How fun would it to be to play a Mord-Sith from the TV series Legend of the Seeker

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#1

Brige

Sep 20, 2014 17:04:33

The Mord-Sith were basically the clerics in the TV series.  By the way, Awesome show!!!  Sad to see it end so early in it's life, kinda like Firefly.  Ohh well.  Make a Death domain cleric of Loviatar, the goddess of pain.  Create the pain club the Mord-sith used.  A club that causes the worst pain ever immaginable upon touch, includes if you touch the handle.  The Mord-sith are trained to withstand the pain and act normally.  So, in game mechanics, Pain wrack curse, +1 to hit/damage per 4 cleric levels.  Incapacitating muscle contractions save DC 8+proficiency+wis mod of cleric.  If save is failed, incapacitated, if save is made, at half movement rate and disadvantage on attacks.  If hit by club consecutively DC goes up by 1 each additional hit and if save is failed they are knocked unconscious, if save is made they are incapacitated.

 

What do you think of the concept and the Pain club?  The club is basically like being hit by a cattle prod or taser.  If you have not watched the movie, give it a look. It is one of the only TV shows that did a good job on a fantasy setting, which included pretty decent magic.  Most of the fighting was between humanoids, very few monsters in the series.  

#2

Tony_Vargas

Sep 20, 2014 17:29:33

The Mord-Sith were decidedly different from the books, where they were more mage-slayers than torturers. Also, book or show, they weren't empowered by a deity, but by an uber-mage, so warlock would be a closer fit, in concept - and in the leather-clad sense, too...

#3

LupusRegalis

Sep 20, 2014 19:31:49

Also, I weep that you think that was an awesome show.  It took a great series, and made a travesty of it, using some very C-class actors and writers.

#4

rampant

Sep 21, 2014 0:50:59

Mord sith would be poorly represented by a cleric since they are highly trianed and skilled masters of torture both mental and physical, pluss all the excessive armor and casting associated with the cleric is just baggage.

 

Mord sith were a highly specialized order, better representeed by a 3e style PrC, than a full class.

 

Also unless you're looking for a pretty grim-dark game, it wouldn't be fun at all, those people were sick.

 
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Diffan

Sep 21, 2014 4:16:47

I liked the show, caught my and my wife's attention for it's short-live run. 

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Ahglock

Sep 21, 2014 8:54:41

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CaptainPicard

Sep 21, 2014 18:52:37

Just wait until special spells and domains are published in a Drow sourcebook; I'm sure this will provide everything you require if you drop the explicitly spider-themed ones.

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StuleBrown

Sep 21, 2014 20:36:48

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