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kiralon

Well, after reading the 2nd ed closer i would agree, it does say they are all contact poisons so would need a saving throw of 14 or higher to save against, even the ash and soot.

kiralon

Its less obvious in the second ed book but in the first ed book the magic powders are on a page with other poisons and drugs, and all the others mentions a saving throw, whereas the magic powders are like potions and do not mention a saving throw.

kiralon

works by magic

, No saving throw except dodge, id allow parrying with a shield but not a sword, only shrinks victim and not items, doesn't work on non-living.

I also play
1 dose is enough for 1 man sized being, wolfen would need 2, giants would need 3 etc.
not cumulative

kiralon

many many moons ago there were compilations of rpg information that were effectively open source rpg supplements (for ad&d), the necromancer one was called the tome of the damned or something like it. There were many different types and still can be found

kiralon

I use the netbook of necromancy to beef up my necromancers, and to make them more classic style.

kiralon

2nd ed Old ones book page 24 has movement speeds of many common things

kiralon

My players tend to not bother and rely on the better saving throws you get for being psionic

kiralon

and it does give enough of a description of what mbad does to be a usable power, and i can certainly see a super version not having the negative of the sensitive. It is more likely that they are all the same thing with inadequate explantions of whats happening. I think the invidual word is a ...

kiralon

Once the MBAD is up, it operates like a regular mind block and stops all powers. The MM knows this going in and can choose whether to take the ability.

-Vek
"Never trust a mind mage."

My book doesn't mention the blocking of powers for mbad, and as the description doesn't mention blocking powers ...

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I dont like the MM for many reasons, but the fact they constantly get back isp even when being tortured is a big one, not to mention mind bolt, nothing like coming up against a level 1 character who can do a 15d6 - 20d6 damage strike straight up and still have good hth abilities. Get behind someone ...

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What GR said
Stopping deities isnt easy, as a deity can easily fry the players unless they are limited in power by a mcguffin, as a deity would hellblast mortals out of existence if even worried slightly about something, not to mention the ones that can do things like river of lava. (Plot armour is ...

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I let one of my players use premade tiles to make ward phrases jigsaw puzzle/domino style

kiralon

I tend to go by the magic item cant get multiple buffs for the same thing, and it would be a leap attack rather than a jump kick, but only using legs.

kiralon

For the player, get him to take hth basic and wp archery and take a light/heavy crossbow, then he will be ranged support for the encounters that aren't designed for a Diabolist.

For his class abilities to be used he will generally need encounters designed for them. Unfortunately Diabolists tend to ...

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In my games only men at arms get automatic parry, they are the ones that spent the time getting the training and muscle memory while the wizards were messing around with their books, so if a class has spell casting they do not have automatic parry (There are some exceptions of course)

kiralon

It does sound like a good idea, mercs ran the gamut of skill level so id also let them choose to get bonuses in the rogue skills they can take instead if they preferred to go that way.

In second ed I put a lvl 5 limit on secondary skills and you had to take the skill a second time to continue past 5.

kiralon

Magic is humancentric and matches ranges and effects for human size so my scrolls are human sized and the bigger and smaller races use different things depending on race, but are generally worse off using human sized magic.

kiralon

6th+ level Priests can also create scrolls as part of their intervention prayer once every 24 hrs.

I have always thought the note about not creating scrolls is pretty funny (its in first ed as well), and most people take that to mean that it is not a class skill for them, which is the way I ...

kiralon

One of my house rules
Consecration/Desecration requires a minimum number of priests doing a minimum of a 6 hr ceremony.
The strength of the consecration is related to the number of priests and the length of time done, and what is sacrificed during the ceremony and at what time the ceremony finishes ...

kiralon

Priests of the Church of light get access to a miracle of consecration which consecrates the temple.

kiralon

I'd say it was a full round action to attempt, and my book says 10ft per lvl.

Wizard, Diabolist, Summoner and Alchemist.

kiralon

Me too, 1st ed will always be superior in my mind, but i have a lot of house rules to get around the gray areas due to lack of errata.

kiralon

There is a fair difference between the 1st ed and 2nd ed versions

kiralon

Many years ago there was a netbook of herbs, i recommend finding it if you are going to be using holistic medicine a lot.

kiralon

Maybe having sermons that give group boosts to various things, like bonuses to wilderness/environment skills, maybe reducing random encounters and finding interesting things and then maybe a specialised holistic medicine that then also gives interesting effects like short effect potions and can say ...

