consumptive field, greater: br0ken?

[Piratecat]

Perhaps it is allowing the caster to carry around a bag of rats for this purpose that is absurd.

Try to ban my favorite character "Ratbagger O'Baggorats," will you? Time for a moderator smiting, just to save his precious burlap bag of happily squeaking bonuses! You can't take him from me, NO ONE can take him from me, his combat style is predicated on the rat-bag!

YOU'RE BANNED, WISE GUY!

... didn't work. Hmm. I'll let you know when I find the bug.

 

[locksmyth]

As a DM I'd rule:
You have to capture every rat yourself. You have to feed them.
Finally the rats in the bag constitutes a swarm and being in the same square as you, you would be required to roll a fort save DC 12 every round to avoid being nauseated.
Also the Rats each get an attack on the bag every round, if it breaks they escape and attack you or run away.

 

[seans23]

The strength bonus doesn't stack with itself.

The spell description says "you gain 1d8 temporary hit points and a +2 bonus to Strength
for each death caused by this spell"

 

[frankthedm]

The spell description says "you gain 1d8 temporary hit points and a +2 bonus to Strength
for each death caused by this spell"

If it were limited to sentient creatures, that would solve a lot and fit within the soul consuming fluff of the spell.

Yep, that spell is just one of the abusable spells in the SC. Use with caution.

 

[Plane Sailing]

If it were limited to sentient creatures, that would solve a lot and fit within the soul consuming fluff of the spell.

Still pretty abusable with a bunch of slaves or low-level 'guards' though. I'd say just ditch the spell.

Frankly, alongside the horribly broken blasphemy/holy word, anything that boosts caster level is pretty broken for high level clerics.