Magic of Incarnum

[yipwyg]

I just read over the Previews of August and beyond article on the WOTC website.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/iw/20050805a

It basically describes what Incarnum is and some examples of what you can do with it. There is a couple of feats that use Incarnum to power them, Azure Turning, Cobalt Charge, etc...

I want to make sure I am reading this right. If you invest 3 points into Azure Turning, these points are locked in place for 24 hours. However, every time you make a turn attempt (up to your max turns per day) you gain the invested incarnum bonus damage.

Looking over this article, has made this product a must buy for me. In my opinion it sort of is like the Force in Star Wars.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I want to make sure I am reading this right. If you invest 3 points into Azure Turning, these points are locked in place for 24 hours. However, every time you make a turn attempt (up to your max turns per day) you gain the invested incarnum bonus damage.

Yes that's exactly what I'm reading it as. It means everytime you use that ability for the next 24 hours it does X(essentia)D8 damage when you turn undead.

Some of them could be powerful but, it requires having a lot of essentia in the first place, which probably means either a lot of incarnum feats or levels in an incarnum class. Since it seems most incarnum feats will just give one point of essentia.

Psycarnum Blade for example could be powerful, but you're probably better off with greater psionic strike (+4d6 on expended focus, which you can't use with this feat unless you can use two different abilities with expended focus), unless you have 5 or more points of essentia.

The Soultouched Spellcasting on the other hand can stack with spell penetration. But I don't see having a really high bonus to overcome spell resistance as being that powerful (but really desired though).

 

[Aaron L]

This looks beautiful. I always want more types of supernatural powers for my game world. Now to do some historical engineering when I get the book

 

[philreed]

Very cool. I think I know what I'm grabbing when it hits shelves.

 

[MerricB]

Does anyone else get the urge to say, "Use the Force, Luke?"

Cheers!

 

[Ashanderai]

This sounds something like what I had wished WotC had used to represent the supernatural powers of ki/chi/q'i. This is, officially, a must buy for me.

I don't suppose there is any chance of this being an early release at GenCon?