Talk:Anarchy (3.5e Cleric Domain)

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Hokay... the fluff here doesn't really work for me. You obviously mean destructive anarchists, but isn't that already handled better by the actual destruction domain? The spells here don't even support it. And if you break away from that minor grouping, into the larger grouping of leaderless anarchists, isn't this pretty much an overlap with chaos? This seems like a weird mix of two other things, and not a very good fit for anything as a result. Merge with Chaos maybe, and solve the domain power problem there? - Tarkisflux ^Talk 06:31, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm on the fence on this, and it's pretty much MS's call anyway, but just a logistical thing I want to point out. Merging this with Chaos and such (which also has boatloads of overlap with the Chance domain that makes me want to see some spells get changed) would require another domain for Pazuzu. Any ideas? - TG Cid (talk) 06:39, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Merging with chaos would probably reduce said overlap, since you'd have a choice of spells to keep at any given level. And I have no idea on a new domain, though I will ponder one. - Tarkisflux ^Talk 07:10, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Would changing it to Discord or Riot work?Fluffykittens (talk) 07:20, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Those still essentially seem to be extensions of Chaos to me, in which case there seems little reason to remove Anarchy from its current sport. Pazuzu's other themes are seduction/temptation (covered by Malcanthet already in the ranks of demons) and betrayal (which we don't have a domain for). Greed might work if I am feeling lazy and not looking to make another domain, but if the theme is good I can roll with a new one. - TG Cid (talk) 16:17, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

This may be an odd suggestion, but what about Travel? If we could make it sound perhaps a little more insidious, it would fit Pazuzu pretty aptly with things like haste and provide access to the teleportation spells that clerics would probably love to have. - TG Cid (talk) 19:06, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Just because a CE demon has it doesn't mean it has to be insidious. Travel would probably be fine if this gets merged. - Tarkisflux ^Talk 19:16, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

I'm not really big on the Travel fluff, but it can probably be similar for Freedom/Liberation, which could look like this:

1. expeditious retreat
2. freedom of movement
3. fly
4. dimension door
5. plane shift
6. teleport
7. greater teleport
8. teleportation circle
9. freedom

Tack on something like Abrupt Jaunt as a domain power, and you have a domain. Not one high and direct effects, granted, but very useful VH-level spells. - TG Cid (talk) 19:26, 7 November 2012 (UTC)