tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post244931895978272021..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: SermonizingAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-75817855038553123502012-12-05T19:41:06.307-07:002012-12-05T19:41:06.307-07:00I don't know where that e came from. It's...I don't know where that e came from. It's fixed.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-44680184592678456012012-12-05T19:29:41.875-07:002012-12-05T19:29:41.875-07:00Small quibble: under metaphysics, I think you mean...Small quibble: under metaphysics, I think you mean "Asceticism", not "Aestheticism".<br /><br />I have a player trying to be ambitious with her cleric, and I think she'll like these ideas. Good food for thought!Giordanistihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18375496443176258588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-3572546620395116172012-12-05T11:03:45.066-07:002012-12-05T11:03:45.066-07:00It would have some characteristics as haste, yes, ...It would have some characteristics as haste, yes, but resulting from different reasons, less dependable and being probably available to clerics only, whereas haste isn't. So, similar effects achieved by different classes in different ways.<br /><br />The % would likely be 20% at first level, shared as the player would want among the three options for Metaphysics (if they chose that as their specialty), with a 10% bonus per level, with an imposed ceiling of 95%.<br /><br />So the 8th level cleric would be able to do for 5 rounds (with a small chance of failure) what a 5th level mage would be able to do for probably much longer. And there's always the fact that if you're doing this, you're not spellcasting. My higher level mages have learned that, since it takes two or three rounds to cast some higher level spells, choosing just what to do with your power is a real trick.<br /><br />Love that feature, incidentally - it really lends fighters the power to "keep up" with the casters where high-levels are attained.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-14659539347592826002012-12-05T10:53:58.092-07:002012-12-05T10:53:58.092-07:00As much as I like your idea of the effects of a se...As much as I like your idea of the effects of a sermon, I'm <i>very, very</i> excited about the potential for the sage abilities. The proposed <i>metaphysics,</i> seems potentially too powerful an application, depending on the %'s involved, and something of a duplication of the <i>haste</i> spell; but the others strike me as spot-on. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com