What would be your favorite combination of Domains? [Archive] - Wizards Community

What would be your favorite combination of Domains? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Burningspear
04-08-07, 06:02 PM At a maximum of 5 Domains, what would be your ultimate combo and what kind of god/ philosophy would be behind it? (so as not to keep it just powerwise)

mine would be i guess:

Air, Fate, Death, Knowledge, and perhaps Time.

I would see said Deity as a orderly (lawful) God who has all the knowledge of all the dead (and i just looove lightning)
Azar_of_Faerun
04-08-07, 06:04 PM Community, Good, Knowledge, Travel

A wandering sage that gathers and shares knowledge to better communities on the whole.
Tenebrous_Sage
04-08-07, 10:51 PM All of them, because I'm munchkiny like that. :P
Lord Karsus
04-08-07, 11:18 PM -Shouldn't we be more concerned with Portfolios, and not Domains?
Soltares
04-09-07, 12:00 AM Air, Earth, Fire, Plant, Water + the Improved Turning feat = fear my army of commanded elemental / plant beasties!

Theme? I worship the living earth, don't mess with me or mother nature will kick your butt!
Critalondel
04-09-07, 02:28 AM Strength, War, Destruction, Weather, Tyranny. Probably not the most min/maxed mixtures of Domains out there, but they'd be fun to use for a little deity the Thieves' World universe knows as Vashanka. :D
Tenebrous_Sage
04-10-07, 12:28 PM -Shouldn't we be more concerned with Portfolios, and not Domains?I like the way that you think. :plotting:
Mad Mage
04-10-07, 12:37 PM I can't come up with one sole combo, so these are some ideas I had.

1) Strength, Orc, and War. I could just see a (Half-)Orc cleric of either Gruumsh or Ilneval that could make themselves a formidable combatant, especially if they have a high Strength score to begin with. :evillaugh

2) Gnome and Illusion: If the bonuses to Illusion spells from both these domains stack, then imagine a cleric of the Gnome Pantheon casting Illusion spells. :eek:

3) Protection and Healing: Keeping people well-healed AND (hopefully) well-protected as well.

4) Greed and Trickery. Imagine, say, a cleric of Mask or Abbathor with this combo. Give them a few levels in Rogue, and make them real crafty buggers. :plotting:

5) Elf and War. Now, have this on a cleric of Shevarash or Solonor Thelandria? 2 feats that work together for the price of 2 cleric domains.
Soltares
04-10-07, 02:29 PM 5) Elf and War. Now, have this on a cleric of Shevarash or Solonor Thelandria? 2 feats that work together for the price of 2 cleric domains.

This combination makes for a nice 1 level Cleric 'dip' to a Ranger, Scout or Fighter 'archer' build.
Mad Mage
04-10-07, 03:52 PM This combination makes for a nice 1 level Cleric 'dip' to a Ranger, Scout or Fighter 'archer' build.

True, very true. :lightbulb
Eatable_Dice
04-10-07, 05:15 PM I really like Zagyg, with the Humor, Eccentricity, Occult Lore, Unpredictability portfolio. But his domains are crap, so I´d give him:
Trickery (nice domain spells), Magic and Destruction.
Just a question: can I choose prestige domains with my first level cleric?
Burningspear
04-10-07, 07:59 PM Just a question: can I choose prestige domains with my first level cleric?

Nope u cannot, you can only get them if a prestige class gets u a bonus domain, and then i am not sure if it has to even tie in with the deity u serve, witch is a little bonus.
Burningspear
04-10-07, 08:02 PM -Shouldn't we be more concerned with Portfolios, and not Domains?

It was meant in this thread if u could come up with
A: a nice combo system wise,
and
B: a nice role play aspect as well to combine with the system wise combination

Not intended just as a min-max kinda thread, but just to see what kind of story ideas ppl can come up with via some cool Domain combo's.
CantripN
03-21-08, 06:54 AM Limbo (SpC), Time (SpC), Travel, Divine Magician (CM). Yes, that's 5 Domains, since Limbo takes 2.

