Allanimal
2012-01-29, 05:29 PM
I have a player entering my campaign who wants to play a FAvored Soul 10 Contemplative 1. The 1st level of Contemplaive gives access to a domain, and I am trying to figure out how to make it work with a Favored Soul.
First off, a domain gives a Cleric a power and one spell per level per day that can be used in a cleric's domain slots.
Since the FS gets no domain slots, I could rule that that aspect of a domain does not apply to the FS, but I am thinking that instead I will let the character have a domain spell slot just like a Cleric, and once per day per spell level, the Contemplative FS can cast his domain spell of that spell level. The domain spells would not be a spell known in the sense of his normal FS spell progression, but a bonus. As he gains contemplative levels and gets access to additional domains, he would still have only one domain slot per spell level, but be able to choose from his domain spells to cast in it, like a Cleric, but spontaneously. Does this seem fair or overpowered?
The other aspect of a domain is the domain power. This player wants to start with the magic domain. The magic domain power lets a cleric use items as if he were a wizard/sorcerer of 1/2 his cleric level, but a minimum of 1. If I were going strictly by RAW, I would say that since he has no cleric levels, he would only be able to use magic items as a 1st level wizard, thanks to the minimum of 1 clause. But since I see FS to a cleric like a sorcerer is to a wizard, I think he should get some benefit here. Would you think this would make a much too powerful combination if his FS levels in this case were like cleric levels? For the record, I would not let the contemplative levels stack, with either Cleric or FS as the base class.
What does the playground think?
First off, a domain gives a Cleric a power and one spell per level per day that can be used in a cleric's domain slots.
Since the FS gets no domain slots, I could rule that that aspect of a domain does not apply to the FS, but I am thinking that instead I will let the character have a domain spell slot just like a Cleric, and once per day per spell level, the Contemplative FS can cast his domain spell of that spell level. The domain spells would not be a spell known in the sense of his normal FS spell progression, but a bonus. As he gains contemplative levels and gets access to additional domains, he would still have only one domain slot per spell level, but be able to choose from his domain spells to cast in it, like a Cleric, but spontaneously. Does this seem fair or overpowered?
The other aspect of a domain is the domain power. This player wants to start with the magic domain. The magic domain power lets a cleric use items as if he were a wizard/sorcerer of 1/2 his cleric level, but a minimum of 1. If I were going strictly by RAW, I would say that since he has no cleric levels, he would only be able to use magic items as a 1st level wizard, thanks to the minimum of 1 clause. But since I see FS to a cleric like a sorcerer is to a wizard, I think he should get some benefit here. Would you think this would make a much too powerful combination if his FS levels in this case were like cleric levels? For the record, I would not let the contemplative levels stack, with either Cleric or FS as the base class.
What does the playground think?