Thank you for choosing the college of novels: You learn that words are form of art, all on their own, you can weave tales and write things beyond anything that any hero can imagine. Sure your instrument is not musically based, your instrument is the power of words and writing, normally you would just need to speak things but there are so many natural things to make you useless, that is if you were taking those lesser colleges, for you see, silence is not a spell you here anymore, because you replaced your verbal components with the power of writing, and so long as your allies are smart enough to read what you have written(your enemies, do not need to be intelligent if you're too stupid to read it just makes it even more funnier) you can destroy them with the power of your knowledge, and your character manic writing!
At level III, you gain paragraph of damage. Now you can write out your spells, in a series of combinations, by sacrificing a page in your book you can formulate a series of spells and a cascading role, this process can take up to 2 to 3 hours(this is when in game time not in real-world) for your character to cast the spells, thus you should recommend doing this at work before going into battle. Note you still need to make individual roles, for all your spells!
At level VI, you gain the ability printing press, you can copy any scroll for free, as you have access to it, as well as making a copy of a spell book, with half the price. With that caveat, you must now make an intelligence check, based on the difficulty of the scroll or spell book. After all, you're not a wizard, you don't understand their goddamn symbols, why is there a seven, parked next to the letter X? What a strange symbol, over the strange numbers and letters? (Wizards writing in algebra)
At level XIV, words are my power,you are able to write scrolls of Power words without learning the spell, and not having to devote spells slots, at maximum spells slots! So long as you have prepared them earlier, this requires you to sacrifice a section of your book, to using all these power words in the order, that you have string together. Also, you cannot use repeating words, that means you cannot use the same power word, twice in a row, you must have at least three words in between them! You can also weave in other spells by now, and that counts to the power word separation.
Somebody else can make it to the actual subclass, but I am 100% using this for a boss/NPC (because the players actually read about past battles of the bosses back when they were heroes)
Thank you for choosing the college of novels: You learn that words are form of art, all on their own, you can weave tales and write things beyond anything that any hero can imagine. Sure your instrument is not musically based, your instrument is the power of words and writing, normally you would just need to speak things but there are so many natural things to make you useless, that is if you were taking those lesser colleges, for you see, silence is not a spell you here anymore, because you replaced your verbal components with the power of writing, and so long as your allies are smart enough to read what you have written(your enemies, do not need to be intelligent if you're too stupid to read it just makes it even more funnier) you can destroy them with the power of your knowledge, and your character manic writing!
At level III, you gain paragraph of damage. Now you can write out your spells, in a series of combinations, by sacrificing a page in your book you can formulate a series of spells and a cascading role, this process can take up to 2 to 3 hours(this is when in game time not in real-world) for your character to cast the spells, thus you should recommend doing this at work before going into battle. Note you still need to make individual roles, for all your spells!
At level VI, you gain the ability printing press, you can copy any scroll for free, as you have access to it, as well as making a copy of a spell book, with half the price. With that caveat, you must now make an intelligence check, based on the difficulty of the scroll or spell book. After all, you're not a wizard, you don't understand their goddamn symbols, why is there a seven, parked next to the letter X? What a strange symbol, over the strange numbers and letters? (Wizards writing in algebra)
At level XIV, words are my power,you are able to write scrolls of Power words without learning the spell, and not having to devote spells slots, at maximum spells slots! So long as you have prepared them earlier, this requires you to sacrifice a section of your book, to using all these power words in the order, that you have string together. Also, you cannot use repeating words, that means you cannot use the same power word, twice in a row, you must have at least three words in between them! You can also weave in other spells by now, and that counts to the power word separation.
Somebody else can make it to the actual subclass, but I am 100% using this for a boss/NPC (because the players actually read about past battles of the bosses back when they were heroes)
I like the idea, but: the class is underpowered at lower levels with no combat ability, and op at higher levels. Power word KILL?!?!?! Also, the wording needs to be more official sounding. Maybe look at some official content, see how it's written and write in that style. For level 3 ability: what book? What do you mean (it isn't very clear the way you've written it). I hoped this helped, and it seems a very interesting subclass.
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First, he never mentioned Bard. Yes, College is a bard thing, but you should specify it. Half the flowery sillyness implies that he is a Wizard.
Second, I think he believes that classes have some kind of spellbook that has a limited # of pages in them. This is not true. Only Wizards and some Warlocks have spell books and there is NO LIMIT to the number of pages in them. None at all. Which means the major things he thinks is limiting his class does nothing at all.
Third you are correct that his flowery language makes it practically unreadable. That stuff goes in the decription of the class, NOT in the listing of the abilities. For example, saying "silence is not a spell" is incredibly confusing, do you mean he is immune to silence?
