Qualifier - I do not portray a paladin (yet). Although I think these suggested improvements will greatly help the class - especially for when I do decide to try my lance.

More than 3x a day - continue the lore push and let the paladins feel the love - 4x at 95, and 5x at 150?

Tracking! - Overload the SPELL verb for paladins (like we did with the MANA verb for spell-up casts) so that it reads:

>spell

Your spell lists:

Minor Spiritual...10

Paladin Base.......40

You can view your progress towards your skill goals in the character sheet.

You can view your spells in the spells panel.

You have used 0 of your 1 Divine Word casts available.

Doug

Thanks for bringing this over here, Doug. It's sincerely appreciated.

Now I know, I know, it doesn't matter "whose" ideas they are, but I'm dead sure I requested the lore benefit to continue beyond 3 uses. As for knowing the number of uses, I'm less sure if I actually asked for it or if I asked about it (in a rather poignant way).

In any case, I would extended these requests in certain ways.

1) I would like to see "1 use per Y hours" over "X uses per day". This is also universal for these type of spells, in the case that they can increase the numbers allowed. That is, "1 use per eight hours" is strictly better than "3 uses per day" because if you cast it once in the evening, it will regenerate when you wake up. I am aware that this is strictly an upgrade to the spell, but it's one I would like. We are still limited to how many we can spam in a short time, but it realistically reflects resting. Rather than getting ALL your power back AT ONCE you get it back slowly over time. (Hopefully I have not misunderstood the spell here and how it recovers and tracks its usage.)

2) Knowing when the next reset (either daily or per hour) would be really nice. Usually when I lose track of how many I've done, it is more because I haven't recalled the exact time I initiated the countdown rather than my ability to count to, say, three. Or even my ability to count to one!

3) SPELL is a great verb choice, but let's give it an input parameter to avoid, say, an entire page of screen scroll if possible? Call me a whiner if you want, but I don't forget which spells I know as often as when I initiated a countdown on Divine Word.

Thanks again for both of the above posts. I definitely get a lot of use out of Divine Word in River's Rest, and if I'm not one of the spell's biggest users, I'm certainly one of its most enthusiastic users!

I don't expect us to get more than the cap of three Divine Words per day (though I'm unclear why a paladin that dedicated to religion should be denied...considering the other lore benefits it's a major sacrifice, and many players don't even like 1640). I also imagine coding may be more a reason to reject the use per hours over uses per day, but you never know.

>>Now I know, I know, it doesn't matter "whose" ideas they are, but I'm dead sure I requested the lore benefit to continue beyond 3 uses. As for knowing the number of uses, I'm less sure if I actually asked for it or if I asked about it (in a rather poignant way).

I'm sure you did, too. And to-may-to, to-mah-to. My only contribution is a small specific target suggestion in support of. Although, I do sincerely appreciate you reminding me - quite explicitly - that this 'crusade' I'm on (to use a paladin term!) could benefit other areas as well. And, of course, Estild's way ahead of the pack with plans to cover everyone.

>>SPELL is a great verb choice, but let's give it an input parameter to avoid

Are you referring to SPELL ALL (where it lists each individual spell you are trained in)? I'm not opposed, mind, but didn't personally consider the SPELL verb output to be all that 'scroll' heavy. SPELL USE, perhaps, spits out a single line for each 'limited' spell in the profession? I'd still like to see it under the general SPELL verb, too, though.

Doug

>> Trivia: Why does this happen at login, and why is it only the last circle that names the spells and not all of them?

Wow! Um. . . I don't know why it happens at login. It hasn't / doesn't for any client that I'm using. I think about the only key difference here that might lead to this is Profanity / Warlock - neither of which I have explored yet. But if it happens in Profanity (as an example) but not Avalon / Wizard / SF, I'd be inclined to lead the exploration in that direction - possibly as a defect.

No matter which FE we're talking, if all circles don't show all circle / number / names of all available spells, I'd say that's a defect, too. My experience is that all spells (including spell knowledge enhancive spells available) show up under SPELL ALL, by circle, showing both number and name.

I agree, though - it's a lot of info very fast, scrolling the screen. So I generally don't use it - and would be annoyed if it somehow 'always' occurred without my explicit request.

Doug