Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
A truly horrifying Age of Worms
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Var" data-source="post: 8005026" data-attributes="member: 7022819"><p>Wouldn't the usual opponents being undead already cancel out with the Cleric ending up to spend a lot of his resources on dealing with the worms?</p><p>The one thing I'd adjust is turn Undead. Honestly just take it away from Clerics or make it not work on Undead created by worms. It's one of the subfeatures of a subfeatures that does nothing 95% of the time and is pretty broken when it matters. Channel Divinity is pretty good without it for most Clerics, it's not going to hurt them any feelings.</p><p></p><p>Not to mention that the tired old trope of Paldin/Cleric vs evil is thematic if nothing else. Straight up making the classes less viable or discouraging them is a bit iffy when it makes perfect sense for them to be there.</p><p></p><p>Lesser Restoration is not exactly uncommon:</p><p>Classes: Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger</p><p>Outside of Clerics and Druides, who'd still like to do other stuff with their Spellslots, a second level choice is no joke for a Bard and a rather big expenditure for a half caster.</p><p></p><p>If you want it to be harder to get rid off don't make it a mundane disease.</p><p>Switching the worms to a Curse (Classes: Cleric, Paladin, Warlock, Wizard) will compete with Spirit Guardians/Fireball/Haste and really hurts. Greater Restoration is a massive step up and consumes 100GP worth of diamonds. Your players will scramble for consumables to save their slots for other stuff, even if you let Lesser Restoration work.</p><p>It's also possible to scale it as already suggested. The worms coming from a Zombie bite will be weak enough to handle with Lesser Restoration. A stronger Undead like a Wight infecting someone will require Remove Curse first and then Lesser Restoration.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Var, post: 8005026, member: 7022819"] Wouldn't the usual opponents being undead already cancel out with the Cleric ending up to spend a lot of his resources on dealing with the worms? The one thing I'd adjust is turn Undead. Honestly just take it away from Clerics or make it not work on Undead created by worms. It's one of the subfeatures of a subfeatures that does nothing 95% of the time and is pretty broken when it matters. Channel Divinity is pretty good without it for most Clerics, it's not going to hurt them any feelings. Not to mention that the tired old trope of Paldin/Cleric vs evil is thematic if nothing else. Straight up making the classes less viable or discouraging them is a bit iffy when it makes perfect sense for them to be there. Lesser Restoration is not exactly uncommon: Classes: Bard, Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger Outside of Clerics and Druides, who'd still like to do other stuff with their Spellslots, a second level choice is no joke for a Bard and a rather big expenditure for a half caster. If you want it to be harder to get rid off don't make it a mundane disease. Switching the worms to a Curse (Classes: Cleric, Paladin, Warlock, Wizard) will compete with Spirit Guardians/Fireball/Haste and really hurts. Greater Restoration is a massive step up and consumes 100GP worth of diamonds. Your players will scramble for consumables to save their slots for other stuff, even if you let Lesser Restoration work. It's also possible to scale it as already suggested. The worms coming from a Zombie bite will be weak enough to handle with Lesser Restoration. A stronger Undead like a Wight infecting someone will require Remove Curse first and then Lesser Restoration. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
A truly horrifying Age of Worms
Top