make that "10 x level of the spell in XP" -- Faalor, a NWN Campaign setting

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Subject: make that "10 x level of the spell in XP"

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Balaern

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Date Posted: 17:59:18 06/04/03 Wed
In reply to: Balaern 's message, "Magic items . . ." on 22:32:43 06/03/03 Tue

>I wanted to add scroll-making to the mix. I think
>this should be a better way of balancing out the
>magic-user classes in NWN. This, along with alchemy,
>probably will be the easier ways of creating magic
>items in Duath.
>
>Scrolls may be created if the player has a manual that
>instructs them in the art. The spellcaster then uses
>some special ink and parchment (or vellum, which add
>+2 to the spellcraft check) to copy down the spell. A
>dex check is made at DC 10 to see if there were
>obvious mistakes; failure ruins the project. Then the
>spell which you wish to create is then cast, and a
>spellcraft check is then made at DC 10 + spell level.
>Success means you have created the scoll. The
>parchment and ink are destroyed and the PC looses 50 x
>level of the spell in XP. Failure ruins the project.
>Rolling a one is a catastrophic failure, which will
>result in another die roll. Roll a die 10.
>1. �1 chr
>2. �2 chr
>3. �1 con
>4. �1 int
>5. � 2 int
>6. � 1 wis
>7. �1 dex
>8. loss of an additional 100 xp per spell level
>9. loss of an additional 200 xp per spell level
>10. something really bad happens at the DM�s
>discretion. Probably not death, might be as bad as
>some spell-like effect being placed on you, alignment
>change, mild insanity, sprouting horns, the attention
>of some supernatural being . . . This of course will
>depend on the scoll which was being attempted.

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