3.5e Cleric Domains
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Cleric Domains[edit]
Name | Summary |
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Aberration Hunter | Aberrations should be hunted, and some deities give clerics the power to do it. |
Acid | The domain for melting people's faces. |
Aegis | A protective domain, especially through that of physical or magical solid barriers. |
Afterlife | You act as a psychopomp and determine who lives, who dies, and who comes back. |
Agony | You revel in granting pain to others. |
Air, Liber Demonica | The domain dealing with powers over wind, lightning and so forth. |
Alchemy | The domain for the art of potion-making and transmutation. |
Anarchy | The domain of those who want to see the world burn, and laugh while it happens. |
Arachnomania | You serve a power which hold spider in an extremely high esteem. |
Arcane | A domain for those who wishes and strives for the taste of arcane magic. |
Architecture | Those with this domain wish to help in the building and augmentation of nature into the civilized world. |
Armory | A domain that enables the cleric to make his or her own weapons on the spot. |
Artifice | For making things. |
Atheism | You don't believe in these "higher powers". Just some powerful outsiders playing puppets with weaker minds. |
Avarice | A domain for the greedy. Get more money, inspire greed, and protect your loot. |
Bee | Oh god, not the bees! Aaaauuuuuggggh! This domain is all about those needle-tipped honey makers. |
Bird | Devoted to the winged creatures with beaks. |
Birth | Birth celebrates the creation of life and the potential which comes with it. |
Blade | A domain of swords and axes. |
Blood | The domain for blood and gore. |
Bone | Worshipers of the body, they focus on the bone which forms our shapes and gives us durability. |
Bone, Variant | For making and using corporeal undead. |
Boreal | The domain for cleric who worship the Gods of long winter nights. |
Bulwark | A protective domain focused on defense and resistance. Clerics who choose this domain usually specialize in protection and force spells. Any god which grants the protection domain can be able to grant the bulwark domain instead. |
Bunny | A subdomain of the Animal domain, for those clerics that like to be quick and jump high. |
Business | You are a holytm businessman, out to make a deal. |
Capricorn | This is the domain granted by Capricorn, one of the twelve Zodiac spirits. |
Cat | For cats and cat related gods. |
Cataclysm | This domain allow a cleric to spread natural and divine disaster far and wide. |
Caves | You like the underground scene. |
Celebration | A domain for all festivities in general. |
Celestial | The domain for clerics who channel the power of angels. |
Chance | The domain for taking risks, and hedging your bets. |
Chaos | For those who like Giant Frog. |
Chicken | A subdomain of the Bird domain, often chosen by clerics of gods of agriculture and fertility. |
Coffee | Coffee, the magical brown juice that keeps everyone going. |
Communication | The domain for those who want to keep in touch. |
Computer | A domain for technologically savvy worshipers. |
Conquest | The winning domain. |
Construct | The powers of life without life are at your fingertips. |
Contract | The domain for getting and staying in power. |
Contract, Variant | The domain for lawyering clerics that serve a legal purpose in their society. |
Corrupt | A domain of the evil powers of the demons. |
Coward | For the craven, the weak, and the frightful. |
Crocodile | The crocodile domain is all about crocodiles. |
Crops | Sowing and reaping |
Cube | You are convinced this world is secretly split up into "5 ft cubes". Your belief in this theoretical physics gives you cube based powers. |
Culinary | Blessed with a careful tongue and a fine sense of cooked goods, cleric's with this domain celebrate their god through the feast. |
Curse | Now you will suffer for your crimes. A domain all about cursing your opponents in many ways. |
Cursed Nights | What a terrible night to have a curse. |
Dark Speech | Your deities has a close link to dark speech, allowing you to tap into it and speak a few syllables. |
Darkness | A domain for worshippers of darkness and shadows. |
Deathbane | You are scourge of the undead. You fight to survive and to repel the forces of undeath. |
Decay | You are entropy, you are decay, you are the ultimate fate of all things. |
Dementation | For those who would sap the intelligence of others. |
Despair | "Shall I bring you despair?" |
Destruction | For breaking things. |
Devouring | For clerics who wish to devour everything, figuratively or literally. All things exist to be eaten. |
Diabolic | The domain of the wicked powers of devils. |
Dog | A domain for cleric of Dog. |
Dominator | The domain used for those who would control, dominate, and imprison others. |
Dragon | The draconic domain. |
Dragonslayer | A domain for clerics specialized in dragon-killing. |
Dream | For sweet dreams and beautiful nightmares. |
Drugs | Congratulations, you've given yourself over to drugs from a religious standpoint. Good job. |
Earth | Your ally is something that there is a ton of. It's a good place to be. |
Eiji | A random domain for a random being. |
Electricity | The shocking truth about the power of thunder and lightning! |
Enforcement | Stop you violated the law! |
Entrapment | No retreat. No escape. |
Envy | For the jealous type. |
Evil | For the dark-hearted. |
