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<blockquote data-quote="Libri" data-source="post: 4969615" data-attributes="member: 24473"><p>Wow Wulf, you guys are fast <grin>. I should have "delurked" a long time ago. Basically, the variant spontaneous domain variant made the domains of the deity a stronger differentiator than 3.5 RAW. The only clerics who got to sponteously switch healing spells for their chosen spells were the ones who chose a deity with a healing domain and chose healing as one of their two domains. A cleric with the War domain for example, could choose to cast <em>Magic Weapon</em> instead of <em>Cure Light Wounds</em> insplace of an unused readied 1st level spell. They would lose the ability to switch in heal spells unless they had also taken the Healing domain. As a sop to player concern about loss of spontaneous healing, they could take cure spells in their domain spell slots, which is what led me to notice that in Trailblazer those slots were gone.</p><p></p><p><snipped a long and ultimately irrelevant section on houseruling this variant into Trailblazer></p><p></p><p>You know Wulf, in trying to enunciate how such a variant would work in Trailblazer, I just realized that you are absolutely right....the readied spell/spell slot mechanic really makes this variant irrelevant. It ultimately doesn't matter whether the readied spell comes from a domain, spontaneous casting(1), or a chosen spell....the player casts it the same. I'm simultaneously impressed at the elegance of Trailblazer's design, and saddened at the loss of a cherished houserule....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Libri, post: 4969615, member: 24473"] Wow Wulf, you guys are fast <grin>. I should have "delurked" a long time ago. Basically, the variant spontaneous domain variant made the domains of the deity a stronger differentiator than 3.5 RAW. The only clerics who got to sponteously switch healing spells for their chosen spells were the ones who chose a deity with a healing domain and chose healing as one of their two domains. A cleric with the War domain for example, could choose to cast [I]Magic Weapon[/I] instead of [I]Cure Light Wounds[/I] insplace of an unused readied 1st level spell. They would lose the ability to switch in heal spells unless they had also taken the Healing domain. As a sop to player concern about loss of spontaneous healing, they could take cure spells in their domain spell slots, which is what led me to notice that in Trailblazer those slots were gone. <snipped a long and ultimately irrelevant section on houseruling this variant into Trailblazer> You know Wulf, in trying to enunciate how such a variant would work in Trailblazer, I just realized that you are absolutely right....the readied spell/spell slot mechanic really makes this variant irrelevant. It ultimately doesn't matter whether the readied spell comes from a domain, spontaneous casting(1), or a chosen spell....the player casts it the same. I'm simultaneously impressed at the elegance of Trailblazer's design, and saddened at the loss of a cherished houserule.... [/QUOTE]
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