Chaotic Commands and narrowed protections

[Bursk]

I haven't been around much recently so aren't up-to-speed on the latest developments in the community. I haven't tried DR v3, but did have a look at the readme and noticed this:

 

'Chaotic Commands protects against verbal command spells, narrowing its protections'

 

Might I ask the reason for doing this? Why would you want to make a spell less effective? Was it overpowered?

[Andyr]

To bring it more in line with the pnp version. IIRC some other protective spells (Impervious Sanctity Of Mind and maybe another, I forget) have also been added.

[NiGHTMARE]

Two others, in fact; namely Iron Will and Impregnable Mind. This change, as well as the one to Cure Disease (it no longer cures blindness or deafness, and a Cure Blindness or Deafness spell has been introduced instead) are about more than just enforcing pnp rules too - I like to think they add deeper strategy when it comes to spell selection .

 

BTW I'd love to hear back from people who've tried out the above altered & new spells, since for all I know right now none of them actually work .

[Bursk]

Two others, in fact; namely Iron Will and Impregnable Mind.  This change, as well as the one to Cure Disease (it no longer cures blindness or deafness, and a Cure Blindness or Deafness spell has been introduced instead) are about more than just enforcing pnp rules too - I like to think they add deeper strategy when it comes to spell selection .

 

BTW I'd love to hear back from people who've tried out the above altered & new spells, since for all I know right now none of them actually work .

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I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the pnp spells. Am I right in thinking that you now have to cast two spells instead of one to achieve the same effect as one old spell i.e. the unaltered Chaotic Commands?

[NiGHTMARE]

First, ignore the part about Iron Will, dunno what I was smoking there but it doesn't exist . Maybe I was daydreaming about Ultima Underworld (since IIRC that had an Iron Will spell) or something .

 

Anyway, to respond to your question, not exactly; the revised Chaotic Commands actually protects against a couple of spells which the original didn't, namely Command and Greater Command, and Impregnable Mind protects against a few innate abilities which the original Chaotic Command didn't either.. Impervious Sanctity of Mind, which is 7th level, protects against all the spells Chaotic Commands did plus quite a few others.

[Guest Guest]

First, ignore the part about Iron Will, dunno what I was smoking there but it doesn't exist .  Maybe I was daydreaming about Ultima Underworld (since IIRC that had an Iron Will spell) or something .

 

Tower of Iron Will is a psionic in DnD which, IIRC, does the same thing as Impregnable Mind does... So you weren't far off, just lost in Athas or some other psionic-rich world...

[Bursk]

First, ignore the part about Iron Will, dunno what I was smoking there but it doesn't exist .  Maybe I was daydreaming about Ultima Underworld (since IIRC that had an Iron Will spell) or something .

 

Anyway, to respond to your question, not exactly; the revised Chaotic Commands actually protects against a couple of spells which the original didn't, namely Command and Greater Command, and Impregnable Mind protects against a few innate abilities which the original Chaotic Command didn't either..  Impervious Sanctity of Mind, which is 7th level, protects against all the spells Chaotic Commands did plus quite a few others.

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Neato. I was sure there was some logic to what you'd done.

 

Sounds like a very positive change.