| SwiftyKun |
An interesting thought came to me today. If I'm not mistaken, spellcraft is rolled for one spell caster to identify the spell being cast by another spell caster. Sounds simple, but I had a few questions.
Does/Why does this skill work for different classes? For example, even if a high intelligence wizard rolled a spellcraft and got a high result, should he know the ins and outs of that Holy word spell the Cleric is casting, or just the name of it? Why would someone who had dedicated his time studying wizardy and arcane spells know anything about a divine cleric spell, let alone any spell not on his own spell list or closely associated to his school of expertise?
Flip that coin. What's the logic behind a sorcerer who gets his magic innately(and I would argue the majority of them don't study their magic, let alone other schools or sources aka gods rather than bloodlines) having any business knowing about a spell from a different spell list?
Now, I'm not saying all spell casters are the same, and surely there are those out there who gladly dedicate their time in researching every single spell known to man, but I doubt every spell caster, or even the majority of them, do. Am I missing or over thinking something here?
Edit: Oh, after making this post, I realize it would probably be better in the general discussion threads.
| vegetalss4 |
Fundamentally Spellcraft is used by anyone that have it to identify spells, not just spell casters.
This is because Spellcraft itself represent having studied how to identify Spells and their effects, so your hypothetical sorceror who haven't studied magic wouldn't have spellcraft, in the same way that he wouldn't have Craft: weaponsmithing if he hadn't studied how to smith weapons, or knowledge: the planes if he haven't studied the planes and their outsiders.