Thursday, July 19, 2012

d4 as a d12 Relinked for the Awesome.

http://hackslashmaster.blogspot.com/2012/07/on-rollable-d4.html

I need to buy a handful.

Stay tuned for posts of actual content.   I may have found a purpose for 4th Edition!

Monday, July 2, 2012

Clerics, Prophets, Priests, and Wackos.

The post on clerics at Untimately reminded me of Prophets Not Clerics, which had made my mind go crazy a few weeks back. Anything with schools of the mysteries and lodges floats my boat.

PCs are "magic power-wielding" members of a church/religion and most NPC Clerics are "magic non-power-wielding" members of a church/religion. Spellcasting divine NPCs are either clerics or prophets. Priests are 0-Level guys with no spells. Maybe some bless rituals for fertility, but that's it.

The PCs aren't the Isiahs of established churches, they're the Jesus' - forming offshoot sects and being disparaged by the authorities. Even better - they're the David Koreshes, which is why you get a stronghold at 9th level. Watch out before the King's Inquisition comes after you for hoarding too many magics maces.