Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Sammael99" data-source="post: 98719" data-attributes="member: 1157">I know a lot of DMs have put in place a system with restricted spell-lists for Clerics depending on their deity. I'm thinking of doing the same thing and I've hit a few problems :I like the idea for reasons of flavour (I don't see why a cleric of a peaceful god should be able to call upon the wrath of a Pillar of Fire, for example), and because I believe clerics to be one of the better all-round classes, so specialising them a bit more is OK in my book.The main issue is as follows : if I design the spelllists of a god of healing and protection for example, the spells are going to be very much restricted to, well, healing and protection. Then if I do the list of a god of war and destruction, if I was to maintain balance, he would have no healing spells. That would likely have a major effect on the campaign...Has anyone tried this ? If yes, how have they solved the issue ?A secondary point was proposed by one of my players who said : if you're going to restrict the spell-lists that harshly, then you should make the casting spontaneous. Spontaneous casting for divine spellcasters also makes sense in the &quot;miracle&quot; approach of divine spellcasting. I don't think that would unbalance things too much considering a lot of spells are taken out. My issue is then : what becomes of druids. If clerics cast spontaneously then druids should too, but I don't want to give them additional power, they're fine as it is...Can those of you who have tried this comment ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sammael99, post: 98719, member: 1157"] I know a lot of DMs have put in place a system with restricted spell-lists for Clerics depending on their deity. I'm thinking of doing the same thing and I've hit a few problems : I like the idea for reasons of flavour (I don't see why a cleric of a peaceful god should be able to call upon the wrath of a Pillar of Fire, for example), and because I believe clerics to be one of the better all-round classes, so specialising them a bit more is OK in my book. The main issue is as follows : if I design the spelllists of a god of healing and protection for example, the spells are going to be very much restricted to, well, healing and protection. Then if I do the list of a god of war and destruction, if I was to maintain balance, he would have no healing spells. That would likely have a major effect on the campaign... Has anyone tried this ? If yes, how have they solved the issue ? A secondary point was proposed by one of my players who said : if you're going to restrict the spell-lists that harshly, then you should make the casting spontaneous. Spontaneous casting for divine spellcasters also makes sense in the "miracle" approach of divine spellcasting. I don't think that would unbalance things too much considering a lot of spells are taken out. My issue is then : what becomes of druids. If clerics cast spontaneously then druids should too, but I don't want to give them additional power, they're fine as it is... Can those of you who have tried this comment ? [/QUOTE]

Verification