Dictionaries of Power - sort of

[InfoStorm]

Have an existing game, and want to be able to add words of power without people rewriting their characters, so I thought of adding tomes they might discover that contain some words and meta words.

Each tome contains a few words and meta words. It also contains XX blank pages. The user of the tome can prepare a word-spell on one of the blank pages. Then later in the day, they can sacrifice a spell of the same level to cast the spell on the prepared page of the tome. Doing so is similar to using a scroll and requires the tome in hand, and also takes a full round action. This expends the magic from the page and cannot be used again. Most tomes are discovered with a number of their "blank" pages already used.

Tomes are created attuned to a profession and cannot be used by another profession. As they are powered by the caster's own magical energies, Use Magic Device does not work with them.

(XX to be determined)

[Flak]

Another thing you could do is give everyone Experimental Wordcaster as a bonus feat, or allow them to take it when they could otherwise take a different feat.

[InfoStorm]

Flak wrote:

Another thing you could do is give everyone Experimental Wordcaster as a bonus feat, or allow them to take it when they could otherwise take a different feat.

The reason for using tomes is so I can take them away if we don't like them. Feats are supposed to be permanent.

[Flak]

InfoStorm wrote:

Flak wrote:

Another thing you could do is give everyone Experimental Wordcaster as a bonus feat, or allow them to take it when they could otherwise take a different feat.

The reason for using tomes is so I can take them away if we don't like them. Feats are supposed to be permanent.

Good call :P