I'm interesting in learning who wrote the Archaeologist archetype for bards, from UC.
Is that information that can be given out?
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I'm interesting in learning who wrote the Archaeologist archetype for bards, from UC.
Is that information that can be given out?
You can always ask, and if the author in question happens to see your post and wants to reply, they will. It's a little bit of a false lead sometimes, however, as often the final product is a mix of the original author and the devs/editors, so you aren't seeing just a patchwork of unadulterated authorial material from such and such or so and so.
So... post away, and you might get lucky! :)
(FWIW, I wrote the bard section in the APG, and I think a few leftovers from that ended up in Ultimate Magic, but I wasn't involved in the UC bard section.)
Good to know!
I am in particular interested in the decision to not have abilities explicitly replace others.
For example, it's abundantly clear that the archaeologist gives up performances, and gets Evasion, rogue talents and trapsense in return.
But those three abilities don't say that they replaced anything.
So, I'm wondering who came up with that system.
And, I suppose now that I have a captive audience...
I know that you cannot give official rulings, but was the intent of the Magician's Wand Mastery such that you could take a one level dip into Wizard, and use any wizard spell from a wand with the ability?
I've been wondering this for a while!
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I did the archeologist, and it was just a different twist on writing an archetype. If I did a ranger that gave up spellcasting, I'd probably take a similar approach.
I haven't rechecked the wording in the book, but my submission had a line saying you don't gain performances.
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And, I suppose now that I have a captive audience...
I know that you cannot give official rulings, but was the intent of the Magician's Wand Mastery such that you could take a one level dip into Wizard, and use any wizard spell from a wand with the ability?
I've been wondering this for a while!
The RAI is "any spell on his list" meaning, since he's a bard, the bard spell list, augmented by his Expanded Repertoire class ability.
For that matter, the RAW says "spell list" (singular), not "all spell lists (plural) for all class he possesses," so while you can infer allowance for all spell lists, it's not directly implied.
If you were to ask how I would stipulate the ability differently, given that this could be a question, I'd say something like:
"... when a magician uses a wand containing a spell on his expanded bardic spell list."
All of the above stated, if you want to make the magician seem more boss and awesome with a sor/wiz dip, then go for it. :)