Shrine Maiden/Priest

On a silent night, a Maiden in red and white battles against evil forces that attempt to desecrate her temple. She rushes to each entryway and carefully places a small paper at each entryway as lumbering zombies attempt to break through the protective barriers.

In a poor village, a youthful robed man traps an evil demon within a shimmering blue barrier. He quickly signs with his hands and the barrier collapses upon the demon and crushes it.

Trecking through a desecrated forest, a veteran exorcist tracks her demonic prey through the bleak trees, with sacred ornaments jingling from her blessed glaive.

Protectors of sacred lands. Shrine Maidens and Priests work tirelessly to protect the Shrines which they serve. They act as healers and exorcists for the villages near their shrines, and are often sought upon for spiritual guidance from the peasantfolk. Their first and foremost duty however, is to protect the holy grounds which they are entrusted.

However some Shrine Maidens and Priests find themselves without a Shrine to tend. These wanderers travel in the service of the many Kami.

Talisman Attunement

At 1st level, you gain proficiency with talismans.

The maximum number of talismans a shrine maiden/priest can have is shown on the Max Talismans column of the class table.

During a short or long rest you can prepare new talismans using a sixth of an ounce bottle of ink, an ink pen and at least one sheet of paper or parchment per five talismans. You may prepare a number of talismans equal to your wisdom modifier during the duration of a short rest and a number equal to your maximum during the duration of a long rest. A shrine maiden/priest can't use talismans that were created by a different person.

You can use talismans as a medium to use certain magical abilities. When used on these abilities, they roll a number of dice equal to the talisman die table and use the die there unless otherwise stated. You start knowing three such features: Spiritual Blast, Protective Guide and Healing Thread. You learn more features as you gain levels in this class.

Some of your talisman features require your target to make a saving throw to resist the feature's effects. The saving throw DC is calculated as follows:

Protective Guide

Beginning at 1st level, you can spend a talisman to take the Dodge or Help action as a bonus action on your turn. When you take the help action using this feature, it's range is 30ft.

Healing Thread

As an action, you can place a talisman on one creature you can see within 30ft, imbuing it with vitality. It gains a number of temporary hit points equal to 2d4 + your wisdom modifier.

The base temp hit points increases based on the talisman die table.

Spiritual Shield

While you are not wearing any armor and not wielding a shield, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Wisdom modifier.

Divine Connection

Starting at 2nd level, the presence of evil creatures registers on your senses like a cold sweat and a low ring, and good creatures like warm heat and scent of flowers.

As an action, you can place a talisman on a creature to detect such forces. You know the type (celestial, undead, fey, or fiend) of the creatures even if it is hiding through magical means. You can detect lies from the creature if you hear them. You can also place a talisman on the ground and detect the presence of any place or object that has been consecrated or desecrated by a deity within 60 feet of you. The talisman is not consumed unless it detects such a force.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to 1 + your Wisdom modifier. When you finish a long rest, you regain all expended uses.

Kami Attunement

Once you reach 2nd level, you begin to practice the names of different Kami around the world and attune to their magic. You learn the names of two powerful kami of your choice, detailed in the Kami section. You learn an additional Kami's name of your choice at 5th, 9th, 13th, 16th, and 20th level. When you learn these names you may prepare them on talismans when you create them. When you create new talismans, you may also change the inscription on any Talismans you have already made. Each talisman may only have a single name inscribed on it. Each Kami grants various benefits to Talismans inscribed with their name. Unless otherwise stated, the talisman acts as normal for the ability it is used for.

Hachiman

The deity of archery and warriors. Talismans with Hachiman's name on them are inspirational. When inscribed onto a talisman his name grants the folowing benefits:

• Spiritual Blast instead causes you to forgo your attack action, and allow an ally within range to make an attack action using their reaction. When used in this manner, you may add your wisdom modifier to the damage of that attack as force damage.
• Healing Thread grants resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage for as long as the temporary hit points remain.
• When protective guide is used to take the dodge action and an attack misses you, you can make an attack against the attacking creature as a reaction.
• Damage Type: Piercing

Izanagi

Husband to Izanami and God of Life. Talismans with Izanagi's name are potent at protecting life. When inscribed onto a talisman his name grants the folowing benefits:

