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  1. #1
    David Sean Brown
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    birthright-digest V1999 #21

    > Another question, I'm desesperated with the wizard of my party and his
    > "stone skin" spell, if you know about this spell, you will understand my
    > position, do you have some ideas to help ??
    >
    Depends what exactly is the problem with the spell you've been having.
    Are you using 1st or 2nd ed rules? Are you requireing the mage to use
    spell components (IMC its 100 gp per casting)...try monsters with multiple
    attacks..even when they miss, the PC loses stoneskins, etc..

    Sean

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    Stephen White
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    birthright-digest V1999 #21

    >
    >Another question, I'm desesperated with the wizard of my party and his
    >"stone skin" spell, if you know about this spell, you will understand my
    >position, do you have some ideas to help ??

    First of all it costs 1,000gp to cast each time in diamond dust
    components.

    Secondly, it is reduced for each magical attack, so a Magic Missile does
    full damage *and* reduces the Stoneskin for 1 by each missile fired. It
    is also reduced by Fireball, etc.

    Thirdly, it is reduced by each attack, not *hit*, inflicted by an enemy,
    so something with 3 attacks a round will reduce the Stoneskin by three
    each round until the Stoneskin is gone (no needs to roll To Hit, unless
    you use fumbles). If your party is of high-enough levels to cast
    Stoneskin, attacks by low Hit Dice creatures with 3 or 4 attacks are not
    inappropriate.

    Hope this helps.

    Yours,

    Stephen.
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    Craig Dalrymple
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    birthright-digest V1999 #21

    Also, (at least IMC) you can only have one instance of this spell cast upon
    yourself at any given time. It works just like Armor. No matter how many
    times you cast it on yourself, only the first one counts. The rest are just
    wasted. This keeps you from having the wizard cast it on himself and his
    friends everyday until their money runs out.

    This way they really aren't protected for that long.

    Craigd

    - -----Original Message-----
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    Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 5:29 AM
    Subject: Re: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Re: birthright-digest V1999 #216


    >>
    >>Another question, I'm desesperated with the wizard of my party and his
    >>"stone skin" spell, if you know about this spell, you will understand my
    >>position, do you have some ideas to help ??
    >
    >First of all it costs 1,000gp to cast each time in diamond dust
    >components.
    >
    >Secondly, it is reduced for each magical attack, so a Magic Missile does
    >full damage *and* reduces the Stoneskin for 1 by each missile fired. It
    >is also reduced by Fireball, etc.
    >
    >Thirdly, it is reduced by each attack, not *hit*, inflicted by an enemy,
    >so something with 3 attacks a round will reduce the Stoneskin by three
    >each round until the Stoneskin is gone (no needs to roll To Hit, unless
    >you use fumbles). If your party is of high-enough levels to cast
    >Stoneskin, attacks by low Hit Dice creatures with 3 or 4 attacks are not
    >inappropriate.
    >
    >Hope this helps.
    >
    >Yours,
    >
    > Stephen.
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    Soviet
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    birthright-digest V1999 #21

    also I use a House rule in my group...
    it only affects the caster...why would a mage want to have stoneskinned fighters
    all around?....

    Craig Dalrymple wrote:

    > Also, (at least IMC) you can only have one instance of this spell cast upon
    > yourself at any given time. It works just like Armor. No matter how many
    > times you cast it on yourself, only the first one counts. The rest are just
    > wasted. This keeps you from having the wizard cast it on himself and his
    > friends everyday until their money runs out.
    >
    > This way they really aren't protected for that long.
    >
    > Craigd
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Stephen White
    > To: birthright@lists.imagiconline.com
    > Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 5:29 AM
    > Subject: Re: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Re: birthright-digest V1999 #216
    >
    > >>
    > >>Another question, I'm desesperated with the wizard of my party and his
    > >>"stone skin" spell, if you know about this spell, you will understand my
    > >>position, do you have some ideas to help ??
    > >
    > >First of all it costs 1,000gp to cast each time in diamond dust
    > >components.
    > >
    > >Secondly, it is reduced for each magical attack, so a Magic Missile does
    > >full damage *and* reduces the Stoneskin for 1 by each missile fired. It
    > >is also reduced by Fireball, etc.
    > >
    > >Thirdly, it is reduced by each attack, not *hit*, inflicted by an enemy,
    > >so something with 3 attacks a round will reduce the Stoneskin by three
    > >each round until the Stoneskin is gone (no needs to roll To Hit, unless
    > >you use fumbles). If your party is of high-enough levels to cast
    > >Stoneskin, attacks by low Hit Dice creatures with 3 or 4 attacks are not
    > >inappropriate.
    > >
    > >Hope this helps.
    > >
    > >Yours,
    > >
    > > Stephen.
    > >>
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    Pieter Sleijpen
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    birthright-digest V1999 #21

    David Sean Brown wrote:
    >
    > > Another question, I'm desesperated with the wizard of my party and his
    > > "stone skin" spell, if you know about this spell, you will understand my
    > > position, do you have some ideas to help ??
    > >
    > Depends what exactly is the problem with the spell you've been having.
    > Are you using 1st or 2nd ed rules? Are you requireing the mage to use
    > spell components (IMC its 100 gp per casting)...try monsters with multiple
    > attacks..even when they miss, the PC loses stoneskins, etc..

    Reduce the duration, I think it was mentioned somewhere in Sage advice
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    Fredrik Lundberg
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    birthright-digest V1999 #21

    There is a "tiny" little magical add-on to magical weapons that is called
    Anti-Stoneskin (I think) and is mentioned in the Magic Encyclopedia. The
    basics of that add-on is that the weapon ignors any Stoneskin spell and
    inflicts damage as usual.

    Fredrik

    > Another question, I'm desesperated with the wizard of my party and his
    > "stone skin" spell, if you know about this spell, you will understand my
    > position, do you have some ideas to help ??
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    JulesMrshn@aol.co
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    birthright-digest V1999 #21

    In a message dated 8/6/99 1:20:39 PM Central Daylight Time,
    frelun@geocities.com writes:

    Another question, I'm desesperated with the wizard of my party and his
    > "stone skin" spell, if you know about this spell, you will understand my
    > position, do you have some ideas to help ?? >>

    I must say one thing. If the PCs use stoneskin a lot, then have the NPCs as
    well. If your players don't get that you don't like the use of the spell,
    then just keep on using it... or a nice dispel magic or a improved dispel
    magic cast by the oppsoing wizard (that the players get when they defeat the
    wiz... always reward them with your spells, and they will never complain when
    you make some to counter their stuff... because then they get it!) that
    counters just armor/protection spells and such. When they use something like
    that, all word has to do is get out and anyone going after them will find
    some way to counter it. Also, if they can take blows... it might get out
    that they are imortal or maybe even into some "evil" magic... which could
    bring a party of adventurers down on them. Always try and counter it in
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