UPDATE 58 PREVIEW 1 - Blightcaster Druid

[Xezom]

In the lammania release notes it says that thorn wave is a level 6 spell.

But in strimtoms video found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn_TnAU2xGA&t=475s at 7:41 you see that the thorn wave is a level 5 spell...

So now i am confused.

The notes were off on a variety of things (ie numbers were wrong, enhancement descriptions, what was removed and not, what level spells were, etc). Thorn Wave was a level 5 spell on this preview and provided that the damage numbers stay the same as they are, it's most likely intended to be a level 5 spell. 1d6+5 lines up with other level 5 mono-type single hit damaging spells like Ball Lightning (Sorc/Wizard), Cone of Cold, Poison Breath, etc.

[boogeiyman]

Piercing dmg spells are resisted highly by reapers so its at a clear disadvantage.

[SpartanKiller13]

Piercing dmg spells are resisted highly by reapers so its at a clear disadvantage.

No-save no-SR spell damage is pretty great for melee Druids at least, so I'm happy to see it. Can just melee the Reaper but having better options for hitting archers etc is nice IMO.

Damage spells that don't work (or work poorly) on certain monsters are pretty common in DDO change your selection based on the target, or play a class that can use the same spell always *cough cough* sorc ice druid alchemist *cough cough*

[dlsidhe]

I've been thinking about the thorn variant of flame blade and wanted to throw out a thought:

Two forms, like flame blades and shadow blades. The first is a club and shield, piercing and bludgeoning damage, shield scales from a buckler at low levels to a tower shield by legendary. The second is a quarterstaff with piercing and bludgeoning. Both use wisdom to hit and damage.

[Lotoc]

I've been thinking about the thorn variant of flame blade and wanted to throw out a thought:

Two forms, like flame blades and shadow blades. The first is a club and shield, piercing and bludgeoning damage, shield scales from a buckler at low levels to a tower shield by legendary. The second is a quarterstaff with piercing and bludgeoning. Both use wisdom to hit and damage.

conjured weapons don't really need proficiency so it could easily be actually good weapon types (crit profilewise) like a Khopesh
Though thematically a morningstar made of wood with poison/acid barbs would be pretty perfect for a onehander, and a staff with that morningstar design on each end probably? Or a greatclub that's a bigger version of the morningstar.
Unfortunately scimitar's 18-20 x2 crit profile to many weapon types is a downgrade without knight's training, rapier could be about on par and really a huge thorn of poison or acid would fit.

I do wonder though, if an elemental weapon has two elemental damage types on it does it just do whichever damage type is higher on hit? The blight weapon being acid and poison at once could be very interesting depending on how it works out.

[dlsidhe]

conjured weapons don't really need proficiency so it could easily be actually good weapon types (crit profilewise) like a Khopesh
Though thematically a morningstar made of wood with poison/acid barbs would be pretty perfect for a onehander, and a staff with that morningstar design on each end probably? Or a greatclub that's a bigger version of the morningstar.
Unfortunately scimitar's 18-20 x2 crit profile to many weapon types is a downgrade without knight's training, rapier could be about on par and really a huge thorn of poison or acid would fit.

I do wonder though, if an elemental weapon has two elemental damage types on it does it just do whichever damage type is higher on hit? The blight weapon being acid and poison at once could be very interesting depending on how it works out.

Flavor always comes first for me. A morningstar would be neat, or a sickle. Make a staff that looks like a scythe for the reaping aspect.

Or make the weapon a dagger and have a bunch of vistani Blightcasters running around. *shrugs* I'm just hyped for the archetype in general.

[shmagmhar]

if there can be a diseased wolf why not also a diseased plague bear ? I mean bears carry diseases as well just as much as wolves .

Or as I suggested before have this Sinister looking Diseased Deceased Rat form . give us a way to get elemental OOze guard like from greensteel . where you can spawn ooze when things strike you

[Duhboy]

if there can be a diseased wolf why not also a diseased plague bear ? I mean bears carry diseases as well just as much as wolves .

Or as I suggested before have this Sinister looking Diseased Deceased Rat form . give us a way to get elemental OOze guard like from greensteel . where you can spawn ooze when things strike you

Or maybe the ability to play as a shambling mound?