Exorcism | You have the ability to exorcize bad spirits and otherworldly influences, as well as countering them, entrapping them, and who knows what else. |
Eyebane | OH GODS!!!! I CAN'T SEE S***!!!!!!! Do you hate eyes or something?!?!? |
Fabulousness | Being beautiful is great, and with divine grace you charm and transfix all who see your perfect form. |
Falling Stars | Make a wish... a fiery burning wish. |
Family | Because Life and Death are sisters. |
Fire | For heated situations. |
Firefighter | You are a paragon of the community, protecting everyone against raging fires. |
Fleshcraft | The fleshcraft domain is for clerics who believe in the augmenting of the flesh. |
Fright | A domain for scary spooky clerics. |
Fruit | The domain for nature-oriented cleric, but with a narrower scope than the Plant domain. |
Gastronomy | The domain for cooking clerics or for those who found out that the rumors about the strange cult in the tavern were, indeed, true. |
Gem | This domain is for clerics and deities that ponder on the power of gems or just like shiny tiny things. |
Genocide | A domain for people who need to eliminate a race quickly and efficiently. |
Ghost | The domain of spooky ghost and possession. |
Gluttony | For those who do it BIG. |
Good | For those with nice dispositions. |
Grave | A domain about the grave and creatures that come out of them. |
Gravity | You can bend the very fabric of spacetime. |
Gravity, Variant | This domain is for more science minded cleric who want to understand one of the fundamental force of the universe. |
Greed | For those who can't get enough. |
Guardian | A domain for those who protect others. |
Gun | The domain for clerics that shoot first, forgive later. |
Harming | Negative energy version of healing domain. |
Harvest | Domain of farming gods. May you have good crops this year! |
Hatred | For those who combine anger and contempt with a fair amount of violence. |
Healing | For those who want to mend, not break. |
Heavens | Some worship the cosmos, and gain blessings from the patterns of the stars. |
Hellfire | For those who like fire (and Hell) a little too much. |
Hellfire, Variant | This domain is usually granted to clerics of archdevils or other infernal deities, granting them a offensive edge over others. |
Hellrime | For the cold-hearted bastards in the world. |
Herculean | A domain for those with some divine blood in them, making them incredibly strong. |
Heroism | The domain that grants the power of heroes. |
History | Remember the past, lest you repeat it. |
Hoots | GLORYHAMMER! |
Hope | The domain associated with hope, perfect for optimistic clerics. |
Illusion | Making things seem as they are not. |
Infection | The domain for people who spread disease wherever they go. |
Infestation | Diseases and the creatures that spread them. |
Infiltration | For those who want to get places unimpeded. |
Insanity | Mad! Mad, I tell you! |
Intellect | Your god is a thinking god. Logic will show you the way. |
Jelly | Clerics who take this domain are in tune with the magical properties of the half-liquid, half-solid substances known as jellies. |
Judgement | Gain the power to judge others of crimes, and bring punishment upon them. |
Karma | The Karma domain is closely tied to the system of good deeds and bad deeds and equivalent rewards and punishment. It spells focus on punishing your enemies for attacking you and inducing bad luck upon them. |
Knowledge, Liber Demonica | For those who want to know everything about everything. |
LSD | You have dedicated yourself to a psychedelic drug. You make everyone tripping balls. |
Laser | Not merely light, but focused coherent beams of doom belong to clerics with the laser domain. |
Lava | The floor is now lava! |
Law | For those who follow the rules. |
Leylines | You are attuned to the geometry of the weave, eventually learning to rewrite the magical connections on which the universe is built. |
Light | Your glorious light pierces the shadows in the hearts of liars and traitors, as well as exposing those who lurk within the more literal darkness. |
Linguist | He who controls the language, controls the narrative. |
Locomotive | Choo choo, all aboard the domain of the god of trains. |
Love | The power of love certainly always prevail, although it take many forms. |
Lunar | You have the power of the moon, its pale light allows you to pierce the night! |
Lust | A domain for those who like to vamp their way out of problems. |
Magic | For dealing with all things mysterious and magical. |
Metal | For those who adore the periodic table. |
Meteor | You wield the power of the heavens, dropping rocks from the depths of space. |
Mirage | A domain for those specialized in spells that create images and false perceptions. |
Misfortune | The opposite side of luck is misfortune, and while no cleric wishes it upon themselves, some may wish it to occur to their enemies. |
Mistrust | You do not trust anyone. You are always prepared. |
Mummy | You're big into preservation and gauze. |
Murder | Killing is not just a job requirement, it's a religious experience. |
Naught | |
Obliteration | For when you really don't want to allow someone to exist any longer. |
Onomastic | For those interested in the magic of names. |
Ooze | The Ooze Domain is focused on slimes and traits associated with the slippery, the sticky, the acidic, and the amorphous. |
Opposition | A domain for the opposing forces in the world. |
Organic | The domain of life and its many wonders. |
