handbook]]</ref>, ''[[SRD:Bless Water|bless water]]'', ''[[SRD:Cure Light Wounds|cure light wounds]]'', ''[[SRD:Deathwatch|deathwatch]]'', ''delay disease''<ref name="spc">[[Publication:Spell Compendium|Spell Compendium]]</ref>, ''[[SRD:Endure Elements|endure elements]]'', ''[[SRD:Faerie Fire|faerie fire]]'', ''[[SRD:Greater Dispel Magic|greater dispel magic]]'', ''lesser vigor''<ref name="cdiv">[[Publication:Complete Divine|Complete Divine]]</ref>, ''[[SRD:Produce Flame|produce flame]]'', ''[[SRD:Protection from Chaos|protection from chaos]]/[[SRD:Protection from Evil|evil]]/[[SRD:Protection from Good|good]]/[[SRD:Protection from Law|law]]'', ''[[SRD:Remove Fear|remove fear]]'', ''[[SRD:Shield of Faith|shield of faith]]''

2nd&mdash;''[[SRD:Aid|aid]]'', ''[[SRD:Calm Emotions|calm emotions]]'', ''close wounds''<ref name="minihb">[[Publication:Miniatures Handbook|Miniatures Handbook]]</ref>, ''[[SRD:Continual Flame|continual flame]]'', ''[[SRD:Cure Moderate Wounds|cure moderate wounds]]'', ''[[SRD:Delay Poison|delay poison]]'', ''[[SRD:Gentle Repose|gentle repose]]'', ''[[SRD:Lesser Restoration|lesser restoration]]'', ''[[SRD:Make Whole|make whole]]'', ''protection from negative energy''<ref name="lm">[[Publication:Libris Mortis|Libris Mortis]]</ref>, ''rainbow beam''<ref name="spc" />, ''[[SRD:Remove Paralysis|remove paralysis]]'', ''[[SRD:Resist Energy|resist energy]]'', ''[[SRD:Shield Other|shield other]]''

3rd&mdash;''attune form''<ref name="plhb" />, ''[[SRD:Create Food and Water|create food and water]]'', ''[[SRD:Cure Serious Wounds|cure serious wounds]]'', ''[[SRD:Daylight|daylight]]'', ''[[SRD:Tiny Hut|tiny hut]]'', ''[[SRD:Magic Circle against Chaos|magic circle against chaos]]/[[SRD:Magic Circle against Evil|evil]]/[[SRD:Magic Circle against Good|good]]/[[SRD:Magic Circle against Law|law]]'', ''[[SRD:Neutralize Poison|neutralize poison]]'', ''[[SRD:Protection from Energy|protection from energy]]'', ''[[SRD:Remove Blindness/Deafness|remove blindness/deafness]]'', ''[[SRD:Remove Disease|remove disease]]'', ''[[SRD:Searing Light|searing light]]'', ''spark of life''<ref name="lm" />, ''vigor''<ref name="cdiv" />

4th&mdash;''astral hospice''<ref name="plhb" />, ''[[SRD:Cure Critical Wounds|cure critical wounds]]'', ''[[SRD:Death Ward|death ward]]'', ''delay death''<ref name="spc" />, ''[[Espoir (3.5e Spell)|espoir]]'', ''[[SRD:Freedom of Movement|freedom of movement]]'', ''[[SRD:Good Hope|good hope]]'', ''planar tolerance''<ref name="plhb" />, ''mass [[SRD:Shield of Faith|shield of faith]]'', ''[[SRD:Resilient Sphere|resilient sphere]]'', ''[[SRD:Restoration|restoration]]'', ''revenance''<ref name="spc" />, ''[[SRD:Spell Immunity|spell immunity]]'', ''[[SRD:Stoneskin|stoneskin]]''

