Coming Soon: Discussion Thread (2021)

[Rhifox]

So, when is the server turning PG18?

Edit: Or rather, R or Adult rating <_<

There is surprisingly no Love domain before 4th edition. I might rename Chastity to Purity and Lust to Love, Passion, or Hedonism before it goes live, though.

[Ravial]

Love or Passion might be a good idea if you intend to keep it to the same deities. Hedonism is not a purview of every deity of love and beauty.

[TheKai]

I love this so much! Thanks for the work!

If you want help updating the wiki, let us know!

[Young Werther]

Interesting. I wonder what spells were chosen for some of the domains. Also I don't see a dragon domain.

[Xorena]

I love this so much! Thanks for the work!

If you want help updating the wiki, let us know!

Happy to help with wiki editing also. We could split up the work if you want.

[The Whistler]

Also coming soon: lots of nerf cleric threads

[Rhifox]

Also I don't see a dragon domain.

Just for you, there's now a Dragon domain.

Also Domination, Mysticism, Oracle, Pestilence, and Summoning.

Not added to the above picture as they still need to be put in the toolset.

[Steve]

This is really an amazing effort, Rhifox! Hats off to you for taking this on, AND for trying to sneak it in before the end of the 100% RCR.

[Rhifox]

Some people have asked if Demonic and Diabolic domains mean what they think it means.



Yes. Yes it does.

[Rain]

Some people have asked if Demonic and Diabolic domains mean what they think it means.



Yes. Yes it does.

Is that my boy baalzebul on that list!?!?!

[Ravial]

Pestilence domain doesn't exist in Faerun, though. Mysticism as well, among with some other domains on the general list. I have to ask, was this worked on with DMs? I thought that setting consistency is important.

[Rhifox]

Pestilence domain doesn't exist in Faerun, though. Mysticism as well, among with some other domains on the general list. I have to ask, was this worked on with DMs? I thought that setting consistency is important.

Pestilence and Mysticism were both actually planned for NWN2, they already have unused feats and icons in-game.

Also, setting consistency is important. But I see domains as largely game mechanic constructs to represent the powers a deity is able to grant followers, and were, as many things, something splat books kept churning out to encourage people to buy more products. Some domains, having come from non-FR splats, aren't explicitly linked to a deity as they were never compiled in an FR-specific sourcebook, but the powers they confer can be clearly attributed to various FR deities, like Pestilence for Talona. Of course, I think Spheres from 2e were a vastly better representation of the powers a deity could confer to their followers, but 3e+ wanted to homogenize priest classes, so, eh...

Now, all that being said, I am a dev, and it was a lot easier to just do all of these in one lump batch. The new domains haven't even been considered for which deities they should be linked to as that is something that comes pretty late in the development cycle. If a DM decides they don't want a specific domain for any reason, it is very simple to flag it removed and turn it off.

[DM Gixustrat]

Absolutely beautiful work. Just having access to these expands our world, and personally any addition at this point to the game that enhances the playing experience I'm all for.

[Ravial]

I'm less so all for it, though I'd like a large number of those being introduced. My issue is that Domains have an actual roleplay basis, as per 3.5 core. Clerics are meant to exemplify the character of deities that are the domains that they had chosen.

My distance towards new domains, especially those outside of Faerun and some latter splatbooks that were clearly made for money (I mean. Death domain and then WATERY death domain?



The reason for it is that it directly affects the roleplay of the particular deities that receive those and thus may, contrary to their dogma and practices, suddenly give them something they're not really about. It's a concern, but if you've got it covered then it is excellent, Rhifox!

[Rhifox]

I'm less so all for it, though I'd like a large number of those being introduced. My issue is that Domains have an actual roleplay basis, as per 3.5 core. Clerics are meant to exemplify the character of deities that are the domains that they had chosen.

They do, but I see that more as the spells the domain gives than the exact name of the domain itself.

My distance towards new deities, especially those outside of Faerun and some latter splatbooks that were clearly made for money (I mean. Death domain and then WATERY death domain?

I originally didn't plan on Watery Death domain, but the more I played around with it the more I felt it was required. Drown spells did not feel appropriate for Ocean (which Valkur has), nor Water (which we can largely support the pnp version of with the spells we have), while Watery Death does allow for all the 'evil' water spells that Umberlee would grant her followers.

Watery Death is also specifically an FR domain, included in Player's Guide to Faerun.

The reason for it is that it directly affects the roleplay of the particular deities that receive those and thus may, contrary to their dogma and practices, suddenly give them something they're not really about. It's a concern, but if you've got it covered then it is excellent, Rhifox!

Ironically, I feel some of the new domains feel more appropriate to the gods than their given ones. Blight, for example, is a lot of more general stuff like cold, death, and a little bit of poison. It could fit both Auril or Talona, but neither exclusively. Then you've got pestilence, which is pretty much nothing but disease, poison, plagues, and vermin. That feels a lot more fitting for Talona, to me.

Summoning, Mysticism, and Oracle are less immediately appropriate for any particular deity (though Oracle would be super fitting for Savras once he comes back). Mysticism is mostly about being basically an avatar of your god's might, (it's basically all 'divine X' and 'righteous y' and 'deity' stuff), so it could generically fit with a lot of gods.