Re: Enspelled items

--- Thatotherguy <spellj@??????????.com> wrote:
>Fire trap arrows won't work.  You have to have an openable container
>for fire trap.  Glyph of warding would not work on an arrow IMC and the
>2e spell description seems to imply the same but doesn't say so (it
>does say it prevents intrusion, so offensive use seems to be out, and
>how do you intrude on an arrowhead anyway?).
>

How about a hollow ceramic arrowhead that's designed to shatter on
impact?  That would meet the fire trap conditions.  Glyph of warding
does not work on arrows, but a ballista bolt head, which is about the
same size as a spearhead, might be big enough.  Why doesn't it work on
arrows anyway?  I have forgotten and don't have my books with me. :)

>> I was trying to come up with an idea for a harpoon that
>> clamps on to something with a Wizard Lock.  It would be
>> stored in the open position, but when it closes on impact
>> the permanent magic of the wizard lock takes affect.
>> You could create a bunch of man traps this way as well.
>>
>> As I understand the spell, the wizard lock actually strengthens
>> the entire door, so a harpoon with even a weak hit might
>> only be dislodged by serious damage to the hull.
>
>Wizard lock requires an openable object also, and one that is already
>put together.  Your harpoon can't open and isn't part of whatever it
>hits.

Okay, here's a weird variation on this one - how about a Rod of Viscous
Globs (which stick to anything like crazy glue) with a cable attached to
one end, fired out of an accelerator after the command has been given?
Remember, an accelerator will fire your hand without your body if you
stick your hand into it accidentally, so why not the glob as well?  Or
how about sovereign glue (2E, but I can see alchemists making it)
painted lightly on the head of the harpoon while its in firing position?
It would be a one-shot deal, and if you missed then that would be it,
but it would work.  Or, you might rule that you would have to double or
triple the harpoon's refiring time if your crew is taking the time to
put sovereign glue on each harpoon head.  You wouldn't be able to do it
before that or the harpoons would stick to each other or the ship's
hull. Your hull.

>
>> It would be interesting if one shot weapons like Javelins of
>> Piercing or Javelins of Lightning were fairly common in
>> some areas, because of high quality materials that allow
>> larger batch production of one shot magic items.
>
>It's the enchanting that's the problem, not the materials (though in
>some areas both will be problems).

With the new magical item creation rules, I can see it!  It's not that
much of an experience cost for enspelled items.  Imagine what retired
old wizards would do with their spare time.  Or, better yet, find a way
to require that the one who wants the things made must channel his own
life energies to do it (there is, I believe, both a feat and a spell
that wizards can take that will let them do this, but damned if I
remember where I got them from.  I'll try to find out when I get home.)

>
>> And there are always means of focusing Continual Light spells
>> for signalling or dazzling, or put on a ballista bolt to fire into
>> an enemy ship so as to track it more easily.
>
>The latter tactic has been posted several times by me.  It's a pretty
>good one.  Dazzling wouldn't work by the spell description, however.
>Continual light has a set area of effect, regardless of what's around
>it, the magic can only illuminate to a certain range.

That's true, but that doesn't mean you can't SEE it from far away. :)
How far does a star illuminate, so that you can use its light to see by?
But how far away from the star can you be in order to see the star
itself?  One of the principles behind Morse code . . .

(You're right, BTW, the latter tactic works nicely!) :D

Yours truly,
Sable

PS - If nobody hears from me for 4 days, I am not ignoring you - I am
just starting the trip home from Portland, Maine, to British Columbia,
Canada, and it takes about 3 or 4 days by bus.  Have fun!

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