11-26-2017, 01:11 PM | #1 |
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Spells for creating weapons
One of my players wants to make his character able to create weapons made of ice using magic. I thought about using Shape Water, Freeze, and Armory skill to do this but it seems a bit slow and complicated. Is there a way to do this?
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11-26-2017, 02:07 PM | #2 |
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Re: Spells for creating weapons
Ice Daggers is a missile spell that does this. Otherwise you probably want a new spell.
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11-26-2017, 04:04 PM | #3 |
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Re: Spells for creating weapons
I'd probably let them have a custom spell based on Create Item. It'd let them make weapons and tools made of magical ice that melt when dropped. That the items are ice instead of "solidifed illusion" or whatever Creations are is basically just a special effect.
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11-26-2017, 05:00 PM | #4 |
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Re: Spells for creating weapons
I would go with the Create Object idea but change the prerequisites so your creating an ice object, not an illusion.
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11-26-2017, 05:23 PM | #5 | |
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Re: Spells for creating weapons
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I'm assuming you're using the standard magic system (as seen in Basic and GURPS Magic), of course. If "using magic" means something else in your game, there'd be a different answer. |
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11-27-2017, 07:29 AM | #6 | |
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11-27-2017, 09:28 AM | #7 |
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Re: Spells for creating weapons
Objects made with Create Object can fool people, and I suspect the intent here is that these weapons look like ice sculpture.
I would also have it give +2 damage to objects used as weapons (which doesn't stack with Icy Weapon). |
11-28-2017, 10:30 AM | #8 |
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Re: Spells for creating weapons
I think I'll go with a create object clone then. Would the quality of all the weapons be cheap, with the Icy Weapon bonuses?
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11-28-2017, 10:45 AM | #9 |
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Re: Spells for creating weapons
I would just put in some fluff about "supernaturally strong ice" because you really don't want to be messing around with density and weapon weight.
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11-28-2017, 10:46 AM | #10 | |
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Re: Spells for creating weapons
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Alternatively (and this is what I'd do), you could just say "to heck with 'realism', this is a wizard creating magic weapons out of magic ice!", and let them have full weapon quality. Honestly, if you're giving the Icy Weapon bonus, you're probably already beyond the realm of just "frozen water" - stabbing someone with an icicle just below the freezing point of water is not going to add +2 damage to whatever impaling damage the icicle would do. Actually, you could make the spell a bit more interesting by making the cost variable depending on the weapon quality: something relatively low for cheap-quality, slightly higher for good, and expensive for Fine or even Very Fine. |
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