D&D 5E Cleric Domains

[Blue Phoenix RPG]

Sadrik I was only including those domains that were popular with Pathfinder or the core books for 3.5, not all the accessories. MANY of the domains listed are kinda too specific or even unnecessary, like "cavern", really?

 

[Remathilis]

I'm going to wager the Adventurer's Handbook will have the four classical elemental domains in it.

 

[Remathilis]

Below are the ones from 3.5 that I think you missed. Source: http://home.comcast.net/~ftm3/JHtB/domains.html
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How many of those are redundant? A Death, Undeath AND Necromancer domain? Mentalism and Mind? Cold and Winter?

I see some potential for more domains (darkness, fire, earth, air, water) but I can't see much use for a most of them.

 

[jadrax]

I see some potential for more domains (darkness, fire, earth, air, water) but I can't see much use for a most of them.

Darkness is pretty much covered by Trickery, Fire by Light and Air by Tempest. Earth you could argue is covered by Nature, although I find that less convincing. Water seems the biggest omission.

Sadrik's list has reminded me that I am going to be very, very careful about allowing any more domains.

 

[Sadrik]

Base on the list of 3.5 domains, I broke them up into what I think would be good splits. I added 7 more domains. So I think the added ones should be:
Artifice: This could be named many different things but represents commerce and craft and money
Community: This could be named good, or some other similar concept such as hearth, civilization or something.
Darkness: Shadows, night, darkness and the moon.
Death: This one is in the new DMG? If not it needs to be.
Fate: This is destiny, fate, luck and time. It feels like it should be separate from knowledge.
Justice: Yeah this one is missing. Could be named protection, law or some other similar concept.
Strife: Evil, yeah this one should be in the DMG too I hope.

5e PHB Domains
Knowledge
Charm Domain (SC 271), Domination Domain (SC 273), Dream Domain (SC 273), Force Domain (SC 274), Illusion Domain (SC 275), Knowledge Domain (PH 187), Magic Domain (PH 188), Meditation Domain (ECS 107), Mentalism Domain (SC 276), Mind Domain (SC 276-277), Passion Domain (ECS 107), Planning Domain (SC 278), Portal Domain (SC 278), Pride Domain (SC 278-279), Rune Domain (SC 279), Spell Domain (SC 280), Summoner Domain (SC 281)

Life
Exorcism Domain (ECS 106), Healing Domain (PH 187), Life Domain (ECS 106), Purification Domain (SC 279), Renewal Domain (SC 279)

Light
Sun Domain (PH 188)

Nature
Animal Domain (PH 186), Cavern Domain (SC 271), Ocean Domain (SC 277), Plant Domain (PH 188), Sky Domain (RotW 174), Travel Domain (PH 188), Weather Domain (ECS 108), Winter Domain (FB 85), Wrath Domain (SC 282)

Tempest
Air Domain (PH 185), Chaos Domain (PH 186), Cold Domain (SC 271), Destruction Domain (PH 186), Earth Domain (PH 186), Fire Domain (PH 187), Storm Domain (SC 280), Water Domain (PH 189), Windstorm Domain (SC 282)

Trickery
Celerity Domain (SC 271), Trickery Domain (PH 189)

War
Competition Domain (SC 272), Courage Domain (SC 272), Glory Domain (SC 274), Strength Domain (PH 188), War Domain (PH 189)

Suggested Additional Domains
Artifice
Artifice Domain (ECS 104), Commerce Domain (ECS 105), Craft Domain (SC 272), Creation Domain (SC 272), Metal Domain (SC 276), Pact Domain (SC 278), Trade Domain (SC 281), Wealth Domain (SC 281)

Community
City Domain (RoD 162-163), Community Domain (SC 271-272), Family Domain (SC 274), Feast Domain (ECS 106), Good Domain (PH 187), Nobility Domain (SC 277)

Darkness
Darkness Domain (SC 272), Moon Domain (SC 277), Shadow Domain (ECS 108)

