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  • May 30, 2016 at 11:59 pm #272807
    Anonymous
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    iscussion starts here: viewtopic.php?p=21249#p21249

    Unless I’m missing something, this discussion never deals with this topic in the slightest. Can you be more specific about where it is discussed?

    June 1, 2016 at 3:23 pm #272813
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    One person notes that it is “interesting” that Death Monger background does not grant DSC. Nobody contradicts him or questions it further in that thread (that I see). I think there was also another thread but I’m not sure where right now.

    June 2, 2016 at 6:02 am #272828
    frootsnax
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    Honestly I think the Divine Trinity is both rare enough in the campaign & and supported well enough through mechanics (primarily spell access) that i don’t think it (the background) needs to grant access to DSC. If you are Divine Archetype you already have it. If you are Expert (or martial…) it’s more problematical As a build than other initiates of Gods (like the PoM) but you can get still there through taking any one of three paths in Tier 1. And of course as an Expert you also get to make melee attacks at Tier …

    My 2 cents, I see this as an inconvience for some builds but not a major (power balance) issue.

    June 5, 2016 at 7:48 am #272862
    Anonymous
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    The “omission” of DSC access from the background is not an omission. It is intentional.

    June 24, 2016 at 9:35 pm #273107
    Anonymous
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    Blessed Vitality (pg. 187 A:RG) & Sword Saint Path (pg. 297 A:RG) –

    Sword Saint path grants the Talents Blessed Vitality and Strength of Faith. This path has only one Tier associated with it.

    Blessed Vitality is a Devout, Tiered Talent, though not a Limited one, and has the requirement of being a Holy Champion in order to take (and proceed taking) this talent. As it stands, there is no way for a Sword Saint to gain the next Tier in Blessed Vitality unless they go through the ardent task of becoming a Holy Champion (by either already having the Templar Background, or having to pick up Templar Itinerant and then pick up Holy Champion).

    Either manner, one is still busting at least two paths just to gain the next Tier in Blessed Vitality (if sticking with Sword Saint). Was this intentional for the Sword Saint Path?

    June 24, 2016 at 9:48 pm #273108
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    I cannot speak to intention, but Holy Champions and Sword Saints are very different kettles of fish.

    Holy Champions are the “heroes” of the Church Militants. They represent the elite warriors of the various temples around Onara, and would be the commanders of various Templars as a Centurion would to Legionnaires.

    A Sword Saint is simply a lay-warrior who fights in the name of their chosen god. There is no hierarchy of Sword Saints as there is with Holy Champions, and there is almost no requirements to qualify as one.

    Functionally, it is the equivalent of a US Army Lieutenant vs. a random militiamen in Montana. Sure, they both wield weapons and both (possibly) profess loyalty to the United States of America, but they are from completely different organizations, tend to have different goals, different methods, etc.

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