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<blockquote data-quote="Gustave Arcanus" data-source="post: 1725869" data-attributes="member: 23375">Sorcerer Ideas From The Front LinesIn thinking of the Aura ability and specialization, the Quintessential Sorcerer's character concepts dealing with school specialization (Summoner, Spirit Guide, etc) all require half the sorcerer's list be of a given school (Conjuration and Necromancy, respectively).&nbsp; It'd be a little extra bookkeeping, but any sorcerer with half or more of their known list of a given school would be considered &quot;tainted&quot; by it, and would show up in their aura.&nbsp; Otherwise, it'd show up as Universal (would also register this way, obviously, if the mage in question failed the Spellcraft check).&nbsp; And it wasn't said at the time (2nd thread) but I figured the aura strength could be based on the highest level spells the sorcerer knows, much like a magic item is rated.The Spell Display idea was good, but the feet/spell level thing kind of confused me, since they were given in ranges of spell levels anyway.&nbsp; Also 0-level spells were left off (the chart started at 1-2); was that intentional or an oversight?&nbsp; Anyway, I averaged the resulting areas and came up with 15', 120', 400', and 1000' radii respectively for the four categories.&nbsp; Also replaced the &quot;Always&quot; entry with a 0 for Extreme.&nbsp; Mostly because distance from the radius and other such things could raise it, and there's always the Murphy's Law of a natural 1.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I'm converting an old 3.0 sorcerer (Ray Bradoc BTW, props to those that know the reference) to 3.5 for an upcoming game where he and three other characters become somewhat of the Four Horsemen and take over Sembia on their quest for power and glory.&nbsp; They'd always worked for Cormyr, and let's face it.&nbsp; Sembia's got some prime land.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; Anyway, I'll be going over the books (I only have 3.0 Players, Tome &amp; Blood, and 3rd party at the moment) so more to come.Happy Gaming!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gustave Arcanus, post: 1725869, member: 23375"] [b]Sorcerer Ideas From The Front Lines[/b] In thinking of the Aura ability and specialization, the Quintessential Sorcerer's character concepts dealing with school specialization (Summoner, Spirit Guide, etc) all require half the sorcerer's list be of a given school (Conjuration and Necromancy, respectively). It'd be a little extra bookkeeping, but any sorcerer with half or more of their known list of a given school would be considered "tainted" by it, and would show up in their aura. Otherwise, it'd show up as Universal (would also register this way, obviously, if the mage in question failed the Spellcraft check). And it wasn't said at the time (2nd thread) but I figured the aura strength could be based on the highest level spells the sorcerer knows, much like a magic item is rated. The Spell Display idea was good, but the feet/spell level thing kind of confused me, since they were given in ranges of spell levels anyway. Also 0-level spells were left off (the chart started at 1-2); was that intentional or an oversight? Anyway, I averaged the resulting areas and came up with 15', 120', 400', and 1000' radii respectively for the four categories. Also replaced the "Always" entry with a 0 for Extreme. Mostly because distance from the radius and other such things could raise it, and there's always the Murphy's Law of a natural 1. ;) I'm converting an old 3.0 sorcerer (Ray Bradoc BTW, props to those that know the reference) to 3.5 for an upcoming game where he and three other characters become somewhat of the Four Horsemen and take over Sembia on their quest for power and glory. They'd always worked for Cormyr, and let's face it. Sembia's got some prime land. :D Anyway, I'll be going over the books (I only have 3.0 Players, Tome & Blood, and 3rd party at the moment) so more to come. Happy Gaming! :D [/QUOTE]

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