If you don't include bonus ones in this, then Knowledge from Cloistered Cleric is good.

Theme is a Free Spirit traveling through Time and Space.

Domain Granted Powers:
Improved Initiative
Freedom of Movement vs. Magical Effects
Spontaneous Casting of Lesser Restoration, Restoration and Greater Restoration

Domain Spells:
1st-Lesser Confusion, Protection from Law, True Strike, Longstrider
2nd-Entropic Shield, Resist Planar Alignment (SpC), Gentle Repose, Locate Object
3rd-Magic Circle against Law, Mantle of Chaos (SpC), Haste, Fly
4th-Chaos Hammer, Perinarch (SpC), Freedom of Movement, Dimension Door
5th-Baleful Polymorph, Dispel Law, Permanency, Teleport
6th-Animate Objects, Insanity, Contingency, Find the Path
7th-Song of Discord, Word of Chaos, Legend Lore, Greater Teleport
8th-Cloak of Chaos, Otto's Irresistable Dance, Foresight, Phase Door
9th-Shapechange, Planar Perinarch (SpC), Time Stop, Astral Projection

Divine Magician:
1st-True Casting (SpC)
2nd-Sentinel's Watch (PGtE)
3rd-Anticipate Teleportation (SpC)
4th-Friendly Fire (ExEv)
5th-Magic Jar
6th-Eyes of the Oracle (DrM)
7th-Avasculate (SpC)
8th-Mind Blank
9th-Maw of Chaos (SpC)

Take Spontaneous Domain Casting (PHB2) for one of them (probably Limbo, since those are spells you don't usually memorize and it offers 2 spells per level).
Take Divine Restoration (Dungeonscape) instead of Limbo's Granted Power.
Todesherr
03-21-08, 11:21 AM Glory, Sun, Good, Healing, Strength
1 ton ghost
03-21-08, 01:11 PM Fate-Uncanny Dodge is terribly nice to have, helps reduce the fall out that you will have to use alot of those Curative spells to fix. plus, not too many Clerics mulit as Rogues or Barbarians to get this. it's difficult.
getting True Strike is really nice too, especially when you are holding an Inflict Critical or have Death as a domain and your Death Touch is enroute.

Magic-as a standalone, this is very nice indeed.
related: spells of costly component are subbed out for the Holy Symbol. that is, we found out we didn't need the 100gp pearl for Identify when the symbol for Mystra sufficed for this cleric.

Travel-Freedom of Movement can open up alot of possibilities. however, when you have the Clr variant in PHBII, spontaneously casting these spells makes things very interesting, particularly when you get Teleport.

Elf-gotta' love a free feat, Point Blank Shot can be very nice. Spell list has many arcane only ones too, very nice.
SteelGeneral
03-21-08, 03:20 PM Death, Deathless, Exorcism, Repose, Spirit

5 of the 7 available to clerics of the God of Death in my home-brew
CantripN
03-21-08, 03:33 PM Blackwater, Windstorm, Hunger, Fate, Divine Magician might be fun, too.

That would be for a priest of desolation or the like.
SmartPaladin
03-22-08, 02:46 AM Hmm...

Fate, Healing, Protection, Retribution, Travel

Huh, and only three of those go to Hoar. :P

Mostly, it'd be a Cleric who'd wander the land, righting wrongs and granting aid, health, and protection where ever he could.
sfdragon
03-22-08, 03:39 PM Good, War, Sun, Time, Dragons.

after all, when time is on your side.....
SATA
03-23-08, 01:11 PM Nobility and Strength, with the first level of Divine Disciple comes a bonus so add Good. That's the combination I used with my PC.

