Cleric capstone is a level 4 spell ..

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DELAY DEATH
Necromancy
Level: Cleric 4
Components: V, S, DF
Casting Time: 1 immediate action
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One creature
Duration: 1 round/level
Saving Throw: Will negates
(harmless)
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
You gesture toward your ally and call upon
the power of your beliefs. A soft, golden glow
appears on your companion’s chest, around
his heart.
The subject of this powerful spell is
unable to die from hit point damage.
While under the protection of this
spell, the normal limit of –9 hit points
before a character dies is extended
without limit. A condition or spell that
destroys enough of the subject’s body
so as to not allow raise dead to work,
such as a disintegrate effect, still kills the
creature, as does death brought about
by ability score damage, level drain, or
a death effect.
The spell does not prevent the
subject from entering the dying state
by dropping to –1 hit points. It merely
prevents death as a result of hit point
loss.
If the subject has fewer than –9
hit points when the spell’s duration
expires, it dies instantly.

[Impaqt]

Brought up in the original capstone thread.

THe Capstone is incredibly weak compared to the Wizard,bard and paly ones and even less exciting than the others.

[Ganidel]

They know and there like 3 posts that have said this, lets stop kicking a dead horse.

[FluffyCalico]

Correction it's a spell that is NOT in game. Just because it's a level 4 spell in real DnD doesn't make it a level 4 one here.

[Gol]

Correction it's a spell that is NOT in game. Just because it's a level 4 spell in real DnD doesn't make it a level 4 one here.

Fair enough, but it's so weak that it might not even be worth taking on a pure build, never mind incentive to stay pure.

[FluffyCalico]

Fair enough, but it's so weak that it might not even be worth taking on a pure build, never mind incentive to stay pure.

1) There will be several capstone choices for each class, if you don't like this one maybe you will like one of the others.

2) I expect this means there will be alot more areas where you can't rez anyone until the boss is dead. If this happens this could look pretty nice. If not I agree not special

[Angelus_dead]

1) There will be several capstone choices for each class, if you don't like this one maybe you will like one of the others.

But if they're trying to make capstones an incentive to not multiclass, then the clock is ticking... they only get one chance to bump the level cap to 20.

(Unless of course they add level respec, which would make it a lot less important for the devs to get things perfect on the first try)

[Impaqt]

2) I expect this means there will be alot more areas where you can't rez anyone until the boss is dead. If this happens this could look pretty nice. If not I agree not special

By This logic Rogues are going to be targeted for death more often as well then eh?

I fail to see how a l20 Clerical Capstone enhancement is going to dictate how the devs are going to design high end quests. All of a sudden the devs are going to expect every cleric to be a Turning machine? Cause at 5 Minutes a Pop with many raids running 20-30 Minutes between shrines, that means a full raid is gonna need 48 Turns Just for this enhancment on the low end.... 2 clerics int eh group, so thats 24 Per Cleric...
lol....

[FluffyCalico]

When did they post that there would be multiple capstones per class? Multiple PrE's yes but capstones?

The post is somewhere hiding but it came from DDO that in mod 9 every class would have 1 capstone and that more would be added for each class in additional updates

[FluffyCalico]

But if they're trying to make capstones an incentive to not multiclass, then the clock is ticking... they only get one chance to bump the level cap to 20.

(Unless of course they add level respec, which would make it a lot less important for the devs to get things perfect on the first try)

There allready is. It's called reroll.

[FluffyCalico]

Why would you say a thing like that?

Because reroll is how you respec in real DnD. They could atleast stay true to that part.

[Oreg]

When did they post that there would be multiple capstones per class? Multiple PrE's yes but capstones?

[Angelus_dead]

There allready is. It's called reroll.

Why would you say a thing like that?

[Impaqt]

When did they post that there would be multiple capstones per class? Multiple PrE's yes but capstones?

Wasnt Long ago... Probobly in the bard capstone thread.

Edit: Here ya go
http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p...3&postcount=47

[Oreg]

Wasnt Long ago... Probobly in the bard capstone thread.

Edit: Here ya go
http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p...3&postcount=47

Thank you. I missed that one.