Secrets of magic hype

[Sbor]

Old_Man_Robot wrote:

Sbor wrote:

The runelord archetype is quite disappointing

I think its much stronger than in some respects than what I was expecting. That said, it could have very easily been in a Lost Omens book instead of SoM.

you lose access to two entire schools and still can't restore more than 2 focus points until level 18, all for a couple more focus spells that are just okay. Most of the other feats are "nice to have" but hardly make up for losing access to two schools of magic.

[Guntermench]

You don't need to take feats to get the refocus bonus which is nice. Or to get the advanced spell.

[Old_Man_Robot]

Sbor wrote:

Old_Man_Robot wrote:

Sbor wrote:

The runelord archetype is quite disappointing

I think its much stronger than in some respects than what I was expecting. That said, it could have very easily been in a Lost Omens book instead of SoM.

you lose access to two entire schools and still can't restore more than 2 focus points until level 18, all for a couple more focus spells that are just okay. Most of the other feats are "nice to have" but hardly make up for losing access to two schools of magic.

Runelord Gives:

- The equivalent of 2 focus spell feats
- The equivalent of 2 domain feats
- An additional spell added to your spellbook per level + Cantrip
- A weapon proficiency
- Access to all the archetype feats

Runelord Takes:
- 1 Class feat
- Access to two schools of magic

If that trade is worth it is totally up to you, but it goes give a decent amount of stuff for its cost.

Also, I think you have misread how the archetype handles focus points. Its 1 at 1st, 2 at 12th and 3 at 18th. Which is standard focus point progression.

[Squiggit]

Runelord is honestly better than I expected... though I will say that I'm pretty unimpressed with their choice of additional starting focus spells.