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[Legendary Sidekick]

If the dice allow… does Liadan risk corruption with this spell? I guess if she can un-rot 30+ Goodberries, it's worth the risk, since that's several MP worth of healing.

Speaking of Goodberries, and missing players, Keit…? Still here? I know you're busy with animation and travel, but just checking.

 

[Nihal]

It's a life spell, it wouldn't corrupt her. I'm just guessing, however, that it wouldn't be effective to conserve the healing properties of goodberries. The rotting aspect probably isn't connected to the magical properties imbued by the goodberries' spell.

Lesser spells usually vanish after a time and by logic it would be no different in the berries' case.

 

[Ireth]

I was mostly worried about the fact that (to my knowledge) it's a 1d20 spell, and even with a bonus of +6 (2 for her WIS mod, 4 for her level... right?), there's always the chance she can roll less than six and not even reach the Prime threshold, thus failing the spell. Of course, if I'm wrong and the die is different, we might not have to worry.

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

It may help with the berries that have been sitting around. (Good for a day after picking, I believe.) We have 30 regular berries that are about half a day old.

STEALTH EDIT - Why 4 for level? Isn't she level 2? If you mean the WIS bonus makes it like she's level four, I think WIS + Level in the check is where the 4 comes from. (Nihal would know better. I just like to stealth edit when I get ninja'd.)

 

[Ireth]

Why 4 for level? Isn't she level 2? If you mean the WIS bonus makes it like she's level four, I think WIS + Level in the check is where the 4 comes from. (Nihal would know better. I just like to stealth edit when I get ninja'd.)

She's level 2 as far as her XP and fighting skills go, but Steerpike and I decided to make her level 4 as far as her magic goes, for backstory logistics. If she's been her people's cleric/healer for hundreds of years, she's not going to join the party as a measly level 1 healer. I just didn't want her to be, say, level 8 or something ridiculously above the others in terms of skill. Since a few of us are at level 3, putting her at level 4 seemed reasonable. I'm still not sure about how her level progression will work out in-game with the discrepancy, but Steer assures me he's figuring it out.

 

[Nihal]

It may help with the berries that have been sitting around. (Good for a day after picking, I believe.) We have 30 regular berries that are about half a day old.

Yes, definitively.

Answer to stealth edit: Her level for spellcasting purposes is 4, it's some agreement between her and the feline overlord.


@Ireth
Unless stated otherwise, you can fail life spells as badly and as many times you wish and never suffer runaway nor corruption. Also, if it's her spell list I guess this comes into play:

"Spells that draw on Elven life-energy (such as healing spells) are cast as normal. There is no check needed to ensure that the spell is cast successfully, so long as the spell belongs to the spell list of the class of player attempting to cast it."

I'm not sure, really, people who play healer classes knows it better than I; I'm used to always check and fail 50%+. xD

 

[Ireth]

"Spells that draw on Elven life-energy (such as healing spells) are cast as normal. There is no check needed to ensure that the spell is cast successfully, so long as the spell belongs to the spell list of the class of player attempting to cast it."

Good to know. But I still have no idea what the die roll for that one even is. XD

 

[Nihal]

I don't think you roll anything at all, not to check nor for effectiveness.

It's stated its AoE is 1 cubic foot/level, where 1 cubic foot of water contains 8 gallons and weight 60 pounds. 4 cubic feet would be... a lot of berries.

 

[Ireth]

I'm confused. How do I cast a spell without rolling for it?

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

Mana just goes away.

I don't roll for Nissa. I just need MP and the right conditions. (Fire is close and in line of sight.)

 

[Nihal]

You never roll a check for healing, don't you? d20 are for checks, d"something" are for effects.

In this case you don't roll a check, as usual and you also don't need to roll for the effect. It's the area of effect and that's all. This by the spell description, you should always check with SP if he will change something.

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

I ninja'd you, but it's like losing when you ninja someone and they start the next page.

/wah.

 

[Ireth]

I roll a die for the effectiveness of the spell, though. When I cast Cure Light Wounds, I roll 1d8. Is Purify Food and Drink the same die, or is it different? I have no idea, hence my question.

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

I think it's either pure or it's not, so nothing to roll.

Unless it's like Ivory soap, which is 99.44% pure… but I think in this game there aren't degrees of purity.

(There are degrees of impurity, a.k.a. corruption. Ask Mauve. /being a jerk)

 

[Ireth]

*blink* 'Kay then... still not sure how that makes sense as an action in-game, but I'll take your word for it. I suppose a roll isn't needed since it's not something you'd use in battle or such, like Cure Light Wounds would be. *shrug*

 

[Nihal]

It's the AoE. It would be like asking to roll how far the Darkness spell AoE stretches—no, there is no such thing.

(Ask Mauve and she would flip you off or lie and say it's contagious. I regret having CHA penalty, I wish she could convince people of absurdities. xD)

P.S.: OMG, WHERE MY DARK LORD TITLE WENT?! I must delete a post! ò.o'

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

Looking at the spell list, 1d8, 1d6+1, +2 to such-and-such, etc. is mentioned when numbers are involved. This spell is described as "Purify Food and Drink (L) - makes spoiled, contaminated, or otherwise rotten food or water pure" so I would take that description to mean it just does it. The (L) means no check for a cleric is needed.

REGULAR EDIT - Who knew that a valkyrie would be the top bull**** artist in the party?

 

[Ireth]

Oh. Hm. Seems weird not to roll *something*, though.

 

[Steerpike]

Hey guys - sorry for the delay. Swamped at work, but going to try to catch up at lunch.

Every spell requires a spell check to cast. Life magic doesn't risk corruption, though the spell can still fail. So far, there haven't been any runaway magic effects from life magic, though whether that will hold true at higher levels remains to be seen.

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

Too late to delete. Everyone will know!

…but no one will know what the @#$% an Istari is.

(EDIT - Looked it up. Now I know. /meh)