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Cleric to Favored Soul

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#1
xeorsos
Oct 07, 2008 14:56:49 I really loved the flavor of the Favored Soul, and I want to play a cleric. In the last campaign I was in, my character was desperately devoted to his god, and I don't wanna go that route again- hence, Favored Soul.

Mechanically speaking, all I'd have to do is call myself a favored soul and I'm good. Cleric is an easy conversion (especially when spontaneous vs. memorized is gone). The only thing I'm struggling with is Ritual Caster. Ritual Caster is something that a character gets through formal training (clergy & academics), and a character who was simply blessed by her god wouldn't have something like that.

So my real question is this: What could I replace Ritual Caster with?
#2
mkill
Oct 10, 2008 10:23:08 The easiest would be to simply ignore that you have the ability. It's not strictly necessary for you to do rituals.

As an alternative, just completely change the fluff of rituals. Who said you have to read scrolls or something? The character could just play a song on his lute, or carve a small statue of a saint, or throw some herbs into a fire... Simply give him some very naturalistic way to revere his deity that does not involve any holy scripture or other signs of organized religion.

From a mechanics point of view, it's pretty irrelevant how your character performs a ritual.
#3
birdursh
Oct 13, 2008 9:45:48 You could replace it with each tier's weapon specialization feat for your deity's favoured weapon. I don't know much about the favoured Soul, but I recall that was on the list of features in NWN2.
#4
leowulf
Oct 13, 2008 12:49:42 Since Ritual Caster is just a feat, I'd have no problem replacing it with a different feat. Based on the character concept, I'd have you multiclass into Warlock, to represent your pact with your deity. Just as you could reflavor Ritual Casting to reflect your tie with your god (a very cool idea btw, mkill), you could reflavor your Warlock ability to match your god's abilities or preferences.
#5
demontongue
Oct 13, 2008 13:43:58 Since clerics already have a divine laser (or however you envision it)at will the Pact Initiate isn't really going to add anything.

SO, I think giving him a Military or Superior Weapon Proficiency of Character choice is the way to go.
#6
kainhighwind
Oct 13, 2008 17:54:02 Why not only allow Favored Souls to use rituals with the divine(Or rituals that use Religion as a key stat) keyword( since in 3.5 they could learn spells like Raise Dead) without the Ritual Caster feat

I'm aware that in 3.5 they weren't usually too versed in theology( them being the sorcerer equivalent of a cleric), but it seems like it would still fit

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 xeorsos Oct 07, 2008 14:56:49	I really loved the flavor of the Favored Soul, and I want to play a cleric. In the last campaign I was in, my character was desperately devoted to his god, and I don't wanna go that route again- hence, Favored Soul. Mechanically speaking, all I'd have to do is call myself a favored soul and I'm good. Cleric is an easy conversion (especially when spontaneous vs. memorized is gone). The only thing I'm struggling with is Ritual Caster. Ritual Caster is something that a character gets through formal training (clergy & academics), and a character who was simply blessed by her god wouldn't have something like that. So my real question is this: What could I replace Ritual Caster with?
#2 mkill Oct 10, 2008 10:23:08	The easiest would be to simply ignore that you have the ability. It's not strictly necessary for you to do rituals. As an alternative, just completely change the fluff of rituals. Who said you have to read scrolls or something? The character could just play a song on his lute, or carve a small statue of a saint, or throw some herbs into a fire... Simply give him some very naturalistic way to revere his deity that does not involve any holy scripture or other signs of organized religion. From a mechanics point of view, it's pretty irrelevant how your character performs a ritual.
#3 birdursh Oct 13, 2008 9:45:48	You could replace it with each tier's weapon specialization feat for your deity's favoured weapon. I don't know much about the favoured Soul, but I recall that was on the list of features in NWN2.
#4 leowulf Oct 13, 2008 12:49:42	Since Ritual Caster is just a feat, I'd have no problem replacing it with a different feat. Based on the character concept, I'd have you multiclass into Warlock, to represent your pact with your deity. Just as you could reflavor Ritual Casting to reflect your tie with your god (a very cool idea btw, mkill), you could reflavor your Warlock ability to match your god's abilities or preferences.
#5 demontongue Oct 13, 2008 13:43:58	Since clerics already have a divine laser (or however you envision it)at will the Pact Initiate isn't really going to add anything. SO, I think giving him a Military or Superior Weapon Proficiency of Character choice is the way to go.
#6 kainhighwind Oct 13, 2008 17:54:02	Why not only allow Favored Souls to use rituals with the divine(Or rituals that use Religion as a key stat) keyword( since in 3.5 they could learn spells like Raise Dead) without the Ritual Caster feat I'm aware that in 3.5 they weren't usually too versed in theology( them being the sorcerer equivalent of a cleric), but it seems like it would still fit