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Thread: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
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Prolonged Spell [3.5]
Ok, we all know that Persistent spell is a bit on the broken side, even without reducers. To me, I see part of the issue for this is that Persistent spell adjusts the duration of spells blindly, without concern for what the original balancing factors were in the duration. It doesn't care if it was an hours/level spell or a 1-round spell. This is an attempt to give a more balanced replacement that would be more readily usable in games.
Prolonged Spell [Metamagic]
Prerequisites: Extend Spell
Benefits: A prolonged spell uses a higher level spell slot according to its original duration and the number of duration increments it is increased by. Each increment adds 2.5 to the spell level(round down in this case).
{table=head]Previous duration|New duration
capped|uncapped
fixed duration|treat as if a capped spell of the nearest unit
rounds/level|minutes/level
minutes/level|10minutes/level
10minutes/level|hours/level
hours/level|24 hours[/table]Last edited by Godskook; 2011-06-15 at 05:42 PM.
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
I've tinkered with a similar idea before. It's not a bad option, but the thing you have to watch out for is, in my experience, a rounds/level spell is the sort of thing you basically cast in an encounter, and it probably won't last into the next one unless there's very little time between them. A minutes/level spell, though, if you know you're coming up against a series of encounters, you can load up several and they'll likely last through the whole thing.
Basically, do the clerics in your game have things like Shield of Faith and Conviction up frequently, or do the mages have things like Mirror Image and Greater Heroism? Because with this feat, at the upper levels, you can expect them to have things like Divine Power, Righteous Might, Greater Invisibility, Greater Blink, Bite of the X, and similar powerhouse buffs up similarly often.A role playing game is three things. It is an interactive story, a game of chance, and a process in critical thinking.
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2011-06-15, 04:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. I'm aware that persistent spell is powerful, and this feat attempts to nerf that. Are you saying it didn't do enough, or what, exactly?
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I started my first campaign around a campfire, having pancakes. They were blueberry.
My homebrew(updated 6/17):
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Prolonged Spell(Fix for Persistent spell)
Weapon Training(replaces Weapon Focus chain)
Shelved:
Ascendant Feats.[New content!]
Finished:
Belts of potionade
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
What about spells that have a fixed duration, like Giant Size (1 min, not min/level)
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I started my first campaign around a campfire, having pancakes. They were blueberry.
My homebrew(updated 6/17):
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Prolonged Spell(Fix for Persistent spell)
Weapon Training(replaces Weapon Focus chain)
Shelved:
Ascendant Feats.[New content!]
Finished:
Belts of potionade
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
What if you have a CL over 24 and you Prolong an hour/level spell? Does it reduce the duration?
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
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I started my first campaign around a campfire, having pancakes. They were blueberry.
My homebrew(updated 6/17):
SpoilerIn progress:
Prolonged Spell(Fix for Persistent spell)
Weapon Training(replaces Weapon Focus chain)
Shelved:
Ascendant Feats.[New content!]
Finished:
Belts of potionade
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
Giving fixed duration spells an extended duration is fine in theory, but requires some interpritation in practice with spells such as Heat Metal and Storm of Vengence.
I think Quellian-dyrae's point was that the difference between 10 minutes and 24 hours is not as great as you would think when the "5 minute work day" (or even just short dungeons) is in effect.[Public Service Announcement]P.E.A.C.H stands for Please Examine And Critique Honestly[/Public Service Announcement]
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
That's a good point on those odd-duration spells, but I'm more worried about how the change effects commonly persisted spells(mirror move, lesser vigor, wraithstrike) and if the new adjustment is at least semi-balanced when applied to them.
The 5-minute workday isn't something I'm trying to balance against, cause frankly, its a metagame problem that good DMs should already be dealing with by teaching their players that their day isn't over simply cause they want it to be.Avatar by Assassin89
I started my first campaign around a campfire, having pancakes. They were blueberry.
My homebrew(updated 6/17):
SpoilerIn progress:
Prolonged Spell(Fix for Persistent spell)
Weapon Training(replaces Weapon Focus chain)
Shelved:
Ascendant Feats.[New content!]
Finished:
Belts of potionade
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
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I started my first campaign around a campfire, having pancakes. They were blueberry.
My homebrew(updated 6/17):
SpoilerIn progress:
Prolonged Spell(Fix for Persistent spell)
Weapon Training(replaces Weapon Focus chain)
Shelved:
Ascendant Feats.[New content!]
Finished:
Belts of potionade
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
PCs liking NPCs? You're playing with a different set of munchkins than I'm used to, then.
As for the feat itself, I think it's a bit overly modular. What I would do along the thoughts that you have for this is to just have it increase duration by one step, like you have, leave capped and fixed spells alone (they're that way for balance reasons) and just slap a +2-3 SL on it. Simple to apply, reduces on weirdness and keeps the short duration spells suitably short while making them last for more than one battle, which is the aim I see you having with this.
Basically, it's as follows:
Prolonged Spell
Your spells are far more persistent than they used to be.
Prerequisites: Extend Spell
Benefits: A prolonged spell increases the duration, as per the following table. Spells with fixed durations cannot be prolonged.
A prolonged spell uses a spell slot three levels higher than the spell's actual level.
{table=head]Previous duration|New duration
rounds/level|minutes/level
minutes/level|10minutes/level
10minutes/level|hours/level
hours/level|24 hours[/table]
If you want to keep multiple steps available, I'd take a page from Enhance Spell and add a Special section that allows taking the feat multiple times and allow another step for +2 SL.
Them's my 2 coppers. Take as you will.Last edited by Cieyrin; 2011-06-16 at 12:03 PM.
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
Will the poor spells with days/level durations get no love from anyone? Can't we make Prolonged Spell turn a days/level duration into weeks per level?
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2011-06-16, 02:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
True, although that only helps with certain types of adventures. Still, that makes two options (time-critical missions and the enemy using the time wisely.) Another option, better for dungeon crawls, would be if the dungeon was recently discovered...the PCs were the first to get there, but if they don't clear it out quickly competitors will be showing up.
PCs who don't care for NPCs (and make that known) are vulnerable to all sorts of nasty attacks...
leave capped and fixed spells alone (they're that way for balance reasons)
Doesn't really seem all that necessary to me.
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Re: Prolonged Spell [3.5]
As Yitzi said, I wouldn't consider them 'poor' by any means. Extend 'em and call it good.
Perhaps, I'm just saying some munchkins don't see NPCs as much more than adventure hooks for more power. The consequences for such often goes over their heads. Not saying I'm such a munchkin, just that I've dealt with a few of them.
Same is true for other spells. I don't think upgrading a 1 minute spell (say, Divine Favor) to 1 minute/level increases its power substantially more than upgrading a 1 round/level spell (say, Divine Power) to 1 minute does.