Talk:True Dweomers
Need a True Dweomer Spell template (i tried to use the monk colors, but it didn't work. i think that color scheme is badass and should be the true dweomer colors) this needs to include "full round at Hard, standard or less at challenging" casting times, and maybe the mana burning rules....
I'll get you a template today. For the monk colors, that's easy enough to do, but I'm guessing you mean on the spell list tables, not inside each spell page, right?
also need TD|x damage templates, unless you wanna chew those over before we commit
this already exists. Use <nowiki>(Strata 3 damage): 1d6+9 points of damage per character level (max 35d6+315 at character level 35) (using TD1, TD2, through TD9; must be capitalized). Please test it out and verify the numbers, especially if the numbers changed in the last two or so years.
i can probably knock out plenty of these to roll with pretty quickly, this shouldn't slow us down on the balance pass
hellball 10 evo animus blast 11 conj peripety 12 abj pestilence 13 ill soul dominion 14 necro
System and Structure
- damage scaling
True Dweomers do MUCH more damage than levl 9 spells, unless extensive manaburning happens.
| Spell Circle | Burn Cost | Min Level | Base Dice | max dice | range | avg | perfected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD1 | +1 | 21st | 1d6+6/CL | 31d6+186 | 217-372 | 294.5 | 744 |
| TD2 | +1 | 23rd | 1d6+8/CL | 31d6+248 | 279-434 | 356.5 | 868 |
| TD3 | +1 | 25th | 1d6+9/CL | 32d6+288 | 320-480 | 400 | 960 |
| TD4 | +1 | 27th | 1d6+10/CL | 32d6+320 | 392-512 | 452 | 1024 |
| TD5 | +1 | 29th | 1d6+11/CL | 33d6+363 | 399-561 | 480 | 1122 |
| TD6 | +1 | 31st | 1d6+13/CL | 33d6+429 | 462-627 | 544.5 | 1254 |
| TD7 | +1 | 33rd | 1d6+15/CL | 34d6+510 | 544-714 | 629 | 1428 |
| TD8 | +1 | 35th | 1d6+16/CL | 34d6+544 | 588-748 | 668 | 1496 |
| TD9 | +1 | 37th | 1d6+17/CL | 35d6+595 | 630-805 | 717.5 | 1610 |
True Dweomers are affected by metamagic feats, but note that many of the more potent feats have such a large level adjustment, they cannot be fit onto the higher level true dweomers without use of a magic wand or spell research.
- range
true Dweomers can use any range
- area of effect
true dweomers with AOE's tend to be LARGE, up to thousands of feet, miles, even leagues. note that metamagic can make even that larger.
- saves
true dweomers follow the basic rule 'no auto effects', but may impose severe save penalties in exchange for smaller range and/or area of effect, to the extreme of the example below "Corrupt Dweomers"
Current status
- True Dweomers - data compilation begun
- for balance pass, need to take into account the true-dweomer damage capacities of clerics, mages, druids, bard, paladins, rangers, etc. ergo, need to develop a bare-bones 'early implementation' of TD's
Proposed mechanics: exactly like spells, except you only learn one true dweomer of level 10 'spontaneously'. you can take Truemagic feats to learn more, and git gud with them.
- Require skill rolls vs DC's to cast. To cast a True Dweomer as a Full Round action requires a Bailiwick Skill Roll vs a Hard DC for the Caster's current level. Casting as a standard action or swift action requires a Challenging DC roll. Truemagic Feats give bonuses to these rolls. (see below)
- Casting a True Dweomer as a ritual takes much longer and more 'stuff' (magic circle, altar, implements and unguents, horrifying sacrifices, etc) but does not require a bailiwick skill roll. Such Rituals typically require a day or longer.
- can a 'DC to cast' field be added to the spell template? do we have defined templates for the TD1 circles?
Examples of new True Dweomers
- 10th Corrupt Dweomers:
- 11th
- 12th
- 13th Accursed Dweomers:
- 14th
Examples of new Feats
- Truemagic Feats
- Truemagic Scribe - learn three new true dweomers of 10th or 11th level, +1 untyped (circumstance?) to skill rolls to fast cast level, 21 to take
- Truemagic Supplicant - learn three new true dweomers of 10th thru 13th levels, +1 untyped to skill rolls to fast cast, level 26 to take
- Truemagic Ordinate - learn five new true dweomers of 10th thru 14th levels, +1 untyped to skill rolls to fast cast, ignore 1's, level 26 to take
- Truemagic Nominate - learn six new true dweomers of 10th thru 14th levels, +1 untyped to skill rolls to fast cast, level 31
- Truemagic Heirophant - learn seven new true dweomers of 10th thru 14th levels, +1 untyped to skill rolls to fast cast, level 31
this model has 5 TD levels, and gives 25 TD spells and +5 to fast-cast them (rolling vs Impossible) for 5 feats