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<blockquote data-quote="ValarX" data-source="post: 976447" data-attributes="member: 12778"><p>Personally, I like spells that do things other than simply protect the caster and firends and deal massive damage to foes. There just seems to be too many 'You Can't Touch Me' and 'Boom' spells out there. Not all wizards can be adventurers and they have to come up with better things than just massive damage spells.</p><p></p><p>As for the spell itself...</p><p></p><p>First, I don't like the idea of using a spell slot to hold an image. The mage would start to decrease in effectiveness fairly quickly, and there's no balance to using a 9th level slot versus a 1st level slot.</p><p></p><p>Second, I'd make this a 4th level spell in terms of casting (place it with scrying which could be used for the same effect).</p><p></p><p>Allow the character to retain a number of images equal to their intelligence modifier (Int -10)/2 rounded down. Allow for discards of previously memorized locations for attaining new memorizations.</p><p></p><p>I'd increase the casting time to 1 hour. It takes a long time to memorize every detail of a place without having a photographic memory.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what this spell could be used for aside from the ability to teleport or just for quick memorization of a room. There might be something that I'm missing which would mean an adjustment, but otherwise, those are some of my suggestions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ValarX, post: 976447, member: 12778"] Personally, I like spells that do things other than simply protect the caster and firends and deal massive damage to foes. There just seems to be too many 'You Can't Touch Me' and 'Boom' spells out there. Not all wizards can be adventurers and they have to come up with better things than just massive damage spells. As for the spell itself... First, I don't like the idea of using a spell slot to hold an image. The mage would start to decrease in effectiveness fairly quickly, and there's no balance to using a 9th level slot versus a 1st level slot. Second, I'd make this a 4th level spell in terms of casting (place it with scrying which could be used for the same effect). Allow the character to retain a number of images equal to their intelligence modifier (Int -10)/2 rounded down. Allow for discards of previously memorized locations for attaining new memorizations. I'd increase the casting time to 1 hour. It takes a long time to memorize every detail of a place without having a photographic memory. I'm not sure what this spell could be used for aside from the ability to teleport or just for quick memorization of a room. There might be something that I'm missing which would mean an adjustment, but otherwise, those are some of my suggestions. [/QUOTE]
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