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[Xathan]

Grace of the Moon: Once per day, a Vaemis can channel the power of that phase of the moon to increase her combat ability. While superficially similar to a barbarianâ,¬,,¢s rage, the Grace of the Moon is Charisma based and does not leave the user fatigued afterwards. It lasts for a number of rounds equal to the Vaemis' charisma modifier +3
DP Grace: Gain a +2 bonus on damage rolls, DR 1/cold iron, Spell Resistance 5 plus HD, Power Resistance equal to HD
LP Grace: Gain a +1 deflection bonus to AC, DR 1/silver, Power Resistance 5 plus HD, Spell resistance equal to HD

Question 5: Why do darkphase (new word!) Vaemis get Faerie Fire, a spell that reveals?[/quote]silent image[/i], which would tie into the darkphase theme of deception.

Question 6: "This liberation would turn humans to debauchery, fornication, and fatalism. Instead, ghouls take up long-term intellectual pursuits, such as philosophy, art, magic, or other activities that they can pursue once they arrive in Hades."
Uh, if I were slowly dieing and I knew I'd live on for eternity, I'd spend my life doing non-intellectual things and spend my living years enjoying life.

Comment 1: "Some humans focus on their guilds, increasing their power and therefore their own."[/quote]Comment 2: Keep gender changing out of the mechanics section, as it has no in-game effect.[/quote]Comment 3: I'd make the Vaemis Favored Class: Ranger. Their lycan hunting passion, physical nature and focus on both stealth and perception point that way to me.[/quote]Comment 4: You've changed elves and added goblyns. Both of these are new races and you've changed the goblin name to help throw off confusion. But why are the elves still named elves? It's not like they are Tolgax elves or myth elves, right?[/quote]Forgive me if this post is a little weird. It's midnight right now and I'm really enjoying your setting.
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Not weird at all, and the format was helpful in composing a reply. Glad you enjoy! :)

[Raelifin]

Aha. I was confused about they layout of the grace abulity. I'd change it to:
"Once per day, a Vaemis can channel the power of that phase of the moon to increase her combat ability. This power grants different bonuses depending on the phase of the moon and thus, the Vaemis. Darkphase Vemis gain a +2 bonus on damage rolls, DR 1/cold iron, Spell Resistance 5 plus HD, Power Resistance equal to HD. Whereas lightphase Vaemis gain a +1 deflection bonus to AC, DR 1/silver, Power Resistance 5 plus HD, Spell resistance equal to HD. This ability lasts for a number of rounds equal to 3 + the Vaemis' charisma modifier."

As for elves, I like the old norse word for elf: aelfar (singular: aelfir.) In norse legend elves were similar to greek nymphs and were semi-divine beings with white/pale skin and amazing beauty.

[Xathan]

Aelfar....that name actually rocks hardcore. I like it, I love it, I'm using it. Thanks Rae, that's awesome!

That's probably a better format for the Grace of the Moon ability, I'll adopt it. Thanks!

Any other thoughts, especially on humanity? (they're giving me the most trouble atm.)

[Raelifin]

You know, I like the idea of Guides being physical. It gives them a... flavor that most imaginary friends don't have. X-)

Make sure you state that all humans have guides at this point. I wasn't sure about that when I read the racial entry.

[Xathan]

Yeah, I'm liking the physical thing more and more. It's going to be hell to balance, but still.

I think I did, but maybe I wasn't clear enough...I'll update that, along with the other things.

[CYMRO]

In case you missed these questions at the other spot,


Are you taking the psionics is different approach to the extreme?

What more can be told of these Primal Realms?
What purpose would Shadow and Aether serve?

[Xathan]

Are you taking the psionics is different approach to the extreme?

What more can be told of these Primal Realms?
What purpose would Shadow and Aether serve?[/quote]

I'll post an answer to that question in the main thread in the next 30 miniutes. To answer your second question - if Shadow and Aether are included at all, they would serve as transitive planes - Shadow would house positive and negative energy (since without light, shadow would be nothing but pure darkness, and without darkness, it would be all endless illumination.) and Aether would house the four elements, in an arrangement that will work like limbo, only the elemental pockets will be much larger (several miles across) and instead of changing, they drift.

