Clerics and Modular Spellcasting

[Kinak]

I think that Clerical spells should be focused on their god, and so should come only from domains. You get all the domains of your god, not just two. And your Domain spells are your spells known.

Half agree with this. I'd love to see spontaneous casting for clerics based at largely (even entirely) on domains.

Don't get me wrong, I'll cheerfully take what we have there, but spontaneous casting based on domain would be amazing. And if what the clerics have now is Vancian enough to please wizard fans, moving that over might make my players actually willing to play wizards.

But getting all your god's domains would just be a problem in practice. Gods with narrow portfolios would be terrible and gods with many aspects would have to be trimmed back. You also couldn't go back and add a new domain to existing gods, no matter how appropriate.

Cheers!
Kinak

 

[DogBackward]

But getting all your god's domains would just be a problem in practice. Gods with narrow portfolios would be terrible and gods with many aspects would have to be trimmed back. You also couldn't go back and add a new domain to existing gods, no matter how appropriate.

Hmm... you have a point. Maybe making Domains have more spells would work. If each Domain has 2-3 spells at each level, then choosing two Domains would still work, and give you a decent selection of spells. Then, you could have weaker Domains give you more spells at each level, for more versatility. A divination-focused Domain might provide more low-level spells to compensate for the fact that a healing or protection domain would have more powerful, or more commonly used spells.