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Zarozynia
Posted: May 1 2004, 03:35 PM
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I have been toying around with the idea of adapting the lightning weave slightly, and was hoping for others oppinions. I dont want to change the level, per se, as I think that it is quite appropriate as a level 5 weave (I think...) that does 5d10 damage. But I have been thinking about the second part of the lightning weave, the part that involves a brew time. As the book states, calling lightning at level five takes a brew time of one minute, to call the storm, but if you call it again within three rounds, it doesn't require any brew time. This makes sense. But it got me thinking that once a storm is already there and a few lightning bolts have been cast, it should be markably easier to call a six/seventh/whatever number lightning bolt as the air is literally primed for lightning. At that point you might not even perse be calling the lightning bolt, merely directing where it falls which would be much, much easier.

What I'm thinking right now is of adding on an addition to the weave that if lightning has been called three or more times in a matter of twice again that rounds, that instead of having to call lightning at level five you can direct a lightning bolt at level 3 say...but only for three rounds after the last lightning bolt was used. Any comments/criticisms?


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Primal Paladin22
Posted: May 1 2004, 11:04 PM
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You could just have a slighly different and slightly lower level weave which simply directs lightning rather than calls it. You could make it whatever level you wanted, maybe based on the range or some how on the severity of the weather. But I think I would make the damage static and a prerequsit be that the weather either had to be channeled up or occured naturally. Obviously you cannot "direct" lightning out of a clear sky. I guess that was pretty redundant since that was the purpose of the thread. What do you think?




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Posted: May 2 2004, 12:17 AM
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I'm gonna go with PP22 here. hmm... maybe something like this:

Direct Lightning (common)
(air, water, fire)
Level: 2-3
Casting Time: 1 turn
Range: Long
Area: see below
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving throw: Ref. half
Weave Resistance: no
You can call down lightning from a storm cloud. If lightning has already been called 3 or 4 times or there are thunderclouds in the air, the atmosphere has been sufficiently charged so that lightning is ready to strike and needs only direction. One bolt strikes the ground at a point or in the area around it, any creatures near that point take damage from the lightning, the deafening roar of the thunder, and the shards of earth rent by the blast. Two damage rolls are made, one for the creature(s) directly hit by the lightning, the other for those in the immediate area. 5d10/1d10
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2- Attempt can only be made in an area with heavy stormclouds after lightning has naturaly struck.
3- Attempt can be made in any area with stormcloud cover or in an area where Lightning has been called 3 or more times.


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Zarozynia
Posted: May 2 2004, 01:12 AM
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Exactly Axel! Thanks for writing it out for me!

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Axel
Posted: May 3 2004, 08:34 PM
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You're very welcome. I'm gonn submit this thing to Aleshandre to be added to the new site, excuse me.


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