Cleric - Plague Domain
Plague Priest, by Duong Thanh Lam
The Plague Domain is for worshippers of disease gods - priests whose presence is a foul omen, feared in the best of times and despised otherwise.
Priests of the Plague Domain are not always evil, but they are never liked. The worst plague priests may be intentional spreaders of disease, while others seek to channel its effects in less-harmful ways, or lead rites to appease plague gods in hopes of staving off their wrath.
Design-wise: I almost gave up on this one, let it sit a few weeks before giving it another pass. Miraculous "Healer" is pretty light for a cleric's first level feature, though the disease-transfer should be cool when it comes into effect. Vile Contagion's where the subclass really kicks off, though - sort of a narrower twinned spell equivalent, to let you spread poison and disease twice as fast as any other person might. Plaguebearer gives you a powerful defensive tool, and several diseases available on command, though it's still very useful even when enemies are immune to disease or poison. Divine Strike's standard, though I always try to put a more interesting spin on it. And Malignant Aura doubles down on the theme, turning you into a walking pestilence engine. The spell list took a couple passes, but came together after I wrote Inflict Disease to fix Contagion's (many) issues.
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