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<blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6608986" data-attributes="member: 6787650"><p>I don't mind non-PHB sources being slightly "chump" compared to PHB classes (it mitigates power creep), but it doesn't look like a chump class to me anyway. To some degree it depends on how <em>good</em> the domain spells are for dragon sorc, but as far as I'm concerned Favored Soul(esp. w/ warlock) would still be more attractive. Medium Armor Proficiency is really good: AC 17 is far better than AC 13. The +1 HP/level for dragon sorcerers is nice but it's not <em>important</em>, if you know what I mean. You can get just as much from the Inspirational Leader feat, or twice as much from Toughness, so it's basically half of a feat. Finally, getting access to Bless/Cure Wounds/Revivify/Death Ward means you're getting all the best parts of the Cleric class--in other words, you're getting all the spells my Lore Bard is tempted to steal--<em>and</em> you still have the sorcerer's ability to Twin Polymorph everyone into giant apes/other shenanigans. Being able to Fire Bolt for 2d10+5, or Fireball for 33 points of damage instead of 28, doesn't really compare.</p><p></p><p>And the fact that we disagree on this is actually a plus, because it means that neither archtype dominates the other.</p><p></p><p>I'm not quite ready to give dragons sorcs in my campaign domain spells, because I'd rather play the PHB the way it's written first--but if I were going to allow Favored Souls as written, I would definitely give domain spells to dragon sorcs and wild mages as well. I <em>really </em>like the idea of rolling wild mages' domain spells randomly, BTW.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FormerlyHemlock, post: 6608986, member: 6787650"] I don't mind non-PHB sources being slightly "chump" compared to PHB classes (it mitigates power creep), but it doesn't look like a chump class to me anyway. To some degree it depends on how [I]good[/I] the domain spells are for dragon sorc, but as far as I'm concerned Favored Soul(esp. w/ warlock) would still be more attractive. Medium Armor Proficiency is really good: AC 17 is far better than AC 13. The +1 HP/level for dragon sorcerers is nice but it's not [I]important[/I], if you know what I mean. You can get just as much from the Inspirational Leader feat, or twice as much from Toughness, so it's basically half of a feat. Finally, getting access to Bless/Cure Wounds/Revivify/Death Ward means you're getting all the best parts of the Cleric class--in other words, you're getting all the spells my Lore Bard is tempted to steal--[I]and[/I] you still have the sorcerer's ability to Twin Polymorph everyone into giant apes/other shenanigans. Being able to Fire Bolt for 2d10+5, or Fireball for 33 points of damage instead of 28, doesn't really compare. And the fact that we disagree on this is actually a plus, because it means that neither archtype dominates the other. I'm not quite ready to give dragons sorcs in my campaign domain spells, because I'd rather play the PHB the way it's written first--but if I were going to allow Favored Souls as written, I would definitely give domain spells to dragon sorcs and wild mages as well. I [I]really [/I]like the idea of rolling wild mages' domain spells randomly, BTW. [/QUOTE]
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