It's time for true elementalism

[Magus Coeruleus]

If you want to go absolutely nutso with elementalism, check out the OD&D Master's and Immortal's boxed sets (the latter being the gold boxed set, not the Wrath of the Immortals one). In OD&D, the multiverse is governed by the balance between the five Spheres, each of which corresponds to an element...

Energy (fire)
Matter (earth)
Time (water)
Thought (air)
Entropy (not really an element; instead it's death)

Immortals in OD&D each are associated with one of the 5 spheres, and when they cast spells, it costs them Power Points. Every single spell in OD&D is associated with one of the first four spheres (i.e. none are assigned to Entropy), and thus associated with an element, even if indirectly. Each spell has a cost in Power Points to cast, but a multiplier applies for spells not of your associated sphere (the cost is x2, x4, and x8, depending on how far the Sphere is from your own).

I bring all of this up because if you really want to infuse your campaign with Elementalism, you might consider associating ALL magic with one of the four elements, not just the ones that literally and directly deal with the element. For instance, OD&D puts cure spells in the Matter(earth) sphere.

Just something to think about.

 

[Brekki]

Brekki: About the elemental archon class - the 8 rank Knowledge (nature) prereq is kind of screwy, seeing as how it's not a cleric class skill. I advocate changing it to 8 ranks Knowledge (the Planes) in 3.5, since it is now a cleric class skill and Knowledge (the Planes) is the skill you now use to identify elementals. How did you qualify?

I took the "education" feat ... were playing in the FR setting.

But the maker of the prc said on sean's boards (http://pub17.ezboard.com/bseankreynoldsboards) that he assumed at the time that knowledge (nature) was a class skill for clerics. He adviced to drop the prereq to 4 ranks or change it to knowledge (religion) 8.

 

[Brekki]

Found the correct topic:

http://pub17.ezboard.com/fseankreynoldsboardsfrm7.showMessage?topicID=8.topic

 

[Urbannen]

I feel that 8 ranks of Knowledge (the Planes) is more appropriate for 3.5.

1. Clerics receive Knowledge (the Planes) as a class skill.
2. Knowledge of the Elemental Planes is covered under Knowledge (the Planes), not Knowledge (religion) or Knowledge (nature).
3. 3.5 explicitly says that Knowledge (the Planes) is used for identifying elementals.
4. Knowledge (nature) and Knowledge (religion) have nothing to do with elementalism, while Knowledge (the Planes) does.
5. Although Erik (Mona?) designed a cute class, he seems ignorant of some aspects of the official rules set. (Was the Elemental Archon playtested at all?)

 

[genshou]

Genshou: Look forward to your story hour.

I have officially demanded that we start, so I'll put the story hour thread up once the first scene is done. Expect it to be somewhat slow as story hours go, as this is a PbP online game.

Thanks for the interest.

 

[Lela]

Edited due to a conflict of interests.

 

[genshou]

Edited due to a conflict of interests.

OOH NOOO! I'VE BEEN FOUND BY ONE OF MY PLAYERS! RUUUUNNN AWAAAAYYYYYY!

[like a scared wild mage]

 

[Lela]

OOH NOOO! I'VE BEEN FOUND BY ONE OF MY PLAYERS! RUUUUNNN AWAAAAYYYYYY!

[like a scared wild mage]

A scared little Wild Mage who's been robed. It's an image even my mother has laughed at (I'm not kidding, she nearly fell over).

 

[genshou]

A scared little Wild Mage who's been robed. It's an image even my mother has laughed at (I'm not kidding, she nearly fell over).

At least I was smart enough to have Kalarn wearing pants... if not, that could have ended horribly. But why did your original post say "Edited for conflict of interests" or whatever, anyway? I'm failing to see...

 

[Lela]

You'll never know.