How good is the Book of Eldritch Magic?
Frostmarrow
First Post
I find bits and pieces useful. The PrCs are a tad too weird for my tastes but could probably be used. The spells are very good. The feats are like feats are most, useful for certain characters. The magical items are great if you want some stuff to throw at your players they don't already know everything about. The cars suck. All in all worth it if you don't find the PHB enough already.
Wulf Ratbane
Adventurer
I think it's a great supplement. I don't much care for the PrC's either but the spells are good.
As for purchse, as a DM, I think you could get by with just the PDF.
If you are a player, you might want to spring for the hard copy.
Wulf
As for purchse, as a DM, I think you could get by with just the PDF.
If you are a player, you might want to spring for the hard copy.
Wulf
Desdichado
Hero
The cars suck? What the...
drnuncheon
Explorer
Re: What spells and feats are the best in the book?
There is a new kind of feat called the 'Eldritch Feat'. They usually require a very high stat, but they affect spells without raising heir level the way Metamagic feats do.
The feat that I remember offhand (been awhile since I looked through it) is 'Lace Spell' which lets you alter the damage type a spell does. For example, you could lace your Fireball with positive energy.
There's a wide variety of spells, but again the ones that stand out in my memory are the 'Mark' spells. These spells have a certain effect on the recipient that lasts until the duration expires, *or* the recipient can choose to expend the spell's force all at once for a different effect. I think 'Mark of Fire' protects you from fire damage, and if you end it prematurely you can make a fire attack.
There's also some nifty magic items, like the Rods of Branding (usable 1/day, they put a magical brand on the subject with some effect - like the inability to use one's magic) and the Ring of Blue Conjures (surrounds summoned creatures with a blue aura that gives them combat bonuses)
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Kaelynna Thelanthra said:
There is a new kind of feat called the 'Eldritch Feat'. They usually require a very high stat, but they affect spells without raising heir level the way Metamagic feats do.
The feat that I remember offhand (been awhile since I looked through it) is 'Lace Spell' which lets you alter the damage type a spell does. For example, you could lace your Fireball with positive energy.
There's a wide variety of spells, but again the ones that stand out in my memory are the 'Mark' spells. These spells have a certain effect on the recipient that lasts until the duration expires, *or* the recipient can choose to expend the spell's force all at once for a different effect. I think 'Mark of Fire' protects you from fire damage, and if you end it prematurely you can make a fire attack.
There's also some nifty magic items, like the Rods of Branding (usable 1/day, they put a magical brand on the subject with some effect - like the inability to use one's magic) and the Ring of Blue Conjures (surrounds summoned creatures with a blue aura that gives them combat bonuses)
J
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