New Domains: Please RuleCheck and see if it's balanced

[Leopold]

moved please delete

 

[drnuncheon]

I'm confused. There seem to be several copies of each domain posted. Maybe if you edited it down to just the proper ones?

J

 

[Magus_Jerel]

I am not about to critique all the spells involved here - but I see some problems already.

1. You are considering giving the barbarian's rage to a cleric as a "domain power" ?? - No - just no.

2. The power of the darkenss domain to see in even magical darkness is unbalancing - outright. A much better and balanced power is the following.

You have darkvision at a range of 60 ft. If you have this ability at a range of less than 30 feet - it increases to 60 ft. If the character has darkvision at a range of greater that 60 ft - the range doubles. This stacks with the effects of the darkvision spell pg 190 PHB

 

[RogueJK]

You'll also probably have better luck in the House Rules forum. The same with your new class that you posted.

New creations are best left in the House Rules forum.

 

[Cedric]

Shadow Domain:
Granted Power: Darkvision, you may also see normally even in magical darkness

I agree with someone above that this is a bit overpowered, but my suggestion would be making them suffer from the same penalties associated with bright light that Dark Elves suffer...unless they want to take the daylight adaptation feat.

Celestial Domain
Granted Power : You have the ability to call upon the powers of heaven. Up to a # of times per day equal to your Charisma bonus you may cast Protection from Evil as a spell like power.

Since this is spell related, should be a WIS bonus, not charisma, imo.

Justice
Granted Power: You may cast detect lies 1/day.

Add, "and gain free access to the Skill Focus: Sense Motive feat."

Psionics:
Granted Power: You may also use psychic items.

This is more like a divine/psionic prestige class...shouldn't be a domain imo. Get rid of it.

Alternate Glamour
Granted Power: You receive a +4 domain bonus vs. Illusion spells and spell-effects.

Make this is a +2, and get rid of the first Glamour domain you listed, use the alternate. Also, casts Illusion spells at +1 caster level.

Fungi:
Granted Power : You receive a +4 domain bonus to all poison and disease saving throws.

Change this to give the caster immunity to all plant based poisons and toxins.

These are the things I see at a glance...

Cedric

 

[Leopold]

I'm confused. There seem to be several copies of each domain posted. Maybe if you edited it down to just the proper ones?

J

i edited it down for everyone to read. it was a bad post that posted it multiple times. faux pas on my part.

You'll also probably have better luck in the House Rules forum. The same with your new class that you posted.

even though these are new ideas that need to be debugged for a setting? Why would i post them there when i need rule clarification to see if it's right? Just want to make sure for future reference.

 

[RogueJK]

even though these are new ideas that need to be debugged for a setting? Why would i post them there when i need rule clarification to see if it's right? Just want to make sure for future reference.

The House Rules Forum is generally used for introducing and fine-tuning new ideas. You'll notice that all of the variant classes, new ways of handling multiclassing, new Prestige Classes, new spells, new domains, and things like those, are located in the House Rules forum. Generally, the moderators will even move something there if it is in the wrong forum.

The D&D Rules forum is, for the most part, for discussing, debating, and asking questions about rules that are already in place. It has also grown to be the setting for rules-related contests, min/maxing advice, and smackdowns.

Granted, there is some material that would fit in both forums. But the people who post in the House Rules forum are usually more experienced with debugging new ideas, like these.