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Round 2: Words of Power Discussion
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Words of Power Playtest Note
(Sticky)
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by Jason Bulmahn
—
xorial,
Matrixryu,
Anburaid
and
41
others
|
77
posts
|
by Themall
|
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Words of Power Discussion
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by Jason Bulmahn
—
Beek Gwenders of Croodle,
Jason Bulmahn,
Kolokotroni
and
48
others
|
69
posts
(Closed)
|
by Lenaris Vaerin
|
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Let's make some spells
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by Umbral Reaver
—
pad300,
terraleon,
Umbral Reaver
and
18
others
|
67
posts
(Closed)
|
by Lord Twitchiopolis
|
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Is backwards compatability the way to go at this point?
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by ciretose
—
ciretose,
james maissen,
R_Chance
and
22
others
|
55
posts
(Closed)
|
by R_Chance
|
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WoP should = Greater creativity, less number crunching
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by Ravenot
—
Ravenot,
0gre,
Ravingdork
and
26
others
|
46
posts
(Closed)
|
by draxar
|
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Word Families
(Sticky)
|
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by Jason Bulmahn
—
terraleon,
'Rixx,
Draeke Raefel
and
29
others
|
45
posts
|
by Greylurker
|
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A Little Flavour Suggestion: Words Of Power Be, In Fact, Words
|
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by A Reptile Of Radiance
—
0gre,
Kevin Andrew Murphy,
A Reptile Of Radiance
and
16
others
|
41
posts
(Closed)
|
by 0gre
|
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|
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Ray and Touch Spells Get Saving Throws?
|
|
by YuenglingDragon
—
YuenglingDragon,
Evil Space Mantis,
Ravingdork
and
9
others
|
39
posts
(Closed)
|
by Uninvited Ghost
|
|
|
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Will Alchemists get in on the power words?
|
|
by Phasics
—
Kevin Andrew Murphy,
0gre,
Joe Wells
and
12
others
|
30
posts
(Closed)
|
by Kevin Andrew Murphy
|
|
|
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Some Thoughts on Words of Power (And Obviously This is Just My Take)
|
|
by KnightErrantJR
—
KnightErrantJR,
terraleon,
YuenglingDragon
and
10
others
|
28
posts
(Closed)
|
by Zurai
|
|
|
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At a loss for words, or trading versatility for nothing.
|
|
by A Man In Black
—
A Man In Black,
Machaeus,
Eradarus
and
12
others
|
26
posts
(Closed)
|
by Jason Bulmahn
|
|
|
|
Old spells done via words
|
|
by james maissen
—
Cold Napalm,
Selgard,
Shadar Aman
and
14
others
|
25
posts
(Closed)
|
by Reaperbryan
|
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|
|
Lingo
|
|
by Quandary
—
Zurai,
Ravenot,
Quandary
and
10
others
|
22
posts
(Closed)
|
by Zurai
|
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|
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Word Burning Feat
|
|
by Jason Bulmahn
—
MoFiddy,
Ravingdork,
Research
and
11
others
|
21
posts
(Closed)
|
by MoFiddy
|
|
|
|
A step away from the Vancian Magic System
|
|
by Ganymede
—
Ganymede,
Dire Mongoose,
LazarX
and
13
others
|
20
posts
(Closed)
|
by KnightUrsaBorealis
|
|
|
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Word Costs for Words of Power: A little high?
|
|
by Davor
—
Ravingdork,
Drejk,
Davor
and
11
others
|
19
posts
(Closed)
|
by Eradarus
|
|
|
|
REQUEST: Algorithm or block diagram.
|
|
by ruemere
—
ruemere,
R0b0tBadgr,
Iammars
and
9
others
|
16
posts
(Closed)
|
by Iammars
|
|
|
|
The origin of lines
|
|
by 'Rixx
—
'Rixx,
Saedar,
Zurai
and
7
others
|
16
posts
(Closed)
|
by Freesword
|
|
|
|
Unique features, and Missing elements.
|
|
by Elias Alexander
—
Jason Bulmahn,
hogarth,
Zurai
and
6
others
|
15
posts
(Closed)
|
by hogarth
|
|
|
|
ZoKathRa so what are these words ?
|
|
by Phasics
—
Phasics,
Laurefindel,
Drejk
and
8
others
|
14
posts
(Closed)
|
by Phasics
|
|
|
|
Barrier should be a target word, not an effect word
|
|
by Kevin Andrew Murphy
—
Kevin Andrew Murphy,
Synapse,
Banpai
and
2
others
|
13
posts
(Closed)
|
by Banpai
|
|
|
|
+3 DC for 2 points (and other Words of Power combos for fun and profit)
|
|
by Mark Seifter
—
Rogue Eidolon,
YuenglingDragon,
Umbral Reaver
and
3
others
|
12
posts
(Closed)
|
by Jason Bulmahn
|
|
|
|
Wordburning: Requesting clarification.
