tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025801425214238296.post1356379117262305801..comments2024-02-27T00:13:43.320-08:00Comments on Gnoll Train!: Creating Magic Items. Part IBrendanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00908708023237168012noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025801425214238296.post-64128892819021324962012-02-28T14:39:05.793-08:002012-02-28T14:39:05.793-08:00I also like magic-users to be able to create (at l...I also like magic-users to be able to create (at least some) magic items at lower levels. So few games ever make it to name level. In Holmes, magic-users can scribe scrolls at any level. The rules are (Holmes basic rulebook page 13):<br /><br /><i>This rule [Vancian casting] places great limitations on the magic-user's power, but there are ways to partially overcome them. One is to have the spell written out on a magic scroll. Scrolls are written in magic runes that fade from the page as they are read, so a scroll also can only be used once. Magic users may make a scroll of a spell they already "know" (i.e. have in their magic book) at a cost of 100 gold pieces and 1 week's work for each spell of the first level, 200 gold pieces and 2 weeks for a second level spell (if the magic-user is third level), etc.</i><br /><br />Have you seen the Grognardia Dwimmermount take on wands? They are basically degenerate ray guns:<br /><br /><a href="http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/04/f-is-for-firearms.html" rel="nofollow">http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/04/f-is-for-firearms.html</a>Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.com