Custom divine abilities, portfolios, etc.

[DamienWilacoth]

Divine or Cosmic? I'm thinking Divine.

Improved Animal Companion Bond (Ex)
Prerequisites: Animal Companion class feature from a class that uses 1/2 of your class level to determine the strength of your animal companion.
Benefit: Your animal companion now uses your full class level to determine its strength.

 

[Real Sorceror]

Divine or Cosmic? I'm thinking Divine.

Improved Animal Companion Bond (Ex)
Prerequisites: Animal Companion class feature from a class that uses 1/2 of your class level to determine the strength of your animal companion.
Benefit: Your animal companion now uses your full class level to determine its strength.

The only class I can think of that does that is Ranger, which is just treated as equal to a Druid's level -3. In that case, I'd just make it an epic feat.

 

[DamienWilacoth]

The only class I can think of that does that is Ranger, which is just treated as equal to a Druid's level -3. In that case, I'd just make it an epic feat.

There's also the problem that a ranger's effective druid level for animal companion is always treated by as one-half of his ranger level. That's a pretty wide gap for a feat.

 

[Yqatuba]

Thought of a couple:

Opportunity Shot (divine)
Prerequisites: 40 dex, combat reflexes
Benefit: You can make attacks of opportunity with ranged weapons.

Merciful [effect] (divine)
Benefit: You gain an effect dealing d8 nonlethal damage based on your hd (for example a lesser deity (45 HD) taking merciful beam would get a ranged touch attack dealing 11d8 nonlethal damage)
Special: This effect can be taken multiple times and its effects stack.
Each time it is taken it either applies to a different effect, or it applies to the same effect as follows:
Taken twice = Greater Merciful [Effect], original effect doubled.
Taken three times = Superior Merciful[Effect], original effect tripled.
Taken four times = Perfect Merciful [Effect], original effect
quadrupled.
Taken five times = Merciful Mastery, use any type of merciful effect.
Taken six times = Uncanny Merciful Mastery, shape area effects to
only target enemies.

Know Alignment (divine)
Prerequisites: 40 wis
Benefit: You know the alignment of all who you look upon

What do you think?

 

[Yqatuba]

(deleted cause there already is an ability like it)

Spell Eater (divine ability)
Prerequisites: spellcraft 40 ranks
Benefit: Any spell that fails to penetrate your spell resistance heals you for 10 points per spell level (level 0 spells heal 5 points)

 

[Yqatuba]

Cosmic Opportunist (need better name maybe?) (cosmic ability)

Prerequisites: 70 dex, opportunity shot
Benefit: You can make attacks of opportunity with any attack requiring a ranged touch, including spells or beam effects

Severance (divine ability)
Prerequisites: 40 str, BAB +40
Benefit: All slashing weapons you wield are treated as vorpal.

Someone tell me what you think of all these

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey there Yqatuba dude!

Cosmic Opportunist (need better name maybe?) (cosmic ability)

Prerequisites: 70 dex, opportunity shot
Benefit: You can make attacks of opportunity with any attack requiring a ranged touch, including spells or beam effects

Severance (cosmic ability)
Prerequisites: 70 str, BAB +70
Benefit: All slashing weapons you wield are treated as vorpal.

Someone tell me what you think of all these

I definately think Severance is underpowered. Firstly, Vorpal, as an ability is just a divine ability. Secondly, it can already be handled without Divine Abilities using the Meta-Martial rules in Ascension.

I'm unsure of how balanced Cosmi Opprtunist is - too long away from 3E.

 

[Yqatuba]

what about the other ones?

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hiya mate!

what about the other ones?

Know Alignment, Opportunity Shot and Spell Eater seem okay. Not sure about Merciful Effect though - I think its too powerful.

 

[Yqatuba]

reduce to d12 maybe?