Book crafting ! ! !
Book crafting ! ! !
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I had a little chat with driller today regarding this idea and he kinda likes it. I would like to hear your general thoughts and maybe your ideas regarding this topic.
Book crafting recipe in a nutshell.
1. Blank Epic Book (drop-able item)
2. Forge stones (Determines strength of the spell)
3. Crafting skill ( Determines length of the spell)
The spell wouldn't be standard a like spell that you usually get. We are aiming for a custom spells here.
Example:
Blank epic Book + 10 Blue forge stone + 100 craft weapon skill = on hit freeze ( just like frostwind but casted on a weapon)
10% chance to freeze 5d4 mobs for 5 rounds / 4 uses per day (with a cooldown limit between cast)
As you can see from this example:
-The chance to freeze a mob directly comes from the amount of forge stones you put in.
-The d4 of freeze radius comes from Forge stones divided 2 .
-The uses per day come from craft weapon skill divided by 4.
This might be overpowered epic book but it's just a math example. I would like to hear your ideas to this.
I had a little chat with driller today regarding this idea and he kinda likes it. I would like to hear your general thoughts and maybe your ideas regarding this topic.
Book crafting recipe in a nutshell.
1. Blank Epic Book (drop-able item)
2. Forge stones (Determines strength of the spell)
3. Crafting skill ( Determines length of the spell)
The spell wouldn't be standard a like spell that you usually get. We are aiming for a custom spells here.
Example:
Blank epic Book + 10 Blue forge stone + 100 craft weapon skill = on hit freeze ( just like frostwind but casted on a weapon)
10% chance to freeze 5d4 mobs for 5 rounds / 4 uses per day (with a cooldown limit between cast)
As you can see from this example:
-The chance to freeze a mob directly comes from the amount of forge stones you put in.
-The d4 of freeze radius comes from Forge stones divided 2 .
-The uses per day come from craft weapon skill divided by 4.
This might be overpowered epic book but it's just a math example. I would like to hear your ideas to this.
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Re: Book crafting ! ! !
non transferable of course, right?
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Re: Book crafting ! ! !
even with the cost in forgies.. seems a bit OP to me..
and needs to 100% non-transferable like a golem for sure.
and needs to 100% non-transferable like a golem for sure.
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It would have to be balanced. Generally I don't want to have items widely available that would negate caster classes.
That's why I suggested custom spells instead. I wanted you guys to come up with balanced spells that would be useful.
It would be even better if they were sort of BSK specific. And example, would be a book that let you cast Aildrek's Curse, the mass harm spell. But reduce to 25% of hp and possibly capped too. We want the items to be useful, not OP.
That's why I suggested custom spells instead. I wanted you guys to come up with balanced spells that would be useful.
It would be even better if they were sort of BSK specific. And example, would be a book that let you cast Aildrek's Curse, the mass harm spell. But reduce to 25% of hp and possibly capped too. We want the items to be useful, not OP.
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Shalnath's Curse:
Chaos Effect to all foes within 1d6+14 meters, random effect to all.All Damage 1d6 Per Level
15% Chance to affect 1d4 Allies.
Duration 1d6 Rounds as needed
Save: None
SR: Yes
Chaos Effect to all foes within 1d6+14 meters, random effect to all.All Damage 1d6 Per Level
15% Chance to affect 1d4 Allies.
Duration 1d6 Rounds as needed
Save: None
SR: Yes
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And please I wouldn't want for these books to be non-transferable.
Re: Book crafting ! ! !
great idea. however they would have to be non-transferable. quite frankly there are players with more forge stones than other players.
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Re: Book crafting ! ! !
well if these become non-transferable, only a few types of build will profit from it, most likely pure wizards
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Crown of Fire:
Appears as a halo of spellfire around her head and provides light equal to a daylight spell.
The crown of fire gives her damage immunity (random or dedicated dunno?)
and 5% Chance disenchanting/destorying any magical weapons that strike her (after inflicting damage, if any).
The crown of fire grants the caster spell resistance 40.
Duration: 1d4 rounds
When the spell ends, the caster/user takes some amount of damage?
Simulacrum:
Creates a exact duplicate of the caster/user for 1D4 Turns
The Simulacrum will fight by your side and has all your equipment, abilities, stats.
Appears as a halo of spellfire around her head and provides light equal to a daylight spell.
The crown of fire gives her damage immunity (random or dedicated dunno?)
and 5% Chance disenchanting/destorying any magical weapons that strike her (after inflicting damage, if any).
The crown of fire grants the caster spell resistance 40.
Duration: 1d4 rounds
When the spell ends, the caster/user takes some amount of damage?
Simulacrum:
Creates a exact duplicate of the caster/user for 1D4 Turns
The Simulacrum will fight by your side and has all your equipment, abilities, stats.
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Re: Book crafting ! ! !
honestly i love the idea of simulacrum, but the crown of fire seems a tad OP and I definitely would not want something that'll destroy my magic weapon or disenchant it when I've put a costly amount of resources into getting it forged.Cybermagi wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 4:01 am Crown of Fire:
Appears as a halo of spellfire around her head and provides light equal to a daylight spell.
The crown of fire gives her damage immunity (random or dedicated dunno?)
and 5% Chance disenchanting/destorying any magical weapons that strike her (after inflicting damage, if any).
The crown of fire grants the caster spell resistance 40.
Duration: 1d4 rounds
When the spell ends, the caster/user takes some amount of damage?
Simulacrum:
Creates a exact duplicate of the caster/user for 1D4 Turns
The Simulacrum will fight by your side and has all your equipment, abilities, stats.
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Re: Book crafting ! ! !
Suggest they should allow you to craft a "one or two uses a day" book that can be transferred, but depends on Mage spellcraft skill to make (rather than crafting skill). Then high level Wizard or sorc can create it.
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Well yeah Crown of Fire is a bit OP.. i was just going though some old pen and paper source books and found the crown referenced in some Spellfire/Wild Magic sources looking for some ideas. perhaps instead disenchanting.. it could mord disjoin all enemies with in a radius or create a magic dead zone for X number of rounds/turns.
Speaking of Wild Magic.. now that could be fun stuff..lol
Simulacrum would definitely be a good one though.
Speaking of Wild Magic.. now that could be fun stuff..lol
Simulacrum would definitely be a good one though.
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i do love wild magic.
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Re: Book crafting ! ! !
This one is tricky in my opinion. Custom spells are always cool and fun, but balancing is so so difficult.
To me - biased as a caster myself - I would be very focused on it not taking away from the caster classes. BSK already seem to favor melee with the +20 ab and high magic nature against the vanilla caster DCs and vanilla damage from most spells.
I like the idea of taking a watered down spell from some of the mobs, and maybe some for ambiance / immersion. but adding stuff that resembles damage shields / immunity spells, harm etc. seems to only take away from the casters (pure and hybrid).
To me - biased as a caster myself - I would be very focused on it not taking away from the caster classes. BSK already seem to favor melee with the +20 ab and high magic nature against the vanilla caster DCs and vanilla damage from most spells.
I like the idea of taking a watered down spell from some of the mobs, and maybe some for ambiance / immersion. but adding stuff that resembles damage shields / immunity spells, harm etc. seems to only take away from the casters (pure and hybrid).