jfkg306 |
I got invited to Kingmaker, and i want to make a Chaotic Good
Cleric of Cayden Cailean
But i also want the Domains of travel and liberation.
Checking the domains, he only has travel,
So I was going to choose travel and Charm (love)
But then I found a wiki that showed him as travel and liberation
That would put me right where I want it!
http://pathfinder.wikia.com/wiki/Cayden_Cailean
Which is it?
Gulthor |
It depends on the text; in some books he does, in others he doesn't.
He absolutely should, in my opinion, but it was removed in Inner Sea Gods to presumably give him the same number of domains as other deities (5 instead of 6.)
In my opinion, they removed the wrong domain, however, and there's a Developer response on another thread that essentially admits to its removal being a mistake.
He's the god of Freedom, he should certainly have Liberation and the Freedom subdomain.
Ultimately, however, it depends on the game you're playing in.
As far as PFS is concerned, he doesn't have it. Most home games I see granting it, however. Best talk with the GM.
Mark Moreland Developer |
The specific wiki you linked to (hosted by Wikia) is severely out of date and not monitored by an active staff of administrators for factual inaccuracies. For an up-to-date article on Cayden Cailean (including his corrected domains) see http://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Cayden_Cailean.
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Deadmanwalking |
I had no idea they removed it, that's baffling given who he is. Yeah, just talk to your gm, and hope that developers admitting it was a mistake is enough.
Well, the issue is that they went to a standardized 5 Domains per deity setup when they went to Pathfinder, with required Alignment domains.
Given that...which of Cayden Cailean's Domains would you ditch?
Strength, Charm, and Travel are all pretty relevant, too.
Gulthor |
Deadmanwalking |
Here's the other thread I was referring to in which Deadmanwalking suggested a rather insightful list of domains that could be seen as missing - some of them are as egregious as Cayden not having Liberation - and Sean K. Reynolds essentially says him not having it is "dumb".
Yeah. Using the list of Extra Domains I posted there is certainly what I do. Works fine and doesn't unbalance anything. I mean, the Cleric still only gets two, y'know?
And thanks for calling me insightful. :)
Atarlost |
Sah wrote:I had no idea they removed it, that's baffling given who he is. Yeah, just talk to your gm, and hope that developers admitting it was a mistake is enough.Well, the issue is that they went to a standardized 5 Domains per deity setup when they went to Pathfinder, with required Alignment domains.
Given that...which of Cayden Cailean's Domains would you ditch?
Strength, Charm, and Travel are all pretty relevant, too.
I would not have done something as boneheaded as standardizing to 5 domains per deity with required alignment domains. There's no reason to have either restriction. Gods are neither possible PCs nor possible combat challenges. There's no reason for them to need to be balanced. Clerics still only get two domains. And alignment domains are a ripoff for lawful or chaotic deities. Only good is useful for heroes because of the alignment distribution of villains and only evil is useful for villains because of the alignment distribution of heroes.
Drahliana Moonrunner |
I had no idea they removed it, that's baffling given who he is. Yeah, just talk to your gm, and hope that developers admitting it was a mistake is enough.
They removed it to keep him from being a carbon copy of Desna who has both domains.
If you want to argue that they should have taken it away from Desna instead, that's a whole other kettle of fish to boil!