Tonight I was leafing through the Greyhawk (OD&D Sup-I) spell lists, and a few little things caught my eye among the new higher-level spells:
(1) Permanent Spell (p. 27): "Dispell Magic which are are least twice the level of the caster of the Permanent Spell will negate it, so three Warlocks could negate the spell of a 12th level Wizard...". Notice that the three Warlocks (level 8) are taking the sum of their levels for this consideration (3×8 = 24). Have you ever allowed multiple spell-casters to cooperate in this way to meet level requirements?
(2) Meteor Swarm (p. 28): "A blast of four Fire Balls (Jim!). thrown in whatever pattern the caster desires, each of 10-60 points of damage -- or eight Fire Balls (Jim!) of one-half normal diameter...". So what's the (Jim!) reference here? Is that a Star Trek gag in my original D&D book, or something else?
(3) Gate (p. 28): "Employment of this spell opens a cosmic portal and allows an ultra-powerful being (such as Odin, Crom, Set, Cthulhu, the Shining One, a demi-god, or whatever) to come to this plane." Okay, I know who Odin, Crom, Set, and Cthulhu are; but does anyone know who the "Shining One" is in this context?
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The Shining One is from A. Merritt, The Moon Pool. Stats regrettably absent from Gods, Demigods & Heroes.
ReplyDeleteYep. And if you don't want to read The Moon Pool, it's Smokey from Lost.
DeleteGreat! Never read the Moon Pool, just now yoinked it from Project Gutenberg Australia. Thanks for that!
DeleteI will ignore the Lost reference. :-)
There was a disagreement between Jim Ward and Ernie (? I may be misremembering the second party) over whether the spell created actual meteors or magical meteor-like fireballs.
ReplyDeleteFascinating! Thanks so much for that.
DeleteThe answer is given here:
Deletehttp://blogofholding.com/?p=5564
Drat! It seemed so much like a Dr. McCoyism.
DeleteI know, particularly in regards to a "meteor"-themed subject, right?
Deletejbeltman, thanks for the link, fascinating!
Re: #1 - That's a great concept - I was just toying with a similar idea for cleric 'stacking,' where multiple clerics working in concert could gain a bonus for turning. I'm hesitant to give a full level summation to access high-level spells, maybe 1.5? Although a limiting factor that the MUs need to be of the same school (if used) to gain the benefit might be a criteria.
ReplyDeleteThose are good ideas. I think you're probably right about pro-rating the added levels, almost in any case I can think of.
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