04-18-2012, 12:59 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Dec 2011
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Fireball Wristband
I'm trying to create a wristband that has the spell "Fireball" on it. However, I wanted the spell to be 1 second cast time, take no FP on my part, not require Magery to use, and do max damage. Is there any way to do this?
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04-18-2012, 01:21 AM | #2 |
Dog of Lysdexics
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Melbourne FL, Formerly Wellington NZ
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Re: Fireball Wristband
The power enchantment will take care of the FP cost
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04-18-2012, 01:38 AM | #3 | |
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Yukon, OK
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The no magery bit will be harder but you could opt for Weapon Spirit or a new enchantment that lends magery to the wearer, possibly 1 college only to make it cheaper. Weapon Spirit is the way I would go though. This would likely be a pretty rare item. Few mages would likely be keen on granting such power to non mages. Also it would be pretty expensive to enchant. No way to do max damage in RAW. I could see some damage boosts like +1 per die for the right materials or something. |
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04-18-2012, 03:45 AM | #5 | |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan
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OTOH, Magery 0 means you shouldn't be able to use Missile Spells at all anyway, so perhaps I'm misremembering. |
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04-18-2012, 03:54 AM | #6 |
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan
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Re: Fireball Wristband
Oh -- and here's the alternative from my homebrew setting.
Spell Stones are specifically said to be usable by nonmages. They're one-use, but not terribly expensive for a 1-FP spell, which can be Q&D'd. ($50/stone, plus whatever an hour's work from a couple of enchanters costs in your area. A 2-FP stone is $120 and can be Q&D'd with four enchanters. As it happens, the gem requirements are cheaper in that setting but this isn't relevant to you.) The locals put these in lightning repeaters, which have a simple gearing system that crushes a spell stone and chambers a new one. The aiming can use Guns/TL3^ (lightning repeater) instead of Innate Attack (spell). RoF 1, RcL 0, Acc 0, attack stats as per the spell in the stone. Quirk of the Concentration maneuver, of course, says they can't be double-wielded. |
04-18-2012, 04:27 AM | #7 | |
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Oregon
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04-18-2012, 07:53 AM | #8 | ||
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Binghamton, NY, USA. Near the river Styx in the 5th Circle.
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One might decide that all Magic Items are usable by non-mages, or that an item can be created that's usable by non-mages for double or quadruple the cost. Similarly, one could take the rules for Powerstone casting on inappropriate items and say that non-standard items have double or quadruple the cost. This means that a Wristband of Fireball useable by non-mages might very expensive to produce, but is doable without bending the rules too much. Quote:
In fact, if one assumes that Magery 0 is far more common than Magery 1 (a likely assumption), this makes Magic Items for such unlearned Mages an attractive proposition in many backgrounds. While an Army might not be able to field more than a handful of learned Mages (Magery 1+ with more than a few spells), it can probably find a few dozen with Magery 0 and few if any learned spells, however they can none-the-less be press into service using Magic Items to cast various spells that would normally be beyond their capabilities. For races with inborn Magery 0 this possibility becomes even more likely.
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04-18-2012, 08:34 AM | #9 |
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Oregon
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04-18-2012, 12:42 PM | #10 |
Join Date: Dec 2011
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Re: Fireball Wristband
Ok now something a little more complicated. What about TWO wristbands that, when activated at the same time, make me have the Body of Fire meta-trait? Again, no FP cost to me, no Magery required, etc.
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fireball, magery, magic items, summon spirit, weapon spirit |
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