Feat Idea Adjust Casting

[las]

here it is.

Adjust Casting [General]
You have learned ways to cast you spells in ways most people have trouble to identify.

Prerequisite: 5 ranks in Knowledge (arcana).

Benefit: Any spell that you cast has the DC +4 for another person to identify.

Special: A character may gain this feat multiple times. Its effects stack thus if it where taken two times the bonus will be +8 insted of +4.

What do you think of it any ideas on how to make it better.

 

[Crothian]

Benefit: Add +2 to the DC of any Spellcraft check made to identify a spell you cast.

Is it really hard to identify spells that you, yourself, cast?

I think you miss typed that. I think you should just make this a synergy bonus for knowledge arcana to spellcraft.

 

[Emongnome]

Excellent idea!

It's similar, though broader, to the disguise spell in S&S, and that one takes up a spell slot one level higher. I think it's fine, balance wise, though I would mention in the description that it only grants the bonus on DC against Spellcraft checks of opponents while being observed, as opposed to Spellcraft checks on existing spells. At least, that's the way I read it.

[Edit: clarification]

 

[las]

Know its spost to make your spells harder to identify. Can you help me reword it so it sounds the way it should.

 

[Crothian]

Know its spost to make your spells harder to identify. Can you help me reword it so it sounds the way it should.

Okay, I'd change it to read : "Any spell that you cast has the DC +2 for another person to identify."

 

[las]

thanks ill change it in a bit.

 

[Xarlen]

Actually, I think this should be Spellcraft, because that's the skill that helps you identify, and thus knowing how to identify that, you make it even harder so.

Think of it like Spellcraft, you recognize hand gestures. Arcane KNowledge is spell Theory.

Personally, I don't see this being taken much, since most people don't do the whole Counterspell thing.

 

[Jeph]

I think that the DC should be increased by 4, instead of 2.

Feats and stuff that add a bonus to an entire skill usually add +2 (skill focus). Those that add to a single use for the skill (Check out some of the Dragonstar piloting feats) add +4. Esentially, you will be countering a single use for the skill, not the entire skill in and of it's self. Therefore, the bonus to the DC should be +4.

But hey that's just me.

 

[the Jester]

I'm with Jeph. I'd make it an increase of +4 to the DC to identify the spell. It's underpowered at present, imo.

 

[las]

Done.