For those who want Elves to rem

[Pieter A de Jong]

At 10:01 AM 6/30/98 -0400, DKEvermore wrote:
>Here's a thought.
>
>In the book of Magecraft it states that elves use the art of spellsong to cast
>their magic. No race, even half-elves can master this. It doesn't really say
>much else about it, but if you are looking to give elves a slight edge (and
>have precedent for doing so) perhaps you can use this.
>
>Disclaimer: I have not done this in my campaign. And don't do this for Realm
>Magic, it'll really scew the game balance.
>
>The edge is this: elves using spellsong do not need spell components. That's
>it. Now make everyone else (priests, too!) use the require spell components
>rule. NOW you've got an advantage. Think on it...
>
1) Thank's DKE for the support DKE
2) This is an interesting idea. I suspect that it might get a little
overpowering. One of the major limitations on the effects of battle spells
is the cost of the components (usually a minimum of 1GB/spell, sometimes a
lot more). If you invade the elven realms, you are going to see a *lot* of
battle spells given that any apprentice can cast Rain of Magic Missiles with
this suggestion.

Pieter A de Jong
Graduate Mechanical Engineering Student
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

[DKEvermore@aol.co]

In a message dated 98-06-30 12:48:06 EDT, you write:

> >The edge is this: elves using spellsong do not need spell components.
> That's
> >it. Now make everyone else (priests, too!) use the require spell
> components
> >rule. NOW you've got an advantage. Think on it...
> >
> 1) Thank's DKE for the support DKE
> 2) This is an interesting idea. I suspect that it might get a little
> overpowering. One of the major limitations on the effects of battle spells
> is the cost of the components (usually a minimum of 1GB/spell, sometimes a
> lot more). If you invade the elven realms, you are going to see a *lot* of
> battle spells given that any apprentice can cast Rain of Magic Missiles
with
> this suggestion.
>