06-06-2020, 12:36 PM | #2 |
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Re: The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (Occult Zap)
I've nerfed the staff because I've found it overbalanced things.
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06-06-2020, 11:07 PM | #3 | |
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I definitely agree it should be based on ST, not IQ. It gives the wizards some balance in the value of his attributes. Some questions about Staff III: - so you kept the 2 hex range? How was your game experience with regards to this aspect? - did you also keep the armor piercing aspect? Again, how was this? |
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06-07-2020, 12:24 AM | #4 |
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Re: The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (Occult Zap)
If you don't like the fancy staves then use the Wizard version of the Staff spell. Casting Staff makes a "plus zero" magic weapon that doesn't interfere with spellcasting.
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06-07-2020, 11:02 AM | #7 |
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06-08-2020, 03:26 AM | #9 | |
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When the original Staff spell was cast on a small wand, the Wizard rules said it still did 1d damage. This can be rationalized to mean a free occult zap of 1d damage was always conferred on whatever piece of wood the Staff spell was cast on: wand, baton, cane, walking stick, stave or club -- maybe even a #2 pencil :) The bigger pieces would have done 1d damage anyway, but for the smaller pieces the distinction explains why they always worked the way they worked. A bigger club or a stronger arm can still do more damage than 1d if it's turned into a Staff. The spell just confers a minimum damage of 1d6 for whatever it's cast on. A maul doing 1+2 damage would, as a Staff, do 1d of "magical" or "occult" damage, +2 hits of mundane damage on top of that (if you even cared to keep separate track -- I wouldn't bother).
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