Fallen
10-08-2007, 01:56 PM
Status of Clerics
Hi, all. I just wanted to touch base and let you all know I'm still here even though I haven't been posting in this topic very frequently of late. I've been working on a lot of creature related things lately and clerics have been, unfortunately, at the back of my mind. I'd like to change that, though, so here I go.
301 Updates
In its current form, I have a lot of problems with Prayer of Holding. The mana cost is definitely too high and scales too fast. Currently, 301's mana cost is more expensive than Bind for a large level range. We'll be moving 301's mana cost to a summation cost based on the level of the target. The mana cost will be significantly lower for all levels (except level 1) and will never cost more than Bind's mana cost for the same target.
The factors for duration are odd, to say the least. Currently, duration is based primarily on level of the caster, rather than level difference and warding margin has barely any effect. This will be changing.
Additionally, the ability to imbed 301 into gems at the cost of 1 mana per charge when the spell costs much more mana when cast from the Cleric is an inconsistency that needs to be remedied. Magic items with Sleep have had this situation mitigated for a long time now, but when Holy Receptacle was released, 301 was merely overlooked. We're unsatisfied with Sleep's solution to deal with this situation, too (if you're curious what it is, read the documentation on the website - it's weird). Thus, we're going to be changing 301 to count as a higher level spell for purposes of imbedding and recharging.
Overall, the changes should go a long way to make the spell more useful to a wider range of clerics as well as bring the spell up to modern design paradigms. Against the undead, Prayer of Holding will become the spell of choice for Clerics (over Bind).
Sanctuary Updates
After the 301 updates, I will be doing a major overhaul of sanctuaries. What exactly this entails isn't fully decided and I can't release that much information yet, but here's what I can say: 220 will be getting deity specific room descriptions based on the CONVERT status of the caster. GM Thandiwe has been kind enough to write those descriptions for me.
Other Projects
On the horizon, we still have Alchemy Phase II and the Spiritual Lore Review. Both will be significant improvements to the Cleric profession. More information on those will come in due time.
Call to Action
More than anything, this post is to ask for your help. Let me know what your concerns are about the Cleric profession. Specifically, I would like to see if there are any little things that have been bugging you that would likely be a quick fix on my part. A good example would be the deity-based CHANT from earlier this summer. Let me know.
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Empath/Cleric Team
Hi, all. I just wanted to touch base and let you all know I'm still here even though I haven't been posting in this topic very frequently of late. I've been working on a lot of creature related things lately and clerics have been, unfortunately, at the back of my mind. I'd like to change that, though, so here I go.
301 Updates
In its current form, I have a lot of problems with Prayer of Holding. The mana cost is definitely too high and scales too fast. Currently, 301's mana cost is more expensive than Bind for a large level range. We'll be moving 301's mana cost to a summation cost based on the level of the target. The mana cost will be significantly lower for all levels (except level 1) and will never cost more than Bind's mana cost for the same target.
The factors for duration are odd, to say the least. Currently, duration is based primarily on level of the caster, rather than level difference and warding margin has barely any effect. This will be changing.
Additionally, the ability to imbed 301 into gems at the cost of 1 mana per charge when the spell costs much more mana when cast from the Cleric is an inconsistency that needs to be remedied. Magic items with Sleep have had this situation mitigated for a long time now, but when Holy Receptacle was released, 301 was merely overlooked. We're unsatisfied with Sleep's solution to deal with this situation, too (if you're curious what it is, read the documentation on the website - it's weird). Thus, we're going to be changing 301 to count as a higher level spell for purposes of imbedding and recharging.
Overall, the changes should go a long way to make the spell more useful to a wider range of clerics as well as bring the spell up to modern design paradigms. Against the undead, Prayer of Holding will become the spell of choice for Clerics (over Bind).
Sanctuary Updates
After the 301 updates, I will be doing a major overhaul of sanctuaries. What exactly this entails isn't fully decided and I can't release that much information yet, but here's what I can say: 220 will be getting deity specific room descriptions based on the CONVERT status of the caster. GM Thandiwe has been kind enough to write those descriptions for me.
Other Projects
On the horizon, we still have Alchemy Phase II and the Spiritual Lore Review. Both will be significant improvements to the Cleric profession. More information on those will come in due time.
Call to Action
More than anything, this post is to ask for your help. Let me know what your concerns are about the Cleric profession. Specifically, I would like to see if there are any little things that have been bugging you that would likely be a quick fix on my part. A good example would be the deity-based CHANT from earlier this summer. Let me know.
= - GM Oscuro - =
Empath/Cleric Team