Here is the plan for reworking Clerics.
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CLERIC class
Clerics dedicate their lives to the gods of Good, and in exchange, their
prayers are answered by the gods - bestowing upon the cleric an element of
divine power.
Some clerics eventually choose to dedicate themselves to channeling
greater divine energies, while others combine the divine energies with
their strength of arms. The former are known as Priests and the later as
Paladins. All begin their training the same, however.
Here are some generalities about the class:
* Access to prayers are determined by Level, but prayer Power is determined
by relevant stats only
* Clerics must be positively-aligned.
* There should be some mechanism for changing one’s Path from Priest to
Paladin and vice-versa. It should be so VERY COSTLY that it almost never
happens. Don’t like your Priest? Start a new character and try Paladin.
* Clerics cannot party with Necros
From levels 5-9 all Clerics get these spells:
Bless
standard bless for non-Necros. At some higher level, let Priests
bless those who are not nearby?
Heal
limb-targetted healing, with some spill-over (ala Bolt); removes
bleeding
Cure
Cure for disease, poison, and maybe acid? Low-power removes one
instance; higher-power removes multiples
Light
Remove Curse
from objects or people
Turn Undead
Single-target turn
Protection from Evil
standard PoE
At level 10, the Cleric chooses a Path, and then their prayers diverge. Both
Paths can wear any armour. Priests can wield only blunt weapons, while
Paladins can wield bladed weapons if Cleansed. Their prayers, in no
particular order, are . . .
For the PRIEST:
Spiritual Hammer
1h or 2h - adding 1h allows for shield use
Purify Food & Drink
remove poison from food & drink?
Magic Vestment
low-ac shield-spell, or magical no-drop tunic
Last Rites
Get mana from corpse (reduce corpse enc?)
Speak With Dead
Deadspeak spell ... just because
Shield of Faith
shadows a shield w/ power
Mass Heal
Mass Cure
Banish Demons
Greater Turn for demons & undead ... affects whole room?
Mass Bless
Divine Intervention
Resurrection
Pray over a player’s corpse and a % of death-penalty is restored
For the PALADIN:
Cleanse Blade
ala cleansing
Bless Weapon
shadows Paladin’s wep w/ extra attacks
Divine Virtue
boosts Con
Holy Sword
1h or 2h sword. This should be a VERY cool wep
Aura of Righteousness
ala Aura of War
Locate Evil
Maybe Detects Evil for whole room, or turns paladin toward the exit that has the biggest/baddest target in that direction
Smite Evil
Offensive prayer against single enemy
Purify Food & Drink
Holy Might
low-order Destructive Force against Evil
Aura of Courage
Party-wide resistance to stun effects
Storm of Vengeance
Offensive prayer: area effect
Does this sound like something you’d like to see? We will only do the work if people are favorable toward the plan. It’s not worth doing all of this work if people will only wish they had the “old” Clerics back.