Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Academy Revisited, OOC01

[Leif]

For Renau1g

Just DM's curiosity: Is Xavier pronounced "Zavier" or, in the Spanish fashion, "Ha-vee-air"??

 

[Leif]

still awaiting an answer from renau1g...... (?)

 

[Leif]

[sblock=Scotley/Tylara]Quick question: why is there no source listed for a +1 Darkwood Buckler? Is that in DMG? 'cause I sure don't remember seeing it there! And no spell failure chance for it? Tylara does not have proficiency with buckler listed, either, nor does it appear to be figured into her AC. So... it's just very confusing all the way around. Boy, you let some people be a little bit trusted, and they pull all kinds a crap on ya! [/sblock]

 

[Scotley]

[sblock=Scotley/Tylara]Quick question: why is there no source listed for a +1 Darkwood Buckler? Is that in DMG? 'cause I sure don't remember seeing it there! And no spell failure chance for it? Tylara does not have proficiency with buckler listed, either, nor does it appear to be figured into her AC. So... it's just very confusing all the way around. Boy, you let some people be a little bit trusted, and they pull all kinds a crap on ya! [/sblock]

[sblock=Leif]Darkwood is a special material listed in the DMG under special materials along with Adamantine, Alchemical Silver etc. You can find the entry in the DMG just after magic items if memory serves or check out the basic info in the SRD here:

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialMaterials.htm#

The advantages of darkwood are a) it is wood and thus useful to a Druid who can't use metal shields or armor b) it is lighter than regular wood and c) it is as strong as metal. It is just regular +1 magical as well. As a Druid Tylara is proficient with wooden shields and non-metal armors. There is no particular extra advantage to the darkwood buckler over a regular buckler in terms of spell failure--it is still 5%. As we discussed earlier, Tylara will not be wearing it, unless I specifically say she puts it on. So at this point it is hanging from a hook on her belt. As all darkwood items are masterwork it has no armor check penalty--the masterwork quality negating the normal -1 Armor penalty for bucklers. When she wears it, she will improve AC by 2 and have the 5% spell failure chance. I'll go back to her sheet and make sure the spell failure chance is listed and make the AC clear as well. [/sblock]

 

[renau1g]

Is Xavier pronounced "Zavier":

Sorry for the delay Leif, I apparently missed these posts... maybe I was on drugs... or something.

Anyways, Zavier is the pronounciation.

 

[Scott DeWar]

ok, i am being a blind moron here ... just how many spells should be in his book at second level of caster.

Edit: i have slashed a couple to prepare to get the right number of spells.

 

[Leif]

ok, i am being a blind moron here ... just how many spells should be in his book at second level of caster.
Edit: i have slashed a couple to prepare to get the right number of spells.

Do you have the book with the Collegiate Wizard feat? I think it's Complete Mage, but it might be Complete Arcane. No, I'm almost positive that it's Complete Mage. Anyway the feat Collegiate Wizard is in a sidebar on p. 181, that's not in the table of contents, so it's pretty easy to overlook. It says:

[start of quote from srd]
Collegiate Wizard
You have undergone extensive training in a formal school for wizards.
Prerequisites: Int 13, wizard level 1

Benefit: You begin play with knowledge of six 1st-level spells, plus 1 per point of Intelligence bonus. Each time you gain a wizard level, you may add four spells to your spellbook. You gain a +2 bonus on all Knowledge (arcana) checks.

Normal: 1st-level wizards begin play with knowledge of three 1st-level spells, and add two spells per level to their spellbook.

Special: You can take this feat only as a 1st-level character.
[end of quote from srd]

Actually, come to think of it, you may have already had the correct number, and, if so, my most abject apologies to you! I was just stunned by the sheer number of spells, but that is what I asked for, I guess.

....maybe I was on drugs

Shame on you for not bringing enough for the rest of the class!

 

[Leif]

Note the statement at the end of the description of the Collegiate Mage feat that says that you can only take the feat as a first level character! That means that those of you who have another class, such as druid, or rogue, or monk, will not qualify to take the collegiate wizard feat, and so will only have the normal number of spells. But, on the plus side, you have the abilities from your other class, not the least of which is the superior hit points, to make up for it. Those without a class other than wizard are more than welcome to take the Collegiate Wizard feat, but I'm not going to twist your arms or anything...

 

[Scott DeWar]

Complete Arcane page 181

Begin play with 6 first level spells plus 1 per int mod
Each level there after you gain 4
therefor capizzio gets 6 + 3 + 4

i seem to have added his int mod on the second level here for a total of 16. I have checked every where and there is no allowence for int mod for second level and beyond on spells in the book, so i will remove three spells from the list and will annotate them by a slash through it. so sorry Leif.

An no, I was not no drugs. It was a brain fart, pure and simple.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Note the statement at the end of the description of the Collegiate Mage feat that says that you can only take the feat as a first level character! That means that those of you who have another class, such as druid, or rogue, or monk, will not qualify to take the collegiate wizard feat, and so will only have the normal number of spells. But, on the plus side, you have the abilities from your other class, not the least of which is the superior hit points, to make up for it. Those without a class other than wizard are more than welcome to take the Collegiate Wizard feat, but I'm not going to twist your arms or anything...

wow ... never thought about that fact that i started him as a rogue at first and second levels...thanks for letting us take it any way!