Paths when your source is Sorcerer Priest of Sarish

What is it you want to do with your character?

What is it you want to do with your character?

In a very brief nutshell: The basic concept has always been a Paladin like Mage Knight of Sarish with emphasis going slightly towards spell casting over fighting.

Sarish has the most paths specifically available to it for any casting class.

Sarishan binder Can’t get there without going Priest
Sorcerer Priest Can’t get there without going Priest
order of the inner demon Can’t get there except as Coryani, and does not fit the Paladin concept.
Priest of Sarish Can’t get there without going Priest
Holy Champion of Sarish Not a casting class. Definitely on the list though.

Oath Crafter (Encali) Have to be a dwarf
Order of the Ivory Bow Have to be a Dark Kin

Not saying there are no paths. I am looking for something more mage like and less priest like. My character grew up in the Temple of Sarish in Blackwand. His father is a val’ Mehan Sorcerer Priest and his mother is a val’Sungha Knight of the Order of Yhrki. Due to the gorilla war with Coryan he didn’t get much mommy time, but he trained every day with the Templars and tries to live up to Knightly ideals. Sadly for his hopes and dreams Sarish has made him a potent blooded prodigy. Still he is vehemently opposed to taking orders in the Mother Church of Coryan as he views it as an extension of Coryani Imperialism.

I have no idea what you mean “casting class”? All paths do us give you some talents and skills. Your casting comes from Arcane Spellcasting Talent. Holy Champion is these facto paladin path for any deity. It gives a few combat abilities and your casting can continue. It’s mainly for someone without prior casting but doesn’t stop you from taking it.

Most if not all deity specific paths require either anointed priest (more casting oriented) or holy
Champion ( more combat oriented). Sarish is no different.

John

Sarish has the most paths specifically available to it for any casting class.

Sarishan binder Can’t get there without going Priest
Sorcerer Priest Can’t get there without going Priest
order of the inner demon Can’t get there except as Coryani, and does not fit the Paladin concept.
Priest of Sarish Can’t get there without going Priest
Holy Champion of Sarish Not a casting class. Definitely on the list though.

Oath Crafter (Encali) Have to be a dwarf
Order of the Ivory Bow Have to be a Dark Kin

Not saying there are no paths. I am looking for something more mage like and less priest like.

As part of the proposed and likely to be approved errata, the following change was added:

Page 295 (Errata) Sorcerer-Priests of Sarish
Under Requirements and Talents add the following (shown in Bold) Requirements: Anointed Priest of Sarish (pa) or Arcane Spell Casting (Sorcerer –Priest of Sarish) T.II (ta)
Talents: Metaphysical Understanding, Learn Spell: Remove Curse (which is learned as part of the Blood tradition), and Arcane Spell Casting: Sorcerer-Priest of Sarish

This opens up more of the options. There aren’t “classes” in Arcanis. Your direction is defined by the talents, skills and paths you take. Some paths reinforce a particular concept, but you can certainly be a caster out of any of the 4 archetypes as long as one of them or a background or a Path gives you your initial access to taking the Arcane Spell Casting: Sorcerer Priest of Sarish Talent. Once that’s unlocked, you can take it every tier.

With a sweep of his hat,

Paul

You might look at Sword Saint. Kinda redundant with access but the skills and talents aren’t bad. Implies a piousness that isn’t directly linked to a political order. Devoted covers some of the same ground as Sword Saint. Catenary from Codex of Heroes could be a good fit too, though emphasizes melee vs. infernals. Bard – kinda a pain in the butt to meet the prereqs for, but could be an interesting choice for a PC who is also a courtier of some stripe. The spell song adaptation is interesting.

In the old Kio naming convention Sarish was called Dimray. I don’t know if that’s that’s cannon anymore. I think not. But if you really want to differentiate yourself from the Mother Church I would think about calling myself, “a servant of Dimray (or the Lord of Magic), whom you in the North and East call Sarish.”

On the whole the Kio are not supposed to be all that zealous in their religious beliefs. Milage obviously varies by player/character. I believe there are followers of the PoM in Whon and elsewhere in the League, who do not answer to the hierarchy of the Mother Church. Hopefully the Kio book will be illuminating.