Strength production for enchanting

Scintillant · 12-29-2018, 03:37 PM

The only note I see that really addresses this is that apprentices can each provide only 25 ST/day via Aid spells (ITL, pg 155). That seems low considering that a ST 8 DX 10 apprentice could generate at least 32 on average over an 8-hour workday (assume total of 9 spells cast with 50% failure rate so waste 5 points per 8-hour shift). It also presumes all apprentices have the Aid spell, when many full-fledged Wizards don't. Maybe they choose to forget it when they graduate...This also seems to assume there are plenty of apprentices about...

Also doesn't seem to be any mention of what the wizard(s) themselves can contribute so I guess that's up to each wizard to decide based on their ST, powerstone(s), staff, Drain spells, whatever, etc.

Have I understood this process correctly? What if you assume a 10 or 12 hour workday instead of a very ahistorical 8 hour day?

12-29-2018, 03:37 PM	#1
Scintillant Join Date: Dec 2018	Strength production for enchanting The only note I see that really addresses this is that apprentices can each provide only 25 ST/day via Aid spells (ITL, pg 155). That seems low considering that a ST 8 DX 10 apprentice could generate at least 32 on average over an 8-hour workday (assume total of 9 spells cast with 50% failure rate so waste 5 points per 8-hour shift). It also presumes all apprentices have the Aid spell, when many full-fledged Wizards don't. Maybe they choose to forget it when they graduate...This also seems to assume there are plenty of apprentices about... Also doesn't seem to be any mention of what the wizard(s) themselves can contribute so I guess that's up to each wizard to decide based on their ST, powerstone(s), staff, Drain spells, whatever, etc. Have I understood this process correctly? What if you assume a 10 or 12 hour workday instead of a very ahistorical 8 hour day?