Bill Zebub
“It’s probably Matt Mercer’s fault.”
I've been thinking about Twilight Cleric. Is the problem really that it's so overpowered that it breaks things, or is it just that the abilities seem both better and less thematic than the options other characters get?
Take 300' darkvision: how often does this really matter? Sure, it's nice in low light (e.g. outdoors at night) to see like it's bright light, but darkvision is most useful when it's completely dark, and how often do you have an uninterrupted sight line of 300' underground?
No, what really bothers me about 300' darkvision is that it's so much greater than what anybody else with "special darkvision" gets: Gloomstalkers, Drow, Devil's Sight, etc. WTF?
Same with the temp HP from the healing sphere. Ok, it's temp hp, not actual healing, but it's still way better than the equivalent ability from...drum roll...healing domain. That difference bothers me more than the actual game impact. And wtf does the idea of "twilight" have to do with temp hp, anyway? That makes no sense to me.
Same with flying. It's basically a free 3rd-level fly spell, although self-only and for 1/10 the time (but apparently no concentration required, which is nice.). But, again, what does 'twilight' have to do with flying? The fluff is, imo, quite a stretch.
And what's the connection between twilight domain and martial weapons?
What a hot mess of a subclass.
Take 300' darkvision: how often does this really matter? Sure, it's nice in low light (e.g. outdoors at night) to see like it's bright light, but darkvision is most useful when it's completely dark, and how often do you have an uninterrupted sight line of 300' underground?
No, what really bothers me about 300' darkvision is that it's so much greater than what anybody else with "special darkvision" gets: Gloomstalkers, Drow, Devil's Sight, etc. WTF?
Same with the temp HP from the healing sphere. Ok, it's temp hp, not actual healing, but it's still way better than the equivalent ability from...drum roll...healing domain. That difference bothers me more than the actual game impact. And wtf does the idea of "twilight" have to do with temp hp, anyway? That makes no sense to me.
Same with flying. It's basically a free 3rd-level fly spell, although self-only and for 1/10 the time (but apparently no concentration required, which is nice.). But, again, what does 'twilight' have to do with flying? The fluff is, imo, quite a stretch.
And what's the connection between twilight domain and martial weapons?
What a hot mess of a subclass.