03-27-2019, 09:01 AM | #11 |
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Re: Staff Spell Item Prerequisites
Note that Magic specifically states “organic” instead of once-living. That helps to prevent petrifying a snake, using shape stone to mold it into a sword, casting essential earth, then earth to stone (stone to metal) to get an orichalcum sword that was “once living”.
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03-27-2019, 09:06 AM | #12 | |
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Re: Staff Spell Item Prerequisites
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Note that a Wizard who does not have his Staff turned Essential must not have any sort of access to the Essential Wood Spell.
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03-27-2019, 01:22 PM | #13 |
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03-27-2019, 01:52 PM | #14 |
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Re: Staff Spell Item Prerequisites
Please quote the rule that allows this, you seem to be confusing the staff spell and the powerstone spell. You can create a powerstone out of any valuable material, but the staff spell specifies organic material.
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03-28-2019, 02:48 AM | #15 |
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Re: Staff Spell Item Prerequisites
What book (or books) was that in?
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03-28-2019, 03:01 AM | #16 |
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Re: Staff Spell Item Prerequisites
From page 1
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03-28-2019, 04:26 AM | #17 |
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Re: Staff Spell Item Prerequisites
Would it be unbalancing to treat the cost as modifiable for SM? Given that 2 yds is SM+0, it looks reasonable as far as mechanics and world building go, but I wonder whether it would grossly encourage long staves and whips (the suggestion that a giant could use longer--which doesn't look RAW to me--suggests a modification along these lines).
Another option I'm considering is to lift all the item prerequisites, both organicity and length, and replace them with basing cost on weight (7 per pound approximates current cost for the Quarterstaff, 10 per pound should encourage wand-lengths).
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03-28-2019, 05:14 AM | #18 | |
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Re: Staff Spell Item Prerequisites
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Magic, page 70: "Any rod-shaped piece of organic material (wood, bone, ivory, etc.) up to 6 feet long. May be decorated with other materials, like gems and precious metals." |
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03-28-2019, 06:31 AM | #19 |
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Re: Staff Spell Item Prerequisites
Assuming a "decorative" sword attached to the twig doesn't dissipate the magic in the staff spell, sure. But Magic is fickle...
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03-28-2019, 10:52 AM | #20 | |
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