tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370162161693557709.post7397069045478103947..comments2023-06-08T08:26:07.304-05:00Comments on Advanced Gaming & Theory: Guide To ScrollsRipperXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506064393275174920noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370162161693557709.post-1745495102191799682010-04-19T19:33:16.211-05:002010-04-19T19:33:16.211-05:00In my 2nd edition d and d gaming group we have had...In my 2nd edition d and d gaming group we have had an arument come up. Some of us, including me, believe that protection scrolls can be read by anyone, even if there kits states they cannot use scrolls. For example, a in the druid's handbook it states... " druid characters can use the magical items generally permitted priests except written ones, such as scrolls or books" Some state, this means all scrolls, other say it mean only priets scrolls and "any" or protection scrolls can still be used. Any help on this would be welcome, as 2nd edition information is hard to come by now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370162161693557709.post-82464343418923153782009-06-12T12:39:23.212-05:002009-06-12T12:39:23.212-05:00Wow, this information is REALLY helpful. I have a...Wow, this information is REALLY helpful. I have a sorcerer and a wizard in my new campaign that I'm running, and I would like for scrolls to play a bigger role - this article will help me do that. Thanks for all your work on the subject.Pathfinder Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03329941364381591301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370162161693557709.post-14442415660004919342009-05-28T11:13:06.822-05:002009-05-28T11:13:06.822-05:00Rip,
Awesome posts on both,the scrolls and potions...Rip,<br />Awesome posts on both,the scrolls and potions.<br />My philosphy about magis scrolls is a little different. To e, magic works in D&D world because the physics of the world are different. In the mundane world, thoughts becom real through our actions. in my D&D world, thoughts can become real magically in the Alteration school i.e. Wish spell and all the creation spells. In D&D world, it is not energy, but light that can not be created or destroyed, it flows from the ether and into the fabric of reality and back into ether again. Hence, it can be captured in the crystal balls and recovered via Lesser Divination School of Magic. Greater Divination is for tapping into the minds of angels and demons and for getting information out of them in their dreams etc. In our mundane world the beautiful or terrible landscape evokes mood. In the D&D World Evocation school of magic, the magic users harvests that ebergy from the scenery and channels it into fireballs and lightning bolts.<br /><br />For this reason I don't consider scrolls to be inherently magical. They are written ina special language though. D&D Magic is not unified, like our science. There is no "Magic 101" Textbook, and there can never be a Magical University. Magic is D&D's equivalent of our mundane philosophy (and/or writing): The magic user takes the sum total of his knowledge of the magical reality, everything that magic user has seen, been shown, done and thniks about it, and then the magic user manipulates his or her knowledge of magic to channel it into a specific useful effect (a spell). At a magical college and wizard can show and teach a bunch of novices, how to cast a magic missile, but the spell book of each wizard will have that spell written out in a diferent way, so, learning magic spells is akin to painting: The language of the magic user consists of symbols and code words to denote concepts from personal consciousness. In mundane script a spell might look like: Prom Nite at Lou Cas; d20; Fermi's Theorem; UN symbol for unexploded ordnance; Orange and Blue checker pattern indicating... <br /><br />This comes down to two skills for a magic user: read magic and write magic. These skills are very similar to the scope and fee of the Hermann Hesse's Glass Bead Game: Read magic skill is a wizard's level of ability to make sense of another wizard's magical jottings. It's more akin to Lore skill of bards and the thieves. Wizard may or may nt be able to decipher another's magical test. Write Magic is the skill to ceate brand new symbols in such a way as for the magic user to be able to instantly recall what thought, feeling, or magical dynamic that symbol represents. In a way writing magic is beign able to write inventing new symbols on the spot and being able to recall the meaning of the symbol months and years later as if reading letters CAT on a tavern sign 150 years later. Reading Magic is the ability to figure out what was being described by another wizard. Any wizard can attempt to read and write any magical scroll, but a lower level wizard will have astronomically small chances compounded by a proprtional cance of the enrgies misfiring into the wizard's face.<br /><br />Hope you get a kick out of this...Brooser Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370162161693557709.post-55645215829954929452009-05-28T04:38:42.428-05:002009-05-28T04:38:42.428-05:00Dude. Holy shit. You are an animal when it comes...Dude. Holy shit. You are an animal when it comes to this shit. Sweet Post. Btw, site design is freakin awesome too.poshgamerhttp://www.poshbingo.co.uknoreply@blogger.com