Deity Benefits (as a non-divine class).

[tadkins]

Kind of a piggyback off of this thread (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?544471-The-Ultimate-Explorer) I made the other day. Beyond roleplay fluff, are there real tangible benefits to picking a deity when you don't really need to?

In the example thread, I have for an explorer character a Ranger/Wizard/Arcane Archer setup. As someone who basically lives to travel the world and beyond, devoting their powers to survival and exploration, a deity like Desna would be pretty fitting for that character. I could easily imagine that character being a follower, or just someone who honors that particular deity. Nonetheless I can see myself just writing "Desna" on the character sheet and calling it a day.

My question is, would there be a way to take advantage of that power-wise? Not just in that instance, but in general. Are there reasons to have your character worship a deity that doesn't involve having to be a cleric or whatnot?

[Palanan]

Well, there are the deific obediences and the boons they grant, as detailed in the Inner Sea Gods supplement. This requires the Deific Obedience (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/deific-obedience/) feat and one hour per day of your character’s time, and provides some modest benefits for your character’s devotion.

Is that along the lines of what you were asking?

[tadkins]

Well, there are the deific obediences and the boons they grant, as detailed in the Inner Sea Gods supplement. This requires the Deific Obedience (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/deific-obedience/) feat and one hour per day of your character’s time, and provides some modest benefits for your character’s devotion.

Is that along the lines of what you were asking?

Yep, pretty much! Just mainly looking for reasons for a non-divine class to pick a deity. I know there are items here and there, and that feat looks pretty interesting. Thanks for the response. :)

[Zaq]

There’s the organizations in Complete Champion, which can give mechanical bonuses if you have a high enough affiliation score. At least one (the Paragnostic Assembly) gives a bonus to that score for being a “devout worshiper of a god of knowledge,” and while that’s the only one I’m intimately familiar with, I’d be shocked if it’s unique in that regard.

[Jormengand]

Some feats and ACFs, such as Sword of the Arcane Order and Mystic Fire Knight, require a specific deity or one of a group of deities. Though, technically, both of those are bad examples as they only benefit divine classes, there are others which benefit all sorts of classes.