Post by Emmarie on May 24, 2011 16:28:07 GMT -5
PREPARING SPELLS
Here are things you need to keep in mind when preparing your spells. Every item may not apply to you, but it is a good guideline.
Rest: To prepare for the daily casting of spells, a mage must get rest or sleep for at least 6 hours. This does not have to be sleep, but can be meditation or rest, without conversation, spellcasting or mental tasks.
Recent Casting Limit/Rest Interruptions: If a mage has cast spells recently, the drain on their resources reduces the capacity to learn new spells until this rest has occured.
Preparation Environment: To prepare any spell, a mage must have enough peace, quiet, and comfort to allow for proper concentration. The surroundings need not be luxurious, but they must be free from overt distractions. Exposure to inclement weather prevents the necessary concentration, as does any injury. Those who use spellbooks must have access to them to study from and sufficient light to read them by.
ARCANE MAGICAL SCRIPT
To record an arcane spell in written form, one uses complex notation that describes the magical forces involved in the spell. The writer uses the same system no matter what her native language or culture. However, each character uses the system in her own way. Another person’s magical writing remains incomprehensible to even the most powerful mage until she takes time to study and decipher it. Melantha's arcane writing is extremely scriptive and beautiful, but unreadable to those that look upon it.
NEW SPELLS
Mages can learn new spells in the ways listed below. This also applies to those that do not use spellbooks but instead are adding to their repetoire such as psions.
Spells Gained at a New Rank: As you rank up, it is expected that you learn at least a few new spells/abilities in your area of expertise.
Spells From Other Spellbooks or a Scroll: When you encounter a magic scroll on an adventure or otherwise, or in another mage's spellbook or repertoire (when they allow you to study it and decipher their writing if a spellbook or journal), you may choose to add that spell to your own spellbook or repertoire. It normally takes one day to study such a spell, and having the original progenitor of that spell assist you shortens that time. Spells copied from a magical scroll sometimes disappear from that scroll. It is perfectly fine for a mage to charge a fee or exact a price for allowing another mage to learn one of their unique spells.
Independent Research: A mage can research a spell independently, duplicating an existing spell or creating an entirely new one. This takes much time and effort, and days spent in various libraries.
SPELLBOOKS
Once a mage understands a new spell, they may copy it into their spellbook or journal.
Time: The process usually takes 24 hours, regardless of the spell’s level.
Space in the Spellbook: A spell takes up one page of the spellbook per spell level. Even a low level spell takes one page. A spellbook has one hundred pages.
Materials: Melantha chooses to use goblin ink for her spell journal, as it will not fade, mar, or erase. The choice of materials though are up to the mage.
Here are things you need to keep in mind when preparing your spells. Every item may not apply to you, but it is a good guideline.
Rest: To prepare for the daily casting of spells, a mage must get rest or sleep for at least 6 hours. This does not have to be sleep, but can be meditation or rest, without conversation, spellcasting or mental tasks.
Recent Casting Limit/Rest Interruptions: If a mage has cast spells recently, the drain on their resources reduces the capacity to learn new spells until this rest has occured.
Preparation Environment: To prepare any spell, a mage must have enough peace, quiet, and comfort to allow for proper concentration. The surroundings need not be luxurious, but they must be free from overt distractions. Exposure to inclement weather prevents the necessary concentration, as does any injury. Those who use spellbooks must have access to them to study from and sufficient light to read them by.
ARCANE MAGICAL SCRIPT
To record an arcane spell in written form, one uses complex notation that describes the magical forces involved in the spell. The writer uses the same system no matter what her native language or culture. However, each character uses the system in her own way. Another person’s magical writing remains incomprehensible to even the most powerful mage until she takes time to study and decipher it. Melantha's arcane writing is extremely scriptive and beautiful, but unreadable to those that look upon it.
NEW SPELLS
Mages can learn new spells in the ways listed below. This also applies to those that do not use spellbooks but instead are adding to their repetoire such as psions.
Spells Gained at a New Rank: As you rank up, it is expected that you learn at least a few new spells/abilities in your area of expertise.
Spells From Other Spellbooks or a Scroll: When you encounter a magic scroll on an adventure or otherwise, or in another mage's spellbook or repertoire (when they allow you to study it and decipher their writing if a spellbook or journal), you may choose to add that spell to your own spellbook or repertoire. It normally takes one day to study such a spell, and having the original progenitor of that spell assist you shortens that time. Spells copied from a magical scroll sometimes disappear from that scroll. It is perfectly fine for a mage to charge a fee or exact a price for allowing another mage to learn one of their unique spells.
Independent Research: A mage can research a spell independently, duplicating an existing spell or creating an entirely new one. This takes much time and effort, and days spent in various libraries.
SPELLBOOKS
Once a mage understands a new spell, they may copy it into their spellbook or journal.
Time: The process usually takes 24 hours, regardless of the spell’s level.
Space in the Spellbook: A spell takes up one page of the spellbook per spell level. Even a low level spell takes one page. A spellbook has one hundred pages.
Materials: Melantha chooses to use goblin ink for her spell journal, as it will not fade, mar, or erase. The choice of materials though are up to the mage.
