Divine Might/Divine Shield

[Artoomis]

I'm a little confused on how these work since Complete Warrior came out.

Divine Might is now a free action (in the book text, even) and lasts one round.

Divine Shield is a standard action and now lasts 1 round/lvl. Divine Shield's prerequisites were changed to not require anything but some stats and a shield proficiency.

Is that right?

Obviously I do not have Complete Warrior available right now or I could just look it up.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Yea.

 

[Artoomis]

Yea.

Thanks. That's all I needed to know.

 

[molonel]

So it went from lasting 1 round per point of Charisma bonus to one round, period?

NARF!

 

[Artoomis]

So it went from lasting 1 round per point of Charisma bonus to one round, period?

NARF!

For Divine Might, yes. But it also went to a free action, which it only was before by arbitrary decision of the Sage (Skip Williams). I'll still use it quite a bit.

 

[Brekki]

Very important: Divine Shield no longer gives an enhancement bonus to your shield, but an unnamed bonus to the Shields AC !!! So it's become a worse feat for the shield bashers, but a better one for the high AC characters.

A cleric can easily cast his shield to +5, and with 20 charisma, can get a shield that adds +12 (+2 heavy steel +5 enhancement +5 charisma) to AC.

 

[Darklone]

And it can be used now for ranged combat as well. Enjoy Rapid Shot and Improved Rapid Shot.

 

[Durifern]

How would you rate the DotF feats before the change, Divine Might in particular, were they overpowered or just strong?
I'm glad the Complete Warrior changed the duration.

 

[Darklone]

Divine Might was pretty strong as a free action (by the strange Sage ruling) and IMHO balanced as a standard action. YMMV though.

I'm glad, not necessarily about the change but about the clear wording

 

[Durifern]

Divine Might was pretty strong as a free action (by the strange Sage ruling) and IMHO balanced as a standard action. YMMV though.

Perhaps not fair but the Paladin of my player has a charisma of 18 and taken into account that we normally don´t have more than one or two battles an evening this feat would give him too much of an advantage compared to the rest of the group.