Abilities:
At 3rd level it looks like he is giving the bard the ability to scroll spells for just the cost of paper. Needs to be clarified and given actual limits.
At 6th level it looks like he wants to give the ability to copy scrolls for free and copy a spell book for 1/2 price, which is weird because Bards do NOT use spell books. But OK, help out your wizard friend. The ability copy any Scroll for free with no limits is INCREDIBALLY OVERPOWERED.
At 14th level again, this is incredibly overpowered again. Free, max level Power word scrolls? Yeah, no.
I would write it up something like this (changing name as it is all about scrolls)
Bard College of Scrolls
Scroll Writing:
At 3rd level you gain the ability to write scrolls at a minimal cost of 50 gp x the level of the spell + any consumed material cost. The scrolls erase themselves if they move more than 100 ft from you. The total level of all scrolls you posses (you posses them if they are within 100 ft of you) at any time may not exceed twice your proficiency, and this limit is called "Scroll Limit". No individual spell may exceed 6th level. In addition the spell must be something you can cast (including level).
Scroll Copying:
At 6th level your Scroll writing ability increases in power, you can now write a scroll that you can not cast as long as you have an existing scroll to copy. This includes any scroll, even scrolls of Protection. The copy is exact, so if the spell was upcast when written, the copied version is also up-cast. The 6th level max limit remains but for copied spells it applies to the BASE spell, not the upcast version.
Power Word Scroll
At 14th level, you gain the ability. to copy Power Word spells ignoring the 6th level max limit for Power Word spells. When you do this, the spell costs an extra level. Again, if copying an upcast scroll, the copy must be upcast.
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Effectively a 14th level caster or higher can have at most a single power word scroll,. costing them 8-10 points of a total of 10 for 14th level.
you need to throw in a sleep spell somewhere....a character is assaulted with an endless stream of text that, while probably important to someone, is completely lost on the character and its eyes glaze over and a little drool dribbles down the side of the character's mouth as the target is sent off into a magical slumber (insert the rest of the sleep spell description).
Actually the paragraph one is about the idea that, your multicasting, but it requires prep time. Your writing down a series of spells in a sentence, and the more spells your writing. The more paragraph your building. Like for example you might throw a fireball and then asleep spell immediately afterwards(granted that the terrible combination but that the example, honestly, you would go with asleep spell plus dream, so that way you can gather information on your enemies while interrogating a guard while you sleep in the dreamworld.)
The reason why a comment on the book style, is that your writing the stories, and devoting an entire page to a story that about your ventures, is extremely terrifying in the conduct of, you're still going to have to pay for a book, it's 50 gold for piece of paper, some of these books could cost more than that. Are you using pieces of paper and randomly binding them together! Basically the limit is technically you are spending in one scroll to cast a series of spells, but if one fails, keyword one fails your entire paragraph goes to the wayside. Basically, if a guy is trying to go for like an ultimate one-shot, stringing like five or six spells on our it's going to die, at best. I recommend at least stringing Free. Maybe I can add a caviar that in order to cast spells for three you have to be opening your book and have one hand occupied? (Or are your scrolls, granted holding a piece of paper one hand doesn't exactly limit you, a book is a physical object, but that prevents you from using two-handed weaponry, or dual wielding, meanwhile, a single piece paper to be placed underneath the handle blade really easily, that said, you don't want certain scrolls going off while your hands are full.)
Everything with scroll Copying,Except for one thing, I still think you need to have intelligence check with in the concept, one is to prevent the concept of quick forgeries, and also if let's say the bard manages to sneak into the room of the final boss, a powerful wizard, working on becoming an undead litch. In his workshops. There is actually his spell book, you come up to it, you're going to copy a few spells and transfer them into scrolls, naturally he had them written down at the maximum level, after all, why bother taking the time to write vitamin the spell book that their constant low-level, you can do that on your pending minds. It's to make it where like the player gets a little bit of boost is when like you successful on the intelligence role, I decipher the code, the dungeon master role in also like now you know this spell, you can't cast it. But you know it's which means you don't need to see the original will that would be really good!
PS: Technically, this class is supposed to be more of a prep work class, since I've noticed that the Really good spells that are low-level to get our the cast, i.e. glyph.
You're exactly right along. If you don't multiply into a wizard(then you can become broken, especially if you go with the brand-new version, book becomes a familiar! Great now we have a trashy romance novel, with the power to cast reduce and enlarge. That's not a good thing!)
Bards are storytellers, going around towns spreading things around, usually by consent! You're doing your research for your books, your learning all types of amazing things multiple positions, unique phrases, seeing amazing things. Good times good times. This is what college is all about. Just be sure to explain to the other Bards that what happened in the college, rarely comes out. Then you're working on your college debt, and raising your family of 14, because you're living in the dark ages condos are expensive and hard to make.
