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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 | + | |
- | | + | 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, |
- | in terms of which spells can be cast for no penalty. | + | |
+ | ===== WANDS/ | ||
+ | Wands and enchants are magical items that cast spells. Unlike scrolls, they tend to have multiple uses, or charges. | ||
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+ | The Stat Mod used is your highest among CHA, WIS, or INT | ||
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- | | + | Caster Level = character level\\ |
- | Eldritch Melding feat gains +3 clevel on device usage | + | Eldritch Melding feat gains +3 clevel on device usage\\ |
- | No Success Check | + | No Success Check |
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+ | ==== On-class magical device user: ==== | ||
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+ | Caster Level = Spellcraft Skill (max 50)\\ | ||
+ | No Success Check | ||
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+ | ==== Cyphers: ==== | ||
- | **On-class magical device user:** | + | Caster Level = Spellcraft |
- | | + | Insightful Scroll Retention Chance = (20 + spellcraft / 2) percent |
- | No Success Check | + | |
- | **Cyphers: | + | ==== Thieves/Bards with UMD: ==== |
- | Caster Level = Spellcraft + (3 from enhance scroll) (max 53) | + | |
- | Insightful Scroll Retention Chance | + | |
- | **Thieves/ | + | Caster Level = Thief/Bard Level + Prestige OR Spellcraft (whichever is higher) (max 50) |
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