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<blockquote data-quote="index" data-source="post: 1648320" data-attributes="member: 21195"><p><strong>Wizard in hiding</strong></p><p></p><p>I wrote :</p><p></p><p>> > [....] but in my experience, multiclassing cripples a spellcaster.</p><p></p><p>Vrecknidj aka Dave replied :</p><p></p><p>> In this particular campaign, arcane spellcasting is against the law.</p><p>> It's a very low magic world, and I play the only spellcaster PC. I</p><p>> took the other classes out of necessity so this character has a</p><p>> legitimate way of blending into the world.</p><p></p><p>Ow. And yet you still managed wizard 10? Who enforces this</p><p>law? The agents of the necromancer-king who wants no</p><p>competition? Some church? Must make life ... interesting.</p><p>Why wizard instead of sorcerer? Having to be careful about</p><p>spellbooks, being almost unable to buy spells, having to be</p><p>SO careful about even researching spells... Sounds like</p><p>you'd effectively have the limitations of the sorcerer</p><p>(limited spell selection) anyway.</p><p></p><p>(How are magic items limited? Detect Magic (from a cleric</p><p>or otherwise) can't tell if an item was made with divine or</p><p>arcane magic, but items might be confiscated on the mere</p><p>suspicion that a wizard created them.)</p><p></p><p>Let's see... An Ari 1/Exp 2/Wiz 10 should easily be able to</p><p>pretend to be an Ari 6/Exp 2. The important part is to not</p><p>get caught with a spellbook, and to not get caught casting</p><p>spells.</p><p></p><p>Other aristocrats should be digging into your PC's</p><p>activities for social advantage. Accusing a competing noble</p><p>of 'witchcraft' and being able to make the charge stick</p><p>should be quite effective. How many nobles are blackmailing</p><p>your PC?</p><p></p><p>Wizard 10... I assume she regularly, FROM HIDING, casts</p><p>Charm Monster on other nobles? That plus Suggestion should</p><p>be a good way to recover blackmail evidence, then force the</p><p>blackmailer into a duel with some third party that they</p><p>can't win.</p><p></p><p>(There's nothing in the Suggestion spell description that</p><p>says it can't work on a sleeping person, so that they won't</p><p>CONSCIOUSLY remember the suggestion. Suggestion : "Master</p><p>Duelist Lord Other-Blackmailer has been insulting your</p><p>honor. You must publicly challenge him to defend your</p><p>honor." Especially effective if you've previously been</p><p>using Alter Self to spread rumors.)</p><p></p><p>Okay, now I'm having ideas for history in my world.</p><p></p><p>--index</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="index, post: 1648320, member: 21195"] [b]Wizard in hiding[/b] I wrote : > > [....] but in my experience, multiclassing cripples a spellcaster. Vrecknidj aka Dave replied : > In this particular campaign, arcane spellcasting is against the law. > It's a very low magic world, and I play the only spellcaster PC. I > took the other classes out of necessity so this character has a > legitimate way of blending into the world. Ow. And yet you still managed wizard 10? Who enforces this law? The agents of the necromancer-king who wants no competition? Some church? Must make life ... interesting. Why wizard instead of sorcerer? Having to be careful about spellbooks, being almost unable to buy spells, having to be SO careful about even researching spells... Sounds like you'd effectively have the limitations of the sorcerer (limited spell selection) anyway. (How are magic items limited? Detect Magic (from a cleric or otherwise) can't tell if an item was made with divine or arcane magic, but items might be confiscated on the mere suspicion that a wizard created them.) Let's see... An Ari 1/Exp 2/Wiz 10 should easily be able to pretend to be an Ari 6/Exp 2. The important part is to not get caught with a spellbook, and to not get caught casting spells. Other aristocrats should be digging into your PC's activities for social advantage. Accusing a competing noble of 'witchcraft' and being able to make the charge stick should be quite effective. How many nobles are blackmailing your PC? Wizard 10... I assume she regularly, FROM HIDING, casts Charm Monster on other nobles? That plus Suggestion should be a good way to recover blackmail evidence, then force the blackmailer into a duel with some third party that they can't win. (There's nothing in the Suggestion spell description that says it can't work on a sleeping person, so that they won't CONSCIOUSLY remember the suggestion. Suggestion : "Master Duelist Lord Other-Blackmailer has been insulting your honor. You must publicly challenge him to defend your honor." Especially effective if you've previously been using Alter Self to spread rumors.) Okay, now I'm having ideas for history in my world. --index [/QUOTE]
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