Salient Ability (3.5e Feat Type)

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[Salient Ability] Feat Type

A salient divine ability is a special sort of feat which only deities with divine rank can take, as according to the rules spelled out in Complete Epic. It gives a deity a new capability or improves one that the deity already has. A deity can have up to one salient divine ability for each divine rank the deity has. Some salient divine abilities have prerequisites. A divine rank of at least 0 is a prerequisite for all salient divine abilities. A few deities have unique salient divine abilities that are described in the deity’s individual entry.

 

Salient Ability Feats

Feat	Summary	Prerequisites	Balance Point
Alter Form	Transform into alternate forms at will, based on your divine rank.	Divine Rank 1	High
Alter Reality	Gain the ability to duplicate most of the effects of wish once per minute.	Divine Rank 16, at least one domain portfolio	High
Alter Size	Transform anywhere from Fine to Colossal size.	Divine Rank 1	High
Annihilating Strike	Destroy things with a powerful disintegrating strike.	Divine Rank 11, BAB +20, Str 25	High
Arcane Mastery	Gain all spells in your spellbook, or trade out spells daily as a sorcerer.	Divine Rank 1, Spell Mastery, Spellcaster level 20th, Spellcasting Ability Score 29	High
Area Divine Shield	Spread your Divine Shield salient ability to an area.	Divine Rank 6, Cha 25, Divine Shield salient ability	High
Banestrike	Choose a favored enemy and strike hard and fast.	Divine Rank 1, BAB +20, at least one Favored Enemy	High
Battlesense	You cannot be surprised or flanked, except by a deity of higher rank.	Divine Rank 0	High
Call Creatures	Summon creatures to your aid.	Divine Rank 0	High
Clearsight	Gain true seeing and a bonus to defeat Disguise checks.	Divine Rank 1, Wis 15	High
Command Plants	Speak to plants, rebuke them, and and control the growth and death of plants.	Divine Rank 1	High
Control Creatures	Take control of mooks, possessing them even at range.	Divine Rank 11, Cha 15	High
Craft Artifact	You can craft artifacts ahead of your time, and better than others too.	Divine Rank 1	High
Create Greater Object	Create even more rare and exotic matter from thin air.	Divine Rank 11, Craft 28 ranks, Create Object	High
Create Object	Create nonmagical matter at whim.	Divine Rank 6, Craft 23 ranks	High
Divine Air Mastery	Gain bonuses in combat when you and your opponent are airborne.	Divine Rank 1, Minor Air Domain portfolio, fly speed	High
Divine Archery	Shoot from really really far, spray a volley of arrows, and ignore cover and concealment with your shots.	Divine Rank 1, BAB +20, Dex 29, Far Shot, Point Blank Shot	High
Divine Armor Mastery	Any armor you wear acts as if you're not wearing armor at all, and what armor you do wear is improved.	Divine Rank 1	High
Divine Bard	Sing out for miles, quickly, and even effecting things normally not effected. You can even countersong on the fly.	Divine Rank 1, Inspire Courage +4	High
Divine Battle Mastery	You can attack wide groups of tempo, attack without penalty to attack rolls, and rearrange your bonus feats on a whim.	Divine Rank 1, Fighter 20th	High
Divine Blast	Fire blasts of energy out to a great distance.	Divine Rank 6, Cha 25	High
Divine Blessing	Grant half your ability score to others.	Divine Rank 1	High
Divine Celerity	Whenever you're hasted, you gain superior benefits.	Divine Rank 1	High
Divine Creation	Create magic items, or even creatures with your divine mastery.	Divine Rank 16, Craft 33 ranks, Create Object salient ability, Create Greater Object salient ability	High
Divine Dodge	Perfect dodge. It's almost like you're playing Exalted.	Divine Rank 1, Dex 29, Dodge	High
Divine Druid	Change shape in a wildshape as a swift action each round for the duration.	Divine Rank 1, Wildshape (Huge Elemental)	High
Divine Druid-CE	Get Colossal and the ability to change into Magical Beast	Divine Rank 1, Wildshape (Huge Elemental)	High
Divine Earth Mastery	Gain bonuses in combat when you and your opponent are groundborne.	Divine Rank 1, Minor Earth Domain portfolio	High
Divine Fast Healing	Gain fast healing (or additional fast healing) based on your divine rank.	Divine Rank 1, Con 25	High
