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<blockquote data-quote="Pedestrian" data-source="post: 3954395" data-attributes="member: 40208">Xerxes, one of the characters in my ongoing Red Hand of Doom game, is a Binder, presently at tenth level. He's focused on being very good at Binding, and a few little bits here and there. The player's intention was to excel in a &quot;jack-of-all-trades&quot; angle.In play, I've found the Binder to be effective and versatile. The player is not comfortable devising his own vestiges, so plays the Binder completely out of the box. As the game has progressed, he's drifted towards a battlefield controller role. For example, he combined Tenebrous and Otiax (I think. The Gateway Vestige, with wind-blasts) to great effect. Blink in, create Darkness, slam enemies with attacks.I have changed up a few abilities. Turn Undead (granted by tenebrous, for Xerxes) deals positive energy damage to Undead, instead of turning them. Balam's gaze can be focused, doing half-Binder-level/d8 in damage, but then turns it off for four rounds. Makes it a bit more active, and interesting.I'm gaming tomorrow, I'll see if I can coax the player to come here and comment on the Binder.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pedestrian, post: 3954395, member: 40208"] Xerxes, one of the characters in my ongoing Red Hand of Doom game, is a Binder, presently at tenth level. He's focused on being very good at Binding, and a few little bits here and there. The player's intention was to excel in a "jack-of-all-trades" angle. In play, I've found the Binder to be effective and versatile. The player is not comfortable devising his own vestiges, so plays the Binder completely out of the box. As the game has progressed, he's drifted towards a battlefield controller role. For example, he combined Tenebrous and Otiax (I think. The Gateway Vestige, with wind-blasts) to great effect. Blink in, create Darkness, slam enemies with attacks. I have changed up a few abilities. Turn Undead (granted by tenebrous, for Xerxes) deals positive energy damage to Undead, instead of turning them. Balam's gaze can be focused, doing half-Binder-level/d8 in damage, but then turns it off for four rounds. Makes it a bit more active, and interesting. I'm gaming tomorrow, I'll see if I can coax the player to come here and comment on the Binder. [/QUOTE]

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