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Strahd's "The lost Caverns of Tsojcanth" - Game Ended successfully!

Thanee said:
can we figure out how to use the wands?
The first wand (magic missile), someone scribed the activation word on the stick.
the other wand hold several "clickable" runes, when all are pressed, the color spray sprayes.
Here, that was easy ... :)
Thanee said:
For a final distribution, we will have to wait until we know what the items actually are, anyways, but for now it seems reasonable.
All are waiting for the mighty Wizard Allyra or Eliyyad the Sorcerer to Identify the items.
and I recall you bought several pearls from the gnomes for Identify spell.
Thanee said:
How do we go about mastering foreign spellbooks (was that in Complete Arcane? I have to check at home...)? Can you use them with appropriate Spellcraft checks?
.
Hmm.. good question.
Let me Quote SRD
Code:
[B]ARCANE MAGICAL WRITINGS [/B] 
To decipher an arcane magical writing (such as a single spell in written form in another’s
spellbook or on a scroll), a character must make a Spellcraft check (DC 20 + the spell’s
level). If the skill check fails, the character cannot attempt to read that particular spell
 again until the next day. A read magic spell automatically deciphers a magical writing
 without a skill check. If the person who created the magical writing is on hand to help the 
reader, success is also automatic.

Code:
[B]Wizard Spells and Borrowed Spellbooks [/B] 
A wizard can use a borrowed spellbook to prepare a spell she already knows and has
 recorded in her own spellbook, but preparation success is not assured. First, the wizard
 must decipher the writing in the book (see Arcane Magical Writings, above). Once a spell
 from another spellcaster’s book is deciphered, the reader must make a Spellcraft check
 (DC 15 + spell’s level)
to prepare the spell. If the check succeeds, the wizard can prepare the spell. She must
 repeat the check to prepare the spell again, no matter how many times she has prepared it
 before. If the check fails, she cannot try to prepare the spell from the same source again
 until the next day. (However, as explained above, she does not need to repeat a check to
 decipher the writing.)
 
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Strahd_Von_Zarovich said:
Here, that was easy ... :)

:)

All are waiting for the mighty Wizard Allyra or Eliyyad the Sorcerer to Identify the items.
and I recall you bought several pearls from the gnomes for Identify spell.

No, no, I really had not forgotten about them... :uhoh:

Thanks for the reminder. :D

Checking free slots as we speak...

Uhm... how many pearls do we have? Allyra could cast four Identify on the evening still.

Here are three (or four) items she will identify:

- Magical Silver Ring shaped like a rounded wall
- Magical Yellow Cloak
- Magical Gold Ring

- Magical Bag (Bag of Holding), only if it needs identification and isn't obvious (use-activated).

Hmm.. good question.
Let me Quote SRD

Looked it up now... check Complete Arcane p. 140. "Mastering a Foreign Spellbook."

Takes forever, though, so the spells won't do us any good right now.

Bye
Thanee
 

"Identify? Ah, yes - an admirable spell. And yet, it has never seemed to hold the same fascination as more ... fiery alternatives."

Not on his spell list, I'm afraid! ;)

'N
 

Thanee said:
Here are three (or four) items she will identify:

- Magical Silver Ring shaped like a rounded wall
- Magical Yellow Cloak
- Magical Gold Ring

- Magical Bag (Bag of Holding), only if it needs identification and isn't obvious (use-activated).
Magical Silver Ring shaped like a rounded wall - Ring of Protection +2
Magical Yellow Cloak - Resistence +1
Magical Gold Ring - Protection +1
Magical Bag - Bag of Holding
 

Strahd_Von_Zarovich said:
Magical Silver Ring shaped like a rounded wall - Ring of Protection +2
Magical Yellow Cloak - Resistence +1
Magical Gold Ring - Protection +1
Magical Bag - Bag of Holding

Well, Keldar can definitely use the ring of protection +2. If there are no arguments, he'll take it.

Cheers,

SG
 

"Ah, so that is what it was. No, no, my friend, may it be a blessing on your head ... and your hide!" The portly sorceror smiles. His familiar claps his hands.

So, Eliyyad will take the +1 quarterstaff, the scroll of Suggestion, a potion of CLW. Thanee, why doesn't Allyra take one of the wands - say Magic Missile (since Eliyyad can cast that one, anyway). Then he can take the wand of Color Spray.

I am a bit concerned about Turo, however - he doesn't seem to have come out of this all that well.
 



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