Orientation | Knowing where one’s destination is, and helping others know where their destinations are. |
Pain | For those who like it rough. |
Party | The best way to worship is to party! Spread the joy, spread the music, spread the beat! |
Peace | Violence is beneath you. |
Plague | For spreading ailments of both body and mind. |
Plans | You plot, you scheme, and your god makes sure it all goes according to plan. |
Plant | The domain for getting close to nature. |
Plushie | |
Poison | A domain associated with poison, venom and toxins. |
Police Officer | |
Portal | Like doors, but way cooler. |
Pride | For people who know they're better. |
Protection | For those who are cautious, paranoid or both. |
Psychic | |
Radioactivity | For those that worship radioactive sources, especially sources from underground unmarred by "magnetic shields" and "atmosphere". |
Rain | A domain for those who love rain and bad weather. |
Rainbow | This domain lets you cast sparkly spells with varying effects |
Redemption | Everyone can be forgiven eventually. |
Revenge | Get your revenge with the power of the gods. |
Sacrosanct | A domain of the holy powers of archons. |
Safeguard | Keeping things safe. |
Sagittarius | This is the domain granted by Sagittarius, one of the twelve Zodiac spirits. |
Salvation | A domain of the good powers of chaotic good outsiders. |
Sanguine | A domain for cleric that worship evil blood-entities, such as Gods of blood, demon lords and vampires. |
Saurian Domain | The Saurian Domain grants you the powers of and control over dinosaurs. |
Screwball | The domain of those who love to mess with people. |
Shadow | A domain for the shadows. |
Shadow, Variant | A variant of the Darkness domain focusing on shadowy magic. |
Shadowcraft | For clerics who like making things out of shadowstuff. |
Shadows | The domain for illusionist priests and shadowmancers. |
Shapeshifter | |
Shark | I'm a shark! I'm a shark! Eat my spells! I'm a shark! |
Sheep | |
Sky | This domain is related to Gods and philosophy that claim rulership over the vast expanse of the sky, |
Slaughter | Some people just don't deserve to live, and you are set to make sure they don't. |
Slime | For those who like their magic icky. |
Sloth | For doing less and forcing others to do the same. |
Snake | The domain for the snake worshiping cleric |
Sneak | Clerics who sneak around in the darkness, spying on others. |
Solar | A Sun domain for those focused more on the "giant ball of glowing plasma" and "light" and less on the "undead hate this thing" and "fire". |
Solid Walls | They can't hurt you behind this wall. |
Solidarity | For those who work with their comrades to achieve victory. |
Song | |
Sorrow | Remember, kids: Down the road, not across the street. |
Space | |
Spectrum | |
Spring | For Clerics who love the spring. |
Stillness | You embody the stillness of the void, the calm mind, the unmoving existence. Grant your enlightenment to others. |
Strength, Liber Demonica | The domain dealing with raw physical might. |
Summer | The domain for the warmest season, for clerics who channel the power of the hot weather, both to use it and to resist it. |
Summons, Alternative | |
Taboo | You can’t do that. |
Temptation | All it takes is a little push to set someone on a darker path. |
Terraforming | Your god has granted you the power to shape and reshape the world in your image. |
Theft | What's yours is mine. This is the domain for those who would take what they see fit. |
Thunder | For the cleric who manipulates lightning, storms and the power of thunder. |
Time | For those who live life in the fast lane. |
Time Warp | |
Toast | YEAH TOAST! For clerics who really love their toast. |
Toxic | Clerics of the toxin domain learn how to manipulate poisons to best effect. |
Train | You like trains. A lot. |
Transmogrification | The physical is but a vessel for the divine spirit to shape to its will. |
Trickery, Alternative | A remake the Trickery domain, designed to allow for more 'Loki'-like schemes. |
Trickery, Liber Demonica | The domain of the sneaky and the sly. |
Tumult | The domain of social discord. |
Tyranny | The domain for lording it. |
Undeath | The domain for cheating death. |
Vengeance | A domain for taking revenge. |
Vermin | Quick-quick!. The domain of things that chitter and bite. |
Violation | The domain of things disgusting and gross. |
Vivisection | For turning things into other things they’re not in painful, imaginative ways. |
Voltage | For electric personalities. |
Want | Want take many form, desire, lust, greed. This domain encourage both you and others to gain what they really want. |
War, Liber Demonica | The domain of fighting men and women. |
War, Magic | A variant of the war domain, which focuses on weapons created by magic to directly or indirectly defeat your foes. |
Waste | A domain about bringing heat and desolation and turning arable land into wasteland. |
Water, Liber Demonica | For those who like it wet. |
Waves | The waves domain bestow the power of the ocean and the ability to control water. |
Wind | You are a master of the flow of the atmosphere, the cooling breeze and the destructive howl of the hurricane. |
Wings | Worshiping your red bull idol gives you wings! |
Winter | For the cleric who can't let it go of winter. |
Word | |
Wrath | |
Wyrm | A domain for dragon-worshipping clerics, granting them the power of dragons and appease them. |
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