tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517252849670943939.post3723469877684067031..comments2024-03-10T15:43:05.467-07:00Comments on Tower of the Lonely GM: Augury - Visions of the Oracle (Advanced Feats)Tzimiscedraculhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16762161243138880483noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517252849670943939.post-69950213522469797272011-02-02T09:09:37.503-08:002011-02-02T09:09:37.503-08:00A fine tower it is :)
I'm very glad you were ...A fine tower it is :)<br /><br />I'm very glad you were fond of Prophetic Dreamer. I'm sure someone is going to hate it, but it's the kind of feat that as a GM I would love one of my players to take. As much as I like and obsess over the crunch, when push comes to shove I'm a story focused GM.Sigfried Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446641133568672657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517252849670943939.post-30410070559240058262011-02-01T18:34:15.504-08:002011-02-01T18:34:15.504-08:00Hi Sigfried and welcome to my humble tower :-)
Th...Hi Sigfried and welcome to my humble tower :-)<br /><br />Thank you for commenting and sharing your thoughts! I’m eager for more Advanced Feats products. Apologies for Conditional Curse, I already removed the mistaken observation.Tzimiscedraculhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16762161243138880483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517252849670943939.post-88666897281079165332011-02-01T18:05:43.887-08:002011-02-01T18:05:43.887-08:00Thanks for the review! It's very thoughtful a...Thanks for the review! It's very thoughtful and addresses some concerns I had while writing it.<br /><br />I was aware of ultimate magic while writing the feats but I wanted to avoid tying my work to it until it was out of play-test. A lot of things changed from play-test to published in APG so I tried to just go with what was available cannon "at the moment". I've a feeling that Ultimate Magic and Combat may tread ground I've already covered. It's one of the challenges of 3PP, you can't easily coordinate your work with the 1stPP work. I'm not sure if I made the right call there or not.<br /><br />The last line of Conditional Curse benefits notes that you retain the curse's benefits.<br /><br />It's true there are very few Oracle only feats in the book. Conditional Curse and Strange Revelation are the exceptions. Outside of its mysteries, there are no Oracle specific class abilities, and doing feats just for a specific Mystery/Revelation seemed too corner case to be useful to most players. High utility is one of my objectives with the series so I avoided mystery or revelation specific feats intentionally.<br /><br />I really wanted to do an Oracle build that was a kind of master sleuth, using divination and augury to solve the "story" side of quests. Sadly, even the lore mystery didn't really support that in any meaningful way. None of the mysteries give an oracle much in the way of oracle type powers and are much more themes of divine magic like cleric domains but more so that give you a combat angle. Lore includes a lot of skill checks, but oracle is not a skill rich class or Int using so its a bit "pearls before swine." That was my only disappointment in the class itself.<br /><br />I really thought it was great that your review picked up on issues I struggled with while writing the pdf, very insightful!Sigfried Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446641133568672657noreply@blogger.com