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| ====== Magic ====== | ====== Magic ====== | ||
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| + | > //“What dangers he might meet he could not know, so he selected three spells of general application: | ||
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| + | ===== Unearthed Arcana ===== | ||
| Spells and magic items from UA are in play. | Spells and magic items from UA are in play. | ||
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| + | ===== Material components ===== | ||
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| + | See [[Material Component]]. | ||
| ===== Spell selection ===== | ===== Spell selection ===== | ||
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| Spells containing a person' | Spells containing a person' | ||
| + | ===== Wishes ===== | ||
| - | When creating a new character, magic-users and illusionists should only roll on and/or select from the spells in the PHB. On level-up, spells from UA can be selected.((The UA spells are often situational. It's best to provide a standard repertoire for 1st level.)) | + | See [[Wishes]]. |
| ===== Magic resistance ===== | ===== Magic resistance ===== | ||
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| ===== Spell stacking ===== | ===== Spell stacking ===== | ||
| - | While most spells do stack, spells of the same [[spell lines|line]] do not. Only the best benefits from each spell are used. The classic example is //bless//, //chant//, and //prayer//. | + | While most spells do stack, spells of the same [[spell lines|line]] do not. Only the best benefits from each spell are used. The classic example is //bless//, //chant//, and //prayer//, however there is an exception on DMG 42 where a //chant// can stack with //prayer// if the casters are clerics of the same deity. |
| + | ===== Touch attacks ===== | ||
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| + | There is no special mechanic for this in AD&D; it usually works like a regular melee attack vs the target’s AC. | ||
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| + | //Shocking grasp// and some other lightning-based effects ignore metal armor and metal shields (but not their plusses). | ||
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| + | If the target is significantly larger than the person trying to touch them, the DM may assign some bonus to the to-hit roll, such as +2 for a human trying to touch an ogre, or +4 to touch a giant, or +6 to touch an adult dragon.< | ||
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| + | ===== Invisibility ===== | ||
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| + | See [[Invisibility]]. | ||
| + | ===== Illusion ===== | ||
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| + | See [[Illusion]]. | ||
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| + | ===== Scroll fading ===== | ||
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| + | Scroll fading rules kick in if the scroll is taken from the place it was discovered in. Being sealed inside a container does not matter, even if the container was never opened. Merely looking at a scroll’s contents (and therefore triggering any curses) is sufficient to reduce the chance of fading to zero. Any class can do this, and read magic is not required. | ||
| ===== Learning from scrolls ===== | ===== Learning from scrolls ===== | ||
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| Attempting to know a spell via a scroll releases the magic from the scroll. Whether the to-know attempt fails or succeeds, the writing fades from the scroll.((Based on PHB 100-101 and DMG 117. We admit that there is no line that explicitly says "if the copier fails then the magic goes back into the scroll and someone else can try," but we feel like using the scroll in the attempt most closely matches both the spirit of the game and the aforementioned passages.)) | Attempting to know a spell via a scroll releases the magic from the scroll. Whether the to-know attempt fails or succeeds, the writing fades from the scroll.((Based on PHB 100-101 and DMG 117. We admit that there is no line that explicitly says "if the copier fails then the magic goes back into the scroll and someone else can try," but we feel like using the scroll in the attempt most closely matches both the spirit of the game and the aforementioned passages.)) | ||
| + | ===== Intelligent swords ===== | ||
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| + | See [[Intelligent Swords]]. | ||
| ===== Recharging magic items ===== | ===== Recharging magic items ===== | ||
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| Magic circles of protection can be drawn without the use of a spell.((Reinforced by DMG 65.)) The production and nature of these circles are presently left up to the DM for their own campaign, as no player has ever attempted this in ours. But we'll put a TODO here as something we could set up some rules for in the future. | Magic circles of protection can be drawn without the use of a spell.((Reinforced by DMG 65.)) The production and nature of these circles are presently left up to the DM for their own campaign, as no player has ever attempted this in ours. But we'll put a TODO here as something we could set up some rules for in the future. | ||
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| + | ===== Libraries for spell research ===== | ||
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| + | A [[library]] must be created for spell research.((DMG 115.)) | ||
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| + | ===== Magic UA plate armor ===== | ||
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| + | The new types of plate armor made available in UA (bronze, field, full) are only available as magic items.< | ||
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| + | ===== Unnatural aging ===== | ||
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| + | See [[Unnatural Aging]]. | ||
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