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[Netheril]

Can the "craft speciality type" ability be used for teaching scrolls?

And does it stack with all the other teaching scroll abilities? Making a total of +8% available from published tables abilities?

Cheers,

Sean

Yes it can and yes it does.

Lee

[graham1980]

Can the healing ability from demons bound MR be used on non vitea infused enimies, as presumably slayer cannot.

yes it can. Slayer just does very little potentiay.

Lee

[Helsvell]

If you have an item of spiritual live-to-minus first time it is needed and an item of magical live-to-minus first time it is needed how do these interact:

Option 1: Both kick in first time they are needed and you need both magic and spirit damage to die.
Option 2: One one kicks in and the player gets to choose - the other is wasted.
Option 3: One kicks in the first time it is needed, the second kicks in the second time it is needed and the player gets to choose the order.

Option 2. You can generally only have one "live to minus kicks in 1st time" type thing.

Lee

[stomperwombat]

As I understand when playing a Dwarven Wizard you get half the mana of a normal Wizard, but if you take all extra mana from the tables at 40 points ago is this halved again or do you get the full amount of mana per table?

Also is there a better chance at making stuff when playing a Dwarven wizard?

There must be some advantages to out way the lack of Mana.

Thank you

Stomps.

You get half mana full stop, it is painful.
There are a couple of abilities that you can buy for extra % on makes.

It is basically a bad choice class, much like a 1/2 elf priest.

Lee

[graham1980]

When MR to hob goblin, does the increased life scale apply from class to class or is it only for the Base class of the character,

For example, Goblin scout MR to hobgoblin 6 gaining base 41 base life, then MC to warrior, would his life increase to 6th level orc warrior @56 or stay at 41??

Thanks

Applies class to class, but remember goblin restricitons.

Lee

[Forefallen]

If you hear something out of character that you haven’t been told in character, can/should you take that knowledge in character?

It all gets tricky. So broadly don't abuse it:

So you have someone tied to Thimon and hear loads of people talking about how they burnt down the Watch house in Thimon on their dungeon today in the pub. It's probably ok to assume that you know a watch house got burnt down.
You hear people talking about how they broke in to a nobles house and stole his items then it's not ok.

A little common sense really.

Lee

[Button88]

Hey,

If one becomes immune to all but a particular powerbase does that mean I could only interact or operate within that powerbase.

Example: I take vessel of the dragons to 6th level meaning I now only take damage from magic. Does that mean I can only interact with the world through magic, so I couldn't use mundane weapons or benefit from spirit or earthpower healing, or is it more extreme that I can't physically interact with the world at all, or is it simply that I only take damage from magic.

Thanks

You are immune to all bar magic. So EP healing, Spiritual healing. You can only use a magic weapon, can't wear normal physical armour etc.

Lee

[Button88]

Hi,

If a warlock multiclasses wizard do they still have combat only casting restriction's?

Thanks

Nope, they can cast as a wizard then.

Lee

[Christine]

Is the new Primal Strength figure for Scarlene an error?

At present it shows as 46 at the start, +2, ending in 28. I suspect this should be 48

C

Should be 48

Lee

[Orlock]

May I ask what the life increments would be for a Dwarf Warrior Priest MC to Spiritual Healer please ?

Many thanks as always for your effort and patience,

As published, dwarves going classes do badly on loc life

Lee

[bendy]

Hi

If you path from a priest to a wizard can you purchase and use the 50 pts ability +5 specialist slots? If so presuming these aren't able to be cast mantically without an app?

Cheers

Nope.

Lee

[Button88]

Hey,

Winter Elf Warlock multi-racing winter barbarian. There is no listed cost so I assume it is non-standard only? If not then what would the cost be?

Thanks,

It is indeed non-standard, because of how Warlock/Witchdoctor works. You'd have a few options on it.

Lee

[JamesC]

Two questions if I may:

1) After going Vessel of the Dragon is all damage bar pure magic hard capped or can you use a +0 magic sword with appropriate abilities to go above quad despite its physical component?

2) If a blue/red fairy goes chromatic grey wizard can s/he use brown and green spells?

1 is easy, and published. you can use a +0 physical/magical sword, but the person gets to apply their best from PAC/MAC to it and DAC, but you can only inflict magic damage.

2 a little more complicated.
A wizard has an opposite colour, a fairy doesn't. So in the case you give you are fine. But if you were a brown wizard you couldn't use Blue innates.

Lee

[5h1v]

What are the rules for spirit stores? How many can you carry and how much power can they give you?

They are in the ISP book, but here you go:

Items which grant extra power do stack with one another, but to a maximum of +12 power from a given powerbase of a given type, and a maximum of +24 power over all pools from the same powerbase (e.g. one could have +12 mana & +12 red mana, or +8 red mana, +8 blue mana, +8 grey mana).

Items that grant an existing power user more power simply grant them more power. This power can be used just like normal, can be meditated back and so on and so forth, with the set restrictions on what can be cast from it (if appropriate). The exception to this is Regenerating power stores, this power forms a separate pool that allows effects to be cast from. It cannot be combined with a person’s normal power, so a 4 point regenerating power store can only cast things that cost 4 or less power.

Lee

[BBB]

The restriction on Flow of the Divine states: “May not regain spirits except Via Supreme Sacrifice (or similar) for 3 hours after using…”

If you use it to regain spirits in your main pool does it then also prevent Vessel Spirits from regenerating if the spirits medded back were from your main pool.

BBB

All regaining of spirits.

Lee

[Forefallen]

If I, an elf, buy 1/2 effect gold mana off table 3, and am total healed by a mancer with gold mana, do I take 1/2 effect (36pts?)

Ta, Jack

Yes.

Lee

[JamesC]

If a dwarf somehow acquires the ability to gain magical innates from a multi class do you gain the full innates or half of the listed amount?

Depends on the case, but probably full innates (EG Elder Fey).

Lee

[Kail]

In the races book trolls can buy +3 from +2 then +4 and so on. Should these all now be 1 higher as trolls get 3 innate PAC to start with?

yes

Lee

[Will]

I can add published reductions to mana cost when buying innates of spell. I am buying multiple innates of a stackable glyph. Expertise decreases by 1 for first casting and 2 for each subsequent. Which reduction to I buy innates at? ������


If the reduction has a condition it has to apply when you cast it.

Lee

[graham1980]

should a wizard purchase second colour, and then MC to disenchanter, does the level 1 ability of 2nd colour grey replace their 2nd colour or does it become 3rd colour or is it lost completly??
it takes your second colour slot. So you can't go it if you have already second coloured as a non-grey wizard.

Lee