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[Alasdair]

If a Power Master MC wizard (of own colour), can they:

1. Use standard grey spells
2. Use specialist slots
3. Second colour?

Cheers

Alasdair

You've gone wizard, so you get buy as and spells as Wizard.

Lee

[Netheril]

Seen multiple ways of reffing this.

So is there an actual rule about what normally happens if you:

A) magically transport across a spiritual warding
spiritually transport across a magical warding

Or is it just warding / ref dependent?

Cheers,

Sean

published wardings work as written. What the ref sets is up to them, but normally shifting across spiritual warding triggers them.

Lee

[JamesC]

If you are either a player or a monster that has a last hit and you are struck by an effect that instantly kills you such as ToD or Annihilation go you die or are you dropped to your last hit?

If it is last hit then you still die.

Lee

[Netheril]

Ward pacts. Do they exist outside the power base system?

Sirac is magic only, as such if I wardpact undead does it only effect those subject to magic or all?

Cheers,

Sean

they work because of the pact being between you and a relevant patron.

Lee

[graham1980]

in the old green druid book there was an ability called "tribal ancestry" for alfar, for 40 points table 0, however it was not put into the new evolutions, Does this ability still exist and was just not put in the new book or was it removed??

thanks

Graham


It's an error, should still be there.

Lee

[IronMan]

What level undead do you become immune to TOD and suspend life

Thanks Sam

Assuming you mean using the standard multi-race, level 6.

Lee

[Alasdair]

A wizard can embody an elemental. They suffer if that elemental is negated.

Looking at Elements Bound MR, there is a minor ability that says the wizard no longer needs to summon an elemental to embody it. Presumably this means that when embodied they cannot be negated at all/ elemental cannot be dispelled.

Do I understand that correctly?

And.. now that they have a strong elemental affinity, what does that mean on elemental sight? Do they look to their own colour elemental like ‘one of their own’?

Cheers

Alasdair

Nope.
They can still be negated by other elementals, they just draw their inner elemental out.
They couldn't have the "Elemental" dispelled, but could still have the embody dispelled.
No, they aren't an elemental they are just close it.

Lee

[Luinmir]

Hi

How do magic dispels against a mantic effect ( eg a mantic plate self )

Thanks

Luinmir
Gary

They fail.

Lee

[Luinmir]

Can some one tell what “immune to blood and flesh effects “ means
Also there are references in the multi class elemental elf as “full immunity to blood and flesh effects “

I can’t find any reference to what these actually mean

Thanks

Luinmir
Gary

There isn't a full definition, but it includes Pain, a lot of druidic evocations, potions and poisons, blood drain, some Onyx spells.

Lee

[Sharperoc]

The T8 Spiritless Ability - Resistance to 'Mantics which originate from a spiritual effect, character suffers only 1/2 damage, does not affect resistance levels or duration.

How does this interact with Resistances to Spirit Bolt, Causing, Soul Lance etc?

Am I correct in thinking they won't stack as they are both a fractional reduction?

If you wanted to get better than 1/2 off, you would need to buy 1st Res, 2nd Res etc?

Should their be a 2nd Res to Causing/Spirit Bolt for Spiritless or do they pay the full points price after the 1st?

Resistance to mantics does stack with them, as resistances are normally 1/2 previous effect.
If you were using it s a damage reduction vs weapon blows then it wouldn't.


2nd and 3rd resistances ar enormal costs for Elves etc.

Lee

[MattWest]

Sheenie the human warlock is mana-raging with a 25% cold rage. I cast Weaken the Body on him and beat him with a Sabre of Darkness and Deceit. Presumably the +25% pure magical damage from Weaken the Body and the -25% from the rage simply cancel out and Sheenie takes normal damage? Rather than for example me having to multiply 75% by 125% to work out that he is taking 93.75% of normal damage or something mind-bending like that.

Now Sheenie upgrades to a 100% black rage, still mana-raging. This may be non-standard but can we assume it is the most basic kind of 100% mana rage imaginable. Presumably the +25% from Weaken the Body comes off the 100% reduction so Sheenie only has a 75% reduction, and a sabre quad would do him 6 points if he is immune to the blast effect. (He didn't think he needed any DAC or MAC because he has a 100% rage...)

I am just trying to think of a situation where I would actually want to cast Weaken the Body...


Just don't over think it. Apply the increase in effect then apply the damage reduction. Simple.

Lee

[MarkD]

Could a purely spiritual character using a mantic weapon affect a mantic formed creature (but not a mana formed one), in the same way that an elf with a mantic weapon can (but not a spirit formed one)?

