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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6198323" data-attributes="member: 92511">RE: the Staff of the Magi question...It could be keyed to casting level? I mean, I don't recall/know off the top of my head what its powers are, but maybe something like for any class other than wizards, you must be able to cast arcane spells of matching levels to access each suite of powers of the Staff of the Magi.&quot;...so other mages would have to be capable of casting 3rd level spells to use the Fireball/Lightning bolt powers of the staff...maybe 4th level or 5th level spells for the staff's full abilities. So it would require a minimum of a 7th or 9th level wizard to fully master the staff.Would that keep a bard from using it...no, I suppose not, once they could use 3rd, 4th, 5th level spells. But I'm also of the opinion that a powerful enough bard could/should hve the knowledge, if not raw ability, to &quot;jimmy&quot; the staff to function for them.Other than that, I would prefer a &quot;wizards only&quot; stamp on the Staff of the Magi, specifilly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6198323, member: 92511"] RE: the Staff of the Magi question... It could be keyed to casting level? I mean, I don't recall/know off the top of my head what its powers are, but maybe something like for any class other than wizards, you must be able to cast arcane spells of matching levels to access each suite of powers of the Staff of the Magi." ...so other mages would have to be capable of casting 3rd level spells to use the Fireball/Lightning bolt powers of the staff...maybe 4th level or 5th level spells for the staff's full abilities. So it would require a minimum of a 7th or 9th level wizard to fully master the staff. Would that keep a bard from using it...no, I suppose not, once they could use 3rd, 4th, 5th level spells. But I'm also of the opinion that a powerful enough bard could/should hve the knowledge, if not raw ability, to "jimmy" the staff to function for them. Other than that, I would prefer a "wizards only" stamp on the Staff of the Magi, specifilly. [/QUOTE]

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