Zeke Darmath
Cleric/Divine Disciple of Lathander

A young and noble, full of joy and spirit, human Tethyrian, that believe that with effort and dedication and a good heart and guided by someone honest and respectful and truthful, we can see our dreams come true. That's why he believe in The Morninglord and also work with the authorities of Tethyr, the ones who deem worthy, for a better tomorrow, but at the end if the constant struggle continue in the kingdom, then he would take action and try to become the King and lead the nation and make it flourish.
Zireael
03-23-08, 02:14 PM Drow, Chaos, Evil, Spider, War. Isn't it a nice combo?
SmartPaladin
03-23-08, 02:41 PM Oh, oh! Can I bump out Healing for Family? :P

What? :P
msatran
03-25-08, 11:03 AM War, Planning, Travel, Renewal, Strength
DoomedPaladinDohReMe
04-14-08, 09:33 AM Travel, Renewal, Strength, Celerity, Competition

Traveling sports star. Likely a Goliath God/dess.
Jiggawha
04-14-08, 10:28 AM not powerwise

Courage, Dream, Illusion, Liberation, Truth

it would be a faction, like in Planescape, against hidden elites and esoteric agendas
Kiioro
04-14-08, 03:57 PM Hedonism,
Sensual Fulfillment,
Shadows,
Beauty,
Mischief

Live life to the fullest, make the beauty in everything bloom and find pleasure in every single moment of your life. Fight boredom, routine, closed-mindedness and self-righteousness. This usually works better without using a direct approach, darkness and shadows are your friends.

I'd convert even before they'd say the god/dess name.
DoomedPaladinDohReMe
04-15-08, 07:39 AM Also Charm, Lust, Liberation, Domination, and Suffering (Spell Compendium). Male and Female Deity of BDSM and D/S relationships of all kinds. CN for me, even if WotC would make it Evil.
MerrikCale
04-15-08, 10:38 AM Earth, Wind and Fire
Stigger
04-15-08, 12:27 PM Doubt I could ever come up with a build that gave me 5 domains... just not my style. But for the sake of arguement...

