Role-playing help needed

[Default] On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:13:35 -0500, "x@y.zzz"
typed:

>I thought I'd see if I could run a toon with "limited" magical ability
>- who can enchant items, use scrolls, etc., but can't actually cast
>spells. Is there a way to level up a skill without actually using it?
>For instance, Soul Trap is a Journeyman spell. Can Mysticism be
>brought up to Journeyman without casting Mysticism spells? Thanks for
>any help.
>x@y.zzz
>
Try getting a sword or bow enchanted with the spell. Umbra is one such
sword. Casting the spell wastes valuable fighting time.
--
Regards
David
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[Default] On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:25:15 -0500, "x@y.zzz"
typed:

>Sorry; I meant Weakness to Magic, not Soul Trap.
>
>On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:13:35 -0500, "x@y.zzz" wrote:
>
>>I thought I'd see if I could run a toon with "limited" magical ability
>>- who can enchant items, use scrolls, etc., but can't actually cast
>>spells. Is there a way to level up a skill without actually using it?
>>For instance, Soul Trap is a Journeyman spell. Can Mysticism be
>>brought up to Journeyman without casting Mysticism spells? Thanks for
>>any help.
>>x@y.zzz
>>
>>"Politicians are conniving, wheeler-dealing scum. Don't have a fit of morals
>> over them; they wouldn't, over you."
>> --Harry Pearce, "MI-5"
>
Same answer, get a sword, bow or staff enchanted with the spell.
--
Regards
David
fundamentalism (n.): fund = give cash to; amentalism = brainlessness

[Default] On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:25:15 -0500, "x@y.zzz"
typed:

>Sorry; I meant Weakness to Magic, not Soul Trap.
>
>On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:13:35 -0500, "x@y.zzz" wrote:
>
>>I thought I'd see if I could run a toon with "limited" magical ability
>>- who can enchant items, use scrolls, etc., but can't actually cast
>>spells. Is there a way to level up a skill without actually using it?
>>For instance, Soul Trap is a Journeyman spell. Can Mysticism be
>>brought up to Journeyman without casting Mysticism spells? Thanks for
>>any help.
>>x@y.zzz
>>
>>"Politicians are conniving, wheeler-dealing scum. Don't have a fit of morals
>> over them; they wouldn't, over you."
>> --Harry Pearce, "MI-5"
>
Same answer, get a sword, bow or staff enchanted with the spell.
--
Regards
David
fundamentalism (n.): fund = give cash to; amentalism = brainlessness

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:19:13 +0930, David
wrote:

>[Default] On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:13:35 -0500, "x@y.zzz"
>typed:
>
>>I thought I'd see if I could run a toon with "limited" magical ability
>>- who can enchant items, use scrolls, etc., but can't actually cast
>>spells. Is there a way to level up a skill without actually using it?
>>For instance, Soul Trap is a Journeyman spell. Can Mysticism be
>>brought up to Journeyman without casting Mysticism spells? Thanks for
>>any help.
>>x@y.zzz
>>
>Try getting a sword or bow enchanted with the spell. Umbra is one such
>sword. Casting the spell wastes valuable fighting time.

So using an enchanted item counts toward raising the skill level in
that enchantment's school? I didn't know that; I thought magic was
raised only by casting. Does wielding an enchanted sword raise both
the enchantment's school AND your Blade level?

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"Politicians are conniving, wheeler-dealing scum. Don't have a fit of morals
over them; they wouldn't, over you."
--Harry Pearce, "MI-5"

[Default] On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:01:49 -0500, "x@y.zzz"
typed:

>On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:19:13 +0930, David
>wrote:
>
>>[Default] On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:13:35 -0500, "x@y.zzz"
>>typed:
>>
>>>I thought I'd see if I could run a toon with "limited" magical ability
>>>- who can enchant items, use scrolls, etc., but can't actually cast
>>>spells. Is there a way to level up a skill without actually using it?
>>>For instance, Soul Trap is a Journeyman spell. Can Mysticism be
>>>brought up to Journeyman without casting Mysticism spells? Thanks for
>>>any help.
>>>x@y.zzz
>>>
>>Try getting a sword or bow enchanted with the spell. Umbra is one such
>>sword. Casting the spell wastes valuable fighting time.
>
>So using an enchanted item counts toward raising the skill level in
>that enchantment's school?

No! The OP did not want to raise the magical skill level. He wanted to
use the skill without raising the level.

>I didn't know that; I thought magic was
>raised only by casting.

It is.

>Does wielding an enchanted sword raise both
>the enchantment's school AND your Blade level?
>
No. It saves having to raise the skill level before being able to use
the spell.
--
Regards
David
fundamentalism (n.): fund = give cash to; amentalism = brainlessness

On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:22:13 +0930, David
wrote:
>>snip<<

>>So using an enchanted item counts toward raising the skill level in
>>that enchantment's school?
>
>No! The OP did not want to raise the magical skill level. He wanted to
>use the skill without raising the level.
>
Except I AM the OP, and what I asked in the example was, "Can
Mysticism be brought up to Journeyman without casting Mysticism
spells?" I wanted to know if a character, who couldn't cast, could
still progress as a magic-user so as to use higher and higher spells.
I was thinking of imposing an artificial limitation on the toon - he
had magic and could enchant, but just couldn't cast. (Sort of what
you might find in a fantasy story - in a world of magic-users, one
born "crippled" goes on to become a hero by other means.) But now I
know he wouldn't be able to create powerful enchantments, requiring
Destruction 50 or higher, for instance, because he couldn't get higher
than Apprentice.

>>I didn't know that; I thought magic was
>>raised only by casting.
>
>It is.
>
That's the way I should have phrased it at the start, I guess. Thanks
for the help.
x.TakeThisOut@y.zzz

"Politicians are conniving, wheeler-dealing scum. Don't have a fit of morals
over them; they wouldn't, over you."
--Harry Pearce, "MI-5"