01-13-2020, 07:41 PM | #11 |
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Re: Dagger-Staff
Indeed. FWIW, I'd not even allow such a tactic with a staff, with the rationale that the wizard actually wants the staff to be picked up, thereby negating the explosion that occurs when someone picks it up "against [the wizard's] will."
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01-13-2020, 09:28 PM | #12 |
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Re: Dagger-Staff
Compare with ITL 155 "weapons must be ready before their power works", which staves explicitly violate in several mentions such as ITL 149 "However, if you put down the staff, the fifth ring will work"
I.e. a silver dagger with four enchantments only works for a warrior when wielded while a wizard could put Staff on it and these enchantments activate from the holster.
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01-14-2020, 05:29 AM | #13 | |
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Re: Dagger-Staff
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01-14-2020, 01:08 PM | #14 | |
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01-16-2020, 10:06 PM | #15 |
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Re: Dagger-Staff
I've always played that it requires contact with skin. That is still the understanding of "worn" that I use. Stick it in your belt but have it touching your skin. I know that RAW does not require it but I think it makes more sense.
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01-17-2020, 02:47 AM | #16 |
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Re: Dagger-Staff
ITL 148 does indeed say "The wizard must be holding or wearing the staff for it to be useful."
But ITL 18 says the Staff "is an occult weapon that does one die of damage (front hexes only) when the wizard points with it." So if you must be holding (and pointing with) the Staff to use it for occult attacks, then it seems logical to assume that applies to any other kind of attack, like embedded Rod spells — and if that's the case, then the only way the Staff can still be "useful" (as ITL 148 says) while merely wearing the thing must be the only other thing a Staff does anyway, which is serving as a Mana battery. So you can suck Mana out of it while it's strapped to your back, but you can't cast any spells through it. For that, it's gotta be in your hands. Or so say I. |
01-29-2020, 12:08 PM | #18 |
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Re: Dagger-Staff
You mean this?
https://youtu.be/W1bszeudJCE
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01-29-2020, 12:48 PM | #19 |
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Re: Dagger-Staff
I was going through the wizard cards in Decks of Destiny and noticed there is some official vindication for hhobb's frequent discussion of 'dagger staffs': One of the wizards we were sent does the same thing!
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01-29-2020, 01:29 PM | #20 |
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Location: Pacheco, California
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Re: Dagger-Staff
Yes, see ITL 148 for other variants.
Question: Why use a wand when those two memory points in Knife lets you make three attacks per turn at DX+3, DX, and DX-4.
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