Fey, Pleasure, Healing, and Arborea domains, probably from a deity that was or was like Sune.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Burningspear 04-08-07, 06:02 PM	At a maximum of 5 Domains, what would be your ultimate combo and what kind of god/ philosophy would be behind it? (so as not to keep it just powerwise) mine would be i guess: Air, Fate, Death, Knowledge, and perhaps Time. I would see said Deity as a orderly (lawful) God who has all the knowledge of all the dead (and i just looove lightning)
Azar_of_Faerun 04-08-07, 06:04 PM	Community, Good, Knowledge, Travel A wandering sage that gathers and shares knowledge to better communities on the whole.
Tenebrous_Sage 04-08-07, 10:51 PM	All of them, because I'm munchkiny like that. :P
Lord Karsus 04-08-07, 11:18 PM	-Shouldn't we be more concerned with Portfolios, and not Domains?
Soltares 04-09-07, 12:00 AM	Air, Earth, Fire, Plant, Water + the Improved Turning feat = fear my army of commanded elemental / plant beasties! Theme? I worship the living earth, don't mess with me or mother nature will kick your butt!
Critalondel 04-09-07, 02:28 AM	Strength, War, Destruction, Weather, Tyranny. Probably not the most min/maxed mixtures of Domains out there, but they'd be fun to use for a little deity the Thieves' World universe knows as Vashanka. :D
Tenebrous_Sage 04-10-07, 12:28 PM	-Shouldn't we be more concerned with Portfolios, and not Domains?I like the way that you think. :plotting:
Mad Mage 04-10-07, 12:37 PM	I can't come up with one sole combo, so these are some ideas I had. 1) Strength, Orc, and War. I could just see a (Half-)Orc cleric of either Gruumsh or Ilneval that could make themselves a formidable combatant, especially if they have a high Strength score to begin with. :evillaugh 2) Gnome and Illusion: If the bonuses to Illusion spells from both these domains stack, then imagine a cleric of the Gnome Pantheon casting Illusion spells. :eek: 3) Protection and Healing: Keeping people well-healed AND (hopefully) well-protected as well. 4) Greed and Trickery. Imagine, say, a cleric of Mask or Abbathor with this combo. Give them a few levels in Rogue, and make them real crafty buggers. :plotting: 5) Elf and War. Now, have this on a cleric of Shevarash or Solonor Thelandria? 2 feats that work together for the price of 2 cleric domains.
Soltares 04-10-07, 02:29 PM	5) Elf and War. Now, have this on a cleric of Shevarash or Solonor Thelandria? 2 feats that work together for the price of 2 cleric domains. This combination makes for a nice 1 level Cleric 'dip' to a Ranger, Scout or Fighter 'archer' build.
Mad Mage 04-10-07, 03:52 PM	This combination makes for a nice 1 level Cleric 'dip' to a Ranger, Scout or Fighter 'archer' build. True, very true. :lightbulb
Eatable_Dice 04-10-07, 05:15 PM	I really like Zagyg, with the Humor, Eccentricity, Occult Lore, Unpredictability portfolio. But his domains are crap, so I´d give him: Trickery (nice domain spells), Magic and Destruction. Just a question: can I choose prestige domains with my first level cleric?
Burningspear 04-10-07, 07:59 PM	Just a question: can I choose prestige domains with my first level cleric? Nope u cannot, you can only get them if a prestige class gets u a bonus domain, and then i am not sure if it has to even tie in with the deity u serve, witch is a little bonus.
Burningspear 04-10-07, 08:02 PM	-Shouldn't we be more concerned with Portfolios, and not Domains? It was meant in this thread if u could come up with A: a nice combo system wise, and B: a nice role play aspect as well to combine with the system wise combination Not intended just as a min-max kinda thread, but just to see what kind of story ideas ppl can come up with via some cool Domain combo's.
CantripN 03-21-08, 06:54 AM	Limbo (SpC), Time (SpC), Travel, Divine Magician (CM). Yes, that's 5 Domains, since Limbo takes 2. If you don't include bonus ones in this, then Knowledge from Cloistered Cleric is good. Theme is a Free Spirit traveling through Time and Space. Domain Granted Powers: Improved Initiative Freedom of Movement vs. Magical Effects Spontaneous Casting of Lesser Restoration, Restoration and Greater Restoration Domain Spells: 1st-Lesser Confusion, Protection from Law, True Strike, Longstrider 2nd-Entropic Shield, Resist Planar Alignment (SpC), Gentle Repose, Locate Object 3rd-Magic Circle against Law, Mantle of Chaos (SpC), Haste, Fly 4th-Chaos Hammer, Perinarch (SpC), Freedom of Movement, Dimension Door 5th-Baleful Polymorph, Dispel Law, Permanency, Teleport 6th-Animate Objects, Insanity, Contingency, Find the Path 7th-Song of Discord, Word of Chaos, Legend Lore, Greater Teleport 8th-Cloak of Chaos, Otto's Irresistable Dance, Foresight, Phase Door 9th-Shapechange, Planar Perinarch (SpC), Time Stop, Astral Projection Divine Magician: 1st-True Casting (SpC) 2nd-Sentinel's Watch (PGtE) 3rd-Anticipate Teleportation (SpC) 4th-Friendly Fire (ExEv) 5th-Magic Jar 6th-Eyes of the Oracle (DrM) 7th-Avasculate (SpC) 8th-Mind Blank 9th-Maw of Chaos (SpC) Take Spontaneous Domain Casting (PHB2) for one of them (probably Limbo, since those are spells you don't usually memorize and it offers 2 spells per level). Take Divine Restoration (Dungeonscape) instead of Limbo's Granted Power.