That doesn't change that the level 14 ability is overpowered. Wizards have to wait until level 17 to cast PWK, and even then they only get ONE per long rest. That ability is extremely broken.
Oh please. This is overpowered at levels six, I mean the combined calligraphy, and being friends with probably a very powerful wizard or warlock(and if you don't want to wait until level XIV, you can always ask the warlocks demons of the power words) and you don't even have to go into battle. You can hand scrolls to other players, and if you learn foraging you can make mystical weapons . So long as you have the expert standing next to you. You can make power armor out of paper! Just for the low price of a book with possibly five or six pieces of paper in its! Remember, if any, spell, you can copy when you have access to!
The power words, get more expensive though you have to cast amid higher levels, also counter spell is really dangerous on you because remember each one of your spells is now scroll, or if you're really clever you're using this process, like pages of the book. But hey, your class that everybody makes friends with, you know everybody's name. After all, you can't spell bard without bar. So cheers. (I highly doubt anyone from the get that joke)
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Thank you for choosing the college of novels: You learn that words are form of art, all on their own, you can weave tales and write things beyond anything that any hero can imagine. Sure your instrument is not musically based, your instrument is the power of words and writing, normally you would just need to speak things but there are so many natural things to make you useless, that is if you were taking those lesser colleges, for you see, silence is not a spell you here anymore, because you replaced your verbal components with the power of writing, and so long as your allies are smart enough to read what you have written(your enemies, do not need to be intelligent if you're too stupid to read it just makes it even more funnier) you can destroy them with the power of your knowledge, and your character manic writing!
At level III, you gain paragraph of damage. Now you can write out your spells, in a series of combinations, by sacrificing a page in your book you can formulate a series of spells and a cascading role, this process can take up to 2 to 3 hours(this is when in game time not in real-world) for your character to cast the spells, thus you should recommend doing this at work before going into battle. Note you still need to make individual roles, for all your spells!
At level VI, you gain the ability printing press, you can copy any scroll for free, as you have access to it, as well as making a copy of a spell book, with half the price. With that caveat, you must now make an intelligence check, based on the difficulty of the scroll or spell book. After all, you're not a wizard, you don't understand their goddamn symbols, why is there a seven, parked next to the letter X? What a strange symbol, over the strange numbers and letters? (Wizards writing in algebra)
At level XIV, words are my power, you are able to write scrolls of Power words without learning the spell, and not having to devote spells slots, at maximum spells slots! So long as you have prepared them earlier, this requires you to sacrifice a section of your book, to using all these power words in the order, that you have string together. Also, you cannot use repeating words, that means you cannot use the same power word, twice in a row, you must have at least three words in between them! You can also weave in other spells by now, and that counts to the power word separation.
Somebody else can make it to the actual subclass, but I am 100% using this for a boss/NPC (because the players actually read about past battles of the bosses back when they were heroes)
I like the idea, but: the class is underpowered at lower levels with no combat ability, and op at higher levels. Power word KILL?!?!?! Also, the wording needs to be more official sounding. Maybe look at some official content, see how it's written and write in that style. For level 3 ability: what book? What do you mean (it isn't very clear the way you've written it). I hoped this helped, and it seems a very interesting subclass.
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First, he never mentioned Bard. Yes, College is a bard thing, but you should specify it. Half the flowery sillyness implies that he is a Wizard.
Second, I think he believes that classes have some kind of spellbook that has a limited # of pages in them. This is not true. Only Wizards and some Warlocks have spell books and there is NO LIMIT to the number of pages in them. None at all. Which means the major things he thinks is limiting his class does nothing at all.
Third you are correct that his flowery language makes it practically unreadable. That stuff goes in the decription of the class, NOT in the listing of the abilities. For example, saying "silence is not a spell" is incredibly confusing, do you mean he is immune to silence?
Abilities:
I would write it up something like this (changing name as it is all about scrolls)
Bard College of Scrolls
Scroll Writing:
At 3rd level you gain the ability to write scrolls at a minimal cost of 50 gp x the level of the spell + any consumed material cost. The scrolls erase themselves if they move more than 100 ft from you. The total level of all scrolls you posses (you posses them if they are within 100 ft of you) at any time may not exceed twice your proficiency, and this limit is called "Scroll Limit". No individual spell may exceed 6th level. In addition the spell must be something you can cast (including level).
Scroll Copying:
At 6th level your Scroll writing ability increases in power, you can now write a scroll that you can not cast as long as you have an existing scroll to copy. This includes any scroll, even scrolls of Protection. The copy is exact, so if the spell was upcast when written, the copied version is also up-cast. The 6th level max limit remains but for copied spells it applies to the BASE spell, not the upcast version.
