Domains -- what's out there, what do you use

[CRGreathouse]

The title says it all. I'm looking to expand the domains my custom gods offer and I'm running low on creativity at the moment. What domains are there (beyond the PH) and which actually see use in your campaigns?

I'd be particularly interested in OGC domains and domains that seem conspicuously missing from the PH: darkness, truth, etc.

Any thoughts on where I should start? I have some compilations like the D&D Rule Tracker, which are a useful starting point.

 

[reiella]

Most common OGL Domain Source for me is : Plot and Poison, mostly as I adapted alot of the Drow material from it for my drow.

FRCS/PGF are the most common non-PH domain source for my game.

DDg comes in a close third against Plot and Poison...

So I guess I'm not the best person to ask, as I don't use many OGL domains.

 

[Nifft]

I've re-worked all the PHB Domains, and added some others besides, to work with spontaneous Domain spellcasting for my setting. Feel free to borrow them for your private use:

http://klimt.cns.nyu.edu/~fishman/DnD/domains3.5.shtml

-- N

 

[the Jester]

I really like the idea of custom domains written for individual deities; instead of the Water domain, the god of rain would have an actual Rain domain, etc.

That, of course, takes tons of work.

imc, I have a number of custom domains I've worked up, including Darkness, Light (different from Sun), Seals, Secrets, Art, Trade, Traps, Music, Time, Love, Hate, Feline, Thought, Intellect, Crafting, Purity, Passion, etc. If you're interested I could post them.

 

[Brother Ezra]

I just finished reworking the PHB domains to apply to the FR pantheon. I didn't feel like shelling out the $40 for the FRCS, so I made up my own domains for each god, but I had to create a few:

Chance (formerly luck)
Creation (new)
Darkness (new)
Hatred (new)
Health (formerly healing)
Life (new)
Light (formerly sun)
Love (new)
Peace (new)
Truth (new)
Wealth (new)
Weather (new)

All the rest are the same as the PHB.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Thanks for the advice, everyone. It looks like I'll use a motley mix of domains from lots of different sources.

I just finished reworking the PHB domains to apply to the FR pantheon. I didn't feel like shelling out the $40 for the FRCS, so I made up my own domains for each god, but I had to create a few:

Chance (formerly luck)
Creation (new)
Darkness (new)
Hatred (new)
Health (formerly healing)
Life (new)
Light (formerly sun)
Love (new)
Peace (new)
Truth (new)
Wealth (new)
Weather (new)

Is there any chance you'd post your Truth domain? I have two deities who have a real need for it...

 

[jerichothebard]

Also check out this thread:
http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=79647

 

[CaffeineBoy]

@Nifft -- Thanks! I grabbed your domains. Very nice.

@CRGreathouse -- I really like the Truth domain in The Book of the Righteous (Green Ronin). It has some overlap with the WotC Inquisition Prestige Domain from Defenders of the Faith, IIRC.

@Anybody with good search-fu -- Gothmog posted some Word Docs last month with his domains in them and they were most excellent. If somebody could find a link, I'm willing to bet it would help CRG. I couldn't find the thread, though.

And finally, yeah, I'm deep in this right now. I have finally decided to stop waiting on the Iron Kingdoms stuff to come out and to go back to my old campaign, a very VERY divine-influenced world. I'm trying to collect and rework probably 50 different domains. To this end, I have found Fast Forward's Book of All Spells rather useful, and I'm eagerly awaiting the Complete Divine.

 

[CaffeineBoy]

I said: @Anybody with good search-fu -- Gothmog posted some Word Docs last month with his domains in them and they were most excellent. If somebody could find a link, I'm willing to bet it would help CRG. I couldn't find the thread, though.

Doh! It was right there on the ENWorld front page:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=79721

 

[Thanee]

I just finished reworking the PHB domains to apply to the FR pantheon. I didn't feel like shelling out the $40 for the FRCS, ...

If you are going to play in the Forgotten Realms, then you should seriously consider doing so. It's an invaluable campaign resource.

Domains we are using are pretty much only from PHB, DotF and FRCS. OA also has a couple interesting ones.

Bye
Thanee