Ulo has a healing spell* and she would love to use it on the blue haired elf.

* Steal Vitality heals Ulo at any rate....




Jednesa asks: Do we need healer and talker and sneaker?  Jednesa is tough, take all damage and walk back to town; Jednesa find once rip off one arm person usually do what Jednesa ask; and Jednesa is sneaky, Jednesa just not need to be sneaky at wine church.

(I mean, yeah, we could use a healer mos def, but do we need a diplomancer and a thief?)

im running 8

I'm only running 3 (the fourth is semi-retired until another group decides to go into the Troll area and adventure).  But, Jednesa is in that group.

well, I have two stealthy types, one is heroic and the other is an antiheroic mercenary

Might be easier to ask, who doesn't already have a character in the group with Jednesa, Marie, and Masugatan?

I don't, but I don't have much experience playing healers (at least in games where one needs to be a priest to heal magically), and I'm still a little unclear how Clerical Investment, Power Investment, and plain old Magery interact.

i'll create a triunist priest, for the task. i've been meaning to, just to have on hand.

I do not have anyone in that group and could also create a healer.

Side note I already have 2 in the game.

Clerical Investment is one part Social Rank, one part Divine Rank.  It is not required for Holy powers or skills, however, it is required to perform Proper Rites (in DFRPG it's necessary to Lead Prayers and Bless Altars).  It's also good for a 10% reduction in price on certain Holy gear and better prices when selling to temples.

Power Investiture is basically Divine Magery, except it doesn't come with Magery 0 abilities and isn't beholden to Mana, instead relying on Sanctity.  Otherwise, Holy spells function identically to Magic based spells and interact with another seamlessly.

Thanks, Jareth.

So, that means one could make a Holy Person who had nothing to do with any established religion, even was opposed to existing religions...  Hmmm.  Might have to spend some time with GCS tonight...

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 924):

I am pretty sure Holy Investiture has to be granted by a God, so it has to be associated with one religion. But then, the religions are so varied that this is not that much of a restriction...

Dungeon Fantasy 7: Clerics is a good go-to for the different spell lists. Clerics do not get to choose their spells like Mages...they have set lists depending on their divine sponsor...but they can select from the list depending on their PI and god.

Yes, that is an important distinction.  Mages must follow the pre-req list flow charts for learning spells.  They build on each other like the classes in school do.  It's like learning math in depth.  Pre-calc leads to calc, which leads to various higher level math topics.  The healing spells might be geometry and then trigonometry.

Priests basically pick and choose what spells they want from the divine list, but it's ala-carte.  You can ignore the pre-req list and take much higher level spells.  It just has to be appropriate for your god.  For example, I believe Melchizadek has Sunbolt, likely with none of the pre-reqs...

In reply to Goran the Marked (msg # 926):

"power investiture comes in many forms, there is drudic, Clercial, both divine, unholy, which is telated but infernal, and of course, Elder!"

In reply to Frer Noe (msg # 927):

Also, as that new universal software at my job rolls out, there is suddenly a lot less downtime where I work, since part of it dumps other departments responsibilities on us.

As the mendicant NPC says, that's bunk.  Power Investiture must come from a Power, so it's usually brings its own drawbacks with it, for instance Druidism which is harshly penalized by civilization, Elder Thing cultists which tend to accidentally summon Elder Things* and which costs more, and possibly others.





* I mean just because they're trying to summon Bob Dhole, doesn't mean they want the Eye of Madness rolling in, munching on the back half of the cult...

Power Investiture has to come from a god-equivalent, yes -- but it doesn't have to be one of the ones worshipped in Northport.  Doesn't necessarily have to be one worshipped by anyone else, seems like.

Hmmm.

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 930):

We broke 50k!

I have no issues with bringing in other gods, especially looking at the pulp traditions of someone accidentally leaving an offering in an unknown shrine and receiving power or divine favor from a god they don't quite worship.  Also byog, as several were player introduced; Helios, Vejovis, Hors and Sethyg were all brought by players; Sethyg might be based on Yig, but Jessie seems to have invented it.

Expecting you to adjust to a new god brought in out of nowhere.  That's just Hors-able..

....incoming bolt of lightning...

Shocking, shocking

In reply to Goran the Marked (msg # 932):
very very frightening (me! galileo. galileo. galileo. figero!)

magnificoooooooooo

In reply to Grimaldi (msg # 934):

Let me go!

mama mia, mama mia, mama mia, let me go!

BEELZEBUB HAS A DEVIL PUT ASIDE FOR ME!

Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby!
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here

[with perfect pitch and tune, but completely off-key]

Nothin really matter,
Anyone can see,
Nothin really matter,
Nothin really matter to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Anyway t'e wind blow.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:54, Wed 05 Feb 2020.