03-15-2023, 08:28 AM | #11 |
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Beaverton, OR
|
Re: The one talent wizard
Now imagining wizard home upgrades: A wing full of small rooms, with a sturdy lockable door, with a "gate starter," to act as a secure ante room in cases where open access is allowed.
__________________
Alphabet Arcane / MacGuffin Alphabet / Unnight Twitter: StefanEJones |
03-15-2023, 09:53 AM | #12 |
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Boston area
|
Re: The one talent wizard
|
03-15-2023, 10:12 AM | #13 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pacheco, California
|
Re: The one talent wizard
Quote:
The usual means of space saving is to have multiple gates stacked within inches of each other with password selection of the gate to activate.
__________________
-HJC |
|
03-15-2023, 05:43 PM | #14 |
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Durham, NC
|
Re: The one talent wizard
As seen on WHGTV, "Wizards Home & Garden Telepathicvision network". Wizards are taken about town and shown various stone towers, isolated mansions and the like. Which one will they buy? Having a wing of "gate-rooms" is often a dealmaker!
|
03-17-2023, 02:50 PM | #15 | |
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Boston area
|
Re: The one talent wizard
Quote:
In fact, I have a few NPC Wizards with non-mundane talents and one or two NPC Heroes with a spell or two. They will be noticeably interesting characters, I think. More so than if we did away with the spell or talent tax. |
|
03-17-2023, 03:23 PM | #16 |
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Durham, NC
|
Re: The one talent wizard
How do your heroes that cast magic handle the DX -4 from carrying iron? ITL 140 says a having iron or steel weapons/armor leads to DX -4 when casting. So, these heroes do they only cast spells after dropping all their metal objects? or do they only use silver items, quarterstaffs and clubs?
Just curious how it works out. Real PC heroes using magic. Did it work out for you? What was the trick? |
03-17-2023, 04:41 PM | #17 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pacheco, California
|
Re: The one talent wizard
One of my favorite builds is a wizard with a steel light crossbow and a quiver of silver quarrels. After paying for ST 12 there's not going to be a lot of spells at 2 or more IQ points down, so they're not casting anything while holding anything but their staff in hand. Hence there is no penalty in dropping the crossbow before casting.
Having both hands free to do casting is why you see mystic martial artist heroes rather than spell blades in TFT.
__________________
-HJC |
03-17-2023, 05:59 PM | #18 | |
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Boston area
|
Re: The one talent wizard
Quote:
He used a silver hammer. It would be easier to build a more experienced Hero with only one spell, obviously. But you're right that iron is a real issue. For certain spells, it doesn't matter much, since they are cast in leisure time or in a safe area. (You could certainly do a Hero with Scrying pretty easily.) |
|
|
|