Monday, May 13, 2013

1 week and 1,000 gold pieces



“1 week and 1,000 gold pieces” is a phrase any player of an ACKS arcane spellcaster is familiar with. Similarly to my ACKS Consolidated Spell Progression, I thought it might be helpful to consolidate common related arcane (and divine) spellcaster tasks into one table.


Spellcaster task
1 week
1 week and
2,000gp
1 week per spell level and
500gp per spell level
1 week per spell level and
1,000gp per spell level
2 weeks per spell level and
1,000gp per spell level
Write spell into spellbook
x




Add spell to repertoire
x




Lose spell level from repertoire
x




Replace spell in repertoire



x

Rewrite lost spell into spellbook



x

Research new spell




x
Learn ritual spell




x
Cast ritual spell


x


Identify magic item

x





Of the above tasks, only the last four require a Magic Research throw for success. What if all of these tasks benefited from a Magic Research throw in some way? For example, a mage might make a successful Magic Research throw to prevent loss of one spell level from his repertoire for one week, as he desperately attempts to recover his spellbook. An 11th level mage might quickly note a newly acquired 1st level spell in his spellbook in a day, rather than a week. In this and similar cases, a Magic Research throw would indicate a degree of success that might reduce the time and gold required to accomplish a task.


I suspect some easily adapted d20 degree of success mechanics are out there. What do you recommend?

1 comment:

  1. You may have to take this one to the Autarch forums to get a response...

    Of course, you already know how I feel about the subject...

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