Mark Of Divine Favor

Prerequisites: 10 or more ranks in Knowledge (religion), Holy Brand, must be able to cast divine spells.

Benefit: Your holy brand is upgraded to a masterwork holy symbol and glows as the light spell when you turn or rebuke undead. You permanently gain 1 point of Charisma, your Diplomacy bonus from Holy Brand increases to a +4 devotion bonus without restrictions, and any turning or rebuking abilities using your mark are performed as if you were one level higher in the appropriate class.

Time: You spend one month of prayer and fasting in isolation within a temple of your deity, and then you are granted a quest (similar to that granted by an atonement spell) by the clergy member in charge of that temple. When the quest is completed, your Holy Brand is carefully sliced open and filled with molten gold.

Cost: 2000 GP (in donations or services worth that amount to the local temple of your deity) and you permanently lose 1 point of Constitution. You also suffer a permanent –4 to all Disguise checks made to conceal your identity.

Special: A wish, miracle, or greater restoration is required to remove the mark and recover the Con loss, otherwise it leaves a very visible scar. If you change deities, you may never retry this ritual—you lose all effects of the Mark (except the Constitution loss) and suffer an additional –2 inherent penalty to Constitution.

A mark of divine favor does not violate any sacred vow.