5th&mdash;''[[SRD:Break Enchantment|break enchantment]]'', ''greater vigor''<ref name="cdiv" />, ''life's grace''<ref name="spc" />, ''lucent lance''<ref name="spc" />, ''[[SRD:Mass Cure Light Wounds|mass cure light wounds]]'', ''[[SRD:Plane Shift|plane shift]]'' (willing targets only), ''[[SRD:Raise Dead|raise dead]]'', ''revivify''<ref name="spc" />, ''[[SRD:Spell Resistance|spell resistance]]'', ''[[SRD:Undeath to Death|undeath to death]]'', ''[[SRD:Wall of Force|wall of force]]''

6th&mdash;''[[SRD:Animate Objects|animate objects]]'', ''[[SRD:Bolt of Glory|bolt of glory]]'', ''[[Braveheart (3.5e Spell)|braveheart]]'', ''[[SRD:Contingency|contingency]]'', ''energy immunity''<ref name="spc" />, ''[[SRD:Globe of Invulnerability|globe of invulnerability]]'', ''[[SRD:Heal|heal]]'', ''[[SRD:Heroes' Feast|heroes' feast]]'', ''[[SRD:Mass Cure Moderate Wounds|mass cure moderate wounds]]'', ''[[Espoir, Mass (3.5e Spell)|mass espoir]]'', ''ray of light''<ref>[[Publication:Dragon Magazine Annual #5|Dragon Magazine Annual #5]]</ref>, ''revive outsider''<ref name="motp">[[Publication:Manual of the Planes (3e)|Manual of the Planes]]</ref>, ''[[SRD:Stone to Flesh|stone to flesh]]'', ''[[SRD:Word of Recall|word of recall]]''

7th&mdash;''fortunate fate''<ref>[[Publication:Magic of Faerun|Magic of Faerun]]</ref>, ''[[SRD:Greater Restoration|greater restoration]]'', ''[[SRD:Mass Cure Serious Wounds|mass cure serious wounds]]'', ''mass restoration''<ref name="lm" />, ''mass spell resistance''<ref name="cdiv" />, ''[[SRD:Spell Turning|spell turning]]'', ''radiant assault''<ref>[[Publication:Dragon Magazine #322|Dragon Magazine #322]]</ref>, ''[[SRD:Regenerate|regenerate]]'', ''[[SRD:Resurrection|resurrection]]'', ''[[SRD:Sunbeam|sunbeam]]''

8th&mdash;''[[SRD:Greater Spell Immunity|greater spell immunity]]'', ''[[Braveheart, Mass (3.5e Spell)|mass braveheart]]'', ''[[SRD:Mass Cure Critical Wounds|mass cure critical wounds]]'', ''mass death ward''<ref name="lm" />, ''[[SRD:Mind Blank|mind blank]]'', ''[[SRD:Protection from Spells|protection from spells]]'', ''[[SRD:Sunburst|sunburst]]'', ''[[SRD:Telekinetic Sphere|telekinetic sphere]]''

9th&mdash;''[[SRD:Astral Projection|astral projection]]'', ''[[SRD:Freedom|freedom]]'', ''[[Mantle (3.5e Spell)|mantle]]'', ''[[SRD:Mass Heal|mass heal]]'', ''[[Normalize (3.5e Spell)|normalize]]'', ''[[SRD:True Resurrection|true resurrection]]'', ''unbinding''<ref name="cdiv" />

'''{{Anchor|Armored Casting}}:''' A White Mage casts arcane spells, but she is not affected by the arcane spell failure of any armor or shield she is proficient with. This ability only applies to her White Mage spells; if she is able to cast any other arcane spells, those are affected by arcane spell failure as normal.

'''{{Anchor|Magic Hands}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' As an attack action, the White Mage may either deal damage or restore hit points equal to 1d6 + her Wisdom modifier to a touched target. This is a positive energy-based effect, and thus cannot heal undead (without spark of life applied), does not affect many constructs, and cannot damage Positive Energy Plane natives. Because this is not a spell, it does not benefit from Brilliance. If the White Mage so wishes, they may use their Dexterity to determine the attack bonus instead of Strength.

