For those who don't play Pathfinder second edition, Paizo recently released a new class kalled "Kineticist" that channels the power of fire, water, earth, air, metal, and wood. While all their abilities are magical, they don't have any spell slots.

I am certainly not a lore expert, but I do know that Clerics in Athas don't worship a god, but worship / make a agreement with the elemental princes of fire, water, earth and air. I think Kineticist might work well to replace clerics, because they are mechanically and visually far more tied to the elemental planes. The only mechanical thing they are losing (except for water kineticists) is magical healing.

Mechanically speaking, I would ban any of the metal / wood options for Kineticists, replace the name in game to Cleric. The only ability I would actually have to change (and only slightly) is each cleric can produce a small amount of their chosen element, and I would change it so water kineticists can't summon drinkable water (because thats kinda a big thing in dark sun)

What do you think? Any mechanical / flavor fails of this idea?