Divine Domains After using this ability, you must complete a short or
long rest before using it again.
In a pantheon, every deity has influence over different aspects of
mortal life and civilization, called a deity’s domain. All the Channel Divinity: Infection
domains over which a deity has influence are called the deity’s At 2nd level, your divinity carries disease. You can use
portfolio. For example, the portfolio of the Greek god Apollo your action to touch a creature within your reach, which
includes the domains of Knowledge, Life, and Light. As a cleric, must make a Constitution saving throw, and suffers one of
you choose one aspect of your deity’s portfolio to emphasize, and the following diseases of your choice for one minute on a
you are granted powers related to that domain. Your choice might
failed save. Since this ability induces a natural disease in its
correspond to a particular sect dedicated to your deity. Apollo, for
target, any effect that removes a disease or otherwise
example, could be worshiped in one region as Phoebus (“radiant”)
Apollo, emphasizing his influence over the Light domain, and in a
ameliorates a disease’s effects apply to it.
different place as Apollo Acesius (“healing”), emphasizing his Bloodmore. The creature bleeds freely. Whenever the
association with the Life domain. Alternatively, your choice of creature takes bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, it
domain could simply be a matter of personal preference, the aspect takes an additional 1d8 damage.
of the deity that appeals to you most. Deadleg. The creature's legs stiffen and its movement
Each domain’s description gives examples of deities who have slows. The creature can move a maximum of 15 feet or half
influence over that domain. Gods are included from the worlds of
its movement speed on its turn, whichever is lower, on its
the Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, and Eberron
turn.
campaign settings, as well as from the Celtic, Greek, Norse, and
Egyptian pantheons of antiquity. Slaying Fever. Frothing at the mouth with rage, the
creature must use its action to attack a creature adjacent to
Pestilence Domain it. If there is no such creature, the creature must move to
You worship gods who favor corruption and plague, the the nearest creature it can see.
Domain of Pestilence, for, though you are ravaged by
Fester
disease, it does not harm you. Like a virus, you move
Starting at 6th level, whenever you deal necrotic or radiant
through the population, spreading your Festering Faith to
damage, you can change the damage type to poison. In
all who will listen. Unlike a virus, there is no immune
addition, you ignore damage resistance to poison
system from the Festering Faith, only complete acceptance.
damage. Creatures you target with spells or
Body of Plague abilities are not immune to being diseased or
By 1st level, you have been in such close proximity to poisoned. Instead, a creature that is immune to
vectors of plague that you are immune to disease and being disease or poison makes a saving throw against
poisoned. Additionally, you have proficiency with heavy your effect with advantage.
armor.
Divine Strike
Pestilence Domain Spells At 8th level, you gain the ability to infuse
Cleric Level Spells your weapon strikes with toxicity. Once
1st bane, detect poison and disease on each of your turns when you hit a
3rd blindness/deafness, protection from poison creature with a weapon attack, you can
5th bestow curse, remove curse cause the attack to deal an extra 1d8 poison
7th blight, confusion damage to the target. When you reach 14th
9th contagion, insect plague level, the extra damage increases to 2d8.
Viral Infection
Tumor At 17th level, when you use Infection, the
Starting at 1st level, your body sequesters its toxins in a target also has disadvantage on ability checks
bulbous protrusion. When a creature within 5 feet hits you and saving throws using one ability score of
with an attack, you can use your reaction to try to poison your choice. Additionally, any time a target
the creature with the tumor. The creature must make a of Infection is within 5 feet of another creature,
Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. The you can choose for the infection to jump to it.
creature can reattempt this saving throw at the end of each The creature must make a Constitution saving throw
of its turns, ending the effect on a success. or be infected by the same disease as the target for 1
minute.