Divine Fire Mastery	Gain bonuses in combat when you are and your opponent are on fire!	Divine Rank 1, Minor Fire Domain portfolio	High
Divine Glibness	You are immune to things which detect your lies, and your silver tongue can sway the wills of others.	Divine Rank 1, Bluff 23 ranks, Cha 25	High
Divine Inspiration	Give your divine aura additional options.	Divine Rank 1, Divine Aura, Sense Motive 23 ranks or Cha 29	High
Divine Monk	You suffered through monk, but now you're the god of monks, and it shows.	Divine Rank 1, Monk 20th	High
Divine Paladin	Improve your paladin abilities with intense divine power.	Divine Rank 1, Effective Paladin 20th	High
Divine Radiance	Radiate light and dispel darkness, shoot lasers, and become immune to dazzling and blindness.	Divine Rank 1, Minor Sun domain portfolio	High
Divine Rage	Stay in rage forever, and gain access to stronger more potent rage powers and resistances.	Divine Rank 1, Mighty Rage	High
Divine Ranger	Gain both combat styles of a ranger, additional favored enemy bonuses, and blindsight against your favored enemy.	Divine Rank 1, Ranger 20th	High
Divine Rogue	You can dodge out of any trap, determine how much loot you have with an instant, sneak attack oozes, constructs, you name it, slide out of sight, and even evade death!	Divine Rank 1, Improved Evasion, Sneak Attack 10d6	High
Divine Shield	Gain a shield to absorb attacks.	Divine Rank 1, Cha 19	High
Divine Skill Focus	Become a master at any one skill, doing it faster and harder and ignoring the dangers of failure.	Divine Rank 1	High
Divine Sneak Attack	Sneak attacks deal divine damage and apply against those who provoke attacks of opportunity or who are weaker than you. You can even deal nonlethal damage in any ratio you wish.	Divine Rank 1, Sneak Attack 10d6	High
Divine Spell Focus	Gain +2 DC to the spell of your school, an bonus on caster level checks, and ignore evasion and mettle.	Divine Rank 1, Greater Spell Focus, Spell Focus	High
Divine Storm	Your alignment manifests as a powerful maelstrom which destroys those opposite to you and protects you in divine energy.	Divine Rank 11, any alignment subtype	High
Divine Water Mastery	Gain bonuses in combat when you and your opponent are underwater.	Divine Rank 1, Minor Water Domain portfolio, swim speed	High
Divine Weapon Focus	Take 10 on attack rolls once a round, 20 with a full attack action, and never fumble again.	Divine Rank 1, Greater Weapon Focus, Weapon Focus	High
Divine Weapon Specialization	Add divine rank to damage with your chosen weapon, forcing concentration checks and hitting even when you might miss.	Divine Rank 1, Greater Weapon Specialization, Weapon Specialization	High
Energy Burst	Emanate 1d8 points of energy per divine rank, out to 10 feet per divine rank.	Divine Rank 6	High
Energy Storm	Your body releases positive or negative energy into a powerful maelstrom which destroys your opponents (and heals allies) and protects you in energy.	Divine Rank 11, able to cast cure or inflict spells	High
Extra Energy Immunity	Become immune to one element.	Divine Rank 6, resistance to the energy type selected	High
Extra Sense Enhancement	Your senses can stretch for miles, and even see through objects.	Divine Rank 1, Wis 29	High
Footsore	Create difficult terrain 10 feet per divine rank away from you.	Divine Rank 1, Minor Travel domain portfolio	High
Free Move	The deity can move up to its speed once a round as a free action.	Divine Rank 6, Dex 29, Divine Celerity, Run	High
Frightful Presence	Get a frightful presence which ignores fear immunity, as well as have intimidate ignore fear immunity.	Divine Rank 1, Cha 25 or Intimidate 23 ranks	High
Gift Of Life	Cast true resurrection at will, with scaling benefits based on your divine rank.	Divine Rank 1	High
Grow Creature	Use animal growth (applied to a creature type of your choice) on a number of creatures equal to your divine rank.	Divine Rank 1	High
Hand Of Death	Cast destruction at will, with scaling benefits based on your divine rank.	Divine Rank 1	High
Increased Damage Reduction	Improve current damage reduction by 5, and add an alignment requirement.	Divine Rank 1, an alignment subtype, Con 25	High
