Major Problem with the Favored Soul

[the Jester]

So I was just checking out the favored soul preview...

They gain their wings at 16th level, but their earlier path powers do things like increasing their fly speed. Whoops! Hope the printed version has this fixed somehow or other.

 

[Caliber]

Maybe the idea is that a normal character has a speed of Fly 0? So +4 to your Fly speed gets you to Fly 4?

I noticed that too.

 

[Vael]

Just means you either need 1. an earlier power that grants a flight speed, or 2. The power doesn't become terribly useful until 16th level.

I don't really think it's a horrible problem.

 

[Piratecat]

I'm willing to bet that paragon powers we haven't yet seen also grant a temporary fly speed.

 

[Mika]

I'm willing to bet that paragon powers we haven't yet seen also grant a temporary fly speed.

That wouldn't help much at 12th level. What would be needed would be either a heroic tier Avenger power or a heroic or paragon tier feat that most Avengers would qualify for. I guess we will find out next month whether the people who developed Divine Power remembered to include at least one or the other.

 

[Brig]

Considering we haven't seen any of the other avenger powers in Divine Power yet, I think it is too early to say it is a problem. There could be a number of powers that grat temporary flight. We just don't know yet.

 

[keterys]

The power still gives regeneration even if you don't have a fly speed... it's not what I'd consider a major problem.

You could swap the 11th level bonus to defenses and the 16th level flight, however. I'd probably consider making it clumsy at 11th and drop the clumsy at 16th.

 

[Herschel]

Air Genasi Avenger FTW!