doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
The Anathemir is a bit like if witchers were a variant warlock.
The name is a play on anathema, and defines itself as a hunter of anathema and those who summon and create them. Anathema are aberrations, fiends, undead, and some monstrosities, and the mages that bring them into the world.
To that end, I am really curious how one might bring in two different types of mechanics that were in previous editions but aren't really present in 5e.
Just some thoughts I've had due to some great feedback in my witch thread. As the witch takes more and more of the summoner role on, the anathemir needs to dig into a different mechanical niche, which is binding.
The name is a play on anathema, and defines itself as a hunter of anathema and those who summon and create them. Anathema are aberrations, fiends, undead, and some monstrosities, and the mages that bring them into the world.
To that end, I am really curious how one might bring in two different types of mechanics that were in previous editions but aren't really present in 5e.
- Build-Up Mechanics are mechanics where you have to gather power in order to reach full efficacy. I do think that making it the bread and butter of a class will end up being painful, but perhaps a secondary power up that relies on doing a thing?
- What i mean is, imagine a professional murderer of evil mages who gets a charge every time they mitigate a spell or other magic attack, or kill a creature that fits a group of types of monsters. You could then use those charges to bind creatures to your will, or deal extra damage, or increase the size of an aoe?
- Would this work best with some sort of curse or mark mechanic? Like you put a mark on a creature, it dies, you get a charge.
- Monster Binding here refers to abilites that allow the cahracter to nullify or partially nullify a creature under certain circumstances, turn it against it's allies, or take direct control of it.
- A secondary part to this is the ability to steal a monster's abilities
- Perhaps the two could work together? Meaning, you use the charges to do the controlling/binding/stealing from monsters?
Just some thoughts I've had due to some great feedback in my witch thread. As the witch takes more and more of the summoner role on, the anathemir needs to dig into a different mechanical niche, which is binding.