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<blockquote data-quote="Spatula" data-source="post: 4263029" data-attributes="member: 2198">Now that we have seen rituals, I think that the best / simplest / most effective ideas for emulating defiling in 4e are:Ritual casting: you can defile the land in order to power arcane rituals (however you want to define that) in leiu of material component costs, but not focuses - you'd still need a mirror to scry with.Powers: defiling provides an enhancement bonus to arcane Implement powers, like a wand, staff, orb would.&nbsp; Being an enhancement bonus, it would not stack with that of an actual implement, but you wouldn't need to carry one around (you might anyway for it's side benefits), and the bonus might be a little higher than you'd have normally.&nbsp; Say, +1 at level 1 and going up by +1 at level 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.Both ideas appeared earlier in the thread.&nbsp; I think they capture the idea of defiling as the &quot;easy&quot; path to power, and also as an option that someone might be tempted to use in a pinch... especially in a world where arcane components are illegal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spatula, post: 4263029, member: 2198"] Now that we have seen rituals, I think that the best / simplest / most effective ideas for emulating defiling in 4e are: Ritual casting: you can defile the land in order to power arcane rituals (however you want to define that) in leiu of material component costs, but not focuses - you'd still need a mirror to scry with. Powers: defiling provides an enhancement bonus to arcane Implement powers, like a wand, staff, orb would. Being an enhancement bonus, it would not stack with that of an actual implement, but you wouldn't need to carry one around (you might anyway for it's side benefits), and the bonus might be a little higher than you'd have normally. Say, +1 at level 1 and going up by +1 at level 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30. Both ideas appeared earlier in the thread. I think they capture the idea of defiling as the "easy" path to power, and also as an option that someone might be tempted to use in a pinch... especially in a world where arcane components are illegal. [/QUOTE]

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