'''{{Anchor|Brilliance}}:''' White Mages are directly linked to a dimension of raw energy, and this makes them very shiny. It also means their energy powers get all over the place. Any level-dependent bonuses to a White Mage's Healing spells are uncapped by level (so a ''[[SRD:Cure Light Wounds|cure light wounds]]'' spell would heal 1d8+1/caster level, even if caster level exceeds 5) and her Healing spells automatically have Reach Spell<ref name="cdiv" /> applied. Additionally, any Healing spell a 2nd-level White Mage casts affects a number of additional targets up to her Wisdom modifier (subject to the restrictions of Chain Spell<ref name="carc">[[Publication:Complete Arcane|Complete Arcane]]</ref>). At 4th level the [[SRD:Empower Spell|Empower Spell]] metamagic is applied to all (Healing) spells and all prior effects of the Brilliance ability (uncapped bonuses, Reach, and Chain) apply to Abjurations, at 8th level all (Healing) and Abjuration spells are [[SRD:Heighten Spell|Heightened]] to the highest castable White Mage spell level, and at 10th level all (Healing) spells are [[SRD:Maximize Spell|Maximized]].

Metamagic effects applied via this ability do not cause the spells to require a higher-level slot nor do they increase the casting time.

'''{{Anchor|[[SRD:Turn or Rebuke Undead|Turn Undead]]}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' The White Mage can turn undead as a Cleric of her class level. If she gains turning or rebuking from more than one class, the levels stack.

'''{{Anchor|Equilibrium}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 2nd level, the White Mage's body is accustomed to way more positive energy than most people can handle. She is treated as native to the Positive Energy Plane in addition to planes where she is already a native. She is unaffected by any harmful effect due to positive energy (including spells such as ''bolt of glory''<ref name="cdiv" /> or exploding due to being on a Major Positive-Dominant plane). However, she also does not gain temporary hit points from the Major Positive-Dominant trait. At 7th level, the White Mage equilibrates just as well with surrounding negative energy and is under a continuous ''[[SRD:Death Ward|death ward]]'' effect.

'''{{Anchor|Planar Immunity}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' A White Mage's physiology starts off fairly normal, but it slowly shuts down and discards systems that are redundant due to her overwhelming lifeforce. At 2nd level, a White Mage no longer needs to sleep and gains immunity to sleep effects. At 5th level, this immunity extends to paralysis and fear, and at 9th level she is immune to disease and poison and also no longer needs to eat or drink.

'''{{Anchor|Advanced Learning}}:''' At 3rd level and every two levels thereafter, the White Mage may permanently add one spell to her spell list. This spell must be of a level she can already cast, and must be from either the Abjuration school, the (Healing) subschool, or have the [Light] descriptor. Only spells from the Cleric or Wizard spell lists may be learned in this way.

'''{{Anchor|Instant Ward}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 3rd level, the White Mage may grant any ally within 30 ft. a +5 bonus to AC and saves for one round as an immediate action.

'''{{Anchor|Inner Fire}}:''' At 3rd level a White Mage learns to channel healing power into herself without the normal gestures and words. Any spell which removes or suppresses a harmful status effect on herself may be activated by the White Mage as though it were both [[SRD:Silent Spell|Silent]] and [[SRD:Still Spell|Stilled]], and may be used even while unconscious (but not actually dead). Any spell used in this way only affects the White Mage and does not provoke attacks of opportunity. Spells cast under this ability require the expenditure of any XP or material components as normal; such components must be in the White Mage's possession. The metamagic effects of this ability do not increase the spell slot required or increase the casting time.

'''{{Anchor|Mettle}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 4th level, the White Mage gains Mettle, as the Hexblade ability.

