Things missing from Dark Apostate that would really be nice

[ChrisTOTG]

+1 crit threat and multiplier
Fighter BAB
Martial weapon proficiency
Negative energy immunity bypass, at least for undead-typed creatures. Maybe even for other types!
Better damage dice (it's about 1/2 of what an EK gets)


There are a few problems with it. It's not just that the tree is weak, it's that it's weak at two different things - casting and fighting. It would be much better to let you pick which of those two things to focus on instead.

An enhancement multiselector that forces you to choose between, for instance, increased imbue damage die size, higher BAB and crit threat/multiplier vs free quickened SLAs in its tree, increased DC etc. Some way to let us be either better at hitting things with sticks, or better at hitting things with magic.

Does this make sense?

edit: These aren't necessarily well thought out - just thoughts that show why a pure cleric DA is a really tough sell.

[rabidfox]

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+1 crit threat and multiplier
Fighter BAB


War domain for holy sword and casting divine power cover those 2.

[ChrisTOTG]

War domain for holy sword and casting divine power cover those 2.
No, it gives you +5 to hit, but doesn’t change your BAB, which adds an attack. All you get is the multiplier and range, and you are locked in to that domain for the crit benefits.

And Divine Power is silly at 6 seconds per caster level.