tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post3202974331704345960..comments2024-03-26T15:35:56.004-04:00Comments on Delta's D&D Hotspot: Previewing Book of Spells 2E: Stone to FleshDeltahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-69145695284095657882014-12-02T23:27:30.126-05:002014-12-02T23:27:30.126-05:00You know, I almost just took your suggestion just ...You know, I almost just took your suggestion just now and then I realized that there's a connection to the math of Gygax's rule in 1E (9 cu. ft. per level) that works out really nicely for the nominal 12th-level wizard. For personal amusement I think I'll keep it compatible with that.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-70152424290846004872014-12-01T10:05:56.578-05:002014-12-01T10:05:56.578-05:00I was also thinking about statues with outstretche...I was also thinking about statues with outstretched arms etc. but I suppose DMs should be smart about such things.<br />I would be tempted to up it to 5' to stick with the common D&D scaling.Baquieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08357103428591599364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-8790648950684297582014-12-01T01:08:56.516-05:002014-12-01T01:08:56.516-05:00Okay, I see in my notes that there's also tran...Okay, I see in my notes that there's also <i>transmute rock to mud</i>. Which kind of highlights my point that it's such an outlier, it's hard to remember about this mechanic for wizards in OD&D.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-51331149164851613882014-11-30T21:07:52.631-05:002014-11-30T21:07:52.631-05:00Edit: That's not male, that's average for ...Edit: That's not male, that's average for all adults.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-39403683010345314732014-11-30T21:07:15.293-05:002014-11-30T21:07:15.293-05:00Actually, look at this Harvard listing of average ...Actually, look at this Harvard listing of average male dimensions: height is 5'-9", and width across the shoulders is 1'-6". So if you double all those dimensions you get 11½' tall (about like a hill giant) and 3' across at the widest point. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~loebinfo/loebinfo/Proportions/humanfigure.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~loebinfo/loebinfo/Proportions/humanfigure.html</a><br /><br />If anything maybe I should boost the length to 12' to encompass true giant height? Thanks for getting me to check on that!Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-42886257062352563452014-11-30T20:59:14.387-05:002014-11-30T20:59:14.387-05:00It's certainly doable, but personally I really...It's certainly doable, but personally I really kind of hate wizards in OD&D having exactly <i>one</i> reversible spell in their list to worry about. I feel like it's a nicer system to just have one less mechanic (no reversibility). And it opens some campaign texture (in general it's resuscitative, but some evil wizards may secretly have a flesh-to-stone casting?). This is one where I agree with 3E splitting off separate spells.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-74549593854908984012014-11-30T20:54:00.312-05:002014-11-30T20:54:00.312-05:00Yeah, I guess what I mean is that nowhere else in ...Yeah, I guess what I mean is that nowhere else in OD&D is there any talk about wizard spells being reversible in the first place, so it's the only thing that implies reversibility is something you might need to track in general for wizard mechanics. Contrast with clerics who have a general rule (Vol-1, p. 22 and 34) and notation (underlining in the spell list) for a number of spells get reversed by evil clerics. Meanwhile, "stone-flesh" is not underlined in the spell list, so in some sense it's breaking a rule or is (to me) an irritating outlier.<br /><br />I would think that presence of "disintegrate" at the same level would be the best analog to power word kill?Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-31622636364940491022014-11-19T15:10:06.686-05:002014-11-19T15:10:06.686-05:00I don't see any problem with keeping the rever...I don't see any problem with keeping the reverse function, though I could see tweaking the language to be clear this isn't quite like the reversible spells of a cleric (kind of a non-issue for you). It's basically just saying that switching between flesh and stone is the same either direction, relying on the same knowledge. If you know how to do one, you know how to do the other as wellHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-77983970753468190992014-11-18T11:41:55.874-05:002014-11-18T11:41:55.874-05:00My copy of Men & Magic doesn't "seem ...My copy of Men & Magic doesn't "seem to imply" reverse usage, it is EXPLICIT in this function:<br /><br />"This spell turns stone to flesh, and it is reversable [sic], so as to turn flesh to stone."<br /><br />I'm not sure where the extra complexity is in this. Using the standard OD&D rule of "one use of each spell" it offers an interesting choice of which version to cast. However, I guess my real reservation in axing it is I've always considered FtoS kind of the OD&D equivalent of Power Word Kill, and I hate seeing it go away.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-48483659982546456772014-11-17T08:40:41.065-05:002014-11-17T08:40:41.065-05:003' diameter? At 10' tall that may be a sk...3' diameter? At 10' tall that may be a skinny Giant.<br /><br />I love the open ended wording of life force maybe being present.Baquieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08357103428591599364noreply@blogger.com