'''''{{Anchor|Status Check}}'' ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Spell-Like|Sp]]):''' At 4th level, the White Mage gains a supernatural intuition about how her allies are faring. She may cast ''[[SRD:Status|status]]'' at will as a swift action spell-like ability.

'''{{Anchor|Lifesense}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 5th level, the White Mage is familiar enough with the flow of positive energy that she can see it in other beings, even when her other senses fail. She gains blindsense out to 40 ft. to detect living or undead creatures, and knows how healthy they are as with ''[[SRD:Deathwatch|deathwatch]]''. At 10th level, this ability is equivalent to blindsight. At 15th level, this sense extends out to 120 ft.

'''{{Anchor|Friggin' Lasers}}:''' At 6th level, any [Light] spells the White Mage casts gain a +2 bonus to caster level.

'''{{Anchor|False Divinity}}:''' A White Mage's magic is similar to many sources of divine power, close enough to mimic true divinity. At 6th level her White Mage spellcasting counts as both arcane and divine for the purposes of taking prestige classes. She does not gain more than one White Mage caster level from any given level of a prestige class using this ability; a White Mage 6/Mystic Theurge 5 would only cast as an 11th-level White Mage. You probably shouldn't try to do that.

'''{{Anchor|Flashes of Light}}:''' At 7th level, the White Mage can channel her positive energy even more quickly; she may cast (Healing), [Light], and Abjuration spells as a swift action, as though they had the [[SRD:Quicken Spell|Quicken Spell]] metamagic applied. Any [Light] spells she casts are also [[SRD:Empower Spell|Empowered]].

'''{{Anchor|In Brightest Day}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 7th level, the White Mage emits a constant radiance equivalent to a ''[[SRD:Daylight|daylight]]'' effect which may be suppressed or resumed as a swift action. She gains the [[SRD:Sun Domain|Sun domain]], giving greater turning 1/day and adding Sun domain spells to her spell list. If she has already added the Sun domain's spells from some other selectable source, such as [[Attune_Domain_(3.5e Feat)|Attune Domain]] or Arcane Disciple<ref name="cdiv" />, she may select a different valid domain for that source. If she already has the Sun domain from a non-selectable source, she instead gains another domain as if she had taken [[Attune Domain (3.5e Feat)|Attune Domain]] (this does not count against the total of 3 Attuned Domains/Spheres).

'''{{Anchor|Pew Pew}}:''' At 8th level, the White Mage's ability to siphon raw light energy has become natural and almost effortless; she can cast any [Light] or Cure spell as an attack action.

'''{{Anchor|In Darkest Night}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 8th level, the White Mage's ''[[SRD:Death Ward|death ward]]'' effect extends to all allies within 30 feet. This may be suppressed or resumed as a swift action.

'''{{Anchor|Improved Mettle}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 11th level, the White Mage gains Improved Mettle. This functions as Mettle, except that if the White Mage fails on a Will partial or Fortitude partial saving throw, she still only takes the partial effect.

'''{{Anchor|Ascension}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' At 12th level the White Mage ascends to supernatural power and becomes immune to petrification. She gains the Outsider type, the Native or Extraplanar subtype as appropriate for her home plane, and her previous type as an Augmented subtype.

'''{{Anchor|Planar Aura}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 12th level, the White Mage may radiate the Minor Positive-Dominant trait out to 60 feet. This ability can be activated and deactivated as a move action. At 15th level, this may be increased to the Major Positive-Dominant trait, and the White Mage can freely switch between Major, Minor, and no aura as a move action.

'''''{{Anchor|Reraise}}'' ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Spell-Like|Sp]]):''' A 13th level White Mage gains the ability to protect her allies against death of all sorts. As a standard action, she can cast an effect similar to a ''contingent true resurrection'', which lasts for 1 round/level. The affected creature will be instantly resurrected and restored to full health as per ''[[SRD:True Resurrection|true resurrection]]'' if and when it dies under this effect. This is a (Healing) effect, and one instance is expended for each creature resurrected (so a Chained ''reraise'' will resurrect the first creature killed that is a target, then the effect ends; if it is cast twice, one ''reraise'' is expended and one remains active). When she first gains this ability, the White Mage may cast it 3/day, which increases to 5/day at 16th level and becomes usable at-will at 19th level.

