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Radiant Damage or Necrotic?

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#1
vidic
Dec 31, 2009 6:18:57 As an Avenger I can choose to align myself with The Raven Queen (Unaligned) seeing as how The Raven Queen is a diety of the Death Domain. Would it not reason out that instead of my Avenger powers doing Radiant damage that they would do Necrotic damage?

Any help would be appreciated.
#2
pluisjen
Dec 31, 2009 6:44:24 This is in the book somewhere in the reflavoring power sections I believe; you can take it up with your DM to change the keyword and damage of certain powers from Radiant to Necrotic if it fits your character better.

Just keep in mind that Radiant is a better type to have as a player (you'll have a hard time with undead if all your powers deal Necrotic damage) and that Radiant is as much 'good' energy as nuclear fallout. It's just 'Divinely powered', and since the Raven Queen is a Deity, she's still a Divine being.

I would advise against changing all of them to Necrotic since it's just too easy to resist for monsters, although I can see how some of your signature powers deal Necrotic damage (or maybe half of them? To match the Raven Queen's way of standing between life and death?) for the flavor of it.

Anyway; take it up with your DM; good luck.
#3
vidic
Dec 31, 2009 6:54:51 You give a very good argument. As you pointed out, since The Raven Queen is a divine being it would still be Radiant damage which to me makes perfect sense and would mechanic wise definitely would be better than trying to take on an undead horde with necrotic damage. Thanks for the help.

Case closed, Mystery solved.
#4
Myck
Dec 31, 2009 13:23:49
Most people think of radiant as being flashy sunlight-like energy when it could really be anything. For the Raven Queen I would reflavor radiant to be a cold, pale light or a deathly green glow.
#5
vidic
Dec 31, 2009 15:18:24 That was my train of thought exactly and I'd have to agree a little reflavoring would definitely not go a miss..
#6
dirtyfrank
Dec 31, 2009 20:01:31 It does seem like ya got things figured out and I'll have to agree that it would probably be best to stick with radiant and just reflavor it to be more Raven Queenyish in look.
#7
bone_naga
Jan 05, 2010 19:23:48 I would recomend sticking with simple reflavoring as others have described, but as a DM if a player really wanted necrotic damage and was able to justify it, I'd allow the power keywords to change. If anything, necrotic is probably less optimal than radiant, although in most cases one damage type is not significantly better than another.
#8
Janx_14
Jan 07, 2010 0:31:52 The Raven Queen actually has a particular dis-like for certain types of undead (especially those affiliated with Orcus). This make's divine classes dedicated to her (and especially avengers) likely to be undead hunters.

Necrotic is actually the worst element for an undead hunter to have, as many undead have a servere resist to it, while they have a server weakness to radiant.

So, their radiant is likely more of a snow-white or cold blue colour, while the character itself is likely armoured in black or other dark colours. Visually, this also prevents your character from being all black/dark.
#9
Dragoncat
Jan 07, 2010 10:32:21 It's called the Light At The End Of The Tunnel for a reason, you know... ;)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 vidic Dec 31, 2009 6:18:57	As an Avenger I can choose to align myself with The Raven Queen (Unaligned) seeing as how The Raven Queen is a diety of the Death Domain. Would it not reason out that instead of my Avenger powers doing Radiant damage that they would do Necrotic damage? Any help would be appreciated.
#2 pluisjen Dec 31, 2009 6:44:24	This is in the book somewhere in the reflavoring power sections I believe; you can take it up with your DM to change the keyword and damage of certain powers from Radiant to Necrotic if it fits your character better. Just keep in mind that Radiant is a better type to have as a player (you'll have a hard time with undead if all your powers deal Necrotic damage) and that Radiant is as much 'good' energy as nuclear fallout. It's just 'Divinely powered', and since the Raven Queen is a Deity, she's still a Divine being. I would advise against changing all of them to Necrotic since it's just too easy to resist for monsters, although I can see how some of your signature powers deal Necrotic damage (or maybe half of them? To match the Raven Queen's way of standing between life and death?) for the flavor of it. Anyway; take it up with your DM; good luck.
#3 vidic Dec 31, 2009 6:54:51	You give a very good argument. As you pointed out, since The Raven Queen is a divine being it would still be Radiant damage which to me makes perfect sense and would mechanic wise definitely would be better than trying to take on an undead horde with necrotic damage. Thanks for the help. Case closed, Mystery solved.
#4 Myck Dec 31, 2009 13:23:49	Most people think of radiant as being flashy sunlight-like energy when it could really be anything. For the Raven Queen I would reflavor radiant to be a cold, pale light or a deathly green glow.
#5 vidic Dec 31, 2009 15:18:24	That was my train of thought exactly and I'd have to agree a little reflavoring would definitely not go a miss..
#6 dirtyfrank Dec 31, 2009 20:01:31	It does seem like ya got things figured out and I'll have to agree that it would probably be best to stick with radiant and just reflavor it to be more Raven Queenyish in look.
#7 bone_naga Jan 05, 2010 19:23:48	I would recomend sticking with simple reflavoring as others have described, but as a DM if a player really wanted necrotic damage and was able to justify it, I'd allow the power keywords to change. If anything, necrotic is probably less optimal than radiant, although in most cases one damage type is not significantly better than another.
#8 Janx_14 Jan 07, 2010 0:31:52	The Raven Queen actually has a particular dis-like for certain types of undead (especially those affiliated with Orcus). This make's divine classes dedicated to her (and especially avengers) likely to be undead hunters. Necrotic is actually the worst element for an undead hunter to have, as many undead have a servere resist to it, while they have a server weakness to radiant. So, their radiant is likely more of a snow-white or cold blue colour, while the character itself is likely armoured in black or other dark colours. Visually, this also prevents your character from being all black/dark.
#9 Dragoncat Jan 07, 2010 10:32:21	It's called the Light At The End Of The Tunnel for a reason, you know... ;)