Hi.
When writing up a magic aura for an item that has two "schools" of magic, it appears the correct answer is to write "aura varies" as opposed to "aura evocation and illusion"... just making certain this assumption, based on a read-through of Pathfinder magic items, is correct.
Thanks,
~LD
I believe that you can have two auras for a single object, as shown by the Helm of Telepathy, which is written as:
Aura faint divination and enchantment
As opposed to something like the Hand of Glory, which reads:
Aura faint varied
It seems that if you have more than two schools of magic involved, it becomes varied.
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Only a small number of items have a "varied" aura and it seems to mean several different things. In the Beta download (and the SRD):
- Rod of negation, staff of passage: I'm not sure why these aren't abjuration and transmutation respectively.
- Staff of power creates effects from many different schools.
- Hand of glory's primary ability seems to be universal magic. Its spell-like effects use two schools or its prerequisites use three.
- Ioun stones each have a single power but different stones draw from different schools. For historical reasons, also, it's appropriate for their aura to be just a bit weird.
- Orb of storms has effects that possibly range across three schools.
- Robe of the archmagi is mostly abjuration with some universal magic.
- Robe of stars has effects of three schools.
I think the previous poster is right that an item using three or more schools of magic has a varied aura. To be honest, if I came up with "varied" for an item, I'd probably want to review whether it had too many unrelated powers.
I think the previous poster is right that an item using three or more schools of magic has a varied aura. To be honest, if I came up with "varied" for an item, I'd probably want to review whether it had too many unrelated powers.
I think the answer lies in word count, if you want to be precise about the aura's I at least think there is nothing wrong with listing every last one of them, but it will eat into your word count. I also distincly remember an item that listed three different aura's in the beta version of PRPG.
On the second part of the quote: True, but even here there could be many different effects sharing the same theme but not the same school of magic.
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Wish I would have caught this thread before sending in my submission. But alas, I got here literrally two minutes after submitting. Oh well, if I get disquallified again this year for some idiocy on my part at least I know it's not as bad as my idiocy last year...I made a magic ring...
I can't really see them rejecting your entry just because your aura is slightly off. That's pretty much the smallest aspect of the item, all things considered. Just by looking through some of the items that made it last year, there are definitiely some there that have errors and mechanical goofs in them. As long as you have a strong idea and execution, I think you definitely stand a chance.