Troglodytes

[Nephallim]

With one or two exceptions, channel divinities aren't worth trading an attack encounter for. I suggest the following two alternatives:

"You qualify for divinity feats, even if you do not have Channel Divinity. Once per encounter, you may spend a healing surge to use the feat power."

"You qualify for divinity feats, even if you do not have Channel Divinity. Channel divinities you gain with this racial trait count as dailies, not encounters."

[Shiningwolf]

I would go with the second one, and limit how many chanel divinity feats you can take to 2

[Nephallim]

Hm...don't you kind of have to follow a diety to grab their channel divinity? In that light we should maybe add the adendum: If you have channel divinity as a class feature, this ability gives you one extra use of it once per day.

[Trailfoot]

Speaking of... *goes to start a new thread*

[Nephallim]

Religious Fervor: Troglodytes qualify for channel divinity feats even if they do not normally have the class ability. Troglodytes without the class ability use the feat power as a daily rather than an encounter. Troglodytes with the class ability may take one additional channel divinity feat and may use channel divinity one additional time per day.

Here's the wording I'm putting in the Troglodyte master document I'm putting together.

[Shiningwolf]

Sry, my bad. But yea, that makes sense

[Nephallim]

Paragon Feats for your perusal!

Distracting Odor [Troglodyte]
Prerequisite: 11th level, Troglodyte
Benefit: Enemies hit by your stench racial power grant combat advantage to you and your allies until the end of your next turn.

Putrid Blood [Troglodyte]
Prerequisite: 11th level, Troglodyte
Benefit: You may use your stench racial power as an immediate reaction when bloodied. When you use stench in this way, roll a d20. If you roll 10 or up, you retain the use of stench.1

Brutal Stench [Troglodyte]
Prerequisite: 11th level, Troglodyte
Benefit: When you use your stench racial power, reroll any damage die results of 1.
Level 21: When you use your stench racial power, reroll any damage die result of 2 or lower.

Sanguine Nausea [Troglodyte]
Prerequisite: 11th level, Troglodyte
Benefit: When you hit a bloodied target with your stench racial power, they are dazed until the end of your next turn.

Putrid blood might be a little powerful as written... think it might make a good paragon path ability though.

Edit: And here's a fighting style for divine characters!

Darkest Devotion Style [Fighting Style]
Prerequisite: Any divine class, Troglodyte or 13 Strength
Benefit: You gain a benefit with any of the following powers you possess:
Priest's Shield (cleric, PHB page 63): You may grant a +1 power bonus to AC against an ally adjacent to your target instead of an ally adjacent to yourself. If you do so, that ally also deals 1 additional necrotic damage with his next attack against the target before the end of your next turn.
Holy Strike (paladin, PHB page 92): If the target is bloodied or is vulnerable against necrotic or radiant damage then you or an ally gain temporary hit points equal to your strength modifier when you hit with this attack.
Bond of Pursuit (avenger, PHB2 page 34): If you shift as a result of this power and end your turn so that your opponent grants combat advantage to you, then your next attack that hits that opponent, before the end of your next turn, deals additional necrotic damage equal to your dexterity modifier.
Sun Strike (invoker, PHB2 page 103): Opponents adjacent to the target after the slide take necrotic damage equal to your constitution modifier.

Edit 2: and another one for martial characters!

Thousand Scales Centurion [Fighting Style]
Prerequisite: Any martial class, Troglodyte or 13 Strength
Benefit: You gain a benefit with any of the following powers you possess:
Tide of Iron (fighter, PHB page 77): If you shift as a result of this power, an adjacent ally may shift into the square you vacate.
Hit and Run (ranger, PHB page 105): If you move in the same turn after this attack, one ally within five squares of you may shift a number of squares equal to your strength modifier as long as they end their turn in the square you vacated.
Riposte Strike (rogue, PHB page 118): If your opponent provokes a riposte as a result of this power and you hit, an ally adjacent to your or the target may shift one square.
Wolf Pack Tactics (warlord, PHB page 145): If your ally ends their shift adjacent to the target, than the target grants combat advantage to them until the end of their next turn.

[Shiningwolf]

I would take away the d20 roll part of the Putrid Blood power. Probably have it as a, "you can use your Stench racial power as if you had not used it already." or "If you have not used your stench racial power, this does not count towards your encounter usage of it."

[Nephallim]

Mar 22, 2009 12:06:05 GMT -8 Shiningwolf said:

I would take away the d20 roll part of the Putrid Blood power. Probably have it as a, "you can use your Stench racial power as if you had not used it already." or "If you have not used your stench racial power, this does not count towards your encounter usage of it."

I'd add the addendum 'when first bloodied' then...otherwise you could have troglodytes spamming stench when healed and rebloodied.

[Nephallim]

I give you, class specific feats (some of which should probably be paragon...):

Lingering Odor [Fighter]
Prerequisite: Troglodyte, fighter class, combat challenge class feature.
Benefit: When you hit an enemy already marked by your combat challenge class feature with your stench racial power, your martial encounter and daily powers deal additional poison damage equal to your wisdom modifier to that creature until the end of your next turn.

Twisted Theology [Paladin]
Prerequisite: Troglodyte, paladin class, divine challenge class feature.
Benefit: You may change the damage dealt by your divine challenge class feature to either necrotic or poison. If necrotic, then when you deal damage as a result of divine challenge, you may pull the target 1 square. If poison, then when you deal damage as a result of divine challenge, the target is immobilized until the end of your next turn.

Robust Maneuverer [Rogue]
Prerequisite: Troglodyte, rogue class, brutal scoundrel class feature.
Benefit: Whenever you move or shift as the result of a martial power, you gain temporary hit points equal to your strength modifier.

Brutal Spirit [Ranger, Rogue]
Prerequisite: Troglodyte or 15 strength, rogue or ranger class, hunter's quarry or sneak attack class feature.
Benefit: When you wield a brutal light blade, heavy blade, or axe, treat your hunter's quarry and sneak attack damage as if it had the same brutal property as your main-hand weapon.

[Trailfoot]

The Poison effect on Twisted Theology is too good.

Brutal Spirit might be too good as well... I'll have to run lots of numbers on that.

Not sure about the rest, but it looks okay. I'd like to have second and third opinions, though.

[Nephallim]

Could always change the poison effect from immobilized to slowed... or maybe just a flat speed penalty.

Brutal Spirit was originally conceived as a paragon tier feat.

[Shiningwolf]

I would go with the former, as it doesnt mess with any of the divine classes powers.

[Nephallim]

Here's the troglodyte master document I've put together. Highlighted text is unfinalized.

Thoughts?