03-30-2019, 09:35 AM | #51 |
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Re: Staff Spell Item Prerequisites
You could go further by adding a carrot to the stick. Give each sort of wood, animal bone, etc. a list of spells that get a +1 when cast through a wand or staff of that material.
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03-30-2019, 10:01 AM | #52 |
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Re: Staff Spell Item Prerequisites
Of course the truth is, it wouldn't be very useful to make a staff out of iron in reality. Mage staffs are useful for extending your reach. Iron is too heavy to be used that way unless you're superhumanly strong. Swords are way shorter so the only real effect to having a staff spell on a sword is that you can use both hands to cast...and still have a sword.
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03-30-2019, 03:56 PM | #53 | |
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The idea of giving different materials bonuses is really interesting, beware of golf-bag syndrome of a mage carrying around a selection of magical sticks made of various materials needed for their casting. Or maybe do so, if that's the theme: a tool-mediated magic system where having the right implement made of the right material gives a real boost to the casting. As much as a fighter needs the right kind of sword, hammer, or axe to do their choppy job, a mage needs the right ruby wand, silver knife, or bone flute to do theirs. |
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03-31-2019, 01:08 AM | #54 |
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Re: Staff Spell Item Prerequisites
If I ever do another standard magic system wizard, I might give him as a staff a light club (broadsword skill) with a basket hilt, and base his fighting style on singlestick.
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03-31-2019, 06:41 AM | #55 |
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03-31-2019, 10:22 AM | #56 |
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I keep toying with a Cleric/Swashbuckler that uses two short spears and Weapon Fencer (Spears) Perk...
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03-31-2019, 10:33 AM | #57 |
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03-31-2019, 10:47 AM | #58 |
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Or a Maasai rungu, and make the knob of the club something unusual like a skull or a crystal sphere
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