Death
Death Domain (PH 186), Deathbound Domain (SC 272-273), Deathless Domain (ECS 105), Decay Domain (ECS 105), Necromancer Domain (ECS 107), Repose Domain (Player's Guide to Faerun), Undeath Domain (SC 281)

Fate
Balance Domain (SC 271), Destiny Domain (RoD 163), Fate Domain (SC 274), Liberation Domain (SC 276), Luck Domain (PH 187), Mysticism Domain (SC 277), Oracle Domain (SC 277-278), Time Domain (SC 281)

Justice
Inquisition Domain (SC 275-276), Law Domain (PH 187), Protection Domain (PH 188), Retribution Domain (SC 279)

Strife
Evil Domain (PH 186), Hatred Domain (SC 275), Hunger Domain (SC 275), Envy Domain (SC 273-274), Gluttony Domain (SC 274), Greed Domain (SC 275), Lust Domain (SC 276), Madness Domain (SC 276), Pestilence Domain (SC 278), Sloth Domain (SC 280), Suffering Domain (SC 280-281), Tyranny Domain (SC 281)

Deleted Domains/Concepts
Dragon Domain (SC 273), Dragon Below Domain (ECS 106), Drow Domain (SC 273), Dwarf Domain (SC 273), Elf Domain (SC 273), Gnome Domain (SC 274), Halfling Domain (SC 275), Kobold Domain, Orc Domain (SC 278), Scalykind Domain (SC 279), Slime Domain (SC 280), Spider Domain (SC 280)

PH = Player's Handbook
SC = Spell Compendium
ECS = Eberron Campaign Setting
RoD = Races of Destiny
RotW = Races of the Wild
FB = Frostburn

 

[Remathilis]

Darkness is pretty much covered by Trickery, Fire by Light and Air by Tempest. Earth you could argue is covered by Nature, although I find that less convincing. Water seems the biggest omission.

Sadrik's list has reminded me that I am going to be very, very careful about allowing any more domains.

An Ocean/water domain is necessary, and I would really like a Earth/Cavern domain. I still think a Air and Fire domain wouldn't hurt (again, because of ToEE connection) though I guess trickery does do darkness fairly well.

 

[ColinChapman]

Don't forget Peace and Love, man! Give Peace and Love a chance! More seriously, they are big divine concepts. Perhaps they can even be combined (so charm magic, soothing magic, etc.).

I agree r.e. Water/Sea and an Earth/Cavern domain (the latter also ideal for mining deities).

 

[Blue Phoenix RPG]

Too redundant guys, ANY elemental domain now falls under Tempest, real simple, no need to complicate things.

 

[the Jester]

Darkness is pretty much covered by Trickery, Fire by Light and Air by Tempest. Earth you could argue is covered by Nature, although I find that less convincing. Water seems the biggest omission.

But the Trickery domain includes exactly one feature or spell related to darkness in any way.

You can make a better case for Fire/Light and Air/Tempest, but the Light domain is heavily slanted toward good guy stuff. What about a cleric of a god of fire as destruction, arson, etc.? What about a god of clean, still air? That's kind of the opposite of Tempest.

Too redundant guys, ANY elemental domain now falls under Tempest, real simple, no need to complicate things.

No, Tempest utterly fails to represent Earth or Fire.

Just because there is an existing list doesn't mean that everything needs to fit on that list.

 

[TwoSix]

How many of those are redundant? A Death, Undeath AND Necromancer domain? Mentalism and Mind? Cold and Winter?

I see some potential for more domains (darkness, fire, earth, air, water) but I can't see much use for a most of them.

A lot of them were simply an excuse to make new spells written for the book available to clerics. Having simple options for spell list swapping would negate a lot of that need.

No, Tempest utterly fails to represent Earth or Fire.

Just because there is an existing list doesn't mean that everything needs to fit on that list.

Maybe subdomains would be a better answer? Just replace a few spells and a feature or two of an an existing domain to make a subdomain.

A Fire subdomain of Light would make a lot of sense, for example.