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JakoShadows
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posted September 20, 2002 11:00 AM
Lets say we
have a level 5 Wilder. I assume that he makes every
overchanneling roll.
Let us also assume that he has
Elementalism as his talent.
He has Fire, Spirit, Earth,
Air as his Affinities. -------------- Question: I
want to learn Shield. Can I learn it? It lists as a level 3
minimum weave. However, since I have all of the affinites
(Spirit), it is effectively a level 2 weave. Can I then
overchannel to cast it 3 levels higher and cast a level 5
weave?
I guess my real question is this. If you have
all of the affinities do you actually lower the level of the
weave or just the weaveslot that it takes to cast that
weave. If so are you still bound by the level 2 maximum for
wilders who do not have that talent?
What about if it
were something like Ward Shadowspawn? And I have learned
it. Can I overchannel to get over the level 2
maximum? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Eosin_the_Red
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posted September 20, 2002 11:21 AM
All
affinities lower the level of the weave. I believe in the
errata that Angreals also lower the weave.
I would
allow the 5th level casting but others might not - it is
something of a judgement
call.
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RocPhoenix
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posted September 20, 2002 02:41 PM
I was just
noticing the same thing, and about shielding. If I were a
wilder, have Spirit as an affinity, but not the talent of
warding, and I wanted to shield someone 5 levels lower than me
who was not embracing the source, would I be able to learn
that? that should be 3, -2 for them not holding the source,
and -1 for the affinity, I have just made it a level 0. Now,
the other part of that is, would I be able to learn it at
first level? Just a thought. Nothing more than theoretical
rhetoric, really, but a thought that caught my attention.
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Lando
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posted September 20, 2002 09:03 PM
As for the
question about the lowing of the level of the weave, I believe
that it only lowers the the lvl of the weaveslot, not the
actual effect of the weave...And I'm not sure about having the
affinities and still being able to cross-talent channel a 3rd
lvl spell, I myself would probably allow it, if it were
brought up to me..
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Moridin00
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posted September 23, 2002 02:17 AM
When you
have all required affinities, the weave level remains the same
(i.e. you cast Shield as a 6th level weave) when you cast it,
but you use a 5th-level slot.
If you over-channel and
use a 6th level slot, the weave produced would be a 7th-level
Shield.
Therefore, treat the weave at its casting
level, but burn a slot one lower than listed in the weave
description when weaving it.
Further, Saving throws
against the weave are checked against its listed level in the
weave description, not at the level of the slot used to weave
it.
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mrtauntaun
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posted September 23, 2002 09:55 AM
Moridin00
is correct. The weave is the level listed with the sole
exception of the slot used. Slot usage is your ONLY benefit to
having all of the affinities.
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