Whirtlestaffs Wizards Academy-Recruiting Now Complete, 7:06am 05/07/08
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Scotley
Hero
Leif said:I've already been more generous than I planned to be in regard to feats.You mangy, good-for-nothing, lazy, sleight-of-hand artist, parlour-trick-performing, sorry excuse for wizards gotta WORK for your feats!!
Maybe I was too harsh?? [shrug]
Hee Hee, I thought that was actually a fairly tame response for you.
We are very greatful for the brew potion feat you gave us. I didn't really expect any more freebees.
Leif
Adventurer
Kerlan Rayne: Both starting levels must be wizard. (Oops, now ALL THREE starting levels must be wizard!)
Scott DeWar: OMG!! UR absolutely right about Brew Potion not being available to 2nd level characters. DRAT! Guess everyone will have to be 3rd level wizard at the start then. Otherwise I doubt if I can adequately restrain myself from slaughtering the whole party right out of the gate!
Drowned Hero: Related characters are cool, but don't presume that if one of you is selected the other one will be also. It might be better to wait and firm up these familial relationships among party members AFTER the party itself is more firmed up.
On that subject,
let me say this: Everyone who has submitted a character so far has done an excellent job and been very creative. Any DM who has such players is very, very lucky. But it is simply not possible for me to accept everyone into the game. I wish that I could clone myself and pull that off, but with my other responsibilities, I'm afraid that it would require cloning or something similar.
Scott DeWar: OMG!! UR absolutely right about Brew Potion not being available to 2nd level characters. DRAT! Guess everyone will have to be 3rd level wizard at the start then. Otherwise I doubt if I can adequately restrain myself from slaughtering the whole party right out of the gate!
Drowned Hero: Related characters are cool, but don't presume that if one of you is selected the other one will be also. It might be better to wait and firm up these familial relationships among party members AFTER the party itself is more firmed up.
On that subject,
let me say this: Everyone who has submitted a character so far has done an excellent job and been very creative. Any DM who has such players is very, very lucky. But it is simply not possible for me to accept everyone into the game. I wish that I could clone myself and pull that off, but with my other responsibilities, I'm afraid that it would require cloning or something similar.
Leif
Adventurer
Well, honestly, the "fairly tame response" was said very tongue-in-cheek and was intended to be humorous. It was only when I went back and read it later that I saw that my sarcasm didn't make it into the post at all. And the brew potion feat will require starting level to be advanced to third, too, so everybody will have to bring their characters up to date on that score. The brew potion feat is given because I just KNOW that you're going to need healing, so I want to give you ready access to potions so that you can trade the potions that you brew on a one-for-one basis to priest types for healing potions.Scotley said:Hee Hee, I thought that was actually a fairly tame response for you.
We are very greatful for the brew potion feat you gave us. I didn't really expect any more freebees.
Drowned Hero
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FreeXenon said:Rock'n stats! Wow!
I like that history. It fits well.
Perhaps, I always had a crush on you, and you partially came here because I was here.
Too much?
Lol i find that cool. So long my character can reserve herself of being victim of harassment
Leif said:
Yeah I understand that absolutely, in my case its just a matter of extra flavor being related to another member of the group.
Talking about flavour. I got a background to setup... I will post it tomorrow.
FreeXenon
American Male (he/him); INTP ADHD Introverted Geek
Two Questions...
Leif: Two questions that may slipped underneath your radar...
Will Sylvanoptera be effectively replacing Draconic in importance to Wizards or does it site along side it somehow?
I was wondering if I could use a version of the Lord of the Uttercold feat (CArc pg 80) for the Earth Element (Acid) instead of Cold. That way my acid spells will be part Negative Energy by harnessing the vast depths of the deep elemental plane of earth.
Leif: Two questions that may slipped underneath your radar...
Will Sylvanoptera be effectively replacing Draconic in importance to Wizards or does it site along side it somehow?
I was wondering if I could use a version of the Lord of the Uttercold feat (CArc pg 80) for the Earth Element (Acid) instead of Cold. That way my acid spells will be part Negative Energy by harnessing the vast depths of the deep elemental plane of earth.
FreeXenon
American Male (he/him); INTP ADHD Introverted Geek
Role Playing Durgeon Firebelly...
If he is provoked he is most likely going to be rude or blunt.
When it comes to the opposite sex he will most likely fumble over himself, get frustrated at himself, blowup, and then stomp off.
My character lacks something in the way of social skills (chr 7 and Ench/Cha barred). He will, in general be quiet unless provoked.Drowned Hero said:Lol i find that cool. So long my character can reserve herself of being victim of harassment
If he is provoked he is most likely going to be rude or blunt. When it comes to the opposite sex he will most likely fumble over himself, get frustrated at himself, blowup, and then stomp off.
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Leif
Adventurer
Anyway, all the Xenon I've ever found is like wayyy expensive!! 
I'll have to read up on the Lord of the Uttercold feat before I can answer the second question. But I will say this: if the "version" that you speak of is in the rules and works this way, then chances are that it may be approved, depending on my final reading of the feat. If this is your own, personal, tweaking of the feat into your own "version," then chances are that it will not be approved for use initially. Later on, after I've gotten used to everyone and running the game and all that stuff, I will probably be more open to that sort of thing. For now, it just taxes my brain too heavily! (Hope you understand.)
I tried to halfway answer/sidestep the Sylvanoptera question before. It probably replaces Draconic for The Academy students. Which is to say that elsewhere in the world, Draconic may be the wizardly language of choice, with all of the difficulties, weirdness, and general funk that having two magic traditions operating simultaneously will entail.FreeXenon said:
I'll have to read up on the Lord of the Uttercold feat before I can answer the second question. But I will say this: if the "version" that you speak of is in the rules and works this way, then chances are that it may be approved, depending on my final reading of the feat. If this is your own, personal, tweaking of the feat into your own "version," then chances are that it will not be approved for use initially. Later on, after I've gotten used to everyone and running the game and all that stuff, I will probably be more open to that sort of thing. For now, it just taxes my brain too heavily! (Hope you understand.)
FreeXenon
American Male (he/him); INTP ADHD Introverted Geek
Metamagic and Effective Spell Level
Since this is an all Wizard game there will most likely be a lot of Metamagic freakiness happening.
There is a problem with metamagic'd spells that take up higher slots - say an Empowered Melfs Acid Arrow takes 4rth Level slot and yet has the save of a 2nd level spell and is considered for all intents and purposes as a 2nd level spell. This effect is especially important when determining the spell's saving throw and spell level (for things such as Lesser Globe of Invulnerability.
I am curious if you will institute a House Rule where Metamagiced spells are considered a spell of the level of the slot that they take up. In effect giving us an implied Heighten Spell. This should also effect spells that are memorized in a higher level slot.
Normally this empowered MAA would not make it through the LGoI, but with this sort of HR it would.
Just a thought.
Since this is an all Wizard game there will most likely be a lot of Metamagic freakiness happening.
There is a problem with metamagic'd spells that take up higher slots - say an Empowered Melfs Acid Arrow takes 4rth Level slot and yet has the save of a 2nd level spell and is considered for all intents and purposes as a 2nd level spell. This effect is especially important when determining the spell's saving throw and spell level (for things such as Lesser Globe of Invulnerability.
I am curious if you will institute a House Rule where Metamagiced spells are considered a spell of the level of the slot that they take up. In effect giving us an implied Heighten Spell. This should also effect spells that are memorized in a higher level slot.
Normally this empowered MAA would not make it through the LGoI, but with this sort of HR it would.
Just a thought.
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