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Changing energy types

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#1
captfisher
Jul 17, 2008 15:55:00 So here is a house rule i am concidering to allow for more variety in character concept, and abilitys...it seems very straight forward to me but I am concerned that I am missing the big Twink.

I want to allow characters to change the energy type of a power at the time they take it. For example my "Wind wizard" from the distant mountains concept doesnt have a lot of thunder and electricity options so i would allow him to for example have a magic missle that does lightning damage instead. He would not be allowed to change it latter so such a change (mostly fluff) wouldnt drasticly change balance, he would be stronger against lightning vunarable creatures but weaker against resistant ones.

A necromancer could do nectotic damage...ect,ect

In general I think that a more versitile character would be more tactically sound. So i think it works...

Am i wrong?/
#2
hollow
Jul 17, 2008 16:36:09 I can't see anything wrong with it. Future books are gonna be chock full of new spells, prayers and exploits anyway, and those new powers are gonna have a variety of effects and damage types that change whatever balance energy types possess right now (if any), so you're just jumping ahead of that. No biggie.

If you are at all concerned though, just limit a PC to that one alternate energy type. So that wind and thunder guy can either take a power as-is, or substitute in electricity but no other energy type.
#3
dracopravus
Jul 18, 2008 1:04:15 only issue might be with the damage type feats, doing this turns them into all of your powers...
#4
wyld_mutation
Jul 18, 2008 10:45:44 *shrug* That's possible anyway as most classes already have a damage type of each damage type they get at each appropriate level.

The question is: What will you do about the thunder keyword feats?

You can't let every caster increase every spell they cast by one area. It'd be horrible.
#5
aluman
Jul 18, 2008 14:03:19
So here is a house rule i am concidering to allow for more variety in character concept, and abilitys...it seems very straight forward to me but I am concerned that I am missing the big Twink.

I want to allow characters to change the energy type of a power at the time they take it. For example my "Wind wizard" from the distant mountains concept doesnt have a lot of thunder and electricity options so i would allow him to for example have a magic missle that does lightning damage instead. He would not be allowed to change it latter so such a change (mostly fluff) wouldnt drasticly change balance, he would be stronger against lightning vunarable creatures but weaker against resistant ones.

A necromancer could do nectotic damage...ect,ect

In general I think that a more versitile character would be more tactically sound. So i think it works...

Am i wrong?/

Well I actually mostly am in favor of it. It reduces the feats for increased damage to 1 for spell caster types, which brings them in line with martial types.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 captfisher Jul 17, 2008 15:55:00	So here is a house rule i am concidering to allow for more variety in character concept, and abilitys...it seems very straight forward to me but I am concerned that I am missing the big Twink. I want to allow characters to change the energy type of a power at the time they take it. For example my "Wind wizard" from the distant mountains concept doesnt have a lot of thunder and electricity options so i would allow him to for example have a magic missle that does lightning damage instead. He would not be allowed to change it latter so such a change (mostly fluff) wouldnt drasticly change balance, he would be stronger against lightning vunarable creatures but weaker against resistant ones. A necromancer could do nectotic damage...ect,ect In general I think that a more versitile character would be more tactically sound. So i think it works... Am i wrong?/
#2 hollow Jul 17, 2008 16:36:09	I can't see anything wrong with it. Future books are gonna be chock full of new spells, prayers and exploits anyway, and those new powers are gonna have a variety of effects and damage types that change whatever balance energy types possess right now (if any), so you're just jumping ahead of that. No biggie. If you are at all concerned though, just limit a PC to that one alternate energy type. So that wind and thunder guy can either take a power as-is, or substitute in electricity but no other energy type.
#3 dracopravus Jul 18, 2008 1:04:15	only issue might be with the damage type feats, doing this turns them into all of your powers...
#4 wyld_mutation Jul 18, 2008 10:45:44	shrug That's possible anyway as most classes already have a damage type of each damage type they get at each appropriate level. The question is: What will you do about the thunder keyword feats? You can't let every caster increase every spell they cast by one area. It'd be horrible.
#5 aluman Jul 18, 2008 14:03:19	So here is a house rule i am concidering to allow for more variety in character concept, and abilitys...it seems very straight forward to me but I am concerned that I am missing the big Twink. I want to allow characters to change the energy type of a power at the time they take it. For example my "Wind wizard" from the distant mountains concept doesnt have a lot of thunder and electricity options so i would allow him to for example have a magic missle that does lightning damage instead. He would not be allowed to change it latter so such a change (mostly fluff) wouldnt drasticly change balance, he would be stronger against lightning vunarable creatures but weaker against resistant ones. A necromancer could do nectotic damage...ect,ect In general I think that a more versitile character would be more tactically sound. So i think it works... Am i wrong?/ Well I actually mostly am in favor of it. It reduces the feats for increased damage to 1 for spell caster types, which brings them in line with martial types.