D&D without the Cleric

[Nyaricus]

@ Aus Snow - what you don't like rogues? Or you just trying to look like the gung-ho thief that you are?

@ Harperscout - dude, i read through it and i LOVE it. It has so much flavour, and makes sense from so many veiws. My only question after my skim (which was briefer than i wished) was - why did (9 or so) spells get dropped? Just didn't fit the concept? or what?

Other than that, this could be something which i'll use for my cmapaign. Like i said, it's very Tolkien inspired, and he has these same sort of undertones. EX - the three Elven Rings, Gandalf had the Fire/Light one, and there were also Water and Air ones too, IIRC. Putting spells into these broad catagories helps get these themes accross that much easier.

Don't worry though . .i'll have more feedback to come

 

[harperscout]

We dropped certain spells because we just didn't feel they fit well with any of the catagories or we dropped them because we didn't like the spell... I swear had there not been two of us I would have flushed magic missile along with the rest of them.

More feedback would be appriciated from everyone.

To elaborate more on the spells, a wizard who takes the energy sphere must select an energy type. So it isn't always a fireball, sometimes its an acid ball. Other times it a lightning ball... it allows players to extend a bit of the character's personality through the spells they use (thanks Monte Cook!).

Any other thoughts?

 

[Nyaricus]

Magic Missle? Really? That is one of the more "accurate" (read: real-life) spells in D&D. It comes from Scandinavian tales (might be in some Sagas but i can't remember at the moment) of a sorcerer shooting his bow and having his arrow split off into many little "fire-bolts" that unerringly hit targets. I think that should stay, hands down (although a real-life adaptation *might* be more accurate.

For the energy sphere comment, i am kinda 50/50 on it. There's a feat that allows you to do that already - IIRC Energy Substitution. I don't have my books on me at the moment, so i dunno the enalties/drawback involved are, but i'd look to balance that house rule against it.

see you around!

 

[Aus_Snow]

@ Aus Snow - what you don't like rogues? Or you just trying to look like the gung-ho thief that you are?

Um. Just tell me you're kidding or something, OK? Sorry, but I just don't get it. Perhaps I'm having another blond day.

 

[Nyaricus]

lack of sleep + poorly executed "joke" = some craptastic misanthropic mess that you just witnessed. I'll be here till Thursday !! . . . . . . okay, I'll stop now.
























. . . . No, really. I will.