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The elf enclave could be the vequerrel elves and i thought they were described as being fair folk rather than being fair haired. I will have to look it up

kiralon

My guess would be to differentiate them from tolkien elves, as they are tall like tolkien elves, rather than the midgets of the dnd world.

kiralon

I do not believe a digital version exists so your best is a physical copy from ebay. There are two 1st ed monsters and animals versions, one with the minotaur with a sword (early version) or an axe (late version). I would recommend the one with the axe.

kiralon

Not to mentions there's a lot of channels to tune into, also have to pick the followers to watch from the millions/billions across the megaverse, and dont have any extra special multi tasking skills and likely are doing things already.

kiralon

I had a party that played burny huggy ball, A wolfen would toss the invisible fire warlock gnome at something and the gnome would use burst into flame and give it invisible burny hugs.

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palladium doesn't believe in physics

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It should be noted that smothering someone won't work, the magic works on "gases", so IMHO that means it negates the C02 buildup (you can't even fill their lungs with Helium) by some means (breaking down the C02?)

You could follow that logic and say they are impervious to oxygen now as well ...

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Well, first of all why am I being tortured in Mark's scenario?
I agree that you couldn't quickly snap someone's neck. But what it you slowly turned the head until it broke?
-Vek
"No Veks were harmed in the making of this post."

A. He isn't going to torture himself, bit of a silly question ...

kiralon

+1
For me psionics is its on class of magic, like warlocks or wizards. Its' an editing issue normally when they say vs magic, as there is no such thing, its spells, wards, circles or psionics.
Deathblow definately as that is from a weapon.
For suffocation to work whatever is doing it would have to ...

kiralon

I use patterns that the circle is on, but it would be the will of the summoner, he concentrates and writes whatever he links to the destination.

kiralon

I read MoM when i first got it about 10 years ago, but had already house ruled a lot of the stuff in there earlier as there needed to be answers to those questions and more, so it is my least referenced book easily.

Was this answered in there or was it cut, I had a quick glance in it and the answer ...

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For me i use the area of effect, but the magic is blocked by the amount of material that blocks the x-ray vision spell (i have a more comlplete list for this) and is raytraced from the the wards themselves.

So if a turn you blue ward is under a rug on a 3 ft thick stone floor on the second level is ...

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pawsplay wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2024 8:30 pm I just find it a bit odd

This statement applies to a lot of things palladium related

kiralon

That's a pretty cool idea

kiralon

That would have to be a very friendly mind mage to give up 4 ME permanently

kiralon

If thats second ed, If i remember correctly a mind mage can erase all of the summoners memory permanently for 4 ME, also unlikely to happen, way easier for the summoner to have an accident. He can add new memories, but they are temporary, also friendly still doesnt mean the alchemist wont sell the ...

kiralon

The summoning would work, but there is a chance that the evil summmoner has the bits required to resummon them, and most of the characters i played would never give a summoner anyones true name willingly, unless there was absolutely no other choice, as you are pretty much making them that summoners ...

kiralon

As it doesn't give a weight limit for any extra items i would think it was more likely that it doesn't allow for it as all the other teleport types do, and i would be inclined to have the summoned appear and return with nothing. What it says about the payment tend to point towards it being paid ...

kiralon

The way you turn up would be the way you return (so no leaving stuff or getting stuff), and I think the magic would return you before an ill effect hit you so if someone cast lightning bolt on you, you would return before the bolt hit you for example.

This is easiest as it also stop things like ...

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I consider them two very separate things, as the circle for the spell rituals is more of "component", and very different than the "circle magic" that summoners do.

If a summoner player wanted to have a circle that mirrors on of the spells, I'd go through the process of designing a circle with ...

kiralon

As the particular powers description says mid block stops it from working, i would go with that.

kiralon

It would remain stuck in the air
Yes you can capture people with them and probably suffocate them, especially at higher level.
I would encourage people to not take the power. The imbalance of what can deal with it would not be healthy for the party.

I keep thinking its the second ed version of ...

kiralon

I generally go by that if there is something in the way then the effect can't happen, but it do allow some push, so if it was a loose chain it would get pushed aside, but not if attached to the body, so a sword in hand would get pushed out a bit but still be gripped. This prevents users from using ...

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My Housse rules

Alchemist
I allow an alchemist to identify an item with times (less) and costs (higher) the higher the level the alchemist is.
This will give you exact powers and activations, this is the most accurate way.
Costs: 100(minimum just to look at the item to see what it would cost ...

kiralon

Nothing would also be my thought, as you are in an extradimensional space and aren't actually near the ward

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