Complete Mage - Is it out yet?

[BryonD]

Actuallly, I think that spell sounds cool as hell.

Somewhere out there some 3rd party did this already (back when 3rd parties actually DID stuff).
It was called Ride the Lightning.
And yeah, seems pretty cool.
Dragon Magic had the same thing with a fire spell.

 

[BryonD]

here is more from Razz

MINOR ESOTERICA
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I wish there was more necromancy stuff for non-undead leaders.
Some white necromancy support would be nice, imo.

 

[HeapThaumaturgist]

Lightning Leap: Turn into a lightning bolt and move through your enemies as the bolt, dealing damage.

Excellence. Our cleric got an item with this 1/day already. Hasn't come into play yet, but sounds great for getting those soft, tastey casters out of situations where they've been outflanked and cut off from the team. A little bit Dimension Door, a little bit Blasty, right through the enemy position.

--fje

 

[Sammael]

Transcend Mortality: Wu jen only spell, but gives you crazy powerful benefits for 1 round/level. Then you die. Heh.

Sounds a bit like 4th Dimension Transformation from RIFTS England. My Temporal Raider character kept wanting to use it, but the risks were a bit too much.

 

[Felon]

MINOR ESOTERICA
Enchantment: Targets of charm spells don't receive a bonus to saves when being threatened or attacked. Also, targets of compulsions don't get a bonus to saves for doing actions beyond their nature.

I have some real trepidations about this one. A charm or compulsion is an insidious thing, usually tatamount to a subtle save-or-die effect, and available at a lower level than stuff like Slay Living or Finger of Death. The saving throw bonuses reign in their abuse potential.

On another note, am I the only one who would love to see some kind of "Eldritch Assassin" prestige class for warlock/rogues in The Complete Scoundrel?

 

[WarlockLord]

Are reserve feats spell-like or supernatural abilites?

 

[Felon]

I wonder if there are any good 1st-level evocation spells? Be awful nice for a warmage to finally get some use out of his 3rd-level advanced learning.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Hmmm, it'd be cheesy of me to do it, but it looks like, as written, it'd be perfectly kosher for me to go gnome illusionist 1/bard 1/gnome paragon 3/master specialist (illusionist) X, since the requirements are second level arcane spells, not necessarily second level spells of a character's specialization.

Assuming, you know, my Savage Tide DM goes for it.

 

[BryonD]

Hmmm, it'd be cheesy of me to do it, but it looks like, as written, it'd be perfectly kosher for me to go gnome illusionist 1/bard 1/gnome paragon 3/master specialist (illusionist) X, since the requirements are second level arcane spells, not necessarily second level spells of a character's specialization.

Assuming, you know, my Savage Tide DM goes for it.

Are you suggesting this build might be broken???

 

[Greylock]

Regarding street date:

I saw all of these titles at my FLGS last Friday, but they don't "display" them. They will sell to trusted customers. Breaking street date is a big no-no in my book, having spent twenty years in the record business, but I can understand the frustration felt at the FLGS. The big-box stores around here for the last year or so have openly flaunted street dates, especially with WotC books, so the game store has made some effort to get things a little early. With a Borders a few miles up the street and a B&K a few miles down, the game store has to do what it can. If I were in the same boat as a small business owner I'd break street too.