Overwatch Conversions: Mercy

[Neal Litherland]

I've had a lot of requests for Overwatch characters, and while I don't play myself, I do enjoy the world lore. So after reviewing some of the more prominent heroes, I figured I'd take a shot at converting some of the fan favorites. The mechanics, of course, won't be accurate, but the spirit of the abilities the characters have is my goal here.

Mercy Character Conversion

[Haywire build generator]

resurrection subdomain wrote:

Gift of Life (Su): At 8th level, you can touch a creature that has died within the past minute to grant it a few moments of life. The dead creature returns to life for a number of rounds equal to your cleric level. Creatures returned to life in this way have a number of hit points equal to half your cleric level, and continue to be affected by any still-active spells, conditions, or afflictions present at the time of their death. At the end of this time, the creature dies again. The creature is free to act as it sees fit during this time. You are granted no control over it. You can use this power once per day at 8th level, plus one additional time per day for every four levels beyond 8th.

My servants never die!

[Neal Litherland]

This is accurate, Haywire, but I figured that since Overwatch doesn't use any spells in the traditional sense that I was going to try and avoid pretty much any spellcasting in terms of somatic, material, and verbal components. Is why I chose a paladin archetype that does all their stuff at-will, rather than through prayer and prep.

[Dragonborn3]

Standard action, touch or ranged, free Resurrect.

[Haywire build generator]

I've done several conversions, and being more towards a mechanical bent, used spells frequently. For example, Symmetra is a wizard focused in conjuration (the school that includes mage armour, teleportation, and the laser spammers known as lantern archons), Zenyatta is a witch with the fortune, misfortune and flight hexes, and Genji is a kensai magus.

[Zhayne]

IMHO, the best class for Mercy is Dreamscarred Press's Vitalist.

[Neal Litherland]

Zhayne wrote:

IMHO, the best class for Mercy is Dreamscarred Press's Vitalist.

I won't disagree with that, but I try to avoid third-party as much as possible, since the most common rule at any table I've personally been to is to ban anything not Paizo.