Domain addition suggestions

Started by Nihm, October 28, 2008, 11:43:20 PM

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Nihm

Talos should get air, was covered.
 
Shar should get Earth (portfolio is underdark and dungeons) and Trickery (portfolio includes emotions and events HIDDEN from others, and don't tell me only Cyric can have trickery because Akadi, Sharess and whoever else have it too)

ScottyB

Talos should get Air because he currently doesn't have anything resembling "Storms" and Air could fit the bill.

Shar should not get Earth. If she doesn't already have Caverns, then that's probably a mistake. We have Caverns, Shar canonically has Caverns. She doesn't have Earth and we don't need to use Earth to make up for Caverns. Her other domains are Darkness, Evil and Knowledge. She doesn't need Trickery and shouldn't have it anyways. While her followers are often deceptive, her ultimate goal is not to deceive the universe but to swallow it up.

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Shar

9lives

Shar supplies the Cavern and Earth domains through her guise as Ibrandul.

If she supplied them as herself, the jig would be up.

How to Disappear

As stated in the last thread for domains:

Weather (Talos, Auril, Umberlee)  - the d20 SRD mentions some saving throws against weather effects, but that's not really much use here-

I'd suggest Gust of Wind, Call Lightning an elemental protection spell knocked to a lower tier, and possibily Ice Storm as a 5th circle spell

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Moon domain (Malar, Selune, Sehanine Moonbow, Eilistrae), I have some nifty ideas. Either the ability to turn lycanthropes, or a boosted attack/damage against them.

A bonus spell they could get is Bless Weapon, to reflect the moonblade spell - it could be 3rd circle

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Unfortunately, I'm out of ideas for spells. But I'm sure others would have some.

chezcaliente

This is my selection based on those deities that don't really have the right domains available that really give them their flavour. Eg. Suffering for Talona/Jergal, Moon for Selune et al, Retribution for Hoar/Sheverash, Planning for Helm/Red Knight/Siamorphe, and Charm for Sune/Sharess/Llirra et al.

I know free feats are a lazy way of implementing domain powers... but its just so much easier than scripting!

Instead of giving Talos Air, I suggest just creating Storm!

Storm
Aerdrie, Anhur, Auril, Isis, Istishia, Talos, Umberlee
Feat: Resist Energy (electricity), or script a temporary elemental resistance if a flat 5/- is too overpowered for EfU:A (although it is canon!).

2 Gust of Wind
3 Call Lightning
5 Ice Storm

Renewal (maybe call it Restoration as I don't think Renewal is in the .tlk)
Angharradh, Chauntea, Finder, Kossuth, Lathander, Shiallia, Silvanus

Hard to decide here, but the spells are basically Lesser Restoration, Remove Disease, Greater Restoration etc. Or you could do something crazy like give Monstrous Restoration or Raise Dead at level 4 instead of 5 (to replace the Druid spell "Reincarnate").

Suffering
Ilmater, Jergal, Kossuth, Loviatar, Talona, Yurtrus

Maybe Feat: Called Shot or something simple like that could be suitable.
Some variation on:
3 Infestation of Maggots, or Poison
4 Enervation
5 Feeblemind

Trade
Abbathor, Nepthys, Shaundakul, Vergadain, Waukeen

Maybe Feat: Skill Focus Appraise, or Silver Palm
1 Charm person
2 Identify
... unsure of others that would be suitable. Aura of Glory?

Moon
Eilistraee, Hathor, Malar, Sehanine Moonbow, Selune, Sharindlar
Power: Definitely turn/command lycanthropes

1 Sleep ?
3 Bless Weapon

Retribution
Hoar, Horus-Re, Kiaransalee, Loviatar, Osiris, Shevarash, Tyr, Uthgar

Perhaps similar targeted power to the Hatred domain already implemented

2 Bestow Curse
4 Elemental Shield

Planning (
Gond, Helm, Ilneval, Red Knight, Siamorphe, Ubtao

PnP receives free Extend Spell feat

3 Clairaudience/Clairvoyance
5 Interposing hand or Lesser Mind blank

Charm
Eilistraee, Finder, Gargauth, Hanali, Lliira, Milil, Oghma, Sharess, Sharindlar, Sheela, Sune

1 Charm Person
2 Aura of Glory ?
4 Confusion
5 Charm Monster

Snoteye


Denko

What about race domains? Any special reasons why the FR guys made domains for some races and not others?

ScottyB

You have elf, dwarf, gnome, halfling, orc, drow, reptile... the half-breeds (elf and orc) don't have deities! Humans have a major and minor pantheon all for them.

I think Snoteye is worrying too much; 2DAs and the tlk table are my concern. Chez seems very aware of the limitations, since he mentioned it in his thread. Storm, Trade, Moon and Charm are definitely in the table. The others suggested should have suitable replacements available.

Using existing feats is also very clever, something we did for the Luck domain, so we know it'll work. :)

Snoteye

I can tell you just can't wait to get started on this. Well, I sure won't stand in your way! >.>

derfo

you're just can't wait

Snoteye

derflaro fails at grammophone.

Denko

Quote from: ScottyB;95080You have elf, dwarf, gnome, halfling, orc, drow, reptile... the half-breeds (elf and orc) don't have deities! Humans have a major and minor pantheon all for them.
I know, I was talking about the non-playable races, for example there is no goblin domain.

I'm not suggesting to invent domains for every app race tough. :O

Nihm

I still think Sharrans need more domains.  Shar has a very long list of domains yet her cleric PCs get the least to choose from of almost any, and they're really weak ones.
 
IIRC, they're Cavern, DArkness, Knowledge and Evil.  Sharrans should at least get Hatred or one other one.
 
Maybe a domain called Vengeance, which has maybe :
 
Deatharmor (1)
Wounding Whispers (3)
Terror (4)
War Cry (5)

lovethesuit

Well I don't think Terror is a spell, and Vengeance is not a domain.

Karis

An extended/improved Death Armor 1/day might work nicely for Retribution, along the same lines as the improved Sanctuary for the Protection domain.