tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post1249198784019380913..comments2024-02-28T05:14:52.166-04:00Comments on A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons: Of Magic-Users and Clerics: O mighty spellcaster --taicharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-76402494988684202922009-05-24T06:36:47.569-03:002009-05-24T06:36:47.569-03:00Leo: *macho pose*
(Now that he's a high enough lev...Leo: *macho pose*<br />(Now that he's a high enough level to cast spells in the first place... ;3)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-71447301051984501632009-05-23T03:14:26.645-03:002009-05-23T03:14:26.645-03:00@trollsmyth:
Heh. I'd rather keep adding to them...@trollsmyth:<br /><br />Heh. I'd rather keep adding to them to give more variety -- and even with the shorter base lists, I like to vary the spell descriptions and thus still distract myself.<br /><br />Maybe even more than by adding new spells, in a way, because I'm always redesigning things ;3taicharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-150752344173605112009-05-23T00:30:01.951-03:002009-05-23T00:30:01.951-03:00Personally, I've never played either class, but th...Personally, I've never played either class, but the distribution of spells does look a bit odd.Rae7910819https://www.blogger.com/profile/11460024572204621629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-57672826879365638972009-05-22T22:22:53.690-03:002009-05-22T22:22:53.690-03:00Taichara: After playing a high-level 2e campaign, ...<B>Taichara:</B> After playing a high-level 2e campaign, I find the spell lists of Moldvay/Cook to be nice and easily manageable. But then, I don't keep adding to them like you do. ;)<br /><br /><B>A. Mike</B>: Thanks for pointing that out. I use Moldvay/Cook, but I believe everyone else is using LL. So far, the differences have been so small, I'm afraid I've gotten lazy and haven't been trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-7248509361521443992009-05-22T12:27:13.678-03:002009-05-22T12:27:13.678-03:00This is a serious issue in LL/Moldvay/Cook, where ...<I>This is a serious issue in LL/Moldvay/Cook, where the most powerful healing spell is 4th level's cure serious wounds. That only restores 4-14 (2d6+2) hit points</I>.<br /><br />Just a minor clarification because it's impact on the overall discussion is minimal, LL added Heal to the clerical spell list at 6th level.<br /><br />Not a tremendous difference to the discussion at hand but it does Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-60178153733047982242009-05-22T12:26:37.278-03:002009-05-22T12:26:37.278-03:00@trollsmyth:
Sounds good. I was basically asking...@trollsmyth:<br /><br />Sounds good. I was basically asking because I personally don't use them so often (at the higher reaches of my campaigns) out of sheer laziness. Mostly for BBEGs, or right-hand minions of BBEGs.<br /><br />I dn't like having to select their spells; I get distracted ;3 Especially when dragons work better for the task --taicharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-71081063664432867572009-05-22T12:16:13.748-03:002009-05-22T12:16:13.748-03:00Heh...
Running into fireball-tossing mages isn't ...Heh...<br /><br />Running into fireball-tossing mages isn't an everyday thing, no, but by the time the party has reached 9th level, it's not unheard of, either. I'd say there's probably one or two per adventure at that point, or other critter tossing out the mass damage (dragons, winter wolves, hydra, etc.).trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-62458919403572955092009-05-22T11:37:45.266-03:002009-05-22T11:37:45.266-03:00@trollsmyth:
That's reasonable enough; and as I s...@trollsmyth:<br /><br />That's reasonable enough; and as I said, I posted this essentially for amusement's sake (given MUs reputation as the mighty spellcasters, the comparison in numbers makes me chuckle). <br /><br />Though I have to admit, while I've never run LL/Moldvay/Cook, I personally haven't run into the Healbot cleric problem to quite that extreme. Possibly because of editions played,taicharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-84071501464995483822009-05-22T11:29:13.934-03:002009-05-22T11:29:13.934-03:00I think the progressions work as-is, because they ...I think the progressions work as-is, because they allow the cleric to cast <I>something</I> besides spamming healing spells all day. <br /><br />This is a serious issue in LL/Moldvay/Cook, where the most powerful healing spell is 4th level's <B>cure serious wounds</B>. That only restores 4-14 (2d6+2) hit points.<br /><br />So what you end up with is hit points trickling out (1d6 for most trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-74043805127113315032009-05-22T11:25:00.882-03:002009-05-22T11:25:00.882-03:00@Chris:
Hehe. ;3
Though I could make the argumen...@Chris:<br /><br />Hehe. ;3<br /><br />Though I could make the argument (for sake's sake) that in proper ol' D&D, Wally Wizard doesn't <I>have</I> anything else useful to contribute but his spells, so he should at least be given a decent chance at them ~<br /><br />*ducks flying bricks*taicharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213053468697534564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373792969086619654.post-14712098959457164672009-05-22T11:21:35.259-03:002009-05-22T11:21:35.259-03:00Bear in mind that poor old Healbot has to expend m...Bear in mind that poor old Healbot has to expend many of his spell slots for the benefit of others. <br /><br />If the MUs want to whine about 'unfair spell distribution' they can try doing without the ever-welcome clerical C*W spells for a bit... ;)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.com