Cleric Varient
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Crothian
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Magic Domain
1) +2 save agansit all magical effects
2) Domain spells and granted powers
3) Detect Magic at will
Plant
1) Woodland Stride as Druid
2) Domain Spells and Granted Power
3) +10 hide in area heavy with plants
Strength
1) Treat your carrying capacicity as if your strength were 4 points higher.
2) Domain Spells and Granted Power
3) Good Fort or HD increease of one die
Travel
1) Trackless Step as Druid
2) Domain Spells and Granted Power
3) +10ft Base Speed
War
1) Proficent in all Simple and Martial weapon
2) Domain Spells and Granted Powers
3) HD increase one die
Water
1) Speak Aquan. Swim as class skill. Swim speeds are doubled
2) Domain Spells and Granted Power
3) Can breathe normally underwater
1) +2 save agansit all magical effects
2) Domain spells and granted powers
3) Detect Magic at will
Plant
1) Woodland Stride as Druid
2) Domain Spells and Granted Power
3) +10 hide in area heavy with plants
Strength
1) Treat your carrying capacicity as if your strength were 4 points higher.
2) Domain Spells and Granted Power
3) Good Fort or HD increease of one die
Travel
1) Trackless Step as Druid
2) Domain Spells and Granted Power
3) +10ft Base Speed
War
1) Proficent in all Simple and Martial weapon
2) Domain Spells and Granted Powers
3) HD increase one die
Water
1) Speak Aquan. Swim as class skill. Swim speeds are doubled
2) Domain Spells and Granted Power
3) Can breathe normally underwater
What you have been doing so far looks really good, but I have another thought;
A regular cleric have medium and heavy armor proficiency, and a list of skills. That's what I consider the biggest problem when it comes to diversifying the clerics of different faiths.
The solution could be to 1) take away medium and heavy armor proficiency. 2) trim the skill list a bit. 3) Assign one feat per domain, or a list of feats for each domain to chose from. 4) make a skill list for each domain.
Then, when creating a cleric, you chose the domains and get feats and skills for it, in addition to the domain powers.
Example:
Magic domain
Granted Power: Use scrolls, wands, and other devices with spell completion or spell trigger activation as a wizard of one-half your cleric level (at least 1st level). For the purpose of using a scroll or other magic device, if you are also a wizard, actual wizard levels and these effective wizard levels stack.
Feats: One metamagic feat or creation feat, or Skill focus (spellcraft) or Skill focus (knowledge: arcana) (the last two for NPCs, researchers and the like)
Skills: Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (up to two more)
A regular cleric have medium and heavy armor proficiency, and a list of skills. That's what I consider the biggest problem when it comes to diversifying the clerics of different faiths.
The solution could be to 1) take away medium and heavy armor proficiency. 2) trim the skill list a bit. 3) Assign one feat per domain, or a list of feats for each domain to chose from. 4) make a skill list for each domain.
Then, when creating a cleric, you chose the domains and get feats and skills for it, in addition to the domain powers.
Example:
Magic domain
Granted Power: Use scrolls, wands, and other devices with spell completion or spell trigger activation as a wizard of one-half your cleric level (at least 1st level). For the purpose of using a scroll or other magic device, if you are also a wizard, actual wizard levels and these effective wizard levels stack.
Feats: One metamagic feat or creation feat, or Skill focus (spellcraft) or Skill focus (knowledge: arcana) (the last two for NPCs, researchers and the like)
Skills: Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (up to two more)
Crothian
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THanks for the reply. My goal is not to totally replace the Cleric. I think a cleric has a place as a militant member of the church. I want something that makes the priests a little different and unique. They are more spells casters then fighters.
I'm offering 3 levels of each domain. One does not have to pick all 3 levels. One still has to pick domains offered by his god, but it can be diverse (one or two levels from each domain) or specific getting all the levels of a few domains.
I'm offering 3 levels of each domain. One does not have to pick all 3 levels. One still has to pick domains offered by his god, but it can be diverse (one or two levels from each domain) or specific getting all the levels of a few domains.
Steven McRownt
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DofT prestige domains
yes, you're right with trickery i didn't noticed that i was repeating the "classic domain" spcials. Now i will try to make the defender of the faith domains. Check them!
BEASTMASTER domain:
1)animal handling, animal empaty as class skill, +1 skill per level
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Shapechange in an animal (non magical one) 1/day
CELERITY domain:
1)Run feat
2)Domain spells
3)domain granted powers
it is so powerful this domain that i had to do something to balance with the others
COMMUNITY domain:
1)knowledge: agricolture, sense motive as class skill, +2 skills per level
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Abundance: the community's fields will flourish in half the time,
CREATION domain:
1)+2 to all craft and profession check; forgery as class skill
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Create wondrous items
DIVINATION domain:
1)+2 to scry checks,
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Read omens: can interpretate dreams, read cards, ...
