Help - Dropping/reworking the Healing domain [Calling Nifft]

[Angel Tarragon]

Okay, in my homebrew I give clerics and other classes with access to healing spells the ability to heal as an inborn class feature instead of coming from a deity. I'm considering dropping the domain, but am not sure if this will unblaance the game anyway.

If I don't drop it, I'd like to replace the Cure Wounds spells in the domain with other spells. Please consider I don't have access to the SC but do have CD and BoED. Suggestions?

 

[Nifft]

1/ Remove Fear
2/ Lesser Restoration
3/ Remove Disease
4/ Neutralize Poison
5/ Raise Dead
6/ Heal (or Hero's Feast)
7/ Greater Restoration
8/ Mass Heal (early access)
9/ True Resurrection

Cheers, -- N

 

[SteelDraco]

Nifft's spell selections are good, though I'd go with Heal over Hero's Feast for the 6th level slot.

My solution to the uselessness of the Healing domain was to change the granted power. Instead of just giving +1 to the caster level of all healing spells, it increases your die type by one for all healing spells, so the Cure X Wounds spells heal d10s, instead of d8s, if you select the Healing domain. Makes it a much more tempting domain for a cleric who wants to focus on healing people.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

My solution to the uselessness of the Healing domain was to change the granted power. Instead of just giving +1 to the caster level of all healing spells, it increases your die type by one for all healing spells, so the Cure X Wounds spells heal d10s, instead of d8s, if you select the Healing domain. Makes it a much more tempting domain for a cleric who wants to focus on healing people.

Well, like I stated earlier, Clerics gain the ability to heal through their class, not their divine connection. As such, their healing works much the same way as a Paladin's does, being able to heal a set amount of hp per day, though becoming more effective of this at higher levels.

That pretty much nixes the PHB domain power and makes the one you suggested useless. Anway, thanks for the feedback.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Nifft, I've been using the spells in your prior post for my reworked Healing domain. However, I recently acquired the Spell Compendium and was wondering how you'd rework this domain to possibly include spells from it.

 

[Nifft]

Panacea would make it in, that's for sure. Much better as a 4th level spell than just neutralize poison.

At 3rd level, mass lesser vigor looks better than remove disease.

At 5th level, I'd take revivify over raise dead.

Otherwise, IMHO the list is still pretty good.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Thanks for the input Nifft, I'll definetely updating the domain.

 

[Nifft]

What did you end up doing for the healing class ability / healing domain ability?

I rather like Lay On Hands, and it's easy enough to boost via a Domain ability -- just say that you count as two levels higher or something like that.

Cheers, -- N