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UberJoker 05-17-04, 10:41 PM	alright i had a problem.... i was an evocationist that specialized in lighting (+caster level when using lighting spells [the energy affinity from UA])and i had memorized all my spells as lighting spells (energy substitution)...i know this was a stupid mistake on my part (a newb mistake heh) anyway the DM sent a high DR and Lighting Immune monster at us and well 3 of the 5 party members died in the fight.... anyway i had an idea for a prestige class ability and the DM said it sounds good but put it on the boards and see what the pros say so here goes. Black Lighting - You have learned to control lighting to the extent that you can enhance the second effect of lighting...Thunder, but at a cost to the power of the lighting. You can substitute up to 50% of the lighting damage to sonic damage. (You would recieve this at level 5 of the PrC) Greater Black Lighting - Your control on lighting has been mastered, you can now substitute up to 100% of the lighting dmg to sonic damage. (You would recieve this at level 10 of the PrC)
Shandrakor 05-18-04, 06:53 AM	Overall, it would depend on the other abilities of the PrC. If that's all the PrC does; grant you a feat for 10 LEVELS?!?!...well, I'd allow that in my game. Post the rest of the PrC for a better analysis. I'm assuming that the PrC would do something else/grant other abilities as well... :confused: So show me the complete PrC and I'll let you know. :D Is there a BAB progression? Is there a save progression? Will the PrC grant +1 caster levels every level? Every other level? At all? B/c as is, there isn't much info. If there is no caster progression, it's extremely weak. If there is a caster progression at every level...it might be too strong, depending on extraneous factors. BTW, I'd change the name from Black Lightning if I were you. Black Lightning, IMHO, implies profane damage of some sort. Or an [Evil] spell discriptor. Consider 'Thunder and Lightning' or 'Aural Lightning' or something along those lines, to imply that it's a {Sonic} spell. EDIT: Added third paragraph.
UberJoker 05-18-04, 10:45 AM	alright ill post the whole prestige class but im going to post it on the forgotten realm classes forum where is belongs ill post a link to that thread when im done
Shandrakor 05-18-04, 11:24 AM	Sounds like a plan. Post the link or just PM me when it's done for an analysis. Happy Gaming!
Thomar_of_Uointer 05-18-04, 11:59 AM	There's a PrC template in my sig if you need one. I wouldn't call it "Black Lightning". I'd call it "Thundering Spell" and make it do force damage too. Also, Lightning isn't a damage type. Electricity is.
Big Dawg 05-18-04, 03:14 PM	wait! Call it: Black Hammer/White lighting "Black Hammer" for the thunder and "White Lighting" for the lightning BTW: Willie Mays Hayes is Black Hammer; Jesse the body Ventura is White Lighting! ;)
smrtgmp 05-18-04, 06:16 PM	Ooh, or it could be called Cacophonous Bolt (I guess thats not that good)
Vanigo 05-18-04, 07:36 PM	Or maybe just Thunderbolt? Thunderclash? Clasp of Thunder?
Shandrakor 05-19-04, 03:14 AM	Ooooh! Make the 5th level 1/2 sonic Aural Lightning, and call the 10th level full substitution one Cacophonous Bolt! Cha-chiing! Gooo.....smrtgmp!
smrtgmp 05-19-04, 03:16 AM	Originally posted by Shandrakor Gooo.....smrtgmp! Gmpy, away!
UberJoker 05-20-04, 01:04 PM	here is the link to the finished PrC Halruaan Storm Mage (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=243138) i hope you all like it
ehrin 05-20-04, 01:42 PM	The secondary effect of lighting is heat, not thunder. However, black light produces far less heat than most other types of lighting, so I would not add much damage for that. Infrared light produces far more heat than ultraviolet, and would be a better choice. What exactly does an immunity to lighting grant something? Is that like being invisible? Immune to suburst spells or what exactly? And how much damage can a black light do anyway?