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Would You Take this Ability? (Now with a Poll!)

Thread starter Kelleris
Start date Apr 21, 2005

So, What's the Verdict?

Nothing needs to be changed; the ability is powerful and useful as-is.
Votes: 16 30.8%
Add a low XP cost to drop the immunity for a few rounds - 50 XP/character level.
Votes: 3 5.8%
Add a high XP cost to drop the immunity for a few rounds - 200 XP/character level.
Votes: 2 3.8%
Allow the character to benefit normally from magical items.
Votes: 4 7.7%
Long concentration drops immunity - ten minutes of concentration/couple rounds' susceptibility.
Votes: 6 11.5%
A little bit of time drops immunity - full-round action for a few rounds' vulnerability.
Votes: 6 11.5%
Something else?
Votes: 15 28.8%

Kelleris

Explorer

Apr 23, 2005

Rystil Arden said:
OK, I think the wizard is much worse off, but even if you will agree its even, the wizard in question would need to take 3 epic feats to be able to cast the 12th-level spells he needs to do this. So at least don't make the technologist power even more potent

I think you're overplaying this "three epic feats" argument. A mage can actually gain the ability to generate either a permanent antimagic field or a permanent globe of invulnerability at will as a free action by taking a single epic feat, Permanent Emanation. That's almost certainly better than a similar ability that takes a fair amount of effort to drop, even for a Technologist. Taking Improved Spell Capacity three times also gives you several other benefits besides the ability to cast a persistent globe of invulnerability, of course.

Still, I get the feeling the consensus may be that SR is the way to go...