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Post by paleologos on Feb 16, 2020 6:30:17 GMT -6
Hi again,
This is a companion thread to the one about Steve Marsh's Mystic character class. Gary had apparently conceived a "Divine" character class, which likewise went into the psionics system.
Apart from a possible connection to Sterling Lanier's "Hiero's Journey" does anybody know anything else about it?
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Post by captainjapan on Feb 16, 2020 9:12:51 GMT -6
Hi again, This is a companion thread to the one about Steve Marsh's Mystic character class. Gary had apparently conceived a "Divine" character class, which likewise went into the psionics system. Apart from a possible connection to Sterling Lanier's "Hiero's Journey" does anybody know anything else about it? I believe the impetus for creating a divine (or devine) character class was Gary's interest in mental combat. I would investigate any past iterations of wizardly combat. The whole point of Eldritch Wizardry was to help DMs shake up the players who were buying the rulebooks for themselves. Introducing an entirely new form of combat goes a long way toward that goal. Remember how Gygax and Kask loved the Mind Flayer. Divines get to mix it up with that guy! |
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Post by paleologos on Feb 16, 2020 20:34:46 GMT -6
In flipping through Eldritch Wizardry, I'm assuming that the Psionic Combat section (pgs 7-11) was drawn from Gary's notes for the Divine/Devine.
With only 5 attack and 5 defense modes, I can see why Tim Kask might have thought there wasn't enough for a whole character class.
A simple hack for a "Divine" character might be to organize psionic abilities for magic-user/clerics by equivalent spell level, and have them advance as magic-users.
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