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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 412793" data-attributes="member: 3146">It's an interesting idea and if undead are truly rare/non-existant in your world then it could work.A few things to keep in mind though:-You'd need to increase the CR of undead--currently their vulnerability to turning is a major factor in their CR. . . .-The Sun domain would need a new power.-As a player, I would be hesitant to exchange an ability that renews itself for one that is usable 1/level--ever.-As a DM, I would seriously think about some of those thing--prepare a spell two levels higher than you could normally prepare (This will rarely be used because it's generally a poor idea unless you know something really tough is coming up but if you know it's something big and prepare a Summon Monster III at level 1, Poison spell at level 3, Slay Living at level 5, Harm spell at level 7, and Mass Heal or Destruction at Level 9 or Gate at Level 13, the "climactic" encounter that the DM planned will be more like anti-climactic.) Similarly, Spontaneously cast a spell of your highest castable level without using a slot could put some real kinks in your plans as a DM.Essentially, as a DM, I would either have to plan and make the encounter only winnable through use of the Divine Intervention point (and thereby deprive the player of a limited use "class ability" since I'm forcing him to use it or die) or live with the fact that many of my climactic encountes would turn into anti-climactic encounters due to the use of Divine Intervention points. I'm not sure that would be healthy for a campaign.Now I'm not saying that Divine Intervention points aren't a workable idea, but I would rather use them as rewards for completing divine quests, heroic sacrifices, etc than as substitutes for class abilities.In a very low/no undead campaign, I would opt toward replacing Turn Undead with things like:Barbarian Rage (for a chaotic war god)Limited Wildshape (Nature god)Divine Might (Lawful war  god)Divine Vigor (god of speed and running or athleticism)--alternately this could just be increased speed (like Barbarian ability)Divine Shield (god of walls or protection)Evasion (and Imp Evasion at lvl 10) for a god of LuckUncanny Dodge for a god of knowledge/foresightYou could see the Kalamar Player's Guide for more ideas of this sort (although some are hideously unbalanced).</blockquote>

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