Cheers,
Mark

Yes

Lee

[fatteacher]

Benefits from different guilds don’t stack but what happens when one gives you abilities that then give you access to a benefit already gained?
Example: Frontline gives +1DAC & Totemic Guardians gives Primal Soul minor and medium benefits. Could you choose the +2 DAC and it stack or not please?
Thank you

yes they would stack. I think it even says it somewhere in the Almanac.

Lee ]

[Sharperoc]

Scarlene Kallah Benefit

'True Believers may be used to cast relevant denominational miracle (up to 6th)'

The Talthar Denominational is learnt as a 7th Level Miracle but you can cast for the basic tier as 4 spirits

'It costs 4 spirits to gain basic tier, 8 for intermediate and 12 for advanced'

Is it reasonable to work on the basis that the basic tier casting is effectively a 4th Level Denominational Miracle and therefore could be used by a Scarlene Kallah?


{I] Yep totally reasonable.

Lee [/I]

[Edd]

Can a Vessel of the Dead use twist the form to embody a Vampire? It's an undead that needs a body so works as written, but unlike other undead it uses a living sacrifice and slays said sacrifice as part of the summoning.

Thanks,

Edd

I thought I had answered this, but can't find it. So I'm going to say:
yes you can BUT you need a sacrifice to channel it through. So lay out victim, be in prot with them. Cast it and wait the 5 min for it to arrive. When it arrives the 15 minutes start.

Lee

[Netheril]

Some wizard master/apprentice questions...

1) Are the benefits perm once bought? Even if the master or apprentice perm dies? As the learning remains. Mainly important for me (master) as if the casting levels are not perm cant use them for learning new spells.

They are permanent and remain

2) If the benefits are perm, can the rebirthed character still buy a new apprenticeship with the same master, both paying 15 pts again. Effectively meaning the master gains another casting level for another "new" apprentice.

No. The apprentice could rebuy, but the master already has the ability (so doesn't need to pay the points again).

3) Can I apprentice someone who is more pts than me?

Yes

4) Can I apprentice two characters belonging to the same player? In this case, one ivory, one gold, neither will effectively ever meet.

Yes in theory, but often best avoided

Cheers,

Sean

And yes you can apprentice to your master in a weird teacher becomes pupil way.

Lee

[Phoenix13]

Is a character aware of a disease before the 5 minutes? If they were unaware IC they were diseased?

assuming the standard miracle no. But if the person has an instant discern disease (priest not druid) it's not unreasonable to assume they check themselves regularly.

Lee

[BBB]

What happens to points spent on a Guild Status should the guuld blow up?

I assume the benefits if the status are lost if the guuld dies.

Are these points then just dead points?

Or could they be respent?

BBB

They become wasted points, just like they would in the unlikely event Knigths went boom.

Yes it is an investment in the guild and incentive to keep them going.

Lee

[MarkD]

If a dwarven priest paths to spiritual mancer do they get full mantic spirits?

Cheers,
Mark

Yep

Lee

[Sharperoc]

Could you give a little more info regarding the final stage of the Champion of Nature build path.

Champion of Nature Cost: 250pts T: 10
Available To: Any First Class
Gains +1 level of Earthpower [min 4]. +6/2 life, immunity to all natural elements, [e.g. normal fires, lightning,
cold]. Includes the ability to breathe underwater.
Must have Chosen of Mother Nature and the Horned Man first.

Nature's Harmony Cost: +300pts T: 11
Available To: Any First Class
From Champion of Nature: Gains 1/2effect the Supernatural Aspect of Elemental Attacks (EG Fire, Cold,
Lightning etc.).

If 'Immunity to natural elements' is as written, does this include the table 3 entries that include 'natural' as per

'Immunity to Natural Light (1/2effect supernatural Light, not resistance levels)'
'Immunity to Natural Acid ('/2 effect supernatural Acid)'

With the above, does it then follow on that Nature's Harmony is a package of

1/2 SN Fire
1/2 SN Cold
1/2 SN Lightning
1/2 SN Light
1/2 SN Acid

If it's just the listed examples of 'E.G Fire, Cold, Lightning' you could just buy those from the tables for 260 pts.

However, thinking about it more because the tables abilities are '1/2 fx SN Fire' and the druid ability is '1/2 fx SN aspect of elemental attacks' does it stack, in a similar vein to +1 Mac and +1 Mac vs Fire.

Any help?

hello,


Correct on the natural elementals. Basically Red/Green/Blue/Brown/White/Black is probably going to be natural elements (Black a bit less as it isn't always darkness based).

Yes it does stack.

Key is EG not IE here.

Lee