Power Word Scroll
At 14th level, you gain the ability. to copy Power Word spells ignoring the 6th level max limit for Power Word spells. When you do this, the spell costs an extra level. Again, if copying an upcast scroll, the copy must be upcast.
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Effectively a 14th level caster or higher can have at most a single power word scroll,. costing them 8-10 points of a total of 10 for 14th level.
you need to throw in a sleep spell somewhere....a character is assaulted with an endless stream of text that, while probably important to someone, is completely lost on the character and its eyes glaze over and a little drool dribbles down the side of the character's mouth as the target is sent off into a magical slumber (insert the rest of the sleep spell description).
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Actually the paragraph one is about the idea that, your multicasting, but it requires prep time. Your writing down a series of spells in a sentence, and the more spells your writing. The more paragraph your building. Like for example you might throw a fireball and then asleep spell immediately afterwards(granted that the terrible combination but that the example, honestly, you would go with asleep spell plus dream, so that way you can gather information on your enemies while interrogating a guard while you sleep in the dreamworld.)
The reason why a comment on the book style, is that your writing the stories, and devoting an entire page to a story that about your ventures, is extremely terrifying in the conduct of, you're still going to have to pay for a book, it's 50 gold for piece of paper, some of these books could cost more than that. Are you using pieces of paper and randomly binding them together! Basically the limit is technically you are spending in one scroll to cast a series of spells, but if one fails, keyword one fails your entire paragraph goes to the wayside. Basically, if a guy is trying to go for like an ultimate one-shot, stringing like five or six spells on our it's going to die, at best. I recommend at least stringing Free. Maybe I can add a caviar that in order to cast spells for three you have to be opening your book and have one hand occupied? (Or are your scrolls, granted holding a piece of paper one hand doesn't exactly limit you, a book is a physical object, but that prevents you from using two-handed weaponry, or dual wielding, meanwhile, a single piece paper to be placed underneath the handle blade really easily, that said, you don't want certain scrolls going off while your hands are full.)
Everything with scroll Copying,Except for one thing, I still think you need to have intelligence check with in the concept, one is to prevent the concept of quick forgeries, and also if let's say the bard manages to sneak into the room of the final boss, a powerful wizard, working on becoming an undead litch. In his workshops. There is actually his spell book, you come up to it, you're going to copy a few spells and transfer them into scrolls, naturally he had them written down at the maximum level, after all, why bother taking the time to write vitamin the spell book that their constant low-level, you can do that on your pending minds. It's to make it where like the player gets a little bit of boost is when like you successful on the intelligence role, I decipher the code, the dungeon master role in also like now you know this spell, you can't cast it. But you know it's which means you don't need to see the original will that would be really good!
PS: Technically, this class is supposed to be more of a prep work class, since I've noticed that the Really good spells that are low-level to get our the cast, i.e. glyph.
So this is a wizard? I would get rid of college (I thought it was a bard because of it).
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No it is supposed to be a Bard College. He just forgot to tell anyone that.
You're exactly right along. If you don't multiply into a wizard(then you can become broken, especially if you go with the brand-new version, book becomes a familiar! Great now we have a trashy romance novel, with the power to cast reduce and enlarge. That's not a good thing!)
Bards are storytellers, going around towns spreading things around, usually by consent! You're doing your research for your books, your learning all types of amazing things multiple positions, unique phrases, seeing amazing things. Good times good times. This is what college is all about. Just be sure to explain to the other Bards that what happened in the college, rarely comes out. Then you're working on your college debt, and raising your family of 14, because you're living in the dark ages condos are expensive and hard to make.
That doesn't change that the level 14 ability is overpowered. Wizards have to wait until level 17 to cast PWK, and even then they only get ONE per long rest. That ability is extremely broken.
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Oh please. This is overpowered at levels six, I mean the combined calligraphy, and being friends with probably a very powerful wizard or warlock(and if you don't want to wait until level XIV, you can always ask the warlocks demons of the power words) and you don't even have to go into battle. You can hand scrolls to other players, and if you learn foraging you can make mystical weapons . So long as you have the expert standing next to you. You can make power armor out of paper! Just for the low price of a book with possibly five or six pieces of paper in its! Remember, if any, spell, you can copy when you have access to!
The power words, get more expensive though you have to cast amid higher levels, also counter spell is really dangerous on you because remember each one of your spells is now scroll, or if you're really clever you're using this process, like pages of the book. But hey, your class that everybody makes friends with, you know everybody's name. After all, you can't spell bard without bar. So cheers. (I highly doubt anyone from the get that joke)