Todesherr 03-21-08, 11:21 AM	Glory, Sun, Good, Healing, Strength
1 ton ghost 03-21-08, 01:11 PM	Fate-Uncanny Dodge is terribly nice to have, helps reduce the fall out that you will have to use alot of those Curative spells to fix. plus, not too many Clerics mulit as Rogues or Barbarians to get this. it's difficult. getting True Strike is really nice too, especially when you are holding an Inflict Critical or have Death as a domain and your Death Touch is enroute. Magic-as a standalone, this is very nice indeed. related: spells of costly component are subbed out for the Holy Symbol. that is, we found out we didn't need the 100gp pearl for Identify when the symbol for Mystra sufficed for this cleric. Travel-Freedom of Movement can open up alot of possibilities. however, when you have the Clr variant in PHBII, spontaneously casting these spells makes things very interesting, particularly when you get Teleport. Elf-gotta' love a free feat, Point Blank Shot can be very nice. Spell list has many arcane only ones too, very nice.
SteelGeneral 03-21-08, 03:20 PM	Death, Deathless, Exorcism, Repose, Spirit 5 of the 7 available to clerics of the God of Death in my home-brew
CantripN 03-21-08, 03:33 PM	Blackwater, Windstorm, Hunger, Fate, Divine Magician might be fun, too. That would be for a priest of desolation or the like.
SmartPaladin 03-22-08, 02:46 AM	Hmm... Fate, Healing, Protection, Retribution, Travel Huh, and only three of those go to Hoar. :P Mostly, it'd be a Cleric who'd wander the land, righting wrongs and granting aid, health, and protection where ever he could.
sfdragon 03-22-08, 03:39 PM	Good, War, Sun, Time, Dragons. after all, when time is on your side.....
SATA 03-23-08, 01:11 PM	Nobility and Strength, with the first level of Divine Disciple comes a bonus so add Good. That's the combination I used with my PC. Zeke Darmath Cleric/Divine Disciple of Lathander A young and noble, full of joy and spirit, human Tethyrian, that believe that with effort and dedication and a good heart and guided by someone honest and respectful and truthful, we can see our dreams come true. That's why he believe in The Morninglord and also work with the authorities of Tethyr, the ones who deem worthy, for a better tomorrow, but at the end if the constant struggle continue in the kingdom, then he would take action and try to become the King and lead the nation and make it flourish.
Zireael 03-23-08, 02:14 PM	Drow, Chaos, Evil, Spider, War. Isn't it a nice combo?
SmartPaladin 03-23-08, 02:41 PM	Oh, oh! Can I bump out Healing for Family? :P What? :P
msatran 03-25-08, 11:03 AM	War, Planning, Travel, Renewal, Strength
DoomedPaladinDohReMe 04-14-08, 09:33 AM	Travel, Renewal, Strength, Celerity, Competition Traveling sports star. Likely a Goliath God/dess.
Jiggawha 04-14-08, 10:28 AM	not powerwise Courage, Dream, Illusion, Liberation, Truth it would be a faction, like in Planescape, against hidden elites and esoteric agendas
Kiioro 04-14-08, 03:57 PM	Hedonism, Sensual Fulfillment, Shadows, Beauty, Mischief Live life to the fullest, make the beauty in everything bloom and find pleasure in every single moment of your life. Fight boredom, routine, closed-mindedness and self-righteousness. This usually works better without using a direct approach, darkness and shadows are your friends. I'd convert even before they'd say the god/dess name.
DoomedPaladinDohReMe 04-15-08, 07:39 AM	Also Charm, Lust, Liberation, Domination, and Suffering (Spell Compendium). Male and Female Deity of BDSM and D/S relationships of all kinds. CN for me, even if WotC would make it Evil.
MerrikCale 04-15-08, 10:38 AM	Earth, Wind and Fire
Stigger 04-15-08, 12:27 PM	Doubt I could ever come up with a build that gave me 5 domains... just not my style. But for the sake of arguement... Fey, Pleasure, Healing, and Arborea domains, probably from a deity that was or was like Sune.