tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post7439667947418436124..comments2024-03-26T00:09:13.941-07:00Comments on Dungeon of Signs: Spell Reskinning - Lightning BoltUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-10168673556882232032012-12-23T15:36:50.097-08:002012-12-23T15:36:50.097-08:00I read up through book 7 or 8 when I was in high s...I read up through book 7 or 8 when I was in high school. Then I decided not to continue until the whole series was completed. This was a general resolution regarding all multi-volume fantasy epics, and has also kept me from reading beyond book 2 of A Song of Ice and Fire. At one point, The Wheel of Time was probably my favorite fantasy series. There are some good bits, but yes it is quite, um, cumbersome. Jordan died before he could finish it, but another author (Sanderson) has been working from notes on the final volumes, and I gather his work is highly regarded by fans of the series. Supposedly the last book (number 14) is coming out this january. Not sure if I'll end up going back.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-80847298888274449842012-12-23T12:59:29.460-08:002012-12-23T12:59:29.460-08:00Never read Wheel of Time - it looked massive and a...Never read Wheel of Time - it looked massive and arduous. Is it any good?Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-43064176363409203022012-12-22T14:55:37.404-08:002012-12-22T14:55:37.404-08:00Reminds me of balefire from the Wheel of Time:
Wh...Reminds me of balefire from the Wheel of Time:<br /><br /><i>When a target is struck with balefire, its thread in the pattern is destroyed, in an amount proportional to the power of the balefire strike. This translates to the target's existence being completely erased, chronologically in reverse. For example, should an Aes Sedai use balefire on an attacking bandit, the bandit's action of attacking the Aes Sedai and anything leading up to the action of the attack would be erased; this would be determined by the power of the balefire attack. The stronger the balefire, the farther back in time the object in question will be burned from the pattern.</i><br /><br />-- <a href="http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Balefire" rel="nofollow">http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Balefire</a>Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-30057811074091974962012-12-22T14:51:41.583-08:002012-12-22T14:51:41.583-08:00I was just waxing melodramatic about a particle be...I was just waxing melodramatic about a particle beam like effect... When you put it that way, yeah that's a higher level spell (or a really hard to find one) it's also pretty cool.Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-60909139093177849942012-12-22T12:53:29.009-08:002012-12-22T12:53:29.009-08:00Yeah, I figured we were pretty much on the same pa...Yeah, I figured we were pretty much on the same page regarding this.<br /><br />A few other consequences of beam of not being:<br /><br />- Spawn of the target also cease to exist<br />- Anything the target has created ceases to exist<br />- Any damage the target has done is healedNecropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-72681484709350790662012-12-21T21:08:42.302-08:002012-12-21T21:08:42.302-08:00Ooh, I'm stealing these...Ooh, I'm stealing these...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-73126903665461147012012-12-21T13:29:16.625-08:002012-12-21T13:29:16.625-08:00Oh I absolutely agree - I just don't see the n...Oh I absolutely agree - I just don't see the need for "New Spells" for each. They are all the same, a spell that fires a 1D6 per level beam 5' wide and 40' long. <br /><br />Yes they do different kinds of damage, but that's the fun. You might have lightning, but if there's a blue dragon in town you'll need the evil mushroom erruption. I'd give them all different names, but they are all reskins of the mechanical aspects of Lightning Bolt.<br /><br />Yeah the Not-Being is a bit tough, but it's thin and can't really be controlled, maybe you could snip through walls with it (unless it rebounds), but I don't see it being too powerful. (It also does fire damage - the one things are most immune to).Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-52724339790301765302012-12-21T09:29:45.712-08:002012-12-21T09:29:45.712-08:00These are great, but as a point of order I actuall...These are great, but as a point of order I actually think they are pretty much all new spells <i>inspired</i> by lightning bolt, rather than new skins for lightning bolt. Perhaps this is being pedantic, but part of the mechanical effect of lightning bolt is that it does electricity damage, and this fits into other parts of the game. Like, monsters being immune to or vulnerable to or even powered up by electricity. Also, lightning bolt has a drawback/feature which does not seem to be reflected in many of these in that it reflects off of walls.<br /><br />Like, mirrors should be able to oppose rainbow vortex. Undead should be immune to gulf of unreason. Ice lance should be able to freeze a section of a river allowing passage. Tumbling magma should be able to set things on fire. Etc. At least in my opinion. Is that how you would run these?<br /><br />(Also, "beam of not being" seems incredibly powerful and should probably be higher level. I think it would be quite difficult to referee.)<br /><br />These are all really cool ideas though, so don't take this as criticism.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-10589763005272645932012-12-20T10:43:41.584-08:002012-12-20T10:43:41.584-08:00I prefer to call it the "Turtle Destruction W...I prefer to call it the "Turtle Destruction Wave"Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4607464045429311026.post-26434991513123406482012-12-20T07:07:45.232-08:002012-12-20T07:07:45.232-08:00Kamehameha Wave.<a href="http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Kamehameha" rel="nofollow"> Kamehameha Wave.</a>Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com