'''{{Anchor|Planar Bubble}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Supernatural|Su]]):''' At 14th level the White Mage gains the ability to create even more conduits to the Positive Energy Plane. As a swift action, she can create a Planar Breach to the Positive Energy Plane as with ''precipitate breach''<ref name="plhb" />.

'''{{Anchor|Instant Brilliance}}:''' At 17th level, the White Mage may cast any of its specialized spells as an Immediate Action. This may only affect spells which are affected by Brilliance.

'''{{Anchor|Still Alive}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' A White Mage of 18th level doesn't die even when he's killed. For 1 minute per character level after they die, the White Mage may still use any of their abilities so long as it doesn't require actual movement to perform. This includes (but is not necessarily limited to) their spell-like abilities, and spells which are used via [[#Inner Fire|Inner Fire]]. Note that for the purposes of [[#Inner Fire|Inner Fire]], being dead is a harmful status effect, and it is fully expected that White Mages at this point are capable of coming back from the dead without that even being a big deal.

'''{{Anchor|Aspect of the Wolverine}} ([[SRD:Special Abilities Overview#Extraordinary|Ex]]):''' The White Mage is now almost completely composed of essentially cancerous cells, but doesn't lose things like viability as an organism. She gains Regeneration 10, which is not bypassed by any form of damage, and so long as some portion of her body still exists she can't actually die, and will regenerate from that portion in one minute as with a ''[[SRD:Clone|clone]]'' spell. At this point the White Mage has pretty much won D&D.

===Campaign Information===

====White Mage Lore====

Characters with ranks in Knowledge (arcana) or Knowledge (the planes) can research White Mages to learn more about them.  When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.

{| class="zebra d20"
|+ Knowledge (arcana) or Knowledge (the planes)
! DC || class="left" | Result
|- 
| 5 || class="left" | Positive Energy heals people.
|- 
| 10 || class="left" | Some people can cast spells which heal people, and not all of them are clerics. Some of them are arcanists who channel positive energy directly.
|- 
| 15 || class="left" | Powerful White Mages can heal large numbers of people at once, and learn techniques that are normally only available to people who draw on divine power.
|- 
| 20 || class="left" | White Mages have immunity to many harmful effects, and eventually they have so much healing power that they don't need to eat or breathe.
|}

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Allowed Alignments	Lawful Good +, Lawful Neutral +, Lawful Evil +, Neutral Good +, Neutral +, Neutral Evil +, Chaotic Good +, Chaotic Neutral + and Chaotic Evil +
Article Balance	Very High +
Author	Quantumboost +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Moderate +
Class Ability	Arcane Spellcasting + and Spontaneous Spellcasting +
Class Ability Progression	Full +
Fortitude Save Progression	Good +
Identifier	3.5e Class +
Length	20 +
Minimum Level	1 +
Rated By	Surgo +, Leziad +, Undead Knave +, Foxwarrior +, Eiji-kun +, Trace Chaos +, The-Marksman + and Franken Kesey +
Rating	Rated 1.3 / 4 +
Reflex Save Progression	Good +
Skill	Bluff +, Climb +, Concentration +, Craft +, Diplomacy +, Handle Animal +, Heal +, Jump +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Move Silently +, Profession +, Ride +, Search +, Sense Motive +, Spellcraft + and Spot +
Skill Points	4 +
Summary	Some people try to heal with the powers of the gods or advanced necromancy. Other people rip open a rift to the Positive Energy Plane and run with it. This class is the latter. +
Title	White Mage +
Will Save Progression	Good +