[Xathan]

So I added a bit on the planes, though I didn't get to the primal...I hit a bit of a mental dry spell, it seems. :( I get info on the rest of the planes up either later today or sunday night.

[Xeviat]

Xathan, I'll try to give you a thourough review tonight, but I have read your setting post and I'm quite impressed; especially considering this is like your 3rd setting? I really like the method the world came into psionic power (I was wondering if you're using Soul Knives; and if you need mechanical help on balancing the Divine Mind and Ardent, let me know).

There was something fairly important I wanted to ask, but I forgot. So I'll ask this: are you going to have a base class for celestial or fiend touched characters to tie them to the magic of their heritage? It would seem odd for the ranger (fae) or paladin (celestial) to be gone, and it also would seem odd for clerics (celestial or fiendish) and druids (fae) to be gone as well.

[Xathan]

Thanks, Xev. Actually, Thaedia is the second setting I've posted here, but it's probably the 39th (no exaggeration) that I've worked on. Thaedia and Datrik are my two most complete settings, and I hope to eventually have all my settings done and posted (That's a long way off, though. :P) I'm going to be using Soul Knives, but I'm going to be altering it significantly, because the class, as is, is rather weak. My soul knife will not be a variant class, but a blatant power up of the existing class.

As for the classes - yes. There will be 2 classes for each type of Immortal, one that is drawing upon the magical aspect of their heritage, one that is a 'martial art' type thing - an art form developed by that type of Immortal.

[Xeviat]

Could regular humans take those immortal class, or only "touched" humans? (Can't you tell that classes are my thing?)

[Xathan]

Yeah, I can. :P A human could take an immortal class, a celestial blooded could take a fiend blooded class, and so on and so forth.

Now that I think about it, I'm going to make the immortal classes less tied to blood and more tied to art forms, whether the art is magical, martial, or something else. Meanwhile, I'll expand on the idea of racial classes, so that anyone wanting to explore their bloodline more can take levels in their particular racial class.

[Xeviat]

Xathan, I'm best at commenting on mechanics, or giving specific advice to specific questions. I will say again, though, that I really like the ideas here. Before I answer your questions from earlier, I have one for you:

What sort of adventures will characters be going on. Is the campaign setting going to be just a backdrop, or will all adventures have to do with what's going on?

As for your questions:

1) Vaemis: I haven't gotten much feedback on their stats yet. Thoughts?

If the stats that are on this thread are the most current and up to date, I think they're better now than they were. Their special abilities are small changes, nothing to go crazy over not having. They're a very unique race as well.

2) Alternate Humans: Does it make sense, or does it seem gimmiky, or what?

It seems a little gimmiky to me. Here's how I would do it: everyone has those celestial/fiendish parts of them, but they are incorporeal and can't interract with the person except through subtlely influencing them. But, either through your "human racial class" or a feat, there will be a method to fully awaken them, and they would serve the character as familiars of sorts. I mean, if everyone has to deal with these two creatures following them around, that could get strange. If it's only select individuals, then that's probably fine. And cool.

3) What do you want to see next?

I'd like to hear more about the start of the war. I'd also like to hear more about your intentions for classes (for example, you seemed to have implied that clerics and druids are still around, but what about wizards?).

Sorry that this isn't really a huge review. Everything seems to be in order, but that's just because I'm a newcomer to the setting. If there's any more things that you're unsure of, let me know and I'll give you my opinion.

[Xathan]

The adventures...well, that's really up to the DM. I'm structuring it so that intrigue is the best type of adventure to run, followed a close second by war games.

Glad you like the Vaemis, I'm quite proud of them. :)

That's an interesting idea, I kinda like it. I'll play with that some...it's going to be hell to balance it, either way. >.<

I'll have information on classes and the War up after I get my planar info up. :) Thanks for the review, it's always good to have.