Increased Energy Resistance	The deity gains resistance equal to 10 + its divine rank x5 to acid, cold, electricity, fire, and sonic energy.	Divine Rank 1	High
Indomitable Strength	Roll 20s in opposed strength checks, wield weapons with greater strength behind them and less difficulty, and break force effects.	Divine Rank 1, Str 31 or Minor Strength Domain portfolio	High
Instant Counterspell	Counterspell as a free action which consumes an attack of opportunity.	Divine Rank 1	High
Instant Move	The deity can travel up to their move speed as though using the dimension door spell, except that the deity never appears within a solid object and can act immediately after teleporting. Also, immunity to being prone.	Divine Rank 6, Dex 29	High
Irresistible Blows	Cause an attack penalty on those you strike, bypass or reduce the effect of DR, and stagger opponents on critical hits.	Divine Rank 1, Weapon Focus and Improved Critical with the selected melee weapon	High
Irresistible Performance	Gain several bardic music-like abilities, and bards gain increased power.	Divine Rank 1, Perform 25 ranks	High
Know Death	Gain constant deathwatch and Lifesight, and keep status on the health of others.	Divine Rank 1	High
Know Secrets	You can roll 20s on Knowledge checks automatically, and know things you should know.	Divine Rank 1, any two Knowledge skills 23 ranks	High
Lay Curse	Use bestow curse at will, greater bestow curse up to your divine ranks per day, and give off a dying curse if slain.	Divine Rank 6	High
Lay Quest	Use a special form of geas/quest to get things done, be aware of its progress, and be able to contact your unwitting servants.	Divine Rank 6	High
Life Drain	Release a zone of darkness which drains levels and conceals you in darkest shadow.	Divine Rank 1, Minor Death Domain portfolio	High
Mass Divine Blast	As Divine Blast, but can be done to multiple targets or in various shapes.	Divine Rank 11, Cha 29, Divine Blast salient divine ability	High
Mind Of The Beast	The deity can make plants and animals sentient, and it can reduce sentient creatures to animal or plant form.	Divine Rank 1, Knowledge Nature 23 ranks	High
Possess Mortal	Possess mortals and make them do your bidding.	Divine Rank 11, Cha 29	High
Power of Luck	Gain a luck pool equal to your divine rank to spend on dice rolls, both yours and others.	Divine Rank 1, Minor Luck Domain portfolio	High
Power of Nature	Control the weather and earth with a thought.	Divine Rank 1, Knowledge Nature 23 ranks	High
Power of Truth	Know when creatures are lying, and force them to tell the truth. Also, bonuses against illusion.	Divine Rank 1	High
Rejuvenation	Gain the rejuvenating abilities of a deity one title higher than yourself.	Divine Rank 1, Divine Fast Healing	High
See Magic	See magic as if using a superior form of greater arcane sight, and exclude allies from your areas of effect.	Divine Rank 1, Minor Magic Domain portfolio	High
Shapechange	Gain a modified shapechange at will.	Divine Rank 11, Alter Form, Alter Size	High
Speak With Creatures	Speak with everything. Literally everything. And use the power of language against others as well.	Divine Rank 1	High
Stride	Double your speed, possibly beyond the speed of light.	Divine Rank 1, Minor Travel domain ability	High
Sunder and Disjoin	Break or disjoin weapons on a touch, and be immune to mundane weapon attacks.	Divine Rank 1	High
Supreme Initiative	Add your divine rank to initiative, avoid being flatfooted, and even strike harder on the first round.	Divine Rank 1, Dex 29, Improved Initiative	High
Tap Into the Source	You can can tap into the immeasurable power of the source, gaining new abilities and greatly empowered your previous abilities.	Divine Rank 16, Idylean young God template.	Very High
Undead Mastery	Gain unlimited destructive turn attempts, and you may use it once per round as a free action. And you didn't even need to take all turn-granting classes to do it.	Divine Rank 1, Turn or Rebuke Undead	High
Wave of Chaos	Gain an aura of confusion and insanity. Rather fatal for low-level mortals.	Divine Rank 1, Chaotic alignment subtype	High
Wound Enemy	Deal damage to a creature's maximum hp total, and penalties on a critical hit.	Divine Rank 1, BAB +20	High

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