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<blockquote data-quote="Coroc" data-source="post: 8005505" data-attributes="member: 6895991"><p>I see your point, that is tough to balance. Are your players more "grognard" or more modern, like e.g. "every skill has to work all time otherwise I feel nerfed to the point of no fun"?</p><p>Depending on that there might be a different solution:</p><p></p><p>As I understand the big bad oomph effect of the setting is very similar to "The Strain" series, an apocalyptic scenario with vampire like beings infecting others by the means of worms which they cough up into their victims face. Btw this one is a very good analogy to what is going on with Corona IRL atm. if it had turned out much worse. </p><p>If you can, watch it on some streamer.</p><p></p><p>But back to topic, so like with "The strain" the "Zombies" might not count as undead at all but rather morphed and controlled by the worms, and eager to spread and multiply the affliction.</p><p>So let the lesser restoration work, even at low level, but there are only so many spell slots to cast it.</p><p>(Even for me as a grognard, as much as I like an extra challenge by some condition e.g. exhausted or diseased, I also want to have access to a "let it go away" solution after some time.)</p><p></p><p>But make it that the "worm-zombies" are not of the type undead at all, but rather hosts for the worms, so trivializing anything by turn undead will not help because it will not work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coroc, post: 8005505, member: 6895991"] I see your point, that is tough to balance. Are your players more "grognard" or more modern, like e.g. "every skill has to work all time otherwise I feel nerfed to the point of no fun"? Depending on that there might be a different solution: As I understand the big bad oomph effect of the setting is very similar to "The Strain" series, an apocalyptic scenario with vampire like beings infecting others by the means of worms which they cough up into their victims face. Btw this one is a very good analogy to what is going on with Corona IRL atm. if it had turned out much worse. If you can, watch it on some streamer. But back to topic, so like with "The strain" the "Zombies" might not count as undead at all but rather morphed and controlled by the worms, and eager to spread and multiply the affliction. So let the lesser restoration work, even at low level, but there are only so many spell slots to cast it. (Even for me as a grognard, as much as I like an extra challenge by some condition e.g. exhausted or diseased, I also want to have access to a "let it go away" solution after some time.) But make it that the "worm-zombies" are not of the type undead at all, but rather hosts for the worms, so trivializing anything by turn undead will not help because it will not work. [/QUOTE]
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