This is similar to the 20th-level wizard being able to guarantee his 9th-level spell will work (although he may have more 9th-level spells, the truenamer has more chances to succeed at his utterances per day). That practically guarantees the first utterance will be successful. A truenamer with an 18 Int wouldn't have a huge advantage either (+35 vs. So 23 ranks + 8 Int + 3 SF would be a +34. A truenamer with base 15 Int +5 from levels +6 from headband of intellect would have a 26 Int. At 20th-level the truespeak DC for a CR 20 monsters would be DC 35. Personally, I like the combination of 1 + 6. But I have to imagine some combination of the above could produce the desired result.

Obviously you wouldn't want to do all of these. feat cost to truespeak DC by half (maybe more, such as increments of +2).ĩ) Allow truenaming one's self to automatically succeed (but still count for Law of Resistance).ġ0) Reduce the Law of Resistance penalty to +1 DC per successful utterance per day. A +20 superior amulet of the silver tongue could grant +15 to the truename skill bonus for 22,500 gp and a sovereign amulet of the silver tongue could grant a +20 bonus for 40k.ģ) Grant every truenamer an amulet of the silver tongue as a bonus item and allow him to enhance it incrementally by +2 every 2 levels (to a maximum of +25 at 20th level, and so on into epics if need be).Ĥ) Reduce the truespeak DC to 10 + (2 x CR/HD).ĥ) Reduce the truespeak DC to 10 + (1.5 x CR/HD).Ħ) Reduce the truespeak DC to 15 + (1 x CR/HD) and remove amulet of the silver tongue (which is a magic item tax).ħ) Cut the empower, enlarge, etc. It is a needless feat tax.Ģ) Allow more truename magic scaling items. What are some of the ways in which truename magic might be made viable? I have thoughts on a few solutions.ġ) Give Skill Focus (Truespeak) to truenamers at level 1. But I really like the concept and think the implementation is the only issue. Truename magic (Tome of Magic) is something many people (myself included) feel breaks down mathematically at higher levels.

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