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Considering RDD doesn't yield nearly the boons of a pale master to the casting class it's technically supposed to supplement (+2 CON and +2 to CHA versus critical hit immunity. C'mon!); would it be game breaking to propose the implementation of 1/2 level spell progression for the purposes of penetration, dispelling, damage, so on so forth?

It 'does' seem to be tailored to help innate mages the same way Palemaster does for Wizards; and any worthwhile investment in the class would still significantly decrease a caster's usefulness. Just means that caster RDDs are much more of a 'thing', as it were, which is thematically logical.

Could even make the 'type' of magic it affects be keyed to the type of dragon, for flavor. Dragons 'do' have racially preferred schools of innate magic after all! (Greens favor enchantment, Black favors necromancy, Red favors Evocation, Blue is Illusion, White is Abjuration(?); etc. Don't know the metallic ones.)

Actually this has been discussed before.

I would love to see some alterations to the classes happen but right now the haks are in a bit of a lock down.

Altering classes isn't overly difficult but it requires a ton of work on the hak, and lots of tinkering to become familiar with the process. We do not have anyone right now who is willing to take the dive.

Nobody to run the code-work? Hnrhm. I'd take it up if I wasn't completely incapable of operating the toolset on my system, and completely uneducated in the art of toying with the code through any other medium.

Well. 'Mostly' uneducated.

Folk to work with the hack could be something to put out a notice for, though. Surely someone'd take the task up.

We have coders, don't get me wrong, but the hak is an entirely different beast. On top of that the few scripters we do have are pretty busy right now with the spell changes. It mostly involves a lot of compiling, and tinkering to get the entire thing running properly.

Even if it's currently not doable, it would be interesting to see where most people would like to RDD class heading in.

Would be interesting to see the Caster Level raise with RDD levels so something like 16 Sorc/4 Fighter/10 RDD would end up with 26 Caster Level and have long lasting spells that do not get dispelled and go through most Spell Resists.

Other things that might fit the class could be:
- Color based weapon buff, something like 1d4 dmg from 1-4, 1d8 from 5-8 and 1d10 from 9-10.
- "Fear" aura that functions as Doom aura or something more minor.
- Give the class a bit more HP. Maybe start it with 8 and have it raise up from there.
- Familiar change to some draconic beast or Summon Creature X to something like that?

I understand that some of these suggestions would benefit the typical 18 Fighter/2 Bard/10 RDD more than high level Sorcerers, but I also understand changing RDD levels to count as Caster Levels seem a bit much for some people.

Most of that stuff can be done via DC requests, Mikaz.

I was just thinking about this the other day too, giving DD half caster level would be nice. I mean, their boons are great already for a fighter build, but for a caster build the DD can be crippling.

Mav, i dont think anyone expects this to just be jumped on asap. Rather a nod that its a sound idea and maybe eventually will get in, when the stars are just right.

Epic DD lvls could use more love...

I would like to see a lvl 20 DD losing those changes the original 10 lvls class gets compared to the vanilla lvl 10 one...

which means.. a lvl 20 getting all the attribute bonuses, ac, and immunity.

Or make it gain all those back on a progression through 11 to 20...

Personally, I say if we wanna see more lvl 20 RDDs, there's gonna have to be way more definite 'reason' to take it than just the return of about 1 AC and 2 STR; because there's literally none right now outside the RP of wanting to go deeper for ancestral shape, or the ulterior motive of wanting it to be easier to ask DMs for more RDD goodies because you couldn't cook up a convincing half dragon request.

It's just too cosmetic right now. My opinion anyway.

Fixing the caster level thing is the only solution I can cook up for that though. So someone with better ideas is probably more qualified to figure this out than me.

Just a little variety suggestion;

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