tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post8049177106879730078..comments2024-03-27T21:32:28.527-05:00Comments on The Other Side blog: The Joy of Basic D&D & Magic SchoolTimothy S. Brannanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-55160011562478795542018-02-15T15:23:57.809-06:002018-02-15T15:23:57.809-06:00Funny you bring up The Magicians as I've been ...Funny you bring up The Magicians as I've been re-watching it (well, actually catching up on season two) in anticipation of a post over at Ye Old Blog.<br /><br />Glantri has a LOT of neat, interesting ideas, especially with regard to magic schooling, but I find it to fit much better with the "flavor" of BECMI/RC than with B/X. My second stint running BECMI (back in the early 2000s) saw the campaign mostly set in Glantri, and it was partly due to this that I actually got turned off from the system...though I admit the specific quibbles elude my memory at the moment.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-58113071852344347662018-02-14T03:26:04.347-06:002018-02-14T03:26:04.347-06:00Yuo can also have a look at the Schooled in Magic ...Yuo can also have a look at the Schooled in Magic series by C. Nuttall.<br />I enjoyed it greatly.Francoishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872946080342693606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-90592243294818115892018-02-14T02:35:12.699-06:002018-02-14T02:35:12.699-06:00@Fabio note that BECMI also allows a spellcaster o...@Fabio note that BECMI also allows a spellcaster of any level to regain ALL his spells in one hour. It's quite easy to rationalise: as your experience increases, the simpler spells get memorised faster than higher level spells, so that they occupy an ever decreasing fraction of memorisation time. <br />The 1e and 2e rules for memorisation are fun, but they are by no means necessary.<br /><br />@Tim note that it's actually "by the book" that all magic-users of less than 7th level must have teachers of 7th level or higher (see Mentzer's Player Basic book, p. 38).Antoniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17258180992723371727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-91261609217558745592018-02-13T19:56:15.894-06:002018-02-13T19:56:15.894-06:00This sounds like an awesome project! Best of luck...This sounds like an awesome project! Best of luck with it. :Dtrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-78146000842348576922018-02-13T18:26:22.086-06:002018-02-13T18:26:22.086-06:00Rolls up an NPC...
Nebh: neutral magicuser; leve...Rolls up an NPC... <br /><br />Nebh: neutral magicuser; level 12; 12hp; S9, I13, W9, D10, C9, Ch8; spellbook: 1st-6th level spells. Not particularly an exceptional student, he created a first level spell and got rich off selling scrolls. Filled his spellbooks by purchasing spell scrolls from other students.<br /><br />Nebh's condensation (1st level spell)<br />Range: 10'<br />Duration: 1 round<br />Effect: pulls 1 cubic inch of water from the air per caster level.<br />Casting the spell causes moisture to gather in a sphere in the air at a distance up to ten feet. It can be drunk, directed into a container, or allowed to fall to the ground.Sean Robert Meaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273566549106707316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-39250153961263529732018-02-13T14:34:24.948-06:002018-02-13T14:34:24.948-06:00Those are good resources! Thanks, Alan and Bruce!...Those are good resources! Thanks, Alan and Bruce!Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-20569911765071190592018-02-13T14:29:06.215-06:002018-02-13T14:29:06.215-06:00Other resources, because this is also an idea I...Other resources, because this is also an idea I've been toying with forever:<br /><br />Path of the Magi by Sean K Reynolds<br /><br />College of Wizardry by Bruce Cordell<br /><br />Redhurst Academy of Magic, late of Humanhead StudiosAlan Shutkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670019002606009302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-85461299235352884242018-02-13T12:12:37.208-06:002018-02-13T12:12:37.208-06:00And when I'm done with Calidar's CAL2 On W...And when I'm done with Calidar's CAL2 On Wings of Darkness, you'll have another approach to wizardry, which goes beyond what Glantri accomplished 30 years ago. =)Bruce Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929476133092132896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-78838231243007701302018-02-13T11:49:44.948-06:002018-02-13T11:49:44.948-06:00My idea is that when we left behind 1st/2nd editio...My idea is that when we left behind 1st/2nd edition we got the wrong turn<br /><br />in 1st edition you needed 15' to recharge spell and you could do it only once a day, at high levels you needed 2-3 days to fully recharge so you would go for item or to be stingy in spell casting.<br /><br />from 3rd edition you recharge all your spell in one hour or less<br /><br />what if we chose another way? like you can recharge a fixed number of spell slot each day independently from your level, say 9-15 spell levels a day, but this is good also for low level mages that can recharge that 1 spell more than once a day<br /><br />this would work both for cast and forget (like insted of forgetting spells you just lose the charge of the spell but not the spell) and sorcery type magicFabio Milito Pagliarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043436735116048822noreply@blogger.com