Healer Path updates
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 9:13 pm
Respite
You can't multi-class and be level 28. Change Respite to 28 so that people will have more chance to take advantage of this feature.
Leaving it until level 30 means that pretty much no one will get to ever use it. Lowering it to 28 will still ensure pure-class component while allowing 55,000 XP worth of RP/adventuring to be had out of 435,000 required to hit 30 (1/8th of the total XP required to hit 30)
Radius
I was looking at the wild mage thread before I posted this, but people made good points (in favor of wild mage... but still)
There's really no other class ability that forces pure-class for benefit beyond what pure classing gives (increased level of companions, caster levels, bonus feats, bonus to HIDE/MS, better warlock/BG summons, etc.). Given the recent update on Mass Heal (and how Circle of Healing is always CL based), you really won't benefit from the increased radius of these abilities if your base caster level sucks anyway. So there's already kind of a check in place to encourage people to take more cleric levels.
With that in mind, I think it's not unreasonable to change the radius increase like to the ranger ability, which is 75% of your class or something to that effect (90% will allow 3 level of something else, etc.)This will allow healer paths to take other classes like Harper Priest, while still ensuring the dedication aspect that the devs are looking for.
You can't multi-class and be level 28. Change Respite to 28 so that people will have more chance to take advantage of this feature.
Leaving it until level 30 means that pretty much no one will get to ever use it. Lowering it to 28 will still ensure pure-class component while allowing 55,000 XP worth of RP/adventuring to be had out of 435,000 required to hit 30 (1/8th of the total XP required to hit 30)
Radius
I was looking at the wild mage thread before I posted this, but people made good points (in favor of wild mage... but still)
There's really no other class ability that forces pure-class for benefit beyond what pure classing gives (increased level of companions, caster levels, bonus feats, bonus to HIDE/MS, better warlock/BG summons, etc.). Given the recent update on Mass Heal (and how Circle of Healing is always CL based), you really won't benefit from the increased radius of these abilities if your base caster level sucks anyway. So there's already kind of a check in place to encourage people to take more cleric levels.
With that in mind, I think it's not unreasonable to change the radius increase like to the ranger ability, which is 75% of your class or something to that effect (90% will allow 3 level of something else, etc.)This will allow healer paths to take other classes like Harper Priest, while still ensuring the dedication aspect that the devs are looking for.