Truenamer variant with very different mechanics

[thehivemind5]

When reading about the Truenamer on various forums (I don't actually own the book), the flavor seemed to contradict what I always thought of as someone able to wield the truespeech that describes creation. My original idea was to create a caster with some small combat powers with a very powerful, unfailing truespeech ability once per day, centered around a particular truespeech word that the character knows (potential words, similar to the concept of spell schools, would be Destroy, Create, and Change) The character only gets to choose one of these words and uses the power a very, very few number of times per day, but that effect, always allows no save and is particularly potent. My attempts to produce an effective class like this have so far proved wildly unbalanced (I'm pretty new, so maybe that’s the problem). Anyone have any ideas for a one power per day class that is neither over nor underpowered?

Thanks in advance

 

[Land Outcast]

One power per day... that reminds me of potions... and how anyone who can afford it prefers a wand of CLW in lieu of a potion of CSW

 

[Tequila Sunrise]

Your idea as-is will always be unbalanced one way or the other. While giving Truenamers the ability to cast 'spells' that allow no saves/SR makes them doomsday weapons...for one fight. After they use their per/day powers, they become useless. Every class has to have a balance of unduring potency (enough per/day) and random outcomes (saves) in order to be balanced. It may not seem realistic to you, but games never truly are. (A wizard gets instant, localized amnesia after running thru a formula of eldritch gestures and words that makes it impossible for him to repeat the process again that day?! C'mon, it doesn't get any more bogus than that!)

 

[thehivemind5]

Blech. I was beginning to see it that way myself, unfortunately. I was hoping someone brilliant out there could provide a solution, but looking at it that way, yeah, both of you are right....hmmmm

I don’t know to what extent Truenamers have been discussed on these boards, so I have two further questions (though if someone can come up with a miraculous solution to my first problem, I’d be overjoyed )

1. Does anyone else have any flavor suggestions to build a new truenamer off of? The whole thing with CRs and importance to the universe just doesn’t jibe with me, and I was hoping to possibly include something in a new campaign setting that my friends and I are piecing together (tips for newbie DMs would also be appreciated--None of my friends are willing to take the job )

2. If someone could point me in the direction of the search function for these boards...

 

[Land Outcast]

Etiquette! sorry: Be Welcome to EN World!!!!!...

Sorry to be the one to inform you but: the search function and private messaging are only for community supporters .

BUT: you can always search in google by:

site:www.enworld.com "Whatever you are searching for"