DOMINATION domain:
1)Bluff, intimidate as class skills, +1 skill per level
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Charm person 2/day
EXORCISM domain:
1)+2 will save
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Turn undead
GLORY domain:
1)Shelter for himself and a number of people equal to his charisma bonus;Knowledge (heraldry and nobility) as class skill
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Leadership feat
INQUISITION domain:
1)Sense Motive, listen, read lips as class skills
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Smite Arcane spellcasters (as smite evil) 1/day
MADNESS domain:
1)Exotic weapon proficency (any one)
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Immune to feeblemind or similar spells
MIND domain:
1)+2 S.T. and DC to mind influencing spells
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)You can aplly the intelligence bonus in combat to Attack or AC when unarmored or in light armor
MYSTICISM, PESTILENCE, SUMMONING domains: coming soon!
Steven Mc Rownt
yes, you're right with trickery i didn't noticed that i was repeating the "classic domain" spcials. Now i will try to make the defender of the faith domains. Check them!
BEASTMASTER domain:
1)animal handling, animal empaty as class skill, +1 skill per level
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Shapechange in an animal (non magical one) 1/day
CELERITY domain:
1)Run feat
2)Domain spells
3)domain granted powers
it is so powerful this domain that i had to do something to balance with the others
COMMUNITY domain:
1)knowledge: agricolture, sense motive as class skill, +2 skills per level
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Abundance: the community's fields will flourish in half the time,
CREATION domain:
1)+2 to all craft and profession check; forgery as class skill
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Create wondrous items
DIVINATION domain:
1)+2 to scry checks,
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Read omens: can interpretate dreams, read cards, ...
DOMINATION domain:
1)Bluff, intimidate as class skills, +1 skill per level
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Charm person 2/day
EXORCISM domain:
1)+2 will save
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Turn undead
GLORY domain:
1)Shelter for himself and a number of people equal to his charisma bonus;Knowledge (heraldry and nobility) as class skill
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Leadership feat
INQUISITION domain:
1)Sense Motive, listen, read lips as class skills
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Smite Arcane spellcasters (as smite evil) 1/day
MADNESS domain:
1)Exotic weapon proficency (any one)
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)Immune to feeblemind or similar spells
MIND domain:
1)+2 S.T. and DC to mind influencing spells
2)Domain spells and granted powers
3)You can aplly the intelligence bonus in combat to Attack or AC when unarmored or in light armor
MYSTICISM, PESTILENCE, SUMMONING domains: coming soon!
Steven Mc Rownt
Crothian
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Prestige domains. Should they be used? They only exist in the one book and the only way to gert them is through a select list of prestige classes. Many people don't like them because they aren't even balanced towards each other.
My thinking: We use prestige domains and put a prequite on them of Priest level 10. Each god would only grant access to one presitge domain.
Thoughts?
My thinking: We use prestige domains and put a prequite on them of Priest level 10. Each god would only grant access to one presitge domain.
Thoughts?
Steven McRownt
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The class is nearly finished, but i find it difficult to others to understand because of the scattering; we should do something.
Steven McRownt
Steven McRownt
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Steven McRownt
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prestige domains
There are a couple of ways to resolve the prestige domains issue:
1st. Leave them as prestige domains. If anyone will take this domain from a prestige class, they'll get just the domain spells and granted powers.
2nd. Consider them as normail domains available from the beginning. They will have no more the idea of being "prestigeous" but it will widen the choice od domains for a cleric.
3rd. Give to our alt.cleric new domains points during his career: as you said, from the 10th level he could get the a prestige one.
Where are other domains? FR has some new one? Should we consider our work finished just with the core ones? If so we should start a new thread with all things in order... AND put a downloadable version in pdf format... what do you think?
Steven McRownt
There are a couple of ways to resolve the prestige domains issue:
1st. Leave them as prestige domains. If anyone will take this domain from a prestige class, they'll get just the domain spells and granted powers.
2nd. Consider them as normail domains available from the beginning. They will have no more the idea of being "prestigeous" but it will widen the choice od domains for a cleric.
3rd. Give to our alt.cleric new domains points during his career: as you said, from the 10th level he could get the a prestige one.
Where are other domains? FR has some new one? Should we consider our work finished just with the core ones? If so we should start a new thread with all things in order... AND put a downloadable version in pdf format... what do you think?
Steven McRownt
Crothian
First Post
Prestige Domain: Keep them as prestige and limit them to be taken at tenth or higher. We'll see how that looks.
Ya, I've copied it all into a file and I wanted to polish it. Ultimately I'd like to do all the domains that are out there, but that is not a priority. I think getting the class up and running is the most important.
Ya, I've copied it all into a file and I wanted to polish it. Ultimately I'd like to do all the domains that are out there, but that is not a priority. I think getting the class up and running is the most important.
