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Edmond Hamilton, husband to Leigh Brackett, author of Captain Future and the Star Kings, is a current obsession of mine. I'm currently reading an unbelievably fun space opera called "Outside the Universe" by him, and I'm vacuuming up old Hamilton novels faster than I'm vacuuming my apartment.

Are you familiar with Edmond Hamilton? Any recommendations?

--Erik Mona

Well, I rather enjoyed the Star Wolf trilogy some years ago - pure space opera from start to finish, so I would think you'd appreciate it.

Joy of joys, our patience is rewarded...

I am, as ever, overwhelmed by how good this campaign is and cannot wait for the next installment.

It's like the poster child for D&D gaming. 8-)

At the risk of being presumptuous, and of creating a wave of interest when this thread is bumped, is there any sign of an update on Tyralandi and company?

Assuming anyone at Paizo has any free time amidst the post-New Year chaos, of course... 8-)

MalkMark wrote:

It's a good idea - it'd certainly curtail the summoning - but can Ma'kar actually use a Limited Wish to do this? I seem to recall it's very stringent about what spells can be duplicated, and, as Forbiddance is Cleric 6 (I think), isn't this outside the limits for the spell (...Duplicate any other spell of 5th level or lower, provided the spell is not of a school prohibited to you)?

See, this is exactly why I don't read the spell descriptions very carefully -- they're full of downers like limitations and, you know, the "RAW" . . . . . crap.

All right, back to the drawing board. Thanks, MM. :)

-j

Hey, not to worry - I expect there's ways around it. Possibly just give him a scroll of Wish (a bit heavy-handed, but still...) and just assume he makes the casting check? It's only likely to be, what, DC18?

Or, maybe, Ma'kar's spent several thousand years researching an arcane version of Forbiddance, 'just in case.'

Once they leave, when they come back the lower level of the spire will be protected by a forbiddance spell (spoofed by Ma'kar with limited wish), which will make most of their summoning spells useless right from the start in the lower level of the dungeon.

It's a good idea - it'd certainly curtail the summoning - but can Ma'kar actually use a Limited Wish to do this? I seem to recall it's very stringent about what spells can be duplicated, and, as Forbiddance is Cleric 6 (I think), isn't this outside the limits for the spell (...Duplicate any other spell of 5th level or lower, provided the spell is not of a school prohibited to you)?

At the very least, Ma'kar still has to find the 1,000s of gp material components (...rare incenses worth at least 1,500 gp, plus 1,500 gp per 60-foot cube) though I might assume he has a few things lying around after all that time...].

Ok I need some things clarified here about Otilukes Resilient Sphere.

Last combat the party popped one around an opponent cleric. Can the cleric stand in it and cast Mass Cure Serious Wounds spells in it to affect his companions? or does the Sphere block the spell effect.

The Sphere is hard to destory, but can you teleport out of if?

What about spells like charm person and such can they pass through it?

I am assuming that spells like lighting bolt and fireball will not pass through it.

Well, referencing just the SRD, I'd have thought that, as it's a force effect [and thus technically solid], it would block line of effect on any spell [qv line of effect details and Wall of Force description].

Thus, it would be likely that the cleric in the example couldn't mass cure anyone outside the sphere, nor could he be hit by charm person, fireball or lightning bolt...

However, I wonder if the cleric could teleport or dimension door out? Wall of Force doesn't block them, but it's a plane, not a sphere - the force effect blocks ethereal transit, but don't the aforementioned spells use the astral?

Any thoughts?

It certainly would be too powerful if its effects stacked, but I think this comes under the rule that an effect or spell does not stack with itself. 8-)

Only the highest effect applies, I believe, and in this case, the maximum STR loss would be -10, I guess. Still a big hit, but not crippling for the giant...

Of course, multiple castings would kind of extend the duration, but you'd need to keep track of each STR penalty and apply it sequentially as each spell expires.