Malvoisin's War of the Burning Sky PbP

[stonegod]

Coldan has been updated with the Bearer of the Coal Tongue feat from the Military affiliation; he swapped out Shield Ward for Leadership Performance and swapped his two ranks of Handle Animal for Diplomacy. Though it is cross class, it makes sense for him to have a some training in it.

 

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Mal: Any good hints came your way on how we could mesh together a little bit more? With our independent streaks running rampant in our histories, I think all we need is a little nudge and we could fill in the blanks.

I was also thinking of dipping into Barb for 1-2 levels max to add in some of his not so repressed rage finally coming to the surface, but wanted to see what you guys thought of the slight weakening it would bring to the group. If we get a CLW, the loss won't be nearly as obvious, as he won't be doing much turning of undead anyway..

 

[Rystil Arden]

Mal: Any good hints came your way on how we could mesh together a little bit more? With our independent streaks running rampant in our histories, I think all we need is a little nudge and we could fill in the blanks.

I was also thinking of dipping into Barb for 1-2 levels max to add in some of his not so repressed rage finally coming to the surface, but wanted to see what you guys thought of the slight weakening it would bring to the group. If we get a CLW, the loss won't be nearly as obvious, as he won't be doing much turning of undead anyway..

It's actually a massively large weakening--if he goes into Rage, he can't heal, buff, or use wands Plus he gets all the new spells substantially later for little mechanical (losing two casting levels more than balances the Eldritch Knight PrC, for instance). In one of my LEW games, they have a half-orc Barbarian/Cleric named Scun, and his lack of new spells was a big deal for them.

That said, you should do what you think works for the character--it isn't all about mechanics. It's just a bit scary since we don't have even a secondary healer, especially if this is going to be as hard as the Dungeon APs. Then again, maybe WotBS will be much easier than the APs, so who knows?

 

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I guess this is another case of choosing best for party over best for char concept. With his domain of Strength, I just saw it as a natural thing to work in IC, especially as he isn't going to be thinking of healing until the battle is over anyway and he is far more of an offensive minded char than defensive.

Ah well...

 

[Rystil Arden]

I guess this is another case of choosing best for party over best for char concept. With his domain of Strength, I just saw it as a natural thing to work in IC, especially as he isn't going to be thinking of healing until the battle is over anyway and he is far more of an offensive minded char than defensive.

Ah well...

No healing in battle? Oh dear.

Should I have Phaedra take Use Magic Device and try to be the combat healer then?

I've seen my share of warpriest Clerics before, and they are devastatingly powerful with all their self-buffs, but their teammates tend to have less-than-stellar survival rates unless there's another Cleric around.

 

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I don't doubt that in time he will develop into a tactical healer, but when we begin, he will be kill first and heal those who were strong enough to survive. Although he is not dumb, he has survived more on instinct and following the will of a senior priest until now, just to let you all know where he is coming from.

 

[Rystil Arden]

I don't doubt that in time he will develop into a tactical healer, but when we begin, he will be kill first and heal those who were strong enough to survive. Although he is not dumb, he has survived more on instinct and following the will of a senior priest until now, just to let you all know where he is coming from.

Ah, cool. That sounds like an interesting progression. I'm quite relieved.

I guess I just get afraid when I hear "won't be healing in combat" because I know people in RL and from online stories who have indeed played clerics who refuse to heal in combat no matter what and go grandstanding alone (with no intent to have the character ever change from this)--leading to stories like "Booyah! Did you guys see that? I totally soloed the BBEG with Righteous Might and Divine Power." "That's great Jared. But while you were doing that, two of the other characters died because nobody would heal them."

I think all of our characters will have an interesting time learning how to become team players rather than solo artists. Should be lots of fun

 

[stonegod]

I think all of our characters will have an interesting time learning how to become team players rather than solo artists. Should be lots of fun

And the one team player who is trained to get people to work together has the most incompatible alignment of the group!

 

[Rystil Arden]

And the one team player who is trained to get people to work together has the most incompatible alignment of the group!

Yep --he's going to have to be pretty darned silver-tongued to get Fae to listen--they're one step away from being polar opposites in alignment

 

[Shayuri]

Hee. Just sayin' again...give me a wand of CLW,and I can do some healin' starting level 2.

And while Aridha starts out being soloish, she's a natural for "wolfpack" tactics. Muah!