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<blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 6150009" data-attributes="member: 7533"><p>I'm going to bump this thread with a slightly different type of Rat Bastardry...</p><p></p><p>I had a BBEG who was an orc shaman. One of his spells was Magic Missile. I decided that I wanted reskin the spell's effect a little to make it a little more shamanish. When the orc shaman cast it, he would look a target in the eye while swiping through the air several times with a ceremonial dagger, and equivalent cuts would open up on the target's body.</p><p></p><p>The PCs encounter the shaman, he gets the drop on them and since he doesn't' have anything else that can hit from that distance, he opens up from long range with Magic Missile. The party's fighter takes a few d4s worth of damage, and is left with cuts across his chest beneath his armor, without the armor even being touched.</p><p></p><p>The players don't recognize the spell straight away, and are completely stunned. All they know that this is a spell that hits from long range, doesn't require an attack roll, doesn't require a saving throw, and it bypasses armor. Suddenly, they were all clamoring to know what this fantastic spell is! The party's wizard is all jazzed about getting a hold of this shaman's spellbook so he can learn it!</p><p></p><p><strong>ME:</strong> Sorry, you can't learn that spell.</p><p><strong>WIZARD:</strong> Wait, what?! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></p><p><strong>ME:</strong> You can't learn that spell.</p><p><strong>WIZARD:</strong> What do you mean? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></p><p><strong>ME:</strong> What do you mean, what do I mean? I mean you can't learn that spell.</p><p><strong>WIZARD:</strong> So, your NPC can use it, but I can't? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" /></p><p><strong>ME:</strong> No... You can use it, you just can't learn it.</p><p><strong>WIZARD:</strong> Why not!? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" /></p><p><strong>ME:</strong> It's already in your spellbook.</p><p><strong>WIZARD:</strong> <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" /> <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" /> <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></p><p><strong>ME:</strong> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p></p><p>Priceless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pbartender, post: 6150009, member: 7533"] I'm going to bump this thread with a slightly different type of Rat Bastardry... I had a BBEG who was an orc shaman. One of his spells was Magic Missile. I decided that I wanted reskin the spell's effect a little to make it a little more shamanish. When the orc shaman cast it, he would look a target in the eye while swiping through the air several times with a ceremonial dagger, and equivalent cuts would open up on the target's body. The PCs encounter the shaman, he gets the drop on them and since he doesn't' have anything else that can hit from that distance, he opens up from long range with Magic Missile. The party's fighter takes a few d4s worth of damage, and is left with cuts across his chest beneath his armor, without the armor even being touched. The players don't recognize the spell straight away, and are completely stunned. All they know that this is a spell that hits from long range, doesn't require an attack roll, doesn't require a saving throw, and it bypasses armor. Suddenly, they were all clamoring to know what this fantastic spell is! The party's wizard is all jazzed about getting a hold of this shaman's spellbook so he can learn it! [B]ME:[/B] Sorry, you can't learn that spell. [B]WIZARD:[/B] Wait, what?! :confused: [B]ME:[/B] You can't learn that spell. [B]WIZARD:[/B] What do you mean? :confused: [B]ME:[/B] What do you mean, what do I mean? I mean you can't learn that spell. [B]WIZARD:[/B] So, your NPC can use it, but I can't? :erm: [B]ME:[/B] No... You can use it, you just can't learn it. [B]WIZARD:[/B] Why not!? :rant: [B]ME:[/B] It's already in your spellbook. [B]WIZARD:[/B] :erm: :hmm: :uhoh: :lol: [B]ME:[/B] :cool: Priceless. [/QUOTE]
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