Sword of Truth Mord-sith?
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I've also wondered what a conversion would look like. The powers described seem to be incredibly high powered- I would imagine that they should be epic prestige classes. Except that in Terry Goodkind's world they seem to skip directly from low-level to epic without going through anything in between.
The Confessor's ability might be compared to an unbreakable Dominate Person, though without the telepathic control. I think it is even stronger, though- I would say that it completely destroys the personality of the victim (unless they are truly, selflessly in love with the Confessor), but in a way that leaves the memories, base attacks and hit points. The victim then becomes completely, utterly devoted to the confessor.
To model a Mord-Sith we need more adequate rules on torture and breaking people's spirits. Maybe hold off on this until after the BoVD comes out.
Then there are the Dream-walkers....
The Confessor's ability might be compared to an unbreakable Dominate Person, though without the telepathic control. I think it is even stronger, though- I would say that it completely destroys the personality of the victim (unless they are truly, selflessly in love with the Confessor), but in a way that leaves the memories, base attacks and hit points. The victim then becomes completely, utterly devoted to the confessor.
To model a Mord-Sith we need more adequate rules on torture and breaking people's spirits. Maybe hold off on this until after the BoVD comes out.
Then there are the Dream-walkers....
Actually, I thought it was very easy to model a Confessor.
They simply have the "Thrall" ability of the Mindbender (from Tome & Blood) with one reduction in power: It doesn't affect someone that truly loves them. It has two advantages, though: you can have as many thralls at one time as you like and the effect cannot be broken in any way.
I would also allow the Thrall to make a will save for any action on behalf of the Confessor if he has been polymorphed into another form -- the man who had been changed into a wolf felt the compulsion a bit less strongly than other thralls.
Really, the Confessor *IS* a mindbender. It works pretty well.
They simply have the "Thrall" ability of the Mindbender (from Tome & Blood) with one reduction in power: It doesn't affect someone that truly loves them. It has two advantages, though: you can have as many thralls at one time as you like and the effect cannot be broken in any way.
I would also allow the Thrall to make a will save for any action on behalf of the Confessor if he has been polymorphed into another form -- the man who had been changed into a wolf felt the compulsion a bit less strongly than other thralls.
Really, the Confessor *IS* a mindbender. It works pretty well.
Lucien Black
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Mord Sith
I found this conversion at random at some point. I haven't looked it over very closely, but it might be a place to start.
http://www.rpghoard.com/user/Mord-Sith.pdf
Oh, and I would disagree with Mord Sith being a prestige class. They're specifically trained from a very young age.
As for the confessor power: range of touch, total Thrall/Charm, but without saving throws to avoid doing something suicidal or against alignment (hell, the vicitim doesn't even have an alignment anymore I would say--he/she is too devoted to the Confessor to think about morals). At least, that's what I would do.
Lucien Black
I found this conversion at random at some point. I haven't looked it over very closely, but it might be a place to start.
http://www.rpghoard.com/user/Mord-Sith.pdf
Oh, and I would disagree with Mord Sith being a prestige class. They're specifically trained from a very young age.
As for the confessor power: range of touch, total Thrall/Charm, but without saving throws to avoid doing something suicidal or against alignment (hell, the vicitim doesn't even have an alignment anymore I would say--he/she is too devoted to the Confessor to think about morals). At least, that's what I would do.
Lucien Black
