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- | **MAGICAL DEVICES** | + | ====== |
- | Besides swinging your sword or casting spells, you can also use various magical | + | |
- | devices found in the world. There are two main types of magical devices: | + | |
- | **SCROLLS: | + | Besides swinging your sword or casting |
- | Scrolls are spells | + | |
- | one-time use items and the scroll is consumed after the spell is cast. | + | |
- | Characters with the Scribe feat can create new scrolls with spells they have | + | |
- | memorized. | + | |
- | As a general rule, a player may use a scroll spell that exists in their class' | + | ===== SCROLLS: ===== |
- | spell list with no penalties, provided they actually meet the requirements for | + | |
- | casting the spell. Players may use a scroll from ANOTHER class' | + | |
- | but at great risk of failing the spell and losing the scroll. The chances to | + | |
- | avoid failure are based on the player' | + | |
- | skill. Be warned, however, that this failure chance will always be fairly high. | + | |
- | Thieves and Bards with the Use Magic Device feat may also attempt to use a | + | Scrolls are spells that have been stored |
- | scroll, with success or failure based on their intelligence (charisma | + | |
- | stat and overall thief or bard level compared against | + | |
- | and level of the spell being cast. Bards may still cast scrolls | + | |
- | spell list without this additional check. | + | |
- | **WANDS/ | + | As a general rule, a player may use a scroll spell that exists in their class' |
- | Wands and enchants are magical items that cast spells. Unlike scrolls, they tend | + | |
- | to have multiple uses, or charges. They are subject to the same rules as scrolls | + | |
- | in terms of which spells can be cast for no penalty. The off-class rolls for | + | |
- | using one are the same as for scrolls. Thieves | + | |
- | can also use these devices | + | |
- | The Stat Mod used is your highest among CHA, WIS, or INT | + | Thieves and Bards with the Use Magic Device feat, or Cyphers with Enhance Scroll, may use any scroll as long as they have a casting stat (intelligence, |
- | On-class magical device user: | + | ===== WANDS/ |
- | Caster Level = Device Clevel Capped by Spellcraft Skill + Stat Mod | + | Wands and enchants are magical items that cast spells. Unlike scrolls, they tend to have multiple uses, or charges. These items will simply work for the user, though the efficacy (clevel) is determined by the user's character level. |
- | No Success Check | + | |
- | **NON-Thieves/ | + | The Stat Mod used is your highest among CHA, WIS, or INT |
- | Caster Level = Device Clevel Capped by Spellcraft Skill + Stat Mod | + | |
- | | + | Caster Level = character level\\ |
- | | + | Eldritch Melding feat gains +3 clevel on device usage\\ |
+ | No Success Check | ||
- | **Thieves/ | + | ==== On-class magical device user: ==== |
- | Caster Level = Thief/Bard Level + Intelligence/ | + | |
- | | + | Caster Level = Spellcraft Skill (max 50)\\ |
- | | + | No Success Check |
+ | |||
+ | ==== Cyphers: ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Caster Level = Spellcraft | ||
+ | Insightful Scroll Retention Chance | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Thieves/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Caster Level = Thief/Bard Level + Prestige OR Spellcraft (whichever is higher) (max 50) |