An Inquiry on Truenamers [Archive] - Wizards Community

An Inquiry on Truenamers [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
eis_helm
05-30-07, 12:20 AM So, my friend is in the process of creating a Truenamer from Tome of Magic. Everything was fine until we found the restriction "Law of Resistance" which gives you the +2 on Truespeak checks everytime you successfully use an utterance. Question: Does this significantly underpower the class at lower levels? Has anybody run into any major problems with this class? Feedback on the class as a whole, inclduing feedback on my questions, would be phenomenal. Thanks.
Jaxgaret
05-30-07, 12:39 AM Truenamers take a fair bit of optimization to be useful, particularly at higher levels. Pump that Truespeak score up as high as possible, or else they will have problems using their cornerstone ability effectively. The Truenamer Optimization Guide (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=614007) will help you with this.

One thing to keep in mind is that a Truenamer does not precisely take the place of an arcanist in a party; they are more accurately described as a support, or 5th-wheel, type of class.
Genetic
05-30-07, 01:44 AM Truenamers are a class that can be ridiculously overpowered or completely useless depending on the CRs of the monsters you are fighting. Basically, you want to get your Truespeech skill as high as you possibly can.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
eis_helm 05-30-07, 12:20 AM	So, my friend is in the process of creating a Truenamer from Tome of Magic. Everything was fine until we found the restriction "Law of Resistance" which gives you the +2 on Truespeak checks everytime you successfully use an utterance. Question: Does this significantly underpower the class at lower levels? Has anybody run into any major problems with this class? Feedback on the class as a whole, inclduing feedback on my questions, would be phenomenal. Thanks.
Jaxgaret 05-30-07, 12:39 AM	Truenamers take a fair bit of optimization to be useful, particularly at higher levels. Pump that Truespeak score up as high as possible, or else they will have problems using their cornerstone ability effectively. The Truenamer Optimization Guide (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=614007) will help you with this. One thing to keep in mind is that a Truenamer does not precisely take the place of an arcanist in a party; they are more accurately described as a support, or 5th-wheel, type of class.
Genetic 05-30-07, 01:44 AM	Truenamers are a class that can be ridiculously overpowered or completely useless depending on the CRs of the monsters you are fighting. Basically, you want to get your Truespeech skill as high as you possibly can.