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<blockquote data-quote="paradox42" data-source="post: 5440320" data-attributes="member: 29746"><p><strong>Further Commentary</strong></p><p></p><p>I'm still not 100% on Essentia Storm as a near-capstone power, though I really like the idea and don't think it's appropriate for a Soulmeld to have the ability to drain its user's essentia to produce an effect that way. The idea of giving the Necrocarnate an ability to blow up his own essentia for an Alpha Strike just struck me as cool, and very in-flavor for what else the class does.</p><p> </p><p>New Soulmelds obviously need to be created for this; one really obvious addition would be something to let the Necrotic Touch be used at range instead of just melee- this would make the Necrocarnate even more like the Warlock than it already is.</p><p> </p><p>Another thought struck me earlier today, regarding the idea of the Midnight melds: if we say, as I did in the "Alignment" section of my version above, that Necrocarnum does <strong>not</strong> always use Good souls and torture them, but is instead just a means of using <em>unwilling</em> souls in soulmelds, then it follows that not every Necrocarnum meld need necessarily be Evil-aligned. None would be Good, of course, but every single Necrocarnum meld in <em>Magic of Incarnum</em> carries both the [Evil] descriptor, <em>and</em> the [Necrocarnum] descriptor. So, what if that doesn't have to be true for the Necrocarnate class list? Could the "Midnight" melds be [Necrocarnum] melds that just don't happen to be [Evil]? Food for thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paradox42, post: 5440320, member: 29746"] [b]Further Commentary[/b] I'm still not 100% on Essentia Storm as a near-capstone power, though I really like the idea and don't think it's appropriate for a Soulmeld to have the ability to drain its user's essentia to produce an effect that way. The idea of giving the Necrocarnate an ability to blow up his own essentia for an Alpha Strike just struck me as cool, and very in-flavor for what else the class does. New Soulmelds obviously need to be created for this; one really obvious addition would be something to let the Necrotic Touch be used at range instead of just melee- this would make the Necrocarnate even more like the Warlock than it already is. Another thought struck me earlier today, regarding the idea of the Midnight melds: if we say, as I did in the "Alignment" section of my version above, that Necrocarnum does [B]not[/B] always use Good souls and torture them, but is instead just a means of using [I]unwilling[/I] souls in soulmelds, then it follows that not every Necrocarnum meld need necessarily be Evil-aligned. None would be Good, of course, but every single Necrocarnum meld in [I]Magic of Incarnum[/I] carries both the [Evil] descriptor, [I]and[/I] the [Necrocarnum] descriptor. So, what if that doesn't have to be true for the Necrocarnate class list? Could the "Midnight" melds be [Necrocarnum] melds that just don't happen to be [Evil]? Food for thought. [/QUOTE]
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