tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post5243062392008025628..comments2024-03-27T23:28:19.341-07:00Comments on Telecanter's Receding Rules: The Story of Cleric SpellsTelecanterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-56633916797826001132010-05-17T06:57:35.193-07:002010-05-17T06:57:35.193-07:00Haha, if it alliterates I have to do it!
I don...Haha, if it alliterates I have to do it!<br /><br />I don't have any 4e books. I imagine I'll get them when 5e comes out and you can get them in the bargain bin. But the system as far as spells go is very different; most classes have the ability to "mark" opponents which seems very spell like to me (the marked opponent gets a penalty if they attack anyone but you) and yet all combat spells require a roll to hit (even area of affect spells) which seems very bow like to me.<br /><br />Eighty percent of the time we're playing 4e I feel like an inept bowman. But I'm probably doing it wrong.<br /><br />As a fan of mages I've always loved more spells, yet even I see a lot of spells added over time as superfluous-- could be handled with cantrips or general rulings.<br /><br />I think the number of spells that would balance interesting variety with providing game mechanics crucial to old school gameplay would be somewhere between the number in oe and 1e.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-28988548116818643782010-05-16T23:30:02.607-07:002010-05-16T23:30:02.607-07:00Telecanter, you are nothing if not a tenacious tax...Telecanter, you are nothing if not a tenacious taxonomist!<br /><br />I was waiting to hear back from a friend before commenting here, re: 4e 1st level cleric spells, never having played it myself. I might have guessed that it was a little more complicated, but there are apparently 14 "powers" (available during combat spells) and 8 rituals, totaling 22 spells. Compare that to 3e and make what you will of it I guess.<br /><br />Perhaps the code bloat has been checked a bit after all.ze bulettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603716850479808633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-26335305052134713032010-05-16T07:30:13.781-07:002010-05-16T07:30:13.781-07:00Thanks!Thanks!Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446461178381374626.post-18828313584380140432010-05-15T08:34:24.160-07:002010-05-15T08:34:24.160-07:00Great table- very interesting...Great table- very interesting...Bob Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073807225519106277noreply@blogger.com