Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Al" data-source="post: 493908" data-attributes="member: 2486">I love the flavour text.Unfortunately, the tendency is for these very cool, very powerful and very dark spells is to totally overdo it.&nbsp; Unfortunately, that has happened.Let me just boil down the mechanical effects of the 9th level version:If the target *makes* his save, he becomes Evil, and, depending on whether the secondary target makes the save or not, the secondary or primary target dies forever with no hope of restoration.This, quite frankly, is of exorbitant power.&nbsp; This ought be an Epic spell with a DC well into the 100s.&nbsp; This spell is guaranteed to kill either the primary or secondary target, with no save, no HP cap, nothing.&nbsp; Furthermore, the primary target is almost certainly forced to become Evil.Far too potent.The 7th level version, and, to a lesser extent, the 5th level version are also of extreme potency.&nbsp; As a combat spell alone, they are phenomenally potent.&nbsp; Add in their scope for torture and such like, and the power of the spells is way out of line.It's a shame, because these are well-thought-through and interesting spells.&nbsp; But for all the flavour, for all the interest and for all the RP potential, these spells fall at the first hurdle: BALANCE.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Al, post: 493908, member: 2486"] I love the flavour text. Unfortunately, the tendency is for these very cool, very powerful and very dark spells is to totally overdo it. Unfortunately, that has happened. Let me just boil down the mechanical effects of the 9th level version: If the target *makes* his save, he becomes Evil, and, depending on whether the secondary target makes the save or not, the secondary or primary target dies forever with no hope of restoration. This, quite frankly, is of exorbitant power. This ought be an Epic spell with a DC well into the 100s. This spell is guaranteed to kill either the primary or secondary target, with no save, no HP cap, nothing. Furthermore, the primary target is almost certainly forced to become Evil. Far too potent. The 7th level version, and, to a lesser extent, the 5th level version are also of extreme potency. As a combat spell alone, they are phenomenally potent. Add in their scope for torture and such like, and the power of the spells is way out of line. It's a shame, because these are well-thought-through and interesting spells. But for all the flavour, for all the interest and for all the RP potential, these spells fall at the first hurdle: BALANCE. [/QUOTE]

Verification