Still more changes

With Aid changing to be a rank 3 prayer, clerics will be unable to cast it. Will they be gaining some other ability to enable them to strike for divine damage for a period of time, or will their periodic attack skills (smite, holy strike) be the only way they can inflict divine? It seems a little odd to me that priests would have easier access to striking with divine than clerics (five minutes every time they spend 4 FP as opposed to expending a periodic for a single attack).

We will discuss this, good catch. - Michael S.

Nate:
You are correct that there are fewer ways for PCs to give insanities. You are also correct that there are no lower list lethal abilities.

Joe:
The addition of Visagalis is largely an IG change. If your character moves in that direction, please feel free to explore it.

Galen:
Currently, those would be the ways for a cleric to deal divine damage. You could also make good friends with a priest.

Um, why does it seem like the bad guys are sorta getting made really weak? Like, Harvest your Soul suddenly only does 200 damage and a bunch of stuff that used to last a hour suddenly lasts about 5 minutes. Also, now that Glommites don't raise undead, why does Galladel oppose him?

Just a wee bit confused, sorry guys.

I do not think that the bad guys are getting made really weak, I think that they are coming into balance with the other skills in the game. Harvest your Soul and Grant Death now do the same damage as an Incapacitate but they have Magic and Divine respectively, and is better than an Incinerate Spell (for creatures not weak v. fire). Glomm seeks to turn everyone evil, Galladel prays for all souls to be redeemed and saved from damnation. - Michael S.

With the change to Deep Pockets, what currently defends against Cut Purse?

Mary:
Glomm was always so much more than the god of undead. Glomm is the god of corruption. He revels in turning good to evil, love to hate, friend to foe. He uses poison, sickness, and subterfuge. Galladel is the god of spiritual purity. He opposes Glomm because while Galladel desires to keep all things true to their nature, Glomm seeks to pervert that nature into something dark, something twisted. Undeath has always been just one of Glomm's facets.

Zach, you are much more eloquent than I am! - Michael S.

Gannon:
The bank.

Joking aside, there are a handful of defenses. Immaculate Defense, Resist, and Quick Reflexes come to mind, though I may be overruled by Mike or Damien.

Those would defend against it. - Michael S.

I feel like they're also trying to make the "evil" stuff more playable for PCs, Mary Rose. Cause Disease might be an inconvenience when you get hit with it as a PC, but when you're casting it against NPCs, they usually don't have enough time to take a long-term effect. Likewise, you have the ridiculously powerful stuff, and not just the insta-crits like Grant Death and Harvest Your Soul, but also Shield of Suffering (anyone who hits you in a five minute span takes a 30 second daze?) and Curse of the Doomed (exponential body damage every minute for an hour that keeps recurring even after getting brought up from serious? Aside from the brokenness of it, it was probably a logistical nightmare to keep track of). So yay for game balance!