Couple of quick question about the Forsaker...

[Veldrane]

I read it carefully (I think, at least), and I can't find how he can heal himself in a decent way, considering that a lvl 11 to 20 character will take much more than 50 damage points per day (and no more than 3 per round)?

And how it is possible to always have to crush a 1100 gp per day magic item in order to mantain the DR?

Well, I know it's a great class, but I don't think it's unbalanced as I read others do......did I miss something?

 

[kreynolds]

Nope, you didn't miss a thing. The Forsaker gets some REALLY powerful abilities, but to maintain them, you have a lot of tedious day to day work to do, such as destroying 1100gp magic items.

Also, don't forget that he can be healed with magic, if the spell penetrates his SR. He still must make a save, and if he does he only gets half the healing, but he doesn't suffer any class ability loss because of it. That only happens when he specifically uses a magic item himself or he specifically casts a spell himself.

 

[Crothian]

You have that right. but unless you fight on a daily basis you need not destroy stuff on a daily basis. You just need to plan ahead. And the healing is limited, but you can increase you con a good bit to give you many more HP and increase your survivability.

If you casty Heal on a Justicar and it was effective would that be halfed or not? And if it's halfed would it heal half of his current damage, or just give him half of his maximium HP?

 

[kreynolds]

You have that right. but unless you fight on a daily basis you need not destroy stuff on a daily basis.

Huh?

 

[Crothian]

Huh?

That was some bad syntax. What was I typing? Sorry about that. I'm trying to say (poorly, but trying) is that the Forsaker really doesn't have to destroy magical items every day. Only days on which he plans to fight something big and bad that he feels he needs his DR for. Teaches me to type in forums, while chatting on line at such a late hour.

 

[kreynolds]

Got it.