D&D 5E Spell, Item, or Feat?

[MonkeezOnFire]

I would have no concerns about tacking "Spells you cast treat immunity to the chosen type as resistance to the chosen type instead" onto the Elemental Adept feat for this character. As it stands it's already situational and I've never seen anyone take it.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I would have no concerns about tacking "Spells you cast treat immunity to the chosen type as resistance to the chosen type instead" onto the Elemental Adept feat for this character. As it stands it's already situational and I've never seen anyone take it.

That might be the way to go, but then again in game he is researching spell craft or enchantments to accomplish the second part. So, idk. I will review the feat again, though.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Would it be an option to do spell research? So instead of "flame bolt" you have "ice bolt"?

That or elemental adept (with perhaps an improved version).

For this particular character, changing the element would be pretty unsatisfying, unless it’s to radiant damage which is just “celestial fire” in a lot of ways.

So, what we may do is a feat or a meta-spell that allows him to turn all his fire damage into radiant.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

By meta-spell I mean a spell that effects other spells.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

So, Elemental Adapt is kinda weak. I’d at least make the damage thing “reroll 1s with fire damage”.

I think adding “and any creature that is immune to the chosen damage type instead has resistance” is a good add for the feat.

Now I just gonna talk it over with him and see which will be more fun and on point between that and “treat fire as radiant, and any radiant damage you deal benefits from any feature you have that affects fire damage”.

 

[Oofta]

For this particular character, changing the element would be pretty unsatisfying, unless it’s to radiant damage which is just “celestial fire” in a lot of ways.

So, what we may do is a feat or a meta-spell that allows him to turn all his fire damage into radiant.

Or a dragon mark? But yeah, changing to whatever element type makes sense would likely be the best option.

 

[Hawk Diesel]

They’re a kobold wizard, and because they’re a PC wizard in Eberron, potentially one of the greatest minds of the age.

We had thought of something connected to Syberis allowing him to turn fire into radiant.

Being a Kobold, he may have some inherent connection to the Draconic Prophecy that is guiding his research as well. Kobolds in Eberron tell stories of being related to the great dragons, so perhaps at least in this case it's true. Or perhaps even the last remaining scion of the couatls that banished the overlords into their prisons. Either through his connection to Syberis via his dragon ancestors, the silver flame through his couatl ancestor, or maybe both (they could all be related), it gives him the inherited knowledge or skill to turn fire into radiant damage.

That could be pretty cool. Especially if you leave clues that suggest one, and after a while of believing it, drop the hint that it might actually be the other, and then finally drop the bombshell that it's both!

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Or a dragon mark? But yeah, changing to whatever element type makes sense would likely be the best option.

I rather like the idea that true marks are helpful, and only aberrant marks are desctructive, but maybe a Mark of Light could work.

 

[Cap'n Kobold]

We had thought of something connected to Syberis allowing him to turn fire into radiant.

That fits. Or just converts it to pure arcane (Force) damage.

If you want fire immunity to retain some effect, you could create a feat that makes all fire spells like Flame Strike: Half of the dice of damage are Fire and half Radiant.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

That fits. Or just converts it to pure arcane (Force) damage.

If you want fire immunity to retain some effect, you could create a feat that makes all fire spells like Flame Strike: Half of the dice of damage are Fire and half Radiant.

The problem with force rather than radiant is that it fundementally feels like it is a different thing, whereas radiant can easily feel like he is still shooting fire at stuff.