|
|
by terraleon
—
Caineach,
Gilfalas,
AvalonXQ
and
8
others
|
12
posts
(Closed)
|
by Gilfalas
|
|
|
|
What is it good for?
|
|
by Ellington
—
Snorter,
Caineach,
doctor_wu
and
5
others
|
11
posts
(Closed)
|
by Quandary
|
|
|
|
Word of Power and the Magus
|
|
by ciretose
—
ciretose,
YuenglingDragon,
Captain Sir Hexen Ineptus
and
2
others
|
10
posts
(Closed)
|
by YuenglingDragon
|
|
|
|
Burst, Spread, Emanation
|
|
by Synapse
—
Synapse,
Ravingdork,
pad300
and
3
others
|
9
posts
(Closed)
|
by pad300
|
|
|
|
Human Wordcaster Sorcerers and their favored class bonus (extra spells)
|
|
by Matrixryu
—
Banpai,
Matrixryu,
ForgottenRider
and
3
others
|
9
posts
(Closed)
|
by ForgottenRider
|
|
|
|
Fear Family lacking Fear descriptor
|
|
by Ravingdork
—
Ravingdork,
ruemere,
Jason Bulmahn
and
3
others
|
9
posts
(Closed)
|
by ruemere
|
|
|
|
No Point to Points
|
|
by Freesword
—
Freesword,
morphail,
Gauthok
and
3
others
|
9
posts
(Closed)
|
by Freesword
|
|
|
|
[FILE, PDF] Words of Power Cost Calculator
|
|
|
9
posts
(Closed)
|
by GeraintElberion
|
|
|
|
Why ever use small burst spells?
|
|
by Matrixryu
—
Matrixryu,
KnightErrantJR,
Ravingdork
and
3
others
|
9
posts
(Closed)
|
by Ravingdork
|
|
|
|
The new warmage?
|
|
|
8
posts
(Closed)
|
by Mirrel the Marvelous
|
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|
|
'Effect Word' Ideas
|
|
by Firewrath
—
Firewrath,
Kierato,
YuenglingDragon
and
Eric The Pipe
|
8
posts
(Closed)
|
by Kierato
|
|
|
|
What is the point of personal range?
|
|
by udalrich
—
Drejk,
Happler,
hogarth
and
4
others
|
8
posts
(Closed)
|
by Drejk
|
|
|
|
Item Creation with WoP
|
|
by mdt
—
mdt,
pad300,
doctor_wu
and
2
others
|
8
posts
(Closed)
|
by doctor_wu
|
|
|
|
How does this affect bonus spells?
|
|
by Thanatos95
—
xevious573,
Thanatos95,
Ravingdork
and
3
others
|
8
posts
(Closed)
|
by Ravingdork
|
|
|
|
Warlock and Words of Power
|
|
by nightflier
—
nighttree,
Banti,
Shadar Aman
and
nightflier
|
8
posts
(Closed)
|
by nighttree
|
|
|
|
Touching Yourself: Personal vs. Single
|
|
by 'Rixx
—
james maissen,
Drejk,
Tryn
and
5
others
|
8
posts
(Closed)
|
by james maissen
|
|
|
|
I am sad that you have to choose.
|
|
by Evil Lincoln
—
Evil Lincoln,
Quandary,
Eric The Pipe
and
terraleon
|
8
posts
(Closed)
|
by Evil Lincoln
|
|
|
|
Sense Magic
|
|
by Brother Elias
—
Eric The Pipe,
Umbral Reaver,
Jason Bulmahn
and
Brother Elias
|
8
posts
(Closed)
|
by Eric The Pipe
|
|
|
|
Something may be needed for spontaneous casters
|
|
by Souphin
—
Dragonsong,
Souphin,
Uninvited Ghost
and
2
others
|
7
posts
(Closed)
|
by Dragonsong
|
|
|
|
What are your Words of Power?
|
|
|
7
posts
(Closed)
|
by Kierato
|
|
|
|
Metamagic?
|
|
|
7
posts
(Closed)
|
by Sizik
|
|
|
|
Spontaneous Supremacy?