• Healing Thread's talisman die becomes a d6
• When protective guide is used to take the help action on a dying creature, that creature gains immunity to all damage types until your next turn.
• Damage Type: Radiant

Izanami

Wife to Izanagi and God of Death. Talismans with Izanami's name seek to take lives to nourish their user. When inscribed onto a talisman her name grants the folowing benefits:

• Spiritual Blast deals necrotic damage. When a creature is brought to 0 hitpoints using spiritual blast, you gain hitpoints equal to your wisdom modifier + half your shrine maiden/priest level.
• Protective guide can be used on a creature to seal its fate. It can't regain hit points until your next turn
• Damage Type: Necrotic

Okininushi

The god of the unseen world and magic. Talismans with Okininushi's name have mystifying properties. When inscribed onto a talisman his name grants the folowing benefits:

• Spiritual Blast splits into a number of bolts equal to your number of talisman die + 1. Each bolt may fly at the same target, or seperate. Make an attack roll for each bolt. On a hit, a bolt deals 1d4 + your wisdom modifier force damage to that target.
• Healing Thread grants advantage on all saving throws against spells as long as the temporary hit points remain.
• Protective Guide can instead be used to look into the ethereal plane until your next turn.
• Damage Type: Force

Raijin

God of lightning and thunder. Talismans with Raijin's name strike quickly and decisively. When inscribed onto a talisman his name grants the folowing benefits:

• Spiritual Blast deals lightning damage and causes a shockwave. Each creature within 5ft of the target must succeed on a constitution saving throw taking thunder damage equal to your talisman die + your wisdom modifier on a failed save or half as much on a successful one.
• Healing Thread grants advantage on constitution saving throws as long as the temporary hit points remain.
• Damage Type: Lightning

Suijin

The god of water and water dwelling life. Talismans with Suijin's name are used to ward against pollution and corruption. When inscribed onto a talisman his name grants the following benefits

• Spiritual Blast deals cold damage. Targets hit by it have their speed reduced by half until your next turn.
• Healing Thread grants its target a swim speed equal to their speed as long as the temporary hit points remain.
• Protective Guide can be instead used to purify water, which cleanses a water source of all poison and disease and purifies it.
• Damage Type: Cold

Susanoo

The god of storms and swordsmanship. Talisman's with susanoo's name imbridle the fury of the storm. When inscribed onto a talisman his name grants the folowing benefits:

• You can use a talisman to empower your weapon attacks. When you take the attack action you can apply your talisman, expending it. This deals an additional amount of lightning damage on hit equal to your talisman die. You may do this for each weapon attack in a single attack action, expending additional talismans for each attack.
• Healing Thread deals lightning damage equal to your wisdom modifier to any creature who hits with a melee weapon attack as long as the temporary hit points remain
• Protective guide can be used to give you advantage on all weapon attacks you make this turn.
• Damage Type: Thunder

Tsukuyomi

The mysterious god of the moon, who caused Amaterasu to flee to the other side of the sky. Talisman's with Tsukuyomi's name target the mind.

• Spiritual blast deals psychic damage, and targets hit must make an intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, they are stunned until your next turn. A target who fails this save has advantage on saving throws against this effect for 24 hours.
• Healing Thread grants resistance to force damage and immunity to magic missile as long as the temporary hit points remain.
• Damage Type: Psychic

Inari

The Great Persuader, and deity of mirth and revelry. Talismans with Inari's name on them replicate the abilities of their kitsune messengers. When inscribed onto a talisman their name grants the following benefits:

• Spiritual Blast instead causes floating orbs to surround you, with the number of orbs determined by your number of talisman die + 1. When a hostile creature comes within 10ft of you, an orb is consumed and the creature must make a wisdom saving throw. On a failure that creature takes 1d4 fire damage and is charmed by you until your next turn.
• Healing Thread grants immunity to charm effects as long as the temporary hit points remain.
• Protective Guide can be used to instead give you proficiency on Charisma checks and saving throws for one minute.
• Damage Type: Fire

Shrine Tradition

When you reach 3rd level, your preparatory stage ends and you commit yourself to a spiritual path, Spiritual Custodian. Your service grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 11th, and 17th level.

