bobthe6th
2013-01-26, 01:11 PM
Ok, tombtainted soul is either a feat tax or a useless feat. For Dread necromancers, it is a feat tax that allows access to free healing and nice burst healing. For anything else, it is at best a nice flavor feat an at worst a liability. So here is an idea... make it a trait! bam! now it is properly a flavorish thing, with drawbacks and benefits without eating a feat slot.
Death tainted
You have been exposed to low levels of negative energy all your life, so your body has adapted.
Benefit
You are healed by negative energy as undead are, and spells treat you as the undead.
Drawback
You are harmed by positive energy as the undead are, and spells treat you as the undead.
Roleplaying Ideas
Characters with this trait might be depressed and morbid. They might also be entirely normal, with an odd background that induced this trait. The reaction of others interacting with the character might also vary. Druids might see them as aberrations, while necromancers might see them as desirable minions.
Death tainted
You have been exposed to low levels of negative energy all your life, so your body has adapted.
Benefit
You are healed by negative energy as undead are, and spells treat you as the undead.
Drawback
You are harmed by positive energy as the undead are, and spells treat you as the undead.
Roleplaying Ideas
Characters with this trait might be depressed and morbid. They might also be entirely normal, with an odd background that induced this trait. The reaction of others interacting with the character might also vary. Druids might see them as aberrations, while necromancers might see them as desirable minions.