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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hawk Diesel" data-source="post: 7510154" data-attributes="member: 59848">Thanks [MENTION=83242]dave2008[/MENTION]!So with doomsense I can see where you and others have reservations about divination spells dealing damage. But the way I like to see it is since the caster is really using magic to enhance the outcome of a damaging attack (like nudging a person to step on the one slick spot on the ground and slip into the fighter's sword). As such, it seems appropriate to me. Also, I don't want it to be too similar to combat clarity (which is also a 3rd level spell).As for the damage type, I can certainly see the association between a diviner and... well... the divine (celestial, gods, all that). But personally, I see it somewhat differently. Damage done by a divination spell is not direct damage, but rather an escalation of damage from some other source. The way I envision the Sword of Damocles is not a literal sword appears and falls, dealing damage. But rather the target doesn't notice the rusted nail protruding from the shoddily made door, causing him to walk into it, painfully flinching from the injury, then having his hand land in the nearby pot of boiling water as he tries to catch himself, and finally to slip on the water that he spilled when pulling his hand out.To me, this is the damage of circumstance and fate, rather than the divine. And so, it would also be the most difficult to mitigate through resistance or immunity. Thus, for me, force damage (also with it being invisible) makes the most sense.</blockquote>

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