03-26-2020, 06:41 AM | #31 | |
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Re: Resolving problem with pentagrams and wish contest of wills
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Precluding summoning into a pentagram, though, would make it not really function like pentagrams are supposed to, so it should be renamed if that's the case. |
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03-26-2020, 09:32 AM | #32 | |
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Making the wizard move to the same side of the pentagram as the demon to conduct the contest of wills and allows the attack if the contest is lost by the wizard and may also allow the wizard to escape if he can either get out of or into the pentagram before the demon can kill him. Seems like a workable solution to me. |
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03-26-2020, 09:58 AM | #33 |
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Re: Resolving problem with pentagrams and wish contest of wills
Wish Inc. Your local wizard's guild has a production line for wishes. A summoning chamber with a permanent pentagram and a wizard wearing +5 fine silver plate and a permanent diamondflesh ring and an army of apprentices for ST. producing multiple wishes per day and bruising the knuckles of many a demon.
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03-26-2020, 10:27 AM | #34 | |
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03-26-2020, 10:45 AM | #35 |
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Re: Resolving problem with pentagrams and wish contest of wills
I dropped the Wish Generating Goblin Village because Evil Stevie didn't want to see it. Should I finish that and show you every silver of the $10k production cost for a greater wish?
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03-26-2020, 02:21 PM | #36 | |
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If so that would seem to elevate the chances of the wizard not surviving the attempt and making it less likely to try. |
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03-26-2020, 03:59 PM | #37 | |
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Reminds me of this older thread... http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=160641
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03-26-2020, 05:23 PM | #38 |
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Re: Resolving problem with pentagrams and wish contest of wills
I have to admit, while I found this topic interesting, I have never had it come up in a game. In fact, I don't think anyone ever got a wish in any game I was involved in. While there were a lot of magic items back in the day, I was a little too free with them, they were all found in dungeons, etc. as artifacts or treasure. None of the people I played with ever expressed an interest in opening a magic shop or creating magic items. We were always more interested in murder, mayhem and thievery. I suspect that in any future game wishes will be even more rare than a +2 broadsword or a scroll of lightning.
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03-26-2020, 05:25 PM | #39 | ||||
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But given it is possible to overpower a demon, an observation about how much theoretical money could be made on industrial wishes might be interesting. Not to mention how now I'm sure you would expect all your "typical wizards" to end up st ST 14 DX 14 IQ 20 after only 200 XP as a goblin, or 700 XP as a human. Quote:
Though if the RAW "instantly heal all a living character’s wounds, diseases, etc., bringing him back to full ST and health." is allowed, combined with the new Legacy RAW death rules, it makes surviving any amount of damage "super-easy, barely an inconvenience!" ... which to my mind is crazy for a game supposedly involving serious risk of consequences in combat, but whatever. |
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03-26-2020, 05:26 PM | #40 |
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