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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 1262594" data-attributes="member: 1465">Hi Kahuna. What about something along the following lines?1) you get rid of domain spells altogether as you say, so clerics lose 9 spells/day (not spell-like! those are better) of level 1-9 which are gained every odd level2) you give a domain 5 steps of benefits, each of which may give a new ability and/or improve the previous (rather than having an automatic improve with levels)3) at level 1 and every even level afterwards, a cleric either select the next step in a domain or otherwise takes the first step in a new domain (obviously they must be all her deity's domains)In the span of 20 levels a cleric would get 11 steps and can eventually "complete" advancement in 2 domains. You could instead make more steps per domain if you find enough ideas. The first step can be the same as the original domain power: this may make players choose as many domains as possible, but since many of these powers would not improve unless further steps are taken, it probably won't be too powerful.Let me try some unbalanced possibilities...ANIMALstep 1: You can use speak with animals once per day as a spell-like ability. Add Knowledge (nature) to your list of cleric class skillsstep 2: You gain Wild Empathy as a Druid/Ranger of your level, add Summon Nature's Ally I-III to your spell liststep 3: You can use Dominate Animal once per day as a spell-like ability, , you can use Speak with Animals 3/daystep 4: You can use Wild Shape 1/day, add Summon Nature's Ally IV-VI to your spell liststep 5: , you can use Speak with Animals at will, add Summon Nature's Ally VII-IX to your spell listHEALINGstep 1: You cast healing spells at +1 caster level.step 2: You cast spontaneously Cure Wounds spells (if you didn't before), you brew healing potions at half gp price, you gain a +4 inherent bonus to Heal checksstep 3: You cast spontaneously Heal, you cast healing spells at +2 caster levelstep 4: Once per day you can cast a healing spell as with Reach Spell without increasing the spell levelstep 5: You cast spontaneously any healing spell, you cast healing spells at +3 caster levelKNOWLEDGEstep 1: Add all Knowledge skills to your list of cleric class skills. You cast divination spells at +1 caster level.step 2: You can use any Knowledge skill untrained, add any 2 divinations to your spell list from the Wizard/Sorcerer liststep 3: You can cast spontaneously Detect Magic, add any 2 divinations to your spell list from the Wizard/Sorcerer liststep 4: You don't need concentration to mantain a Detect spell, add any 2 divinations to your spell list from the Wizard/Sorcerer liststep 5: Once per day you may reroll a failed Knowledge check, add any 2 divinations to your spell list from the Wizard/Sorcerer listJust thoughts... this way enables high customization, but it is more difficult to choose adequate powers because you could reach step 5 at level 8, therefore you can't grant high-level spell-like abilities. Another option is to let the cleric choose a first domain at level 1 and then it improves automatically at level 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 while the second domain improves automatically at level 2, 6, 10, 14, 18.</blockquote>

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