Calastian Battlemage: Need a critique!
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Upper_Krust
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I'm sorry, I couldn't possibly, I'm much too busy! 
Greetings!
Just some thoughts here:
What does this mean?
From Improved Maximized Spells: Also this ability cannot exceed the spell's maximum damage.
Isn't that exactly what the feat does?
Personally I think the folks get too much from this class, but not overwhelmingly so. What about changing the Improved Spell Focus to have the prerequisite Greater Spell Focus ? And perhaps not limit it to Cha +1 times per day? I can certainly see wizards taking this PrC as the Knowledge Skills are heaviliy weighted in the prerequisites.
Drop Armour Casting : Why would a battle mage that already is at least level 10 use armour? There are several spells that will give a BattleMage better defence options than using armour, hindering as armour might be.
I would add Improved Initiative to the prerequistes and instead drop the ability in the class or optionally give a +2 extra. Personally I would drop it altogether...
As for the other abilities: I think they are all nice, and if I were a Calastian Wizard, I would certainly consider becoming a Calastian Battlemage
Just some thoughts here:
What does this mean?
From Improved Maximized Spells: Also this ability cannot exceed the spell's maximum damage.
Isn't that exactly what the feat does?
Personally I think the folks get too much from this class, but not overwhelmingly so. What about changing the Improved Spell Focus to have the prerequisite Greater Spell Focus ? And perhaps not limit it to Cha +1 times per day? I can certainly see wizards taking this PrC as the Knowledge Skills are heaviliy weighted in the prerequisites.
Drop Armour Casting : Why would a battle mage that already is at least level 10 use armour? There are several spells that will give a BattleMage better defence options than using armour, hindering as armour might be.
I would add Improved Initiative to the prerequistes and instead drop the ability in the class or optionally give a +2 extra. Personally I would drop it altogether...
As for the other abilities: I think they are all nice, and if I were a Calastian Wizard, I would certainly consider becoming a Calastian Battlemage
Greetings again!
For a change, I will adapt to the consensus of quoting what I'm commenting on first. Perhaps it will be easier if I do so.
Coming with some suggestions here:
In that case, I understand what it does. Perhaps describing it with fewer words would increase the readability? I didn't get the intent the first time I read it, but that may be because of the formatting, though.
I'm sorry: I wasn't aware of that...
Remember, 3 of your abilities are dependent on charisma for number of uses. If this is a sorcerer only class, fine, but then you should put in Must be able to cast spells spontaneously in the requirements. Perhaps going for a non-spellcasting score would be the way (con or wis)? Or perhaps basing the number of uses on the level of the Calastian Battlemage?
I take it that this is Scarred Lands or something like that? I don't know much about the setting (except from what I have read in Relics and Rituals). Perhaps the suggestions above might work. If sorcerers are more feared, then perhaps this is the counter-offensive of the wizards?
Mainly for show, but some times a wizard CAN run out of spells.
Two things I have to say to this: 1. Many wizards usually take their next highest score in dexterity to get higher AC, this would prevent them from valueing dexteruty as much, and perhaps be something more of a tank, having a great constitution. 2. A wizard may cast plenty of Extended protection spells on himself at the beginning of the day, and more later. The point being that they can cast them and that they often last for a long time.
Actually, removing this ability may make the PrC more wizardish. A wizard can have all protection spells where a sorcerer will have to choose some... Perhaps a way of compensating?
Marvellous (-;
Well, sometimes they just pop out of my head, like popcorn!
Actually, I think that my next villain will use some of the concepts within this class. A rogue wizard that have used the secrests of the battlemages for his own troupe of spellcasters, or something like that... Perhaps a cliché, but hey, I can't help it but like them once in a while (-;
For a change, I will adapt to the consensus of quoting what I'm commenting on first. Perhaps it will be easier if I do so.
Coming with some suggestions here:
In that case, I understand what it does. Perhaps describing it with fewer words would increase the readability? I didn't get the intent the first time I read it, but that may be because of the formatting, though.
I'm sorry: I wasn't aware of that...
Remember, 3 of your abilities are dependent on charisma for number of uses. If this is a sorcerer only class, fine, but then you should put in Must be able to cast spells spontaneously in the requirements. Perhaps going for a non-spellcasting score would be the way (con or wis)? Or perhaps basing the number of uses on the level of the Calastian Battlemage?
I take it that this is Scarred Lands or something like that? I don't know much about the setting (except from what I have read in Relics and Rituals). Perhaps the suggestions above might work. If sorcerers are more feared, then perhaps this is the counter-offensive of the wizards?
Mainly for show, but some times a wizard CAN run out of spells.
Two things I have to say to this: 1. Many wizards usually take their next highest score in dexterity to get higher AC, this would prevent them from valueing dexteruty as much, and perhaps be something more of a tank, having a great constitution. 2. A wizard may cast plenty of Extended protection spells on himself at the beginning of the day, and more later. The point being that they can cast them and that they often last for a long time.
Actually, removing this ability may make the PrC more wizardish. A wizard can have all protection spells where a sorcerer will have to choose some... Perhaps a way of compensating?
Marvellous (-;
Well, sometimes they just pop out of my head, like popcorn!
Actually, I think that my next villain will use some of the concepts within this class. A rogue wizard that have used the secrests of the battlemages for his own troupe of spellcasters, or something like that... Perhaps a cliché, but hey, I can't help it but like them once in a while (-;
Nightfall
Sage of the Scarred Lands
Well I've thought about it and I think the three things I need to do is 1: Give an example for the Improved Maximized Spell feature. 2: Change Cha to Wis (makes sense since there's a good bit of godly influence in the Scarred Lands). 3. I think I'll change that armor into damage reduction. Say like 2 point every two levels? Kind of like an improved version of the barbarian BUT it can only be used in combat and can be invoked as a move eqivulent and lasts only as long as half their Con mod per hour.
That sound okay with you?
That sound okay with you?
Nightfall said:
I think those changes are the ones that are needed to make it an excellent PrC. Good work (-;
As for 3: DR 10/- at level 10 is a tad too much in my opinion. DR 8/- is more balanced as I see it, giving +2 at 2, 5, 7 and 10. What do you mean by "and lasts only as long as half their Con mod per hour."?