Known Evil

Beginning at 3rd level, you have significant experience studying, perceiving, hunting, and even talking to a certain type of known evil. Choose a type of known evil: undead, fey, celestial or fiend. You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks to spot, hear and detect the presence and advantage on Wisdom (Insight) check to determine the true intentions of a known evil, as well as on Intelligence checks to recall information about them. When you gain this feature, you also learn one language of your choice that is spoken by the known evil, if they speak one at all. Your choice should reflect the types of monsters you have encountered on your adventures.

Ability Score Increase

When you reach 4th level you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature. If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Spiritual Empowerment

Starting at 5th level, you can utter the name of the Kami as you use the talisman to call for their aid. Doing so empowers the talisman, doubling the value of the Talisman Die table for that talisman, provided that the ability it is used for uses the Talisman Die table.

You can do this once, and regain use of this feature after a short rest.

You gain an additional use of this feature at 10th, and 18th level.

Wind Footing

Starting at 6th level, your speed increases by 10 feet while you are not wearing armor or wielding a shield.

At 9th level, you gain the ability to move while levitating. You can hover up to 20ft above the ground for the duration of the movement, but must land on solid footing or fall at the end, suffering any fall damage as a result.

Blessed Touch

Starting at 7th level, your very touch can cure minor magical ailments. You can cast the spell Lesser Restoration once on a creature you touch. Once you do so, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Warding

Starting at 7th level, your talismans allow you to prevent creatures from entering structures or rooms. By placing a talisman on a doorway, window, or other entryway, you may safeguard that area against intrusion from certain forces.

When a celestial, fey, fiend, or undead attempts to pass through the entryway, it must make a wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save that creature cannot pass through the entryway and the ward remains. On a success, the creature breaks through the ward and destroys the talisman. Either way that creature is subjected to damage based on your talisman die.

A doorway warded this way remains warded for eight hours or until the talisman is destroyed.

At 11th level, you may instead expend 3 talismans to cast Forbiddance once. You cannot do so again until you finish a long rest.

Spirit Sight

Starting at 9th level, the shrine maiden/priest invokes the spirits to look into the past. You can place a talisman in a object or site and concentrating for 1 minute, you can see the events of the past day that occurred in a space no larger than 60 feet square. You can't discern color, only shades of gray and can't hear any sound. You can also make a ritual and summon a spirit that would serve as your guide to see an event or site that existed or occurred at least one year ago. You will need an object which is related to the spirit, the event or the site that you try to see, the object must be from someone who is deceased, and 5 talismans. You will be considered incapacitated for the duration of the ritual.

This feature can only be used once and is restored after finishing a long rest.

Spiritual Touch

Starting at 10th level, you can soothe even the most grievous of ailments. You can cast the spell Greater Restoration once on a creature you touch. Once you do so, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Pure Body

At 13th level, your mastery of the spiritual energy flowing through you makes you immune to poison and disease. In addition you have advantage against saving throws against charm and frighten effects.

Divine Touch

Starting at 14th level, your touch mends the very flesh of the wounded. You can cast the spell Regenerate once on a creature you touch. Once you do so, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Blessing of the Kami

Starting at 15h level, you suffer none of the frailty of old age, and you can't be aged magically. You can still die of old age, however.

When you die from anything except for old age, your death may be spared by the Kami. You may make an additional death saving throw after you die. If you pass, you receive the benefits of the resurrection spell at the beginning of the next dawn, at the nearest location of a Shrine or Temple of the Dm's choice.

If you die on hallowed ground or within a shrine or temple, you have advantage on this roll.

Vessel

At 20th level, you may call upon the Kami directly by giving them temporary control of your body to assist as you require. As an action, you may choose one of the Kami you are attuned to and implore them for their aid on a task. The Kami may refuse this request if it finds it distasteful or out of its domain or power to do so, or if it simply does not wish to do so. If the Kami accepts it takes control of your body and you become shrouded in its form. How the Kami chooses to enact the task is up to the DM.

If the Kami chooses to intervene this feature cannot be used again for 7 days. Otherwise you cannot use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

Shrine Traditions

Blade of the Kami

Some Shrine Maidens/Priests fight on the frontlines against evil. Their sworn purpose is to travel the realm eradicating evil with the protection of the Kami.