Taint and Vile Damage [Archive] - Wizards Community

Taint and Vile Damage [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Wyrd Bearer
04-23-05, 04:12 PM I was reading my roommate's new copy of Unearthed Arcana, I stumbled across rule for Taint and instantly fell in love. And then I had this thought, what if taking vile damage also had the potential for corrupting you on a deeper level than even the BoVD goes.

What does everyone else think of this? What if when something takes vile damage, the victim also must pass a fort save of DC (10 + total VD taken) or gain 1 to their taint score for every 5 points of vile damage they take? This would apply mostly to the damage PC's take, since they will be the ones that survive most encounters and have to deal with the lingering effects of taint, so it would benefit their enemies more. The vile damage could be healed as per normal for vile damage, but even then, the taint would remain, unseen by the PC until it builds up enough.

I also had the idea that getting bitten by a vampire would also increase a character's taint score by some amount. What do you think?
totoro
04-23-05, 08:03 PM Not bad, but the fort save and amount of taint would make your PCs very unhappy. I would probably just give 1 taint for being reduced to 0 hp or less (no save) in a fight where you took vile damage.
Wyrd Bearer
04-23-05, 10:10 PM Hmm, perhaps, but I'd rather not have them have them quite THAT low in Hp to gain taint, especially if its before they can easily be rez'd.

Hmm, :thinks: maybe just make them take a fort save DC 15 no matter how much VD is taken and if they fail, they just gain a single point of taint, regardless of how much VD they took.

And its not like EVERY enemy spellcaster will be flinging vile spells at them (just more than average :D )

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Wyrd Bearer 04-23-05, 04:12 PM	I was reading my roommate's new copy of Unearthed Arcana, I stumbled across rule for Taint and instantly fell in love. And then I had this thought, what if taking vile damage also had the potential for corrupting you on a deeper level than even the BoVD goes. What does everyone else think of this? What if when something takes vile damage, the victim also must pass a fort save of DC (10 + total VD taken) or gain 1 to their taint score for every 5 points of vile damage they take? This would apply mostly to the damage PC's take, since they will be the ones that survive most encounters and have to deal with the lingering effects of taint, so it would benefit their enemies more. The vile damage could be healed as per normal for vile damage, but even then, the taint would remain, unseen by the PC until it builds up enough. I also had the idea that getting bitten by a vampire would also increase a character's taint score by some amount. What do you think?
totoro 04-23-05, 08:03 PM	Not bad, but the fort save and amount of taint would make your PCs very unhappy. I would probably just give 1 taint for being reduced to 0 hp or less (no save) in a fight where you took vile damage.
Wyrd Bearer 04-23-05, 10:10 PM	Hmm, perhaps, but I'd rather not have them have them quite THAT low in Hp to gain taint, especially if its before they can easily be rez'd. Hmm, :thinks: maybe just make them take a fort save DC 15 no matter how much VD is taken and if they fail, they just gain a single point of taint, regardless of how much VD they took. And its not like EVERY enemy spellcaster will be flinging vile spells at them (just more than average :D )