Editing Filidh

'''Filidh''', also spelled as '''Filí''', were an elite caste of historian-poets in Irish Celtic society, and it is from their oral traditions that much of what we know about the Irish Celtic society was passed down to us, though like their [[Druid]] counterparts they eventually lost the battle for social status against Christian priests and faded away, though they did at least do better in passing their tales and stories on to the Irish monks and thus more about them was passed down to us.

In [[Dragon Magazine]] #324, the Filidh is offered as a class for [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]], specifically being described as an elite caste of judges, lawkeepers and enforcers within [[barbarian]] civilizations. As the article puts it: "if [[shaman]]s are the conscience of the tribe and [[skald]]s its memory, then filidhs are its unshakable will". They strive to both enforce and protect ancestral traditions, and so often become adventurers to increase their knowledge and power. [[Diviner|Divination]] magic is key to their role, but so are the more traditionally [[evoker|explosive]] spells of the [[wizard]], and they often play subtle but domineering roles in any group they join. They are frequently on relatively good terms with [[druid]]s or other religious orders, and tend to be quite religious compared to [[wizard]]s from other cultures, usually revering creator gods as well as gods of nature, secrets, knowledge, magic, poetry and travel.

Mechanically, a filidh is a [[wizard]] who sacrifices all of the wizard class features (namely the [[Familiar]]) apart from spellcasting for the '''Filidh Knowledge''' and '''Greater Divining''' features. They also have a unique class skills list (Concentration, Craft, Decipher Script, Gather Information, Intimidate, Knowledge (All), Sense Motive, Spellcraft, and Survival) and weapon/armor proficiencies (club, dagger, quarterstaff and shortbow).

'''Filidh Knowledge''' is literally just [[Bard]]ic Knowledge with a new name, and the two features stack if the filidh multiclasses as a [[bard]].

'''Greater Divining''' gives the filidh a +1 caster level bonus with [[Diviner|Divination]] spells per 5 levels of filidh they have - so +1 at filidh level 5, +2 at 10th, +3 at 15th, +4 at 20th, etc.

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