The Header Spotlight segment is a way to deliver some information about the specific Headers and to highlight their strengths and weaknesses.
Today, we'll be covering the Deathspeaker.
A good Deathspeaker is hard to find. It takes someone with a certain kind of personality to spend a good portion of their time tending to and speaking to the dead. You can often find a Deathspeaker or two attending Death's Drawing, observing the interactions of others and bearing care packages from the living.
The Deathspeaker support header complements most builds, because of it's unique abilities. The ability to speak to the dead is great, and the ability to leave an item behind (if they want) when going to spirit makes them ideal to carry key items into dangerous places. Finally, they get a Cure Death, which is hard to beat.
Here's a quick note about the ability to speak to dead (for those who are unaccustomed to Accelerant). This allows you to speak to someone with the "Dead" trait, which you only get when you go to spirit to meet with Death. This does not allow you to speak to someone who is currently affected by a Death effect (or have bled out).
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Pro: It's got some really cool effects, and the ability to visit Death's Drawing is hard can be really interesting. Also Cure Death. 'Nuff Said.
Con: A lot of the effects for the Deathspeaker are situational and roleplay oriented. Going deep in this tree may affect you combat capability by a small amount.
What is your favorite Deathspeaker ability? Would you play one? Let us know in the comments!
Today, we'll be covering the Deathspeaker.
A good Deathspeaker is hard to find. It takes someone with a certain kind of personality to spend a good portion of their time tending to and speaking to the dead. You can often find a Deathspeaker or two attending Death's Drawing, observing the interactions of others and bearing care packages from the living.
The Deathspeaker support header complements most builds, because of it's unique abilities. The ability to speak to the dead is great, and the ability to leave an item behind (if they want) when going to spirit makes them ideal to carry key items into dangerous places. Finally, they get a Cure Death, which is hard to beat.
Here's a quick note about the ability to speak to dead (for those who are unaccustomed to Accelerant). This allows you to speak to someone with the "Dead" trait, which you only get when you go to spirit to meet with Death. This does not allow you to speak to someone who is currently affected by a Death effect (or have bled out).
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Pro: It's got some really cool effects, and the ability to visit Death's Drawing is hard can be really interesting. Also Cure Death. 'Nuff Said.
Con: A lot of the effects for the Deathspeaker are situational and roleplay oriented. Going deep in this tree may affect you combat capability by a small amount.
What is your favorite Deathspeaker ability? Would you play one? Let us know in the comments!
I'm going to take this header as my Descended... however, I do have to inquire... what practical use "Expose Dead" might have?
ReplyDeleteWell, there may be a time when one of your friends has presumably died and you need to track them down to find out what happened. Expose Dead helps you find them as they're walking to the Reliquary, and then Speak to Dead allows you to find out what happened.
ReplyDeleteI will say, it does seem like a lot of investment to be able to find a Dead Spirit. Perhaps it will get rolled into the speak to dead skill. Something to think about, at least.
It could also let you find dead bodies on the field (or in the woods in the dark) before they turn to spirit and let you have a chance at saving them?
ReplyDeleteI thought the Expose only effected if you had a trait. And you don't get the Death Trait until after you go to spirit to rez... correct?
ReplyDeleteSo I guess you could expose people who have rezed yet Death hasn't come to smack them yet...
Am still reading, I could be wrong on that.
Correct. Unfortuantely, I don't think that people under the Death effect have the "Dead" trait. You only get that when you become a Dead Spirit. Although, that might be a means to make it more effective.
ReplyDeleteWould you get the skill if it also let you do "By your Name, Name, Expose Death" or something like that? Is there an effective way to do that in Accelerant?
I'm getting it anyway, merely to be a proper Deathspeaker. Am just pondering it's practical use. It might pop up after play though.
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