|
|
by Selgard
—
YawarFiesta,
Matrixryu,
Thanatos95
and
4
others
|
7
posts
(Closed)
|
by YawarFiesta
|
|
|
|
Words Known at 1st Level
|
|
by Joseph Wilson
—
Joseph Wilson,
Dorje Sylas,
Jason Bulmahn
and
2
others
|
7
posts
(Closed)
|
by Joseph Wilson
|
|
|
|
Word Burning and level 0 spells
|
|
by Lej
—
Lej,
Kierato,
draxar
and
Atamis
|
6
posts
(Closed)
|
by Lej
|
|
|
|
Quick-and-Dirty Spell Creation Rules
|
|
by Epic Meepo
—
Drack530,
Blueluck,
Evil Lincoln
and
3
others
|
6
posts
(Closed)
|
by Drack530
|
|
|
|
Paizo Blog: Ultimate Magic Playtest
(Sticky)
|
|
by CWenzler, Creator of Sarunia
—
R0b0tBadgr,
nathan blackmer,
Evil Lincoln
and
3
others
|
6
posts
|
by R0b0tBadgr
|
|
|
|
Proposal to fix target word issues
|
|
by pad300
—
ProfPotts,
JMD031,
Blueluck
and
2
others
|
5
posts
(Closed)
|
by ProfPotts
|
|
|
|
Spellbooks, Scrolls, and Bonded Items
|
|
by Kevin Andrew Murphy
—
Kevin Andrew Murphy,
Mauril,
Thanatos95
and
doctor_wu
|
5
posts
(Closed)
|
by Mauril
|
|
|
|
Summoning Words Question
|
|
by Kaiyanwang
—
Kaiyanwang,
Snorter,
Dilvias
and
Matrixryu
|
5
posts
(Closed)
|
by Snorter
|
|
|
|
Do sorcerers get points for the cantrips
|
|
by Souphin
—
ryric,
Souphin
and
doctor_wu
|
5
posts
(Closed)
|
by ryric
|
|
|
|
Touching Yourself: Personal Target vs. Single Target
|
|
by 'Rixx
—
Selgard,
Blueluck,
Varthanna
and
2
others
|
5
posts
(Closed)
|
by Selgard
|
|
|
|
Words of Power Psionics
|
|
by Roman
—
Dorje Sylas,
Epic Meepo,
Captain Sir Hexen Ineptus
and
Roman
|
5
posts
(Closed)
|
by Epic Meepo
|
|
|
|
Multiple Targets and multiple effects?
|
|
by Ganymede
—
Ganymede,
Mortuum
and
Draeke Raefel
|
4
posts
(Closed)
|
by Mortuum
|
|
|
|
Possible alternate uses for Words of Power system
|
|
by Nochtal
—
Nochtal Balzer,
LMPjr007
and
Kthulhu
|
4
posts
(Closed)
|
by Nochtal Balzer
|
|
|
|
[FIX, PROPOSAL] Replacing Cost with Vancian slot
|
|
by ruemere
—
ruemere,
mad_mac_hl
and
Evil Lincoln
|
4
posts
(Closed)
|
by ruemere
|
|
|
|
too fiddly - get rid of "points"
|
|
by Erik Freund
—
pad300,
Abraham spalding,
stuart haffenden
and
Erik Freund
|
4
posts
(Closed)
|
by pad300
|
|
|
|
Trading versatility for... versatility?
|
|
by Ambrus
—
mdt,
hogarth,
Synapse
and
Ambrus
|
4
posts
(Closed)
|
by mdt
|
|
|
|
Are certain effect words going to count as their equivilent spells for crafting items and recharging staves?
|
|
by Matrixryu
—
Matrixryu,
Quandary
and
Banpai
|
4
posts
(Closed)
|
by Matrixryu
|
|
|
|
Possible Errata
|
|
by Banpai
—
Banpai,
Umbral Reaver
and
drayen
|
4
posts
(Closed)
|
by Umbral Reaver
|
|
|
|
Repetition of Effect Words
|
|
by Brother Elias
—
Brother Elias,
Matrixryu
and
Shadar Aman
|
4
posts
(Closed)
|
by Matrixryu
|
|
|
|
Conjuration or Evocation specialists only?
|
|
by Dilvias
—
Umbral Reaver,
Jason Bulmahn,
Eric The Pipe
and
Dilvias
|
4
posts
(Closed)
|
by Umbral Reaver
|
|
|
|
How does WoP stack up to True Sorcery?
|
|
by Mok
—
LazarX,
Greylurker
and
Mok
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by LazarX
|
|
|
|
Flame Jet / Spark disparity
|
|
by Draeke Raefel
—
Draeke Raefel
and
hogarth
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by Draeke Raefel
|
|
|
|
WoP : GM Tool?
|
|
by mdt
—
Lord Twitchiopolis,
Ravingdork
and
mdt
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by Lord Twitchiopolis
|
|
|
|
True freeform is it even possible ?
