Talk:Oozebound (3.5e Prestige Class)

penalty and bonus?
this class gets a bonus to disguise, but a neg on cha based checks. is this supposed to balance out to +5 or should the penalty not apply to disguise? otherwise i really like this class. the overall damage of the at will touch attack might be a little high but otherwise this is nice--NameViolation 03:21, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

Balance
I just don't see any of the abilities given as being able to compete with things like Residual Metamagic, Metamagic School Focus, Arcane Thesis, etc. They're nice, but not all that useful for a caster. --Ghostwheel 17:53, November 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * Perhaps, but I'm fairly certain a wizard can't pick any of those as a wizard bonus feat. Regardless, the abilities are immensely useful to a wizard in a dungeoncrawl, where they can avoid flanking in narrow hallways, squeeze or climb past obstacles, resist damn near every effect a magical trap has to offer, melt locks with a touch, see perfectly in darkness, and escape the grapple of those monsters that corner them, all without wasting any spells on the task. Conditional, perhaps, but some of these abilities hold immense utilitarian value. --DanielDraco 18:44, November 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * While on the other hand, the above are incredibly awesome in virtually all situations, especially if you base a character off of arcane thesis'd scorching rays. The abilities you mention above are more something I'd expect from a rogue-level class, rather than a wizard, and they've got better options taking wizard-level feats than picking up those abilities. Still, after further consideration, you might be right and it might be better to be on the cautious side, so I changed the balance rating. --Ghostwheel 18:59, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

Ooze Empathy
It's listed in the class table, but it's not described in the class features. --DanielDraco 18:45, November 25, 2009 (UTC)

Clarification
While going through this class, I found a few things which seemed odd to me:


 * This class allows divine casters to qualify for it (in fact, clerics have the easiest time of it), but it doesn't have Knowledge (religion) as a class skill. Is this intentional, and if so, why?
 * This class has Heal as a prereq, and yet also doesn't have it as a class skill. Again, intentional or not, and if so, why?
 * For Melting Touch, is your intent (1d6 + Con mod)&times;1⁄2 level or (1d6)&times;1⁄2 level + Con mod? The wording doesn't make this clear.