Zilfer wrote:So just a quick question for Meta, what bonus' does the battle oracle get? O.o'
When you look at a cleric, they have their two domains, with abilities corresponding to the domains that they've chosen. They have complete access to all of the spells their gods grant them, and their combat style switches from martial during the earlier stages to more caster type during the higher levels.
An oracle, on the other hand, gains spells like a sorcerer, wears and uses the same type of equipment as a cleric, but does not gain a favored weapon. Additionally, rather than gaining special abilities at a set group of levels (ex: domains grant abilities at levels 1, 4, 6, or 8, depending on the domain), oracles gain abilities, or revelations, through mysteries they choose. The revelations come from a list of abilities corresponding to the mystery that they chose, and since mine is battle, I chose this:
War Sight (Su): Whenever you roll for initiative, you can roll twice and take either result. At 7th level, you can always act in the surprise round, but if you fail to notice the ambush, you act last, regardless of your initiative result (you act in the normal order in following rounds). At 11th level, you can roll for initiative three times and take any one of the results.
Additionally, I gain a revelation at levels 3, 7, 11, 15, and 19. The downside is that as an oracle, I don't have access to every spell in the book like a cleric, and when I pick a mystery that applies to my character, he becomes more and more specialized in that field. I won't be as effective later in the 10+ levels since my abilities aren't focused around spells, they're focused around martial combat. One revelation grants me heavy armor proficiency and martial weapon proficiency for all martial weapons. Another allows me to sacrifice two spells to quicken a heal spell.
But yeah, those are my abilities. Oh! One, last thing, oracles have a curse that they must take. Taking influence from a friend of ours' belonging to Nemesio's game, oracles take a curse, and the one I've chosen is Haunted. Story-wise, Wenson is haunted by the ghosts of sword, shield, and bow.
Haunted:
Malevolent spirits follow you wherever you go, causing minor mishaps and strange occurrences (such as unexpected breezes, small objects moving on their own, and faint noises).
Retrieving any stored item from your gear requires a standard action, unless it would normally take longer. Any item you drop lands 10 feet away from you in a random direction. Add mage hand and ghost sound to your list of spells known.
Adversely, even curses have benefits; this one granting additional spells known as I level. Others make you deaf, blind, rotting, disfigured, and all sorts of awesome stuff...although, that last one isn't preferable in a Ravenloft campaign...people might look at you weird.
I look forward to getting a chance to work on a really cool, interactive story with everyone. First in-game post should be up tonight in a separate thread.