|
|
by Phasics
—
Freesword
and
Phasics
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by Freesword
|
|
|
|
Inconsistent description
|
|
by udalrich
—
Banpai,
Ravingdork
and
udalrich
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by Banpai
|
|
|
|
Spell (word) stacking
|
|
by Varthanna
—
Varthanna
and
Jason Bulmahn
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by Jason Bulmahn
|
|
|
|
Why are barrier spells lines?
|
|
by Ravingdork
—
Ravingdork
and
Zurai
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by Ravingdork
|
|
|
|
Will the number of words you can use be limited?
|
|
by Ravingdork
—
Zurai,
Quandary
and
Ravingdork
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by Zurai
|
|
|
|
All spellcasters feel the same with Words of Power
|
|
by Ravingdork
—
Ravingdork
and
xevious573
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by Ravingdork
|
|
|
|
Spell cost modifiers
|
|
by Brother Elias
—
Shadar Aman,
Drejk
and
Brother Elias
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by Shadar Aman
|
|
|
|
Servitor Word and Augment Summoning
|
|
by AlanM
—
'Rixx,
Zurai
and
AlanM
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by 'Rixx
|
|
|
|
Taking Words of Power for a Spin
|
|
by Mark Seifter
—
Rogue Eidolon
and
Evil Space Mantis
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by Rogue Eidolon
|
|
|
|
Clarifications
|
|
by Shadar Aman
—
Shadar Aman
and
BigDTBone
|
3
posts
(Closed)
|
by Shadar Aman
|
|
|
|
WoP and Item Creation
|
|
by robert davis 141
—
Kierato
and
robert davis 141
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Kierato
|
|
|
|
Is Words of Power realy needed?
|
|
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by wraithstrike
|
|
|
|
WoM Point Costs
|
|
by Callarek
—
Erik Freund
and
Callarek
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Erik Freund
|
|
|
|
Making Words of Power Playable
|
|
by The Forgotten
—
The Forgotten
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by The Forgotten
|
|
|
|
Question about saving throws on damage-dealing WoP spells
|
|
by Power Word Unzip
—
Power Word Unzip
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Power Word Unzip
|
|
|
|
More categories than Effect, Target
|
|
by Draeke Raefel
—
Ganymede
and
Draeke Raefel
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Ganymede
|
|
|
|
Words of Power family: Power
|
|
by Luthia
—
xevious573
and
Luthia
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by xevious573
|
|
|
|
Question on the summoning words
|
|
by Phasics
—
Thanatos95
and
Phasics
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Thanatos95
|
|
|
|
Request for clarification regarding duration of multiple effect spells.
|
|
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Erik Freund
|
|
|
|
How would you notate WoP on your character sheet?
|
|
by Ravingdork
—
YuenglingDragon
and
Ravingdork
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by YuenglingDragon
|
|
|
|
meta magic feats
|
|
by pavaan
—
Mauril
and
pavaan
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Mauril
|
|
|
|
Total Points?
|
|
by Chris Ballard
—
Freesword
and
Chris Ballard
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Freesword
|
|
|
|
let's make some word casters
|
|
by doctor_wu
—
Caineach
and
doctor_wu
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Caineach
|
|
|
|
Why are Acid and Cold so danged expensive?
|
|
by Power Word Unzip
—
Abraham spalding
and
Power Word Unzip
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Abraham spalding
|
|
|
|
Furhter splitting up some words
|
|
by JoelF847
—
Freesword
and
JoelF847
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Freesword
|
|
|
|
Energy and Meta Change (Magic Well)
|
|
by Drack530
—
Drack530
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Drack530
|
|
|
|
Trying to understand it
|
|
by Starbuck_II
—
Selgard
and
Starbuck_II
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by Selgard
|
|
|
|
Using words of power with the Magus?
|
|
by Shar Tahl
—
YuenglingDragon
and
Shar Tahl
|
2
posts
(Closed)
|
by YuenglingDragon
|
|
|
|
Effect words requiring touch attacks with single target
|
|
by Lej
—
Lej
|
1
post
(Closed)
|
by Lej
|
|
|
|
Learning new words
|
|
by robert davis 141
—
robert davis 141
|
1
post
(Closed)
|
by robert davis 141
|
|
|
|
Bard and words of power?
|
|
by evenglare
—
evenglare
|
1
post
(Closed)
|
by evenglare
|
|
|
|
Character sheets for Words of Power
|
|
by sadie
—
sadie
|
1
post
(Closed)
|
by sadie
|
|
|
|
Suggestion: Level Limits for WoP (and a few notes)
|
|
by Ganymede
—
Ganymede
|
1
post
(Closed)
|
by Ganymede
|
|
|
|
Spontaneous Substitution
|
|
by Erik Freund
—
Erik Freund
|
1
post
(Closed)
|
by Erik Freund
|
|
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